Chapter 83: The Egg of Cause and Effect, the Arm of the Ancient Dragon (6400 words, please subscribe!)
"Night falls... blood fills the earth... humans crawl... the stars return to their positions... terror, terror, extreme terror... this is the end of the world..."
The ancient and gloomy ballad was sung softly, with layers of voices, as if there were multiple people singing, like a choir in a church, dreamlike, and like a prayer from the depths of hell.
All the limb-jointed demons who heard it lowered their heads tightly, not daring to make the slightest sound, as if they were on the edge of the eternal abyss, trembling with fear.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At the center of the altar, there was a large meatball made of countless flesh and blood, emitting a faint blood-red glow. A large number of blood-red tendrils spread out from the bottom, sinking into the ground and connecting to the core of the sacrificial ritual track. It continuously sucked the filthy spirits transformed from the large amount of flesh and blood provided through the ritual, beating like a heart, like an invisible accompaniment.
The singing came from the figure in front of it.
A giant ten feet tall stood in front of the meatball. Unlike ordinary limb-jointed demons, his appearance was not deformed or weird, but rather handsome. He closed his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
He has eight huge monster arms, from top to bottom, they are Storm Giant Monster arms with wind blades around them, ancient tree man arms like centuries-old trees, fish man arms with flowing water waves, magma monster arms with magma flowing in the veins, and the lower body is also spliced with unknown monsters, strong and powerful feet.
His body is covered with a lot of tendon-like blood-colored arm-shaped ribbons crawling and entangled to form a weird and bizarre blood-colored armor, and there are four blood-colored masks on it, and the singing comes from these faces.
If it weren't for the weird appearance, just listening to the sound, it is estimated that many people would think it is a church choir.
These are the top-grade limbs that he has retained after more than a decade of hunting and frequently replacing the bodies of extraordinary monsters. Each of them contains powerful extraordinary powers.
From a distance, it looks like an Asura from hell.
He is the leader of the limb-grafted demons. As for the name he had in his human period, he has long forgotten it, and there is no need to give it a new name.
Because it represents the source of all limb-grafted demons.
This title was born because of him.
"Stars... Doomsday..."
The face on the armor of the limb-grafted demon leader continued to hum the ancient ballad, which he saw on the stone wall of the abandoned temple where he got the heart core of the Thousand Faces Demon, and he also recorded it.
Unfortunately, due to the erosion of the long years, the once glorious temple walls have been broken and weathered, resulting in most of the contents being missing.
"But if you think about it carefully, how could the temple of the Great One decay so quickly? And some key contents are missing. Needless to say, it is obvious that it was erased by an unknown existence. It
is probably something from the old times. It really involves too much. If it is leaked out accidentally, it will cause a violent turmoil. God will no longer be God. Even as the song says, some guys will break through the ancient cage and return to reality. It is hard to imagine that humans are..."
The leader of the limb-jointed demons murmured softly, slowly stretched out one of his hands, and wanted to touch the bloody meat ball in front of him with an infatuated look.
However, just when the fingertip was about to touch, it suddenly stopped.
Because cracks suddenly appeared in the huge meat ball, and eyeballs appeared one after another, turning and looking around. The terrifying pressure radiated outward from it, sweeping in all directions, and raising dust all over the sky.
Boom!
All the limb-jointed demons were frightened by the terrifying pressure and knelt on the ground and trembled. For a moment, they didn't know what happened.
The look of the limb-joined demon leader became indifferent. An eye split open at the back of his head. He looked at a limb-joined demon beside him and said lightly:
"Someone is intercepting the limb-joined demons that are collecting sacrifices."
"Ah..."
The limb-joined demon with a rat's paw was stunned when he heard this. Because he was too scared, he stammered: "That... leader... I... I don't know, I didn't leak the news..."
"I know you didn't."
The rat-claw limb-joined demon breathed a sigh of relief, and the next moment he heard the leader's cold voice:
"But I'm very angry now."
As soon as the words fell, the blood-colored streamers on the limb-joined demon leader's body suddenly rushed out, like a poisonous snake, grabbed him and threw him to the meat ball in the center of the altar.
