Chapter 406: Sacrifice Ten Thousand People to Succeed

Chapter 406: Sacrifice Ten Thousand People to Succeed

Chapter 406: Sacrifice Ten Thousand People to Succeed

"Hmm?" Wen Rui sensed that Taibai Jinxing had sympathy, and frowned, "Hurry up and do it. If we delay any longer, the noise here will attract other patrolling monsters."

"My lord, didn't she say she had seen the person in the portrait?" The white-haired monkey said, "Why not spare her life and take her away to interrogate her?"

"If she had just said 'I don't know', she could have been saved. It's a pity that she failed to grasp the chance she was given."

Wen Rui looked coldly at the seemingly pitiful female fox, and said to her with a cold face: "Be more careful in your next life. At the critical moment of life and death, don't try to be clever again!"

The white-haired monkey suddenly realized and asked, "Is she lying?"

"I have a detective team made up of an entire clan of foxes. Micro-expression lie detection technology has achieved a 99.999% accuracy rate in face recognition lie detection. Besides, the fox spirit's lying ability is not outstanding among its kind, so there is no need for micro-expression face scanning technology. Heart rate, body temperature, and brain wave monitoring alone can identify it.

Wen Rui said indifferently: "You have practiced Taoism for thousands of years, but you can't avoid judging people by appearance? If you like this, then when Rong comes out, I will introduce you to a few fox girls from the Demon Alliance. At least those fox girls won't have groups of wronged souls standing behind them."

The old monkey's face turned red, and he looked intently with his divine eyes, only then did he realize that the fox spirit was haunted by the ghost of a wronged man. It was obvious that countless people had died at her hands and had become the nourishment for her beautiful face.

With a flick of the whisk, the fox spirit's head fell to the ground. The ghosts and spirits broke free from the ghost-controlling curse, floated in all directions, and finally flew to the reincarnation disk in the underworld.

The monkey bowed respectfully to Wen Rui and said, "I'm ashamed. I was obsessed with appearances and was not used to killing. I even lost my heart of Taoism."

Wen Rui just laughed it off, not taking it seriously at all, and said to the three monkeys: "Come to my side quickly, there are patrolling monsters in the distance rushing here. Our disguise is not rigorous enough, so we can't approach the Demon King Peng rashly. I will use my magical powers to take you away first."

When the three monkeys came to Wen Rui, he just waved his hand and used the magical power of shrinking the earth that he had plagiarized from the Hunyuan Banner. In the blink of an eye, the monkeys disappeared without a trace.

Not long after the four monkeys disappeared, a group of monsters gathered from all directions. There were four patrol teams and more than a thousand monsters.

When the monsters saw the corpse fragments all over the ground, they became very alert.

"Is it the work of the Demon Alliance again? How dare they go so deep?"

"From the way they died, it's not likely. The guys from the Demon Alliance are good at using strange magic weapons and are good at shooting from a distance. They are not good at close combat."

The captains of the four teams were all immortal-level demons. One of them, an old tree demon who had transformed from a locust tree, stood up and said in a hoarse voice, "Don't guess. While the soul is still there, catch a demon soul and ask it and you'll know!"

It stretched out its claws wrapped around dead branches and summoned something from a distance. A ball of white gas gathered at the center of its claws, and the twisted and painful face of the tiger spirit emerged from the white gas.

"Tiger Lao San, who killed you?"

"Brother Huai, I died unjustly. I beg you to find a body to revive me while my soul is still alive."

"Of course, we are brothers. As long as you tell me the identity of the person who killed you, I can ask the king to help you rebuild your body, not to mention finding a skin."

The tiger head in the white mist was delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Those guys are four monkeys, claiming to be the Yuxiong King and his followers, who came to visit the Peng Demon King. They were so arrogant that they attacked me before I could finish my sentence. I was beaten to death before I could react."

The face of the locust tree spirit, which was as dry as bark, was slightly moved. "The Great Saint who drives away gods, the Yuxiong King? He is one of the most famous saints of the demon race in the mortal world. You, a fool, must have been used to being arrogant. You spoke without restraint and offended him. You deserve to die!"

