Chapter 210
"Look, you guys!"
Without turning around, Yuki had already seen it: the outer walls of the eight buildings had disappeared, revealing a magnificent mountain of skulls. Even from more than ten kilometers away, he could still see the densely packed skulls.
What are they trying to do?
Yuki didn't understand, even though he already knew what was inside the black building—skulls collected by the Slaughter Cycle. With the information that Hiyori had sorted out, how many years would it take to gather such a spectacular sight?
Eight mountain peaks, eight deathmatch arenas.
Yuki around, anticipating the imminent completion of some kind of ritual, and at the same time, the synchronized sounds grew even more intense.
Fight! Burn! Let the blood flow like rivers!
This caused a kind of tremor, leading to the ruins collapsing with a crash, and even the halo began to vibrate.
"Not good, the Mental Impact is about to reach the critical point!" Zhang Jin roared. He saw the halo on the ground shrinking, and he couldn't imagine what would happen if he stood outside the domain.
"Everyone, gather around and take a sip of Quiet Dew." Yuki pulled out a small bottle. He had refrained from drinking it even after being beaten up by Adam, all for this moment.
What would it be like outside this realm?
Looking around, he immediately understood: the citizens who were constantly reborn from the ruins got up and, without saying a word, frantically rushed towards the surroundings.
He used his teeth, his fists, or picked up a brick to kill the people around him, leaving them bloodied and their brains splattered everywhere.
The city suddenly became noisy and vibrant; the dead were reborn, killing each other and being torn to pieces.
Fortunately, the group was standing at the center of the battle, and the surrounding creatures had long been killed by the aftershocks, but bloody and mangled remains still surged toward them.
They stumbled and staggered as they ran, occasionally being tackled by their own kind who rushed out from the sidelines. The victors would then continue fighting, and the cycle would repeat itself.
Everyone went mad, as if they had returned to the Bloodthirsty Red Moon, except that countless Living Corpse were killing each other.
Bang!
Gunshots rang out, blowing the heads off several civilians who rushed forward, but they were far stronger than Living Corpse, and Death Knell in normal shooting mode couldn't stop them at all.
"Don't move, stay where you are, and wait and see."
Yuki pulled Kaguya back, who wanted to take over the high ground. Even with the Quiet Dew, she wouldn't last more than a few minutes outside this area. Of course, the halo beneath her feet was also constantly shrinking.
The Slaughter Cycle has a cost and cannot last, so the next mutation will happen soon.
Yuki maintained his composure, his vision completely stained blood red. All he saw was slaughter and blood; whether civilians or members of the more powerful Cult, everyone was engrossed in the carnage.
Kill! Kill! Kill!!
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!!
The whimpering sounds and the clatter of flesh mingled with the Incandescence wind, sweeping past and filling my ears, making my fingers, which were gripping the knife, turn white.
If he were at his peak, Yuki would probably be tempted to join the feast, and before he knew it, he would feel a soft, warm sensation under his feet.
In less than ten minutes, the blood flowed like a river and the corpses piled up like a sea, and then, as the killing continued, the bloodshed continued to accumulate, measured in seconds.
"Is this a self-destructing instance?" Yuki noticed that the river of blood beneath his feet was already above his ankles. Even Kaguya and Zhang Jin had joined the defense, one with a bow and the other with a gun, shooting down the civilians who had killed their own kind and were temporarily without enemies.
This amount of time is far from enough for the skill to cool down. Having just finished defeating Adam, there's no way to stop the endless enemies; they're getting closer and closer, right up to the edge of the aura.
Swish--
Yuki slashed him down with a single blow, kicked the corpse out of the aura, and discovered that the city was becoming increasingly chaotic.
Fires were breaking out everywhere, illuminating the figures of people fighting desperately. Fortunately, most of them were killing each other and did not rush in together.
To retract the foreword, this is not Living Corpse, but a madman who cannot distinguish friend from foe.
Yuki bit his lip, realizing that this was completely aimless; they just wanted to kill each other, to have rivers of blood and piles of corpses.
"Yuki, aren't we going to make a move?!" Mai Sakurajima called out his name, showing just how anxious she was.
The audience was indeed key; they instigated the massacre, and to stop the ritual, it had to be eliminated.
