Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 299 - 296 Sixteen Heavenly Demon Dance

Chapter 299: Chapter 296 Sixteen Heavenly Demon Dance

A moment before, the North Sea Coast was still basked in the afterglow of the setting sun, a bustling scene filled with the din of voices.

In the blink of an eye, night fell, and the sky turned into a deep, starless black.

At first, besides the thick, ink-like darkness, nothing could be seen.

But for Wang Yuan, stationed at the first tier on the shore, an alarm suddenly blared long and loud within the depths of his heart, issuing almost nerve-stinging crazed warnings.

—There was Deceit! Deceit! Deceit!

Even though he was transformed into the body of a docile deer sprawled on the ground, his spirit could not help but lean forward.

As if right in front of him was an abyss with an increasing suction force, one misstep would send him tumbling down completely.

Subsequently, that black shadow which slowly rose from the vortex and merged completely into the night gradually began to reveal its boundaries, transforming into some type of massive, rolling entity.

At the same time, among the Naiman People kneeling on the ground, some had bloodshot eyes, some had veins popping on their foreheads, and others heard endless hallucinations by their ears.

It seemed as if countless Heavenly Girls were chanting the Treasure Scriptures with the wondrous voices of Buddha Country:

"Earth Mother Black Sky and the countless affiliates of the Deceit Gods wander the forests of corpses at night, possessing great divine power, only taking the flesh and blood of the living...

Namah Samanta, Maha Jambhala Ye, Om, Makha Ghara Ye Sapoha..."

There were also some rash youngsters with extreme fanaticism toward the faith of "Earth Mother Black Sky," encountering for the first time in their lives the chance to behold the true visage of a deity.

They couldn’t help but lift their heads and raise their hands high, to greet the coming of the deity in the most devout manner.

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

Unsurprisingly, clusters of fresh red flesh blossomed turbulently throughout the camp.

Wang Yuan’s face, still smeared with the uncleaned cold snake blood, now also carried traces of warm human blood.

His feelings were indescribable.

However, those rash fools, even transformed in such a manner, were not dead yet.

"Wah wah wah...."

Along with the piercing cries, a group of "infants" with loose skin, spotted with age, and topped with white-haired heads burst forth from their bodies.

Merely through a moment’s eye contact, they were mutated by the "Knowledge" of the Earth Mother Black Sky into lesser Deceit Monsters— "Old Children."

Instantly, everyone in the camp, be they mortals or demon gods, fell deathly silent.

Apart from the cries of the infants, no other slightest noise could be heard.

Not until the shamans facing away from the North Sea started the sacrificial dance with the Dharma Drum, did the people lying on the ground dare to slowly lift their heads to admire the holy visage.

The contracted true body of the Earth Mother Black Sky had now taken on a human form, landing on the pre-built Dharma Altar on the shore.

This deity’s front was in the form of a goddess, with high nose and deep eyes, skin like white jade, eyes filled with extraordinary colors, and a figure slender and graceful.

Aside from jewelry made of the seven treasures of Buddhism—conch, agate, crystal, coral, amber, pearl, musk—her body was completely bare.

On the backside was the male deity form, fierce and terrifying in appearance, his waist wrapped in lion skin, holding a bone bowl made from human skulls and a wooden staff topped with a skull.

The mule he straddled was draped with freshly skinned, thick-haired, bloody human skin.

On the mule’s bit hung sacks containing bones for disease and divination.

The two bodily forms seemed to share the same spine, back to back tightly blended together, forever inseparable.

The Dual Body Dharma Form!

It was the Dual Body Dharma Form of the Green Seal Strange Immortal!

With the return of the Earth Mother Black Sky, the Spring Festival ceremony officially commenced.

A shaman hung a wooden plaque inscribed with the honorifics of Earth Mother Black Sky on the tree top, with wooden carvings of the sun, moon, wild goose, and cuckoo on the east and west sides, respectively.

Between the trees, a reindeer’s head, throat, tongue, heart, lungs, kidneys, limbs, and tail were hung on straps of leather with the beast’s head facing the plaque.

Around the Dharma Altar, five massive Mass Graves had already been dug.

When the Dharma Drum was struck, several bloated, corpse-fluid-filled Deceit Corpses emerged from nowhere.

These were the previously collected "Dead Man Tax."

Carrying countless largely "Bloated Cadaver" bodies, they successively leaped into the mass graves one by one.

Instantly, red and yellow corpse water splattered everywhere, emitting an almost nose-stinging stench that wildly spread throughout the camp.

On the surface, it resembled a collective sky burial ceremony.

"Sky Burial" itself is a common burial custom on the plains, also known as wilderness burial or abandonment burial.

Whether decaying on the spot or eaten by wild animals or birds, the Naiman People could accept it.

Even though many of these corpses were their relatives in life, no one felt that this was a desecration of their family’s remains.

Soon after, the giant centipede-like "Sewing Thousand Corpses" also hurriedly came, throwing into the pits not only those who had not died but were still wailing.

These were the previously collected "Living People Tax."

