Chapter 602 — Blood Sacrifice to Luofu

The appearance of that vast, boundless continent in the sky sent a shudder through Varahi's body, and he forgot to command his divine abilities. Meanwhile, in the great demon camp, one demon soldier after another raised their heads, staring up at the anomaly in the heavens with vacant expressions.

Nor was it only them—nearly every living being across the entire Taihuang Heaven, whether human or demon, whether slave or lofty god-devil, whether strange beasts dwelling in mountains and seas, or even ants and insects, all raised their heads at this moment to gaze upon the massive planets pressing down from the firmament, and that magnificent, boundless continent.

It was an anomaly so shocking it defied description, a majestic spectacle such as they had never beheld in all their lives!

The massive planets hung so low they seemed within arm's reach; the mountains on that continent looked like tapering cones suspended downward, and the oceans upon it gleamed like sapphires.

And what was strange was that despite hanging above Taihuang Heaven, the waters of those seas did not fall, did not flow down into Taihuang Heaven.

Varahi's body trembled, and he forgot to seize Zaifu, Shen Mu, and the others.

Shen Mu looked carefully and saw that the pillars of light connecting the continent to Taihuang Heaven emanated from towering altars—altars as imposing as mountain ranges, faintly visible even when one looked up from Taihuang Heaven.

Shen Mu blurted out, "That is… Luofu Heaven!"

His voice shattered the shock and silence around them. Zaifu, Granny Zhu, and the others were all greatly shaken. The Lame Elder said in alarm, "Shen'er, what cursed place is Luofu Heaven?"

"The world of the demons—the world where these demons who invaded Taihuang Heaven dwell."

Shen Mu took out the teleportation flags and swiftly planted them in a circle around them, saying, "I fell victim to Varahi's eye-technique divine ability and was captured by him. In his illusion, I became him, and I saw Luofu Heaven. That world is essentially on the verge of destruction."

"The demons have suddenly pulled their Luofu Heaven over here—what are they planning?"

Granny Zhu was quite suspicious and said in a low voice, "Could they intend to let every living being of the demon race invade Taihuang Heaven?"

The Blind Elder's gaze was deep as he shook his head and said, "Granny, you cannot see the details of Luofu Heaven. This Luofu Heaven was not transported here by the demons—there are still over twenty god-devils on those altars, and it must be their doing. Moreover, they are not transporting Luofu Heaven to Taihuang Heaven, but rather…"

His voice quivered with agitation: "They are performing a blood sacrifice upon Luofu Heaven!"

"A blood sacrifice upon Luofu Heaven!"

Everyone was greatly alarmed. Just as they were about to examine it more closely, Shen Mu had already activated the teleportation flags. One great banner after another spun with a whistling roar, sending them into that divine city.

In the very instant Shen Mu activated the teleportation flags, the demon camp erupted into sudden chaos—a true demon had been ambushed!

It was a true dragon, flying out from a youth's waist. In the brief moment when every demon was looking up at the sky, dazed and distracted, it struck. The divine dragon gravely wounded that true demon, and the "demon youth" moved with eerie agility, arriving behind the true demon in a flash.

His divine abilities were even more bizarre. After a series of dazzling attacks, that true demon was hacked into pieces.

The demon camp was in complete disorder. Before the many demon gods could react and strike, they saw that "demon youth" produce a chest. The chest opened of its own accord and swallowed the dismembered demon god inside.

That "demon youth" lifted the chest, stepped upon the divine dragon, and soared into the air, with one demon god after another in frenzied pursuit behind him!

At the same time, light flickered in the divine city as a teleportation array appeared. Before the people within could collect themselves, Shen Mu had already activated the teleportation flags again. The light had barely faded before it blazed once more, sending them out of the city.

He activated the teleportation arrays again and again, and after several repetitions, they finally escaped four or five hundred li away.

Shen Mu's magical power was exhausted. He waved his sleeve and put away the teleportation flags, saying, "I can only teleport us this far."

Snow Fox said, "I know—it's because Dragon Fatty is too heavy!"

The dragon-qilin lowered its head in shame.

Everyone hurried toward Li City, and along the way they each focused their gaze toward the sky, but they still could not see clearly.

Yet in the Blind Elder's eyes, he could see that the lands and mountains, the lakes and seas of Luofu Heaven were all collapsing. Mountain after mountain crumbled, the seas evaporated, and the rivers of Luofu Heaven twisted like writhing snakes, squirming and struggling in midair!

This scene was absolutely horrifying!

A blood sacrifice of an entire world—it made one feel both awe at its grandeur and desolation at its tragedy.

At that moment, they heard a resonant sound from the sky like the mournful cry of a great whale in the ocean—unendingly long, like the death cry of another dying world. Though it carried no human emotion to the ear, it made one unable to hold back tears.

That world, though it was the world of demons, was still the mother of all who dwelt within it. Hearing a mother's death cry, one could not help but feel it as one's own.

"Luofu Heaven has not actually been drawn closer."

Granny Zhu suddenly understood. As she flew with the others toward Li City, she said in a low voice, "Luofu Heaven is still in its original place. It is this blood sacrifice's power that has opened a passage through space between Luofu Heaven and Taihuang Heaven, making Luofu Heaven appear as though it were directly overhead."

Varahi's heart was ice-cold. He looked up at Luofu Heaven, the world that had raised him. Even as Shen Mu fled, even as the Star Prison attacked and killed a true demon and wreaked havoc in the demon camp, he did not spare a single glance.

The demons' Luofu Heaven was being transformed into pure streams of energy through the blood sacrifice, surging toward Taihuang Heaven.

The Woodcutter Sage had succeeded.

He was exceptionally clever and naturally knew who had done this.

After the gambling duel at Li City, the Woodcutter Sage had disappeared for some time and had not shown himself since. It must have been that he intended to pull the firewood from under the cauldron—to enter the demons' lair, Luofu Heaven, and set up the altars needed for the blood sacrifice of Luofu!

And now, the Woodcutter Sage already possessed the means to perform the blood sacrifice of Luofu!

Lu Li, however, had long since ceased to find such things strange. After all, destroying world after world was commonplace in her eyes. Within the Nether Capital were countless destroyed worlds forming Tubo's Nine-Bend Horn, and innumerable remnant souls wailed and howled within those sunken worlds.

"Capturing that brat surnamed Shen is what matters!"

She made her decision on the spot and strode in the direction Shen Mu and the others had teleported. Just then, the blood sacrifice upon Luofu Heaven, which had fallen into destruction in the sky, suddenly stopped. A voice came from another world: "Varahi, do you wish to cease hostilities, or do you wish Luofu Heaven to be annihilated?"