King of Assassins-Chapter 665 - 503: The Glory of Blood_2

Robin was quite perceptive at the moment, taking the initiative to introduce the situation to Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan had no interest in the Elder Council, so he said to Robin, "Call everyone outside back. Let's first completely resolve the problem with the Evil God."

Robin understood what Gao Xuan meant; his old face turned exceedingly pale, but he still nodded in agreement.

From Gao Xuan's attitude towards the Master of Blood, it was clear that he was determined to eliminate the Master of Blood's followers.

However, the Augustus faction's ties with the Master of Blood ran too deep. Almost every high-ranking member worshiped the Master of Blood.

Gao Xuan targeting the followers would once again result in a bloodbath. But at this point, Robin could only follow Gao Xuan's lead.

"Let's go check out the place where your family stores its treasures."

Since Gao Xuan was here, he would naturally try to glean as much as he could.

This was, after all, the Augustus faction, which had occupied the Central Star Realm for three thousand years, ranking as the top noble family in the realm. Their accumulation over three thousand years was incomparable to bumpkins like the Black Banner King.

Robin, with no change in expression, led Gao Xuan to the Elder Council's basement. This place was naturally heavily guarded, with multiple layers of authentication.

But none of these could stop Robin, as he was one of the only two Golden Upper-tier Powerhouses in the family.

The Secret Vault was almost open to him. However, taking anything required a record.

The treasures in the Secret Vault were also managed through a points system. Despite Robin's high status, it was not possible for him to whimsically take anything he wanted.

Of course, now he had no such concerns, leading Gao Xuan unhindered all the way to the Secret Vault.

The vast Secret Vault had two levels, storing various marvels and exotic treasures.

Though Gao Xuan had seen his share of the world, having plundered quite a few times, the sheer volume of Augustus's collection still opened his eyes.

There were as many as four hundred and thirty Golden Marvels alone. As for other Silver and Bronze marvels, there were just too many.

And this was just the public wealth of the Augustus faction. On a personal level, there were likely many good items as well.

Gao Xuan was not shy, packing all the marvels into the Celestial Spirit Sword Box.

There were many fine items within, though time was needed to manipulate and study them. Some powerful Golden Marvels were even not inferior to the Spear of Freedom and the World-Ending Spear.

Among them, what Gao Xuan valued most was the Book of Honor. The main reason he first came to the Domain of the Gods was actually for the Book of Honor.

This task was unknown even to Yun Qingshang, and it was impossible for others to know. Even a deity like the Master of Blood could hardly guess Gao Xuan's intentions.

The Master of Blood was powerful but not omnipotent.

Comparatively, the Book of All-Knowing seemed more formidable. Within this cosmos, anything that had already happened or was predestined, it was aware of.

Gao Xuan, having acquired the Book of Honor, resolved what would have been his biggest problem.

After leaving the Secret Vault, Gao Xuan headed to the underground altar.

This secret underground altar was located a hundred kilometers beneath the South Pole of the Eternal Star.

Though called an altar, it was actually a gigantic underground palace with a total construction area exceeding five million square meters.

Just the altar square itself was over one million square meters. The enormous altar rose over a hundred meters high, with a statue of the Master of Blood forged from pure gold using a total of two hundred thousand tons.

The pure gold statue was further plated with a layer of precious red gold, its entire body glistening a red glow. This towering statue, over two hundred meters high, bathed the massive space in a crimson glow.

To open such a vast expanse in the underworld and forge such a majestic statue, it was evident how much effort the Augustus group exerted.

After countless blood sacrifices over a millennium or two, this enormous statue also amassed countless grievances and hatred, even developing a slight spiritual nature.

Standing before this red gold statue, Gao Xuan felt as if he might be swallowed by the statue at any moment.

On a spiritual level, he felt pressured.

Without a doubt, this statue was the Master of Blood's most crucial and stable spatial coordinate in this realm.

How to deal with this statue? Smashing it might not be hard, but the boundless hatred and grievances within it were tough to extinguish.

"How impressive..."

Gao Xuan looked at Robin, "How many people did you sacrifice in blood to form such powerful resentful qi?"

Robin hung his head in embarrassment and murmured, "By rule, a blood sacrifice of a million people is required each year."

Gao Xuan sneered, "Just like that?"

"One million is just the routine blood sacrifice."

Robin hung his head even lower. Each major planet would use the Whip of the Fallen Demon King for remote sacrifices, and all the power of the blood sacrifices would eventually gather here.

