NIP Chapter 325 - 324: The Fall of Nangong Li
Chapter 325 - 324: The Fall of Nangong Li
"Lord Beast God, you’re going to use me as a blood offering?!"
In the grasp of the massive hand, Nangong Li looked down in disbelief, twisting his body in a desperate attempt to break free from its grip.
But it was useless.
The giant hand was suffused with the Blood Dao Laws. He could clearly feel his strength fading as the Star Force within him was continuously siphoned away, flowing like a torrent into the altar!
It wasn’t an empty threat!
Lord Beast God truly intended to make him a blood offering!!
"Impossible..."
Nangong Li’s pupils shrank to pinpricks, unable to believe what was happening before his eyes.
For so long, he had sacrificed more for the Beast God Sect than anyone.
Yet now, he was to meet such an end.
’How could he, the Sect Leader, possibly accept this?’
"No, no, no..."
Nangong Li’s expression was dazed. He looked up at the blood-colored altar and pleaded in a trembling voice, "This subordinate has done so much for the Sect, you can’t do this to me... Xiaojiu can still serve you!
You want those blood offerings? This subordinate will go find them for you right now. I won’t rest... I won’t rest..."
Panic washed over him like a tidal wave, and Nangong Li was so terrified his words became fragmented and incoherent.
But even as he pleaded, the pressure from the hand only intensified!
CRUNCH—
The sickening crack of splintering bone echoed incessantly.
"That’s enough, Xiaojiu. There’s no need to say any more."
The Beast God chuckled coldly, apathetically observing Nangong Li’s death throes.
The giant hand tightened its grip.
Like a beast clamping its jaws on its prey.
BOOM! BOOM!
A massive amount of crimson blood burst from Nangong Li’s body. It was channeled through the giant hand’s veins and continuously funneled into the altar.
Scarlet lines of blood spread along the inscriptions as a sinister wind swept past.
The canyon felt like the Netherworld.
"Xiaojiu, offering your physical body to me is an honor for you ants of the Lower Realm."
The Beast God gripped Nangong Li tightly and promised, "You can go in peace!
From this day forward, the Beast God Sect will remember your glorious contribution. Once I break free of my seal, I will personally erect a monument and shrine in your name!
For thousands of generations, all disciples of the Sect will remember the name Nangong Li!"
As he spoke, several pitch-black chains materialized from the void. Like a soul-reaper from the Netherworld, they plunged directly into Nangong Li’s body.
PFFT!
The iron chains pierced his flesh, beginning an even more savage extraction of his Soul Power.
A huge amount of Soul Power was wrung from Nangong Li, bursting out in a silvery spray.
"No!"
Nangong Li let out an indignant roar. He thrashed his body violently in pain, causing cracks to appear on the vibrating chains as the sound of grinding metal filled the air.
He refused to just sit there and await his death!
’Reaching the Celestial Venerable Realm was incredibly difficult. I had exhausted countless heavenly treasures, and to become the Sect Leader of the Beast God Sect, I even climbed to the top over the corpses of my fellow disciples!’
’All these years of accumulation...’
’Weren’t all of my achievements top-tier in this world?’
’If I were to fall here, how could anyone be resigned to their fate?!’
"Don’t even think about it!"
In an instant!
A brilliant light bloomed!
"Even if I die, I won’t let you succeed!"
Nangong Li’s expression turned into one of desperate madness. He struggled with all his might against his bonds and forcibly tore one of the Soul Hook Locks apart.
CRACK!
A gap was forced open in the giant hand.
Although it wasn’t enough to escape, it gave Nangong Li a glimmer of hope.
’The Beast God is currently bound within the altar and can’t leave the canyon.’
’If I can just escape this canyon, I can break free from its demonic clutches. Then I can figure out a way to destroy the altar... I could even join forces with the Heaven-Blasting Gang! It’s not impossible to turn the tables!!’
