I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 397 - 270: Tonight! I Want to Slay a God!

Chapter 397: Chapter 270: Tonight! I Want to Slay a God!

Three Gods Valley, located within the domain of Qifeng Prefecture, lies further east, leading into East Mountain Prefecture.

This place is neither under the jurisdiction of Qifeng Prefecture nor East Mountain Prefecture.

The people here revere only the three Great Divine Venerables!

Being offered as a sacrifice to the Divine Venerables is their greatest honor!

Above the river’s surface, a multitude of arrows followed the downstream flow.

At this moment, arrows still poured down like rain from up front.

Lin Yan’s expression remained calm, his body aglow with resplendent golden light.

He turned around to look at the twelve boys and girls on the bamboo raft.

Unconcerned, he let countless arrows land on him.

He quietly watched the twelve children, whom he protected on the bamboo raft with his True Qi.

Each child had picked up an arrow, clutching it tightly in hand, their eyes filled with fear.

Only the child who had dared to stab at Lin Yan moments ago had a defiant look in his eyes.

"Do you realize that if I cannot block these myriad arrows, you too will die?"

Lin Yan spoke expressionlessly, "You are to be offered as sacrifices, to be devoured by these three evils... And now, the people on the shore plan to shoot me and you together! At this moment, I am rescuing you!"

"You dare to blaspheme the Divine Venerable!"

The defiant child, gritting his teeth, said, "You disrupted the grand sacrificial ritual, the Divine Venerable is enraged, you must die!"

"..."

Lin Yan’s expression was complicated, as if he wanted to say something.

In the end, he did not speak but waved his hand.

He instantly tossed the entire bamboo raft to the opposite shore.

He turned back to face the countless members of the Human Clan on the riverbank.

Facing the tens of thousands of incoming arrows, he waved his hand and a massive number of arrows came to a halt in mid-air.

Then they fell, scattering upon the river’s surface.

In an instant, both banks of the great river fell into an eerie silence.

The archers from before were all terrified.

Even though the Ten Thousand Arrows Fired just now still could not harm him,

at the very least, it seemed like he was powerless to counter, letting the crowd shoot, merely able to defend himself.

Moreover, the leader had said that the myriad arrows would deplete him, that they could exhaust him to death there.

But now, with a wave of his hand, tens of thousands of arrows fell.

Clearly, when facing the myriad arrows, he had more than just sufficient strength to protect himself and wasn’t entirely powerless to retaliate.

It was just that he had no intent to counterattack.

The figure on the river suddenly let out a laugh and waved his hand dismissively, seemingly a bit dispirited.

He then continued downstream, proceeding at a leisurely pace.

"Don’t let him go! Shoot him dead!" Just then, someone on the bank shouted, "He’s trying to escape, he must be drained, he’s afraid in his heart..."

"Enough!"

The leader of the Refining Essence Realm, muttered sternly.

He exhaled deeply, his eyes filled with an unusual glint.

If everyone was united, Ten Thousand Arrows Fired could possibly exhaust a man from the Qi Refining Realm to death.

But for the Three Gods Valley, it would inevitably lead to heavy casualties!

If he was willing to leave like this, the leader felt relieved.

Over the years, Three Gods Valley had not feared powerful external enemies because of the existence of the three Divine Venerables!

But today, for some unknown reason, the three Divine Venerables did not act to slay this blasphemer!

With only the strength of Three Gods Valley, even if tens of thousands of people worked together, they would have to pay a dreadful price to exhaust him to death!

His true intention in wanting to slay the blasphemer was to express the ultimate reverence of the Three Gods Valley’s people for the three Divine Venerables.

But if the outsider wished to leave, he knew he couldn’t keep him, nor did he dare to try.

Instead, he was relieved and turned his head to say, "Light the incense immediately, in reverence to the Divine Venerable!"

"Choose thirty-six boys and thirty-six girls overnight, and offer another sacrifice before dawn!"

"We must appease the wrath of the Divine Venerable, earnestly inviting the Divine Venerable to return and partake in the offerings again!"

"If the three Great Divine Venerables abandon us, how could we survive in this world?"

"Tonight’s ritual should be enlarged, with the grandest ceremony, we cordially invite the three Great Divine Venerables to return!"

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Downstream of the great river.

Lin Yan emerged from the river, walking slowly.

At this moment, Mr. Lu, Lv Tang, his second brother Lin Lei, and the Little White Ape were all resting there.

The Jiao Linma and the horse that had been pulling the cart were tethered to a tree.

Seeing Lin Yan return, his second brother Lin Lei had a complex expression.

Lv Tang and the Little White Ape looked at each other, their eyes equally peculiar.

Only Mr. Lu, with a smile that was not quite a smile, stroked his beard and asked, "How was it?"

"Just as Mr. Lu said, the people of the Three Gods Valley are indeed very different from any other Human Clan we’ve encountered before," Lin Yan replied solemnly.

Mr. Lu chuckled, stroking his beard and saying, "The sacrifices of the Three Gods Valley happen often, and thus, the local Human Clan has grown accustomed to them."

"As the reports suggest, on every fifteenth, six boys and six girls are offered up, all virginal with pure spirits."

"On every first day of the month, six men and six women are offered, all in their prime, at the peak of their vigor."

"And the villagers constantly supply incense, lighting a stick at dawn, one at noon, and another at nightfall," Mr. Lu explained slowly.

"To ordinary people, this sort of sacrifice seems particularly cruel, but this is the norm within the Three Gods Valley!"

The Little White Ape gasped, saying, "If they keep sacrificing like this, how could there be enough people for Them to consume?"

"Doing the math, twenty-four people are eaten every month,"

Mr. Lu continued slowly, "Given the current population of the Three Gods Valley, even without reproducing, they have enough to last over a hundred years!"

"Yet in the valley, life is relatively stable, and every year sees a large number of newborns!"

"What’s more important is that for the people of the valley, sacrifice isn’t death, but a way to offer respect to the three Great Divine Venerables."

"Therefore, death by sacrifice doesn’t induce panic but is considered a profound honor."