Chapter 599: Divine Ability (First Update!)
Qin Mu’s face, covered by the white silk scarf, froze for a moment. After a brief pause, a bright, sunny smile spread across his face, and he quickened his pace to catch up with Granny Si.
His third eye, on his forehead, watched Granny Si. He could see her primordial spirit, but this time, he no longer had any desire to devour it.
His heart was filled with a serene peace. Perhaps there were other faces in the world as beautiful as Granny Si’s, but not every beautiful face concealed a soul as kind and beautiful as hers.
In truth, deep down, Qin Mu was grateful that Granny Si had picked him up and brought him back to the village, raising him with hardship and dedication.
His own kindness was inherited from her.
This woman, who nominally bore the title of Saintess of the Demon Sect and carried the infamy of having killed her husband, was actually the kindest person in the Village of the Crippled.
Everyone in the Village of the Crippled harbored their own darkness within, each retreating from the world and hiding in the Great Ruins for various reasons. Only Granny Si, believing her beauty was a curse that brought disaster, had driven herself into the Great Ruins. She would rather disguise herself as an old crone than let the world see her true face and cause them to slaughter each other.
Others sought to make themselves more beautiful, using beauty as a weapon, but she strove to make herself uglier.
“I can now control the desires brought by this eye.”
Qin Mu felt pleased. He looked around and, though he could see countless wandering remnant souls of demons, he could now calmly accept what he saw, with no thought of devouring them.
Granny Si turned back to look at him, smiling radiantly. “Mu’er, your aura seems to have changed a little. What happened?”
“Something very wonderful!”
Qin Mu was in high spirits and laughed. “Something that makes my heart happy.”
Granny Si asked curiously, “What wonderful thing? Tell me about it.”
Qin Mu said loudly, “I think Granny is the most beautiful woman in the world and the kindest woman in the world!”
Granny Si shook her head, the pearl earrings dangling from her earlobes swaying gently. “How could a demoness of the Demon Sect be the kindest person? I am not. Mu’er, you are the kindest one.”
Qin Mu smiled. “And the Sect Leader of the Demon Sect isn’t the kindest person either.”
Granny Si’s mood also lifted unknowingly. The two chatted and laughed as they walked towards the nearest altar.
Suddenly, Qin Mu and Granny Si stopped in their tracks simultaneously, gazing into the distance. There, the altar stood as tall as a mountain, with layers of steps on all four sides.
Each layer of steps was like a path to the heavens, reaching towards the clouds.
The altar was so massive, like a magnificent mountain, with countless runes flickering on and off on each layer of steps. These were the runes used for the blood sacrifice of the Floating Heaven.
The Woodcutter Sage had built this altar using the demonic blood sacrifice method. However, he intended to sacrifice the entire world, so the effect of a single altar was insufficient. He needed many such altars to tear the Floating Heaven apart into pure energy!
This act would surely incur unknown backlash, and the Woodcutter Sage dared not use it lightly. It was only because there was absolutely no chance of victory against the Supreme Heaven that he was forced to resort to it.
The reason the Supreme Heaven had no chance of victory wasn’t that the demons were too strong, but that the Supreme Heaven had to be destroyed. Only then could the demons use its blood sacrifice to invade the Eternal Peace.
The demons weren’t strong; what was strong was the power that sought to destroy the Supreme Heaven.
At this moment, atop the altar, a god stood, holding a war halberd, his aura surging into the sky.
Below the altar, tens of thousands of demon soldiers, like a swarm of insects, were surging upwards, charging towards the summit!
The god on the altar swung his war halberd, and streaks of blinding light slashed down from the top, sweeping across the area. Countless limbs flew through the air.
One man, one halberd, held back tens of thousands of demon soldiers, slaughtering them until rivers of blood flowed, dyeing the altar red. Blood plasma trickled down the steps, layer by layer.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The sound of the halberd cutting through the air came in waves. Corpses had already piled up on the steps, yet the other demons, fearless of death, continued to surge forward like a tide, madly climbing towards the top, trying to kill that god.
“Granny, these demons are just ordinary ability users. They are no match for this god at all.”
Qin Mu watched, puzzled. “Why are they throwing their lives away like this?”
Granny Si was also somewhat confused. These demons were indeed just throwing away their lives. Even if there were experts at the Divine Bridge realm among them, they were far from a match for that god.
That god was one of the twenty-four deities invited by the Woodcutter Sage. He was powerful, though not on the level of the Woodcutter Sage or Bound Sun, but he was still a formidable expert among gods.
Even if more demon ability users swarmed in, they couldn’t kill him!
“Bound Sun can’t be this stupid.”
Granny Si pondered. “So what is the purpose of these demons rushing to their deaths one after another? They can’t even deplete much of this god’s power… Could it be that a demon god is hidden among these demons?”
Qin Mu focused his gaze. His third eye clearly saw the divine repositories of all the demons rushing there, but he didn’t find any demon god hiding among them.
“This is… a blood sacrifice!”
He suddenly realized, exclaiming, “Bound Sun intends to use a blood sacrifice to summon the descent of a terrifying existence! There must be a demon god nearby, preparing to perform the ritual!”
Just as he said this, the blood plasma on the altar suddenly stopped flowing. All the corpses and living demons stiffened, involuntarily floating in the air. Then, in an instant, both the dead and the living demons had their bodies disintegrate. Flesh, blood, and even bones and primordial spirits were shattered into the finest particles, forming a river of blood that swirled around the altar and the god!
