Chapter 993: Interception (2)

In the boundless void, the crystal stone celestial bodies resembled a devil's giant maw, swiftly flying along a circular orbit with a diameter of ten million li.

Inside the main control hall, thousands of Celestial Crystal Divine Race members shouted in unison.

The altar had been formally activated; according to the feedback from the demonic glyph restrictions on the altar, the offerings were of extremely high quality and enormous quantity.

The first batch of offerings consisted entirely of cultivators at the Seventh Heaven of the Divine Manifestation Realm or higher, numbering nearly one million!

Within the crystal stone celestial body, a pile of primordial crystal the size of a small hill instantly burned out; the light emitted from the circular formation on its surface grew ever more dazzling, and the attractive force field it created in the void became ever vaster.

Many of the smaller Celestial Crystal Divine Race members, only a few zhang tall, trembled with excitement all over.

One million high-level Divine Manifestation Realm offerings—what a terrifying gain!

For these low-ranking divine soldiers whose strength is merely at the Fetal Storage Realm, such high-level offerings—just a single soul crystal—would allow them to rapidly raise their power to the utmost limit their bloodline can achieve.

Such high-level offerings, a portion of their bloodline essence, would surely enable their bloodline to break through its innate shackles, allowing them to rise from low-ranking divine soldiers to the level of God Generals!

These low-ranking divine soldiers originally had only the prospect of reaching the First Heaven of the Divine Manifestation Realm in their lifetimes, and even within that heaven they would be the weakest of the lot.

But once they used the bloodline essence of high-level human Divine Manifestation Realm experts, after breaking their own bloodline shackles, they could possibly become God General bloodline, with their strength potentially rising to the Sixth or even Seventh Heaven of the Divine Manifestation Realm.

Glorifying the ancestors, boundless splendor!

The Sixth and Seventh Heavens of the Divine Manifestation Realm, even among the mighty Celestial Crystal Divine Race, count as pillars and backbone; from then on they become lofty noble elders, no longer the lowliest lackeys despised by all.

Pairs of crystal eyes flashed with dazzling light; thousands of Celestial Crystal Divine Race members breathed heavily, awaiting the arrival of the first batch of offerings.

In the southern border of Wuguo, on the plain, the demonic flames on the altar burned the demon army's chieftains.

Their roars shook heaven and earth, their curses grew ever more terrifying and vicious, and their swearings made every scoundrel in the world feel ashamed.

Yet those curses and swearings could not harm a single hair of Wu Tie and his companions.

Their bodies were burned to ashes, their innate primordial spirits sent into the six paths of reincarnation. Their souls condensed into soul crystals, and their bloodlines were refined into bloodline essence.

The altar absorbed several soul crystals as energy; countless intricate demonic glyphs lit up on it, then a demonic light shot up to the heavens, carrying nearly a million soul crystals and bloodline essence straight into the high skies.

Waves of strange undulations spread from the altar; within a radius of ten million li, the void resonated with the rumbling of the Grand Dao's laws in motion.

The alien laws infiltrating and eroding Mu Dalu's heavenly dao are slowly unsealing.

Those standing on the altar, such as Xiang Feixie, simultaneously felt an inexplicable sense of purity and lucid clarity; at this moment they felt like fish returning to the sea, able to profoundly sense the existence of Mu Dalu's three thousand grand dao and eighty-four thousand side paths.

Such clarity, such agility, such ease of grasp.

With a booming 'Boom', the loud noises continued. Xiang Feixie and the ten Wuguo generals standing atop the altar had a divine light rush above their heads, the number varying—two or three at most, five or six at most—Dao Seals rapidly condensing.

Among the five elders of the Xiang Clan, the Dao Seals they condensed all contained a 'Strength' Dao Seal.

While the five elders of the Li Clan, the Dao Seals they condensed all contained an 'Archery' Dao Seal.

Powerful Dao resonances spread in all directions; within just a short quarter of an hour, Xiang Feixie and the ten generals completed condensing their Dao Seals, and according to their prearranged strategy, they immediately leapt off the altar.

Wu Tie called out the names; the second batch of ten Wuguo generals trembled all over, wildly excited as they rushed toward the altar.

The first batch had already sacrificed a million fiends; among them, a small portion had reached the Perfection of the Tenth Heaven of the Divine Manifestation Realm, basically all were cultivators of the Seventh Heaven or higher.

Such fiends, a mere thousand of them sufficed for a Wuguo general to condense a Dao Seal.

Thus Xiang Feixie and the others left the altar; the second batch of commanders mounted the altar, and Daoic patterns flared across their bodies like swimming dragons, while the final speck of soul in their minds shattered explosively, a point of innate spiritual light leaping forth.

The innate spiritual light differentiated, merging with the heavenly and earthly Grand Dao laws, and Dao Seals began to condense one by one.

