Chapter 82
: Cannibalism and Sacrificial Fields (Please continue reading)
"Um?"
Li Changsheng looked in the direction of the sound.
Suddenly, some tall grass and trees, more than a person's height, in the nearby spiritual land surged violently, as if some huge creature was rushing towards them at high speed.
His heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively shielded everyone in front of him.
He looked over.
next moment.
Then a black bear, nearly two zhang tall with a crescent-shaped white patch on its chest, stood upright. It roared as it charged toward the crowd, scratching around its head with its large paws, as if it were patting something.
"Holy crap, what a huge bear..."
"It's a moon bear, its strength comparable to a high-grade, first-tier Qi Refining level demonic beast..."
"Run!"
The crowd was stunned for a moment, and as soon as the words were spoken, at least half of them rushed out to escape.
Li Changsheng was one of them.
But he hadn't run far when he glanced behind him and saw that the nearly two-zhang-tall first-grade high-level spirit beast hadn't chased after him at all.
Instead, it stands upright.
As if leaning against some invisible barrier, it swayed from side to side, its bear paws, the size of a futon, slapping something haphazardly.
"Um?!…"
Li Changsheng was stunned for a moment.
When he saw the old Lingnong standing less than three feet behind the crescent bear, pointing and gesturing at it, he was not afraid at all, but rather quite excited.
"Is it because of the grand formation that nurtures the spiritual land...?"
As if he had just thought of something, a look of realization crossed his face.
Think about it too.
If there were no grand formation protecting them, the "Spirit Field Palace" would not allow spirit farmers to participate in the "Sacrifice Fields." If a powerful demon beast were to appear and wipe out the spirit farmers, who would farm the land?
And this time.
The other Ginfarmers also noticed something was wrong.
They stopped and turned to look, seeing the smiling old farmers pointing at the crescent bear and commenting on it. They all cursed the old men under their breath.
Not long after.
The crowd returned to the sacred site once more.
A younger, burly spirit farmer angrily grabbed an older, thinner spirit farmer by the collar and cursed:
"You old bastard, why didn't you say so sooner that this sacred place was protected by an array? You made me look bad, I'll beat you to death..."
"Li Dong, what are you doing..."
Ignoring Old Lingnong's words, he raised his hand and threw a punch.
A tearing and ripping ensued.
He stopped what he was doing after being persuaded by Ling Nong, whom he knew.
There are rules.
The burly young man, Li Dong, dared not truly kill him.
Old Lingnong had bruises around his eyes and some bloodstains at the corner of his mouth. He looked miserable, but in reality, it wasn't even a minor injury. He was just being humiliated like this, and when he heard the laughter and amused looks around him, his face instantly turned ashen.
She glared at Li Dong resentfully, then lowered her head and remained silent.
"Oh…"
Li Donghun sneered indifferently. An old man who was about to die was not worth his fear.
Turning around, he stepped into the invisible array barrier, looked at the giant bear that was nearly two zhang tall in front of him, felt its suffocating oppressive aura, and couldn't help but swallow.
I don't know why.
A thought suddenly popped into his mind.
"How impressive it would be to have this crescent bear as a mount..."
The thought that the activation of the "Spirit Land" formation would weaken the spirit beasts to the point that they could barely move made his gaze burn with intense desire.
But just as he was lost in his daydreams...
Suddenly, a tremendous force came from his back. Caught off guard, he staggered forward and fell to the ground.
After I came to my senses...
Li Dong quickly got up, and when he saw the old Lingnong sneering not far away, a fierce look appeared on his face.
"You old bastard, you're asking for it..."
I was just about to step forward and teach Old Lingnong a lesson he shouldn't have.
Suddenly he noticed that the other people's expressions were a little strange, as if they were saying something to him, but no sound came out.
"Um?"
Li Dong wasn't stupid; he immediately realized something was wrong.
Just then.
He suddenly felt his vision darken, accompanied by heavy breathing and a foul stench.
As if he had thought of something.
His face stiffened, he swallowed hard, and slowly raised his head, meeting a pair of bloodshot eyes filled with rage.
next moment.
