Under the moon’s halo, the light upon the altar became increasingly eerie.
“Praise be to you, mighty Ouroboros, the beginning and the end of all things, the one who holds the authority of rebirth, destined to achieve eternity!”
“You are the source of our bloodline, the master of our lives and souls. We are willing to offer you everything!”
“May your path walk upon the earth, just as it walks in the heavens!”
Under the terrified gazes of the young female sacrifices, Hei She (Black Snake) led the high-ranking members of the Ouroboros Church in beginning their prayers.
Although this being wasn’t a true deity, since it couldn’t grant divine magic, due to mental habits or conceptual issues, Hei She still turned this organization into a cult.
In any case, to these cultists, the entity they served was no different from a true god, or rather, it was entirely a false deity.
The moon gradually climbed higher, reaching the center of the night sky.
As the cultists continued their prayers and incantations, mysterious changes occurred upon the altar once more.
Hiss!
Hiss!
As if snakes were flicking their tongues, streams of black mist gathered, forming into a huge serpent with a slender body, blood-red eyes, and a small black horn atop its head.
Although merely a phantom composed of dark mist, this serpent appeared lifelike, each scale looking incredibly realistic.
“The will of our Lord has descended!”
Looking at this scene, Hei She’s face burned with fanaticism, and he knelt down with utmost devotion: “O supreme and omnipotent Lord, please enjoy the sacrifices prepared by your bloodline descendants!”
The giant serpent slithered forward, arriving before the pillars where the eight girls were bound. Its dark purple tongue flicked out, causing the girls to emit deafening screams.
Unfortunately, the area had long been prepared with barriers, so the sounds couldn’t escape at all.
Even if a little sound did leak out, within the territory of Black Forest Castle, no one could oppose Hei She, this Count.
“Hiss!”
The serpent hissed, suddenly lunging forward, and one girl vanished into its mouth in an instant.
It continued moving, swallowing three more sacrifices in one go, then raised its head contentedly. A layer of blood-red light appeared on its body.
Mysterious black-red mist scattered from every scale, enveloping the surrounding area, swallowing the entire altar and the nearby believers.
From the altar suddenly came the terrified and pleading cries of the girls, as if they were enduring some great pain, while Hei She and the other cultists closed their eyes, their faces filled with enjoyment, as if they wished to absorb even more.
Who knew how long had passed when the black-red mist finally dissipated.
On the altar, among the remaining four girl sacrifices, three had turned into desiccated corpses, nothing more than skin and bones tied to the pillars, as if all their youth and life essence had been devoured.
Only the last girl, with azure hair and fair skin, remained strangely alive, with some black-red markings appearing on her body.
“Actually one sacrifice survived and became a snake girl?!”
Seeing this, Hei She became excited and immediately ordered: “Take her away and guard her well. She is our new source of bloodline… Praise be to our Lord!”
Their false god, this black monstrous serpent, did not always devour the sacrifices completely. Once encountering a female whose disposition was compatible or who could withstand its power, they would be kept alive, carrying a trace of serpent blood within their body, known as a snake girl.
However, the fate of these snake girls was not necessarily pleasant.
This tiny trace of pure bloodline was an ultimate temptation for any follower of the serpent, and through years of experience, they had long discovered the most effective ways to obtain this bloodline.
Intimate union and consumption had both proven to be the most effective methods.
“Truly… disgusting! For a bit of power, they’re willing to twist morality and even become monsters?”
At this moment, a mocking voice suddenly came from the entrance.
“Hmm? Who is it?”
Hei She suddenly turned his head, his eyes completely transforming into vertical pupils. An invisible domain expanded outward, carrying an extreme force of terror.
After all, he was an experienced legendary Saint Domain expert, and upon detecting danger, he acted with incredible speed.
Moreover, as the domain expanded, black scales emerged densely on his body, completing the transformation into a serpent form.
Behind him, these followers of the false god transformed as well, turning into half-snake beings. They flicked their tongues, their bloodthirsty gazes fixed upon the intruder.
There weren’t many of them—only two: a gorgeous woman and a young man. The laughter earlier had clearly come from the young man.
And that woman, they were very familiar with.
“Kris, you’re back?”
Hei She frowned, rather than relaxing, his expression became even more alert: “What about your mission?”
“My mission… I’m really sorry, Lord Hei She…”
Kris licked her lips: “Because I’ve found a master far more worthy of my service, I had no choice but to abandon my mission!”
“A more worthy… master?”
Hei She looked toward the young man beside her, his expression calm: “Are you planning to betray the entire Ouroboros?”