"Ahhhhhhh..."
The outer wall of the meat ball was suddenly torn apart, and a large number of bloody arms stretched out from it, grabbing the rat claw limb-jointing demon, and then directly pulling it into the flesh and blood. Soon, creepy chewing sounds and wailing sounds were heard, making all the limb-jointing demons unable to help but bow even lower, almost lying on the ground.
At this time, heavy clouds floated over, blocking the moonlight and making the world dim.
Kaka...
As the chewing sounds disappeared, the eye pattern on the ground lit up again, and the meat ball seemed to have grown a little bigger, spreading more blood-colored roots, hanging on the ground, crystal clear, and looked like...
blood vessels!
"The Egg of Karma needs more sacrifices to carry more..."
the leader of the limb-joined demons muttered, and said to the rest of the limb-joined demons:
"I don't care if there are traitors among you, go find me more beastmaster hearts, more extraordinary life hearts and brains as sacrifices, if not enough, use your own to fill it..."
"Yes!"
The limb-joined demons were terrified, and naturally did not dare to resist, or even dare to express their opinions.
Because after the transformation ceremony, they have lost the ability to resist, and the leader can wipe them out with just a thought.
Especially once the limb-joined demons reach the peak of the leadership level, they will go crazy for no reason, and finally turn into a pool of blood and be taken away by the leader.
The apparent reason was that the ancient gods had aggravated the pollution and had not fed them enough flesh and blood, but they were not fools and knew there must be something fishy going on. However, in the face of the absolute gap in strength, they did not even dare to feel resentment.
Even if they are used as pawns by the leader of the limb-joined demons, they are eager to survive.
After all, as long as the leader advances to Morning Star, they can try to attack some weak cities, harvest a lot of flesh and limbs, and gain a long life.
This unrealistic ambition drives them to move forward.
Just when this group of limb-joined demons were ready to set off, snowflakes suddenly floated in the sky, making all the limb-joined demons stunned:
"Will it snow in the Desolate Ant Mound Secret Realm?"
Although the temperature difference between day and night in the desert terrain is extremely large, the Desolate Ant Mound Secret Realm was ultimately born under the influence of the previous powerful ancient alien with a group of followers, so the meteorological environment is essentially fixed.
A limb-joined demon curiously reached out and touched the snowflakes. The crystal clear hexagonal crystals reflected the bright moonlight.
"Why didn't it melt..." The limb-joined demon was stunned at first, and then shouted, "Oh no, it's the enemy..."
Before he finished speaking, the snowflakes on his hand burst into cold air, enveloping him, and instantly froze him into an ice sculpture. His expression was still terrified, and he didn't expect death to come so suddenly.
"Retreat!"
"Don't touch the snowflakes!"
"..."
The snowflakes covered a very large area. Even though the limb-joined demons retreated quickly, more than a dozen unlucky ones were still frozen. With a popping sound, they instantly shattered and turned into a pile of ice dust.
"What the hell is this?"
This scene made all the limb-jointing demons in a mess. They quickly used the limb-joining technique to drive away the snow, but it attracted the snowflakes to speed up and approach. For a while, they could only flee in all directions.
Even if they knew that the attack came from the clouds, with their abilities, they could not attack from high altitudes, not to mention that this thick cloud covered a full diameter of hundreds of meters.
"A bunch of garbage!"
The leader of the limb-joining demons looked at the heavy snow that was about to approach the altar, snorted coldly, and the Storm Monster, one of the eight arms, raised its arm, and the airflow around it suddenly accelerated.
Limb-joining technique - Arashi Dragon Fist!
Storm Giants are servants of the ancient life form of Arashi Dragon, who serves the ancient Lord of Storms and whose every move is a storm disaster. Although Arashi Dragon is no longer in the ecological domain and has even disappeared for a long time
, their blood has been transformed, inheriting this part of the spiritual gift and turning it into unique racial skills. Those with rich bloodlines will even show the characteristics of dragonization.
However, now, this power has been stolen by the limb-grafting demon.
Whoosh!