Li Dong heard a deafening, ferocious roar, then felt a sharp pain in his head, and his consciousness faded into darkness.
outside world.
Looking at Li Dong, who had been torn to pieces by the crescent bear.
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
boom…
Coming to their senses, the crowd surged backward.
They stared in horror at the crescent-shaped bear in the great formation and the old spirit farmer.
"We can't leave the formation, but can we enter...?"
Li Changsheng's expression was solemn.
Seeing the crescent bear chewing on Li Dong's remains, its brutal pupils seemingly intently observing them, a chill inexplicably rose in their hearts.
I don't know if it's just my imagination.
In the pupils of this top-grade spirit beast—no, superior-grade demon beast Crescent Bear—he saw a longing for delicious food and a hunting intent.
"So this is a demonic beast...?"
Seeing the Crescent Bear licking Li Dong's blood and bits of flesh clean, Li Changsheng truly understood what a demonic beast was.
The crescent bear stared at them as they squatted for a long time.
Perhaps seeing that no one else was coming in, he slowly stood up, turned around and walked into the depths of the bushes, turning back every step of the way, which made everyone tense and speechless.
Wait until the crescent bear disappears into the grass.
In just a few breaths.
A barrage of accusations and insults were directed at the old Lingnong as he slowly walked away.
And wait for them to leave.
No one approached within three zhang of the invisible barrier of the great formation.
"Once the grand formation is activated and the spiritual land opens, I'll definitely kill this crescent bear to avenge Senior Brother Li..."
"Yes, kill it!"
"..."
Amidst the buzzing and discussion of the crowd.
The crescent bear returned, carrying something in its mouth.
The crowd paused, instinctively taking two steps back.
Then the crescent bear sat in front of the array barrier, the bloodstains on its body gone. It took the thing out of its mouth, and with a casual grab of its paw, strands of golden liquid flowed out.
Instead of licking it, it raised its paw and waved to the crowd.
The Grim Reapers: "..."
Do they think the crescent bear is stupid?
"Damn it, I can't take this anymore! Once the spiritual land opens, I'm going to kill it! I have to kill it!..."
"Count me in, bro..."
"And me!..."
"..."
The spirit farmers were instantly enraged and discussed that once the spirit land opened, they would ignore everything else and find the crescent bear to kill it first.
Seeing this, Crescent Bear thought it was working, so it stood up, waved its hands incessantly, and sprinkled the honey-like liquid onto the array barrier.
You can wait and wait.
Seeing no one enter, the crescent bear roared angrily and turned to run into the depths of the grass.
"I wonder how many spirit stones the corpse of the superior-grade demon beast Crescent Bear is worth..."
Li Changsheng's gaze swept over the messy grass, and he decided that once the spiritual land opened, he would have Da Congming try to find the location of this crescent bear.
Not long.
When the sun hangs high in the sky.
Suddenly, someone spoke up: "They're here..."
Li Changsheng glanced around, then looked up at the sky. He saw a black dot appear in the sky not far away, and it arrived in front of him in a few breaths.
It was a ship that was a hundred feet long.
A ship shimmering with a bright, surging light like the sun.
They did not stop at the sacred site.
Instead, it flew to a point five miles away from the sacred land and hovered there motionless.
next moment.
A heavy voice, like a muffled thunderclap, resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
"The demon Yingyue has destroyed two of my Yuanhe Mountain's spirit mines and a merchant ship. By order of our sect leader, your soul will be used as nourishment, and your spirit body and dantian will be used as fields to transform our sect's spiritual land and atone for your sins!"
"cut!…"
The words fell.
Suddenly, darkness fell over all four directions.
The sun disappeared.
A cracked crescent moon rose high in the sky, then silently exploded, turning into countless crystalline fragments that fell from the sky.
"That is..."
Li Changsheng stared blankly at this scene.
When he came to his senses, he felt a cool breeze brush past him, and all the pores on his body opened up instantly to welcome and absorb the breeze.
As if sensing something, his expression changed slightly.
