The two moved forward along the passage, climbing through the rugged crystal stone mountain path.
Far away from the mad demons, Xue Changming's heart also relaxed a lot. He looked at the uncle beside him, feeling puzzled about what he had just encountered.
Having been here for some time, Xue Changming naturally knew how much the so-called Yuyun Capital valued this sacred spirit ore. How could they casually let these mad demons in?
Sacred spirit ore is similar to spirit stones, the only difference being that they only grow under the remains of the Holy King.
The Holy King's arm above was the main source for nurturing this sacred spirit ore. It was the arm revered as a divine artifact by the machines of Yuyun Capital, and it was also the section of arm that Xue Changming had seen on the high platform of the Feather God Temple.
The fact that he could come to such a strange place might also be related to this arm.
"I wonder how Brother Jiang is now." Xue Changming said as he ran, a look of concern on his face. He believed that Jiang Wen would be fine, after all, that person was such a powerful figure, able to pass through the great formation of the Feather God Temple. Even if he came to this world alone, he would be safe and sound.
It was just that Xue Changming himself was not having a good time, after all, the injuries he had suffered before had not yet recovered. After days of fatigue and mining, his strength had declined severely. Otherwise, he would not have been captured by the martial machines of Yuyun Capital to mine.
Those who were brought to the sacred spirit mining area to mine were all like him, and those guys who looked like mechanical puppets, called machines by the miners, were from Yuyun Capital.
Yuyun Capital, a city in the sky that was only rumored among the miners. It was said that it was forever prosperous and forever peaceful. It was the idyllic paradise imagined by all the miners.
And they, these living people, were just living in this mining area as mining tools.
Xue Changming didn't know why this was the case, perhaps only by going to that Yuyun Capital could he know some of the truth.
"Let's go." The uncle led Xue Changming forward, and soon they arrived at a cave.
This cave was extremely dark, making it impossible to see the surrounding situation clearly. Before Xue Changming could recover, he saw the uncle light a torch.
The light illuminated the dark cave, revealing a strange altar.
"Uncle, what is that?" Xue Changming frowned as he looked at the altar, he had a faint ominous premonition in his heart.
"What is this? Naturally, it's an altar prepared for you." The uncle smiled strangely, and then picked up a long knife from the side.
"We, the sacred spirit slaves, once heard a saying that when people from outside the heavens descend, sacrificing them to the Holy King with their blood can allow the sacred spirit slaves to transcend and no longer be oppressed by the machines. For many years, I can't remember how long. I've been waiting for you, the guest from outside the heavens." The uncle smiled and slowly walked towards Xue Changming.
Xue Changming only felt his whole body weaken, as if he couldn't muster any strength.
"What did you do to me?" Xue Changming frowned and asked.
"I didn't do anything, I just used the sacred spirit stone to make you unable to exert your strength. I know that people from outside the heavens are very powerful, so I deliberately used the sacred spirit stone to lure you in case of accidents. I didn't expect you to really fall for it. From the beginning, we knew you were a guest from outside the heavens. We, the Luoyu people, are here for this day." The uncle pinched Xue Changming's neck and slowly cut into his abdomen with the knife.
"We will properly enshrine you in the future. It is you who have liberated the Luoyu people from their sins."
Everything seemed very natural, and Xue Changming felt the loss of his life.
He was lifted onto the altar, and blood flowed down the altar. Countless black-skinned miners came in from nowhere, all kneeling on the ground, worshiping and praying.
"O supreme Holy King, we pray for your forgiveness. Today, we sacrifice the flesh and blood of a person from outside the heavens to you. Please forgive the sins of us, the Luoyu people..."
Prayers echoed, and Xue Changming saw the end of his life. He lay weakly on the altar, knowing that he was about to die.
Perhaps he couldn't blame others for this, it was all because he was careless and trusted others too easily. There were few people in the world like Brother Jiang who were affectionate and righteous, and most of them had ulterior motives.
Xue Changming thought to himself, and saw a blank booklet lying on his chest. Words appeared on it, bewitching his mind.
No longer resisting, Xue Changming secretly agreed in his heart.
The next moment, endless blood mist surged from the book, and faint strange laughter came out.
"Two hundred thousand years! Two hundred thousand years! I can finally break free from this restriction!" The voice laughed wildly, like a thunderclap splitting rocks. The shaking cave trembled on all sides, and the earth quaked in all directions.
Countless miners knelt on the ground in astonishment, watching the blood mist gradually rising from the altar. Their eyes were full of horror, and they were speechless.
"Evil, a demon!" A miner shouted and turned to flee outside. It was just that his actions, no matter how fast, could not be faster than the spreading blood mist.
In an instant, the blood mist covered the entire cave. All the black-skinned Luoyu people who worshiped here were not spared. Even the person Xue Changming called uncle just murmured as he watched the approaching blood mist.
"It shouldn't be like this, things shouldn't be like this."
The next moment, the ruthless blood mist devoured him, leaving only the echo of screams.
The blood mist was like a flood, surging from the cave in all directions. There was no end in sight, no source, and it endlessly covered everything in blood.
The entire sacred spirit stone mining area was covered by the surging blood mist, even those mad demons with flames on their bodies were no exception.
"Jiang Heavenly King, you ultimately failed to seal me! I have returned to the world!" The blood mist transformed into a huge face, a face like an ordinary person, but it was chilling to look at.
Whether it was a machine, a martial machine, or a black-skinned miner, all screamed in the blood mist, and finally turned into rusty copper and rotten iron or blood, merging into the blood mist.
Also at this moment, the huge arm floating above Yuyun Capital began to fall apart, like broken plaster, collapsing and scattering from the clouds.
Countless machines living in Yuyun Capital watched this scene, all showing horrified expressions. Even the golden machine sitting at the highest point of Yuyun Capital couldn't help but stand up and look at the floating clouds in a panic.
"The Holy King's body... is broken." The golden machine said in disbelief, and the next moment he saw a blood mist surging towards Yuyun Capital from the clouds.
"I am the Evil-Slaying, Demon-Quelling, Good-Rewarding, and Evil-Punishing Heavenly Emperor! I am the Heavenly Venerable who dominates everything in the world. Those who believe in me will have eternal life! Those who do not believe in me will go to the Yellow Springs!"
The voice was extremely loud, resounding throughout Yuyun Capital.
And Jiang Wen, who was far away on the airship, couldn't help but feel puzzled when he saw this scene. He knew the name of the Evil-Slaying, Demon-Quelling, Good-Rewarding, and Evil-Punishing Heavenly Emperor, looking at the scene of the blood mist surging in the distance.
He was one of the Four Heavenly Venerables of the Orthodox God Sect, but why was he here?
Jiang Wen suddenly had a guess in his heart, perhaps Jiang Wenji's death was not sudden, perhaps the betrayal in Tianyuan City had another reason.
"I, I feel a voice chanting in my mind." Wuming stood beside him, clutching his head and said laboriously.
"It tells me that we must curb this blood mist. Otherwise, everything in the world will be plunged into misery."
