Chapter 290: Altar and Ritual

On the outskirts of Backlund, at the intersection of mountains and water, the underground area not far from where the Royal Family was holding their banquet had already been hollowed out, excavated into a magnificent underground plaza.

And in the center of this underground plaza sat a giant altar.

This altar was dark red in color and covered in dense, eerie runes; at the very center of the altar was a cluster of sacrificial runes shaped like a throne, as if bearing some terrifying and inexplicable existence.

However, also at the center of the altar, there was a small pit that ruined the altar's perfection.

The pit was very small, as if pierced by something, or more like something had been nailed onto the altar.

The pit was not empty, but contained a mass of black-red blood; the blood had long since congealed, yet it possessed a certain madness and wantonness that could destroy the world.

"The 'Blood Emperor's' altar and God's Blood..." The Demon noble looked at this legendary altar, filled with intoxication; this was the grand plan the Blood Sect had plotted for a hundred years, and now it was finally about to succeed.

"Apart from that 'Red Angel' of the Solomon Empire, only our Witch Sect could have found this altar in the vast Spirit World." The Despair Lady's expression held unconcealable arrogance, yet she appeared exceptionally holy.

The "Hunter" pathway and the "Witch" pathway are adjacent and inherently possess an extraordinary power of convergence, and that person of the "Hunter" pathway would certainly look down on this altar, so it naturally fell into the hands of the Witch Sect.

"As for this altar, I don't need to tell you how to use it, do I?" The Despair Lady glanced at the Demon noble.

"No need!" the Demon noble refused decisively.

"Then let's start immediately; don't delay."

The Demon noble gave a light snort and immediately stepped onto the altar.

What use could a destroyed altar possibly have?

This was the "Blood Emperor's" altar; according to the Divine Oracle received by the Witch Sect and the Blood Sect respectively, although this altar had been destroyed by the "Hidden Emperor," it still retained a certain power or trait of the "Blood Emperor" from that time.

That was "Weakness."

When the "Blood Emperor" went mad, he must have had the intention to directly pierce through the Western Continent's seal, summon the descent of the Source Quality, and perish together with the "Hidden Emperor" or even other True Gods.

It was just that the "Hidden Emperor" was equally powerful, actually killing this "Blood Emperor" in a one-on-one situation and preventing this disaster.

And since "Weakness" could pierce the Western Continent's seal, it must also be able to affect other seals.

For example, that Creator seal over the Abyss.

That seal had been reinforced several times, but it still could not compare to the seal that isolated the Western Continent.

This altar, combined with that "Universe Dark Side" within the Abyss, might truly be able to tear an opening in that seal.

It would only take an instant for the "Demon Monarch" and "Universe Dark Side" Fabuti, trapped in the Abyss for thousands of years, to break free and descend upon the Real World once again!

The Demon noble could not hide the palpitation in his heart as he stepped onto the altar and took out various items for setting up the ritual.

The most special among them was a drop of God's Blood from the Demon Monarch Fabuti.

It was a drop of pure black God's Blood, flickering with filthy and fallen radiance.

No one knew what price Fabuti had paid to send this drop of blood out.

After this drop of God's Blood appeared, the entire plaza seemed to be shrouded in a dark filth, as if it had connected to that terrifying Abyss, and terrifying Monsters were about to crawl out from the shadows.

"This is the power of Filth..." The Despair Lady looked at the shadows at her feet with fear, not daring to look directly at that drop of God's Blood.

And after the "Abyss" God's Blood appeared, the "Blood Emperor" God's Blood in the only pit on the altar also bloomed with blood-colored radiance as if provoked.

The powers of the two deities echoed from afar; both the Despair Lady and the Demon noble knelt on the ground, sweat pouring down like rain.

The scale of this sacrifice was unimaginably high; if not for the Evernight Church watching so closely, the one presiding here would surely have been an Angel, not just these two Demigods.

Two types of power flickered, but gradually, that drop of black God's Blood gained the upper hand, suppressing the radiance of the blood-colored God's Blood.

After all, the "Demon Monarch" was still alive, while the "Blood Emperor" was dead beyond all doubt.

The "Blood Emperor's" God's Blood fell back into the pit, filling the final defect of the altar, and then this "Abyss" God's Blood fell into the center of the altar originally exclusive to the "Red Priest," beginning to preside over the ritual.

"Hoo!" Both the Demon noble and the Despair Lady felt like survivors of a disaster, moving away from the altar during this interval.

However, the Demon noble continued to guard the place, while the Despair Lady moved away from the altar and returned to the room where the "Primordial Witch" and the Dream Statue were placed.

After praying to the Statue, she came before the Crystal Ball beneath the Statue.

This Crystal Ball, which had turned pure black, represented the now-matured Trissy.

In this transaction between the Blood Sect and the Witch Sect, the Witch Sect found the "Red Priest" altar for the Blood Sect, while the Blood Sect gave the Witch Sect an entire pool of blood.

And next, the Witch Sect would also obtain countless Wraiths from the Demon's sacrifice, blending blood and souls to inject into Trissy's body, remodeling her body and soul to make her the most perfect God-Descending Vessel.

Incidentally, they would kill a few more princes, nobles, and commoners.

This was the requirement of the Loen Royal Family.

"'Primordial' above, please listen to my prayer..."

After Klein signaled Audrey to report it, he left the Grey Fog and notified the Aurora Order at the fastest speed.

Mr. A set off directly with Beckett; they seemed very wary of Trissy's existence and participated in every operation, and this time, Mr. A, the person in charge of Backlund, arrived in person, bringing the strongest Sealed Artifact.

"Let's go over too!" Klein and the others arrived at the outskirts of Backlund at the fastest speed and saw the huge manor where the Royal Family was holding their banquet.

"What should we do? Should we just break in?" Beckett frowned; this was a Royal Family banquet, and the participants were the highest-ranking nobles in Backlund; their security forces might even include Demigods!

And according to Klein's secret intelligence, there was already a Demigod-level enemy here.

"Wait for people." Mr. A was exceptionally calm, looking up at the area outside the manor, waiting for something.

"It's Crestet Sesima!" At a certain moment, Klein's Spirituality stirred, and he saw the "Sword of the Goddess" leading a Red Glove squad; he was also a leader of the Red Gloves in the Backlund Diocese of the Evernight Church.

Klein had once met this gentleman back in Tingen.

"It's actually him?" Mr. A was somewhat surprised, but soon nodded, "He has actually become a 'Nightwatcher'."

"Nightwatcher," Sequence 4 of the Night Pathway; this "Sword of the Goddess" was now worthy of the name.