The god at the top of the altar swung his war halberd, unleashing terrifying divine might. His halberd techniques were exquisite, and the power of his spells and abilities was astonishing, yet he couldn’t break this sacrifice!
Qin Mu immediately looked around, scanning the distance, trying to find the demon god who was sacrificing his own people!
That demon god, presiding over this flesh-and-blood sacrifice, had to be nearby to conduct it personally.
Granny Si also snapped to attention and swept her gaze around.
She had already established her own network of human vital energy circulation, which included Blind’s divine eye. In terms of eye techniques, it was similar to Blind’s Nine Heavens Eye-Opening Method, though not as refined.
But even so, with her cultivation at the divine realm powering the divine eye, her eyesight was still terrifyingly sharp.
However, after searching thoroughly, she couldn’t find where the demon god presiding over the sacrifice was hiding.
“I should have brought Blind along!” Granny Si felt a bit anxious.
Just then, Qin Mu beside her murmured, “Granny, I found him!”
Granny Si was momentarily stunned. Without time to think, she quickly asked, “Where?”
Qin Mu raised his hand and pointed towards the sky above the altar. Granny Si hurriedly looked, but she could only see the river of blood spinning into a circle, whistling around the altar. She still couldn’t see where the demon god was.
“Mu’er’s eye is truly extraordinary, able to find that demon god.”
She was a bit puzzled. “What is the origin of this eye? Why did even Lord Tu Bo have to seal it?”
Although Qin Mu could only open the eye on his forehead, his eyesight was extremely peculiar, able to see things that other divine eyes could not. The demon god was hiding very cleverly, obviously possessing a very unique concealment ability.
He was hiding in a spatial rift above the altar, performing his rituals. Sometimes he was upside down, sometimes his hair was disheveled, his steps erratic, as if mad.
Qin Mu said solemnly, “Granny, look at the direction my vital energy thread extends! I will use the vital energy thread to pinpoint his location for you. You must kill him!”
Granny Si shouted, “Don’t use the Overlord Body Three Dan Art! Only use your vital energy thread to form a line to guide the direction! Give me the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra!”
Qin Mu focused his mind. A ball of thread flew out, and then his vital energy turned into a thread, rapidly extending towards the sky above the altar.
This vital energy thread pointed directly at the hiding place of the demon god performing the sacrifice. At the same time, Granny Si controlled the scriptures of the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra. Countless scriptures flew out, forming a thread-like line.
The thread formed by the scriptures closely followed Qin Mu’s vital energy thread, extending rapidly.
Granny Si poured all her magical power into the scriptures of the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra. This scripture was passed down by the founding ancestor of the Heavenly Saint Sect. The founder had refined the scripture into a treasure. When not unfolded, the scripture was a small ball of thread, but when unfolded and magnified with vital energy, it became countless words.
Not only that, but the scripture could also be used as a spirit weapon, possessing extremely powerful might and authority.
Granny Si had once used the scripture to fight many experts in Inlaid Dragon City. When Qin Mu first followed the Village Chief into the darkness of the Great Ruins, the scripture was also one of the protective treasures he carried.
However, after Qin Mu obtained his own spirit weapon, he rarely used the scriptures of the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra.
The scripture wasn’t very suitable for him.
But for Granny Si, the scripture was the most suitable spirit weapon, perfectly matching her cultivation method and temperament. She could even use the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra to perform changes that could only be achieved with abilities. However, because Qin Mu was the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Saint Sect and the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra should rightfully be kept by him, she didn’t ask him for it.
Qin Mu’s vital energy thread extended for fifty li, about to reach the demon god’s hiding place. However, his vital energy had reached its limit. If he activated the Overlord Body Three Dan Art, he could increase the extension distance of his vital energy by six times, but without activating the technique, the vital energy thread could only extend for fifty li.
“Mu’er, absolutely do not activate the technique! With your vital energy thread to determine the direction, I can assassinate him!”
Granny Si nervously instructed again. Then, behind her, a Divine Bridge spanned the sky. Her primordial spirit appeared, crossed the bridge in a single stride, and reached the Heavenly Palace at the end of the bridge!
Granny Si let out a battle cry. Divine might erupted from within her body. Outside the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Palace, light shone through the nine heavens. The scriptures of the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra, like the slimmest spirit snake, whooshed into the demon god’s hiding place!
The demon god was at the most critical moment of his ritual. The blood river sacrifice was about to burst forth with light. Just then, a silver thread whooshed into his forehead!
The demon god was startled and quickly reached for his forehead, grabbing a thread end.
He was momentarily stunned. “What is this thing?”
Beside Qin Mu, Granny Si’s hair flew wildly. She was as graceful as a butterfly, her robes fluttering. One ability after another unfolded rapidly.
The demon god’s face changed drastically. Just as he was about to pull the thread out of his body, the scriptures of the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra inside him suddenly expanded, transforming into hundreds of abilities that exploded!
Boom, boom, boom, boom—
Countless vibrations came from that spatial rift. Then, demon god blood flowed out from the rift, like a wound in the sky, a waterfall of blood.
Granny Si breathed a sigh of relief and retracted the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra. She looked up and saw that the blood sacrifice had not yet stopped.
Although the demon god was dead, the blood sacrifice had been completed.
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