Chapter 128 The Friendship Between Blue Demons
Ah Chen and the others held their breath, trying their best not to let their presence be revealed.
One of the two blue demons lightly traced a line across its chest with its finger.
A crack appeared in her chest, and when she reached out and grabbed at the crack, a large amount of plants flowed out from it.
Ah Chen and Nie Xiaoxiao's eyes widened at the same time!
Because those plants were the very same Dianthus mystic flowers that Ah Chen had casually wanted to collect.
This kind of thing is something you can only come across by chance; finding one normally depends on luck.
But this blue demon casually took out hundreds of flowers!
Ah Chen wished he could pounce on them, kill the two Blue Demons, and then snatch the huge pile of Ground Crystal Flowers.
But he stubbornly refrained from moving.
His intuition told him that there must be a great secret hidden in the crystal pool in this cave, and he couldn't alert the enemy.
Seeing that Achen remained motionless, Nie Xiaoxiao and Long Batian had no choice but to continue lying in wait as well.
The Blue Demon, who had taken out a large pile of flowers, turned noticeably paler, and his body began to sway.
Although it looks tempting, it is also very eerie.
Then another blue demon said, "Lan Jiujiu, are you alright? Take a rest, I'll do the rest of the work."
"1309, no! The high priest instructed that only sacrifices whose life force has been absorbed by it are qualified to touch this energy-gathering shield."
"If other living beings try to force it open, they will attract divine punishment lightning," Lan Jiujiu said.
"But you only had half of your life force drained, and you used your own blood to nourish so many Didi Xuanjing flowers."
"And I've heard that activating this energy-gathering shield consumes a lot of energy each time, and I'm worried you won't be able to handle it," said 1309.
"1309, do you know why the higher-ups always send me a different Blue Demon?" Lan Jiujiu suddenly smiled sinisterly.
"Huh? Lan Jiujiu, you wouldn't kill me to sacrifice for this energy-gathering shield, would you?" 1309 finally realized what was happening and exclaimed in a low voice.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to either."
I was able to achieve a ranking within the top 100 in the clan's tournament thanks to you for letting me absorb that cultivator at the eighth level of the Spirit Realm.
But I really have no choice!
Our attack on the Misty Heavenly Realm encountered strong resistance, and our people suffered heavy losses.
In order to take over this interface as soon as possible, the priest decided to quickly conceive the Purple Demon.
However, in addition to a sufficiently dense gray fog, the birth of a purple demon also requires a sufficient number of blue demons willing to sacrifice themselves.
All the Blue Demons who were ranked between 100th and 200th in the arena were forced to sacrifice themselves.
I was lucky enough to make it into the 99th place and survive.
Even with the sacrifice of a hundred blue demons, the energy-gathering shield still cannot guarantee that enough purple demons will be conceived.
So the priest found another method in the clan's ancient books: cultivate enough Earth Crystal Flowers and put them into this energy-gathering shield.
However, each time the Mystic Crystal Flower is deployed, the Energy Gathering Shield needs to be activated, and a sufficient amount of energy must be sacrificed for it.
The first one to place the Mystic Crystal Flower was the one ranked 100th, Blue 100.
After he launched the attack twice, the energy-gathering shield drained his energy, causing him to die.
Then it was my turn to be the ninety-ninth to be sacrificed. In order to reduce the chance of the blue demons in the top 100 dying, the higher-ups asked me to bring the blue demons ranked after the top 100 and use their energy as a sacrifice.
The first person I brought was Blue Demon, who was ranked after 5,000. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough energy, and I had about a third of my energy absorbed by the Energy Gathering Shield.
The second time, the higher-ups assigned me Blue Demon, who was ranked two thousandth, but his energy was still somewhat lacking.
This is the third time; the higher-ups assigned you to me.
I don't know why they chose you, who was ranked 1309th, but you know that you can't disobey orders.
We were born in the same land and have been friends since childhood.
"If I could, I really wouldn't want to choose you, but since you've been sent here, we can only accept our fate." Lan Jiujiu's tone was filled with sorrow.
“I understand. The reason they sent me is because I haven’t absorbed any human cultivators since I entered this realm.”
The reason I didn't inhale their scent is because they have the same bodies and features as us.
I envy them because they have fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters. Each of them has a home and different surnames and names.
Unlike us, who can only classify levels by color and number them according to the rankings in the tournament.
I simply couldn't bring myself to absorb them, so I had no choice but to absorb those strange and grotesque monsters instead.
The priest's watchmen are omnipresent, and I think they must know all this, which is why they are so dissatisfied with me and want to eliminate me as soon as possible.
Thank goodness I can die here.
I don't want to see those human cultivators I admire slowly draining my spiritual energy.
That made me feel that the world was far too cruel.
Blue tears streamed from 1309's eyes, disappearing into the blue fabric of her dress without leaving a trace, as if she had never cried at all.
Hidden in the shadows, Ah Chen and Nie Xiaoxiao were greatly shocked. They had always thought that the Ximo Clan was extremely cruel and inhuman.
So when they discovered that absorbing the Blue Demon Clan could make their cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, they overcame their psychological barriers and absorbed one Blue Demon after another.
Hearing what 1309 said, they suddenly felt like vomiting, as if they had swallowed a living person.
Although the Demon Clan is not of the same kind, they have thoughts, can communicate in language, and have faces similar to humans.
Achen and Nie Xiaoxiao both felt that they would probably find it difficult to overcome their psychological barriers in the future.
After resting for about fifteen minutes, Lan Jiujiu stood up and gently pressed her hand on the center of the top of the energy-gathering shield.
The next second, the energy-gathering shield cracked open, and Lan Jiujiu took the opportunity to pour all the Earth-Pointing Mystic Crystal Flowers into the thick gray fog.
Then the energy shield burst forth with a beam of silver light, instantly enveloping most of her body.
1309 leaned over, wanting to sacrifice his own energy, but was slapped away by Lan Jiujiu.
1309's body shot away and arrived at the entrance of the cave.
Lan Jiujiu turned to her and said, "You should run away! Find a secluded place to hide and never come back!"
"No! If I leave, the Energy Shield will drain you dry!" 1309 shook his head desperately.
"Even if I don't die today, I can't hold on for much longer. Nourishing the Earthly Mystic Crystal Flower every day has almost exhausted the life force in my body," Lan Jiujiu said.
1309 got up from the ground and struggled to rush over, but was blocked by a blue halo.
"Listen to me, let's go! Don't waste my energy anymore, okay? You know, if I'm determined not to let you come, you won't be able to break through my energy barrier," Lan Jiujiu said.
“But didn’t you say before that since they chose me, we should accept our fate?” 1309 said.
"No, I don't want to accept my fate! Since I'm destined to die, it doesn't matter whether I die sooner or later. I'd rather die a few days earlier to give you a chance to live," Lan Jiujiu said.
"But can't we escape together?" 1309 asked.
"You're being too naive! The Energy Gathering Shield is the clan's highest secret. Any clan member whose life force has been drained by it will be branded with a mental mark for life."
Even if I escape the gray fog, it's no use; the priest can still find me by following the guidance of the spiritual imprint.
Lan Jiujiu gave 1309 a sad smile one last time. The blue light inside her body was gradually absorbed by the energy-gathering shield until she turned into a dried-up seaweed that had lost all its vitality.
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