Chapter 354 | Sequence: Sacrifice

To everyone currently in Wangnian City, the threat of the evil god was the greatest!

Leaving aside its other abilities, its Pollution Conversion alone was something these Demigods could not resist. Even a Sequence 4 could fall victim to it if they weren't careful.

But for Yin Yang, who possessed the Dismissing the God ability, the threat of the evil god was far lower than that of the Sequence 4 experts and 'Qin Ye'!

Thus, when faced with this entity that wanted to snatch his 'spoils,' Yin Yang chose to compete with it directly!

The flesh balls drifted toward the evil god one moment and retreated the next. After two or three such exchanges, they exploded with a thunderous boom!

Flesh and divinity transformed into pure energy, which Yin Yang sacrificed to the Lord of Rebirth and Communion!

The evil god's body began to tremble, and dense clusters of tentacles emerged from its surface. The small eyeballs within its pupils actually crawled out and moved across its body, eventually settling at the tips of the tentacles.

It was searching for the thief who had stolen its fruits!

Hum!

A blade light that seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth slashed toward it. The tentacles on the evil god's body rose in unison, and the eyeballs fired tiny rays that converged to melt the blade light away.

The dissipating energy caused one of the golden beams connected to 'Qin Ye' to shatter. An aura of a natural transcendent leaked out, and Mr. Qian's expression changed instantly.

He looked at the golden beams, then at the calm and unfazed 'Qin Ye,' and roared in fury.

"Qin Ye! You actually murdered several natural transcendents for your own selfish desires?"

"Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?"

Facing his interrogation, 'Qin Ye's' expression didn't change in the slightest as he spoke.

"Retribution? I believe those rebellious traitors who refuse to obey the monarch's commands are the ones who should fear retribution!"

"You!"

Mr. Qian was fuming with rage!

Natural transcendents were inherently rare; one might not be discovered in many years.

And now, Qin Ye had actually obtained the five internal organs, which meant he had killed at least five natural transcendents!

Given the growth potential of a natural transcendent, they could grow into a Demigod with just a little support, and with some resources, they could become a Sequence 4 or even a Sequence 3.

Under these circumstances, Qin Ye's slaughter of five natural transcendents was nothing short of undermining the very foundations of the country!

Though he was furious, he still had to defend the Qin family's empire.

Mr. Qian threw his guandao. The flying blade sliced off one of the Giant Spirit God's arms. The blade then spun, striking the Stone Mirror like a badminton birdie and sending it toward Mr. Qian, who caught it in his hand.

The guandao then flew back. After stowing the Stone Mirror, Mr. Qian caught the weapon.

"I keep my word. Once this is over, I'll let you go see your master!"

"If I die, you leave immediately."

The guandao hummed slightly, as if saying, "I keep my word too."

Seeing that he couldn't get the sealed object, the Giant Spirit God decisively changed targets and reached for one of the light pillars.

The internal organs of a natural transcendent were also treasures. With a little processing, they could be made into powerful transcendent items.

And Great Qi had no shortage of skilled artisans.

Puff!

A golden connection shattered, and another aura of a natural transcendent wafted out, but the Giant Spirit God's expression only grew uglier.

An illusion! An illusion with an aura!

"Hahahaha!"

'Qin Ye' couldn't help but laugh out loud, looking at the Giant Spirit God and Mr. Qian as if they were idiots.

"Did you never wonder why, out of all the cities in Great Wei, I chose Wangnian City specifically?"

"Did you never wonder why, knowing full well there were Sequence 4 experts here, I still dared to choose this timing?"

"Idiots."

The mockery in 'Qin Ye's' eyes was undisguised, even though he was facing two Sequence 4 experts, one of whom held a sealed object.

On the altar, Yin Yang heard their conversation clearly.

As of now, among those still alive in the vicinity, he was likely the only one below the Demigod rank.

He quickly analyzed the formation diagram he had deduced earlier. Yes, it was most likely a fusion-conversion array. But why was he so confident?

And why choose to do this in Wangnian City? Was there something special about this place?

Yin Yang quickly recalled the books he had read. Wangnian City was a new city, built less than a hundred years ago, and nothing major had happened in its history. What was special about it?

No, that's not right. If there's nothing special about the city, could it be the land itself? Or the surrounding terrain?

In Yin Yang's mind, a 3D map seemed to rise rapidly, presenting everything in the surrounding area.

Ordinary hilly terrain—nothing special there either.

Does that mean it was just to distract us?

But analyzing what he just said, this man is extremely confident. He said those things to mock them, not to distract them.

What about history?

It was like a sudden awakening for Yin Yang. Speaking of history, a major event really had happened here decades ago.

The Battle of Wangnian!

Back then, this place wasn't part of Great Wei's territory. It was a dense forest that the people of Great Qi called the Nian Forest.

It was named that because a very precious type of sandalwood grew here, which was the imperial material used to make royal carriages in ancient times.

Later, Great Wei's Wang Army invaded this place and fought a bloody battle with the Great Qi army. Over fifty thousand people died on both sides, and the Wang Army was completely wiped out.

Because many of them were transcendents, their spirituality mutated after death. For a time, calamities bred here, and it became a cultivation ground for many cultists.

It wasn't until seven years later, when the Wannian Platform decided to build a temporary city to facilitate subsequent supplies, that this location was chosen for its convenient transportation, leading to the creation of Wangnian City.

The 'Nian' in the name corresponded to the Nian Forest.

The 'Wang' corresponded to the soldiers of the Wang Army who had sacrificed themselves here.

Was the reason he chose this place because fifty thousand people had died here?

But that doesn't make sense. Even if fifty thousand people died and the Yin energy was dense, those Yin souls would have gradually dissipated within two or three years.

Even for transcendents, ten or eight years would be the limit. After all, spirituality isn't divinity. Otherwise, the Wannian Platform wouldn't have chosen this place to build a city.

What was the significance of choosing this place? He couldn't have started laying this plan decades ago, could he?

And why this specific time? Was it not just to wait for Great Qi's invasion? An astronomical phenomenon? Just like how I need to wait for a full moon to break through?