Picking Up Attributes From Today - Chapter 244
Chapter 244: A Million Sacrificial Offerings, Lord Ram-Lion
With regard to Meng Lei’s inquiry, Gabriel the Fire Demon Overlord told him everything he knew and withheld nothing.
The Demon Realm was very big! Unimaginably so!
Even the Fire Demon Overlord couldn’t come up with a concrete answer as to just how big it was exactly. All it knew was that its place of residence was called the Campas Wastelands and that it spanned 10 million miles from the north to the south and 30 million miles from the east to the west.
The nearest city was the Magic Wings City. The lord of the city was a true god-level Demon Lord, and he ruled over all the districts 100,000 miles of the city. He was the most influential Devil in the vicinity!
At this point, one must make a mention of Hell’s combat prowess classification.
The Demon Realm was a high-end existential plane that was unlike Heaven’s Vault Continent. Saint Domains lived a life worse than dogs, and deities could be found everywhere. All those weaker than Saint Domain were cannon fodder that the Demon Realm termed as Demon Soldiers.
Above the Demon Soldiers, in ascending order, were the Demon Generals, Overlords, Demon Lords, Great Demon Lords, Demon Gods, Great Demon Gods, and… The Demon Grandmaster!
Demon Generals were the equivalent of Saint Domains;
Overlords were the equivalent of half-deities;
Demon Lords were the equivalent of true gods;
Great Demon Lords were the equivalent of lesser deities;
Demon Gods were the equivalent of intermediate deities;
Great Demon Lords were the equivalent of higher deities;
And the Demon Grandmaster… was the equivalent of a Chief God!
“How many Devils are there in total in Magic Wings City?”
Meng Lei popped the most crucial question.
The Demon Realm’s vastness was beyond what he’d imagined. How big must the Demon Realm be when the Campas Wastelands alone were already this big?
Based on the Fire Demon Overlord’s description, the Campas Wastelands was just a corner of the Purple Cloud Island, while Purple Cloud Island itself was no more than just an island in the Demon Realm!
So, how big exactly was the Demon Realm?
Meng Lei couldn’t even begin to fathom its size!
Considering the Demon Realm’s vast size where large expanses of area were desolate with not even a single Devil in sight, Meng Lei could only try and come up with a solution that centered around Magic Wings City.
The Fire Demon Overlord answered truthfully, “No fewer than one trillion!”
“One trillion?”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but gasp. “In other words, a weak true god is actually ruling over one trillion Devils?”
“Yes, sir!”
Deep down in the Fire Demon Overlord’s heart, though, he was secretly dissing Meng Lei.
A weak true god? The lord of Magic Wings City is a true god! He’s no doubt the strongest and most powerful in his personal fiefdom known as the Magic Wings City!
Meng Lei barked, “Tell me the way to Magic Wings City, as well as the lowdown on the Devils occupying the area around it!”
He couldn’t wait to rob Magic Wings City now!
“Yes, sir!”
Not daring to show any disrespect, the Fire Demon Overlord quickly went into detail about everything he remembered about the situation around Magic Wings City and its vicinity. He was so forthright that it was almost ridiculous!
“And now, the last question—do you wish to live or die?”
The Fire Demon Overlord shuddered in fear and hastily pleaded for mercy. “Spare me, sir!”
Meng Lei replied aloofly, “If you don’t wish to die, then hand over your divine spirit origin energy and become my servant!”
Although the Fire Demon Overlord didn’t amount to much in the Demon Realm, it was still a native half-deity of the Demon Realm, after all. With it leading the way for him, at least he wouldn’t need to go about blindly.
“Yes, sir!”
A pained look appeared on the Fire Demon Overlord’s countenance. Nevertheless, it still released its divine spirit origin energy right away.
The Demon Realm was a place where it was the survival of the fittest. Weaklings submitting to the strong was something that happened all the time and wasn’t something to be ashamed of.
After refining the Fire Demon Overlord’s divine spirit origin energy, Meng Lei returned to the Demon Realm with it and got it to lead the way toward Magic Wings City for him.
Things would be a lot easier, now that he had someone who knew their way around!
This was a truth that would never change!
Under the Fire Demon Overlord’s lead, Meng Lei no longer went about aimlessly. Instead, he found a Devil tribe with pinpoint accuracy!
