WTYTIAAN Chapter 271

Chapter 271

Chapter 271

No, he still has a [Life Source Stone]! That’s a resurrection item!

Yan Yunqing perked up, but quickly cooled down again.

Until now, he hadn’t confirmed whether this [Life Source Stone] could really resurrect the deceased, and what the method of resurrection was… and who should he resurrect, Yuli or Daini?

*

So cold…

Yuli huddled in the corner, the thick coat unable to block the invasion of damp cold. Her cheeks were flushed an abnormal red, and her eyes were tightly closed.

She exhaled a hot breath, feeling pain all over, both hot and cold, shivering constantly.

It felt like she was sick.

Yuli groggily opened her eyes, tightening her sleeves and sniffing.

How did she fall asleep?

She needed to find another place to hide…

How was Daini?

Where to go next?

…

A jumble of thoughts kept popping up. Yuli clenched her small fist and tapped her forehead, trying to clear her head.

But she found that her head seemed even more dizzy.

Every time Yuli breathed, she felt a burning pain in her body, and she didn’t dare to breathe forcefully.

Probably from being kicked.

Yuli thought.

She stretched out her palm and pinched it in front of her eyes, regretting that the magic wand that Grandpa Jason had spent several gold coins to buy for her was not with her. Otherwise, she could still use a fireball spell now.

It was too cold here; a fireball spell could at least bring her some warmth.

Thinking like this, Yuli fell into a daze again, nodding off little by little, as if she was already feverish.

“Here! There’s a hidden little brat here!”

A sharp shout broke the silence, startling the drowsy Yuli awake in an instant.

Yuli quickly shrank her body, trying to hide deeper in the corner, but was lifted up by a large hand.

She wanted to struggle, but a heavy slap landed on her cheek. Yuli’s cheek immediately became red and swollen, burning with pain. Her already muddled thoughts became even more confused after this slap, and even the strength of her struggle weakened.

“Damn little ghost, you actually dared to run away secretly, causing us to be angered by the bishop! We should break your legs and see where you dare to run?” the black-robed figure holding Yuli said fiercely, his voice full of malice.

A child’s skin is very delicate. Yuli’s cheeks quickly swelled up, and even opening her eyes was extremely difficult.

She was thrown out by the black-robed figure, and several more kicks and punches landed on her body. Yuli could only hug her head, trying to curl up, reducing the area being hit, unable even to make a sound of pain.

Grandpa… It hurts…

The second group of escaped children was caught. When they were brought back, their faces were bruised and swollen, and they were barely breathing.

Even so, the black-robed figure who brought Yuli back showed no pity, directly dragging Yuli by one leg and dragging her back without mercy, even boasting to the leader of the black-robed men.

“Bishop, I caught the escaped little brat and brought her back!”

Saying that, he lifted little Yuli up, showing her to the black-robed leader.

The black-robed leader looked over, his tone slightly raised, with a hint of playfulness in his sinister tone, “Oh? You did well. So, what about the other child?”

“What…?” The black-robed figure was stunned, “I only found this one in the vicinity…”

The black-robed leader’s tone was unkind, “You lost a total of two sacrifices, and now you’ve only found one. You still dare to boast to me? Are you very proud?”

Sensing the chill in the black-robed leader’s words, the black-robed figure shuddered. The originally proud and complacent emotions disappeared immediately, replaced by uncontrollable panic.

He stammered, “No, no, no! Please listen to my explanation. I didn’t mean that. I just… I just…”

Facing the terrifying pressure of the black-robed leader, the black-robed figure’s speech stammered. He couldn’t utter a complete sentence, his legs trembling. The moment the black-robed leader looked at him, he knelt down with a thud.

His knees hit the ground, making a dull sound.

The black-robed leader chuckled coldly twice, waved his hand to let the other black-robed figures come up and tie Yuli up, and finally, mercilessly, caused the ‘meritorious’ black-robed figure to explode on the spot.

Another burst of foul-smelling blood mist spread out. Pieces of flesh and blood flowed down the terrain, gradually merging into the blood pool. Bubbles gurgled from the location where the new flesh and blood merged in, and returned to calm after a few seconds.

If someone were to dredge in the blood pool now, they might only be able to salvage some bone fragments. This was a pool that could really melt and devour flesh and blood.