In fact, for a star realm with a population in the hundreds of billions, the natural death toll each year was around seven hundred million.

With vast administrative resources, they could easily cover up the millions of deaths caused by the annual blood sacrifices. From the data, no anomalies would be apparent.

The incredibly powerful Light Computer allowed them to precisely select their targets.

Though the modern world was open, the state of individual existence was extraordinarily closed. Having operated in such a manner for years, they had long formed a colossal system.

Even if someone noticed something amiss, they were powerless against the enormous system and would ultimately become sacrifices.

Due to the vast need for population, each major star realm would employ various technologies and policies to encourage birth rates.

In this era, technological advancements made having children easy. Raising them was also simple. With numerous policy incentives, for ordinary people, having children was practically a profitable business.

Gao Xuan gazed at the mountain-like statue, standing in front of it he didn't even reach its toes, feeling utterly humble like an ant.

Beneath the altar lay a vast river of blood, the viscous blood slowly circling the statue. Within such an expansive space, the stench of blood was pervasive.

One could imagine how many people the Augustus faction had slaughtered in these past two thousand years.

The golden glory of the noble family was steeped in thick blood beneath.

Gao Xuan glanced at Robin, who truly deserved death a thousand times over, though keeping him around for now still served a purpose.

Robin, head bowed, felt Gao Xuan's murderous aura, and lowered his head even further, not daring to argue back or move.

With a sword hum, Gao Xuan drew the Ming Che Hongyi Sword and slashed forward.

The aqua-colored sword light flashed and vanished, carving a deep cross-shaped mark on the enormous red gold statue.

The red gold statue collapsed with a thunderous crash. From within the broken statue flowed a dense blood-colored light.

The blood light was a dark, viscous red, gushing like a spring through the statue's cracks. The grievances and hatred within the blood light were akin to the most dreadful toxins.

Robin only glanced at it and hastily turned away. The dark red blood light directly affected his spiritual power, making him extremely uncomfortable.

One can imagine how terrifying this thing was.

Such an anomaly even moved Yun Qingshang. It seemed all the world's grievances and hatred were concentrated here.

Just by looking at that dark red blood light, one could sense the cruelty of this world.

Gao Xuan also realized the issue was beyond what he had anticipated. The enormous Golden Body statue itself contained the Master of Blood's Divine Power Law.

Simply breaking the statue wasn't enough; it had to be completely eradicated.

"You go out and attend to your matters first."

Gao Xuan sent Robin away, as he had other tasks to handle. After Robin departed, Gao Xuan summoned the Greed Furnace and threw the massive Golden Body statue into it.

The relentless curses, embodied as the blood left by the living, were tightly bound and contained within the massive golden statue. The Greed Furnace could not directly absorb these, only converting the spiritual energy extracted from the obliteration process into the Fire of Greed.

This conversion process was painstakingly tedious, but to eradicate this colossal statue, it was necessary.

Under the Greed Furnace's searing refinement, the massive Golden Body statue let out agonizing cries on a spiritual level, which contrasted sharply with the grievances and hatred left by the departed.

The spiritual wails exuded a toxic malevolence unlike anything else.

This alarming phenomenon also deeply moved Yun Qingshang. The cruelty of human existence was embodied in that dark red blood light.

Gao Xuan also realized the problem was more serious than he expected. The giant Golden Body statue itself contained endless grievances and hatred.

Eradicating such malice was not easy.

"You go out and deal with your affairs."

Gao Xuan sent Robin away, as he continued to tinker with the statue with Yun Qingshang.

No sooner had Robin left than Gao Xuan summoned the Greed Furnace, casting the massive gold body statue into it.

The unshakeable resolve left by the blood of the living was transformed inside the furnace, albeit it couldn't absorb the lingering hate and grudges.

As a result, through the God-slaying Vortex and Greed Furnace, Gao Xuan had to repeatedly destroy the spiritual inclinations within the statue and transform its spiritual energy into the Fire of Greed.

This painstaking conversion process was indeed troublesome, but essential to vanquish the gigantic statue.

The Golden Body statue itself emitted a painful howl on the spiritual level under the Greed Furnace's intense smelting.

Such spiritual wailing was like the deadliest poison of hatred.

Gao Xuan was vaguely aware that this mass of red gold was incredible in some way, yet it resisted being smelted down entirely.

While Gao Xuan and that Yun Qingshang were toiling away in the underworld with the statue, the Domain of the Gods was already in chaos.

The entire upper echelons of the Alliance were in disarray.

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