Opening eyes again.

Lin Yi heard a series of orderly chanting sounds by his ears.

At the same time, he also smelled a strange fragrance at the tip of his nose.

This fragrance made people calm and at peace when inhaled.

He couldn't muster any motivation anymore.

"The Abyss is vast and boundless..."

"The Imperial Majesty is mighty..."

"We are all suffering..."

"Life is like floating grass..."

"We invite you to come to the world..."

"All realms will pay tribute...!"

"The Abyss is vast and boundless..."

...

Listening to this orderly and rhyming chant, Lin Yi, who had just awakened, instantly felt his eyelids grow heavy and was about to fall asleep.

However, in the next moment, Lin Yi forced himself to stay alert.

After all, he was a Mage.

His main attribute was Spiritual Power.

Naturally, his resistance to such hypnotic effects was much stronger than others.

Lin Yi squinted his eyes half-open, observing the situation around him.

He found himself on a sacrificial altar.

The altar was large, comparable to the campus square of Shenxiao.

The altar was engraved with various strange and complex patterns, making one feel dizzy just by looking at it.

Around the altar were thousands of torches.

The torches burned with ghostly blue flames, and the eerie fragrance wafted from these burning torches.

Outside the altar, a group dressed in blue robes with flame patterns on their chests kneeled densely.

These people kowtowed devoutly.

The orderly chanting sound came from their mouths.

Lin Yi felt a chill run through him.

He withdrew his gaze and turned back to the altar.

He found that there were many others in the same situation as him.

All of them wore the Xia Great Wall Army's standard military uniforms, bound to the altar, half-kneeling.

They all lowered their heads, closed their eyes, seemingly completely hypnotized by the chanting and strange fragrance.

Lin Yi was shocked.

Weren't these the reinforcements they came to rescue?

Besides these reinforcements numbering in the thousands, Lin Yi also noticed a few dressed in black and masked, bound together with another group.

The corpse collectors of Shenxiao...

Hmm, those with graying hair are probably the experts here to retrieve this instance.

Fortunately, they weren't dead.

Just captured here and hypnotized.

Or rather, it seemed the masked corpse collectors of Shenxiao were pretending to be asleep...

As Lin Yi was thinking, he felt his eyelids grow increasingly heavy, just as he was about to fall asleep again.

A cool sensation ran from his toes straight to the top of his head, clearing Lin Yi's mind, making him fully awake!

The purification effect occurring every 10 seconds was too powerful!

With the Immortal Fruit, nothing could control him for more than 10 seconds anymore.

But where exactly was this place?

A cult gathering?

Boom——!!

At this moment, a terrifying roar suddenly echoed in this massive underground space.

Then, Lin Yi saw an enormous invisible Sword Qi sweep below the altar; wherever the Sword Qi passed, countless cultists' heads rolled on the ground.

However, those cultists who weren't killed by this strike seemed not to see the bodies and blood around them.

They continued to kowtow, chanting the same phrases.

Lin Yi's eyes shifted, catching sight of a blood-soaked, scarred figure flying out.

Shi Yi held a sword in his right hand, with twelve Flying Swords surrounding him.

The Flying Swords buzzed and trembled incessantly, as if they possessed their own intelligence.

"You think your lowly tricks..."

"Can trap me?"

"Baiyuan Cult, come and meet your death!"

Shi Yi said coldly.

He raised his sword, pointing towards a place behind Lin Yi.

Then, twelve Flying Swords flew like dragons among the crowd of cultists.

The sword light was chilling, Sword Qi rampant!

Lin Yi could see the walls of the entire underground cavern etched with shocking sword marks.

With an unstoppable momentum, Shi Yi transformed into a stream of light, flying towards somewhere behind Lin Yi.

Lin Yi, fixed to a stone pillar, couldn't see what was happening behind him.

But suddenly a voice echoed in his mind.

"Why did you come so late?"

Lin Yi was stirred.

This was Nangong Ling's voice.

He tried to communicate with Nangong Ling in his mind.

"Senior sister, why are you here too?"

Nangong Ling indeed could hear Lin Yi's mind transmission to her.

She laughed lightly, "That little guy you sent with me, rushed in wildly and stepped into the Trap Array."

"Following the principle of not acting unless necessary, of course, I stepped in with him."

"It seems these Baiyuan cultists don't intend to kill us but plan to use us as sacrifices, haha!"

Lin Yi was speechless.

You really are slacking off!

"Senior sister, are the others alive? Were they all transported here by stepping into traps?"

"They're all alive, and even your summoning creature, so beautiful I almost feel jealous, is right behind you, hehe, so you can't see them."

"Didn't expect such a small group of Baiyuan cultists to exist here, quite surprising."

"What kind of organization is the Baiyuan Cult?" Lin Yi asked.

"Hmm, how to say..."

"In simple terms, literally a cult that worships the Abyss."

"These people exist in every country on Blue Star."

"They believe the Abyss is the true destination, thinking that immersing the entire Blue Star World into the Abyss is the real salvation for humanity."

"Therefore, they choose to worship some Demon Emperor or Demon God from the Abyss."

"And use sacrifices to communicate with the Abyss, thereby seeking the descent of their revered Lord onto Blue Star World to save them from suffering."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi understood.

Isn't this just like the ETO and Adventists from 'Three-Body Problem'?

Facing a highly powerful external invasion force, they choose to betray their civilization and side with the external enemy.

Indeed, humanity, being such a complex creature, can never be completely united, like a monolith.

Blue Star World is no exception.

"What's your plan, junior?"

"Are you going to kill them all?"

"You should be able to do it, right? But haven't you noticed, these cultists might not be the true masterminds behind this mission!"

"I have noticed."

"These cultists capturing us and the reinforcements are for sacrifices to their worshipped Evil God."

"So they caught everyone alive."

"But this contradicts them killing the Great Wall Army stationed at the border."

"Those who killed the Great Wall Army are someone else."

Nangong Ling laughed, "Yes, junior, you're so smart."

Lin Yi was embarrassed; he had 'Touch of Reincarnation' and knew the answer, so reverse-engineering the process naturally led him to this conclusion.

While the two were conversing.

Lin Yi heard a muffled roar again.

Followed by the sound of metal breaking.

Shi Yi spewed blood, his body charred, seemingly severely burned.

He flew backward, crashing onto the altar in front of Lin Yi.

At the same time, a gentle male voice rang out.

"I intended to keep your sacrificial bodies intact, only then can the Saint Monarch enjoy the most exquisite sacrifice..."

"But with such disrespect to the Saint Monarch, I have no choice but to mildly reprimand you..."

Along with the voice appearing.

Was a man dressed in a red robe, handsome and gentle as jade.

The man hovered in the air, extending his hands, his eyes filled with fervor.

"Being a sacrifice for the Flame Emperor Saint Monarch, you should feel honored..."

"Witness His dignity, bathe in His grace, and you will be, ecstatic with joy...!"

In the next moment.

The true image of the Flame Emperor Saint Monarch from the man's words appeared as if projected.

Seeing this projection, Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat.

Nangong Ling, behind him, also showed a frozen expression.

Then, unexpectedly burst into laughter.

"Junior, who would have thought, you are the Saint Monarch of this Baiyuan Cult..."

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