"Um?…"
Li Changsheng looked in the direction of the sound.
Suddenly, some tall grass and trees, more than a person's height, in the nearby spiritual land surged violently, as if some huge creature was rushing towards them at high speed.
His heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively shielded everyone in front of him.
He looked over.
next moment.
Then a black bear, nearly two zhang tall with a crescent-shaped white patch on its chest, stood upright. It roared as it charged toward the crowd, scratching around its head with its large paws, as if it were patting something.
"Holy crap, what a huge bear..."
"It's a moon bear, its strength comparable to a high-grade, first-tier Qi Refining level demonic beast..."
"Run!"
The crowd was stunned for a moment, and as soon as the words were spoken, at least half of them rushed out to escape.
Li Changsheng was one of them.
But he hadn't run far when he glanced behind him and saw that the nearly two-zhang-tall first-grade high-level spirit beast hadn't chased after him at all.
Instead, it stands upright.
As if leaning against some invisible barrier, it swayed from side to side, its bear paws, the size of a futon, slapping something haphazardly.
"Um?!…"
Li Changsheng was stunned for a moment.
When he saw the old Lingnong standing less than three feet behind the crescent bear, pointing and gesturing at it, he was not afraid at all, but rather quite excited.
"Is it because of the grand formation that nurtures the spiritual land...?"
As if he had just thought of something, a look of realization crossed his face.
Think about it too.
If there were no grand formation protecting them, the "Spirit Field Palace" would not allow spirit farmers to participate in the "Sacrifice Fields." If a powerful demon beast were to appear and wipe out the spirit farmers, who would farm the land?
And this time.
The other Ginfarmers also noticed something was wrong.
They stopped and turned to look, seeing the smiling old farmers pointing at the crescent bear and commenting on it. They all cursed the old men under their breath.
Not long after.
The crowd returned to the sacred site once more.
A younger, burly spirit farmer angrily grabbed an older, thinner spirit farmer by the collar and cursed:
"You old bastard, why didn't you say so sooner that this sacred place was protected by an array? You made me look bad, I'll beat you to death..."
"Li Dong, what are you doing..."
Ignoring Old Lingnong's words, he raised his hand and threw a punch.
A tearing and ripping ensued.
He stopped what he was doing after being persuaded by Ling Nong, whom he knew.
There are rules.
The burly young man, Li Dong, dared not truly kill him.
Old Lingnong had bruises around his eyes and some bloodstains at the corner of his mouth. He looked miserable, but in reality, it wasn't even a minor injury. He was just being humiliated like this, and when he heard the laughter and amused looks around him, his face instantly turned ashen.
She glared at Li Dong resentfully, then lowered her head and remained silent.
"Oh…"
Li Donghun sneered indifferently. An old man who was about to die was not worth his fear.
Turning around, he stepped into the invisible array barrier, looked at the giant bear that was nearly two zhang tall in front of him, felt its suffocating oppressive aura, and couldn't help but swallow.
I don't know why.
A thought suddenly popped into his mind.
"How impressive it would be to have this crescent bear as a mount..."
The thought that the activation of the "Spirit Land" formation would weaken the spirit beasts to the point that they could barely move made his gaze burn with intense desire.
But just as he was lost in his daydreams...
Suddenly, a tremendous force came from his back. Caught off guard, he staggered forward and fell to the ground.
After I came to my senses...
Li Dong quickly got up, and when he saw the old Lingnong sneering not far away, a fierce look appeared on his face.
"You old bastard, you're asking for it..."
I was just about to step forward and teach Old Lingnong a lesson he shouldn't have.
Suddenly he noticed that the other people's expressions were a little strange, as if they were saying something to him, but no sound came out.
"Um?"
Li Dong wasn't stupid; he immediately realized something was wrong.
Just then.
He suddenly felt his vision darken, accompanied by heavy breathing and a foul stench.
As if he had thought of something.
His face stiffened, he swallowed hard, and slowly raised his head, meeting a pair of bloodshot eyes filled with rage.
next moment.