The limb-joined demon leader punched out, turning into a nearly materialized hurricane, with terrifying wind speed, instantly crushing the goose-feather snow. After doing all this, he did not stop at all, carrying the wind scythe that could easily cut flesh and blood, and rushed straight into the thick clouds in the sky.
Boom!
The moment it reached the clouds, a huge ice shield of tens of meters appeared. The collision of the two caused a violent explosion, and the terrifying impact force turned into an air ring and swept in all directions.
Whoosh!
The strong wind blew, and the huge clouds were directly shattered. A man in white riding the white lion of ice demon, which was the leader of the peak creature, appeared, floating in the air, looking down at the limb-joined demon leader on the ground with a solemn look.
He didn't expect that he had been changing his position and preparing to destroy the altar first, but he was locked in the clouds in an instant.
If he hadn't let the Ice Demon White Lion use the Extreme Ice Wall in time, he would have been seriously injured.
This guy is far more terrifying than the rumors say. At least in terms of perception, he is no less than a Morning Star.
The leader of the limb-joined demons looked at the beastmaster who was facing a formidable enemy and sneered,
"Human, are you ready to be sacrificed?"
The man in white sneered back, "I'm just here to send a loser who gave up his dignity and pride as a human and turned into a monster on his way."
"How can the light of day know the depth of the night? You are just a lucky man favored by fate. I don't have such a good life, but it doesn't matter. I will get everything I want with my own hands."
The leader of the limb-joined demons said indifferently and used the Arashi Dragon Fist again, but the ice demon White Lion, who was prepared, dodged it by flying. At the same time, he used icy breath, and ice crystals fell all over the sky.
The air temperature dropped suddenly, and a thick layer of ice covered the places it passed. The frightened limb-jointed demons turned around and ran away, but many were still directly frozen into ice slag.
The ice crystals turned into a storm and roared towards the altar!
However, the limb-jointed demon leader did not continue to attack in the face of this attack, but instead crossed his arms with an arrogant attitude. The magma demon swung his arms and clenched his fists together.
Bang!
Like a volcanic eruption, the hot magma burst out and swept away in an instant. It collided with the ice crystals and instantly melted them into water, which poured on the magma and evaporated into large pieces of water vapor, blurring the vision.
However, the magma was also blocked and began to solidify into a stone pillar made of a large amount of solidified magma, standing in the air.
"What a close call..."
Before the man in white could breathe a sigh of relief, he found that the magma pillar was moving. He caught a glimpse of the six arms of the limb-jointed demon leader on the ground hugging him after the steam dispersed, and suddenly swung him sideways. If Lu Yu was here, he would probably think that he was watching Sun Wukong swinging his enlarged golden hoop in Journey to the West, wrapping up an unparalleled force and sweeping away the heavenly soldiers and generals!
Damn it!
However, this time he had no time to dodge, and was hit by the ice demon White Lion together. His body fell into the ground like a meteor, smashing a huge hole.
"If you can fly, I'll beat you to death."
The leader of the limb-joining demon said lightly, and the arms of the tree man formed a mysterious seal, condensing an ancient secret code with a green glow, which emerged as a magic circle, and instantly spread out a large number of tree roots, turning into tree hands, and used them towards the middle-aged man.
Advanced limb-joining technique - Hands of the Sea of Trees!
The power of the ancient peace-loving tree man turned into the claws of the limb-joining demon at this moment, helping him devour everything.
The middle-aged man summoned the rest of the ice pets the moment he landed, and together with the ice demon white lion, they formed an ice wall to resist. However, facing the terrifying sea of trees, they were instantly shattered, and the weak golden pet was thrown away directly. The remaining tree roots grabbed him.
Death was imminent.
Boom!
Just when he was in despair, a deafening thunder sounded in his ears. A purple lightning javelin broke through the sky and fell, hitting the sea of trees, exploding instantly, turning into countless electric currents, annihilating it!
"Bai Mingyi, you are from the Ice Lion School, right? How come you seem braver than those from the Fire Snake School? You actually dare to challenge the top limb-grafting demon alone? You really think of yourself as a savior!"
Along with the nonchalant voice, a man in a black leather jacket riding a black panther with a lightning mark on his forehead appeared. He had dyed his hair a cool blue-purple broomstick and looked like a biker. He shook his head coquettishly and said with a smile:
"Look, it was me who had to save you at the critical moment!"
