237: Human Sacrifice

“Dad, Dad, save me quickly!”

“I don’t want to be eaten, boo hoo hoo…”

In front of a huge, pitch-black cave, there was a high platform built from earth, wood, and giant stones, about three meters high and ten meters square. In its center stood a stone pillar as thick as an embrace, carved with various Vicious Beast patterns.

At this moment, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl was tied to the stone pillar, like a sacrificial lamb, her body wrapped in sturdy red ropes, making it impossible for her to escape no matter how desperately she struggled.

“Boo hoo, I want to go home, I don’t want to be eaten!”

“Save me!!”

“Boo hoo hoo…”

The girl cried until she was breathless, her voice trembling, shouting for help incoherently. Her face was pale, her lips blue, and her eyes revealed deep helplessness and fear.

In the village.

Bang!

A middle-aged man, hearing his daughter’s cries, had veins bulging on his forehead and his eyes bloodshot. He slammed his palm heavily onto the ground, smashing his fist until it was bloody and bruised.

Bang!

As if he couldn’t feel the pain, he punched the ground repeatedly, venting the anguish and torment in his heart.

Below the high platform.

The village chief immediately frowned upon hearing the girl’s cries and coldly instructed a burly man nearby, “Go, gag her mouth for me!”

“Otherwise, if you disturb the Mountain God, the next sacrifice will have to increase. Will your children fill in then?”

Upon hearing this, the hint of sympathy that had appeared in the eyes of some people around immediately vanished without a trace, turning icy cold.

“The village chief is right, quickly gag her mouth, don’t let her offend Lord Mountain God!”

“Heartless girl, what are you crying for? Do you want us all to die with you? Such a young age and already so malicious!”

“If it weren’t for Lord Mountain God liking to eat them alive, we would have just strangled her to death.”

“Hmph, being a sacrifice is your fate, don’t blame others. Just go quietly, and don’t come to the Great Wilderness in your next life.”

The villagers chattered amongst themselves.

The burly man lightly pushed off with his legs, directly leaping onto the high platform, and walked towards the girl with a piece of white cloth.

“Boo hoo, no!”

“Please don’t come over, I don’t want to die…”

The girl trembled with fright.

The burly man acted as if he hadn’t heard, quickly walked to her, and stuffed the white cloth in his hand into her mouth.

“Mmph mmph, no!”

“Dad, save me!”

“Dad—!!”

The girl struggled desperately but was mercilessly slapped across the face by the burly man, who snarled, “Shut up! If you dare to make another sound, I’ll cut out your tongue!”

The girl was stunned by him and immediately dared not move.

…

“Brother, why are these people like this? They actually plan to sacrifice that girl to a monster, letting her be eaten alive. It’s too detestable!”

Above the clouds, Xiaoxiao watched the scene in the village, gritting her teeth in anger.

“Especially that village chief, he instigated all of this; he’s simply rotten to the core!”

Xiaoxiao clenched her fists tightly, wishing she could rush down immediately and punch his head until it exploded.

“Don’t be in a hurry, don’t let kindness blind your eyes. Keep watching.”

Wu Ning said calmly.

…

In the village.

The middle-aged man, hearing his daughter’s desperate cries, could no longer control the impulse in his heart. He grabbed the kindling knife from the table and rushed out.

“Yuer!”

“You all let her go!”

The village chief’s expression changed, and he angrily shouted, “Tong Shan, what do you want to do?!”

“The sacrificial candidates are all decided by drawing lots together. Your daughter drew the death lot herself; that’s her fate!”

“Now you want to save her, are you trying to drag all of us to die with you and your daughter?!”

Tong Shan, his eyes red, said, “I don’t care about all that!”

“Yuer’s mother is already dead, I cannot just watch Yuer also be eaten by that monster!”

“If Yuer must die, then all of you go and be buried with her!”

“This sinful village shouldn’t exist in the first place. It would be better if everyone died, ha ha ha…”

“Tong Shan, you’re crazy!”

The village chief’s face became incredibly ugly. “What are you all standing around for? Quickly take him down!”

“We absolutely cannot let him disrupt the sacrifice ritual!”

“Old shamaness, quickly beat the sacrificial drum and invite Lord Mountain God to enjoy the offering!”

Everyone immediately sprang into action. After Tong Shan swung his kindling knife and injured two people, he was swarmed by others, his hands restrained and tied up, and even his mouth was gagged.

Thump thump—!

Thump thump—!

By the high platform, an old woman with feathers in her hair and dressed in an extremely bizarre manner was beating a waist drum. The rhythmic drum sounds immediately spread far and wide.

Bang!

Soon after, the ground began to shake violently, and an incredibly massive black head emerged from the cave. It had two horns on its head and looked extremely hideous and terrifying.

Immediately following, a terrifying pressure accompanied by a strong stench instantly permeated the air, making it hard for the villagers to breathe.

“Lord Mountain God has come out!”

“Greetings, Lord Mountain God!”

All the villagers quickly prostrated themselves respectfully on the ground.

“Roar—!”

The monster let out a massive roar, casually glanced at the prostrate villagers, and its huge head slowly moved towards the high platform, its eyes scanning the girl.

“Boo hoo!”

The girl was scared out of her wits, her body trembling uncontrollably, her eyes showing terror and despair.

“Roar!”

The monster let out a satisfied roar, opened its massive maw, and bit towards the girl.

Swish!

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in front of it and kicked its lower jaw fiercely.

“Bold Prodigy, daring to eat people!”

“Die for me!”

Bang!

Xiaoxiao angrily shouted, and with a full-force kick, she directly caused the monster’s massive head to explode.

Before the monster could even react, it was deader than dead. Blood rained down from the sky, and its enormous corpse crashed heavily onto the ground, causing an earthquake.

The villagers, drenched in blood, stared blankly at this scene.

“Lord Mountain God… is dead?”

“She… she actually killed Lord Mountain God!”

“How is this possible?”

The village chief suddenly stood up abruptly and furiously demanded, “Who are you? Why did you kill Lord Mountain God?”

Xiaoxiao waved her hand to lower the girl and scoffed disdainfully, “What Mountain God? It’s just a Yao Beast.”

“You are not allowed to insult the Mountain God!”

At this, the other villagers became enraged.

Xiaoxiao’s eyes widened in shock. “What’s wrong with you all? I helped you kill this Yao Beast, so you no longer need to sacrifice people to it.”

“Now, not only are you not grateful to me, but you’re actually defending this Yao Beast?”

“What do you know!”

The village chief angrily said, “The Great Wilderness is full of dangers, but we people of the Desolate Village have a Bloodline curse and cannot Cultivate. We simply cannot survive in this Great Wilderness. If it weren’t for Lord Mountain God’s protection, our village would have ceased to exist long ago!”

“Now you’ve killed Lord Mountain God, what are we going to do now?”

“Without Lord Mountain God’s protection, everyone in our village will die!”

“This is all your fault!”