"Hmph, you don’t know what’s good for you!"
The Beast God watched Nangong Li’s struggles with a cold gaze, showing no surprise. He simply, slowly, twisted the giant hand with more force.
"Did you think that was all?"
As he spoke, the gap in the hand sealed shut once more.
One Soul Chain had broken.
So dozens more were added in its place!
Nangong Li’s collarbones, ribs, and the bones in his hands and feet were all pierced through, leaving him suspended like a carcass in a meat forest. Blood dripped freely from his body, splattering onto the canyon floor.
His skin, tendons, and flesh were withering at an astonishing rate...
"Xiaojiu, if you were at your peak, I might not be able to handle you in my current state,"
the Beast God said coldly, blissfully absorbing the power from within Nangong Li and dragging him closer, bit by bit. "But now, with your foundation damaged and your body heavily injured, how could you possibly be my opponent!?"
"Aaaargh—"
A more wretched scream was the only response.
Nangong Li wailed in agony, his expression twisting into a savage grimace as veins throbbed on his temples like enraged snakes.
The giant hand’s oppressive power seeped into his meridians inch by inch, pressing slowly inward. All his Star Force was weak and helpless. He was now an arrow at the end of its flight.
Only one final step remained: to be delivered into the Beast God’s mouth. Then, the blood offering ritual would be complete.
Suddenly, a terrifying aura erupted!
Cracks instantly appeared on the surface of Nangong Li’s skin. The web of fissures, like forks of lightning, spread rapidly, threatening to make his entire body explode.
Self-destruction!
The self-destruction of a Celestial Venerable Realm expert would be enough to level this entire canyon. No matter how sturdy the altar was, it would be reduced to ash in the aftershock of the explosion!
"You bastard! Even if I can’t kill you, I won’t let you get off easy!"
Madness shone in Nangong Li’s eyes. At this point, he no longer cared about anything.
Starlight bloomed from within his body as his shattered foundation spun frantically, gathering the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth. He was like a Blood Thunder, charged and ready to be unleashed.
In an instant, the aura within the valley changed.
Birds and beasts scattered in terror. For several kilometers around the mysterious canyon, the Star Beasts of the Da Li Mountain Range fled, desperately trying to get away.
"Self-destruct?"
The ethereal figure on the altar flickered. The Beast God sneered at Nangong Li’s actions. "You think you can self-destruct in front of me?"
The next moment, he unhurriedly retracted his hand.
VMM!
The gale in the canyon suddenly ceased.
"How is this possible?!"
Nangong Li’s eyes widened. He looked down at the state of his own body and was instantly plunged into despair.
The Star Force for his self-destruction had been suppressed, extinguished like a flickering candle flame. It had been forcibly stopped.
"A parlor trick. Just a petty little scheme from the Lower Realm... Did you really think I would take it seriously?!"
The Beast God’s ethereal form opened its cavernous, bloody maw and began to feed Nangong Li into it, bit by bit, ready to devour him. "Just be a good little blood offering."
"No, no, no!!"
Tears and snot streamed down Nangong Li’s face, blood mixing with them as they dripped from his chin. He struggled to tilt his head back, trying to get away from that terrifying, bloody mouth.
He could already see the swirling, sharp teeth within.
"I am filled with such hate!"
’To scheme my entire life, only to end up like this.’
’Sacrificing Meng Tianxuan wasn’t enough. The Beast God’s appetite is apparently endless. It wouldn’t even spare me, the Sect Leader...’
CRUNCH... CRUNCH...
In the valley, a hair-raising chewing sound echoed.
It reverberated faintly between the cliffs, and then, the aura finally fell silent.
...
「Meanwhile.」
Jianghai City.
In Fuhai District.
A gentle breeze blew open the white curtains, letting in the warm, brilliant sunlight.
Li Zixuan lay on the bed. Her eyelashes trembled, and she suddenly awoke from her coma, drenched in a cold sweat!