Chapter 383: The Sacrificial Ceremony Starts, The Serpent Deity’s Brutality, Chu Kuangren’s Arrival
As the countless sacrificial offerings continued to curse, a huge black shadow gradually emerged from the sea. At that, the Chieftains’ expressions turned serious, and they quickly knelt on the deck respectively.
It did not take long before a gigantic serpent head that was the size of a small hill appeared from the ocean surface. Its head was dark green while its eyes were yellow and seething with a chilling and merciless gaze.
What attracted everyone’s attention the most was the strange horn protruding from the serpent’s head, which was surrounded by Daoist Rhymes. It emanated a haunting power.
The originally noisy crowd were scared speechless at the sight of that gigantic serpent, and they shuddered as if they were dipped in ice-cold water.
“All hail the Serpent Deity!”
“All hail the Serpent Deity!”
The Chieftains of the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands greeted it respectfully.
However, the Serpent Deity ignored them as it swept its gaze across all the sacrificial offerings on the thirty-six s.h.i.+ps. When the three thousand young boys and girls caught its eye, a pleasant expression appeared on its face.
“Well done, Whitesmoke Island Chieftain.”
The Serpent Deity spoke. Its voice sounded like a man’s voice, yet it was so sharp that it could pierce through everyone’s eardrum at any moment.
The three thousand young boys and girls cried louder at the sound of its voice.
“Please accept my grat.i.tude for your praise, almighty Serpent Deity. As long as the Serpent Deity is pleased, I’m willing to do anything in your stead,” the Whitesmoke Island Chieftain replied excitedly.
“Very well. I will now enjoy the sacrificial offerings. You all can leave now,” the Serpent Deity said.
“Yes.”
The Chieftains of the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands got up and flew away from their s.h.i.+ps.
As soon as they left, the Serpent Deity dived back into the depths of the ocean. However, that whole area was engulfed with a deadly and chilling atmosphere.
Then, a gigantic tail suddenly shot out from the sea and landed on one of the large s.h.i.+ps.
With a loud boom, the s.h.i.+p was instantly split into pieces. The voices of thousands of people cried for help incessantly as they fell into the ocean and sucked into the Serpent Deity’s open mouth. Suddenly, the ocean surface was dyed red with blood.
“No, somebody help me!”
“Sobs…. I don’t want to die…”
Endless screams and wails rang out from the surface of the sea.
Some cultivators also tried to fight back amidst the carnage. However, how could low-level cultivators like them resist the might of the Serpent Deity?
The speed at which the Serpent Deity devoured humans was incredibly fast. Hundreds of humans could be sucked into its mouth with just one gulp. It can even swallow them all in one go without chewing.
Not long after, thousands of people were dead in the Serpent Deity’s belly.
Yet, that was only the sacrificial offerings on the first s.h.i.+p.
They were merely appetizers to the Serpent Deity before the main course.
Its cold and huge yellow eyes looked at the s.h.i.+p with three thousand young boys and girls on it, and the Serpent Deity could not help but lick its lips.
“Best to leave the tastiest for last.”
The Serpent Deity then s.h.i.+fted its gaze onto another large s.h.i.+p.
With just a swing of its tail, the large s.h.i.+p was destroyed.
Countless people fell into the ocean, and the endless screams started once again.
Similar scenes like the one before continued to play out with the other s.h.i.+ps.
Thousands upon thousands of cultivators and common folk had been devoured by the Serpent Deity.
There was no pity or sadness in the Chieftains’ eyes as they watched from the air. They had long gotten used to that scene.
One, two, three…
A total of ten s.h.i.+ps had sunk into the ocean by then, and the thousands of people onboard had met their end in the Serpent Deity’s belly.
At that time, the Serpent Deity was already in front of the Ravengale Island’s s.h.i.+p.
Among the ones bound were the group of people from the Four Seas Merchant Guild who were tasked to deliver the Cloudflow ore. All of them felt hopeless by that point.
“I never thought that my life would end like this just because of a simple Cloudflow ore delivery.”