However, if they dare to intervene, the enraged apostle will kill them both within a minute.
'At that point, I'll just have to watch helplessly, and I can't even guarantee I'll be able to return.'
Yuki didn't answer, and looked around again.
Amidst the ruins, chaotic figures were everywhere, killing each other in every way imaginable.
A little further away, the enormous light screen representing the arena did not fall, as if the battle between Yuki and Adam was merely dessert, and the tens of thousands of killings were the main course.
Raising my head again, the ripples in the sky became more pronounced. Switching to the Devil's Vision, I closed my eyes again due to the stinging pain.
It is too much to look at directly, and difficult to describe.
Yuki clutched his head, which felt like it was about to explode, and knelt on one knee amidst the sea of blood, asking through gritted teeth, "How is the situation inside?"
"The audience is disappearing, probably by about one-tenth. Our guess was correct; they are the price of this cycle."
It's correct but useless; it doesn't solve the immediate problem.
"Let me think about it, let me think about it some more." Yuki glanced at his watch, then at the sky, and finally fixed his gaze on Adam's mutilated corpse.
If this is the ritual, the apostles could do it at any time; there's no reason to force me to fight Adam, etc.
Yuki suddenly looked at the eight Skull Mountain, clustered at the summit, and saw several heads that had not yet decayed.
Why are seeds and players mandatory? Why do ripples appear, gradually subside, and then suddenly surge again?
Cylinder, apostle, gaze, champion, slaughter, sea of blood.
Countless keywords flooded in, causing Yuki to endure the excruciating pain and look up at the sky.
"Could it be that this apostle intends to...?"
Before he could finish speaking, a powerful aura that nearly made him lose control pressed down on him from above, and at the same time, he heard the unified the Scream change.
They were enthusiastic, they were in awe, they were eager to try.
[Skull offering to the skull seat, blood sacrifice to the Blood God]!
They roared.
Chapter 40: A Divine Descent! (5K)
A divine intervention, yes, a divine intervention.
As the frenzied atmosphere surged forth like a waterfall, Yuki finally understood the ultimate secret.
Why are players the seeds? Because the Reincarnation Game transcends these existences, much like the baptism in Yadu Town, requiring players as a bridge to Piercer the boundaries of the instance's rules.
Essentially, this is a coordinate system, a coordinate system that utilizes the rules of Reincarnation Game.
Bloodlight City is completely different from Yadu Town. The latter is a place of prayer, where 'gods' pour power into the dungeon, and the vessels are the believers.
Therefore, after Yuki killed the believers, the channels of power were also sealed off.
But this place is different. That apostle created Skull Mountain and Blood Sea, wanting to make the Blood God break through the limitations of the plane, using the players as a bridge to let the Blood God put in the power of his main body, which is equivalent to drilling a hole in an eggshell.
Damn, it's going all out?
Yuki's mind was in a mess. The power hadn't even truly arrived yet, but it had already suppressed the domain. He quickly swallowed the liquid in his mouth.
The combination of the two Chaos Item finally allowed the brain to start functioning normally again.
It definitely wasn't trying to kill us; otherwise, it would have done it itself. There was no need for this whole thing. So it wanted to leave and have the Blood God guide it away.
No, I heard the shout just now.
[Skull offering, blood sacrifice to the Blood God]
Unless it's an extremely coincidental coincidence, this all points to a deity—
Khorne!
That's right, based on the information I've seen, it's mostly Him. No wonder this place is full of stubborn lunatics who hate ranged weapons and revere the number '8'.
That's right. Judging from the Deathmatch Arena, He has been watching this instance out of the corner of His eye. That so-called Championship Battle was just an attempt to incite a frenzy and get His attention.
A flood of information overwhelmed Yuuki's mind, throwing Yuki logic into disarray. He had just participated in four dungeons and didn't understand what 'god' or the multiverse meant.
But as a time traveler, he understood what Khorne was.
The apostle's actions were tantamount to shouting into Khorne's ear through a megaphone:
Look over here, there's something interesting!
Then this Chaos Grade deity, the being that represents slaughter and destruction, would simply turn his head and slap the person who was shouting to death.
Did it plan all these years just to court death?
