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Chapter 251 - 45: Eliminate the Root, Sweep Away Future Troubles (First Update, Requesting Monthly Votes)

Chapter 251: Chapter 45: Eliminate the Root, Sweep Away Future Troubles (First Update, Requesting Monthly Votes)

After giving a fake name, Xu Shu left this place expressionlessly and directed those rescued offerings to clean up the area.

Before leaving, though, he felt a bit of a sting as he glanced at the site of the altar, murmuring to himself thoughtfully in his mind:

"What a pity, not even a Promotion Drive has dropped. This is quite abnormal; there’s a good chance it was devoured during the sacrifice."

"Lie Zhenzi’s method of sacrifice is really domineering. As long as it’s a person, no matter what it is, he eats it all up, heh."

Xu Shu shook his head.

He had been hesitating ever since the incident with Yang Manman, wondering if simply becoming a Transcendent would spare him from being devoured.

Now it seemed not to be the case. He only refrained from eating ’non-human beings.’

"Speaking of which, the White Emperor’s son incites people to believe in Esoteric Buddhism and sacrifice to the Evil God; while the Black Emperor’s son sacrifices to Lie Zhenzi using people from proper sects. I wonder if there’s any connection between the two? After all, they both belong to the Salvation Army, and it feels like deep waters."

"If it weren’t for the special uses of my Mark Altar, today I would have had no choice but to flee in panic. Luckily, I was one step ahead and gained this advantage."

Xu Shu walked down the stairs, taking out the Yang God Seal in the dusty stairwell.

Facing the light that seeped through the cracks, little golden spots danced around the small sphere—actually just dust, but it made the [Yang God] Seal seem even more miraculous.

Xu Shu’s face was radiant:

"Mm, and my Mark Altar has another advantage over theirs. As long as the Sacrificial Array and the blood offerings are set up by someone, whether it is a sacrifice to the Evil God or to Lie Zhenzi, I can use the altar to take their place, which saves me the time of arranging the Array myself."

"I wonder if there are any limitations, such as requiring my altar to be of a higher level than the opponent’s?"

"That is quite possible..."

"Ha, the so-called greatest Guardian God of mankind feeds extensively on human sacrifices in secret in order to obtain one of the essential tools to become a Transcendent—the [Seal]. Seems like Lie Zhenzi has a bit of a dark attribute, huh."

Ah, dark attribute...

Hmm?

Wait a minute...

As he thought about this, Xu Shu paused mid-step, and a bold idea involuntarily cropped up in his mind.

Since the sacrifice to Lie Zhenzi, once initiated, could not be stopped, and since it had no concept of ’friend or foe,’ swallowing up anyone within range of the altar.

Didn’t that mean that the altar could be used directly as a kind of trap-like offensive method?!

"Hisss! It seems it could totally work!"

Xu Shu rubbed the Yang God Seal between his fingers, his eyes shining brighter than it.

Honestly, today, using content he had seen from the future, he happened to kill a gang of dark forces that he couldn’t have taken down alone. It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea, not something he thought too deeply about.

It was just a trial.

But now, after the trial, Xu Shu had a thought and realized that this achievement was entirely replicable.

He had only been in touch with the Extraordinary World for less than half a month, and without trying to find them, he had already encountered three ’sacrificial’ events—both to the Evil God and to Lie Zhenzi.

This indicated that in this world, beneath the unseen undercurrent, "sacrificial events" occurred relatively frequently!

In light of that, Xu Shu felt he had room to act.

He could always carry a few Mark Altars, which could be considered treasures against people. If used well, they could completely eliminate enemies he normally wouldn’t stand a chance against!

Of course, there are some limitations.

The most crucial one is that someone needs to have set up the Array in advance, corresponding blood offerings, consumables (Erosion Crystals), Sacrificial Arrays, etc., all need to be prepared by someone.

Another thing, someone has to perform the [start] step, which is also critical. Otherwise, he would have to start from scratch with the prayers.

But all in all, there are always opportunities.

"However, speaking of which, even though I rank 404 on the Qingyun List, hailed as the future hope of mankind, Lie Zhenzi ate me without hesitation? That’s infuriating! He even praised me a few days ago.

"It seems my guess was correct after all; Lie Zhenzi probably lacks independent thought. Truly worthy of being Lie Zhenzi, who regards everything as chaff..."

"I always feel that fundamentally he’s not much different from the Evil God, or perhaps, he’s an Evil God that basically stands on the side of mankind?"

"If that’s the case, then if I sacrifice to the Evil God, can I use monsters as offerings?"

"Hisss, but it seems like the Slaanesh Sect sacrifices humans to the Evil God, too... and I also don’t know the Sacrificial Array Pattern facing the Evil God..."

"Alas, it just proves that all great beings love to eat humans, huh? Humans are too tragic~"

"Is this the cold reality of this world?"

Xu Shu walked down the stairs feeling a chill.

The truth of this world was too dark, too cruel, too cold.

In this era where humans are helpless against their fate, only the smooth and soft [Yang God] Seal in his hand brought a touch of warmth.

He tucked the seal into the slot of the Tai Chu Scroll and prepared to start accumulating some Mark Altars next.

He still had two uses left for the day.

But before that, he needed to make sure there was absolutely no enemy left in this place.

Heading down, the stairs from the tenth floor to the ninth were blocked by an iron fence, and someone had stuffed paperboard inside for soundproofing.