Chapter 1153: Frenzied Sacrifice

Fierce roars and howls shook heaven and earth.

In the distance, the cloudy sky was engulfed by flesh aura seas of different colors. Frenzied, bloodthirsty auras filled heaven and earth.

The violent clashes between flesh auras made the entire area go dim and bright from time to time.

At the same time, agonized, ear-piercing shrieks would occasionally echo out from the distance.

All of the experts from the four great sects that were gathered in this place were flabbergasted.

Wei Lai from the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace frowned and said in confusion, “Battles seems to have broken out among outsider grand patriarchs, dragons, and Ancientbeasts.

“The duel between Grand Monarch Primal Demon and the grand elder hasn’t ended yet. Why would they suddenly start fighting each other?”

“Let’s take a look and see what’s going on over there first,” Qi Lianshan exclaimed softly.

Many Saint domain experts, including even Nie Tian, cast their secret soul spells.

Nie Tian’s Star Eyes were condensed one after another, then floated towards the source of the sounds.

The desolate, cold ground had many deep, bottomless chasms in it, from which intoxicating, multicolored auras rose.

Like rainbows, the colorful auras flew at a fast speed in the icy heaven and earth, infiltrating the flesh aura seas of the outsiders and Ancientspirits.

Many Demons, Fiends, Bonebrutes, Phantasms, dragons, and Ancientbeasts had their flesh aura seas poisoned by the rainbow-like auras, and went through changes.

These well-known figures of different races gradually became demented, as if the mysterious auras devoured their sober minds.

They gradually lost control of themselves, till bloodlust completely took over.

More and more powerful Demons, Fiends, demons, and Ancientbeasts joined the frenzied killing. Waves of their violent flesh auras destroyed the heavens and crushed the earth.

Furthermore, their battle gradually spread towards the place where the humans were gathered.

It was as if their instincts told them that there were enemies here that needed to be dealt with first.

Wisps of soul awareness rapidly floated to their battle zone to examine the outsiders, dragons, and Ancientbeasts that were consumed with killing.

Face filled with confusion, Dou Tianchen muttered, “What, what happened? Didn’t those outsiders, dragons, and Ancientbeasts just reach a mutual understanding?”

“Have you noticed that all of their flesh aura seas were infiltrated by those mysterious, rainbow-like auras?” Hou Chulan asked softly.

“Something infiltrated the flesh aura seas of ninth grade grand patriarchs, and caused them to lose their minds?” He Lianxiong said, finding this hard to believe. “What in this world could have such a powerful influence on grand patriarch flesh aura seas and minds?”

Wei Lai’s expression flickered. “There actually is such a thing...”

Everyone’s gazes rapidly converged on him.

After a moment of hesitation, Wei Lai explained, “There are legends about this Star Behemoth that lived in the Primal Era, its name unknown. It was said to exude auras from its pores that would plunge any living beings that came close to it into a state where they were overtaken with killing and bloodlust. It didn’t even have to do anything other than watch the titans, dragons, and Ancientbeasts lose their minds and kill each other.

“Then, it would just need to collect and devour the dead after all the killing.”

Everyone gasped with astonishment upon hearing these words.

“There lived such strange beings? Where did you learn that, Wei Lai?”

“That Star Behemoth must have died long ago, right? Didn’t they go extinct already?”

“You’re not saying those mysterious auras influencing the outsiders and Ancientspirits are coming from that Star Behemoth, are you?”

Nie Tian was also taken aback. He suspected that Wei Lai had learned about this from the Star Behemoth that was slumbering on the floating continent.

Clearly, the Star Behemoths hadn’t died out in this boundless starry river. There was one on that floating continent.

After withdrawing his soul awareness from the battlefield, Wei Lai said, “I can’t share where I learned it with you. But I believe that Star Behemoth is dead, and buried somewhere in the Shatter Battlefield.”

“Although, I’m not certain whether the strange auras affecting the Ancientbeasts and outsiders are coming from it or not.

“However, if they are, let alone ninth grade grand patriarchs, even tenth grade outsider grand monarchs and titans might be subject to their mighty influence.

“The good thing is that since humans have such weak flesh power, we won’t be viewed as ‘prey’, so their influence on us will most likely be minimal.”

Wei Lai’s words shook everyone like deafening thunder.

“Even tenth grade grand monarchs might be affected?” Huang Jinnan was so astonished that he practically leapt to his feet.

Not just him, but the others also looked up in disbelief.

Tenth grade grand monarchs represented the peak strength of this starry river. Each and every one of them had divine abilities. How could they lose their minds just because of some special auras?

“That Star Behemoth used to hunt and kill tenth grade grand monarchs,” Wei Lai added, further flabbergasting everyone.

At this moment, Nie Tian noticed through his Star Eyes that the rainbow-like auras were causing peculiar changes to the ninth grade grand patriarchs’ flesh aura seas.

Tiny fragmentary crystals that looked like diamonds of different colors came to form within them, emanating a powerful bewitching power.

“Those look like a unique kind of Bloodline Crystal Chain that is branded with the profound truths of a powerful bloodline. Are they what’s bewitching them?” Nie Tian thought to himself as his Star Eyes floated in the battle zone. Gradually, even he felt a strong urge to kill those who he despised deep down right away.

At the same time...

RUMBLE!

Lands shook and mountains were rocked in the Bloody Grave Mountain Range where the Stone Golem capital was located.

The city was dilapidated to start with. Now, broken walls toppled everywhere.

However, the nine Stone Golems seemed more fanatic than ever.

All of them fixed their eyes on the bottomless pit in the ground, where countless evil spirits and ghouls were converging and throwing themselves in, as if to sacrifice themselves.

Curious lights could be seen interweaving in the depths of the unfathomable pit, emanating a bleak, deadly aura.

The earth was splitting in every part of the Shatter Battlefield.

More and more rainbow-like auras rose from the chasms that came to form, and floated around in the sky, as if they were instinctively tracking living beings.

Upon contact with them, the flesh aura seas of Demons, Phantasms, and Ancientspirits would immediately undergo changes.

The auras would rapidly condense into fragmentary crystals within their flesh aura seas.

Even though they were hard to see, their existence was beyond doubt. They rapidly infiltrated the hearts of those enormous beings and forced changes on their Bloodline Crystal Chains in an unreadable way.

There were humans, outsiders, and Ancientbeasts that had entered the Shatter Battlefield long ago, and were tempering themselves in areas that were farther from the center.

However, as the earth split, they fell victim as well.

Deadly battles and mad killing spread across the entire Shatter Battlefield.

The nine Stone Golems had madness written across their faces as they stared into the pit with lightning interweaving in it and made peculiar sounds, as if they were singing an anthem.

“Great!”

“It’s finally happening!”

“They all played their part in the extinction of our clan. None of these ones here shall get out alive!”

At the humans’ gathering place...

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The mountains around the canyon toppled as the hard ground split open, as if it was being carved by a huge invisible knife.

The same glorious, intoxicating auras rose from the chasms.

Like rainbows, they converged on the place where the humans were gathered.

“Those auras have a strong corrosive effect on flesh aura seas. But since humans don’t have flesh aura seas, we may not be so deeply affected.” With these words, Wei Lai’s expression flickered as he jerked his head towards Nie Tian. “But you...!”

Nie Tian summoned his Star Boat and jumped onboard swiftly. “I’ll do my best to stay away from them.”