Once the Dao Seals were successfully condensed, without waiting to absorb heavenly and earthly primordial energy to increase their mana, nor having time to take Grand Dao Treasure Pills to replenish the expended essence and qi, the second batch of ten generals laughed loudly and flew down from the altar.

The third batch of generals charged up… then came the fourth, fifth, sixth batches…

As these Wuguo generals successively broke through and condensed Dao Seals, countless Colossal Divine Soldiers ran back and forth, swiftly piling batch after batch of demon troops beside the altar.

The bloody demonic flames slowly spread, swallowing the second batch of a million demon soldiers.

Wu Tie crossed his arms before his chest and lightly laughed at Gongsun Bailma: 'See, I am still merciful; they have committed myriad evils, their sins towering to the heavens, so I deprived them of their lives; but they are human, so I let them undergo reincarnation.'

'I have not completely killed them; I merely borrowed what they cultivated…'

Wu Tie couldn't finish his words, for Gongsun Bailma took a deep breath and spat a mouthful of phlegm straight at Wu Tie's face.

Wu Tie swayed his body, dodging Gongsun Bailma's spit.

Two junior officers of the Xiang Clan rushed forward, wielding heavy hammers, and with a 'Boom' struck Gongsun Bailma's belly.

Their own elder had ascended, his lifespan greatly increased, henceforth able to protect the clan for countless years; the Xiang Clan instantly gained five towering trees that could shield descendants from wind and rain, the clan members present all rejoiced, and simultaneously their gratitude and loyalty to Wu Tie soared to perfection.

Gongsun Bailma publicly spat at Wu Tie; in the eyes of the Xiang Clan's junior officers, this was even more grave than digging up their own ancestral graves.

They struck without mercy.

Gongsun Bailma spat out a mouthful of blood far away, then, furious and exasperated, roared at the two Xiang Clan junior officers: 'You aid Zhou in his cruelty, each of you a disgrace to humanity…… You have broken the bottom line of human relations; what difference do you have from these fiends?'

Aside from the Xiang Clan, the Li, Zhao, Wu, and Sun clans and other Wuguo military families present numbered in the thousands; they brandished weapons, their eyes flashing with killing intent, ready to rush forward and chop Gongsun Bailma into mincemeat.

Wu Tie waved his hand, smiled at Gongsun Bailma, and pondered a moment: 'Kong Chengxi and Meng Buyan, you two old scholars, bring your people up in the next batch…… Hmm, after you have condensed your Dao Seals, properly reason with this Mr. Bailma.'

Wu Tie laughed radiantly.

He is not good at reasoning with people, but he has subordinates who excel at it.

Kong Chengxi and Meng Buyan, they were among the top hundred clans of the Great Wei, the old scholars most adept at teaching and nurturing; virtually all civil officials of the Wei Divine State came from their doors. For lecturing and reasoning, none are more suitable than they.

A man like Gongsun Bailma has a hard bone; once he has made up his mind, he will not change it.

Even if you smashed all his bones, you could not alter his fixed cognition.

Could Wu Tie possibly smash all his bones?

In fact, Wu Tie rather admires someone like Gongsun Bailma, so he could never do such a thing.

If force won't work, then reason it out. Kong Chengxi and Meng Buyan alone are not enough; their disciples number in the tens of millions, and Wu Tie prepares to have countless people rush at Gongsun Bailma every day to 'reason with him'!

Even if you were a stubborn stone, these bookish nitwits could talk you into moving.

Now Wu Tie holds a vast dynasty, fierce generals like clouds, civil officials like rain; for things he himself cannot do, there are plenty of people ready to step in.

Wu Tie stood with his hands behind his back on the prow of the war vessel, looking down at the altar below, humming a little tune lightly.

When clothes come, he reaches out; when food comes, he opens his mouth; each day free of worry, he wakes naturally, needing to tend to nothing, solely focused on finding a woman he likes and bearing a litter of lively, bouncing babies, tsk tsk……

Wu Tie chuckled as he watched Kong Chengxi and Meng Buyan leading eight clansmen rushing toward the altar.

This time, Wuguo's strength surged.

These powers are the greatest guarantee that Wu Tie can, in the future, live a comfortable life according to his childhood ideals.

"I really have no ambition, no grand aspirations; I just want to have enough to eat and wear, to live peacefully." Wu Tie said in a low voice: "In these turbulent times, my modest wish may be hard to fulfill."

"Whoever dares to block me, I will kill them; sooner or later, I will be able to live comfortably, follow my own thoughts, and live my own small life."

Wu Tie looked up toward the high heavens: "Eh, Wu Tou, you better not let me down; this batch of offerings must not fall into their hands."

Exactly where Wu Tie was looking, high above in the heavens, directly above this altar, Wu Tou led over six thousand divine spirits of the Barbarian God clan, standing firmly on a floating war fortress.

On the fortress, there is likewise a small altar.

