Chapter 427: Calamity Demon, Resurrection?!
Chapter 427. Calamity Demon, Resurrection?!
Calamity Demon Statue.
In the pitch-black space, flame-red patterns rotated on the ground.
Xia Feng’s eyes were vacant, standing before the golden tall gate at the center of the formation. After a while, his black pupils regained their agility.
At the same time, a woman with a starry skirt and long legs stepped out from the golden tall gate, passing through the light film. She had a majestic presence, with a pale dragon tail trailing behind her and a dark gold cross imprinted between her eyebrows.
Whoosh— The Gate to the World closed instantly, and the formation on the ground disappeared.
Di Si’s majestic vertical pupils swept casually across the surroundings, finally focusing on the man’s face directly in front of her.
“Is this a believer’s physical body?” she asked, her expression calm, her dragon tail swaying subconsciously behind her starry skirt.
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Meanwhile, in the outside world.
An eye sculpture, fully thirty meters tall, stood majestically in the center, with two six-eyed Nightmare beings kneeling before a high-ranking being.
As the space fluctuated slightly, a three-meter-tall giant ape quietly emerged beside the two six-eyed Nightmares.
However, his entire body was covered in black, formidable armor, with two silver-white horns on his forehead. Below the horns, his face bore seven blood-red pupils—one in the center, and two extending upwards, down-left, and down-right respectively, arranged in a triangular star pattern.
The seven pupils were indifferent, looking up towards the majestic Calamity Demon statue.
The two six-eyed Nightmares beside him stopped chanting and asked in low voices, “King Pu Xiu, the Calamity Demon statue only has this one last chance for ‘projection manifestation.’ Are we truly going to use this opportunity to help that ‘half-breed’?”
“No need for further words.” King Pu Xiu’s seven blood-red eyes vibrated faintly, emitting a majestic, indifferent voice, “Help that ‘half-breed’ obtain an A-class Spirit Robe, and we will gain a spot to enter the ‘Calamity Demon Sea.’ This is not only giving face to the [Bone Mask Supreme] but also a reasonable transaction.”
“Half-breed” refers to humans who, for various reasons or methods, possess the appearance or abilities of the Nightmare clan. Half-Calamities and Calamity Eaters fall into this category.
These individuals are not only unwelcome in the empire but also outcasts in the Nightmare Realm. Even though many half-breeds attempt to integrate into Nightmare society, they are still heavily ostracized.
However, it cannot be denied that these individuals possess Spirit Master abilities and can also use Nightmare clan techniques, making their combat strength significantly higher than their peers.
Because of this, many Nightmare clan groups choose to selectively accept some half-breeds, but some groups have always been xenophobic, considering half-breeds, like humans, as food and heresy.
The Calamity Spirit Clan also holds this belief. Pu Xiu, a seven-eyed Great Calamity of the Calamity Spirit Clan and a Saint King, naturally dislikes half-breeds.
“Legend has it that we, the Calamity Spirit Clan, were once a subordinate tribe of the Calamity Demon. In ancient times, we were revered as a holy tribe. If this Great Sovereign could truly resurrect, perhaps our Calamity Spirit Clan could once again march towards glory…”
At this time, the ritual had paused slightly. The eyes of the Nightmares in the plaza spun, and hushed conversations arose.
“I heard that this Great Sovereign will resurrect from the Calamity Demon statue and descend upon the Nightmare Realm once more. It’s truly a shame for us to destroy this Calamity Demon statue for the sake of entering the ‘Calamity Demon Sea.'”
“Heh, it’s just a legend. I also heard that the Calamity Demon will resurrect in the Calamity Demon Sea.”
“Thud—”
Pu Xiu lightly stomped on the ground, his seven blood-red eyes overlooking the Nightmares below the plaza, his gaze indifferent.
The Nightmares immediately fell silent, lowering their heads in fear.
“Persius’s adages state that the Calamity Demon will be a disaster for our Nightmare clan, a devil destined to destroy the Nightmare Realm.”
