The Master of Beasts-Chapter 563 - 139:

The master is dead!

This master, invincible in the eyes of all cultivators, died quite hastily!

Those ceramic figures and the ceramic cultivators not consumed by the master gathered all the ceramic fragments from the ground like puppets, piling them up on the high platform.

"The ritual failed, it seems there are no benefits!" Black Crow said somewhat regretfully.

Master White Tiger snorted coldly: "Such an evil thing shouldn't succeed."

"Hehehe."

Ruan Xiao'er appeared on the high platform, his unique laughter echoing throughout the hall, a weird smile on his face as he bent over to greet the cautious cultivators.

"Greetings, esteemed guests, I am Ruan Xiao'er!"

"It's such a pity, such a shame, such a sorrow that the master's ritual failed, wasting the efforts of all you esteemed guests."

The mournful tone made the surviving cultivators present feel desolate, giving rise to thoughts of sacrifice for a better outcome.

Turning to the fragments on the ground, Ruan Xiao'er forcibly restrained his inner malice, suppressing the greed at the corners of his mouth, and spoke: "Esteemed guests, the ritual failed, you may return now. As a token of gratitude, you may take one item from the hall as a memento!"

Upon these words, seven or eight cultivators instantly disappeared, including the likes of Black Crow and White Tiger.

"Can we choose the master's fragments?" Xiao Hong tugged at Chen Jiuge's sleeve and asked.

Chen Jiuge shook his head: "No, didn't you notice White Tiger and Black Crow only took ordinary tableware?"

There must be many cultivators thinking the same as Xiao Hong, though those who persisted weren't simple-minded, and naturally, no one wanted to be the first to act out.

Facing away from the crowd, Ruan Xiao'er spoke with an odd tone: "Still not choosing? In thirty minutes, those still here won't be able to leave!"

Time ticked by and finally, someone couldn't hold back: "Can we really choose anything?"

"Of course, anything inside the hall is fair game." But the reply didn't come from Ruan Xiao'er; it was a young girl's voice.

"Then I want the fragments on the platform!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Chen Jiuge saw fear appear on the faces of the once expressionless ceramic figures.

"Something's wrong!" Chen Jiuge warned Xiao Hong.

On the platform, Ruan Xiao'er, with his back to everyone, had shoulders trembling as if chewing something.

"Since anything in the hall is fair game, the fragments on the platform are included, so I can choose them too." The cultivator thought he had indeed chosen wisely upon seeing the change in the ceramic figures' faces, showing a trace of pride.

"Hehehe, among these guys, cultivation is all about competition and grabbing; if you're afraid, why cultivate immortality? I didn't expect such a chance to fall into my hands!"

While the cultivator was still fantasizing, Ruan Xiao'er turned around, his eerie smile vanished, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth stretching to his ears, endlessly chewing the master's fragments.

Tears flowed from his eyes, showing three parts intoxication, three parts malevolence, three parts delight, and one part greed!

"Finally, finally it's my turn to eat the living, I'm so moved!"

"I remember it was many years ago when I last ate living creatures mixed with fragments."

Unknowingly, the cultivator had arrived in front of Ruan Xiao'er. He gently caressed the cultivator's face, and amidst the horror-stricken expression, Ruan Xiao'er bit off a large chunk of flesh.

Blood stained the fragments red, and the cultivator's heart-wrenching screams mixed with Ruan Xiao'er's manic laughter chills the soul.

"Go!"

Chen Jiuge noticed Ruan Xiao'er repeatedly sizing up the cultivators below the platform, a growing sense of unease in his heart, he quickly chose a ceramic spider and vanished from the hall.

With a delay, Xiao Hong hurriedly selected a fork, and just before leaving, Xiao Hong witnessed Ruan Xiao'er laughing manically among cultivators scattering, unable to escape!

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Star Moon Pond

Returning once more to the original stone table, Xiao Hong trembled with fear: "That was close, almost disastrous, thankfully left early!"

"Are you sure it was early?" Chen Jiuge sighed.

"Wasn't it?"

"Take a look at the ceramic figure hanging at your waist."

The once vividly lifelike ceramic figure was now full of cracks, and as Xiao Hong touched it, it shattered into dust, dissipating into the air.

"Was this the ceramic figure Ruan Xiao'er gave us?" Xiao Hong exclaimed in shock.

Chen Jiuge took out his own ceramic figure, intact and even emitting a strange glow.

"It saved you." Chen Jiuge looked at Xiao Hong with some pity, fortunate that the ceramic figure broke quickly, Xiao Hong didn't get to know its purpose, else who knows if she might've smacked him to death!

This ceramic figure's real name is Life Replacement, the literal meaning being it can save your life.

Taking out a half-sacrificial map, Chen Jiuge changed the topic: "I think we're in trouble!"

"Sacrificial map? That's impossible, isn't it supposed to disappear after use?" Xiao Hong, somewhat disordered, dug out her own half-sacrificial map from her arms.

Then, under both their gazes, the half-sacrificial map slowly expanded, gradually becoming complete, even bearing their names.

A massive amount of information flooded their minds, Xiao Hong wore a vacant expression, while Chen Jiuge remained composed, after all, he still had a Life Replacement figure.

"Origin Secret Storage, permanent holding; every time the sacrifice number is fulfilled, the storage opens?" Xiao Hong gasped incredulously.

"Ah, no wonder those two said that because we sacrificed recklessly, they entered the storage early." Chen Jiuge sighed.

If it were me, I'd want to kill too; that damned place doesn't care about cultivation level, no matter how high, there's only normalcy, living like eating ceramics is torturous.