No, it intends to use Khorne's gaze, and then, using the players as a bridge, create a hole in the instance to escape; in other words—
This apostle could be a player, such as Wu Raian, who is trapped in a dungeon.
Yuki felt a chill; in other words, the second main quest was simply impossible to complete. And the first one was blocked by Adam; if it weren't for him, he might have been able to fight the Apostle.
"Zhou sent out more than one team to look for me, so how come he was the one who ran into me? Can you say this is just a coincidence?"
Her nose twitched slightly, and the familiar scent grew stronger. Hayasaka Ai over, her eyes filled with the same horror.
After going through several instances, it still wanted to kill me, creating all sorts of opportunities to do so!
A dazzling red light illuminated Yuki's face as a massive beam of light shot out from the top of a mountain of bones, connecting with the heavens.
"It really is going to leave this place." Yuki stared intently and saw a black dot slowly rising.
"But what do we do? This is already the final secret, so why can't we go back yet!" Zhang Jin crushed his sunglasses, his expression ferocious.
Anyone with eyes to see knows that the apostle is leaving, and it's even clearer that it has no intention of leaving itself a way out; it's obviously preparing to burn this entire instance to ashes.
But so what? The two sides are separated by a light barrier, and by countless madmen slaughtering each other.
"What's all the noise about? Read the hint again. The keywords are [discovery] and [verification]," Hayasaka said coldly, feeling his hand holding the gun trembling slightly.
"How can this be verified? Damn it, when did this Reincarnation Game become so deadly that it leaves no way for players to survive?"
Amidst the Scream, everyone's emotions were running high. At that moment Yuki stepped forward and separated the two.
"Calm down, I still have a way."
This sounds like a psychological comfort; once the Thinker's Domain disappears and the Quiet Dew, they too will become one of the Blood Sea Madmen.
But things have come to this point, we can't just wait to die.
Zhang Jin a deep breath. "What do you suggest we do?"
"Simple, verify the secret yourself." Yuki pointed to the red pillar of light in the distance, ignoring the bewildered Zhang Jin. "Don't get entangled, get as close to the pillar of light as you can. Although we don't have much strength left, we can still do it."
He had been observing closely and had keenly noticed the details of this chaotic battlefield:
Without tactics, without reason, they fought one-on-one until their bodies collapsed.
Furthermore, there are no longer any powerful individuals at the Golden Mask level. The enemies are endless, but they will not unite to attack them.
"Concentrate your firepower and try to avoid melee combat. Hayasaka, eat the last two Lucky Candy; we'll need your Death Knell later."
The maid nodded silently. Death Knell was rapidly reloading; there was already one bullet in the magazine.
"Everyone gather around! Don't leave the aura's range!" Yuki glanced at the ground; the aura was shrinking rapidly with the Scream. There was no time for idle chatter. "Since the game won't let us return, we'll use its path."
"Wait a minute, how do we break through that light barrier?" Zhang Jin roughly understood Yuki's idea, but there was still an insurmountable obstacle in front of him.
Yuki paused slightly, then, without turning around, tossed out a question, "Why do you think the battle with Adam has been dragged on for so long?"
He's still struggling, but his decisiveness is truly beyond that of ordinary people.
The apostle had been watching Yuki and was visibly surprised to see him make a decision in just two minutes.
This amount of time is not enough for an average person to analyze the situation, but Yuki has already begun to take action, and the results are obvious.
Death Knell, dual pistols, and longbows unleashed their full firepower, blasting away any madmen who tried to charge in for a death match. Gunfire resounded, but unlike in Crimson Moon City, it didn't attract a siege.
The rule in tip 4 still applies, and tens of thousands of deadly battles cannot be stopped, while those who happen to have the 'opportune time' are ultimately a minority.
Even though a fierce battle had just ended, the four players were huddled together, with three of them specializing in ranged attacks, making it very difficult to get close.
Her pace never faltered; even if an enemy suddenly leaped out of the ruins, Yuki would instantly kill him. Not to mention, with the Demon Eye, such 'surprises' were rare.
"Sigh, if only we had kept Elk until now. Without a strong enough person, we can't stop them." The apostle watched the advancing player team through the light barrier.
It cannot intervene; this is still an extension of the final battle, only with a slightly larger number of hundreds of millions.