Great Spirit Empire, Nanjun, Lingluo Mountain, the square of the Holy Spirit Temple.

Tens of thousands of people knelt in front of the giant statue enshrined in front of the square, bowing their heads and listening to the ethereal, ethereal, fairy-like New Year's ritual from the mouth of the temple envoy.

Today's beginning of spring is the day of the annual spring sacrifice ceremony of the Great Spirit Empire, and it is also the day of the Holy Spirit Sect to worship the gods.

Two hundred years ago, Xiao Ruoyuan, the founding emperor of the Great Spirit Empire, ordered the Spring Festival Sacrifice Ceremony and the Holy Spirit Sect's God Sacrifice Ceremony to be combined, and after it was held at the same time, the sacrifice became the full-time work of the Holy Spirit Sect's divine envoys, and no one could take over. And the Lichun Festival has also become the most important sacrificial activity in the Great Spirit Empire, from the emperor to the common people.

The emperor hoped that the gods would safeguard the national fortunes of the empire and bless the great spirit empire for eternity, while the people hoped that the gods would bless this year with good weather and a bumper harvest.

Almost everyone's attitude was reverent and awe-struck, but for the fifty people kneeling near the colossus of the gods, it was desperate.

Most of these fifty men were slaves, and a few were death row prisoners and prisoners of war, but they all had a common identity, which was the sacrifice of the festival.

Sacrifices to the living!

Although the Great Spirit Empire proclaimed itself a civilized country, this ancient ritual of sacrificing living people has never been canceled. On the contrary, since the Holy Spirit Sect grew in the Great Spirit Empire, the number of living sacrifices required for the annual festival has increased.

In a place like Nam-gun, the number of people required for the annual festival used to be 20, but this year it has suddenly increased by one and a half times to 50.

The reason given by the oracle of the temple is that this year marks the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Holy Spirit Cult!

Because of this, the number of living sacrifices at festivals in various parts of the Great Spirit Empire has increased by one and a half times. It is said that in the main shrine of the imperial capital, the number of living sacrifices was an unprecedented 360 people.

Lin was very unfortunate in his life among these fifty living sacrifices.

Lin was a slave all his life, he was only seventeen years old this year, he didn't know who his parents were, he had been wandering since he could remember, and then he was captured by the slave team and became the lowest slave, and life was worse than death.

Not every slave's life is worse than death, and Guan Jian is what kind of family master he meets. Unfortunately, the head of Lin's life's family, Wu Xuli, never regarded slaves as human beings, and would always punish or even execute them at will for a trivial matter. In the eyes of this Wu Xuli, the status of slaves is not as good as that of domestic animals.

Lin Shengsheng said that he was lucky to be unlucky, and he got acquainted with an old slave named Zimmer. This old slave has been a slave for thirty years, and it is said that he grew up with Wu Xuli, can speak well, is clever, and works solidly, and is very trusted by Wu Xuli, so he has a high status. Although he is still a slave, he is actually similar to a housekeeper.

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Zimmer takes care of Lin Shengsheng very much, not only exonerating him when he accidentally makes a mistake, but also secretly teaching him to read and write, and teaching him to practice "Kaishan Boxing".

Although it is said that "Kaishan Boxing" is the most basic martial arts of the Great Spirit Empire, almost every martial artist can do it, and the technical attack is not strong, but it has a good quenching body to build a foundation and create a strong physique, so in the past few years, Lin Sheng's body has become very strong, and he has never been sick. Lin was very grateful for this and regarded the old slave Zimmer as his own relative.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and half a month ago, when Wu Xuli entertained distinguished guests from the imperial capital, he gave the old slave Zimmer a mortal task.

This distinguished guest from the imperial capital is the son of the marquis of Zhenguo, a military magnate of the Great Spirit Empire, and was born in a military family...... It should be said that it is murderous. It is said that this prince likes to fight, and he has to find someone to challenge him wherever he goes, and he is called learning martial arts to improve his strength.

It's nothing to find someone to challenge to improve your strength, almost all martial arts practitioners in the mainland have this habit, but this prince is murderous by nature, and every time he wins a challenge to someone, he will kill his opponent. Say that losers are not qualified to live.