Li Dong heard a deafening, ferocious roar, then felt a sharp pain in his head, and his consciousness faded into darkness.
outside world.
Looking at Li Dong, who had been torn to pieces by the crescent bear.
The crowd suddenly fell silent.
boom…
Coming to their senses, the crowd surged backward.
They stared in horror at the crescent-shaped bear in the great formation and the old spirit farmer.
"We can't leave the formation, but can we enter...?"
Li Changsheng's expression was solemn.
Seeing the crescent bear chewing on Li Dong's remains, its brutal pupils seemingly intently observing them, a chill inexplicably rose in their hearts.
I don't know if it's just my imagination.
In the pupils of this top-grade spirit beast—no, superior-grade demon beast Crescent Bear—he saw a longing for delicious food and a hunting intent.
"So this is a demonic beast...?"
Seeing the Crescent Bear licking Li Dong's blood and bits of flesh clean, Li Changsheng truly understood what a demonic beast was.
The crescent bear stared at them as they squatted for a long time.
Perhaps seeing that no one else was coming in, he slowly stood up, turned around and walked into the depths of the bushes, turning back every step of the way, which made everyone tense and speechless.
Wait until the crescent bear disappears into the grass.
In just a few breaths.
A barrage of accusations and insults were directed at the old Lingnong as he slowly walked away.
And wait for them to leave.
No one approached within three zhang of the invisible barrier of the great formation.
"Once the grand formation is activated and the spiritual land opens, I'll definitely kill this crescent bear to avenge Senior Brother Li..."
"Yes, kill it!"
"..."
Amidst the buzzing and discussion of the crowd.
The crescent bear returned, carrying something in its mouth.
The crowd paused, instinctively taking two steps back.
Then the crescent bear sat in front of the array barrier, the bloodstains on its body gone. It took the thing out of its mouth, and with a casual grab of its paw, strands of golden liquid flowed out.
Instead of licking it, it raised its paw and waved to the crowd.
The Grim Reapers: "..."
Do they think the crescent bear is stupid?
"Damn it, I can't take this anymore! Once the spiritual land opens, I'm going to kill it! I have to kill it!..."
"Count me in, bro..."
"And me!..."
"..."
The spirit farmers were instantly enraged and discussed that once the spirit land opened, they would ignore everything else and find the crescent bear to kill it first.
Seeing this, Crescent Bear thought it was working, so it stood up, waved its hands incessantly, and sprinkled the honey-like liquid onto the array barrier.
You can wait and wait.
Seeing no one enter, the crescent bear roared angrily and turned to run into the depths of the grass.
"I wonder how many spirit stones the corpse of the superior-grade demon beast Crescent Bear is worth..."
Li Changsheng's gaze swept over the messy grass, and he decided that once the spiritual land opened, he would have Da Congming try to find the location of this crescent bear.
Not long.
When the sun hangs high in the sky.
Suddenly, someone spoke up: "They're here..."
Li Changsheng glanced around, then looked up at the sky. He saw a black dot appear in the sky not far away, and it arrived in front of him in a few breaths.
It was a ship that was a hundred feet long.
A ship shimmering with a bright, surging light like the sun.
They did not stop at the sacred site.
Instead, it flew to a point five miles away from the sacred land and hovered there motionless.
next moment.
A heavy voice, like a muffled thunderclap, resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
"The demon Yingyue has destroyed two of my Yuanhe Mountain's spirit mines and a merchant ship. By order of our sect leader, your soul will be used as nourishment, and your spirit body and dantian will be used as fields to transform our sect's spiritual land and atone for your sins!"
"cut!…"
The words fell.
Suddenly, darkness fell over all four directions.
The sun disappeared.
A cracked crescent moon rose high in the sky, then silently exploded, turning into countless crystalline fragments that fell from the sky.
"That is..."
Li Changsheng stared blankly at this scene.
When he came to his senses, he felt a cool breeze brush past him, and all the pores on his body opened up instantly to welcome and absorb the breeze.
As if sensing something, his expression changed slightly.
"Um?…"