Chapter 70: The Ritual
At this time, it was already noon, and Bai, Xiao Yu, and Tang Qiu climbed on the edge of the altar, holding their breath low and observing the memorial ceremony that was about to begin. The three of them have been lurking at the altar since last night, and they have been until now.
The altar is made of stone and wood, and the platform at the top of the altar is a circle with a diameter of 3 or 4 hundred meters, and there is a huge stone statue in the center of the altar, and the pillar of light pointing straight to the sky is released by the stone statue.
There are also many totem pillars on the altar, and the three people on the edge are hidden in a depression behind the pillars, and the three people cannot be seen at all unless they walk in
At dawn, hundreds of faithful captives were carried onto the altar by the armored men, kneeling on the edge of the altar. From that time on, Bai began to look for Wumian's figure in the crowd, but in the end, Wumian didn't find it, but found another person, Black Tiger.
When he saw the black tiger, Bai couldn't help frowning, this guy is not dead yet? It's a blessing, but now I'm caught on the altar.
Now the three of Bai are in a dilemma, all of them are here, they have no reason to stay, but the ceremony starts immediately, there are soldiers everywhere, and the three of them can only hide, waiting for the end of the ceremony.
At noon, a group of men in gray robes marched up to the altar and then knelt respectfully in front of the stone statue.
In the direction of the castle, a black ball of light rose into the air, flew towards the center of the altar, and landed in the middle of the gray-robed man, as the black light dissipated, the person in the ball of light also revealed his true face.
An old man with gray silver hair and a wrinkled face was enough to hug his body, giving people the feeling of being sick and weak when the wind blew, but the invisible sense of oppression on the old man's body told others that he did not show that it was so simple.
The old man stood there in the middle of the gray-robed man, facing the stone statue in the center of the altar, and stretched out his five fingers warmly.
As if under control, the stone statue in the center of the altar deformed with a click, and countless runes with strange patterns were separated from the stone statue, and then formed a regular formation around the stone statue and rotated.
With the mutation of the stone statue, the white pillar of light that reached the sky slowly turned red, and finally turned into a bright red like blood.
"Transfer magic ready to kick in." The old man's voice didn't know where it came from, and a strong coercion spread from the center of the altar, and the surroundings that were originally cathartic suddenly quieted down.
On the ground in the center of the altar, the magic array with a diameter of 100 meters suddenly came to life, and it rotated, emitting a red light, and the silver-haired old man slowly floated up, suspended above the magic array.
When the magic array was fully activated and the light was in full bloom, the silver-haired old man beckoned to the group of believers, and a person floated up and flew towards the center of the magic array.
It's the Black Tiger guy!
The three white people, who had been peeping, immediately discovered who was pulled up.
At this time, the black tiger's face was full of panic, struggling desperately, and he opened his mouth to say something, but there was no sound at all, no, now it should be said that the entire altar was not sound at all, and the panicked crowd was shackled by an invisible force, and could not make a single sound.
The silver-haired old man ignored the black tiger's struggle, stretched out his hands with a solemn gaze, and concentrated on operating the magic array. Under the operation of the silver-haired old man, several strands of red energy poured out from the magic array on the ground, wrapping around the black tiger's body.
At this time, the black tiger's original frightened expression instantly turned into pain, and his whole face was distorted, with the entanglement of red energy, many red lines appeared on the black tiger's body, and then it began to slowly disintegrate, turning into red fragments in the sky, and integrating into the red energy.
The red energy returned to the magic array again, but at this time, there was a translucent blue shadow left in the air!
Soul?!
When Shiro saw that blue shadow, he immediately thought of the word.
The black tiger that had become a soul was still struggling with pain on his face, and under the further control of the silver-haired old man, the stone statue in the altar shot out several red rays, enveloping the soul black tiger again, forming a red sphere.
The sphere is constantly compressing and shrinking, and at the same time, a blue mist is constantly spilling out of the surface of the sphere.
In a moment, the red orb spread out, and a scarlet rose emitted a golden glow emerged.
Seeing that rose, the white pupils shrank suddenly, and those roses were exactly the same as the seal of the godhead in his sea of consciousness! That's the seal of the Black Tiger's godhead??