This altar shimmered with a faint divine light; rings of soft black-red divine light condensed into exceedingly complex divine patterns and symbols, like a gorgeous mandala flower, covering tens of thousands of li of void.

Sacrifice, offering to the gods—the core element is the sacrificial altar.

As long as the altar is activated, the foreign gods invading the Mu Dalu's heavenly dao through the aberrant dao can sense it and, following the rules set by the strongest of those aberrant gods in the past, carry out various responses.

Those altars will transport the offerings to the foreign gods.

And this transport comes in two types.

One type is a general sacrifice, a universal offering to all foreign divine spirits. The offerings of such a sacrifice will be sensed by the crystal star body of the Celestial Crystal God clan, all offerings will be absorbed by that crystal star body, and then distributed proportionally according to the strength of each clan's divine spirits.

The second type is a targeted sacrifice.

Targeting a specific divine clan, or even a particular divine spirit, by engraving that spirit's clan and name on the altar, the offerings will be stamped with the corresponding information.

Such specifically targeted offerings, after the Celestial Crystal God clan takes a certain passage fee, will be directly allocated to that designated divine spirit.

Thus, the past You Ruo, even Wu Tou and them, as well as divine spirits like Mist, Phantom Mist, and Shadow Reflection, often walk Mu Dalu using essence-blood avatars to bribe human traitors or recruit demons and monsters, giving them beautiful promises to make them followers, thereby repeatedly offering targeted sacrifices to themselves.

When Wu Tie activated the altar obtained from the Eastern Demon Kingdom, the signal sent was that of a general sacrifice.

But when the offerings were actually sacrificed, he ignited a divine sigil engraved with the true name of Wu Tou of the Barbarian God clan, and thus all the offerings were stamped with Wu Tou's mark.

Wu Tou, previously subdued by Wu Tie, now stands atop the altar and activates a small guiding divine formation.

The first batch, nearly a million divine soul crystals and nearly a million blood essence, rose with a wail wrapped in the altar's demonic light, instantly rushing to the high heavens.

Before Wu Tou, the guiding divine formation blazed with light; a tremendous suction emanated from it, and all the divine soul crystals and blood essence, like raindrops, were absorbed by the formation, wailing as they fell onto the fortress.

Over six thousand Barbarian Gods, holding various spatial secret treasures, hurriedly collected these divine soul crystals and blood essence.

They knew the promise Wu Tou and Wu Tie had reached: this batch of offerings, they could take three percent.

They knew how many demon troops were surrounded below.

Three percent of the offerings is enough for these Barbarian Gods' cultivation to surge, even directly reaching the Venerable level.

The Venerable level, also called God King among the major divine clans, signifies they have the qualification to dominate a region and become the king of a divine nation!

These Barbarian Gods are all Wu Tou's trusted aides.

Wu Tou commands over six thousand God King-level forces; without doubt he will become a newly rising power within the Barbarian God clan and launch a strong assault on the clan's supreme God Emperor throne.

Wu Tou's competitors, his brothers, none can wield such tremendous power.

On Wu Tou's gloomy, stern face, a brilliant smile also appeared.

He likewise lifted his gaze to the heavens, as if seeing through this sky, he saw in the dark, endless void a brilliant crystal star.

"Hey, you thought this was a public offering to all divine spirits…… but now you should realize I have intercepted the offerings, right? Hehehe, how will you deal with it? Who will you send to punish me?"

Wu Tou gave a cold, grim smile: "No matter who comes, don't think of going back. Wu Tie is right—if I grasp enough power, I can become the master of the Barbarian God clan; the lives of these little lackeys, I don't care whether they live or die!"

In the dark, endless void, thousands of Celestial Crystal God clan members waiting in the hall stared blankly at the empty, motionless teleportation array inside.

Not a single divine soul crystal.

Not a drop of blood essence.

It was as if the sacrificial feedback from the altar were entirely false.

"Impossible, impossible! The message sent back by the altar said the second batch of a million divine realm offerings had already been sacrificed!" A Celestial Crystal God clan member in charge of the main control panel screamed hysterically: "Where are the offerings? Where are the offerings?"

A giant of the Celestial Crystal God clan, a hundred zhang tall, standing at the center of the hall, let out an angry roar: "Someone intercepted the offerings midway…… who is it? Shameless, shameless…… bastard, does anyone's true form operate in Mu Dalu? Investigate—find which God King bloodline's true form is active in Mu Dalu."

"Only a prince of God King bloodline can intercept the offerings midway…… shameless, this is a challenge to all divine clans…… utterly shameless!"

"He wants to eat it all himself; I'll kill him!" The roar of the crystal giant echoed, and soon the five leaders—Xuanwu, Youzu, etc. —received the news that a huge amount of offerings had been intercepted midway.

The hysterical roar instantly made the entire crystal star body tremble slightly.

"Wu Tou…… only Wu Tou operates in his true form in Mu Dalu……"