Chapter 307: Large-scale Faith Collapse
Xiao Yu firmly controlled the patriarch, making him unable to move.
Chu Xuanyi, Tian Yan, Jing Xin and Chi Yu formed a solid line of defense, trying their best to resist those fearless warriors, while at the same time carefully controlling the strength to avoid harming their lives.
A small figure quietly left the team and walked towards the huge altar in the center of the village step by step.
It’s Ajiu.
"Ajiu, come back." Xiao Yu's anxious voice sounded.
"Brother Xiongxiong," Jiu raised his little face and looked at the golden flame floating above the altar, "I want him to see it. Only when he sees it will he believe it."
The closer you get to the altar, the hotter the air becomes.
The so-called "holy fire" seemed to have sensed Ajiu's presence.
The golden light on its surface became more and more intense, and a heat wave full of oppression rushed towards Ajiu, as if warning her not to get any closer.
"Humph, how dare the evil heretic be so presumptuous."
Master Jingxin noticed Ajiu's intention. He immediately used a part of his mind to gently twist the Buddhist beads. A soft Buddha light flew out and formed a small golden shield in front of Ajiu, which firmly blocked the scorching breath outside.
With the protection of Master Jingxin, Ajiu no longer has any obstacles.
She walked to the edge of the altar, less than three feet away from the "holy fire".
She slowly closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again, her eyes that were once as clear as water had turned into a deep starry sky, and countless tiny golden runes appeared and disappeared in the depths of her pupils.
"With my eyes, I witness the truth."
Ajiu raised his hand and pointed at the leader of the Fire Forging Clan who was controlled by Xiao Yu.
A golden beam that was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye shot out from her eyes and instantly penetrated into the brow of the clan leader.
"ah."
The Fire Forging Clan leader groaned in pain, and his eyes instantly lost focus.
He "saw" it.
He saw the "sacred fire" that he and all his people had worshipped for generations, and the flame was peeling off layer by layer.
The interior of the flame was not the core of any god at all, but a black crystal covered with strange patterns.
He "saw" countless energy threads extending from the depths of the earth, from every member of the village, and even from his own body, densely connected to the black crystal.
Every time the crystal beat, it was madly sucking away their vitality and the original power of the land.
He "saw" that his own soul and the soul of every member of his tribe were entangled in a layer of faint black air.
The black energy is subtly distorting their minds, making them paranoid and fanatical.
The Fire Forging Clan are not the gods' favorites at all. They are a group of livestock kept in a volcano by demons.
"No...no...that's not true."
"It's an illusion. It must be an illusion created by you devils."
The patriarch's long-held belief began to collapse and shatter inch by inch in the face of this cruel and bloody truth.
His mind was roaring wildly in denial.
But deep in his soul, there was a voice telling him that it was true.
Because he remembered a lot of things that he had deliberately ignored.
Why are the newborns in the tribe becoming weaker and weaker?
Why are the tribesmen becoming more and more irritable and even fighting over trivial matters?
Why is it that the ancient books recorded that their ancestors were able to forge magical weapons, but when it came to their generation, they couldn't even forge a decent weapon.
It turns out that the root of everything is here.
They...worshipped the wrong God.
"puff."
A mouthful of blood spurted out of the patriarch's mouth. He seemed to have been drained of all his energy and spirit in an instant, and he looked dozens of years older.
And at the moment his faith collapsed.
The "beacon" disguised as the sacred fire on the altar seemed to have sensed the deadly threat.
"Buzz—"
A spiritual wave filled with anger suddenly erupted from the center of the altar.
The disguised golden flame was extinguished in an instant.
Instead, there was a black crystal the size of a human head, which was exposed nakedly in front of everyone.
"roar."
The black crystal roared, and a visible black energy surged out like a tide, instantly sweeping over several Fire Forging warriors closest to the altar.
“Ahhh.”
The soldiers let out extremely shrill screams.
Black magic patterns appeared on their skin, their eyes turned pitch black, their nails became sharp and slender, their muscles became knotted and veins bulged, and beast-like growls came from their throats.
They were controlled.
The powerful demonic power of Dao Biao instantly transformed him into a puppet that only knew how to kill.
"Not good," Chu Xuanyi's face changed drastically, "This thing is getting anxious and starting to explode."
Before he finished speaking, the demonized warriors had already turned around and pounced on their closest fellows who had not yet reacted.
The sharp claws pierced the chest of its former companion without hesitation.
"stop."
A heart-wrenching roar rang out.
The one who made this roar was none other than the Fire Forging Clan leader who collapsed to the ground after being released by Xiao Yu.
At this moment, all the illusions about "God" in his mind were completely shattered, and what remained was only endless regret and overwhelming anger.
"I...what on earth have I done?"
He looked at his own hands, the hands that once led his people to quarry and forge tools, but now, because of his foolish beliefs, he had pushed his people into an abyss of no return.
A hand wearing black gauntlet firmly grasped the demonized claw, preventing it from moving forward even a bit.
It’s Xiao Yu.
He looked indifferently at the Fire Forging warrior in front of him, whose eyes were dark and who had completely lost his mind.
"Evil creature." He exerted a little force on his wrist.
“Crack.”
A crisp sound of bone cracking was heard, and the entire arm of the demonized warrior was broken by him.
"roar."
The severe pain seemed to stimulate it. It opened its mouth and let out a roar, while its other hand grabbed towards Xiao Yu's head.
A hint of impatience flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes, and he kicked the other person in the chest.
"Bang."
The warrior flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, and hit the rock wall in the distance heavily. His body twitched twice and then stopped moving, but the evil black aura on his body did not dissipate.
"Your Highness, this thing seems indestructible." Chu Xuanyi shouted as he used a talisman to bind another demonized warrior who had rushed over like a dumpling. "Their bodies have been transformed by the power of the evil demon, so ordinary physical attacks are not very effective."
"Amitabha." Master Jingxin's Buddha light has a natural inhibitory effect on these demonized creatures. Under the shining golden light, the movements of those demonized warriors became obviously slower, black smoke kept coming out of their bodies, and they let out painful roars.
"But the master's Buddha power can only suppress it, not eradicate it." Akabane's figure kept flashing on the battlefield.
"The root of the problem lies in that black stone," Taoist Tian Yan pointed out the problem directly. "As long as it continues to provide power, these puppets are essentially immortal. We have to find a way to knock it down."
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