The tiger spirit cried and begged, "Brother, I know I was wrong. Please find me a new body quickly. If I am late, the ghosts from the underworld will come to lock my soul!" "You reminded me that it would be a waste if my soul was taken away by the ghosts."

The locust tree spirit opened his mouth with a sinister smile, put the white gas at the corner of his mouth and inhaled it hard.

The tiger spirit's soul was horrified and screamed as it was sucked into the belly of the locust tree spirit, where it turned into pure yin energy and was eaten up, its soul shattered.

The locust tree spirit swallowed the tiger spirit's soul, and it seemed to have aroused its appetite. It shook its body and changed into its original form. A towering locust tree several dozen feet high stood in the mountains. Countless twisted branches spread out and stretched out like tendrils. Groups of monster spirits that had not yet dissipated were pulled by the invisible suction force and gathered on the locust tree, and were all absorbed into the trunk.

The group of monsters that arrived suddenly became chaotic, scrambling to grab the bloody and fleshy remains scattered on the ground, searching for monster pills in the pool of blood and flesh as if they were looking for treasure.

Before long, the bloody and flesh-covered ground was cleared, leaving only the monster's bones.

……

Wen Rui led the three monkeys through the air and appeared on a grassland.

There are herds of cattle and sheep on this grassland, and large tracts of land have been reclaimed to grow corn, forage grass and soybeans, with endless farmland.

On the distant horizon, a large city with buildings and woods stood out. From time to time, transport ships flew by in the air, flying to the distant city, or flying from the city to the distance.

There are groups of farmers and shepherds in the fields, creating a peaceful scene.

The four monkeys turned back into their original forms. Princess Longji looked back and forth, her eyes fixed on the city that was clearly beyond its time. She asked in confusion, "Where did you take us?"

"The grasslands outside the Great Wall in the north were originally the territory of the Quanrong. After the Qin State conquered it, the Marquis of Qin exchanged this territory with me in exchange for chariots and horses to compete in the Central Plains. Now this fertile land with a radius of a thousand miles is all my territory."

Wen Rui replied, "Follow me into the city. People have been migrating here for years. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. If we kill 10,000 or 20,000 of them, we will have enough ghosts to disguise our identities."

"No, no..." Princess Longji had a complicated expression, and was unable to accept it. "It can't be that serious. Just to perfectly disguise yourself as a man-eating monster, you have to sacrifice the lives of tens of thousands of mortals, and the people in your own territory?"

"Details determine success or failure. It's not easy to sneak into the Lion Country! The Peng Demon King is a prehistoric alien species born during the creation of the world. His eagle eyes can see through even the Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts and Seventy-Two Transformations."

Wen Rui said seriously, "Now even a little demon patrolling the Lion Camel Ridge can see that we only have the bloody aura but no wronged souls and are not afraid at all. How can we deceive the ancient demon Peng Demon King? He is Tathagata's uncle. Do you really think he is a small character who is a wild bird that has become a spirit? If you can't disguise yourself perfectly, the end is bound to be failure!"

"How innocent are mortals? Yet they have to sacrifice tens of thousands of people for this. Is this something a god could do?"

Princess Longji said in a hoarse voice: "No matter how you look at it, it's wrong to do this. I would rather charge into the city and fight the Demon King Peng. At worst, I will die in battle. I don't want to use the soul of a mortal to cover myself."

"Oh, do you really think so?" Wen Rui looked at her with interest and said, "You are really different from your father and mother. I guess you are not very popular with them, right?"

This sentence seemed to have hit Princess Longji's sore spot. She turned her head away and said coldly, "Why are you asking these questions? Emperor Wen, I advise you not to be so indifferent to all living beings. Mortal lives are also lives! You have so many clever ideas, there must be a better way, right?"

After a pause, Princess Longji seemed to be trying to think of a reason to make Wen Rui give up this terrible idea, and then continued: "Besides, if you wantonly kill the people in your territory, aren't you afraid that the people will be disheartened and the territory will be in chaos? They are not your straw dogs, and their fate should not be at your mercy!"

(End of this chapter)