Nai Shu’s sacrificial ceremony has begun!
A thousand Griffin Beasts are mobilized, each carrying five captives alongside the knight. There are members of the Near-Human Tribe, as well as Indigenous Barbarian Tribes.
Leading the way, over a dozen Griffin Beasts bear elderly shamans.
Under Nai Shu’s leadership, the thousand Griffin Beasts majestically fly towards the Chimera Tribe’s volcano.
After a day and a night, this immense aerial legion arrives above Mount Chimera.
The dozen shamans ride the Griffin Beasts, hovering at the crater, beginning to chant incantations to awaken the three Chimera Beasts beneath the volcanic magma.
Some of these beastly incantations are only understood by these shamans.
However, after chanting for a full quarter of an hour, there is no response from below the magma.
Nai Shu glances sideways.
The enchanting woman, cloaked entirely in black, says; "For such powerful monsters, they are extremely arrogant; begin the live sacrifice then!"
Nai Shu waves his hand!
A hundred Gryphon Knights advance, flying to the edge of the crater one by one, tossing the five captives on each Griffin’s back down.
Screams echo incessantly.
One by one, living captives, like bombs in an air raid, fall like rain.
These innocent captives struggle desperately, wailing with all their might.
But to no avail, completely unable to alter their doomed fate.
"Plop, plop, plop..."
As one captive after another plunges into the magma, their bodies instantly ignite, burning to a crisp in mere moments, then turning into ashes, vanishing completely.
Seen from above, the scene is utterly tragic.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..." Griffin Beasts continuously fly past the crater, tossing down the sacrificial captives.
In the blink of an eye, the magma within the crater is densely packed with struggling bodies and heartrending wails.
The first batch, all five hundred living captives, have been thrown down.
Only a few minutes later, the screams stop, the struggles end.
These five hundred prime captives turn entirely into ashes.
Yet, the entire volcanic magma remains silent.
Nai Shu glances at the enchanting woman beside him.
"Such powerful monsters are not interested in the physical bodies of the offerings, so they won’t devour their flesh, but only their bloodline energy essence," the mysterious enchanting woman explains.
After the five hundred prime captives are burned alive by the magma, their bodies turn to ash, but their bloodline essence is extracted.
The three Chimera Beasts deep within the volcano are greedily devouring them.
The bloodline essence of living beings is its favorite, an utterly supreme delicacy.
Devouring the energy of this volcanic magma could indeed make it powerful, but it’s excruciatingly painful, feeling like incineration in hell each time.
However, devouring the bloodline essence of these living beings not only makes it stronger, but also has no side effects.
Previously, only during the Chimera Tribe’s Heavenly Eye Judgment were there living bloodline essences to devour, and so much time has passed now without consuming fresh living bloodlines, leaving it famished.
Unexpectedly, so many live sacrifices are offered at once.
After consuming the bloodline essence of five hundred captives, there is no further sign, and the three Chimera Beasts roar impatiently.
Suddenly, there is a surge of magma at the crater.
The entire massive volcano trembles slightly. Follow current novels on novel·fiɾe·net
Nai Shu is overjoyed; indeed, there are three Chimera Beasts.
Immediately, over a dozen shamans quickly use special incantations to communicate with the three Chimera Beasts.
This is a negotiating process.
The dozen shamans signal to the three Chimera Beasts that they now have five thousand live captives for sacrifice, for them to devour. Not only that, but every month thereafter, there will be a thousand living bloodline sacrifices, asking if the three-headed Chimera is willing to leave the magma and sign a spiritual contract with their master.
Indeed, the whole process is a bare exchange of interests, with nothing sacred about it.
This volcanic magma can provide the three-headed Chimera with power, but it’s uncomfortable.
It’s like if a person lived on sweet potatoes every day; they could survive and have energy, but it’s unpalatable and causes heartburn.
For the three Chimera Beasts, the energy from the volcanic magma is like the nutrients of sweet potatoes, but it tastes like Guanyin clay—not only unpalatable but eating it leads to constipation, causing a belly full of anger.
Without contrast, there is no harm.
If all the three Chimera Beasts consumed was the magma’s energy, it would be nothing.
The key is the Chimera’s Heavenly Eye Judgment, which every time throws down hundreds of captives, letting it taste the supreme delicacy of living bloodline essence, giving it an addiction; returning to devour magma energy is unbearably painful.
However, it is unwilling to leave this volcano easily because it has a never-ending supply of energy here; once away, there’s no guarantee of continuous energy to devour. Certainly, it can return to the volcanic magma, but the moment of return is a pain indescribable in words, as if incinerating its entire body and reconstructing it anew.
Now, Nai Shu’s dozen shamans tell it there are a total of five thousand living bloodline essences to devour, driving it completely crazy.
Additionally, every month thereafter, there will be a thousand living bloodlines to devour.
It’s simply too beautiful, enough for it to leave the volcanic magma.
"My master will supply you, so you must obey his commands," say the dozen shamans.
"I don’t want to become anyone’s mount," the three-headed Chimera signals.