novelraw Chapter 876 - 741: Returning Good for Evil
Chapter 876 - 741: Returning Good for Evil
The weightless space suddenly grew intensely bright, with someone scattering a large amount of sandalwood gold, directing it toward the cliff on the opposite side. However, the opposite side was quite distant, several miles away, and it didn't reach the other shore, ending up like stars dotting the void.
Shi Chun and the others had to look up; the opposite cliff was above their heads.
A considerable amount of sandalwood gold flame energy was also scattered across the ground, with many floating around, brightening this space, the sandalwood gold cost amounting to billions.
Yet, this vast expenditure was evidently insignificant to these Demon Path individuals.
As Shi Chun and the others quietly speculated on the behavior of these Demon Path individuals, a chaotic noise erupted from the abyss on one side, as if large crowds were yelling and shouting, mixed with the nearby sound of heartbeats and sharp screeches.
Most people turned their gaze in that direction, soon vaguely seeing a giant serpent flying over.
What was going on? Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang grew wary, noticing the Demon Path faction remained indifferent, which relieved them somewhat.
The giant serpent quickly revealed its true form, and upon nearing, it was discovered to be a vast rolling red silk, containing numerous chaotic screaming people.
The front end of the red silk fluttered before everyone, freezing like lightning, and its long body rapidly retracted from afar, bringing more and more people, gradually merging those brought into its abdomen, as the serpent-like abdomen of the red silk expanded.
During this period, a faint bloody smell wafted around.
"What is this ghostly thing?" Wu Jinliang still couldn't help but mutter.
Beside him, Feng Chi evidently recognized it, took a deep breath, and replied softly, "This is a genuine Sixth Grade Magical Treasure, a top-tier object among the sixth grade, our Tianyi lineage's Sect's Treasure 'Blood Kasaya'."
Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang exchanged glances; such level of treasure was rare, and they had heard of it, but hadn't expected to see it today.
Wu Jinliang exclaimed, "Really broadening my horizons today. How many people have been captured this time, at least five or six thousand, right? Isn't it, with treasure like this, why bother everyone? I've heard it can sweep over hundreds of miles, capturing tens of thousands effortlessly."
Su Mian, unable to tolerate the noise, turned back to glare at him, though with the scene already filled with screams, whether quiet or not didn't matter, and she scornfully remarked, "By your logic, there's no need to use any Magical Treasure, and the Holy Master wouldn't need to hide here; they could easily capture people themselves."
Feng Chi helped explain, "Where can such a treasure be freely shown? The Holy Master wouldn't dare reveal their strength; once discovered, the Battle of Great Pardon would halt immediately, participants gathered for control, leaving no one for capture, followed by a campaign against our Demon Path. Once the five families get serious, the terrifying force of the siege is beyond your imagination."
Wu Jinliang chuckled, "Understood, understood, just kidding, just kidding."
Seeing him joking in the face of turning so many into blood offerings, and noting Shi Chun's indifferent demeanor, Su Mian quietly nodded, realizing it was indeed their Demon Path demeanor, leading her to glance more at Situ Zhen, finding this one also calm, piquing her curiosity.
The tail of the giant red silk had entirely retracted by now, and Shi Chun and the others realized the many lights prepared for a reason.
Tianyi Sect Hierarch suddenly made a gesture, and among the guards on both sides, four people immediately flashed to guard 'Blood Kasaya'.
With the wave of Tianyi Sect Hierarch's hand, 'Blood Kasaya' immediately extended a conduit, opened a mouth, and swiftly expelled the people inside one by one.
During this, the cloaked guards at the mouth acted swiftly, placing constraints on each person, who, once expelled in the weightless condition, were lightly pushed and flew aside, gathering in mid-air.
"Demon Path thieves…"
Smack, a slap resounded crisply and loudly, leaving blood.
Those who dared shout were slapped half-faced, instantly quieting the captured group into fearful scrutiny of the cloaked black-clothed figures, unsure of the fate these demon cultivators had in store.
In this process, some received different treatment, picked out with no further words, directly switching roles to help maintain order.
This appeared to be insiders that the Demon Path arranged within various battle squads.
Once all captives were expelled from the red silk, 'Blood Kasaya' flickered away like a ghost and disappeared into the darkness.
Shi Chun noticed the relation to the finger technique of Tianyi Sect Hierarch, who must have been controlling it personally.
With no further actions on site, seeing the Demon Path group waiting, Shi Chun and the others could only quietly keep them company.
The wait wasn't long before the 'Blood Kasaya', like a flying dragon, returned, again sending thousands back as before.
The captured individuals, unable to break free from 'Blood Kasaya's restraint, under suppression of Heavenly Immortal experts, were powerless to resist, and ended up as the previous batch, gathered together with them in the end.
The 'Blood Kasaya', having expelled more, quietly flew away like a cloud.
Such scenarios replayed, with Shi Chun's group silently estimating the numbers and speculating how many more trips were needed to gather thirty thousand blood offerings.
