Chapter 796 The Pillar of Light Ignites, the Sacrifice Begins (Part 2)
The night on the small island was deep and quiet, as if swallowed by a sleeping leviathan. Only the faint glow of fireflies could be seen.
Inside the small wooden house, Su Jiu stopped working with her tools, glanced at the box beside her, let out a sigh of relief, and stood up:
“A total of 35 bombs, corresponding to the other seven islands. Next, those Sirens sent for sacrifice have also arrived.”
Inside the box were colorful [Dream Flower] bombs, a mixture of them, cold and brilliant, like beautiful flowers.
“As long as the Red Tide is dealt with, we should be able to obtain rewards for the next stage. Will it be the Tear of the Ocean?”
Su Jiu turned to look out the window, her eyes lowered, and as she smelled the slightly salty sea breeze, she inexplicably felt a palpitation and panic.
It was completely different from the battle of thirteen cities back then. All actions now relied on the “White Night Plan” instead of the “Frost Break Plan.” The strangeness of the mission, and Bai Ya’s concealment of everyone, gave Su Jiu a feeling of floating on a high bridge.
While making bombs, she constantly thought that if Bai Ya’s goal was to destroy King-Level Strangers, they could have placed bombs on the other islands. During the decisive battle, detonating the alchemy pillars would greatly reduce the sacrificial intensity.
But Bai Ya did not. They only occupied this island named “Luofu,” and arrangements for the other seven islands were almost zero.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Blood Clan Girl, they were like driving an unstable ship together to resist sharks, and on the ship, the captain seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with the sharks.
“Forget it, if I encounter a situation I can’t solve, I’ll just run.”
Shaking her head, the girl kept telling herself that she absolutely could not die. She was no longer the person who had just arrived in this world. She had ties with her family and loved ones, and a crystallization of their love—Xiao Yezi.
Making foolish mistakes was impossible.
“Knock knock!”
After a while, with a gentle knock, Bernice’s somewhat gentle voice came from outside the door:
“Miss, the formation has been set up, and special ships have also arrived at the shore. When Shadow One inquired, he was stopped by a group of people. The person leading the ship said that only Miss could approach the cabin.”
“Alright, I’m coming.”
After Su Jiu collected the bombs, as if thinking of something, her eyes sharpened. She added [Water Bird] privately in the group and directly sent a probing message:
[Senior Zhou, I want to know how we should proceed if Strangers are really summoned? Does White Night really have a plan for this?]
Before adding a friend, only one message could be sent. Su Jiu was not in a hurry. She opened the door, exchanged a look with the short girl in the white dress after looking at her dusty appearance, and chuckled:
“You’ve worked hard. Those on the ship are probably the Sirens that Senior Brother mentioned.”
“Miss, are all our arrangements really useful?”
Bernice asked softly, with a hint of worry in her eyes. She had faced King-Level Strangers on the battlefield before. In front of experts of that level, numbers and arrangements did not have much impact.
Only a true king versus king could make a difference. In that battle, Count Rose, with a single sword, under her amplification, fought against the King-Level Stranger until the snow mountain collapsed, and her body suffered hidden injuries as a result.
Su Jiu patted the girl’s head and turned to walk out, “At least we did something. As Uncle Mu said, waiting is the most foolish thing.”
The two moved relatively quickly, and soon arrived at the edge of the island. In their sight was a ship almost the same size as the fishing boat they had taken before.
“Sirens?”
Su Jiu crossed a ditch, her small body standing on a large rock. Standing on tiptoe, she could see the ship’s location. Near the ship stood several Sirens with fish fins for ears. They were chatting, and the light of their cigarettes rose with wisps of blue smoke.
“Let’s go over and see the specific situation.”
Su Jiu blinked her eyes, jumped down, and walked quickly towards the front. The situation of these Sirens seemed different from what she had imagined.
The Shallow Believer Snow Demons she had seen before were all dazed, like addicts of illegal substances.
“Boss.”
The two arrived at the front of the ship, and Shadow One, who was guarding the ship, bowed slightly to them.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
Su Jiu waved her hand and chuckled.
Beside her was a short boy wearing a black cleric’s uniform. The boy had a scar running from his neck to his chest. Most importantly, the person seemed to be a Demigod, which was not a weak strength.
As Su Jiu observed him, he was also looking at Su Jiu and the other with interest. The boy grinned and laughed heartily, stepping forward:
“Junior! Are you the Jiu that Boss Tong mentioned? You look a bit young!”
His voice was not as clear as expected, but hoarse, like the smoky voice of a middle-aged old man. He seemed more like a sailor than a member of the so-called Night Watchers.
“Are you—A Xing?”
Su Jiu remembered that in the chat group, there was someone with a real-person avatar, and it was this person. Clearly, he was also a member of White Night.
“Yes, I’m here to deliver these fellows to you.”
A Xing just smiled, the scar on his face wriggling like an earthworm. He shifted his body slightly and pointed at the Sirens who were smoking.
“Cousin! Want a smoke?”
As if sensing Su Jiu’s gaze, one of the Sirens took out a cigarette from his pocket and offered it to her. Their accents had a mix of Huainan and Zhusha.
“You old foxes, mind your image. Our young lady is not like us.”
Seeing a Siren offering a cigarette to Su Jiu, A Xing rolled his eyes and playfully slapped the Siren on the back of the head, scolding him with a laugh.
The Sirens also became noisy, but some stared at Su Jiu’s face, lost in thought. It was an old Siren smoking a pipe, his eyes no longer as blue, with a hint of turbidity.
