Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?
Chapter 687 - 689: Snake Temple Sacrifice, Body Shedding and Seizing Power

Chapter 687 -689: Snake Temple Sacrifice, Body Shedding and Seizing Power

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‘If that’s the case, I should have never allowed She Xi to enter the Snake Temple,’ She Qi also greatly regretted.

“…”

“Ah!!!!”

“From today onward, you are the new High Priest You Si, my offspring, remember, through the long days do not lose reverence for Father Snake, or else my today will be your future…”

“From today, I am the High Priest You Si!”

“Father, you have grown old.” She Xi’s jaw expanded several times its size, biting into She Qi’s shoulder as deadly diseases were instantly injected into She Xi’s body.

“Heh, is this your reason for perverting Father Snake’s decree?” She Xi said and in an instant, took action.

“Cough~” Halfway through his sentence, She Xi coughed out a mouthful of black blood, which then fell upon the altar.

“You… have won…” She Qi’s body deteriorated rapidly as the poison spread throughout him, his sturdy snake scales softened and began to fall off, his flesh rotted and sprouted sores, and even his bones corroded, making him unable to stand anymore as he toppled backward.

“She Qi, what nonsense are you talking about?” She Qi rebuked, knowing that today’s events likely couldn’t end well.

“Father Snake… save me~” She Xi, collapsed on the altar, cried out with a weak voice for the last time.

“The grace of Father Snake was granted to you to pity your suffering from illness, not as a reason to question your father, the High Priest of Father Snake, the ruler of the Sneak-man.”

“Heard… heard…”

“My father, you are not fit to be the High Priest of Father Snake.”

“I will restart the regions like Snake Tooth and Snake Scale, we will counterattack the surface, making the earth once again our pasture, and usher Father Snake’s return to this world, anyone who dares defy will be given death by snake poison!”

“I just knew, I am correct, the direction I am moving forward is the one Father Snake has guided me towards!!!”

“I will not be as foolish as you, my father, all your accomplishments come from Father Snake, yet you dare to misinterpret his will and even ignore the arrangements of Father Snake, and that is the cause of your death, not me.” She Xi completely disregarded She Qi’s advice, truly, it wasn’t She Xi who killed She Qi, but rather, because his actions displeased Father Snake, She Xi was then granted the power by the snake to kill She Qi.

“We know… now”

“O great Father of Thousands of Snakes…” She Xi lay prostrate on the altar, his prayers echoing continuously through the palace.

Fortunately, he returned, and there was still a chance for redemption.

Large numbers of Snake-men poured into the Snake Temple, witnessing the body of She Xi, who had received Father Snake’s blessing, slowly completing its transformation.

The fear of death continuously stimulated his reason, making him increasingly insane, chaos surged towards him incessantly.

And She Qi was the most unsettled of the Snake-men, he thought that She Xi, having lost Father Snake’s favor, was no longer a threat, so he did not obstruct his entry into the Snake Temple, even for the past half-month there had been no disturbances, no matter how She Xi prayed and pleaded, Father Snake gave no response.

What’s more, She Xi had received Father Snake’s blessing, in a real fight, he was undoubtedly destined to lose.

In the brilliance, She Xi emerged, exhaling two greenish gases from his nostrils, which was a new ability formed by combining poison with disease.

The clash made all of You Si tremble, even the Snake Temple shook, and all the Snake-men witnessing it definitely fled, as these two were among the highest combat forces of the Snake-man Clan, ordinary Snake-men could not possibly reach this level.

Excruciating pain accompanied by wails, She Xi simply could not endure this intense pain, the lingering disease in his body continuously seeped into his entire body, dividing, recombining, repairing, and transforming, all this was gradually metamorphosing him.

But now a change had occurred, which was unbelievable for She Qi, but at this moment he couldn’t care too much, only rushing anxiously, at least he must investigate what had exactly happened.

A powerful aura erupted, intimidating and suppressing all the Snake-men, and then he roared, “You… did you hear that?”

If She Qi had treated him immediately at that time, there wouldn’t have been any lingering effects, but now… it was uncertain.