The black-robed leader twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced at Yuli, who was tied up by the other black-robed figures and whose life or death was unknown, and snorted, “This one is still a bit weak… Never mind, she’s barely qualified. Just put her into the first batch for sacrifice.”

“Find the other runaway as soon as possible. The second batch of sacrifices must also keep up. If the runaway isn’t found before the fourth batch of sacrifices, then all of you will become sacrificial offerings to me.”

The black-robed leader’s tone was very calm, but none of the black-robed figures present dared to resist. They could only tremble and prostrate themselves before him, silently accepting the multiple-choice question of either finding the runaway child or dying.

Then, several black-robed figures stepped forward, each holding an iron chain as thick as a baby’s wrist, heading towards the children being held.

One of the children let out a shrill scream. His shoulder blades were pierced. The black-robed figure unceremoniously pierced the iron chain through the child’s shoulder blades. Large streams of blood gushed out. The screaming child’s breathing weakened within a few breaths, and he fainted directly.

The remaining black-robed figures followed suit. The [Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow], who was watching the live broadcast, took a shocked step forward, but didn’t dare to do anything. He could only silently send a message to [Yingyi].

The viewers in the live broadcast thread were also very shocked. This was the first time they had witnessed a cult’s sacrificial scene.

Bloody, terrifying, inhuman… All the evil words could be used to describe the scene before them.

Daini, who had been hiding in the corner of the altar, playing dead, couldn’t help but move when she saw one of the black-robed figures walking towards Yuli with an iron chain.

Immediately, a flaw appeared in the disguise, and the illusion simulating the environment rippled. The black-robed leader keenly sensed something was wrong.

He narrowed his eyes and walked towards Daini’s location.

Daini immediately held her breath and refocused, maintaining a motionless state. She looked worriedly in Yuli’s direction. Just as the blade in the black-robed figure’s hand was about to pierce Yuli’s shoulder blades—

Daini moved.

The small Daini was like a nimble rabbit, darting out of her original spot, wanting to run to Yuli’s side.

The black-robed leader’s eyes narrowed, and a wind blade shot over. A child’s figure quickly darted out of the originally empty corner, and the wind blade rushed straight towards Daini—

At the critical moment, an invisible shield appeared around Daini. The wind blade directly hit the shield, and the invisible shield made a crisp sound, randomly shattering into points of light. However, the wind blade was not completely offset, and the remaining power rushed towards Daini’s face.

However, the second and third shields lit up in succession, and then shattered.

It wasn’t until the third shield shattered that the wind blade was truly neutralized. This was an attack from a level 96 expert. Even though this attack didn’t unleash his full power, it still shattered three shields.

The level difference was too great.

The three uses of the shield from the small crescent pendant that Yuli had given Daini in the dungeon were used up, and slight cracks appeared on the pendant.

The black-robed leader didn’t expect that a child could block one of his attacks, and that the child actually managed to run past him, revealing a hint of surprise.

But Daini had already arrived at Yuli’s side, pushing the black-robed figure away and protecting Yuli with both hands and feet.

The black-robed figure holding the iron chain was caught off guard and pushed back a few steps, looking at the suddenly appearing Daini in surprise.

“This…”

Daini hugged Yuli with all her strength, calling out softly to Yuli’s red and swollen cheeks, “Yuli…”

“I didn’t expect that the child who ran away earlier was actually hiding here.” The black-robed leader’s gaze towards Daini was inquisitive, “You even blocked my skill… You actually have magical items on you? That’s rare, it seems there’s more than one.”

“Interesting.” The black-robed leader walked towards Daini step by step. Daini just hugged Yuli tightly and didn’t move, not even looking up to meet the black-robed leader’s gaze.

The black-robed figure walked in front of Daini, looking down at the two children huddled together. He leaned over, pinched Daini’s small face, and lifted it up forcefully.

“…Oh?” The black-robed figure’s gaze fell on Daini’s face, and his eyebrows raised, “Who do we have here? It’s you.”

The black-robed man’s tone was vile, “The one from that village that day… A descendant of the Felix bloodline?”

Felix was the surname of the Sylvia tribe. Sylvia’s full name was Sylvia Felix. However, Sylvia, who betrayed the tribe, no longer had the right to use this surname, so she had always called herself Sylvia.

