Douluo Continent: My Days in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 1267 Your Majesty, These are Necessary Sacrifices

"What do you want?" Zhongli Wu asked coldly, looking at the Lord of Lava.

"Hehehe, I've discovered that your world contains countless amounts of pure energy! It's just a pity that my current body is insufficient to absorb this pure energy. However, you humans not only possess this pure energy, but also varying amounts of bodily energy!"

The abyssal creature, which had been crouching down as the Lord of Lava, licked its long, thin mouthparts.

"All you need to do is prepare these humans for me, and I can open a spatial passage and send some troops over. What do you say? Hehehe."

Zhongli Wu understood that the Lord of Lava wanted to eat humans, and specifically powerful beings with cultivation and vigorous blood and energy.

"This is our first collaboration. I haven't even seen your capabilities yet, and you're already asking for payment?"

Zhongli Wu sneered, "And you want someone with vigorous blood and energy and cultivation?"

The Lord of Lava was not worried that Zhongliwu would not agree, after all, the fact that Zhongliwu brought it to this world already showed that Zhongliwu needed its power.

"Oh ho ho ho, Zhongli Wu, you can't say that. It takes energy for me to open up a spatial passage. The cost is so huge, doesn't that show my sincerity?"

"Zhongli Wu, you don't want our plan to fail before it even begins because you don't trust me, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhongli Wu snorted coldly, a flash of killing intent appearing in his eyes.

"I am not a short-sighted person!"

"However, for the initial collaboration, I'll find you ten people first."

The Lord of Lava shook his head. "Ten is too few, a hundred!"

"No, I don't even know your capabilities. A hundred? Twenty?"

"Eighty humans, I suppose, hehehe."

"Fifty, and you can catch any more yourself."

The Lord of Lava nodded and quietly returned to his corner.

Zhongli Wu gave the Lord of Lava a deep look, then turned and left.

Fifty people with cultivation are not a lot, but they are not few either.

Fifty people can form five teams.

Zhongli Wu went to find Xu Tianran.

Although the Holy Spirit Cult has many cannon fodder, he cannot give his efforts for nothing.

"Your Majesty, the Abyss requires us to offer sacrifices that possess soul power and are full of vitality."

Inside the Great Sun Palace, Zhongli Wu embellished the words of the Lord of Lava.

Xu Tianran leaned back on the imperial throne, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"General, are you asking me to initiate human sacrifice?"

"Do you know what this thing is?"

A faint sense of pressure rose from Xu Tianran's body.

Even a powerful figure like Zhongli Wu couldn't help but feel somewhat surprised by this imperial aura.

How long has it been? Xu Tianran's cultivation level—no, that's not cultivation level, it's imperial might.

A myriad of thoughts raced through Zhongli Wu's mind in that instant, but he finally sighed, "Your Majesty, this is a necessary sacrifice!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianran wore a mocking expression.

"Do you really think I've become incompetent?"

"Your subject dares not," Zhongli Wu bowed respectfully.

Xu Tianran waved his hand. "There are fifty people in the city's prison."

Although this was a heinous act, it was not a big deal for Xu Tianran, who believed in himself but not in God.

He just needs Zhongli Wu to maintain his stance.

With its large population, the Sun Moon Empire was not a big deal to lose some prisoners.

However, Xu Tianran could foresee that the first transaction required fifty offerings, and the next one might require double that amount.

Xu Tianran had seen many of these threatening tricks before.

However, Xu Tianran also needs to see how much cooperation is necessary for the Abyss.

"Let me see just how powerful the Abyss is."

"Otherwise, my things are not so easy to take."

Xu Tianran shook his hand and continued reviewing official documents.

During this special period, he needs to maintain absolute control.

With permission granted, Zhongli Wu swiftly apprehended fifty prisoners with cultivation levels among the powerful figures in Mingdu City.

He Xun followed closely behind Zhong Liwu, fearing that the leader of the evil spirit masters might have taken an extra prisoner from the Mingdu prison.

He Xun inwardly scoffed at these evil spirit masters.

If Xu Tianran hadn't personally given the order, he would have suspected that Zhongli Wu was capturing people in order to devour flesh and blood to practice evil arts.

Zhongli Wu glanced at He Xun, who was assisting him in driving away the prisoners. Although the man was expressionless and did his job in a proper manner, Zhongli Wu could still sense He Xun's vigilance.

However, he didn't care. To him, He Xun was just an insect that he could crush at will.

This is the person Xu Tianran sent to supervise him.

That means Xu Tianran wanted to watch him do things.

Zhongli Wu's eyes were filled with coldness as he quickly led He Xun to the "office area" assigned to him.

Upon entering the "office area," He Xun's pupils contracted sharply when he saw the strangely shaped abyssal creatures, and his body involuntarily assumed a defensive stance.

Zhongli Wu slowly turned around, and said in a playful tone with an indifferent expression, "Don't be nervous, Minister He, these are all His Majesty's treasures."

He Xun's ability to become the Minister of Justice demonstrates his strong mental fortitude.

It took He Xun several minutes to forcefully suppress his fear of the unknown creature and revert to his businesslike demeanor.

