Chapter 701 - 282: Where the Profound Bird Dwells!
[You invest a millennium’s worth of life span and begin to meticulously analyze the Witch Runes observed through the Auspicious Beast’s avatar. You find these Witch Runes to be profound and complex with myriad variations.
You start by systematically organizing the Witch Runes and discover that those on the Witch Tower and the Array Map engraved on the ground form a wondrous Combined Witch Array.
Bit by bit, you begin to patch it, continuously attempting combinations; after more than a hundred thousand trials, you finally complete this intricate Combined Witch Array.
Through this Combined Witch Array, you become aware of some even more concealed elements.
The Array Map on the ground resembles an ancient tree with thousands of branches, rooted in the valley of the Profound Bird Divine Statue, drawing the isolated Profound Bird into the tree-like Array Map.
After repeatedly deducing the operation of the Combined Witch Array, you ultimately ascertain that when the array is activated, the sacrificial blood will pour into the grooves carved into the Array Map.
The thirty-six Witch Towers infused with the Auspicious Beast’s spirit will sink into the Array Map together, sharing space with the Profound Bird Divine Statue in this tree-like array.
Through this, positioning the Profound Bird’s aura.]
[You feel an unprecedented weariness, as though you have experienced tens of thousands of years in a trance, finally deducing the "Tracking Array Map."
Finally, Shen Can slowly opened his eyes, staring absentmindedly at the cave’s rocky walls for a quarter of an hour.
Within this quarter of an hour, his Divine Sense surged continuously, intermittently recalling the scenes he had just deduced.
The composition of the Tracking Array Map is exceedingly intricate, far more than the Tier Five Array, feeling somewhat beyond the capacity of Divine Sense.
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Meanwhile.
Deep in the original Yue Mountain Clan Land, thirty-six beams of blood-red light soared into the sky, encircling the Profound Bird Divine Statue.
In the trenches carved into the ground, blood surged, the pungent scent of blood permeated the air, as figures were dragged into the valley by the Tier Four Martial Artists of the Pu Race, cutting open the vessels at their necks.
When the blood was fully drained, the corpses were tossed directly, and even the blood-soaked bones were shattered into fragments, scattered across the valley.
The blood soaked into the valley floor, causing the bone fragments covering the ground to float up, drifting along the meandering trenches toward the direction of the Profound Bird Divine Statue.
The sound of sizzling emerged from the Profound Bird Divine Statue, strands of blood veined up along the statue’s cracks, spreading from the base to the top.
Two orbs of blue light shone from the eyes of the Profound Bird Divine Statue, like two blue suns, rising amidst the thirty-six columns of skyward light.
From the columns of light formed by the Witch Towers, phantom remnants of the Auspicious Beast emerged, emitting varied roars.
The Silver Empress chanted rhythmically, with silver hair growing wildly, piercing through his thick witch robe, transforming him into a hairy silhouette.
Ancient sacrificial sounds echoed in the valley, and Shi Kun, busy bleeding the sacrifices, suddenly felt a chill all over.
He instinctively glanced in the direction of the Profound Bird Divine Statue, and just one look made him feel shivers down his spine, coldness generated from his marrow, nearly freezing his body.
The blue light emanating from the Profound Bird Divine Statue’s eyes grew intensely bright, beginning to overshadow the thirty-six blood light columns.
The phantom remnants of Auspicious Beasts persistently called in the columns, and under the immense pressure, began to extinguish, leaving behind cries of lament.
"Quicker, quicker!"
The Divine Sense of the Silver Empress spread all around.
The three Tier Five creatures accompanying Silver Empress heard the command and joined the bloodletting of the sacrifices.
With them, the sacrifices were grabbed in handfuls into the valley, rapidly puncturing necks and thrown within.
The Profound Bird Divine Statue began to whip up a storm, shredding the sacrifices just cast into the valley into fragments, enveloping the valley in a mist of blood.
Only two somewhat merged blue light beams floated in the center of the blood mist.
"Pure blood energy, pristine souls, please partake."
The sound of gulping reverberated within the blood mist, and the blood flowing within the Witch Array meridians rapidly gathered toward the direction of the Divine Statue.
A great mass of blood mist began to accumulate atop the Profound Bird’s head, billions of Witch Runes entwining and flickering within the large blue eyes, light radiating across the entire valley.
Seemingly having savored the sacrifices, the Profound Bird Divine Statue suddenly blossomed a blue light from the head downward.
The entire Divine Statue seemed to come alive, with long beaks opening and closing.
"Blood and flesh for body, auspicious spirits for soul, go!"
In that instant, the Silver Empress swiftly cast a Witch Talisman into the Witch Array.
The thirty-six Witch Towers encircling the Profound Bird Divine Statue emitted beams of light, the remnants of Auspicious Beast souls rapidly condensed into a light shadow by the Witch Talisman.
The blood surging through the Witch Array’s meridians swiftly entered the light shadow fused with Auspicious Beast’s remains, forming a figure pulsating with blood, flesh, and Soul Power.
As soon as the figure formed, it headed toward the Profound Bird Divine Statue’s mouth.
Boom!
At the moment the figure formed by Auspicious Beast and sacrifices rushed into the mouth of the Profound Bird Divine Statue, the mouth clamped shut.
Seizing the shadow in its jaws, one vigorous shake sent it flying, exploding into a cloud of blood mist mid-air.
Thump!
The Silver Empress erupted in a bright glow, his entire body flying out of the valley, crashing into the Yue Mountain Clan Land, demolishing countless houses and halls.
"Master."
Three attendants rushed out, rescuing the Silver Empress.
Coo!
Within the valley, a high-pitched cry resounded, the Profound Bird Divine Statue opened its mouth wide, gulping down the bellows of blood in one breath, causing the blue light to dissipate, reverting back to its stone statue form.