Long Chen sped forward, discovering that although the monsters here were chaotic, they were still controlled by a leader.
Long Chen didn't know how they were transmitting the message, but the Child of Destiny-level monster he had killed was leading the entire team in a direction.
As Long Chen moved forward, he encountered other monsters. After killing several waves in succession, he realized that these monsters seemed to be closing the net.
The outer area seemed like a pre-set trap; once they entered, the monsters began an orderly slaughter.
Long Chen was located in a huge ambush circle. Through soul searching, Long Chen roughly knew that dozens of teams were working together to hunt down people in this area.
Moreover, from their consciousness, Long Chen felt that they didn't seem intent on utter annihilation, but he couldn't understand their specific plans.
So Long Chen could only keep moving forward. Suddenly, a thunderous roar came from ahead, the earth trembled, and the fierce wind howled. Long Chen immediately sped up and sped forward.
When Long Chen crossed a high mountain and saw what was happening below, he was shocked. In a vast mountain hollow, a tide of monsters surrounded tens of thousands of people. The monsters roared in fury, yet they were perfectly united, seemingly singing or praying.
Long Chen glanced at the tens of thousands of experts surrounded in the core area—there were demons, demons, bloods, and humans. However, he didn't know any of the humans, nor did he have any personal ties, so he leaned on the mountaintop and watched quietly.
Among these tens of thousands, there were dozens of Sons of Destiny level. A few of them were quite strong, but no matter how strong they were, being surrounded by endless monsters meant there was no chance of escape.
After all, the number of monsters was tens of thousands of times greater than theirs. Most importantly, among these monsters, there were at least several thousand at the Child of Destiny level. In the eyes of this group, Long Chen saw despair.
"Puff puff puff..."
The monsters danced strangely, their roars growing more rhythmic. Strange lights flickered on their bodies, converging at the heart of the battlefield.
Meanwhile, those at the core of the battlefield were terrified beyond words. They had no idea what these monsters were up to. Some of them wanted to break out, but they simply couldn't break through.
These monsters didn't seem eager to kill them; they kept roaring and performing strange dance moves. Seeing this, Long Chen was startled:
"What is this... Sacrifice! Long
Chen was quite knowledgeable. From the dance movements of those monsters, the calls they spoke, and the movements on the battlefield, he could spot some clues.
Long Chen's gaze searched among the monsters, and soon he spotted an elder holding a white bone staff.
The old man wore animal skins, a bone crown, his face covered in dense markings, and his eyes were vertical pupils, resembling crocodile eyes, sending chills down one's spine.
"A three-vein Celestial Saint-level existence."
Long Chen looked at the old man and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. The old man's demonic aura was soaring, just like those demons, but his appearance was identical to that of humans.
The bone staff in his hand was glowing; he should be the leader of this sacrifice. At this moment, he was muttering incantations, rhythmically tapping the ground with the skeletal staff, keeping rhythm with the angry shouts of the surrounding monsters.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, the old man shouted, his white bone staff striking the ground with force. All the monsters present trembled, their bodies glowing as all the radiance surged toward the center of the battlefield.
"Buzz"—
A massive vortex formed at the center of the battlefield. The powerful ones screamed in terror, instantly sucked into the vortex. At that moment, even the Chosen Ones seemed powerless before the vortex.
Long Chen was shocked and hurriedly took out his Amethyst Heavenly Eye to look at the vortex. Divine light flowed within the Amethyst Heavenly Eye, and through the vortex, Long Chen saw a massive altar, with a huge stone placed atop it.
On the stone, runes flowed and life energy bloomed—it was a stone core. When he saw it, Long Chen's heart pounded wildly, because on it, he sensed an aura that sent chills down his spine.
When Long Chen tried to use his Amethyst Heavenly Eye to check the inside of the stone body, the vortex had already disappeared, and the image Long Chen saw vanished as well.
"There must be a shocking secret inside that stone embryo." Long Chen put down his Amethyst Heavenly Eye, his heart still pounding wildly.
Long Chen had fought his way from the mortal realm to the immortal realm, seeing countless formations and altars. At a glance, he could tell that the stone fetus inside the altar was nourishing something terrifying.
These monsters sacrificed their powerful beings to that stone embryo, which must be nourishing the existence within. The stone embryo was somewhat like the divine egg Long Chen placed in Xiaoxue back then. The sacrifices outside were all meant to hatch the contents inside.
"These brainless fools actually sacrificed these people to that stone embryo. That's completely illogical. We have to find a way to get to the bottom of it." Long Chen clenched his fist. This discovery was too shocking and had to be understood.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, Long Chen felt a sense of alarm. Almost instinctively, he dodged and retreated a hundred li from where he was before.
"Boom!"
A white bone staff pierced through the spot where Long Chen had just been. If Long Chen had reacted even a moment slower, he would have been smashed into a pulp by the staff.
When he saw the bone staff, Long Chen immediately pictured the terrifying face of the old man in his mind.
"Whoosh!"
The White Bone Staff flew up. Long Chen looked up and saw the old man with a face covered in runes coldly staring at him, his eyes filled with surprise:
"Such powerful blood energy, such a solid soul. If I could sacrifice you, the awakening process of the demon spirit would be greatly accelerated." It is uncertain whether he will awaken directly from the start. The
old man's voice was hoarse, like a shovel scraping against the sand. Every syllable was chilling, especially as he spoke, runes swirling across his face like countless centipedes crawling, making him look especially terrifying.
"Rumble..."
At this moment, endless monsters surged toward Long Chen like a tide, instantly surrounding him completely.
Surrounded by demons and confronted by three-vein Celestial Saint-level experts, Long Chen felt no fear, because he was no longer the person he once was.
Long Chen looked at the old man and said calmly, "
The stone embryo on the altar—is that the demon spirit you mentioned?"
Faced with Long Chen's question, the old man's face showed no expression. The bone staff in his hand suddenly stopped, and suddenly a furious roar rang out again, revealing a strange dance.
"Buzz"
As soon as the sacrificial formation appeared, Long Chen suddenly felt his whole body tense up, and the energy of billions of demons locked onto him in an instant.
"Not talking, huh? Then I'll fight until you say so! Red Dragon Battle Body—Manifest! Facing
the old man and the endless demons, Long Chen shouted sharply. His divine ring stretched open heaven and earth, and the dragon's roar echoed through the ages.