Chapter 1380: Demonic Beasts’ Sacrificial Ritual
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Who is it?” Chen Xiaobei was on high alert. The moment he took a closer look at the white shadow, he relaxed.
It was a large, white fox running towards him.
It had three tails, its fur was spotless and groomed where there wasn’t a single knotted mess to be found; it was extremely beautiful. The fox exuded a pure and pristine aura, unlike the normal Demonic Beasts’ aura.
“Savior! You’re here! I thought I’d never see you again!”
White Fox was very excited. The look it gave Chen Xiaobei was one filled with heartfelt adoration.
It was the very fox that asked for Chen Xiaobei’s help to kill the Armored Ape King.
The beast race was divided into Wicked Beasts and Demonic Beasts.
Common Wicked Beasts hate war, and hoped only for peace and security.
But Demonic Beasts were stronger, and had control over the entire beast race. They enjoyed battles and saw human beings as their nemesis, forcing the Wicked Beasts to join their war against humanity.
That was why other Wicked Beasts like White Fox wanted to revolt against the Demonic Beasts.
In the past, Chen Xiaobei had killed the Armored Ape King, freeing the Wicked Beasts in the Grand Canyon from their obligation to join the war and granting them their long-awaited peace.
The Wicked Beasts since then took Chen Xiaobei as their savior!
“I’ve come here to look for my friend! He’s a Northern Wilderness soldier. He went missing around three days ago!” Chen Xiaobei spoke out the truth.
“Three days ago?” White Fox thought for a while and said, “Oh, I remember now! That was the day a horde of Demonic Beasts attacked the Grand Canyon! They said that it was to gather all the Wicked Beasts in the canyon to pay their respects to a new Platinum Beast King sent over from the Demonic Beast Capital! I also heard that they captured a human and are going to use the person’s head and blood to perform a sacrificial ritual!”
“Where are the Demonic Beasts’ gathering? Bring me there at once!”
“I can bring you there but I need to warn you that the Platinum Beast King is far stronger than the Armored Ape King. I’m afraid it won’t end well for you if you go…” White Fox said in a small voice.
“I have no time for this nonsense! Bring me there now!” Chen Xiaobei said firmly.
“Yes, I’ll bring you there now…”
White Fox nodded worriedly, but still willingly obeyed Chen Xiaobei’s command.
Both man and fox travelled quickly, deep into the Grand Canyon.
At an open field, hundreds of Demonic Beasts had gathered.
Amongst them, the most eye-catching of them all, was a mythical giant tiger standing at five meters tall and ten meters long.
It looked like a ferocious, mighty king tiger where its forehead was adorned with a platinum horn, and its back was covered with a row of sharp, platinum-colored metal spinal spikes.
Platinum Mythical Tiger!
It was the Platinum Beast King that White Fox was talking about!
Northern Wilderness Starfield was very particular about the cla.s.sification of ranks.
For those who were at True Kang Cultivation, at every increase of 10,000 combat power, their ranks would increase by one level: 30,000 combat power was cla.s.sified as Black Steel; 40,000 combat power as Patinated Bronze and 50,000 combat power as Apex Patinated Bronze!
At Celestial Cultivation, each rank would differ by 20,000 combat power: 70,000 combat power was White Silver; 90,000 combat power as Yellow Gold, 110,000 combat power as Platinum; and 130,000 as Apex Platinum.
At Ethereal Cultivation, the difference between each rank was 50,000 combat power: 180,000 combat power was Diamond, 230,000 combat power as Obsidian; 280,000 combat power as Legend; and 330,000 combat power as the Apex Legend!
DemiG.o.ds corresponded with the strongest Legend!
This mythical tiger was called the Platinum Beast King, thus it could be surmised that its combat power was between 110,000 and 130,000 combat power; which was the equivalent of the pinnacle phase of Celestial Cultivation.
That was just its basic combat power. The tiger itself had Special Abilities, making it even more powerful.
It was no wonder why White Fox was worried for Chen Xiaobei.
Besides this tiger, the other Demonic Beasts were all much lower ranking commoners, nothing worth mentioning.
“Those b.l.o.o.d.y Wicked Beasts! How dare they hide from me?! Why aren’t they here to pay their respects to me?!” The Platinum Mythical Tiger bared its teeth, its eyes ablaze with anger.
“What should we do? Should we still continue with today’s sacrifice?” A black ape asked.
“What nonsense! Or course we must!” Platinum Mythical Tiger barked. “The Ape King was murdered, the hearts of the Beasts in Zachara were shaken! Especially the d.a.m.ned Wicked Beasts! How dare they hide from me! They think that they can avoid partic.i.p.ating in the war just like that? I will use this sacrifice to show them that our war with humans will never end!”
The other Demonic Beasts roared in unison, cheering their king.
“That’s right! Tiger King is right! We will fight the humans until the day we die!”
“Kill! Kill all humans!”
“Until all humans are exterminated, the war will never end!”
Demonic Beasts were bloodthirsty beings; violence and brutality ran in their veins.
“Bring in the offering!” Platinum Mythical Tiger roared and silence fell over the Beasts.
Two majestic Armored Ape Soldiers walked in, carrying a cross made of logs and tree vines, and on it was a sallow-looking Ning Yuchen.
He was in terrible shape; he had clearly not eaten nor slept for three days and three nights.
Luckily, there seemed to be no traces of any serious injuries on him. The Demonic Beasts probably did not want to ruin their sacrificial offering, so they did not hurt him.
Despair filled Ning Yuchen when he saw hundreds of Demonic Beasts all around him.
“Your Excellency, Tiger King! The offering is here!”
A giant python, much senior in years said, “According to the ritual, we must first bleed the offering dry, then draw the Demonic Beast Totem on the ground, and then before the offering draws its last breath, cut of his head, and the sacrificial rites to the Demonic Beast G.o.ds is complete!”
“Mm, Oracle Python knows the ritual best. You shall preside over the whole process then!” Platinum Mythical Tiger said.
“Yes!”
The giant python crawled over to Ning Yuchen, murmuring some incantation that only the Demonic Beasts could understand.
“Don’t come any closer! Stay away!”
Ning Yuchen did not understand what the Demonic Beasts were saying but he knew too well that his end was near.
Ning Yuchen dreaded what was to come, an intense fear filled him so much so that he was shaking both physically and mentally.
He was situated amongst the Demonic Beasts who treated humans as their nemesis. He was basically as good as dead!
“Hmph! You coward human, stop struggling! I will use your blood to draw our Demonic Beast Holy Totem! You should feel honored! Accept your death!” The giant python swung its tail at Ning Yuchen.
The giant python was also a Mythical Beast. Its tail was pointed like a scorpion’s and was covered in sharp spikes!
If the tail hits Ning Yuchen’s chest, it will tear through his fles.h.!.+
“Stop or die!”
Suddenly, a fierce, ground shaking voice boomed from behind.