Catch everything!
Plunder everything!
Take everything!
He caught all the Devils and Devil tribes he encountered along the way, whether they were strong or weak!
Meng Lei managed to catch a million Devils after patronizing just three to four Devil tribes. The Tower of Time’s 96th level was already close to filling up!
Yet they were still a great distance away from their destination, the Magic Wings City. Left with no other choice, Meng Lei could only hastily end his hunt.
After that, Meng Lei tasked the Fire Demon Overlord with a mission—it was to do its best to summon and gather all the Devils nearby.
Even though the Fire Demon Overlord wanted very much to reject him, owing to Meng Lei’s tyrannical bearing, it had no choice but to obey.
“Do your best! And I’ll bestow upon you a divine core someday and let you become a Demon Lord, too!”
After giving the Fire Demon Overlord a boost of encouragement, Meng Lei’s consciousness left the Demon Realm.
“I didn’t think that patronizing the Devil tribes would reap me such benefits! What a pleasant surprise!”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but grin as he gazed at the additional assets. He’d ransacked a total of more than three million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals during the trip earlier!
This transaction was much simpler than ransacking the Dragon Island, Sunset Ranges, and the Titan Empire!
“The Demon Realm is a gigantic gold mine. The number of riches there is beyond one’s imagination. I can focus my money-making efforts on the Demon Realm in the future!”
Meng Lei quietly made up his mind.
“Where are we now?”
Meng Lei opened his eyes to discover that they were above an endless ocean.
“Master, we’ve just left Dragon God Empire and arrived at the Endless Oceans’ eastern waters!”
Klaus said respectfully, “We’re two hours away from the Golden Archipelago!”
“Two hours? That’s pretty fast!”
Meng Lei stretched, and then, he asked, “Have all of you picked your weapons?”
“Yes, we have, Master!”
Meng Lei then kept the rest of the half-divine weapons away.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the group finally arrived at the Golden Archipelago.
When one overlooked the area from high up in the sky, they would see innumerable islands dotting the vast, boundless ocean.
Spread all over the place, they looked just like green turtles floating on the surface of the ocean. They formed a massive chain of islands, providing a unique seascape scenery and a rather magnificent sight!
“This is the Golden Archipelago, Master!”
Bubbles pointed at the chain of islands and said, “The Golden Dragon-Lions have lived here for generations. They are the local tyrant of the waters here and control the life and death of billions of living beings here!”
Meng Lei nodded slightly and instructed, “Let’s go down and take a look!”
“Yes, Master!”
The islands were home to many people, including humans, as well as Beast People. However, they seemed to be completely out of touch from the rest of Heaven’s Vault Continent and appeared to be extremely primitive!
They lived in simple and crude straw huts and wore torn and tattered grass skirts and straw hats. They appeared to be living fairly hard lives!
On the other hand, the most magnificent and lavish building on the island was actually a grand, lofty, and towering divine temple!
There was a divine temple on almost every island. Many joss sticks burned within the temples and formed a flourishing sight while worshipers constantly went to and fro.
“The number of cultivators don’t even come up to 10% of the people here!”
Meng Lei shook his head. “The Golden Dragon-Lions’ reign is really a dark one!”
“How does ‘dark’ even cut it?”
With a sigh, Bubbles said, “The Golden Dragon-Lions are the most supreme local tyrants in the Golden Dragon-Lions. These islanders are just their slaves, servants, and tools that provide them with power of faith. They don’t see them as humans at all!”
“So, what’s the point of leaving a clan like that in the world?” Meng Lei shook his head and said, “Let’s go. We’ll head straight to the Golden Dragon-Lions’ base!”
“Yes, Master!”
…
The Golden Dragon-Lion Continent was the biggest, flashiest, and grandest island in the Golden Archipelago!
Rather than an island, it was actually more like a continent. It measured 7,000 kilometers from the north to the south and stretched on for 9,000 kilometers from the east to the west. The surface area spanned a size as big as over 50 million square kilometers. One could call it a continent on the ocean!
An incredibly huge palace complex stood in the very center of the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent.
The buildings were well-spaced, splendid, and majestic.
In the center of the palaces stood a Golden Dragon-Lion statue that was as tall as 100,000 feet. Fully forged from gold, it gave off an imposing and endless might.