"Chen Yuxiao, you are already in your thirties, and you still dress so fancy. Aren't you ashamed?" The first sentence Bai Mingyi said when he stood up was to point out the outfit.
Chen Yuxiao's face froze, and he regretted saving this guy. He had known him for more than ten years, but he was still so old-fashioned.
However, this guy had a good face. When he was in school, he was favored by the daughter of the dean of the Ice Lion School, and was given an ice demon white lion as a gift. He was a winner in life.
In order to prevent Bai Mingyi from continuing to nag, Chen Yuxiao quickly changed the subject and said,
"Don't say anything, let's deal with this guy first!"
"Just you guys?"
The limb-jointed demon leader said indifferently. Even if there was another thunder beastmaster, it would not be a difficult problem for him to solve. It was just right to add two more sacrifices.
"Of course we are not enough, but..." Chen Yuxiao chuckled, "What if we add them?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slight vibration on the ground.
At first it was just a slight tremor, but soon it turned into the vibration of the sand, as if a large army was approaching.
The leader of the limb-jointed demons seemed to sense something, and looked into the distance with a look of disbelief, muttering:
"How is it possible..."
At the junction of the yellow sand and the sky, figures suddenly appeared.
Wolves are charging, giant snakes are crawling, eagles are flying, giant steel earthworms are crawling out of the ground...
Beastmasters are standing or crawling on their pets. Some of them are from adventure groups, some are from schools, and some are just lone rangers. Their strengths vary. The strong ones are gold beastmasters, while the weak ones may just be ordinary silver beastmasters.
But at this moment, the goal of these hundreds of beastmasters is particularly unified, that is...
the altar!
"Why are there so many human beastmasters?"
"Is the special department coming to encircle and suppress them?"
Faced with such a mighty formation, even the limb-jointed demons couldn't help but panic, with fear on their faces.
Don't be fooled by their arrogance when hunting humans. In fact, they are just a mob. They only hunt lone individuals and even resort to sneak attacks.
If they encounter a human beast tamer army on the battlefield, it's hard to say who will win.
Chen Yuxiao looked at the shocked leader of the limb-jointed demons and said with a smile:
"Sorry, we humans are best at righteous group killings!"
Shit!
His expression is so shabby!
Bai Mingyi resisted the urge to slap the cocky guy and asked curiously,
"When did you have such powerful connections?"
According to his understanding, although his childhood friend had a cheerful personality, he was not very popular because he was too noisy. How come he could get so much support now?
"Of course you were impressed by my handsomeness..." Chen Yuxiao shook the broom head and was about to brag, but he couldn't resist the latter's deep eyes. He said with his hands:
"How did you find this place?"
"I met a purple crow and sent a message saying that someone set up a trap to sacrifice us..." Bai Mingyi said this and suddenly realized: "Could it be..."
"Yes, we were all led here by the mysterious man behind the crow!" Chen Yuxiao's mouth curled up a proud smile, "Although I don't know what this guy's purpose is, but I've got my eyes on the bounty for destroying [Wings of Flesh and Blood]!" Bai
Mingyi nodded. The most important thing now is to deal with the leader of the limb-jointed demons and not let the sacrificial ceremony succeed.
A large number of beast masters rushed over and confronted the limb-joining demons.
"Damn limb-joining demons!"
"My son Ayu was only 20 years old, and he died here..."
"My brother was ambushed by these dogs on his first adventure!"
Many of them had relatives, friends, and lovers who had their hearts taken away as sacrifices. So as soon as they received the news from Mist Crow, they rushed here directly. At this moment, they were crying bitterly at the altar, with the fire of revenge surging in their eyes.
With the addition of a new metamorphosis spiritual beast master, there are already three top-level strongmen under the Morning Star, crushing the limb-joining demons in terms of number.
Chen Yuxiao looked at the silent leader of the limb-jointing demons and shouted, "Surrender, Ajie, there are beastmasters everywhere outside, you are surrounded!"
