"O great Father God! Your greatness, like the Blazing Star, bestows grace upon all things; your benevolence, like the earth, bears all living beings. Upon every land illuminated by the Blazing Star, beneath your mighty stature, the enemy's blood shall surely stain the battlefield, just as your lava fills every inch beneath the earth. For Lava and Earth, for the ancient sacred covenant and glory, today, your children march forth once more!"
"Ah! Great Father God, please continue to watch over your brave children."
Beneath the divine statue, blazing flames rose. Led by the Dinosaur Elder, hundreds of priests prayed aloud.
After the prayers of the hundreds of priests, the tens of thousands of Dinosaur People warriors below shouted in unison.
Their voices drowned out everything, surging like ocean waves.
Even in Black Stone City dozens of miles away, residents of every race could hear them.
Once the prayers ended, it was time to offer Blood Food.
Several Supernatural Creatures more than dozens of meters tall were bound and carried onto the platform.
Their mouths were gagged. Though they struggled, they could not move at all.
Seeing these enormous creatures, the hundreds of priests showed no emotional reaction.
They finally formed a circle around them.
They stretched out their hands, and fiery light gleamed from the palms of the Dinosaur People priests.
The next moment, the flames left the priests' palms and flew directly toward the bound Giant Beasts.
The fiery light did not explode upon touching the Giant Beasts. Instead, it poured down like water.
In an instant, raging flames engulfed the Giant Beasts, flames that could not be extinguished.
To prevent the extreme heat from burning through their bindings and allowing the Giant Beasts to break free and cause chaos, the warriors behind the priests stepped forward and dealt finishing blows.
For a time, amid splashing pools of blood, the dozens of Giant Beasts were quickly swallowed by flames.
However, that was not all. More Giant Beasts were soon pushed beneath the divine statue by the Dinosaur People priests.
Round after round, the entire sacrificial scene continued until the sun set, and only then was the ceremony considered complete.
At that moment, beneath the glow of the setting sun, the Dinosaur Elder atop the platform stepped to the front and looked toward the tens of thousands of unusually silent children on the plains.
"For the ancient sacred covenant! To uphold Father God's glory, warriors of Lava, depart!"
Though trembling, the Dinosaur Elder's voice pierced across the plains.
His voice was old and quavering, yet full of vigor and thunderously loud!
At that moment, the warriors of Lava immediately shouted!
"For the sacred covenant!"
"To uphold Father God's glory!"
"For the Order created by the Four Gods!"
"Victory! Victory to the Children of Lava!"
The battle-hungry Dinosaur People roared, venting their emotions and driving away the faint unease in their hearts.
Their voices broke through the clouds and filled countless weaker creatures with terror.
The next moment, tens of thousands of Dinosaur People moved!
Led by priest after priest, the tens of thousands of Dinosaur People warriors divided into dozens of formations and began running in orderly ranks toward the battlefield in the direction of the Near Sea!
Tens of thousands of Dinosaur People, each as tall as three- to five-story buildings, caused no small tremors when they jogged.
The sight made the Four Races watching outside Black Stone City unable to stop themselves from cheering!
"Order shall prevail!"
"The glory of the Four Gods shall prevail!"
"For sacred Black Stone City, The Alliance shall prevail!!!"
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There were hundreds of thousands of residents in Black Stone City, but they were all ordinary warriors and members of the younger generation from the Four Races. There were even many children among them.
They did not yet need to take part in this war, unless the Four Races suffered a crushing defeat in this first united battle.
If it truly came to that, these remaining residents might not be able to salvage anything.
By then, the civilization and Order that the Four Races had painstakingly created over nearly six thousand years might all return to chaos!
This battle could not be lost. It could only be won! That was the consensus of the Four Races!
Thus, this time, the Four Races had sent out all their elites.
Even the three gods stood ready at any moment to confront the Evil God behind the Deep Sea Populace.
When the Dinosaur People elite troops crossed the edge of Black Stone City, dense swarms of Mosquito People immediately flew up from above the city.
These Mosquito People were some of the elites permanently stationed in Black Stone City, while elite Mosquito People from their overseas homeland would also join the battlefield.
Though the Mosquito People were less than three meters tall and even appeared rather small,
with the blessing of wind, they could easily scout enemy movements from high above and could also be ready at any time to carry warriors from the other three races through the air.
Units that could both fight and handle rescues were simply too important on the battlefield.
Although the Mosquito People could not enter the water, they could cast spears down from the sky to strike the enemy's living forces as precisely as possible.
With the Mosquito People appearing, the Serpent People naturally would not be absent.
The Serpent People emerged from the other side of Black Stone City and quickly joined up with the Dinosaur People.
In an instant, the three races gathered. An army of more than a hundred thousand Supernatural Creatures became immensely imposing.
The sky and the ground were filled with roars and tremors. The younger generation in Black Stone City watched with worship in their eyes, their emotions surging.
Cheers and cries of encouragement converged into a sea.
For a moment, before this war had even begun, it seemed as though they had already won.
Beneath the divine statue, the trembling Dinosaur Elder watched the backs of his departing people. His gaze seemed to travel through time, as though he had returned to the scene thousands of years ago when his people defeated the Serpent People.
Only, they had still had Father God back then.
But what about now?
Where was Father God? Why had they never been able to find him?
Great Father God! If one as mighty as you can once again sense the crisis your children face, please watch over your devout children once more!
The sorrowful elder silently prayed again in his heart.
However, at that moment, a familiar, worried, and muffled voice reached his ears.
"Elder, is it truly right for us to spill the blood of our people in order to aid Water's Children? And is all of this truly worth it?"
The speaker was a young priest. He had been standing behind the Dinosaur Elder all along, and he was also the next High Priest of the Dinosaur People personally designated by the Dinosaur Elder.
The Dinosaur Elder looked at the young priest. As his thoughts returned, he slowly shook his head.
"Whether it is right or wrong is not important. What matters is that we have no room to choose. As for whether it is worth it, it certainly is."
The Dinosaur Elder spoke earnestly, and the young priest immediately froze for a moment.
As the person named by the Dinosaur Elder as his successor, he was naturally not foolish.
He quickly understood the crux of it.
Yes, the Dinosaur People had no right to choose.
In this era when Father God had vanished, why had they still been able to prosper and multiply as they had?
Was it not because of the blessings of the Lord of the Near Sea and the God of Wind?
If they had not protected the Dinosaur People throughout these thousands of years, perhaps the God of Snakes would have settled countless old scores with the Dinosaur People long ago.
After all, who could have imagined it? Their own Father God's slumber would last this long, and they, his children, could not find him at all.
Therefore, even if only to repay the Lord of the Near Sea's kindness, the Dinosaur People had to join this war and had to exert their utmost strength.
If they allowed the Lord of the Near Sea and his people to be destroyed by the Deep Sea Aliens, Black Stone City's stability would cease to exist as well.
Therefore, the Dinosaur People had no choice in this war.
Still, the young priest was deeply worried!
Why was their own Father God so unusual?
The other three gods clearly awakened every few hundred years, and their children could wake them quickly simply by calling out to them. Why was their own Father God so...
Fine, thinking any further would be somewhat blasphemous.
The young priest did not dare to keep thinking, nor did he wish to.
Thus, he could only begin praying silently, calling out loudly in his heart to the mighty God of Lava and Earth.
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