There was no light in Daini’s dark eyes. She just stared straight at the black-robed leader’s mask. Her pupils were pitch black, unable to reflect anything.

The black-robed leader reached out and touched Daini’s eyes. Daini blinked uncomfortably, but still didn’t struggle.

“It seems your ability has already awakened. Are you being so obedient because you’ve already foreseen your own death?” The black-robed leader released his hand holding Daini’s chin and straightened up again, “The Felix bloodline is truly withering.”

“But that’s also true. After all, the Felix bloodline has only produced one high priest in all these years, and she even defected…”

“Heh, using the Felix bloodline to commemorate my lord… That’s a pretty good idea.”

The black-robed leader looked at Daini and said, word by word, “Since you want to protect the little fellow behind you so much, then let’s change the opportunity for the first batch of sacrifices to you.”

His words were full of malice, and the look in his eyes as he looked at Daini was like he was looking at a lamb to be slaughtered, teasing and playful.

The black-robed figures who had been waiting on the side received the order and immediately grabbed little Daini, about to pierce the iron chain through her shoulder blades.

“Wait—”[Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow] still spoke up. At the same time, the scroll he had been holding was torn open. Immediately, a cold ice purgatory rose up. This was a level 65 magic scroll, a damage scroll with a certain degree of control.

[Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow]’s own level was not high. He was not one of the top players on the level rankings. In the game, he focused more on the plot and had even been in dangerous situations several times. He had died many times because of this, and his level had dropped again and again. With his current level, activating a level 65 magic scroll was already his limit, and his mana bar was instantly depleted.

This was only because this magic scroll was semi-automatic, requiring only a small amount of magic power as a primer to activate the magic scroll. Otherwise, if it were replaced with another one that required inputting magic, [Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow] wouldn’t be able to use it at all.

The black-robed leader didn’t expect that an accident could still happen at this time, and even such a… defection from his own people?

He was momentarily stunned, but he wasn’t hit. He subconsciously dodged out of the range of the ice purgatory, leaving the black-robed figure who wanted to pierce the iron chain through Daini still stuck inside, unable to move.

Daini, who had temporarily resolved the crisis, glanced at [Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow], who had stepped in to save them, and then glanced at the black-robed leader, whose aura had obviously become more gloomy.

The image of the 『future』 flashed before her eyes again. Daini lowered her head and hugged the still unconscious Yuli, as if she had made a decision.

She forcefully lifted Yuli’s upper body, and hugged Yuli, moving towards the blood pool. Seeing the black-robed leader looking in their direction, Daini gritted her teeth, hugged Yuli and rolled on the spot.

Their location was already on the edge of the blood pool, and with Daini hugging Yuli and rolling like this, they were directly hanging on the edge of the blood pool.

The black-robed leader frowned, and didn’t have time to continue paying attention to the betraying subordinate. He roared at the other black-robed figures who were still stunned, “Grab those two little ghosts for me.”

But it was already too late.

Daini took one last look at [Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow] and the black-robed leader, hugging Yuli and jumping into the blood pool like a moth flying into a flame.

In an instant, the blood pool boiled, and the tumbling blood enveloped their small bodies, carrying them into the abyss.

The black-robed leader rushed to the edge of the blood pool, reaching out and grabbing at empty air. He gnashed his teeth as he looked at the boiling blood pool, his eyes revealing coldness.

“Damn it.”

But he couldn’t do anything about Daini and Yuli, who had already fallen into the blood pool. At least, he couldn’t jump into the pool to scoop them back.

Rage surged in him. He turned his head to look at the stunned [Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow], and the storm around him slowly condensed.

It was all because of this damn traitor who had disrupted his plan…

With the surging storm, [Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow]’s live broadcast thread instantly went black.

[Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow] died.

And Daini, hugging Yuli, floated in the blood pool, looking at the tumbling liquid that seemed very hot, but actually couldn’t feel any heat, like returning to her mother’s womb, when she was wrapped in amniotic fluid.

It was very comfortable.

But she could also feel the passing of life.

Daini slowly closed her eyes, allowing the blood to corrode and melt her body little by little. She released her hand holding Yuli.

However, the next second, her wrist tightened. Daini looked up in surprise, and saw that Yuli, who was also being melted, had opened her eyes, looking at her from the bottom of the blood-red pool.