Bai Mingyi held his forehead with his hand and couldn't help but move away a little, it was really too embarrassing.
However, during this time, he was also observing this group of new beastmasters, where the mysterious man who drove the crow to report the news was hiding.
What was his purpose?
Faced with these powerful beastmasters, many limb-jointing demons have already wanted to retreat. If they were caught by them, they would definitely be torn into pieces.
If it weren't for the fact that their lifeblood was controlled by the leader, it is estimated that they would have turned around and fled.
"Leader, why don't we retreat first..."
An elite limb-grafting demon couldn't help but speak, but before he could finish his words, his head was crushed, red and white fluids flowed all over the floor, and his body was thrown to the meatball and swallowed. The
silent limb-grafting demon leader turned his head to look at a corner, then looked at the crowd, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said slowly:
"Although I don't know who is behind this, I did gather you together, which saved me a lot of effort. In this case, accept this great gift and use your flesh and blood as a sacrifice for my promotion to the overlord!"
"Arrogant!"
A cold snort came from the beastmaster, but the limb-grafting demon leader did not say a word, but just opened his eight arms, each of which made a seal, and the majestic spirituality instantly erupted, turning into a small blood-colored light column that shot up into the sky.
The body of the limb-jointing demon leader began to deform, and his flesh and blood rapidly proliferated. At a speed visible to the naked eye, he turned into a huge half-human, half-snake monster 20 meters tall.
It had no face and was shrouded in a black mist. From it emerged a number of dark poisonous snakes, spitting out their tongues. It had eight huge arms, and its lower body was a huge snake tail that swung and slapped the ground, causing a magnitude 4 earthquake in the Gobi Desert.
"Super Transformation Limb-Jointing Technique - Eight-Armed Titan Snake Man!"
An extraordinary structure created with a huge and extraordinary spiritual power!
"Trouble!"
Bai Mingyi and others looked unhappy when they saw this scene. They could already foresee a tough battle coming.
Did the mysterious man show up?
…………………………………………
On the other side, Lu Yu, who was walking in the dark cave, looked at the fine sand that kept rolling down due to the vibration, and couldn't help but sighed:
"The battle above is really fierce!"
At this moment, he was in the underground cave directly below the altar.
The first step of his plan was to cut off the firewood from under the cauldron and reduce the sacrifices. The second step was naturally to drive the tiger to swallow the wolf!
Since the leader of the limb-joined demons wanted to gather their hearts by killing the lone beastmasters, then Lu Yu would not let him do so and directly notify these beastmasters to gather together.
Even if not everyone would believe him, as long as more than 80% of them gathered, it would be possible to avoid reductions in personnel and put great pressure on the limb-joined demons.
But the result was better than he expected, because hatred brought a large number of beast masters together, and they were large enough and safe enough to attract more beast masters to join.
Whether for profit, ideals or future safety, they did not want to sit back and watch the birth of a dominant monster with human wisdom.
And Lu Yu did not join the battlefield above, not because of cowardice.
People who have played LOL or MOBA know that no matter how good you kill in the early stage and how many heads you get, as long as you make a few mistakes, it is easy to give back the advantage, or even lead to failure.
Because in the final analysis, this is a tower-pushing game.
As for Lu Yu, because his level and equipment were too low, even with the Overlord Cub Spider, he could only cross levels to fight against the Elite Peak. Participating in the battle of the Commander level or even the Spiritual Transformation level was simply giving away his life.
But if he wanted to get the biggest benefit, the best way was to...
steal the crystal!
Although it was located underground in the desert, there was groundwater. The cave was quite humid and covered with moss.
After passing through the winding passage, Lu Yu soon reached the deepest point and saw a shocking scene.
Countless blood-colored roots stretched out from the rocks above his head, gathered together, and covered the entire ground, connected to a huge embryo. These roots were like blood vessels, inserted on it, transporting black and red blood and injecting it into it.
At the same time, the inside of the embryo was also. It emitted a light golden glow, intertwined together, and turned into a strange black-gold luster, and made a strong sound like a heartbeat.
It looked holy and dirty!
Lu Yu looked at the big guy in front of him, grinning and revealing a smile:
"Found you!"
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