Lin Bule clenched her teeth hard, staring wide-eyed at the altar that seemed to still be writhing. Then she suddenly opened her mouth and sprayed a stream of yellow-green bitter bile several meters away; a few drops even spurted from her nose. She coughed violently, nearly passing out like Lin Lele.
"Damn it! Lin Qi, you... you... you're too cruel!" Lin Bule howled herself hoarse.
The Tiger Guards did not move a muscle. They merely narrowed their eyes and looked at Lin Qi with satisfaction. Lin Bule's roar made the cave tremble faintly. She gripped her sword hilt in reverse, and with a clang, drew a foot-long section of the blade.
"Cruel?" Lin Qi sighed helplessly and gently shook his head. "My two esteemed cousins, you were the ones who came to me, hoping I could provide enough sacrifices for the blood ritual! So, as you requested, I fully met your conditions. Cruel? These half-dragon men were blood-sacrificed because of your request. It took no more than a word from you to kill them. Why call me cruel?"
Lin Bule stared fixedly at Lin Qi. She wanted to say something, but no words came out.
Lin Qi smiled brilliantly, then turned to look at the faintly trembling altar. He said unhurriedly, "If your intelligence is correct, this altar will soon take us to the true entrance of the divine treasury. We'll still need to conduct an even larger blood sacrifice before we can enter its core. If I were you, I'd find a way to wake Lin Lele."
Lin Bule froze for a moment, then released her sword hilt and crouched to pick up Lin Lele. Looking at the unconscious Lin Lele with knitted brows, Lin Bule gave a bitter smile. Yes, these half-dragon men had been used as sacrifices