Just as the 'Blood Kasaya' returned for the fourth time and expelled captives, a cough unexpectedly emerged from the group too frightened to speak, drawing considerable attention to a fat man.
Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang only glanced at each other and were stunned, instinctively exchanging confused looks. They were too familiar with that fat man, as they had lived under the same roof, and he was Pang Tiansheng, the steward of Wukang Mountain's Punishment Court.
They didn't know how this guy had come to the Extreme Abyss.
They also knew what fate awaited people caught and brought to this place.
Shi Chun had received Bian Weiyin's earnest request, and he had an intimate relationship with Bian Weiyin. Before, when he was in Wei Mo's hands, he couldn't do anything, but now he couldn't stand by idly.
Moreover, this fat man had some admirable qualities. For the Sect, he had willingly come to risk his life, which they hadn't noticed before.
After thinking for a moment, he moved slightly closer to Su Mian and whispered, "That coughing fat man is the sect master's senior brother. I know him. I might be able to use him later. Capturing so many people, they probably wouldn't miss him, right?"
Su Mian turned her head to glance, and did not refuse. She walked gracefully to the side of a cloaked figure and murmured to them.
The cloaked figure turned to look at Shi Chun and then transmitted a greeting to the guards.
Then Su Mian personally went over to rescue him, directly making the frightened and bewildered Pang Tiansheng faint, then stuffed him into a black cloth bag, dragged him back, and threw him to Shi Chun.
Shi Chun naturally tossed the menial task to Wu Jinliang.
Receiving the black cloth bag, Wu Jinliang kicked it and murmured curses, "Consider yourself lucky."
Feng Chi curiously asked, "Who is this?"
Wu Jinliang chuckled, "The steward of Wukang Mountain's Punishment Court. When we first arrived at Wukang Mountain, this fat man was very malicious, intentionally tormenting us. I never expected we'd end up saving him today. Isn't this what you call returning kindness for injury?"
Feng Chi responded with an "oh," though she hadn't been to Wukang Mountain, she was familiar with its situation.
They continued to wait.
When 'Blood Kasaya' made its seventh trip back and forth, it finally stopped leaving.
Shi Chun silently estimated that there were already over 30,000 people, and the ritual was likely to begin.
As he predicted, 'Blood Kasaya' spat everyone out, allowing the Demon Path to identify and remove their own people. The red silk then rolled and swept, not only capturing the newly abducted individuals but also enveloping the previously captured 20,000 to 30,000 people into it, tumbling them into the air.
Tens of thousands gathered in one place, with cultivation controlled, resulting in people pressing against each other. Screams were inevitable as some were crushed into silence.
"Initiate the Array!" Tianyi Sect Hierarch suddenly shouted.
Nine cloaked figures immediately flashed beneath the 'Blood Kasaya' crammed with tens of thousands of people, forming a large circle, each holding and casting from Magic Artifacts. Instantly, the Magic Artifacts erupted with brilliance, connecting into a circle, creating complex patterns within, gradually emitting beams of light.
Tianyi Sect Hierarch swung his sleeves, casting towards 'Blood Kasaya', causing it to slowly rotate with the people wrapped inside, the speed increasing and the shape tightening, accompanied by spine-chilling screams.
These were unimaginably horrific screams, raising the hair on anyone's skin, even Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang, who were accustomed to life and death in Life Prison, felt shivers down their spines.
'Blood Kasaya' discharged a large amount of blood, touched by the light in the Array below, it intertwined and soared, the vaporized blood light rising like red flames, as if countless tiny gaps appeared in the void, penetrated by the blood-colored flame energy.
In the rapidly spinning 'Blood Kasaya', the screams quickly stopped, but it continued rotating, discharging large quantities of blood with a stiflingly thick stench.
Shi Chun considered using the 'Blood Soul Blade' to test if it could absorb the blood, but decided against any reckless moves, fearing the trouble might be uncontrollable.
The eerie scene persisted for a while. Suddenly, a sound of forceful inhalation and exhalation appeared in everyone's ears, distant and profound, chilling to listen to.
Everyone looked around, yet couldn't identify where the sound was coming from. Above the escalating blood flames, countless tiny void fissures twisted, gradually forming into a vortex.
Ultimately, it opened entirely into a void rift, and the rising blood flames began to surge into it.
During the moment of wide-eyed observation, something suddenly burst from the void rift, almost startling them.
A great clanking of chains was stirring and a pair of enormous blood-red glowing eyes protruded from within, it turned out to be the head of an ominously scaled dragon, sucking in the blood aura as it emerged, its scale claws flying, chained all over, and it collided with the sandalwood gold used for illumination in the air.
Not only one, another emerged following it.
Mysteriously, Shi Chun's Right Eye Superpower failed to detect any vitality from this Flying Dragon, its presence filled with a sinister aura. He hadn't seen a dragon before, but somehow felt something was wrong with it, like it was eerily bleak.
He quickly looked at Tianyi Sect Hierarch and saw no unusual reactions, as if this was not the first time witnessing such a scene.
When the third chained black dragon emerged, a structure appeared behind them, forcibly dragged out by them.