Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Sacrificial Array
"If you have seniors, call them out. As for you guys, you are still too weak to be my opponents."
Luidwish's domineering voice still echoed in everyone's ears, sending shivers down their spines.
Calling out their seniors? These five are the rarest Ancestral Gods in the God realm, and nearly 97% of people here were unaware of their existence until today. If such powerful beings can still summon their seniors, it would be even more frightening than everything that has occurred today.
Hearing Luidwish's words, the five Ancestral Gods felt despair for the first time in their lives. Under Luidwish's voice, they all felt helpless.
When Luidwish noticed blood dripping from the beauty's lips, he instantly released his suppression on them. Such a beauty bleeds while he is the reason for it makes him feel a bit guilty and regretful.
"Mercy! I ask the senior to spare my life." Rhismond set aside his pride and grovelled down to plead for mercy, realizing that he might die here today.
Noticing that the youth ceased suppressing them when he spotted blood dripping on the other Ancestral Goddess, Old Lady Nana also stole this opportunity and pleaded, "Senior, please forgive us. We were disrespectful towards you, and we accept that we deserve punishment, but please spare our lives. The five of us are the only Ancestral Gods in the God realm. Your bone age has puzzled us, as we eventually thought you were not a Primordial God, so—"
"The five of you are the pinnacles of the God realm?" Luidwish was taken aback as he interrupted the elderly lady, and he nearly collapsed from astonishment. Luidwish had been very cautious all along for nothing, but as a disciple of his Master, he did not want to be perceived as domineering, so he relaxed his face again.
"I am not a Primordial God, but you lot are still not my opponents, even if you can band together against me," Luidwish wanted to clear the misunderstanding as it was beginning to annoy him.
Since her arrival, the beauty has never said a word, and even as she faced death, she did not plead for mercy. The other two individuals, who had mountain goat-like horns and rough, reddish skin, gazed at Luidwish with contempt and did not attempt to plead for mercy.
When they saw that Luidwish was not paying attention to them, the two mountain goat-like horns guys nodded to each other, rapidly took out two crystal-like artefacts, and crushed them immediately.
Their actions have captured the attention of Luidwish and everyone else.
"Did you two just crush the primordial-grade artefacts?" Luidwish was surprised to see such fragile primordial-grade artefacts break so easily, especially because the artefacts appeared to be 6th-tier primordial grade.
Artefacts' power and quality in the realm of cultivators are classified into grades known as Mortal grade, High grade, Superior grade, Celestial grade, God grade, and Primordial grade, with each grade separated into 1st to 7th tiers.
Seeing these two freaks breaking such powerful and crushable Artefacts in this location indicates that their intentions are not good.
"Nahaneng and Seyaneng! What are you two doing? Are you disregarding the senior?" Old Lady Nana exclaimed in fear. She could not comprehend why they did what they had just done in front of this terrifying youth who just spared their lives.
"This..." Rhismond was astounded to sense a very powerful aura emanating from the air, and many patterns began appearing on the ground, covering a distance of up to 200 meters, shocking everyone on the scene.
"Hahaha! This person is too strong. Too strong and dangerous to our plan. Such a perfect place and the right sacrifices for this array. We couldn't ask for a perfect opportunity like this to execute our plan." One of the two mountain goat-like horns said with excitement to witness the terrifying aura emitted by the array.
"Well said, brother. All of these Ancestral Gods, Immortal Gods, and True Immortals are excellent and highly qualified ingredients to supplement this array. Is there a better time than now? We would like to thank this senior for helping us gather all of these sacrifices. In thanking you, I shall ensure that the senior dies gently in this array."
Luidwish was taken aback. He looked down on these Ancestral Gods, but he didn't anticipate that the two of them were capable of taking out artefacts to release such an immense aura to the surroundings.
Luidwish flew far into the sky to see the array. He could easily kill the two freaks, but he needs to destroy this array first to avoid any unwanted and unforeseen consequences.
"This array is simple, and the patterns do show that it can sacrifice even Ancestral Gods, but my Master was an array expert. How can a student pale in comparison? I am also an array master. Let me break the array and teach those two a lesson."
It appears that only Luidwish and the two controlling the array can move within its vicinity. The others panicked when they saw they were unable to move or teleport away. This array can contain even those in the early stage of Ancestral God.
Nahaneng and Seyaneng were similarly alarmed when they noticed Luidwish's ability to fly within the array, but they continued to control it.
"Nahaneng and Seyaneng, you b*stards. What did you do? Were you planning this all the time? Are you betraying the God realm?" Rhismond screamed in rage and disbelief. He has never been more humiliated in his life than today.
"Nahaneng and Seyaneng, please stop this immediately. Do this for me just for old-time sake." Old Lady Nana uttered this in desperation, fearing she would die as a result of the two's trap.
"Hahaha, all of you will die, and we two brothers will be the genuine rulers of the God realm and the Immortal world. The three of you have been undermining us for a long time with your schemes, but have you ever thought that we possessed such a powerful trump card? We were able to kill you for a long time, but we waited because this array required many sacrifices to unleash its power, and we had intended to gather everyone for a long time, but who could have predicted that such an opportunity would present itself without our efforts? With this array, we, the two brothers, will quickly breach the impossible barrier of reaching the advanced stage of Ancestral God; with this sacrificial array, we may even reach the final stage."
High in the sky, Luidwish directed his spiritual force to strike the centre of the array, where its power was building.
"What?!" To his surprise, the array only trembled but remained unscathed.
"Could this be?" Luidwish's eyes widened with a realization, "This array is linked to a powerful spirit of an artefact on the same level as my Master's Celestial Summit, and this spirit appears to be from the God realm itself. Could it be that the entire God realm and the Immortal world are just on a single artefact?"
Looking carefully at the centre of the array, Luidwish's eyes widen with terror, "This... this array is not to power up those two morons like as they expected, but to sacrifice the God realm and everyone in the Immortal world just to resurrect the Primordial God who created this place. The two have been deceived... Could it be that, before his death, the Primordial God left this array as a trump card for his eventual return? It appears that the Primordial God who established this God realm did so without good intentions. Everyone is alive here solely to return him to the future he planned for."
Luidwish had only recently arrived in the God realm, yet he had already discovered a huge conspiracy devised by a Primordial God of this realm. It appears that all of the Primordial Gods who have visited this place in the past, including his master, were unaware of this huge scheme, yet simply getting here allows him to unearth such a dreadful scheme.
"This array appears easy, but with the spirit of the 7th tier primordial artefact tied to it, not even the Primordial Gods or someone of my level can break it. The only way to save all living beings is to sacrifice the Celestial Summit, but this cost is too high. How can I recklessly sacrifice my Master's most prized possession?"
"Die!" With a single word enforced by the law of death, the enraged Luidwish released a powerful voice towards the two, and the two died without resistance. Such is the might of someone who could manipulate laws with a powerful spiritual energy. Even someone at the early stage of Ancestral God could still be killed in such a manner if it is the peak of this stage unleashing the law of death.
The confined people in the array were even more horrified as they watched the two drop like dead flies.
The uncontrolled array got even more chaotic, revealing that the spirit of the strong artefact seized control of it without external assistance.
"Senior, save me! I will worship you as a servant. Please!" Rhismond roared with force as he felt the aura of the array begin to absorb his essence, and he no longer resembled the domineering Ancestral God who terrified others.
Other Immortal Gods and True Immortals followed his lead and yelled as well.