Daini opened her mouth, unable to say anything. Only countless blood poured into her mouth, melting her body from the inside out.

She weakly returned Yuli’s hand, her mouth opening and closing.

『Sorry… I couldn’t escape.』

Half of Yuli’s arm had already been melted. She struggled to pull Daini into her arms, hugging her body tightly, just like in the dark dungeon.

The skin peeled off like it was being burned by an invisible flame, revealing the blurred flesh and bones underneath, but she still held Daini tightly.

『It’s… okay.』

『We already… escaped.』

Was death also a kind of escape?

Daini thought. But at least she hadn’t become a undead, swallowed as food by a monster.

Her consciousness began to blur, and her body was also rapidly dissolving, but she still maintained the hugging posture. When the blood completely submerged them, two small figures gradually merged into one in the viscous blood, leaving only their clasped hands, gently floating in the blood pool, finally turning into a faint blood-colored ripple.

In the last consciousness of the two children, only a warm embrace, and a sentence of sorry and it’s okay, remained.

With the tumbling blood, they melted together.

*

When Yan Yunqing completely unlocked the magic array at the entrance and broke into this place, the entire underground altar was already empty.

No, it should be said that there wasn’t a single living person.

Countless small figures were scattered and suspended above the blood pool by iron chains, empty and desolate, as if all the flesh and blood of their bodies had flowed into the tumbling blood pool below. And on the edge of the blood pool were clumps and clumps of bloodstains. Occasionally, he could still see some fragments that hadn’t been cleaned up. Countless black robes and masks had fallen to the side, covered with traces of struggle, as if their owners had also struggled hard in life.

Yan Yunqing walked past silently, stopped at the edge of the blood pool, and looked silently at the tumbling blood pool.

He had already reviewed the replay of [Broken Bridge, Remaining Snow]’s live broadcast thread before entering the underground altar. He had seen the process of Daini dragging Yuli into the blood pool clearly.

Of course, he also understood that once he entered the blood pool, there would be no possibility of survival.

The surface of the blood pool was steaming with dark red mist, and the viscous liquid wriggled like a living thing. Countless tiny bubbles surged from the bottom of the pool, making a harsh sound similar to bone friction when they burst. The air was filled with a nauseating metallic and putrid smell.

Yan Yunqing didn’t know if it was his illusion, but in the tumbling blood, it seemed as if distorted human faces were appearing, with sunken eye sockets flowing with black liquid, opening turbid eyes and silently gazing at him, making an intermittent wail. The sound was miserable and empty, intertwined with the gurgling sound of the boiling blood pool and the roaring sound of the tumbling blood, forming a creepy death symphony.

Yan Yunqing lowered his head and looked into the eyes of those distorted faces, and they turned into bubbles in an instant, as if everything was just his illusion.

He walked around the blood pool a few steps, and the human faces in the blood pool changed again. He walked and watched, but he could never find the faces of Daini and Yuli.

Yan Yunqing took a step back and closed his eyes.

“A damaged one-way teleportation array was found over there.” Di Weike came to his side and said in a low voice, “It should be a teleportation array that can only accommodate one person, and it hasn’t been used many times.”

In other words, those Eternal God Church believers only managed to escape with one leader, and the remaining believers were all executed by the black-robed leader, and were sacrificed together with these children?

This was the end of seeking cooperation with a tiger.

Yan Yunqing took a deep breath, he twitched the corner of his mouth, but still couldn’t smile.

It was snowing outside again. Snowflakes fell on Yan Yunqing’s hair, melting into small water droplets after entering here, dripping down one by one.

His heart was also experiencing a heavy snow, with raindrops mixed in, dripping down like sharp thorns piercing into his heart, causing a silent pain.

Yan Yunqing took out the [Life Source Stone] from his backpack, and lowered his head to look at the huge blood pool and the tumbling blood, not knowing what to do for a while.

The description of the [Life Source Stone] was that it could resurrect the deceased, but when people had already melted into this blood pool, and even a trace of their existence could not be found, could the [Life Source Stone] still be effective?

Yan Yunqing squatted down, holding the [Life Source Stone] above the blood pool, watching the [Life Source Stone] emit a faint glow, he chose to use it.