Chapter 1619: The Demons Arrive

“Furi will assist you, Chief Libationist.”

That was why Princess Royal Furi rose to her feet after a moment of hesitation.

She had addressed herself by her name, meaning that right here and now, she was a representative of herself, not her country.

“Hahaha! Xiahou Zun will assist you, Chief Libationist!”

Xiahou Zun rose to his feet even before Princess Royal Furi was finished.

“Cang Xu will assist you, Chief Libationist.”

Cang Xu was the Divine Master of the Platform of God’s true name. This was the first time he confessed his true name before so many people.

With Princess Royal Furi, Xiahou Zun and Divine Master Cang Xu taking the lead, the envoys of the smaller countries rose to their feet and copied them as well.

As everyone inside the inner altar area rose up, the

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people and Chu commoners watching from the outer altar area were touched by the Chief Libationist’s spirit as well. They all bit open their fingertips and sent their blood to the Chief Libationist.

“I will...”

“I will...”

......

The voices of support grew from one person to countless.

The blood droplets floated into the air like an unnatural rain that flew toward the sky instead of the ground. It looked mighty impressive.

The voices of support were all the power of wishes; the hearts of the people.

The blood droplets were the proof.

Given enough droplets, a drop of water could grow into a sea. Given enough believing hearts, the wishes of the people could transform even the world.

This magnificent phenomenon would continue a while yet.

“Thank you all for your benevolence and righteousness.”

It was at this moment the Chief Libationist stopped writing and bowed to everyone. “I am infinitely grateful.”

The Chief Libationist brought down his brush, and a river of blood gathered underneath the tip like ink.

As if empowered by the people’s hearts, wishes, and will, the Chief Libationist’s writing speed suddenly grew by leaps and bounds. The blood red oration of sacrificial offering was shining brightly as well.

Strangely, the bloody light did not appear bloody or evil. In fact, it felt divine and grandiose.

“What do we do, Little Senior Buddha? The Chief Libationist must not be allowed to succeed, or our time and effort will all be for naught. Old Senior Buddha will kill us all for this failure!”

In the crowd, a man whispered to a wizened old man beside him urgently.

“I know!” The old man’s eyes were bloodshot with violence and brutality. “I must stop him. I will stop him even if I must die for it!”

He wasn’t the only one. There were a lot of people who were looking at the Chief Libationist from the crowd or the imperial capital with vicious, hateful eyes.

Some of these people were human villains and heretics, and some were evil Strangers and monsters. Without exception, they were all dark, filthy people who wished to plunge the human world into chaos and lawlessness. Not a single one of them wished for the Chief Libationist to succeed and purify the human world with the power of the Heavenly Way.

For a moment, they all shared the exact same thought.

Stop him!

The next moment, a dozen or so silhouettes burst into the air and charged toward the Chief Libationist.

“Hmph!”

Chu Xunxian’s imperial robe fluttered on its own, and the Natural Five Phases Flags appeared in the sky. Five colors weaved into various patterns, and the five phases cycled. They were all burned into ash before they could reach the Chief Libationist.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

“You dare show your face here, demons?!”

As Chu Xunxian rose into the sky, a gigantic image appeared behind him and looked down on the ground. Immense power pressed down on everyone’s shoulder like mountains while five-colored profound light washed out of the Natural Five Phases Flags and enveloped the entire imperial capital.

Buzz...

It was at this moment an invisible buzzing deafened the ears. The next moment, a giant hole appeared on the screen of five-colored profound light, and a pitch black hand reached out to grab the Chief Libationist.

The hand was black like ink and dark like the night. Wherever it went, light was consumed and destroyed, leaving behind only pure darkness.

Chu Xunxian was just trying to stop it when a three-eyed python appeared out of nothing and slithered up Chu Xunxian’s image. The image actually began turning into stone at a visible rate.

“Snake Evil Sovereign!”

Chu Xunxian was furious, but he was unable to break free immediately.

“There is no place for you here, Night Demon!”

Before the hand could reach the Chief Libationist, the Old Heavenly Master let out an angry roar. Lightning poured down the sky and illuminated the darkness in an instant. The arm disintegrated into ash in an instant.

However, deeper, greater darkness was flooding in through the hole.

A terrifying face could be vaguely seen behind the veil of darkness.

“You’ve gotten old, Heavenly Master!”

“I am, but I am still more than enough to kill you!” The Old Heavenly Master waved his sleeve, and a talisman shone bright as the sun. It forcefully repelled the encroaching darkness.

The talisman that illuminated the world was the Golden Light Talisman.

The Old Heavenly Master took one step forward. The black tiger beneath his feet spat golden lightning, and the white dragon above his heart blew spiritual fire. Lightning and fire mingled to engulf the terrifying face.

At the same time, the Dragon Subjugating Zen Master chanted once before pushing out with his palm. Nine dragons that weaved together to form what looked like a Buddha’s palm. It was the Golden Dragon Buddha Hand.

The Golden Dragon Buddha Hand surged forward and clashed against a finger.

The finger was rotten, withered, and overflowing with a seemingly infinite aura of death and yin qi. However, it was also giving off a Buddhist light and Buddhist chanting. It was indescribably bizarre.

The two techniques clashed, and the Golden Dragon Buddha Hand was pierced by the finger. However, the finger pulled back despite the success.

It was at this moment a Buddha appeared in the sky. It was about three hundred meters tall. He was wearing a kasaya weaved from human skin and a Buddhist bead bracelet carved from human bones. His flesh was clearly rotten, but his entire body was shining with the light of Buddha. Thick waves of corpse qi were rolling off him as well.

“Corpse Buddha...”

“Corpse Buddha...”

The next moment, bloody heads burst out of the Buddha’s rotten flesh and chanted “Corpse Buddha”. Their expressions were devoted, but their voices were overflowing with resentment.

The Buddhist light on the Buddha’s person shone brightly, and corpse qi poured down on the entire sacrificial altar like a river.

“You dare to show your face, Corpse Buddha?”

The Dragon Subjugating Zen Master widened his eyes into a furious glare. When he shot into the air, an eight-armed arhat appeared in the Buddhist light and raised six of his arms like he was holding up the sky. He prevented the river of corpse qi from falling an inch further.

The next moment, Dragon Subjugating Zen Master reached the Corpse Buddha.

Compared to the Corpse Buddha, the Dragon Subjugating Zen Master was as small as an ant.

When the Dragon Subjugating Zen Master threw out a punch though, it was the Corpse Buddha who was punched into a million pieces.

However, the scattering bits of flesh all transformed into Corpse Buddhas and clashed against the Dragon Subjugating Zen Master.

“How dare you defile this sanctuary with your vile presence!” Long-browed Divine Monk, Princess Royal Furi, Divine Master Cang Xu, Xiahou Zun and more weren’t just going to sit and watch, of course. They all took to the sky.

“Terrible, terrible[1]...”

“Pitiful, pitiful...”

“Saddening, saddening...”

It was at this moment a monk, a Taoist, and a scholar appeared and blocked their way.

The monk sported an ugly face and a savage expression. His upper body was bear, and the infamous painting “Scene of Hell” was tattooed on his body. In this painting, the hell and the ghosts that lived within it looked like they were alive and overflowing with malice.

The Taoist was completely white in his beard and hair. His face was kind, and he wielded a horsetail whisk. He looked celestial and good, but his eyes were shining with cunning and viciousness.

The scholar was tall and slender. His appearance was honest, and his aura was refined. He was carrying a book that gave off screams of pain from time to time.

1. The chant is the opposite of the usual, “Excellent.” ☜