Chapter 201
The moon on the fifteenth of July hung high in the dark blue sky, and as experts had predicted, its halo around it was somewhat reddish.
There were no villagers living near the factory, so there was no light source other than the moon. Everything around it appeared eerily red under the moonlight.
Everyone looked up at the sky, astonished by the full moon at that moment.
Chu Er laughed loudly: "Since you are not afraid of death, then I will let you witness my victory before you die."
He didn't even close the factory gates, and just swaggered back into the factory.
Not far behind him was a large, square wooden table, on which Lin Jing had just arranged various dishes and sacrificial items such as incense burners. Behind the wooden table stood a human-shaped statue that was nearly one meter tall.
Chu Er walked up to the statue, reached out and felt around the back of the statue, and actually removed a part of it, revealing the hollow interior of the statue.
He patted it with satisfaction and said to Lin Jing, "Bring those kids over here."
Lin Jing immediately moved the unconscious child out of a warehouse in the factory.
Tang Xuan recognized the familiar, youthful faces he had seen in the documents, and knocked one of the paper figures open with a stun gun.
He sensed something was wrong, but not understanding the methods of the Xuanmen sect, he could only shout, "Look what this bastard is up to!"
Qin Lide exclaimed urgently, "Oh no, he's faking it! Stop him!"
Everyone else was shocked and furious, but Tang Xuan was the only one who didn't understand: "Pretending to be dirty? What do you mean by pretending to be dirty?"
Qiao Yijing quickly explained to him: "It's a way of inviting gods. You put scriptures, bronze mirrors, grains, or gold and silver jewelry into the statue so that the gods can possess you and manifest their power."
However, it is obvious that Chu Er would not use these ordinary items. He brought out the kidnapped children at this time, which must be to use them as a cover for the crime.
Tang Xuan understood and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"The time has come." Chu Er ignored their words and actions. He looked up at the moon, threw the knife beside him to Lin Jing, and said, "Do it. Take out the hearts and put them in the body for Lord Evil God."
Lin Jing hesitated for a moment, then picked up the knife and walked towards the unconscious children on the ground.
Hu Meng: "—No!"
Qiao Yijing: "—Chu Er!"
The group of people who watched Lin Jing bend down and raise her knife were all furious, letting out heart-wrenching roars, but they were unable to break through the paper figures' obstruction.
Qin Lide's eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead were about to bulge out. He was about to rush over with a desperate attitude, regardless of the consequences.
Qin Su sighed almost inaudibly, closed her eyes briefly, and threw something out.
"boom"!
A lightning talisman exploded in Lin Jing's arms. Its power was so great that it instantly blasted her three or four meters away, and half of her body was blackened by the lightning.
She coughed up blood incessantly, and when she looked up in horror, she saw a scene that could almost be described as fantastical.
The most beautiful woman among the group raised her hand and said, "Go ahead, breathe fire on them and show them."
A dragon flew out from her sleeve.
One dragon...
dragon……
dragon!
Everyone present was stunned, even Chu Er stood there dumbfounded.
Zhang Yan turned his head too quickly, and his neck made a "crack" sound; he didn't even have time to cover it.
"Have I entered an illusion again?" he murmured. "Hu Meng, hit me quickly."
Hu Meng didn't use her iron fist to hit him this time because she was also confused.
Who is she? Where is she? Why does she seem to have seen a dragon?
Is this legendary, fantastical creature something she could possibly see in this era of scarce spiritual energy?
Xiaolong flew in the air, extremely excited and thrilled.
Aside from the time he appeared when Qiao Yijing fought with the red-bellied pheasant, he has never appeared in public again.
He was domineering by nature and always followed Qin Su. He often felt dissatisfied with those who were even slightly close to Qin Su, but he couldn't show himself to warn them, which made him extremely frustrated.
Not to mention that Chu Er created an illusion earlier, producing a dragon that looked exactly like him and kidnapped Su Su.
With both old and new grudges combined, Xiaolong mustered all his strength and spewed out a burst of flames.
With a "whoosh," the paper figure, which was originally impervious to swords and spears, quickly burst into flames, making a slight crackling sound in the firelight, and turned into ashes in less than three minutes.
The others were still deeply shocked by what they saw and hadn't recovered when Chu Er reached out and grabbed them.
Everyone thought he was going to grab the unconscious children and rushed over to stop him, but Chu Er turned around, bypassed the children, and picked up Lin Jing with one hand.
Lin Jing said emotionally, "Master..."
"Pfft"
Before she could utter another word, the knife in Chu Er's hand had already pierced her skin.
He took out Lin Jing's heart and placed it into the hollow statue. Then, without hesitation, he threw several items from his pocket into the statue, closed the mechanism at the back of the statue, and used his finger as a pen and Lin Jing's blood as ink to draw a talisman on the table.
He sprang into action, took the heart, and performed the sacrifice—his series of actions were so swift that no one could react in time.
No one expected that Lin Jing, his apprentice who had followed him for so many years and worked loyally for him, would be killed so easily.
Even Lin Jing herself didn't expect it.
After Chu Er finished drawing the talisman, Lin Jing was still alive when she fell to the ground. She had followed Chu Er in cultivation and knew some unorthodox methods. At the moment when Chu Er was about to take her heart, she subconsciously activated a technique to prolong her life.
But a person can't live without a heart, and she can't hold on for long in this condition.
"Master..." Lin Jing pleaded in a voice barely audible.
Chu Er neither looked at her nor spoke.
Hu Mengqiao, Yi Jing, and the others rushed over from behind, but he didn't move, only kneeling in front of the table. All the spells landed on him, but were all absorbed by a magic circle centered on the square table.
This was the backup plan he had discussed with Lin Jing; it was the second option he had prepared.
If he could, he wouldn't want to sacrifice Lin Jing, but the uneasy feeling that had been nagging at him since last night, along with the shattering of the Mirage Pearl, made him very vigilant.
So he decided to take a gamble. If the child couldn't be used, he would use the heart of a Taoist as a sacrifice, his blood as a catalyst, and several treasures he had collected over the years, to perform the sacrifice in the most urgent moment in a way that no one could have imagined.
According to his thinking, even if he had to use this method, he would delay until nine o'clock.
Nine is the ultimate number, representing the best time.
But he never expected that the other party would bring out a dragon.
Has anyone ever heard of two sides releasing dragons in a battle? Is that even possible?
Chu Er was full of profanities and didn't care about time. He decided to immediately offer a sacrifice to summon the evil god to descend into the world.
At eight o'clock in the evening, under a bright red moon, Chu Er kowtowed to the ground one last time and cried out, "Please, gods, descend!"
It was as if all the moonlight was absorbed here. The array burst out with dazzling light, the statue swayed, and its originally stiff facial features came to life.
He lifted his foot and took a step forward.
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