Chapter 196: The Prophecy Fulfilled

Hearing the boy's words, Ye Lin's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that one hundred thousand people were eaten every year, he would have thought the conditions offered by the Demon Clan were actually quite good.

Ye Lin looked at the indignant radicals with a hint of pity.

He wondered if they ever went to the outside world and found that many jobs were 996, had no overtime pay, and involved being manipulated by the boss, whether they would occasionally miss the days in Bajin City.

Hearing the boy's words, the willow-leaf-eyed woman looked angry.

"Don't you dare! I will absolutely not allow you to offend the God!"

As the woman finished speaking, the people behind her formed a human wall, blocking the exit of the courtyard and surrounding the dilapidated yard completely.

Clearly, if words didn't work, they were prepared to use force.

These people were all ordinary folk in Bajin City, living here for generations, and had almost never seen a Class-Changer.

Seeing that Ye Lin was also a humanoid creature, they assumed his combat power was not much different from theirs.

Looking at the group blocking his path, Ye Lin's expression was a bit strange.

To him, this scene was like a group of kindergarteners holding hands to block his way.

If he wanted to, he could kill a whole row of them just by farting.

But in the end, Ye Lin didn't kill them; he chose to win them over with virtue.

He pulled a piece of grade-four HRB500E threaded steel from the courtyard wall and bent it into the character for "virtue." The conservatives instantly surrendered, their faces turning pale with respect.

Bending threaded steel with bare hands—in their eyes, this was completely non-human.

Yet even so, Ye Lin didn't choose to let them off. He randomly picked a lucky winner and punched them.

The lucky winner's body instantly flew backward like a cannonball, knocking down over a hundred people before finally stopping.

After all, as the old saying goes, the Master says: "If a gentleman is not heavy, he will not be awe-inspiring."

A gentleman must strike hard when hitting people; otherwise, he cannot establish prestige.

Ye Lin used both soft and hard tactics, and soon, apart from the willow-leaf-eyed woman and a few others, no one in the conservative faction dared to voice opposition.

"You! You are rebellious! We should all follow the God's will. If you do this, you will surely be punished by the God!" The willow-leaf-eyed woman pointed at Ye Lin's nose, hysterical.

Ye Lin showed a kind smile. He ignored the woman and turned to ask the white-haired old man.

"Old man, is that sacrificial stone platform only activated at fixed times? Or does it work as long as you throw someone on it?"

"As long as someone is on the stone platform, they will be devoured," the white-haired old man replied.

"Fine, then throw her and those few people on it, one by one."

Ye Lin pointed at the willow-leaf-eyed woman and the few remaining stubborn conservatives.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.

He also wanted to see what exactly was eating people on that stone platform.

Hearing this, the willow-leaf-eyed woman's face turned pale, but she still feigned composure.

"No! You can't do this to me! I am the God's apostle; I am under the God's protection!"

And when the white-haired old man sent people to lift her up and send her to the stone platform, she finally panicked.

"Let me go! Don't throw me up there! I'm only 40; I have reproductive value! I can have children! Don't throw me up there! I know I was wrong; I'm willing to join the radical faction."

What the willow-leaf-eyed woman said was exactly the hidden rule of Bajin City's sacrifices.

Among those one hundred thousand sacrificial spots, almost eighty or ninety percent were young, able-bodied males.

Because in Bajin City, there was no need to worry about food or clothing, so there was no need for productivity, and women could reproduce.

This was also why Ye Lin felt there were far more women than men in Bajin City.

The people carrying the willow-leaf-eyed woman turned their heads and looked at Ye Lin, waiting for his instructions.

However, Ye Lin remained unmoved.

"Keep throwing. Don't mind her; she doesn't know she's wrong—she's just started to fear death."

Hearing this, the men didn't hesitate and threw the willow-leaf-eyed woman directly onto the stone platform.

"No!"

The willow-leaf-eyed woman let out a shrill scream and tried to run, but it was too late.

Black mist suddenly began to gather above the stone platform, completely shrouding it, making it impossible to see what was happening inside.

When the black mist began to recede, the willow-leaf-eyed woman's figure had disappeared, and pieces of shriveled, dehydrated meat scattered onto the ground, just like Bai Siyou's father.

The natives of Bajin City couldn't see it, but Ye Lin saw it clearly.

Inside the black mist just now, there were two monsters!

One was a Soul-Devouring Beast, which approached the woman first, extracted her soul from her body, and swallowed it.

Next was another monster, shaped like a butterfly, its wings covered in metallic black armor, flashing with a chilling cold light.

After the woman's soul was extracted by the Soul-Devouring Beast, the butterfly monster extended a sharp long leg, piercing the woman's chest like tofu and hanging her high.

Then, a sharp proboscis extended from its mouth like a straw, piercing in and sucking the blood from the woman's body. A moment later, the woman became a shriveled corpse, and the butterfly monster tossed her aside, shattering her into pieces on the ground.

Ye Lin took a deep breath, his eyes cold.

If the black mist hadn't blocked the view, would the conservatives still be willing to be kept in captivity after seeing this with their own eyes?

"My lord, what should we do now?" the white-haired old man asked Ye Lin respectfully.

Just as Ye Lin was about to speak, a fawning voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Demon Clan Lord, please come this way; those stubborn people are right here!"

Before Ye Lin could react, he felt a terrifying aura envelop him. Then, everything before his eyes plunged into darkness, and at the same time, screams and cries for help echoed in his ears. The living beings of Bajin City were clearly suffering a cruel slaughter.

"Motherfucker!"

Ye Lin realized that Zhuge Qianxing's second line of the prophecy had been fulfilled: evil would ravage Bajin City, and blood would stain everything red!

"Forbidden Spell—Burning Reincarnation!"

"Forbidden Spell—World-Extinguishing Wild Thunder!"

"Darkness shrouds all things; I shall be the final glimmer of dawn in the darkness, shattering the darkness with thunder!!!"

Ye Lin dared not hold back, summoning the highest-level Chaos Divine Thunder without hesitation. The golden thunder exploded the darkness before him, destroying everything around.

Yet even so, the boundless darkness soon surged back like thick ink, surrounding and enveloping Ye Lin once more.

Ye Lin then tried countless Forbidden Spells, even using Eternal Geng Metal, which had the strongest single-point piercing power, but he still couldn't break through the darkness before him at all.

"What the hell is this?"

Ye Lin frowned. Even if a top powerhouse like Xie Hong had left, they couldn't possibly withstand so many of his Forbidden Spells without being moved at all.

"Could it be... that this darkness before me is actually an illusion?"

Thinking of this, Ye Lin raised his hand and began to stab his heart violently. Intense pain began to come, but the darkness before him showed no sign of dissipating.

And the screams and cries for help in his ears gradually faded until they disappeared completely.

Everywhere he looked was pitch black. Vision was completely useless here; there was not a glimmer of light, not a sound. Even if Ye Lin used a Forbidden Spell to blast a gap, it would immediately be filled by darkness.

Ye Lin tried various attempts, but none could break the darkness.

Although he couldn't see light or feel the passage of time, Ye Lin remembered very clearly that he should have been trapped in this darkness for 5 days.

Because during this time, Ye Lin had experienced five nocturnal emissions. ===== CHAPTER 197 =====