Gourd Continent

Faith!!

Sacrifice!!

In just two days.

A towering, hundred-meter-tall Black Dragon Divine Statue appeared in the center of Yaji Great City.

No one knew who had built it, but it certainly had not been a mortal.

With the old king's help, every surviving mortal in Yaji Great City became a follower of the Black Dragon Cult.

The Dark Dragon took the form of a black-haired young man. As the Black Dragon Cult's high priest, he established rituals to gather faith while presiding over them to comprehend the Sacrifice Law Fragment.

Although he had not refined the Sacrifice Law Fragment over the years, he had collected rituals from all kinds of gods and intended to try every one of them.

"..."

Yaji Great City.

At last, it had escaped the shadow cast by the Demons.

The people bowed with utter devotion. Their piety came not from gratitude, but from helplessness in the face of the supernatural and fear of the unknown.

In times of peril, fragile mortals desperately needed something to cling to, just as they had worshipped the heroes of the Tribal Era thousands of years ago.

They followed the Black Dragon Cult's rituals to the letter, offering gold and silver, flesh and blood, family and friends, their very consciences...

Once they took that step, there was no turning back.

The more the followers lost, the more devout they became.

Like a Nightmare, they frantically dragged others down with them to prove their own madness had been the right choice.

Soon!

The entire city had gone mad.

Fathers pushed their children before the Divine Statue and cut off their heads as offerings.

Wealthy men who had once possessed vast fortunes became homeless wanderers, yet still severed their hands and feet before the Divine Statue to display their devotion.

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