Chapter 26: Blood Sacrifice of a Thousand People |
Blood sacrifice? What kind of blood sacrifice?
The crowd looked confused, not knowing what was happening.
The black blood on the ground suddenly began to move, twisting and arranging into one strange and inexplicable symbol after another.
Zhang Chen suddenly realized that the blood spring had been intentionally bleeding all along to set up the blood sacrifice formation on the ground!
But he was also in the formation. Did that mean all the disciples were going to be sacrificed?
Zhang Chen panicked, but he did not dare to move.
In front of a Golden Core cultivator, he had no chance of escape. Trying to run would only make him die faster.
No, it's impossible to sacrifice all the disciples. Don't panic, don't panic…
Zhang Chen kept consoling himself in his heart to calm himself down.
"Ah, no, don't, don't!"
They screamed loudly, struggling continuously, but it was all in vain. Eventually, they were completely enveloped by the black blood.
Many people breathed a sigh of relief because these were the ones who had failed the assessment.
But they had obviously been happy too early. The black blood continued to move, attaching itself to some of the outer disciples.
And these disciples had passed the sect assessment!
"Elder, you're wrong. I did pass the assessment, I did pass the assessment…"
The cold voice of Patriarch Black Blood rang out. "You only just passed the assessment, and you're not worth much cultivation. It's better to use your lives to help my grandson shed his mortal body and ascend to the immortal path.
"You should feel honored, you bunch of useless people!"
Finally, everyone understood the meaning of the blood sacrifice, but it was too late.
How could they resist the power of a Golden Core cultivator?
Their eyes, filled with fear, despair, and pleading, were covered by the black blood and plunged into darkness.
The remaining disciples trembled with fear, afraid of becoming one of them.
In the end, out of the original 2,000 people, only less than 1,000 remained.
A few hundred inner sect disciples and over a hundred outer sect disciples with cultivation levels surpassing the assessment were left.
"Okay, that's enough."
Patriarch Black Blood nodded in satisfaction, and waved his hand again. Invisible spiritual power lifted the baby and floated it to the center of the formation.
Countless black threads stretched out from the formation and wrapped the baby, forming a black sphere.
Meanwhile, the disciples wrapped in black blood began to quickly dissolve, turning into a pure energy that was injected through the black threads into the sphere wrapping the baby.
It's safe!
Zhang Chen and the remaining disciples felt lucky to have survived the ordeal.
"Splurt!"
"Splurt!"
"Bang!"
The black sphere began to contract and pulsate like a heart.
It was also like an embryo that was nurturing a new life.
The parents of the baby looked nervous and stared at the sphere, "Dad, can it really work? Nothing bad will happen, right?"
Patriarch Black Blood was very sure. "Don't worry."
Hearing this, the couple felt somewhat relieved.
They were deeply affectionate for their offspring and had defied the natural order, but everyone else was chilled to the bone.
Because the cost of defying the natural order was the lives of over a thousand people, they didn't want to trade someone else's life for their own.
"Boom!"
The originally clear sky suddenly became overcast with dark clouds, and thunder rumbled.
Patriarch Black Blood looked up at the sky, his expression becoming somewhat solemn.
"Boom!"
With another loud bang, a bolt of lightning struck directly at the black sphere.
However, a blood-colored membrane appeared above the Blood God Sect, blocking the lightning.
This was the Blood God Sect's protective array!
Although it blocked the lightning, the brightness of the array dimmed significantly.
"Crack, crack, crack…" The black sphere also began to change, making a cracking sound.
"Whoosh!"
The sphere then shattered, and a large amount of blood gushed out, revealing a peaceful sleeping baby.
The baby was entirely blood-red, like a blood jade, and extremely beautiful and cute.
But if it were known that this baby carried the burden of thousands of lives, it might not be considered so cute.
"Boom!"
As the baby appeared, lightning struck again in the sky.
"Crack!"
This time, Zhang's protective array failed to block the lightning and was damaged, leaving a large hole. However, it also significantly weakened the power of the lightning.
The lightning, which had shrunk by half, was still not something an ordinary person could withstand and continued to fall towards the baby.
"Dad, save Long'er quickly!" the baby's parents shouted anxiously.
"Hmph!" Patriarch Black Blood snorted coldly as he waved his hand.
The black blood on the ground rose into the sky and met the lightning head-on.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the two opponents clashed and large amounts of black blood evaporated, forming a strange black mist that filled the air with an unbearable stench.
"Uh…" Everyone couldn't help but vomit.
Besides the stench, there was also poison, causing everyone to feel dizzy and breathless.
"Dad, how's Long'er?" The baby's parents asked nervously.
