Qi Xiangyang walked out of the main house, performing a rather peculiar dance at the entrance.
He periodically patted his chest, and the sounds emanating from his mouth were not human.
Black Feather and White Feather had also danced during their sacrifice on Jiuqing Mountain, but it had been much more beautiful than this.
Dance was also part of the sacrifice ritual, one of the ceremonies used to please deities.
In fact, the dances varied depending on the sacrificial items and the deities being appeased.
This was an old tradition, as song and dance had gradually evolved from rituals of ‘humans communicating with gods.’
“Hehehe~ Stealing our divinity wasn’t enough, and now you want to sacrifice us too? Do you really think our Shadow Lotus Church is a pushover?”
“You’re from the Shadow Lotus Church?”
Qi Hai and Qi Jiang suddenly looked up, madness glinting in their eyes.
Qi Jiang even stepped forward, his voice venomous.
“So you’re the ones who killed my second brother and fourth brother?”
Seeing this, White Feather let out a charming giggle.
“We’ve killed too many cats and dogs; how are we supposed to know which one was your brother?”
“But even if we did, you needn’t worry, because your whole family will be reunited very soon.”
As White Feather spoke, she raised her right hand and blew forward.
A wisp of fire shot out, transforming into a giant fireball over five meters in diameter the moment it touched the air!
Black Feather and White Feather were both Sequence 6s of the Criminal pathway, Treacherous!
The unique aspect of this pathway was that different abilities could be awakened based on different methods of crime.
For instance, the flames White Feather was using now were the ability of an ‘arsonist’!
The giant fireball descended, heading straight for Qi Xiangyang.
Qi Hai stepped forward, shielding his head with his left arm, his right hand on his waist, adopting an opening-door stance.
Buzz~
A two-meter-tall spectral giant shield appeared before him, its front carved with a ferocious ghost face that was now greedily devouring the flames.
The more flames it devoured, the larger the shield’s phantom grew, firmly protecting Qi Xiangyang behind it.
Qi Jiang flashed out from the side, holding a bone whistle which he blew with all his might!
The sound of the bone whistle was extremely mournful, like a cuckoo crying blood.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Over a dozen figures burst through the windows of the main house!
They were grotesque girls, some with joints sewn in reverse, others with many limbs, resembling spiders.
Their skin was purplish-blue, their eyelids slit, and accompanied by a foul stench, they lunged at the two sisters.
“Hahahaha~”
“Go, my darlings~”
“Let them join your ranks too!”
“Hahaha!!!”
Qi Jiang’s voice grew increasingly frantic, and Qi Hai couldn't help but frown at the sight.
His younger brother followed the Thief pathway, and his strength had now reached Sequence 7, making him the only Qi family member besides their father to break through to Sequence 7 before the age of thirty.
The family had originally held great expectations for him, but now it seemed he was on the verge of losing control.
Swish swish swish!
The grotesque girls moved incredibly fast, with astonishing leaps, but to Black Feather and White Feather, they were truly like toys.
They were shattered to pieces by Black Feather’s slashes the moment they approached.
Meanwhile, the Qi family ascenders on the periphery also rushed back, launching long-range attacks at the two sisters.
Judging by the current situation alone, the two sisters’ chances of victory seemed slim.
Thump!
Thump!
Qi Xiangyang’s dance movements grew larger and larger, and the human skin garment on his body emitted wails like ghosts and wolves.
Rumble~
The ground began to shake, as if some colossal creature was stirring beneath the earth.
Qi Hai’s heart pounded wildly; he felt somewhat uneasy.
After all, he had just been discussing with his father how to deal with the three Sequence 6s, and who would have thought that two unexpected Sequence 6s would show up at their doorstep so soon!
“Hahahaha, Old Ghost Qi, I’m not too late, am I?”
A hearty laugh rang out, and the next moment, a figure in a suit appeared out of thin air on the battlefield.
He pressed down with his right hand, and the ghost-face shield that Qi Hai was desperately holding up instantly shattered!
Pfft!
Qi Hai suffered a backlash, opening his mouth to spew a large mouthful of blood.
Qi Xiangyang’s eyes were fierce, but he remained silent, still performing his strange dance and chanting softly.
Buzz~
Buzz~
Decorative patterns around the main house lit up, the ground trembled more violently, and then, before everyone’s eyes, the main house gradually collapsed, and a skull altar slowly rose in the center.
The skull altar was approximately eighteen meters in diameter, divided into three interlocking layers.
Through the gaps in the skulls, a black and red liquid could be seen; it was this liquid that bonded the skulls together to form the altar.
Now, as the altar rose, the black and red liquid slowly flowed, moving through the skull cavities like a living thing.
“Old Ghost Qi, you actually worship an evil god!”
Liang Guan roared, but his voice carried a hint of delight, as if he had found a righteous reason to act.
Qi Xiangyang pushed off with his legs, leaping onto the skull altar.
Buzz~
The air hummed, and all the skulls on the altar opened their mouths, spewing forth streaks of red halos.
Qi Hai and Qi Jiang turned and ran, as if they had rehearsed it countless times.
Black Feather and White Feather exchanged glances and retreated simultaneously.
As experts in sacrifice, they were all too familiar with the scene before them.
The skulls roared silently, the earth still trembled, and eight golden pillars slowly rose from underground.
Click-clack.
The golden pillars rose higher and higher, gears turning on them, their tops slowly opening to reveal the sealed materials within.
Each one was a transcendent material, glittering brightly!
But the most eye-catching among them was the Gall on the eighth golden pillar!
That Gall was actually emitting a faint golden light.
Seeing this, Liang Guan gasped.
“A natural transcendent! You actually took the Gall of a natural transcendent?”
“What an atrocity, what an atrocity!!!”
Black Feather and White Feather’s eyes suddenly gleamed; they thought to themselves that coming to the Qi family this time was truly the right decision!
Even if they couldn’t recover the divinity, taking the natural transcendent’s Gall would be a huge profit!
In fact, in some respects, the value of this Gall was even higher than divinity!
After all, divinity could be obtained through sacrifice, but a natural transcendent could only be encountered by chance.
Qi Xiangyang burst into laughter, and the materials on the first golden pillar slowly flew up, turning into fine powder and being absorbed by the altar.
He looked as if he had consumed a Ten-Treasures Great Tonifying Pill, his complexion rapidly turning rosy, and his dance growing even more wild.
“You’ve arrived at just the right time; witnessing my ascension to Demigod is a blessing you’ve accumulated over several lifetimes!”
“As your ticket, offer up your spirituality!”
Pfft!!!
The black and red liquid binding the skull altar suddenly swelled, stabbing toward the several people like tentacles.
...
Outside the manor.
Yin Yang clutched his right abdomen, his face filled with pain, as if the wound that had already healed was being torn open again!
The blade-wielding ghost stood behind him, its body suffused with fierce energy, its eyes blood-red.
If Yin Yang hadn’t forcefully suppressed it, it would likely have charged forward already.
“Don’t rush, it’ll be over soon, very soon.”
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