At the moment, an infinite number of people were kneeling in the square in front of the statue. There were humans dressed in torn and tattered clothes, Beast People with animal heads and human bodies…
There were as many as a million people there!
With no exception whatsoever, every single one of them was bound and immobilized, making them look just like criminals who had been sentenced to be beheaded and were awaiting the executioner’s arrival!
In reality, however, they were no criminals but sacrificial offerings that the Golden Dragon-Lions had captured!
A million sacrificial offerings!
This was something terrifying!
Standing in front of the sacrificial offerings were almost 10,000 people from the Golden Dragon-Lion clan. With weapons in their grip and a stern look on their countenances, they were crowded around a single person.
Closer inspection would reveal that the man looked identical to someone whom Meng Lei had previously killed—yes, he was the Golden Dragon-Lions’ grandmaster, Thackeray!
“Reporting!”
A handsome and mighty-looking Sea Eagle suddenly flew toward him in the sky, and a brawny figure leaped off its back and quickly ran over to Thackeray.
“Grandmaster, we’ve discovered traces of strangers. We were unable to discern how strong they are, but they travel at a speed that’s as swift as lightning and far beyond what a Saint Domain is capable of. We suspect that they’re half-deities!”
The man reported aloud, “At the speed they’re moving, we predict that they’ll arrive at the clan’s ancestral home in an hour’s time!”
“Half-deities? That knave has indeed come!”
A cold glint shot forth from Thackeray’s eyes. He commanded, “Everyone, the clan’s moment of life and death has come. Hear my command—everyone is to return to their respective positions and activate the summoning rite!”
“Yes, Grandmaster!”
All the members of the Golden Dragon-Lion clan sprung into action at his command.
Among which, up to 1,000 Saint Domain experts darted to various corners of the square and arrived at their designated locations.
If one were to overlook the area from the top, they would see that their locations just so came together to form a gigantic magic circle.
Thackeray didn’t idle, either. He came to the very center of the magic circle and stood at the eye of the magic circle.
“Hear my command! Begin!”
With a roar and a swoosh of his sleeve, several golden threads shot out of Thackeray’s sleeve and slashed across the sacrificial offerings’ necks!
In a split second, the carotid arteries of all the sacrificial offerings within a few hundred meters were severed, causing blood to flow incessantly!
More than a thousand Saint Domains also replicated the action and slashed across the sacrificial offerings’ throats. For a moment, screams rang out one after another, and cries pleading for mercy went on incessantly.
“Begin the summoning!”
With a loud shout from Thackeray, power of divinity began to surge around him and spread into the surroundings.
The Saint Domain experts also released their own Battle Aura and magic power, which spread toward the people in the surroundings.
Buzz…
Everyone’s Battle Aura and magic power linked together to form a gigantic magic circle, which was shining brilliantly.
In the instant the magic circle took shape, a terrifying devouring force emanated from within and began to furiously devour the sacrificial offerings’ blood.
The blood of nearly a million people flowed rapidly in this instant, the momentum unstoppable no matter what one did!
Gradually, some of the offerings lost all the blood in them and began to collapse to the ground. One, two, three…
In under half a minute, all of the one million sacrificial offerings died. Their faces were deathly pale, having died from blood loss while they were still alive. Their deaths looked extremely tragic!
Upon devouring the blood of a million people, the magic circle immediately turned blood-red and bewitching, its bloodiness reaching extreme heights while it gave off terrifying energy waves!
At this point, Thackeray suddenly got down on his knees and began to pray piously. “Hear your descendants’ call and appear before us, oh great Ram-Lion Grandmaster!”
The 1,000 Saint Domains also knelt on the ground and prayed aloud. As for the million people that had died, no-one took them to heart at all!
Buzz…
A massive dimensional gate appeared above the magic circle, and a low, deep roar rang out!
The next moment, a gigantic head emerged from the dimensional gate, followed by an enormous body!
It was simply too big. It seemed like the dimensional gate couldn’t contain it at all. It pressed against the dimensional gate furiously, desperately trying to squeeze out of it—it was actually a 10,000-meters-long gigantic lion that was blood-red in color throughout and had ram horns on its head and a pair of bat wings on its back!
Roar!