"Waah… waah… waah…" Before Patriarch Black Blood could answer, the crying of the baby could be heard from within the black mist.
Hearing the cry, the baby's parents finally felt relieved.
Patriarch Black Blood opened his mouth and sucked in all the black mist, revealing the image of the baby.
And the dark clouds above began to dissipate, as if acknowledging the baby's existence.
With another gesture, Patriarch Black Blood took the baby into his hands.
After examining the baby, Patriarch Black Blood smiled, "Not bad. The inferior spiritual root has become an advanced spiritual root, and the body seems to have also become a Blood Jade Body, more suitable for our Blood God Sect's techniques, and not weaker than the top-tier spiritual roots."
"That's great!" The baby's parents were ecstatic.
"Congratulations, Elder. You've obtained a Qilin grandchild!" The disciples congratulated in unison.
They sacrificed more than a thousand disciples just for an advanced spiritual root?
Zhang Chen watched this scene with a heavy heart, understanding the cruelty of the demonic sect even more. Either advance or die!
Patriarch Black Blood handed the baby to his son, waved his hand, and the black blood on the ground quickly gathered and reabsorbed into his body.
"Let's go." The matter was completed, and Patriarch Black Blood led the family away.
"Farewell, Elder!" The disciples were very calm from start to finish, as if accustomed to it, without any emotional fluctuations.
As if it wasn't a person who died, but a thousand pigs.
Zhang Chen returned to his cave without knowing when, feeling powerless and trapped on the edge of life and death, yearning for strength like never before.
He wanted to become stronger and free himself from the threat to his life.
He wanted to master the control of his own life.
Three days had passed since the sacrifice.
Zhang Chen had returned to his normal state and left his cave to visit Li Mumin's.
In the cave halfway up the mountain, Zhou Wenting had an unhappy expression, "I've given you my blood every day for so long, and you haven't made any progress?"
Faced with Zhou Wenting's questioning, Sun Jian looked helpless, "Senior Zhou, I've really tried my best, I even tried to seduce him, but that Zhang Chen is unmoved."
Zhou Wenting angrily said, "You've taken so much of my blood, you must come up with a solution for me."
"That Zhang Chen said that he has been practicing spells recently, and is preparing for an outside mission. Why don't we try outside the sect…"
"Father, how's Long'er?" The baby's parents asked nervously.
"Waah… waah… waah…"
Before Patriarch Black Blood could answer, the crying of the baby could be heard from within the black mist.
Hearing the cries, the baby's parents finally felt relieved.
Patriarch Black Blood opened his mouth and sucked in all the black mist, revealing the image of the baby.
The dark clouds above also began to dissipate, as if acknowledging the baby's existence.
With another gesture, Patriarch Black Blood took the baby into his hands.
After examining the baby, Patriarch Black Blood smiled, "Not bad. The inferior spiritual root has become a high-grade spiritual root, and the body seems to have also become a Blood Jade Body, more suitable for our Blood God Sect's techniques, and not weaker than a top-grade spiritual root."
"That's great!" The baby's parents were ecstatic.
"Congratulations, Elder, for obtaining a Qilin grandson!" The direct disciples congratulated in unison.
Sacrificing more than a thousand disciples just for a high-grade spiritual root?
Zhang Chen watched this scene with a heavy heart, understanding the cruelty of the demon sect even more. Either advance or die!
Patriarch Black Blood handed the baby to his son, waved his hand, and the black blood on the ground quickly gathered and reabsorbed into his body.
"Let's go." After accomplishing the task, Patriarch Black Blood left with his family.
"Farewell, Elder!" The direct disciples were very calm from start to finish, as if accustomed to it, without any emotional fluctuations.
It was as if it wasn't a person who died, but a thousand pigs.
Zhang Chen was in a daze and returned to his cave without knowing when.
The casual blood sacrifice and killing made him feel powerless and trapped on the edge of life and death.
It made Zhang Chen yearn for strength like never before. He wanted to become stronger!
So that his life would no longer be in danger!
He wanted to master the control of his own life!
Three days had passed since the blood sacrifice.
Zhang Chen had returned to his normal state and left his cave to visit Li Mumin's.
In the cave halfway up the mountain, Zhou Wenting had an unfriendly expression. "I give you blood essence every day. It's been so long, but you haven't made any progress?"
Faced with Zhou Wenting's question, Sun Jian looked aggrieved. "Senior Brother Zhou, I really tried my best. I even used a honey trap, but that Zhang Chen was unmoved."
Zhou Wenting said angrily, "You took so much of my blood essence. You must come up with a solution for me."
"Zhang Chen said that he has been practicing his techniques recently and is preparing to go out on a mission. Why don't we…"
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