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Chapter 2772 Sacrifice
Chapter 2772 Sacrifice
The young lady's explanation was quite thorough, but Han Li's expression grew even more serious. "What kind of being could kill two True Monarchs?"
“It’s possible he sought his own death,” Qu Jianlei said thoughtfully. “I have no intention of disrespecting the deceased.”
"Really?" The young lady and Han Li became interested upon hearing this. "Tell me more about it?"
"It's half intuition," Qu Jianlei replied in a deep voice, "and also... with these two taking action, can the Silent Zone be preserved?"
These silent zones, which True Lords can freely enter and exit, are difficult to completely compress, but much easier to destroy.
Han Li pondered for a moment before speaking, "This Silent Zone...couldn't it have been created by the two of them?"
This isn't arguing for the sake of arguing, but rather a reasonable examination.
"Even so, why did they call it out?" Qu Jianlei countered. "What were they trying to do?"
“I understand,” Han Li said, proving himself to be a qualified Daoist partner. “No wonder this place is considered a lower-middle-level dangerous place by that person!”
The young woman also realized what was going on, "These two... are more likely to be War Witches, trying to break through to the Fusion Realm?"
“A very reasonable guess,” Qu Jianlei replied in a deep voice, “Perhaps they also want to break through the barrier of higher dimensions!”
“It’s very likely,” Han Li agreed. “Moreover, they’ve already created such a passage.”
The young woman remained silent for a while before letting out a soft sigh, "Even with their combined strength, they both failed at the last hurdle..."
She may look down on Crystal Ancestor, but Battle Witch is different. When fighting against cultivators of the same level, it's hard to say who will win or lose.
The combination of the War Witch and the Crystal Clan is far greater than the sum of its parts!
After a while, she asked, "The opportunity mentioned by the Compass of Destiny... is it this corpse?"
"That seems to be the case," Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, "but I'm a little confused, aren't shamans considered part of the human race?"
Using human corpses as opportunities... is that appropriate?
"Why don't you have your fortune told?" the young woman suggested. "The fighting spirit of a war shaman is rather sinister, so it's not convenient for me to do it, but yours is different."
"Let's ask the ritual artifacts first," Han Li decisively suggested. "What if someone among them knows about them?"
He knew far too much about Qu Zhenzun, and even knew about the relics of Wu Xuan Dazun.
Qu Jianlei thought about it and agreed; it would be a good opportunity to ask the obsessives how far they had progressed in their discussion.
"War Wizard?" The first to speak was the Soldier. "Release the ritual artifacts, let's take a look together."
Qu Jianlei's ethereal body quickly solidified, and a small axe suddenly appeared in his hand.
Many remained silent, waiting for a long time before Qu Jianlei finally had to ask, "These corpses can't be used for sacrifice, can they?"
“Even external invasions can be sacrificed,” a violent obsession surfaced.
"However, if there is no cause and effect, it doesn't mean much, and besides, you didn't even kill him."
“Let’s try divination first,” the one from the Haoran Sect finally stepped forward. “If we dare to harm you, the consequences will befall us.”
The way Hao Ran's disciples acted was indeed a bit domineering; they could force a cause and effect without any apparent reason.
“But this ritual artifact… is only open-body,” Qu Jianlei hesitated, “and the opponent is a Grand Lord-level War Wizard.”
If he could make a sacrifice, he wouldn't hesitate, but if there were any backlash from the remaining fighting spirit, could the ritual artifact withstand it?
“I would never harm you,” the Haoran Sect member replied. “Besides, it might really be an opportunity.”
My concern is the safety of the ritual objects... Qu Jianlei was speechless, but since things have come to this, let's just do the divination.
Logically, a doctor cannot heal himself, so he wasn't expecting much from the outcome. However, after calculating the results, he was genuinely a bit bewildered.
After thinking for a moment, he took out the wooden tortoise shell and chess pieces and began to perform divination.
At this moment, it wasn't just the young lady and Han Li who were paying attention to him; even the obsessions of the heroic spirits numbered no less than five!
Witchcraft and immortal cultivation are two extraordinary systems of the human race, but they don't have much contact.
For cultivators, witchcraft is also a way to cultivate oneself and communicate with heaven and earth, making it somewhat stronger than the martial arts system.
As for the path of becoming a god through incense offerings... well, that's also considered a cultivation system, isn't it?
The cultivators especially acknowledge the formidable strength of the War Witch.
Now that a War Wizard has fallen, and these obsessions are merely external manifestations, who wouldn't want to take a look?
The official divination result left Qu Jianlei speechless: "Sacrifice...respectfully sending off?"
We don't mind seeing him off, after all, he is a senior of the human race, but sacrifice... what can we use to sacrifice him?
"Good thing!" the female voice suddenly spoke up, "A respectful send-off is the dignity of a shaman, and there will be rewards. Don't look down on the shaman's heritage!"
"Why would I complain?" Qu Jianlei gave a wry smile. "The problem is this ritual and sacrifice... I just don't understand it!"
“War shamans are not sorcerers, they don’t care about rituals,” a persistent thought emerged, “and spoils of war are the best.”
"Spoils of war... I understand!" Qu Jianlei raised his hand and pulled out a ball of pale green light.