“No! Not betrayal! But purification!”
Kris laughed maniacally: “Inheriting the will of the supreme Lord, to eliminate you disgusting, rotten maggots!”
“Eliminate us?”
Even Hei She, upon hearing such words, couldn’t help but let a trace of a smile appear on his lips: “Just you… a newly promoted Saint Domain? Don’t you know that we pure-bloods, once fully matured, can all attain legendary power?”
“And besides…”
He shook his head with a sigh: “Your biggest mistake was coming at this time! The ritual hasn’t completely ended yet, and I can still draw upon a portion of my Lord’s power…”
Hiss!
At the moment Hei She finished speaking, thick black-red light surged from the altar.
Accompanied by a snake’s hiss, the original serpent monster reappeared!
As soon as it emerged, it fixed its vertical pupils on Kris, emitting a powerful bloodline pressure from its body.
Within the bloodline-based Ouroboros organization, this kind of upper-class pressure was extremely oppressive, leaving no room for resistance from the lower beings.
“Just like this! Just like this!”
Kris breathed heavily, sweat appearing on her body, her face flushed red: “I can feel it, the pressure you give me is far weaker than my current master’s!”
“What?”
As expected, Kris, who should have collapsed to the ground, actually still had the ability to move.
Especially the information leaked in her words caused Hei She to nearly jump up in shock.
“Indeed… your consciousness seems quite chaotic!”
Wu Ming, who had barely spoken since entering, now examined the serpent monster’s manifestation, his face showing a trace of interest: “Your reaction is also quite sluggish. If you truly had complete thinking ability, you should have fled by now…”
As soon as he finished speaking, an even more terrifying pressure suddenly emanated from Wu Ming.
It was the essence he had stolen from the Infinite Serpent, representing the purest aura of an ancient evil god!
If the previous black serpent’s pressure was like a towering mountain, then his was like an endless ocean, unfathomably deep.
All high-ranking members of the Ouroboros, including Hei She, immediately fell to their knees upon Wu Ming releasing his aura. Some even fainted outright, unable to withstand the shock.
“Hiss!!!”
Suddenly, the summoned black serpent emitted a high-pitched hiss. It was amazing how richly it could express emotion, even outsiders could understand the intense fear contained within.
“Now you want to run? Too late!”
Wu Ming waved his hand, and in an instant, five-colored lightning surged forth, destroying the entire altar, then transforming into a cage-like formation. With a single grab, the serpent’s manifestation became a thunderball-like sphere, sealed and held in his hand.
“You… exactly who are you?”
Hei She knelt halfway on the ground, drenched in cold sweat, practically forcing each word from between his teeth.
“Hmph! My master is the true source of our bloodline; that was merely a false god!”
Kris loudly declared, her expression full of disdain.
She looked at Hei She, her face filled with obvious hatred: “Master, this man is the leader of all the Ouroboros. If we don’t kill him, we can never take control of the entire organization!”
“No! Great being, I can also submit to you!”
Feeling Kris’s killing intent, Hei She immediately cried out: “Don’t listen to this woman’s slander! Her mother and sisters were all of deformed bloodlines. If I hadn’t spared her life back then, she would have long become a sacrifice!”
Witnessing this scene, Wu Ming couldn’t help but twitch his lips, feeling like he was watching a melodramatic soap opera.
In reality, given the chaos within these families, it was possible that Hei She and Kris might even have very close blood relations. Of course, the dramatic scenes of love-hate dynamics were also inevitable.
However, Wu Ming naturally had his own way of judgment.
Seeking power is not inherently wrong, but to sink to such depths… even the evil gods would no longer accept you.
He looked at the empty pillars on the altar and the few desiccated corpses, sighing softly.
Upon hearing these words, Hei She’s face immediately showed extreme horror, wanting to rise and flee.
But his body, which had always obeyed his will, now felt as if several mountains were pressing upon it, making even the slightest movement extremely difficult.
“In the name of blood’s origin, I judge you!”
Wu Ming looked at this Count of the Kingdom, the controller of the Ouroboros organization, a legendary Saint Domain expert, and spoke indifferently:
“The sins carried within your bloodline will now manifest… I judge your crimes!”
As Wu Ming spoke, blood vessels surfaced on Hei She’s face, and he wore an expression of intense pain.
From within the dark-red bloodline energy, numerous specters suddenly appeared. The most recent ones were clearly the sacrificed girls, their faces expressionless, their eyes filled with hatred.
These were the grudges accumulated from Hei She’s repeated bloodline purifications, and now they erupted all at once.
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