"Yes, yes, the first sacrifice is the seal of the top-level godhead." The old man looked at the rose in the air with a smile on his face, and then beckoned, and the rose directly shattered into countless golden light particles and merged into the pillar of light that reached the sky.
The silver-haired old man turned his gaze to the panicked crowd, and this time the two of them slowly floated......
The three of Bai witnessed the whole process on the side, those people went through the process of the black tiger just now, and were stripped out of the seals of different forms of godheads, and finally the seals of the godhead also turned into particles of light and merged into the pillar of light, and as the ceremony progressed, the number of people who sacrificed each time also increased.
At this time, Bai was already in a cold sweat.
** Peel off, grind the soul, seize the seal of the Godhead, merge into that pillar of light, and the real dead corpse and soul are scattered. Is this called a ritual? What is the purpose of their rituals?
Bai didn't expect that he was glad that he was now glad that Wumian was among the people who made sacrifices, so that he could always find a chance to save Wumian.
As the offerings on the altar dwindled, a gray-robed man on the edge got up and walked down the altar, and a moment later, another group of people escorted a group of captives up to the altar!
Seeing a group of believers being sent to the altar, Bai's heart tightened, he didn't expect the sacrifice to be divided into two batches, and now if Wumian was in the crowd, the chance of trying to escape was too small.
Bai calculated quickly in his heart, so the silver-haired old man was concentrating on guiding when he cast the spell, it was very thought-consuming, a ritual was at least 10 minutes, if Wu Mian was in the crowd, then choose a time for him to guide, and use smoke bombs to cover and escape......
While his heart was rapidly calculating, Bai's eyes were also scanning the crowd quickly.
"Sister Lin Meng!" Tang Qiu suddenly screamed and pointed at a person in the crowd, but the moment she spoke, she was covered by Bai and Xiao Yu at the same time.
Although Tang Qiu's voice was not loud, you must know that there is silence on the altar now, and it is very likely to be heard!
Bai turned his head and peeked at the altar, but he happened to meet the silver-haired old man's gaze. The moment his eyes met, Bai Xin chuckled: That old man was not guiding the magic array! It's been discovered!
Without hesitation, Bai was about to reach out and pull the tab of the smoke bomb, but as soon as his fingers touched the tab, he found that he couldn't move.
"There are little bugs who dare to sneak in." The old man's voice sounded beside the three voices, and the three white people were dragged up by the invisible force and flew towards the magic array.
"The next one is just the three of you." The old man said expressionlessly, "Since you want to see it, then participate in this great moment." ”
He didn't wonder why the three of them were lurking here, they were just three ants to him, and listening to the ants tell stories was just a waste of time. Besides, he didn't have much time, so he needed to sacrifice enough sacrifices to use the special energy of the Seal of Godhead and a large amount of faith power to power the plane teleporter.
As the silver-haired old man activated the magic array again, the red energy swept towards the three people suspended in the air.
The three of Bai struggled desperately in the air, but they found that they couldn't move no matter what, and they couldn't make a sound out of their mouths, so they could only watch the terrifying energy roll towards them.
At this time, Bai regretted bringing Xiao Yu and Tang Qiu here, and now he understands that the enemy is so strong that he can't resist at all! Saving people is simply a fool's dream.
On the silent altar, Bai had fallen into despair, no longer struggling, quietly watching the surging red energy, ready to meet death again.
However, the moment the red energy touched the white, a turquoise light radiated from the white chest.
A turquoise ball of light appeared in an instant, covering the three of Bai, and after isolating the silver-haired old man's power control, the three of them fell to the ground, and Bai looked at his chest, it was the leaf that Lao Mo had given!
"Huh?" The silver-haired old man frowned, and then stepped up the guidance of the magic array, and the red energy suddenly went berserk, sweeping towards the turquoise ball of light in the magic circle.
The surging red energy roared, but it hit the turquoise light curtain, and the belt could only bring ripples, but could not shatter the thin layer of eggshell.
However, Bai Wry, who was protected by the ball of light, smiled bitterly, and the energy of this small leaf given by Lao Mo could not be infinite. Now it's on someone else's home field, when the ability is finally exhausted, the ending has not changed, and death has only been postponed.
Death, is it coming again?