258: Mirror clan, destroyed!

Inside the Mirror Clan.

Above, the weather was bright and the sky was clear.

Mirror Xuan still stood on the stone platform of the Bloodline Awakening Ceremony, smiling as he looked down.

However, there was a hint of struggle in his eyes.

As for the other Mirror Clan members, their expressions remained unchanged, as usual.

And around them stood Black-Robed Figures, each holding a strange conical object.

These were all Piming Realm cultivators of the Ming Clan; they could directly perform Bloodline Extraction without the need for tools.

Moreover, for these ordinary Mirror Clan members, they could even perform wide-range extractions.

However, in addition to extracting bloodlines, the cones also had a storage function.

They held the cones primarily for their storage capabilities.

At Ming Ya's command, everyone began to act.

It just so happened that today was the Mirror Clan's Bloodline Awakening Ceremony, and the vast majority of the Mirror Clan were gathered here.

This was also part of Ming Ya's plan; choosing the Mirror Clan made it convenient to capture them all in one fell swoop.

To achieve a quick resolution, Ming Ya ordered the Piming Realm cultivators of the Ming Clan to extract the bloodlines right there.

Previously, when dealing with those Mirror Clan members, the main issue was the difficulty of disposing of the residues after bloodline extraction.

Randomly discarding or leaving them there would increase their risk of exposure.

At that time, the Ming Clan's strategy was to prioritize stability, dealing with them one by one, trying to delay their discovery as much as possible.

But now, the plan had probably been exposed, and the timing of discovery was no longer a concern.

The priority was to resolve the situation quickly, minimize losses, and secure the benefits.

Now, it was a race to see whether they would be discovered quickly or if he would act faster.

These days, various clans were successively holding Bloodline Awakening Ceremonies.

Their attention was mostly focused within their own clans, which was a good opportunity for them to act.

As for the three guys who ran to the Xiao Clan, Ming Ya was not worried about them revealing anything.

He dared to do such a thing, and with so many people in the Ming Clan, he naturally had ways to prevent them from speaking out.

The Ming Clan's bloodline inheritance cultivation method was called the “Nine Scars Ming Sha Edict Technique.”

This was a cultivation method where the upper levels had absolute control over the lower levels.

Each higher level had absolute suppressive power over the lower levels.

Their Ming Clan's degree of bloodline development was the highest among the Eight Clans.

Therefore, the cultivation method also recorded many restrictive techniques that used bloodline as a medium.

For example, after a Ming Clan member cultivated the technique to a certain realm, their last three scars could not be condensed by themselves.

Instead, they required someone who had already condensed them to help them condense.

And the condensed scars, undeniably, carried the power of the person who helped condense them.

Through this, the helper gained control over the life and death of the one being helped.

And for most of the Ming Clan's Piming Realm cultivators, he was the one who helped them condense their scars.

The three elders who ran off were also among them.

The moment he received the news, Ming Ya activated the measures he had left within them.

As for Xiao Linger's death, Xiao Linger was the one who made the first move.

He still had people in his clan to deal with the Xiao Clan, and even if they wanted to act, they wouldn't do so immediately.

The time gained from these delays, if squeezed, would be enough for them.

Ming Ya looked at Mirror Xuan, the Mirror Clan's patriarch, who remained motionless in a stalemate, and a sigh of emotion rose in his heart.

Although he had witnessed such methods during the last destruction of the Xuan Clan.

Seeing it again now still filled him with some surprise.

If such a method were used on him, could he break free?

So ever since last time, Ming Ya had developed a deep sense of fear and caution towards the Black-Robed Figure in his heart.

However, after seeing the trace of struggle in Mirror Xuan's eyes, Ming Ya's apprehension diminished significantly.

Because during the last attack on the Xuan Clan, he had not seen such an expression in Xuan Ji's eyes.

At that time, after Xuan Ji was subjected to such a method, her eyes showed no abnormality, and there was even a hint of relief.

And Xuan Ji was a Piming Realm Seventh Level, while Mirror Xuan was a Piming Realm Eighth Level.

This also meant that the Black-Robed Figure's method had less influence the higher the cultivation level.

And from the current phenomenon, its influence was very significant depending on the cultivation level.

With such a weakening effect, at the Piming Realm Ninth Level, or even a strong Piming Realm Eighth Level peak, one could break free from the influence.

Subsequently, Ming Ya no longer hesitated and pointed his two fingers at Mirror Xuan's glabella.

Within a clan, only the patriarch had the qualification and means to summon ancestors.

If Mirror Xuan were to truly break free, it would be a troublesome matter.

Mirror Xuan was just an ordinary Piming Realm Eighth Level, and a very weak one at that.

Ming Ya, however, was at the peak of Piming Realm Ninth Level, and with the added boost of the Xuan Clan's bloodline energy, he was a top-tier existence even among Piming Realm Ninth Level cultivators.

At this moment, Mirror Xuan offered no defense, allowing Ming Ya to attack his vital point.

The final outcome was already obvious.

As Ming Ya's fingers touched, Mirror Xuan's life force rapidly withered at a visible speed.

At this point, under the fatal crisis of life and death, the struggle in Mirror Xuan's eyes intensified.

In such a situation, he even managed to forcefully regain a trace of clarity.

When he clearly saw the tragic state of his clan at this moment, one desiccated corpse after another on the ground.

The faces of those Mirror Clan members still held the happy expressions from the Bloodline Ceremony.

They were smiling like that, seemingly unaware as they were drained into human husks.

The scene before him completely restored Mirror Xuan's clarity, and he spoke with difficulty, “Ming Clan… indeed… it… was… you…”

Mirror Xuan's fingers trembled slightly, but it was too late now.

The moment he regained consciousness was also the moment of his complete demise.

The light in Mirror Xuan's eyes quickly dimmed, his hands fell, and all life force vanished.

However, Mirror Xuan's body did not fall, because Ming Ya's fingers were still pressed against Mirror Xuan's glabella.

Bloodline power usually needs to be extracted while the person is alive.

However, that was for those whose strength and cultivation were relatively weak.

For example, the ordinary clan members of the Mirror Clan and Xuan Clan.

After they died, their bloodline energy would also dissipate, so it needed to be extracted while they were alive.

But the bloodline of a strong person would not be like this; even if they died a long time ago, the power within their bloodline could still be preserved.

It could even be directly transferred into another person's body and take effect.

And Mirror Xuan was a figure comparable to their Ming Clan's Nine Scars bloodline.

Coupled with his Piming Realm Eighth Level cultivation, even if he died, his bloodline energy did not suffer much loss.

Mirror Xuan's bloodline power rapidly gathered at his glabella, and then was absorbed through Ming Ya's fingers.

After the bloodline power entered Ming Ya's fingers, it split into two parts.

The predominantly silver-white portion diffused from the surface of his fingers.

The smaller golden portion was truly absorbed by Ming Ya, entering his body.

At the same time, Ming Ya's aura was steadily increasing.

However, with Ming Ya's current bloodline power, the mere bloodline energy of a single Mirror Xuan could no longer bring him much improvement.

Mirror Xuan's body was constantly shriveling, so shrunken that he was almost floating, yet he was still firmly attached to Ming Ya's fingers.

Soon, Mirror Xuan's bloodline energy was completely absorbed.

Ming Ya's fingers also lost their suction, and Mirror Xuan's body dropped to the ground.

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