She Qi’s body completely rotted into a puddle of rotten flesh, his life force vanished.

She Qi was no pushover either. Although a bit slower, She Xi had not fully mastered the power granted to him by the Snake Father, so with the Scepter, he direclty broke through the deadly epidemic, making the fight a neck-and-neck battle.

She Xi’s body was riddled with holes. His scales were either falling off or softening due to the disease or emitting a nauseating sheen. Beneath the scales, festering sores and pus-filled boils reeked putridly.

It was clear what She Xi intended—he wanted to fight.

She Xi smiled, “I have received the Snake Father’s grace, while you have not. Think about it, as the High Priest, how long has it been since you received the Snake Father’s grace?”

She Xi opened up his chattled jaw, which was beginning to heal. He gazed at She Qi, who lay on the ground, corrupted by the epidemic, his end drawing near, and he couldn’t help but chuckle coldly.

Now, She Xi was almost completely incapacitated, and though he might not die with his current strength, if he couldn’t rid himself of the epidemic rooted inside him, he was doomed to suffer this torment forever.

She Xi stepped out of the Snake Temple and announced his victory to a crowd of frantic Snake-men.

The Snake-men were also taken aback as they faced She Xi, whose color was plainly different from theirs, seemingly lost.

The clash between them erupted in an instant, and a terrifyingly venomous epidemic manifested into the semi-human, semi-snake visage of a Shadow, swallowing She Qi whole.

Although She Qi was indeed inferior to She Xi, it was improbable that he would lose in one move. At least, he ought to have lost after showing some weakness, not this soon.

As time passed, the horrific diseases within him continuously evolved and even became a part of his body.

He recited prayers repeatedly, but there was no response from above the altar, which sank She Xi’s heart to the lowest depths. He knew then that he had been abandoned by the Snake Father.

They were grey-brown, while She Xi was a vibrant green, giving an illusion of a genetic mutation.

He spread calamities across Great Qian on behalf of the Snake Father’s return but found upon his return that the once brave and skilled Snake-men had been spoiled by their own.

Upon hearing this, She Qi’s expression slightly changed. Indeed, this was a massive problem.

Pain and madness constantly intertwined, the embedded diseases in his body granting him even greater power.

The meager answers displeased She Xi, but no matter, he would establish his authority first, then handle matters.

To rally them back into a united force would not be so easy in a short time.

If he didn’t let this group of debilitated Snake-men know of his prowess, he feared they would all act deceitfully, especially since their former lives were all about arts and pleasures, which were useless.

A torrent of intense pain continuously spread from the flesh of She Xi into his Soul.

Since the Snake Father rarely showed any miracles, he gradually took it less seriously. Although the rituals were conducted regularly, he had also mixed in quite a bit of personal interest due to his own quest for power.

Originally, the Snake-men did not possess this ability, but She Xi, through the grace of the Snake Father, had evolved this peculiar power.

Having lived in You Si for so many years, he was no longer the Snake-man who revered the Snake Father and sacrificed everything for his faith.

At the final moment, the blood he coughed up on the altar was absorbed, and then the entire altar burst into a captivating brilliance.

This had no use for the entirety of You Si. He needed to swiftly change this trend, and violence was perfectly suited for the task.

This action might have angered the Snake Father, but that was it, for to the Snake Father, these were not significant issues. After all, he was the High Priest of You Si, and all actions of the Snake Father were interpreted by him.

Naturally, this situation was witnessed by all the Snake-men in You Si, as the place where they worshipped the ancestors suddenly lit up, quite noticeably in the gloomy underworld.

This feeling immensely complicated his emotions.

The Snake Temple, as a place of sacrifice, was usually not frequented by the Snake-men unless it was a significant festival or ritual occasion; otherwise, it was closed off.

But as he watched the obviously panicking Snake-men, She Xi also felt a sinking feeling. The Snake-men had been spoiled by a life of leisure and idleness, thanks to She Qi.

In just an instant, a plethora of pathogens mixed with toxins and the power granted by the Snake Father expanded within She Xi.