The clansmen of the Naiman Tribes dared not show any reaction on their faces, each circling a mass grave hand in hand, led by their own shaman.

Thud, thud, thud...

With the sound of drums, they began to perform unrestrained, twisted, and grotesque sacrificial dances.

The Shaman had just conveyed the divine order: the Spring Festival was to last seven days, and they were to dance non-stop for seven days here.

The tens of thousands of elite warriors gathered from the Naiman tribes were there to take turns resting, ensuring the dance continued throughout the festival.

At the same time, the "Earth Mother Black Sky" burst forth with a four-colored Buddha light, illuminating the night sky for miles around.

Then, amid an utterly soul-stirring and captivating sound, sixteen magnificent golden lotuses suddenly sprouted from the ground.

The lotus petals unfolded, and sixteen exquisitely beautiful Heavenly Girls stepped out.

Their bare feet, like petals, danced upon the pink Buddha light, swirling with the wind, their delicate fragrances refreshing the soul.

Thin veils clothed their forms, flirtatiously clear or obscure, their expressions teasing or whimsical, and their eyes darting coquettishly as they murmured breathily...

An extremely beautiful and enchanting aura instantly spread, making everyone forget the loathsome stench of the five mass graves nearby.

The western sacred melody lingered long, jewels hanging low on their exquisite attire. In the great hall, dances celebrated the Black Sky at the vast assembly of the flower sea.

The western dancing girls were heavenly beings, their jade hands full of blooming night lotuses. They sang and danced, offering melodies to the Heavenly Demon, twirling lightly like returning snow...

Those gods who hadn’t gone to the mass graves’ edge to dance were almost entirely mesmerized on the spot.

The vast majority of them had never taken part in such a high-level festival, nor had they expected such perks, their bodies and souls captivated, instantly losing all sense of direction.

And even more fatally, those stunningly beautiful Heavenly Girls, while dancing, moved among those demons.

Displaying the seductive "feminine aspect," they threw themselves onto some of those captivated demons, disregarding their foul, hairy, horn-covered bodies and started wildly commingling.

Even if the demon was female, the Heavenly Girls would simply adopt a "masculine aspect" and dance all the same.

Before long, those originally robust demons gradually became emaciated, having their essence blood and True Qi completely drained by those soul-consuming Heavenly Girls.

Their faces still wore expressions of ecstacy, blissful until death.

It was clear, whether the demons were willing or not, by choosing to follow the "Heavenly Official" initially, they should have been prepared to be used as consumables and sacrificed at any moment.

Most demons and deceit monsters with uncontrolled desires and without moral conduct or precepts were powerless against the "Sixteen Heavenly Demon Dance," instantly beguiled.

Even, they caused quite a disturbance fighting over the privilege to be harvested by the Heavenly Girls.

Those demons who didn’t get a turn devoutly recited the scriptures: "Namo Sammanda, Mota Nam, Om, Mahaklarayesappa..."

Hoping to attract the Heavenly Girls.

As for Wang Yuan, a man of strong will, purity, and deeply loving toward his wife and family, he too was devout.

Sensing a Heavenly Girl approaching him with affectionate eyes, he chanted:

"Great Fate protects me, Gold Star Taibai protects me..."

Seeking both divine and personal strength, Old Master Wang’s path was growing ever broader.

Until he saw his "Qi Fortune" in the "Small Book of Life and Death" steadily increasing...

Realizing that the "Rashamon Bone" was taking effect, he finally felt resolute.

The Heavenly Girl also turned her head and leapt onto another demon.

They say, with the right timing, even heaven and earth can be used for leverage.

To protect one’s life and even gain some advantage from an existence like "Earth Mother Black Sky," relying on luck might be the only option.

As time passed, more and more demons and deceit monsters were captured to be used as "Cowherds" and "Stallions".

Especially those with strong bodies and abundant Essence Qi, like bulls, horses, donkeys, wild boars, and deer... were the prime targets.

Yet Wang Yuan, clearly strong and virile, greater and more robust than three ordinary splendid Grey Deers, was not entangled by any Heavenly Girl.

Those who also escaped this fate by his side were the two brothers who had just been selling fried pork kidneys and deer penises.

Though their faces were sallow and their poverty was clear, the smugness in their eyes was unmistakable.

Because they had sold their "root of troubles" voluntarily, they were in a sage-like state of unshaken equanimity, completely immune to the seductions of the Heavenly Girls.

With their minds unmoved, the Heavenly Girls felt nothing.

And they watched their peers, turned into dry remnants of bulls, horses, and wild pigs, thankful for their poverty for the first time in their lives.

"Poverty has saved my pig (deer) life! Praise be to the Poverty God!"

Just then.

Ying—!

The Heavenly Girls, having harvested enough Essence Qi, began to birth offspring using the "Earth Mother Black Sky’s" Fertility Power, one by one like flayed weasels emerging continuously.

No sooner had they landed than they began struggling toward the mass grave, slowly enveloped by red and yellow plague mist.

Clearly, these creatures were not really Yellow-Skinned, but a large group of Plague Demons!

And the plague they carried was called—Rat Plague!