“Same here.”
“D*mn it, I don’t want to die now!”
An elderly person closed his eyes.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful aura erupted from his body. As the Serpent Deity was approaching them, he took the chance and summoned his full strength before he attacked it with a punch.
The fist energy tore through the air, leaving shockwaves in its path.
In that attack was a secret technique which set aflame his life essence!
“Old Man Liu!”
This elderly man was the leader of the group that delivered Cloudflow ore, and he possessed a Golden Core cultivation level. However, he was later beaten by the Ravengale Island disciples and had been secretly recovering from his injuries ever since he was brought to the s.h.i.+p and bounded.
Coupling his recovery with that reckless technique of setting his life essence ablaze, the power of his attack had reached the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
However, when that attack landed on the Serpent Deity, it fizzled like a bubble. The Serpent Deity simply looked at him playfully, implying that it felt nothing.
“As expected… My attack is useless.”
Old Man Liu smiled bitterly. After all, how could he ever hope to fight back against a deity that was wors.h.i.+pped by the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands as their G.o.d?
In the next moment, he was swallowed into the Serpent Deity’s belly.
“D*mn, d*mn…”
“D*mn it.”
“Please don’t eat me, please don’t eat me…”
Many voices cursed and begged for mercy.
By then, the whole s.h.i.+p was shrouded in despair.
“It’s all over.”
A young woman closed her eyes as she waited for her impending death.
Suddenly, she seemed to hear a rumbling sound that stood out among the mix of screams and curses from everyone else.
She could not help but open her eyes.
The Serpent Deity, which was about to devour everyone on that s.h.i.+p, had now lifted its head and stared into the sky with a serious look in his eyes.
The rumbling sound that she had heard came from the sky as well.
The rumbling sound continued. It sounded as if something was heading towards them at a breakneck speed and it could pierce the surrounding void. The Chieftains of the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands looked towards the source of that sound as well.
“What’s that?”
“Over there.”
A surge of horrifying atmospheric wave then shot down from above the Serpent Deity. Upon close look, that was… a sword!
It was a beautiful jade white longsword!
A sword that made the Chieftains of the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands gasp with fear!
The incoming sword pierced through the air before it landed on the Serpent Deity’s head with a loud explosion. Its terrifying energy slammed the Serpent Deity’s head into the ocean, sending a huge splash of water into the air and huge waves rolling over.
The surrounding s.h.i.+ps were pushed away by the waves.
“It’s him!”
“G*d d*mn it, why is he here?”
The Chieftains of the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands fixed their eyes at the sea.
The splash of water rained down like a storm, and amidst the mist in the air, everyone could see a white figure standing on the sea surface.
That black-haired figure was dressed in white and had a gorgeous ancient sword in his hands. He possessed an otherworldly and handsome face that looked awfully cold at the moment.
The one who arrived was Chu Kuangren!
When he saw the remains of the ten s.h.i.+ps and the surface of the bloodstained sea, he knew that he was a little too late. Many had already died in the Serpent Deity’s belly.
Then, he saw the three thousand crying young boys and girls, and an extremely fierce killing intent immediately welled up within him.
His cold gaze swept towards the Chieftains of the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands that made them s.h.i.+ver uncontrollably.
“Can someone tell me what’s going on here? Why is Chu Kuangren here?!” one of the shocked Chieftains asked angrily.
Chu Kuangren was very famous in Firmament Star.
It was accurate to name him the strongest in the world!
“I’m the one who led him here.”
At that time, the talon-shaped nose old man appeared before everyone.
The Ravengale Island Chieftain’s expression changed, and he quickly greeted him. “Honorable Sage, what is going on here?”
The talon-shaped nose old man then briefly told him what happened.
He said coldly, “Chu Kuangren’s threat to us is just too big to ignore, so we shall let the Serpent Deity get rid of him today once and for all!”
The other Chieftains breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing those words.
That was right; they had the Serpent Deity on their side.
They were fully aware of how strong the Serpent Deity was as well.