Of course, this son of the world is not an idiot, some people in Zhilu Dao can't be killed casually and can't be challenged, so what he challenges is basically a slave or a person with a lower status than him, and there will be no annoyance if he kills someone. After a long time, the nobles of the imperial capital all knew about the prince's hobby, so every time the prince came to visit, they would arrange a slave with good strength to fight with him.

In the Great Spirit Empire, the status of slaves is not as good as that of domestic animals, and nobles are not guilty of killing a slave, at most they are just accompanying a little money. Therefore, for the nobles of the imperial capital, it is completely cost-effective to sacrifice a slave to please the prince of Zhenguo.

Wu Xuli planned to expand the family business of the Wu family to the imperial capital, and needed a big backer, so he chose the Marquis of Zhenguo, so he did not hesitate to sacrifice the old slave Zimmer who grew up with him to curry favor with the son of the Marquis of Zhenguo.

The martial arts cultivation of the Hou Shizi of Zhenguo is not low, he is only eighteen years old, and it is said that he has cultivated to the realm of quenching the body ninefold. Among the powerful slaves, only the old slave Zimmer has the cultivation of quenching the body and nine folds, in order to be able to make the prince enjoy fighting, Zimmer is the most suitable candidate.

Of course, Zimmer will never be able to win the world, which means that Zimmer must die.

Wu's request is that Zimmer had better fight with the prince first, let the prince have a good fight, and then deliberately sell a flaw and lose, so that the prince can be killed.

Zimmer can't refuse!

On the first night of the world's arrival, Lin Shengsheng saw Zimmer, and the two didn't say anything, but before Lin Shengsheng left, Zimmer handed him something and said to him seriously: "Life, if one day, when the head of the family wants you to die, don't learn from me, run away, it's important to live!"

The next day, the prince arrived, and after hundreds of rounds of "vicious fighting" with Zimmer, he cut off Zimmer's head with a sword.

Without Zimmer's covert care, Lin's life began to be sad.

However, Lin was not discouraged in his life, and while remembering what Zimmer said to him before his death, he secretly continued to find opportunities to practice boxing.

Practice "Kaishan Boxing" to quench the body, and also practice "Seven Kills".

The "Seven Killings of the Shadow" was something that Zimmer gave him before his death, and it was originally just a short blade, called the "Shadow Blade".

This short blade is unique, not only is it unusually sharp, but it is also transparent, invisible, and invisible to the naked eye.

This short blade is a first-class spiritual weapon, which is Zimmer's ancestral treasure. Zimmer's ancestor is said to be a very powerful killer, because he was disgusted with the murderous career, he chose to retire and pass on the ancestral heirloom with this murderous weapon. Zimmer has been keeping the "Shadow Blade" close to him since he was a child, and because it is invisible, it has not been discovered by the Wu family for thirty years. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Zimmer to preserve such a spiritual weapon.

Zimmer gave the "Shadow Blade" to Lin Shengsheng, and because Lin Shengsheng was not used to collecting an invisible thing, he accidentally cut his finger by the sharp sharp blade, and the blood flowed to the blade, activating the prohibition of the short blade. Then Lin Shengsheng's mind received a video memory.

This is the "Seven Killings of the Shadow", the murderous martial arts practiced by Zimmer's killer ancestor back then, with the "Shadow Blade", the murderous heart is a lifetime, and the ghosts and gods are difficult to prevent.

This "Seven Kills of the Absolute Shadow" is just a pure killing move, unlike "Kaishan Fist", which can forge bones and quench the body and increase strength, but it is much higher than "Kaishan Fist" in terms of lethality.

Of course, the higher the quality of the martial arts, the more difficult it is to practice. "Seven Kills of the Absolute Shadow" is much more difficult to practice than "Kaishan Boxing".

It wasn't until Lin Shengsheng was abandoned by the Wu family and selected as the living sacrifice of the Spring Festival that he barely learned the first kill of the Seven Killings of the Shadow - one step at a time!

Don't look at the name as simple, but it's not easy to learn, Lin Shengsheng was directly branded with image memory in his mind, but it took half a month to barely learn this trick, and it takes time to practice.

In one step, chase the soul and kill you!

It means that if you practice this kill, with the "Shadow Blade", the enemy within one step will die as soon as you shoot.