Several hundred people from a noble estate had been impaled one by one outside the manor. Beneath the night sky, they resembled a terrifying forest of blood.
"Why are you doing this?" The manor's owner was a duke of the Dou Ling Empire, nicknamed the Piercing Duke. His usual hobby was randomly selecting his own subjects and impaling them on sharpened stakes, reveling in the pleasure brought by power.
"Why? Because your faith in the Sea God is not sincere." The Evil Soul Master whispered in a voice like sandpaper scraping.
"Nonsense! Our family has worshipped the great Sea God Tang San for generations. How are we not sincere?" the Piercing Duke said furiously. His family were the most devout followers of the Sea God; no slander on that point would be tolerated.
"Did you make an offering to the Sea God last month?"
Faced with the Evil Soul Master's question, the duke froze. He had been rather busy last month, so he had not made an offering before Tang San's statue.
"So... because of that, you're going to wipe out my entire family?" The Piercing Duke's eyes reddened as he spoke with bitter hatred.
"Faith that is not absolute is absolutely no faith. That is the Sea God's will," the Evil Soul Master said.
"Damn it..." The Piercing Duke could not conceal the venom in his eyes.
"Wipe that look off your face. Do not resent the great Holy Spirit Patriarch, Sea God Tang San. You forgot to make an offering last month and have already committed the crime of grave disrespect. Your entire family should have been exterminated, but Lord Sea God was merciful. He merely took your whole family and left you with this dog life. You can continue breathing the fresh air of this world. That