Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 388 - 261: Sacrifice and The Person You’re Looking For Is Here
Cool moonlight streamed through the window, casting patches of light on the floor.
The young woman lifted the covers and slipped out of bed. Without even putting on her animal-hide shoes, she carefully stepped with her fair, delicate, bare feet over the giant python coiled beside the bed. She silently passed through a gap in its slightly curled tail and went out the door.
The two giant, bright moons were gradually and silently obscured by dark clouds.
Another Day of the Twin Moons.
’How long has it been since the last Day of the Twin Moons? It can’t have even been half a year.’
’Why is there another Day of the Twin Moons already?’
’The normal cycle for the Day of the Twin Moons is once every 100 years.’
Yet the young woman seemed to notice nothing unusual. She pushed the door open with a vacant expression, vanished into the deep jungle on the outskirts of the tribe, and came to the edge of a lake.
A cold wind lifted her long, seaweed-like hair. The wound on her neck had turned a dark, bruised color, spreading outward in a web of sinister, otherworldly veins.
Ripples creased the lake’s surface, forming a massive vortex. An immense suction force was hidden within it, frantically pulling in everything from the surroundings, including the very air itself.
The space above the vortex tore open, revealing a slender figure in a black cloak, accompanied by a slightly shorter person robed in black.
Qi Yuan stared intently at the mindless female below. His dark, choppy hair half-obscured his eyes, a flicker of uncertainty in their depths. "...Do we really have to sacrifice her?"
"It’s only the sacrifice of a single female. You were never this soft-hearted in the past."
The black-robed man turned to look at him, revealing a skull for a face. A strange red light glowed from within his empty eye sockets. "Don’t you forget, only she can open the sealed forbidden land!"
"A normal Day of the Twin Moons comes once every 100 years, but tonight is a special occasion—"
The skull beneath the cloak tilted up. He gazed at the two full, eerie moons, his featureless face somehow conveying a frenzied expression. "Tonight is the Night of Reincarnation! Not only will we witness the spectacle of the twin full moons, but it is also when the Demonic Qi on this continent is at its most dense. As long as we succeed in opening the seal on the forbidden land, we will finally welcome the arrival of [It]!"
He turned his gaze back to the growing vortex in the lake, the red light in his eyes intensifying. "The vortex gate has opened. It will not close until it has devoured a suitable soul. If we don’t feed it this female, it will consume everything it possibly can!"
"We must succeed. We *must*! This is our last chance. We absolutely cannot fail!"
The black-robed man’s words grew more and more frantic. He clenched his fists and screamed hoarsely at the conflicted, struggling Qi Yuan, "Think of how much manpower we expended to get our hands on her, only to finally lure her out with a hallucinatory thrall-seed! Don’t you dare go soft on me at the last second!"
"...Right."
Finally, the young man slowly nodded, his gaze falling to the female about to be pulled into the vortex.
His slender hands clenched subconsciously, but he did not take a single step forward.
’She was destined to be a sacrifice.’
Meanwhile, back in the room, the black-and-red python seemed to sense something, its transparent spectacles half-opening. Its tail, draped over the edge of the bed, swept across the spot where a warm body should have been, but it felt nothing.
’Jin’er! She’s gone?!’
The once-drowsy python was instantly wide awake. In a flash, it shot out the door, following the lingering scent in the air to the secluded lake.
In the distance, he saw the female by the lake, about to be pulled in.
"Jin’er—?" Mi Yin cried out, seeing her vacant features. He instinctively rushed forward, but a massive wave of Energy slashed at him from the side.
He barely dodged, glaring furiously at his attacker.
Qi Yuan blocked his path, his body already in a state of half-demonization. He revealed dark scales and sharp claws to Mi Yin. "She belongs to us. You’re alone. You can’t take her."
Without another word, the two engaged in a fierce battle. Black and red afterimages collided again and again as immense waves of Energy swept through the surroundings, felling countless trees with a crash.
Ordinarily, Mi Yin would have relished a no-holds-barred fight with him—killing him wouldn’t even be enough to vent his rage! But right now, his entire focus was on An Jin, who was on the verge of being sucked into the vortex. He didn’t even have time to dodge Qi Yuan’s attacks.
Sharp claws and blades of Energy left several gashes on Mi Yin’s body.
Disregarding his own injuries, he focused solely on defense, not offense. Then, with giant black wings, he broke through the encirclement at an impossibly sharp angle, hurtling toward the female by the lake.
At the same time, a tremendous gale erupted from the dark forest. The wind churned the surging lake, lifting vast quantities of water into the air and forming an even larger, blacker vortex.
The female floating in midair was about to be swallowed by the vortex.
’Just a little more!’ A chill pierced Mi Yin to the bone. He was so terrified he nearly forgot to breathe, his only thought to fly recklessly toward her, his eyes tinged with red and madness.
Immense anger and terror intertwined within him. His body began to beastify uncontrollably, showing faint signs of another breakthrough.
Seeing this was not good, the black-robed man instantly charged him as well. ’It’s almost done! I absolutely cannot let this Snake Beast ruin the plan!’
"Get out of my way!" he roared.
A terrifying fist of crimson flame smashed toward the black-robed man.
The black-robed man plummeted toward the ground like a withered leaf.
Mi Yin stared at the vortex, which had nearly swallowed the female, his very soul threatening to tear apart. His gaze trembled violently as he strained with all his might to reach her side and carry her away.
Qi Yuan, who was closer, tensed his body, subconsciously wanting to save An Jin.
But it was too late! As he watched the female’s hands sink into the vortex, the blood-red necklace on her neck instantly shattered. It had been forged from his own Essence Blood.
"Urk..." Mi Yin suffered the backlash, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His pale face was now a mask of grim ferocity.
But as his strength faded, his body plunged uncontrollably, crashing against a tree trunk before sliding to the ground.
Blood splattered across his chest. Mi Yin staggered a few steps, moving like a walking corpse as he stumbled away from the lake. "Jin’er, no—!"
A tremendous burst of light instantly swept away the darkness and dispelled the endless cold. A warm radiance, like the rising sun, shone down on everyone, bringing with it a searing heat.
The female, now wreathed in light, saw her black hair transform into silver strands that flowed like moonlight. Pure white wings unfurled from her back, and her entire being seemed to merge with the incandescent white light.
The black-robed man shrieked like an evil spirit being purged by the light. "What’s happening? H-How is this possible?" His body began to dissipate, turning nearly transparent.
’She-she was just some soul I summoned from another world! Why would she possess such pure Purification Power?!’
’This power is the antithesis of Demonic Qi! It’s the mortal enemy of us Demon Beasts!!’
Qi Yuan, in his state of half-demonization, also couldn’t withstand this overwhelmingly holy and pure Purification Power. He gritted his teeth, his expression pained, the scales on his body looking as if they were about to melt.
Another terrifying power swept through the area. The once pitch-black sky instantly became as bright as day as two streams of light with the same aura intertwined, creating a grand and brilliant daylight.
The air rippled with a tearing sound as Ze Sheng stepped out of the void, holding another unconscious, black-haired female in his arms.
"This female," he said to the black-robed man, "is the one you’re looking for."
The vortex continued to consume, and spurred on by the Purification Power, it devoured with even greater frenzy.
The lake was quickly drained dry. Huge boulders and trees were torn from the ground, and countless living creatures were swept up by the hurricane. Debris of all shapes and sizes was sucked into the ever-growing vortex.
As everyone watched, Ze Sheng charged into the ball of light with the person in his arms, vanishing along with An Jin, who was being consumed by the vortex.
