"What's wrong?"
Glass Lamp felt the ground around her tremble. A flicker of panic crossed her face, and she instinctively grabbed Lin En's arm. She couldn't see, but she could clearly sense the changes around them. That rotten, bloody stench filled her with profound unease.
But Lin En didn't answer. His gaze flickered as he surveyed the horrifying scene revealed around them.
Packed together.
Bones covered the ground.
It was as though countless people had once been drained of their blood here, robbed of their lives.
"It looks like we were right."
Jiu rose from the ground, gazing calmly down at the heaps of white bones.
"People who use this kind of Magic Formation usually bury the remains of their sacrifices deep beneath the altar. In certain ancient rituals, that can effectively improve the formation's efficiency. It's also one of the most evil ways to extract life. And if he wasn't doing it to please those higher-level Great Demons, there's only one possibility."
"What?"
Lin En narrowed his eyes.
Jiu replied expressionlessly:
"Demon Rearing."
That was her conjecture.
Because if he really was the culprit who had attacked Ophiel, then without question, he no longer needed to use such methods to offer sacrifices to those powerful beings. Someone at his level already ranked among the strongest at the top of the pyramid.
"Demon Rearing?"
Lin En frowned as he asked.
"That's right."
Jiu spoke calmly.
"If he wanted to raise something extraordinary, or prolong someone else's life, then this sinister method would be extremely useful. After all, it steals lives. Many people throughout history have done this. Some simply wanted to create evil things to spread chaos, while others were blinded by obsession and desire... believing they could use this method..."
"To bring back the people they couldn't let go