Altar of the Evil God (partial)

A scorched earth.

There were no traces of a city left, as if this place had been hit by a super nuclear bomb, and in fact, it was pretty close.

When Lin Xiao and the others stepped into this place again, although the temperature was still very high, with the help of the Snow Girl Doll to cool it down, it wasn't too uncomfortable.

"Be careful, there are still living Abyss BOSSes."

As soon as Lin Xiao finished his reminder, he saw a Fiery Demon crawl out of the scorched earth, its body barely intact.

"Nine-Tailed Demon Fox..."

Lin Xiao was about to speak when Wuxiang forcefully interrupted him, "These remnants don't need Captain, sir, to deal with them. Let us team members handle them."

"Let us get some experience too. You've hogged all the money."

Lin Xiao: "..."

Alright.

Anyway, most of the experience was going to him.

While Wuxiang and the others dealt with the remaining Abyss BOSSes, Lin Xiao immediately asked the Spider Prince about the Sacrifice location.

"Reporting to Master, the Sacrifice location seems to have been mostly destroyed."

"…"

If such an outrageous Forbidden Curse could still leave it intact, that would be too terrifying.

"So the mission is complete?"

"No, Master, although the Sacrifice location has been destroyed, the Sacrifice altar is still there. That temple was just a disguise to cover the altar."

"Good, show me the way. I'll go there now."

...Five minutes later.

All remaining Abyss BOSSes were dealt with. Lin Xiao headed towards the Sacrifice altar according to the direction pointed out by the Spider Prince.

Deep inside.

Upon arriving at the Sacrifice site, everyone was shocked by the scene before them.

A huge pit, filled with a large number of human corpses.

"Lin, Lin Xiao, are you sure this is the Sacrifice site? Why... I feel like this is more like a pit of ten thousand corpses?"

Zhu Qiudai's face was pale.

Bai Yixue and the others also looked unwell.

They knew that Abyss Monsters were inherently brutal, but they didn't expect... they had still thought too highly of them.

Wuxiang gritted his teeth, "These beasts."

Jiang Ningxue raised her staff, then silently lowered it, her eyes filled with endless sorrow, "If only I could learn the 'Resurrection Spell'."

Lin Xiao and the others observed a minute of silence for them.

After the moment of silence, the Spider Prince appeared beside Lin Xiao.

The danger here had been lifted, so he naturally didn't need to hide in the dark to observe.

Lin Xiao looked at the Spider Prince and asked, "This is the altar you spoke of, but it just looks like a deep pit."

The Spider Prince swept away the dirt at his feet and explained, "Master, you are already standing on the edge of the altar."

Lin Xiao looked down and realized that he wasn't stepping on soil, but rather a "structure" covered by thick dust.

After clearing away the dust, Lin Xiao finally saw part of the altar's appearance.

"Is this really an altar? Why does it feel like a big pot?" Bai Yixue frowned.

Wuxiang said with certainty, "No need to feel, it is."

Lin Xiao frowned, looking at the partial patterns under his feet. The Abyssal Eye didn't provide any information, but perhaps it was because the access range was too small.

"Clear away this dirt and see what kind of altar it is, and record it," Lin Xiao said.

"Okay."

Everyone began to move.

At this moment, a violent tremor came from the ground behind them.

The diverted Abyss Monsters and a small portion of Abyss BOSSes had returned.

"They're back."

Zhu Qiudai said nervously.

Wuxiang said confidently, "So what if they're back? Do you think they're stronger than our Captain?"

"Oh, that's right."

Zhu Qiudai then realized.

So many Abyss BOSSes had been eliminated, so why fear these Abyss Monsters and scattered BOSSes.

"Let the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and the Snow Girl Doll handle it. As for the Slime... forget it. If it throws another Forbidden Curse that big, it might also perish here."

Soon, most of the dirt was cleared away, and the patterns on the altar gradually became visible.

The Abyssal Eye reacted, but its reaction was somewhat different from usual.

[Partial unknown patterns. Please wait...]

Is it searching?

Lin Xiao was very surprised.

However, thinking about it, this was possible, because there wasn't just one Sacrifice location. Perhaps other places also had similar Sacrifice altars.

For example, the Sacrifice location discovered by Zhu Qiudai.

Lin Xiao looked at Zhu Qiudai and asked, "Do you recognize this? Could it be related to the sudden destruction and disappearance of Red City?"

The city in the dungeon was once a city in the western region. From Zhu Qiudai, he learned that this city was suddenly destroyed for unknown reasons and then disappeared.

Now that a Sacrifice altar was found here, and the Abyssal Demons were very concerned about this place, perhaps there was some connection.

Zhu Qiudai looked at the patterns under her feet, a strange expression on her face. After pondering for a moment, she said, "This looks a bit like the wishing well in the Red City temple."

"I haven't actually seen the real thing, but books describe it to some extent. It's said that the temple's wishing well was very effective, and it was popular for a while, with many internet celebrities coming here to check in."

Wuxiang suddenly interjected, "How effective could it be? Could it be that someone wished to destroy this city, and then the city was gone?"

Zhu Qiudai wasn't sure, but she felt that such an outrageous thing shouldn't have happened.

"That shouldn't be possible, right?"

"But the Abyss is very interested in this place!"

"I don't know about that."

At this moment, the Abyssal Eye reacted.

[Evil God Altar (Incomplete): After sacrificing a certain amount of offerings, there is a chance to obtain residual power of the Evil God. The more offerings sacrificed, the greater the chance.]

Lin Xiao: "???"

Evil God Altar?

This was actually an Evil God Altar!

Speaking of Evil God, Lin Xiao felt he had some connection to it.

His mount, the Evil Dragon, had four pieces of its equipment on him.

However, what concerned him more was the "residual power of the Evil God." Were the Abyssal Demons trying to obtain this power?

The power of a god!

Even if it was just residual, it was unimaginable.

He absolutely could not let the Abyssal Demons succeed.

"Let's not discuss these meaningless topics. Now we should think about how to destroy the altar."

Bai Yixue withdrew her bow and arrows and continued, "I just tested the altar's sturdiness, and it far exceeds our imagination. We probably can't destroy it with just us."

"And the people inside, shouldn't we rescue them first? Even though they are all dead, at least we can let them return to their roots."

Jiang Ningxue looked at the pit of ten thousand corpses, a sense of powerlessness in her heart.

"Let's find some help, but now there are wars everywhere in the west, so there probably aren't many people who can help us deal with this," Zhu Qiudai said.

While dealing with corpses was important, compared to survival, the former was somewhat insignificant.

"Do you think this altar might suddenly activate?"

Wuxiang stared at the patterns under his feet and suddenly asked.

As soon as his voice fell, the patterns suddenly emitted light.

"Acti, activate!"

Zhu Qiudai exclaimed in surprise.

Jiang Ningxue: "You jinx!"

"I, I just said it casually, who knew it would really activate."

Wuxiang swore in his heart that he would never speak carelessly again.

"What are you still wasting time for? Hurry and run! Do you want to be sacrificed?"

Bai Yixue shouted.

Jiang Ningxue and the others reacted and quickly retreated from the altar.

At this moment, Jiang Ningxue noticed that Lin Xiao was still standing there motionless and anxiously shouted, "Lin Xiao, run!"

Instantly, a burst of light erupted, covering everyone.