King Pu Xiu’s blood-red eyes were calm as he glanced at the Nightmares, “Whoever dares to speak nonsense again, this King will personally send them to meet the Calamity Demon.”
“Yes.” The Nightmares fearfully lowered their heads and responded in unison.
“Continue the ritual.”
The solemn chanting began to echo through heaven and earth.
At the same time, the space beside the two six-eyed Nightmares fluctuated again, and a middle-aged man wearing a wide, gray robe and carrying a skull sword at his waist quietly appeared. The man’s complexion was ashen white, like that of a dead person, and he had no hair. However, a white bone spider was perched on top of his head, and a neatly inscribed dark ink ‘vii’ was carved below his right eye.
After stepping out of the space, he cupped his fists respectfully towards King Pu Xiu and lowered his head:
“Sir Saint King, the speed of constructing the ‘projection channel’ might need to be faster. People from the 19th District Holy Department are already fighting chaotically within the Blood Sea Calamity Realm. Only your descent into the Blood Sea Calamity Realm now can turn the tide.”
Pu Xiu glanced at the man. He didn’t know the half-breed’s name, nor did he care. He might as well call him Spider Man.
Pu Xiu looked at Spider Man and said indifferently, “What exactly are you doing in the Blood Sea Calamity Realm that requires such a grand effort?”
“For the A-class spirit paper, the Blood Spirit Throne,” Spider Man replied respectfully.
“Oh? The Throne?” Hearing this, King Pu Xiu became interested.
He had naturally heard of the Blood Spirit Throne’s fame. This was not a normal A-class Spirit Robe. In the past, the Pillar State of the Empire’s Second Gate Pillar had mowed down enemies on the battlefield with this Spirit Robe, making the Nightmares retreat.
He didn’t expect this spirit paper to have been lost to the outside world.
The solemn chanting continued, solemn and deep sounds echoing through heaven and earth.
They uttered these incantations not because they truly wanted to resurrect the Calamity Demon, but it was a necessary ritual to activate the ‘projection channel.’
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As for the legend of the Calamity Demon awakening, it only existed in casual talk and boastful bragging.
No one truly believed it.
“Oh, Ancient King of Sovereignty, please listen to our calls.”
“Your citizens are here… witnessing your awakening.”
“May you…”
It seemed to be nearing its end. The flames in the sacrificial furnaces at both ends of the layered ink-colored long stairs below became more vigorous. With a mighty surge, eighteen ashen white pillars of fire shot up into the sky.
“Buzz—”
The surface of the statue was constructed from abyss-black special spirit stones. The scarlet twin pupils, one large and one small, in the center indifferently gazed down upon the land. At this moment, like the true eyes of a god, they suddenly lit up with golden light.
As if vacant eyes suddenly became agile, a faint, sacred golden wave quietly spread out.
In the plaza, beneath the Calamity Demon statue, the Nightmares looked up in astonishment, but they saw nothing.
“What was that just now?”
They vaguely felt that the Calamity Demon statue had suddenly become agile for an instant, as if something… had broken free from its seal and revived!!
“An illusion…”
The Nightmares were confused. The two six-eyed Great Nightmares beneath the Calamity Demon statue looked at each other, then turned their heads to look at the Saint King beside them.
“King Pu Xiu, just now…” they asked tentatively, bewildered, “did something break free from its seal just now?”
King Pu Xiu remained silent because he was equally terrified in his heart.
Compared to these low-ranking Nightmares, his strength was far greater, allowing him to better sense the situation at that moment.
That aura filled with divinity, and the faint sense of a terrifying aura breaking through the seal nearly made him think he was going to die.
However, it was only for an instant, and the feeling vanished again as if it were an illusion.
Spider Man also looked up in astonishment, gazing at the majestic divine statue, his neck stiff, his face filled with doubt.
At this moment, an unbelievable conjecture arose in everyone’s hearts.
“The Calamity Demon… has resurrected?”