"You're not bad," Zhongli Wu rarely praised.

Faced with an unknown and terrifying creature, He Xun was able to adjust in such a short time, which can be considered as having a relatively good mindset.

However, Zhongli Wu wasn't trying to gain He Xun's favor. If He Xun couldn't come to his senses within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Zhongli Wu would forcibly intervene.

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble during the transaction.

Simply put, it means either trapping He Xun or knocking him unconscious.

Upon seeing the fifty shackled prisoners, the Lord of Lava couldn't help but sniff the nauseating stench in the air.

Prisoners have no chance to take a shower.

But the Lord of Lava doesn't mind; for the creatures of the abyss, all they want is energy.

"The deal is done. Where are the soldiers and beasts?" Zhongli Wu knocked all the prisoners unconscious with a single palm strike.

The Lord of Lava raised its forelimbs and "knocked on the door" in the space beside it.

A spatial passage, five meters long and eight meters wide, appeared.

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A series of roars echoed from the spatial passage.

The first to be hit were the burrowing beasts, followed by the sickle beasts and sharp-blade demons that Zhongli Wu was familiar with.

At the same time, two enormous turtle-shaped abyssal creatures also appeared.

He Xun clenched his fists with all his might, gritting his teeth to control his body from having any emergency reaction.

However, his martial spirit inevitably possessed him.

The moment the spatial passage opened, He Xun felt thousands of malevolent gazes fixed on him.

Those malicious gazes seemed to want to dismember and devour me!

The Lord of Lava commanded a giant abyss turtle to suck fifty prisoners into its massive, purplish-black shell and bring them back to the abyss world.

"Looking forward to our next collaboration, hehehe." After saying this, the Lord of Lava fell silent, possessing the spirit within him.

Zhongli Wu snorted coldly and directly commanded the newly appeared thousands of abyssal creatures.

"Minister He, stop daydreaming, you should go back and report."

He Xun bit his tongue hard, using the pain to come back to his senses. Looking at everything in front of him, he realized that the empire had entered a distorted state.

These monsters are not soul beasts!

It's just a monster that appeared out of nowhere!

He Xun didn't linger and turned to leave.

He didn't know what he could do, so he could only follow the procedure and truthfully tell Xu Tianran about the situation.

A question lingered in his mind.

Does my Sun Moon Empire really need the power of these monsters?

He Xun returned to the Great Sun Palace in a daze and told Zhongli Wu the truth about how he had summoned thousands of abyssal creatures at the cost of fifty prisoners.

Xu Tianran stopped writing, his face calm and composed.

But the coldness and greed in his eyes were impossible to suppress.

"So it is not the Zhongli crow that is useful."

Xu Tianran grasped a key point in an instant.

Zhongli Wu was able to directly communicate with a giant in the abyss world, thereby opening a spatial channel and summoning abyssal creatures.

Then, Xu Tianran could also do it.

Xu Tianran waved his hand, signaling He Xun to step down first.

After He Xun left, Xu Tianran clapped his hands.

Two afterimages flew by, and two bodyguards appeared in front of Xu Tianran.

"Yin Shi, An Yi, adjust the old wine used to shatter the giant beast and aim it at the location of the Holy Spirit Cult."

"If any unusual activity is detected, annihilate the enemy. At the same time, the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps shall stand by, enter combat status, and raise the alert level to the highest level."

"At the same time, patrol the city and drive away these troublesome civilians, and have the Audu Chamber of Commerce send out guards to assist in management."

One instruction after another was issued by Xu Tianran.

After finally witnessing the appearance of the abyss, Xu Tianran's ambition and vigilance were simultaneously aroused.

He needs to find a way to control the Abyss, and also be wary of Zhongli Wu's rebellion.

The good news is that Zhongli Wu is now focusing his attention on Ye Nanxiao.

Zhongli Wu will not shift his focus until he eliminates Ye Nanxiao.

Xu Tianran can rest assured about this; with the common enemy still alive, infighting is unlikely to occur anytime soon.

However, Xu Tianran would not allow himself to fall into a passive situation.

"Old Xue, have any reports come from our informants in the various cities?"

Behind Xu Tianran, a shadow rapidly wriggled and took shape, revealing Xue Chen with a ferocious expression.

"Your Majesty, not yet. No trace of Dragon Emperor Douluo and Death God Douluo has been found within the Empire's territory."

Xu Tianran nodded, indicating that he understood.

The whereabouts of Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui have always been a mystery.

Xu Tianran couldn't figure out why the two had disappeared.

The Holy Spirit Church, so large, was abandoned just like that?

Are you kidding me?

Unfortunately, Xu Tianran, the Sun and Moon Emperor, could never have imagined that Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, two top experts standing at the pinnacle of the continent's combat power, were actually two people with love-struck minds!

Cangshui City, a city on the western border of the Sun and Moon Empire.

A handsome man, wearing a tattered straw hat and linen clothes, held a brand-new fishing rod in his hand.

The man looked at the calm lake surface and muttered, "I hope we don't lose again today?" (End of Chapter)