"Oh my God..." Fang Zigui stared in shock at the scene unfolding before him. It seemed that the insane Shi Xu Elder had secretly poisoned all the members of the Gui Xu Society with a slow-acting toxin.
As the last member of the Gui Xu Society ceased to breathe, the dark entrance of the Guixu Gate began to twist and tremble. Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted as a fissure was forcibly torn open in the depths of the darkness, revealing a ghostly blue light emanating from within.
A torrent of pitch-black Gui Xu Qi surged forth, freezing snowflakes and shattering rocks in its wake. The entire snow-capped mountain began to tremble, initially with slight vibrations that quickly escalated into violent shaking. The accumulated snow at the summit collapsed, creating massive avalanches that rushed out in all directions.
"It's coming! It's coming!" Shi Xu Elder cackled madly, raising his hands high to welcome the darkness pouring out from the Guixu Gate.
"The mountain is collapsing!" Lin Mingchang shouted, trying to pull his companions away. But Mu Qing's injuries had reached their limit; he leaned against a rock, his breathing growing weaker by the moment.
"I'm sorry... I... couldn't... protect you..." he managed to utter those final words before he finally stopped breathing.
"Mu Qing!" Shen Tong cried out in anguish, but it was too late.
At that moment, Lin Mingchang and Fang Zigui suddenly fell to their knees, directly affected by the encroaching Gui Xu Qi. Both were in agony, clutching their heads as black liquid began to flow from their eyes.
"Shen Tong... go... don't worry about us..." Lin Mingchang struggled to say, his eyes now marred with black veins. Fang Zigui could no longer speak, only signaling with his eyes for Shen Tong to run.
Shen Tong stood frozen amidst the raging snowstorm, staring at Mu Qing's lifeless body, at the barely conscious Lin Mingchang and Fang Zigui, and at the maniacal laughter of Shi Xu Elder... A surge of unprecedented anger and sorrow erupted within her heart.
"No!" she let out a heart-wrenching scream as the pain in her Right Eye reached its peak. In the next moment, the agony suddenly vanished!
Shen Tong felt an ancient and powerful force gathering in her Right Eye, warm yet not burning. Her Right Eye snapped open; what had once been a murky gray-white pupil transformed into a golden slit pupil, dazzling like gold and sharp as a blade.
A powerful gust of energy erupted from Shen Tong, forming an invisible barrier that pushed Gui Xu Qi away. She was enveloped in a faint golden halo, resembling a celestial being descending from the heavens.
"This is... the power of the Rakshasa Bird!" Shi Xu Elder exclaimed, his eyes filled with both fear and greed.
A beam of golden light shot from Shen Tong's Right Eye, soaring into the sky and creating a massive golden vortex in the night. At the center of the vortex, a colossal figure gradually emerged—
It was an enormous bird, its body covered in intermingled golden and red feathers that appeared as hard as metal yet soft as silk. Countless human faces adorned its wings, some male, some female, some old, some young, each with varying expressions, yet all had their eyes tightly closed.
The Rakshasa Bird! The legendary divine bird that roams between the realms of yin and yang, both a guardian and a judge.
As Shi Xu Elder watched this scene unfold, the fervor on his face suddenly turned to terror. "No... this isn't right... it was said there wouldn't be..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the Rakshasa Bird let out a deafening cry that shook the heavens and earth. The faces on its massive wings suddenly opened their eyes all at once.
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