Ritual Guesses, Stone Tablet Illusions

He did not know what the other party was doing, but he could tell that the movements seemed to be some kind of peculiar dance.

This dance had to be extremely important.

Second by second, the butcher performed the dance a full three times before finally stopping.

As his dance ended, the sound of waves arose from within the blue radiance.

Splash... splash.

It was as though something were swimming through a vast sea, while the blue radiance itself was that ocean.

Ripples surged in from every direction, enveloping the butcher.

Blue light spread from the butcher's body, making his originally somewhat blurry form seem to grow clearer.

The butcher appeared very happy. Gesticulating wildly and bouncing along, he left Blue Moon Bridge.

The butcher headed toward another part of the city—the direction of the Wordless Stele.

Li Qing watched this unfold, a trace of gravity appearing in his eyes.

"Sure enough, there's something wrong with Blue Moon Bridge as well."

"Slaughter, dancing... why does this feel somewhat like a heretical ritual?"

Li Qing was no fool. He had already seen many things.

He had also gained some understanding of rituals and had read about all manner of sacrifices in books.

"Could it be that Longevity Seeds obtain the power of immortality through sacrifice?"

A thought stirring in his heart, Li Qing felt that his guess was probably right on the mark.

Just as he was thinking this, an abnormality began to appear in the blue radiance around him.

One blue phantom after another emerged from all directions. They seemed to be Anomalies.

Their outlines were bizarre, and they radiated dangerous auras as they lunged at Li Qing.

Li Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and spat out a streak of sword light.

The Sword Pellet transformed into a stream of