"Why aren't you kneeling before the supreme deity!"
At the sight before them, the villagers were stunned, and few dared even breathe loudly.
"Don't bow to them! Have you forgotten the dozen or so loved ones who just died?" Jing'er's grandfather shouted sternly, his brows furrowed. He raised his woodcutting blade and pointed ahead. "Ask them why they stood by and let them die!"
"That's right! Why did you stand by and let them die!"
The villagers' outrage flared again, and they shouted their questions at the three brothers of the Shen Household. The brothers neither answered nor changed their expressions. Slowly, they raised their hands and pointed forward. A gigantic apparition appeared in the palace courtyard. It had the shape of a tiger and the fur of a dog, with a human face and a pair of wild boar tusks. It looked extremely vicious. At the sight, the God Disciples kowtowed and cried out frantically.
"Supreme deity! Supreme deity!"
"Why aren't you kneeling before the supreme deity!"
At that moment, Shen Da opened his eyes and shouted imperiously at the villagers. The Fierce Beast apparition opened its mouth and roared, its fierce presence shaking the surrounding mountains and rivers.
"Kneel if you don't want to die!"
The middle-aged village chief shouted and took the lead in kneeling and kowtowing to the Fierce Beast apparition. The villagers had never seen such a huge, hideous Fierce Beast. How could they dare hesitate? They immediately knocked their foreheads against the ground with loud thuds, frantically begging the deity's forgiveness.
Only Jing'er's grandfather and San Houzi remained standing before the villagers, shouting at them to get up and stop kneeling.
"Hmph, you ungrateful wretches! Tie those two up!"
"Drag them onto the altar and burn them as offerings to the deity, to atone