Chapter 358: Taking Action

Twenty-three years had swiftly passed since Dongbo Xueying entered Hongshi Mountain. The Xia Clan’s world was in turmoil, with the Xia Clan fully prepared, as each day could be the outbreak of war.

In the Shuhai World,

A towering hemispherical fortress loomed here. The Xia Clan suspected that the Witch God and the Great Demon God had concealed some of their hidden powers within, yet they remained powerless to intervene.

“Have the greedy Wohai Family signed the covenant?” the Great Demon God’s skull projection asked.

“They’ve signed the covenant,” the golden-robed Witch God gnashed his teeth. “That Wohai Clan is truly exploiting our predicament. Even after receiving the faith of this mortal realm, they still had the audacity to demand such exorbitant concessions.”

The Great Demon God’s skull projection’s eyes faintly glowed with flames as he said in a low tone, “The Wohai Family is one of the top families in the Boyu Empire. The Earth Temple of this Xia Clan world has always belonged to them, and the faith has been enjoyed by their family… Back then, I fought against that old man from the Wohai Family. I thought he was merely a Second Heaven God, and I could defeat him! But I didn’t expect the battle between divine projections… I discovered he had already half a foot into the Third Heaven God. In that battle, I lost, and he won! Not long after, I heard that he had become a Third Heaven God. That old man is very cunning; how could he not ask for a high price at such a critical moment!”

In the Divine Realm, besides the largest divine powers like the Blood Blade Divine Court, Time-Space Island, and Ten Thousand Divine Halls, there were other Divine Realm empires, though their foundations were relatively weaker.

The Earth Temple… was behind the Divine Realm’s ‘Boyu Empire.’

“Hmph, our preparations this time are thorough. Although you, Great Demon God, might not be able to defeat that old man, you can still entangle him for a short time. Once the spatial passage is successfully established, my army from another mortal world can pour in. Then, even if he brings one, three, or five divine projections, it will be useless,” the golden-robed man sneered.

“It’s just that during the most critical moment of establishing the passage, the old man’s divine projection might traverse the space-time channel instantly and arrive, possibly destroying it,” the Great Demon God said.

Although he was confident he could hold him off for a short while,

Confidence did not mean certainty!

After all, one was in the distant Dark Abyss, and the other was in the Divine Realm; it had been too long since their last fight. Although the Great Demon God had made some progress and was more confident, the opponent was ultimately a Third Heaven God!

“Forget it, the benefits we gave them are still within our tolerance,” the golden-robed man said. “The Wohai Family also fears we will break our face. Their divine projections cannot successfully sabotage anything, and in the end, they will gain nothing, not even the faith of the Xia Clan world.”

“The various benefits given will happen after the war,” the Great Demon God’s skull continued. “The Earth Temple’s Wohai Family has been handled. I wonder… in the Xia Clan world, whether there are other divine projections hiding.”

“The last time we asked the Time-Space Temple, we only knew that the Earth Temple had divine projections, and other forces did not,” the golden-robed man said. “From the last inquiry until now, cultivating a divine projection’s physical body cannot be done so quickly.”

“I hope there are no unexpected incidents,” the Great Demon God’s skull said. “As long as other Heaven Gods do not interfere, this war will be easy for us. As for the Xia Clan? Hmph, at most, a small Dongbo Xueying might be a bit troublesome, but his realm is ultimately low. Once our passage is established, even if he senses it, by the time he arrives… our army will have already passed through the passage.”

“Unless Dongbo Xueying becomes a god, otherwise, he is not worth worrying about,” the golden-robed man said calmly. “Twenty-three years ago, he was only at the peak of the Second Realm. How could he become a god so quickly? Impossible.”

“My physical form will be perfected in two more years. Wushen, should we eradicate the Xia Clan first?” the skull of the Great Demon God intoned. “Once the war commences, it will become far more cumbersome to move against them. They currently reside within the Xia Capital, and some of our extraordinary agents embedded among the Xia can also take action.”

“I have been ready for a long time.”

The golden-robed man said calmly,

“I have retrieved numerous materials from the Temple of Time and Space, meticulously crafting them into a potent Voodoo Curse. Our elite beings from the Magical Beast Clan have already smuggled it into the capital of Xia! With but a single command from me, the curse shall be unleashed… Hmph, throughout the entire Xia Capital, the Aura and Arcane Power of all extraordinary beings will be corrupted, rendering them utterly useless. As for the mortals… under the influence of this Voodoo Curse, they shall perish instantly.”

“Without Aura and mana, though they can still harness the might of Heaven and Earth! Yet they cannot activate divine treasures, nor can the spatial divine treasure of the Xihuo Palace be triggered, making it effortless to breach,” declared the golden-robed man with unwavering confidence.

“Brilliant, no wonder you are the Witch God,” the Great Demon Lord chuckled.

Voodoo.

This was an inherently treacherous and sinister path; those who mastered the dark arts of Voodoo were always met with dread and fear!

“But won’t the Xia Clan’s ancestral deities have thought of this? Have they already taken precautions?” the Great Demon God asked.

“Worry not, for I am a Sovereign of the Mortal Realm. In the art of schemes, how could I possibly be outmatched by mere deities?” the Witch God sneered. “I have never considered the Xia Clan worthy adversaries. A mere handful of maneuvers shall suffice to dismantle them. As for that Dongbo Xueying… he may prove a minor irritant, but nothing more! Simply observe… and savor the spectacle.”

“Good, I’ll watch the show,” the Great Demon God’s skull smiled.

In the Xihuo World, the Xia Capital.

The Xia Capital had a very large population, with many Xia Clan people even in spaces like the Chiyun Mountain World, while most of the extraordinary beings lived within the Xihuo Palace! Only a few were scattered outside in their own mansions.

In a quiet room of a courtyard in the Xihuo Palace,

An ordinary Flying-level extraordinary mage was conducting an experiment.

Bottles and jars were scattered around.

“Hmm?” The mage kept experimenting and suddenly casually picked up a seemingly ordinary black bottle from the nearby bottles and jars, pulled out the cork, and began to pour its contents into the crystal jade tray in front of him.

Whoosh~~~

Some green liquid poured out from the black bottle, and a silent, odorless vapor began to spread.

As the mist seeped into the mage’s flesh, it dissolved instantly into the vast ocean of arcane power within him. The moment it mingled with his mana, the sorcerer’s magic became utterly inaccessible—locked away beyond his grasp like a forbidden tome sealed by ancient runes.

However, the mage remained calm, completely unmoved.

He knew clearly…

This was Voodoo.

It was the Witch God who commanded him to bring it forth.

He was originally a magical beast of the Arcane Beasts, transformed into human form by Elder Orlan, then infiltrated the Xia Clan! He even cultivated to extraordinary heights, seamlessly blending in as an ordinary Sky-tier Archmage. With numerous extraordinary beings converging upon the Xia Capital this time, he naturally received his orders and arrived at the heart of the empire, taking residence within the Emberflame Palace.

“Whoosh~~~” The silent, odorless vapor spread out of the room and soon began to disperse outward.

This voodoo, once extraordinary beings are poisoned, they cannot mobilize their battle qi or magical power. Though their extraordinary bodies may still endure it, mortals will surely perish.

The mage continued to mix, with only a slight upward curve on his lips.

He was looking forward to…

Looking forward to the extinction of humanity! The Magical Orc Clan would occupy the entire Xia Clan world! After infiltrating the Xia Clan world for such a long time, this was the day they had been waiting for.