Chapter 24:


    “Let’s go immediately. We’ll leave as soon as it gets dark!”


    Xiu stood up and paced back and forth restlessly.


    The crazy look on her face scared Lin to the point of almost crying.


    “Okay, Aunt Xiu. You rest first, I’ll go get something. You can’t miss today’s food. They’ll be suspicious. ”


    Eyke nodded and walked out of the house.


    Xiu barely suppressed the manic feeling in her heart and sat cross-legged.


    As she meditated, her breathing gradually calmed down. Looking at Lin, she suddenly felt that this girl was a little different from usual.


    “Lin,e here!”


    Xiu beckoned.


    To her surprise, Lin didn’te over. Instead, she retreated in fear.


    Xiu stood up and grabbed Lin. She suddenly pulled open her clothes. On the little girl’s arm, there was a circle of ck tattoos.


    “This is …”


    Xiu suddenly felt her hair stand upright.


    “Woo…” Lin burst into tears. “Eyke told me that he would definitely be a big shot and you will be a good firewood”


    “I was careless …”


    Xiu’s heart was full of regret. She had been immersed in studying the extraordinary path andpletely ignored Eyke, a half-grown child.


    “Damn it, he must have gone out to inform.”


    Xiu pulled open the floor and carried the backpack on her back. She pulled Lin and ran out of the house.


    After leaving the house, her footsteps became faster and faster. Soon, she reached the edge of the town.


    At the edge of the town, there was usually a patrol team. They were often at the second stage and had the power to control mes. They were opponents that Xiu didn’t want to face.


    However, if it was a sneak attack, there might be a chance.


    After all, the other party thought that she was a member of the church. Because she intended to escape, she became familiar with the patrol team.


    But this time, Xiu’s luck was very bad.


    She saw the ck Sun followers gathered at the entrance of the town. Their leader was the high priest, and he was holding a child’s hand. It was Eyke!


    Xiu’s heart sank. She quickly chanted a incantation and summoned a ck wind that seemed to have a life of its own.


    “Are you using the incantation I taught you to attack me?”


    The high priest’s lips moved and the ck wind disappeared.


    Xiu’s heart directly sank.


    Aaron calmly watched this scene.


    He knew that until he found a way to interfere with this world, there was nothing he could do.


    In the end, Xiu surrendered. After all, she still had Lin with him. If they fought, Lin might identally get hurt.


    Moreover, in the face of the other party’s powerful strength, resistance was meaningless.


    “Tell me, what does ‘firewood’ mean?”


    “You will know soon.”


    The High Priest revealed a faint smile.


    Aaron suddenly had a feeling that he was about toe into contact with the core secrets of the ck Sun Church.


    …


    Two dayster.


    In the town square, Aaron saw a human being that was tied up.


    Beneath their feet, there was aplicated ritual that looked like a work of art.


    “Spiritual Numerology and Divination have confirmed that today is the best time to please my Lord.”


    The High Priest took off his hood, revealing a head covered in tattoos and incantations. “And all of you will be my firewood. Together, you will experience the charm of this high-level ritual. It is called — Eclipse!”


    Aaron suddenly thought of the High Priest’s first sermon. “Pyrolyte is the symbol of destruction and sublimation. It can prevent us from burning. If we want to awaken the pyrolyte spirituality, we must first burn ourselves, sacrifice our flesh and blood, pass through three major gates andplete Eclipse Ritual. This is also a great achievement!”


    Aaron stood in the crowd and quietly watched the High Priest act pretentiously.


    The High Priest’s face was slightly flushed, clearly excited to the extreme. “Mortals have their limits. Afterpleting the ritual, I will shed my mortal body and obtain a new life form. I will be closer to my Lord and step into a new stage! Now, the time hase! ”


    Whoosh!


    Following the order, the ck Sun Believers on the periphery chanted an incantation.


    In the midst of the strange incantation, balls of pitch-ck mes suddenly ignited above the ritual, devouring one sacrifice after another.


    Xiu even saw Sauron, the traitor of the sanctuary, be ‘firewood’ as well!


    He screamed, his body melting like a wax figure.


    And in the ritual, traces of inexplicable things gathered on the High Priest’s body, as if they were being summoned and attracted by something.


    “Offer everything to the Lord of Eclipse, sublimate in the mes, obtain the ck sun favor, and be a Beast!”


    The High Priest seemed to roar and shout, his body also igniting with ck mes.


    The mes quickly engulfed his body, and within the mes, a new form seemed to be born …


    “Sure enough … the pyrolyte spirituality of the ck Sun Believers can be deprived and devoured by each other … This is why the High Priest keeps pulling people in, preaching, and even teaching without reservation.”


    “Their spirituality … is all ‘firewood’, all burnt offerings, all nourishment for the growth of the Beast!”


    Aaron watched coldly from the sidelines.


    The ck Sun Believers seemed to be used to this scene, and their eyes were filled with desire.


    They were far stronger than the Immortals, but they were not suitable as offerings.


    “So that’s how it is …”


    Aaron muttered. At this moment, the ck Sun Cult no longer had any secrets in his eyes.


    Or rather, he had already understood the most advanced secret of the ck Sun Cult!


    “Auntie Xiu!”


    Outside the arena, Lin was crying, but Eyke hugged her tightly and covered her mouth.


    “Auntie Xiu has gone to a higher world. She is one step closer to the ck Sun.”


    Eyke murmured in Lin’s ear, seeminglyforting and hypnotizing her.


    By the time the sun set, the firewood in the ritual had already beenpletely burned, and the ck mes were gradually extinguished.


    Whoosh!


    Suddenly, a monster with the body of a dog and the head of a human covered in pitch-ck mes leapt out of the ashes.


    It was the High Priest!


    He sessfully activated the Eclipse ritual and changed his life form, bing a Beast!


    …


    Night.


    The ck Sun Believers were either partying or in a deep sleep.


    In Eyke’s small room, the door creaked open.


    Lin raised her head and looked at the bright starry sky. “Auntie Xiu … Sob … I missed you so much, I’m sorry …”


    She looked at the crimson moon and recalled the legends of her hometown.


    The souls of the dead would rise to the moon and watch over everyone in the mortal world.


    And tonight’s moon seemed especially round.


    “Mother …”


    Lin immediately thought of her mother, and tears flowed out of her eyes.


    She did not know if it was an illusion, but in her hazy eyes, she seemed to see a giant tree made of flesh and blood on the moon …