He dismantled the bones from the Cult of Suffering Followers and, amid their agonized wails, built an altar piece by piece. Throughout the process, he had to ensure the cultists did not die—after all, the Mother Goddess of Life accepted only living sacrifices.
For Ansu, this still counted as technical work.
Seeing how painfully those cultists screamed, he decided he ought to be gentler and serve them with a smile, so as to ease their fear. Yet the moment he smiled, their expressions became even more horrified.
They had been Cult of Suffering Followers for so many years, yet they had never seen anyone so skilled at tormenting people!
"Mother Goddess of Desire and the Moon, Great Mother Goddess of Fertility."
"Eternal Motherhood Above the Spirit Realm,"
"This is the Hymn of the Utmost Sincerity, this is the Feast of Spirit and Soul,"
"This is the Delicacy of Blood and Flesh."
"Your devout follower, Ansu Morningstar, offers this gift."
There were six Second-tier Esoteric Cultists in total. Sacrificing them all would earn quite a few Life Points.
However, Ansu did not choose to exchange them for magic this time.
After all, he already had enough Mid-tier Magic, and he could not use higher-tier magic for the time being.
It would be better to have the Mother Goddess of Life directly baptize his body.
Ansu experienced that long-lost pain again. His skin seemed to burst apart, his flesh was torn and reconstructed, and his heart pounded violently as it pumped dark red blood through his limbs.
Ansu had long grown familiar with this pain. He even found that tearing apart his old body brought a strangely exhilarating sensation.
His senses became clearer, his field of vision broader, and his mind more active.
``` Ansu Morningstar
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