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Seventeen more magic artifacts were sacrificed, with copious amounts of spiritual energy condensing into smoke that slowly rose up, eventually being swallowed by the array before them and disappearing without a trace.
The Red Robed Emperor sat on his throne, his face still marked by the green bruises left by Xiemen Waidao.
A maid applied an ice pillow to his wounds while two others, fearing he would get cold, carefully blew warm air on him. The fragrance of the young girls should have been refreshing, but the emperor was in no mood to enjoy it.
Struck by Xiemen Waidao before and having his palace looted, he could not swallow this indignity and was determined to regain his honor.
Therefore, he resorted to a new summoning method, expending a great number of magic artifacts.
