The two guards used all their fighting spirit to resist the purple rope. They both had high-level cultivation, and the energy they burst out with all their strength burned the rope until it sizzled.
But under Demian's drive, the energy in the magic circle continued to flow into the rope, and the rope became thicker and thicker. Under the life energy provided by countless people, the struggle of one person seemed too weak.
"Demian! Tell me, what do you want?" The king was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and he did not use his fighting spirit to fight the rope. Instead, he placed his hopes on negotiation.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, let me solve a small problem first." He came in front of the two guards, stretched out his hand to summon a purple spear from the magic circle, and stabbed it into the heads of the two men without hesitation.
The fighting spirit between the two men instantly got out of control and exploded wildly. The two men fell down trembling and twisting like deflated balloons.
The sudden change in front of them forced Xiao Chen and Luo Ling to stop.
"This is all acting!" Xiao Chen said, "It was really dangerous. If we had exposed ourselves just now, we would have been in trouble. The power of this magic circle is too strong. We can't directly resist it."
Luo Ling said: "We must destroy the magic circle first, otherwise our fate will not be any better than that of the two high-level warriors!"
Xiao Chen said: "I have read the information about this kind of array in the Royal Magic Tower. Large and advanced arrays like this usually have their own defenses, and they cannot be solved by just firing two fireballs. We must find the energy node as soon as possible.
Nodes are places where energy temporarily accumulates. We can easily figure them out by carefully observing the array. You break the upper array, and I'll deal with the lower one. Generally, to destroy an array of this size, you need to break at least ten nodes at the same time!"
After Demian killed the two men, he turned a blank page in the "Soul Gathering Book". Two hands made of purple mist emerged from the holy book and grabbed the heads of the two corpses respectively. Against the backdrop of the purple mist, the souls of the two men appeared in the shape of white light balls, which were pinched by the purple hands and pulled back into the book.
The images of the two people before their death immediately appeared on the blank page of the "Soul Gathering List", and the data of their soul power was marked below.
"It seems that you have been prepared for this. I was really careless." The king witnessed this scene and his face turned pale. His condition was exactly the same as the two people whose souls were extracted. "It seems that the extension of life is just a scam?"
"Not exactly. It's true that power can bring a longer life. But the beneficiary is me, not you. If you only have one kingdom to save, it's still far inferior to the mission in my destiny."
"But if you do something like this, you will never gain a foothold in the wizarding world."
"The world is a big place. A criminal of the king may be a hero of the empire."
"You don't understand what you're doing..."
"Okay, now please keep quiet, so that you can at least see the end of today." Demian glanced at the magic circle above, "It's time to harvest."
The mist-like energy in the magic circle above was getting stronger and stronger. White dots of light began to appear between the mist. They were smaller than the souls of the two masters in front, and they were the souls of ordinary people.
The energy in the mist slowly drifted into the magic circle on the ground, and then after being processed by the magic circle, it turned into purple light spots and floated into Demian's body. The white light spots of the souls floated into the "Soul Gathering Book". One person and one book were like two gluttons, greedily preying on the lives of the people on the top.
"How many points?" Xiao Chen asked anxiously.
"Eight. How about you?"
"Uh, five."
"Once I find ten points, I'll start immediately. I can't wait until both of them are done! As long as we can disrupt the operation of the magic circle, the fewer people who die, the better!" Luo Ling said.
Just five or six meters above their heads, a grand bonfire party was still going on. Many people were under the influence of the potion, and even though they were extremely tired, they still couldn't stop.
Each of them kept dancing until they had no more strength in their legs, sat down or even fell to the ground. Some people on the ground were still singing along with the beat, but many fell asleep. They could feel a force calling their consciousness down. Some people responded to this call and felt that their souls had left their tired bodies and joined a relaxing journey.
They felt attracted by a warm force, which was like a book from far away. It seemed that by entering this book, they could enter an eternal paradise and no longer feel tired or painful.
Some people felt scared halfway through, but found that they could not find their own bodies. Their consciousness inevitably rushed towards the whirlpool of pages.
Uceta had already gotten rid of the warehouse guards by this time, but he did not join up with his teammates. Instead, he stayed on the rooftop of a house, waiting to be called by his masters.
The battle in the sky continued, and the Lord Saint seemed to have no fighting spirit. He just maintained a stalemate with those challengers.
But the situation on the ground was getting worse and worse.
He finally understood what the mysterious adult was talking about. He saw those people rushing to the fire like crazy, singing and dancing, and then falling down one by one, and then there was no sound. Many of the people who fell down were even half-grown children.
Although he was not a good man as the captain of the White Eagle Squad, he was still very angry at this moment. He felt that he had to do something instead of waiting here foolishly, which was truly in line with the adults' wishes.
The simplest way is to call on the power of the White Eagle Squad.
When he found the captain of the White Eagle Squad, Longsa, he was leading seven or eight people to confront the Bronze Vine Priest Ganuo of the Temple of Nature and a dozen or so Temple Guards. Priest Ganuo requested to enter the market area to check, but Captain Longsa refused to let him go, saying that he had received instructions from Marquis Landinas. The two sides were on the verge of a fight, and it looked like they could start at any time.
When Longsa saw Uceta coming, he thought he had help and shouted, "Uceta, call two more groups of people over. We can't let these people in!"
Usetta walked up to Lonsar and asked, "Captain, are you serious?"
Longsa frowned and said, "Of course, the White Eagle Squad only listens to the Marquis. Since he has spoken, we must follow his orders, even if it means the Temple of Nature."
"But many people died inside." Usetta said seriously.
Longsa sneered and said, "What does this have to do with us?"
"But I think your Excellency cares about those people's lives."
"My Lord? You mean the Marquis?"
"No, it's my lord." Usetta suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed it into Longsa's chest.