A Xing looked at these Sirens, shook his head with amusement, and after a moment, he faced Su Jiu again, fumbling in his pocket for three Intermediate Magic Crystals and quietly handing them over, whispering:
“Elder Jiu, if anything unexpected happens, take them and run. My old buddies are following me for a living. If anything happens this time, I won’t be able to explain it to the Siren Executive Officer…”
“This… no problem.”
Receiving the magic crystals, Su Jiu naturally accepted them without showing any emotion. Although she was puzzled why he called these Sirens old buddies, she still nodded in agreement.
“Then I’ll be leaving. I need to go to other islands to make preparations. White Night is responsible for four islands in total, while Red Clothes Zichuan is responsible for three, and the remnants of The Singer are responsible for one part.”
Seeing Su Jiu accept the magic crystals, A Xing smiled, turned around, and let the Sirens usher their families off the ship. He then walked towards the speedboat floating on the black sea.
The cleric’s attire floating in the sea breeze rustled, and a considerable amount of white salt stains could be seen, indicating that he was a person who frequently sailed.
“So White Night only occupies four islands? With more than half the islands, this kind of sacrifice can barely summon a King-Level Stranger. However, if I choose to blow them all up, it won’t affect anything…”
Looking at his retreating back, Su Jiu felt that this young-looking Night Watcher was also a person with a story. However, hearing the attitude in his words towards Senior Brother, she did not choose to ask.
She dared not risk him selling her out.
The Blood Clan Girl fiddled with her ring, tossed out a storage bag, and approached Shadow One, whispering, “Follow him, take fifteen bombs, and try to place five on each island.”
“Yes.”
Taking the storage bag, Shadow One nodded, darted into the darkness, and moved rapidly towards the small boat. He boarded the speedboat and left the place.
“Cousins! We silver ones have to earn our keep.”
“Yes, gotta earn our keep.”
Suddenly, the voices of the Sirens sounded in Su Jiu’s ears again. They rubbed their hands, their faces slightly flushed, looking like honest workers.
She turned her head and scanned, noticing that among them, there were even some human and half-demon children. Finally, she paused at several young and strong men, on whose chests was a yellow medal shaped like a wave.
It seemed that this sacrificial team was not simple either.
“Don’t worry, there’ll be plenty of food.”
But now was not the time to consider this. Su Jiu retracted her gaze, found a large rock to stand on, coughed lightly, and pointed to the tall pillar in the center of the beach:
“Everyone, you should understand what to do next, right? You just need to gather together, pray continuously, and light this thing up together.”
“The captain has already told us this. As long as the old folks provide the food, it’s fine,” a Siren said loudly, patting his scale-covered chest.
Su Jiu gently clapped her hands: “Then, everyone, let’s begin.”
These Sirens were extremely obedient. Upon receiving the order, they walked towards the large pillar. Rustling sounds echoed, but after a while, they had occupied the area around the pillar and began chanting the incantations of the Ancient God Sect.
Seeing this, Su Jiu left the area, preparing to change into Zhou Zhizhi’s Black-clad Bishop attire and find an opportunity to check out the islands managed by other factions.
“Are you the Priest, sir?”
The old Siren, who had been watching Su Jiu, suddenly called out to her. There was a hint of confusion in his turbid eyes.
“No…”
Hearing this, Su Jiu was stunned, and then shook her head. This was the first time someone had called her a priest in her normal state.
“That’s an old thing, I misjudged. But…”
The old Siren chuckled dryly and walked towards the sacrifice. His voice was light and ethereal, “To be colleagues with Captain A Xing, you must be very great.”
Looking at his hunched back, Su Jiu was puzzled: “Old sir, why do you say that?”
The old Siren slowly looked up at the pillar of light, his steps not slowing:
“Many of my old buddies were poached by humans. Captain A Xing rescued us with this ship. We learned that he is responsible for cracking down on human telecom fraud, human trafficking, and investigating illegal monster trading.”
“Heh heh, we were all homeless to begin with. Here, we are provided with food and cultivation resources, so we follow Captain A Xing around, living a pirate’s life.”
After a slight pause, the old Siren turned to look at Su Jiu, revealing his incomplete yellow teeth, and gave a thumbs-up, smiling like a child weighing three hundred pounds.
“Also… I’m the first mate of this ship.”
At this moment, the pillar of light shot straight into the sky, as if the sky had been shattered. This heralded the beginning of the sacrifice!
“Beep beep!!”
Suddenly, a hurried beeping sound came from Su Jiu’s pocket. She took out her phone and frowned as she looked at the message:
[IP: Huainan]
[183……0435]
“Huainan? Who is it?”
Su Jiu slid her phone screen and answered. A smoky voice came from the other end. After a small cough, she spoke:
“Big Sister, I received a notification from Sister Youyou saying that illegal human trafficking information has been intercepted. It seems the Southern Yue warlords are going to rendezvous with the Ancient God Sect, but I’m encountering huge waves here and can’t get out to sea…”
Hearing that it was Su Xiao Yu, Su Jiu pursed her lips: “Spit it out if you have something to say.”
The person on the other end chuckled: “Heh heh, Big Sister, you know me best. Can you go out to sea to intercept now? Sister Youyou’s tone suggests that this mission is very important…”
“But, the people who know the way here can’t get out to sea.”
Su Jiu pondered for a moment. She could go out to sea, but Mu Qi, as the main combat force, should stay on the island to guard.
As if hearing her conversation with her younger brother, an aged voice sounded not far away. The old Siren smiled:
“Sir, I am very familiar with this sea area. I can take two sailors with me…”
