Chapter 3993: Race Against Death (Sixth Update)
Chapter 3993: Chapter 3993: Race Against Death (Sixth Update)
Ye Chen’s vision cleared once more the next moment, revealing a grand and majestic altar exuding an air of solemnity and ancient aura, now standing at the center of Bright Moon Valley.
At this moment, the elders of Bright Moon Valley and those presiding over the ceremony appeared one after another.
Among them, one individual’s presence was as profound as the ocean, and their sharpness was visible in their brows and eyes. Their division of realms had reached the Middle-stage Qiankun Realm, showcasing notable strength.
As for whether they were at the fourth-level Supreme Emperor realm or the fifth or sixth-level Divine King realm, it was inconclusive.
"Could this be the Valley Master of Bright Moon Valley?"
Ye Chen gazed at this middle-aged man with flowing hair and distinguished temperament, speculating internally.
The man’s strength was evidently the greatest in Bright Moon Valley, and the elders and disciples of Bright Moon Valley treated him with extreme respect, undoubtedly the sect master.
The sect master and elders were all present, beginning the ceremony. It was unclear what they took out from their laps, only that they threw the object into the air, where it exploded into a sky full of blood essence.
The sect master and elders formed hand seals with their fingers, chanting incantations, directing the blood essence to drift toward the sky.
Although it was still daylight, with the sun just emerging from the east, its figure was veiled by this blood aura.
Instead, a bright moon had faintly manifested in the sky, appearing exceptionally close, almost pressing on everyone’s heads, clearly revealing the moon’s pattern.
At this moment, the blood essence drifting toward the sky directly merged with the gradually surfaced bright moon, instantly changing its color to a deep, blood-like red.
"Bright Moon Blood Sky Sacrifice..."
Ye Chen raised his brow slightly. Although the bright moon had transformed into the Blood Moon, it differed from the blood moon power within his Blood Moon Slaughter. It could not compare to the blood moon power of the Blood Moon Slaughter Sky Slash.
Meanwhile, the Blood Moon crafted by the Bright Moon Valley sect master and elders in the sky above fully materialized, appearing as if it had truly descended upon everyone from above.
Once the Blood Moon solidified, it unleashed boundless blood light, painting the surrounding sky crimson, as if heaven itself bled.
In that moment, the entire realm transformed into a sea of scarlet, the entire world engulfed within blood essence.
Ye Chen furrowed his brow slightly. This scene finally matched the name Bright Moon Blood Sky Sacrifice, suggesting it might be time to present the sacrificial offerings.
Indeed, Ye Chen’s guess proved accurate; with the world turning crimson, the sect master of Bright Moon Valley flew up high beneath the blood-red moon, loudly commanding, "Present the offerings!"
As he uttered these words, numerous disciples promptly left, soon returning with figures brimming with ferocious presence—these were the violent ferocious beasts, their eyes crimson red, an endless murderous intent sweeping within them.
The ferocious beasts, especially upon seeing the people of Bright Moon Valley, grew furious, hatred evident toward those who captured them, roaring madly. If their bodies weren’t restricted, unable to move, these beasts would likely devour everyone alive.
"Hmph, f*cking beasts will always be feral, meant for sacrifice!"
At this moment, Hou Tian, the sect master of Bright Moon Valley, coldly eyed the group of beasts held by his disciples, disdainful as he spoke.
Before Hou Tian embarked on his cultivation journey, his village kin were slaughtered by ferocious beasts, thus hating them from the depths of his soul, always itching to kill whenever he saw them.
Now Hou Tian had become the Valley Master of Bright Moon Valley, a prestigious status, thus unable to kill beasts at will, opting to witness them sacrificed alive during the Bright Moon Blood Sky Sacrifice to satisfy his inner perversity.
As Hou Tian’s voice fell, the disciples accompanying the beasts directly approached the altar, tossing them atop it before turning away.
The disciples of Bright Moon Valley threw the ferocious beasts onto the altar before departing, while Ye Chen keenly observed the ferocious beasts in their hands, yet still not spotting Xiao Bai.
"Something’s not right, wasn’t there talk of a little girl among the sacrifices?"
Ye Chen furrowed his brows, recalling the previous argument between those two and the disciples of Bright Moon Valley, suspecting that the little girl was indeed Xiao Bai, yet she was nowhere in sight.
At the moment Ye Chen was baffled, the sacrificial ritual commenced under the Bright Moon Valley sect master Hou Tian’s guidance.
Blood Moon’s brilliance from the sky surged, and soon waves of fierce blood moon light coalesced into saber forces, barrage-like slashing down toward the altar below.
"The taste of blood, always intriguing!"
Hou Tian watched this scene, eyes gleaming with boundless excitement, clenching his fists, internally cheering.
At present, imposing saber forces akin to Heavenly Punishment slammed down; on the altar, the beasts had no resistance, their movements restrained by seals, facing the bloody saber forces ultimately doomed.
"Boom boom boom!"
Saber forces slammed down consecutively; in an instant, nearly half of the hundred beasts perished on the altar, their defenses weak, obliterated into blood mist, erupting with blood essence scattered everywhere.
Yet the next moment, the blood-red moon above exploded with unmatched gravitation, directly absorbing and devouring all the beasts’ blood essence, then materializing even more terrifying, mortal saber forces to slash down.
Under the assault from such saber forces, even beasts with extremely tough physical bodies that could withstand a Qiankun Realm Expert’s strike succumbed.
Soon, ferocious beasts continuously fell under the bloody saber forces, cleaved into blood mist, swallowed away.
At this moment, Ye Chen’s pupils contracted; he noticed a beast enveloped in gray fog. As a saber force shattered the fog, a small girl’s form emerged.
Her appearance, her physique, unquestionably confirmed it was Xiao Bai.
"Courting death!"
Witnessing this, Ye Chen was instantly infuriated—the Bright Moon Valley had hidden Xiao Bai within fog, keeping him from spotting her right away.
Understanding Bright Moon Valley’s actions, Ye Chen guessed the reason: Xiao Bai’s human-like appearance couldn’t be revealed; only by sacrificing Xiao Bai’s human form could her beast form surface.
In yet such circumstances, many like those two burly men had criticisms towards Bright Moon Valley, likely leading to them concealing Xiao Bai with fog.
It wasn’t until the ritual commenced, with saber forces directly sacrificing Xiao Bai’s human form, that her beast body would reveal itself.
However, for Ye Chen, Xiao Bai was his companion, also Xia Ruoxue’s closest person, and Xiao Bai’s true form wasn’t ferocious at all, never having committed evil—a sacrifice of Xiao Bai would be utterly unconscionable!
Now, saber forces had descended upon Xiao Bai, with Ye Chen still a way off from Bright Moon Valley, unable to reach in time to halt this, hence forced to explode with full strength, racing toward Bright Moon Valley.