He wasn't sure what kind of spoils the other side wanted.
However, if the three's previous guesses were correct, this war shaman was trying to break into a higher-dimensional world in order to achieve fusion.
This sounds a bit absurd, yet Qu Jianlei, a mere True Venerable, is already thinking about fishing for higher dimensions!
It can only be said that cultivators are willing to try any means to advance, and are even unafraid to gamble with their lives.
So, this wisp of life force derived from a higher dimension, I wonder... is Senior Corpse satisfied?
Then he silently prayed, "Senior, I have mistakenly entered this place. Knowing that your obsession still remains, I have no choice but to..."
Before he could finish reciting, the light green ball of light in his hand suddenly flew out and quickly disappeared into the gray corpse in front of him.
The next moment, the mysterious grayscale patterns on the skin covering the skeleton began to flow rapidly, faster and faster.
As the patterns flowed, the enormous corpse gradually shrank, and the speed increased from slow to fast.
Immediately afterwards, the entire space trembled slightly, and the corpses scattered in an instant, turning into scattered green light spots.
Then came another faint hum, "Kid, you're too late..."
And then... no more.
The sky was filled with countless tiny points of light, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
More than a hundred of them drifted toward Han Li, and another hundred or so drifted toward an empty spot.
The next moment, a small, indistinct archway appeared, with the words "Taiyuan" written on it.
All the other specks of light were directed at Qu Jianlei... no, more than a hundred of them were directed at the small axe in his hand.
This deceased War God was truly fair in his actions; those who were tainted by karma were all implicated.
"Wow, this is my lucky break!" the handsome young man laughed happily. "So many opportunities for survival!"
“It instantly transformed into vitality,” a soft sigh came from the direction of the archway, “This obsession is so strong… thankfully it’s not fighting spirit.”
As the young woman remarked with emotion, over a hundred points of light disappeared as she spoke.
Han Li was also fast. The extreme cold field first slowed down the green light cluster, and then he raised his hand to seal more than a hundred life-giving auras.
Qu Zhenzun... truly didn't have time to react; hundreds of thousands of green light orbs rushed towards him.
One after another, the orbs of light entered his body, and then he remained there, motionless.
"Good heavens," Han Li was so shocked that she didn't even have time to be envious, "So many life forms?"
“The vitality of a War Witch is inherently strong,” the young woman said leisurely. “This is the fall of a Great Lord, a way of giving back to heaven and earth; how could it be less?”
"It's just that the obsession hasn't been extinguished. What's sealed within my body, besides vitality, is also fighting spirit, all of which has been transformed into vitality."
Han Li pondered for a moment before speaking, "He didn't have time to seal away so many things, wouldn't he... wouldn't he be too weak to absorb all that nourishment?"
"How would I know?" the young woman replied casually at first, then chuckled. "Don't worry, he's very strong!"
Driving again... Han Li couldn't help but roll her eyes. Doesn't this dignified True Monarch Ancestor have any other pursuits?
Qu Jianlei remained frozen for three days before finally letting out a soft sigh, "Alright, this is truly... an unexpected surprise!"
"I feel you can directly attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage," a woman's voice rang out leisurely, "a gift from the fall of a great lord!"
“Where is it? It’s far from perfect,” Qu Jianlei replied absentmindedly. “There’s still a rejection reaction.”
"I absolutely don't believe you this time!" Han Li stated decisively, "That's the feedback from the Great Lord's obsession!"
"What you sacrificed, he will give back to you. The vitality you had before was created by your own hands, so how could there be any rejection?"
"Well, I didn't absorb it all, did I?" Qu Jianlei muttered resentfully.
However, he still seemed a bit sluggish. "We still have to deal with Tianqing."
"How much is left?" Han Li asked instinctively, then slapped his forehead. "I should have asked that one more question!"
"I'm not lying to you, there's not much left... The things that happened here, sigh, are impossible to explain!"
"Take him away quickly," the young woman said, "This passage is about to collapse!"
The passage exists only because of the presence of the war shaman's corpse, which has held it open.
However, the speed of the collapse was indeed a bit too fast. Han Li grabbed Qu Jianlei's shoulder and flew away.
As they flew away, the passage behind them seemed to collapse as if in pursuit, creating a sense of a life-or-death race against time.
They came slowly to guard against any unforeseen events, but they will return as quickly as possible.
After returning to the Silent Zone, the collapsed passage even extended a short distance into the Silent Zone—it felt like there was no way to stop it.
Fortunately, the two of them ran fast enough, and as for the young lady... needless to say.
They rushed into the quiet zone for a distance, and only stopped when they felt safe.
The next moment, a powerful divine sense arrived, "What have you been doing for the past month?"
"More than a month?" Qu Jianlei and Han Li were taken aback. It didn't even seem like half a month.
“There is some spacetime distortion,” a woman’s voice said softly, “but the speed difference isn’t too great.”
"What did you do?" The powerful divine sense was a little impatient. "The passage disappeared, which made the compression process much easier."
"The compression difficulty has been reduced?" Qu Jianlei and Han Li exchanged a glance, then nodded in unison, looking thoughtful.
“I’m the one operating outside,” the powerful divine sense spoke in a muffled voice, “Could it be a misperception?”
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