After the cheers subsided, a flash of red light suddenly pulsed from the top of the altar. The blood mist above the entire altar seemed to be drawn by some force and immediately began to move rapidly.
Within a few breaths, the blood mist above the altar formed a large circular pattern, adorned with various grotesque runes.
Within the blood-red circular pattern were four sheep heads, precisely corresponding to the sheep heads at the four corners of the altar, but inverted. It appeared to be some kind of magic array.
"Quack ka~!"
At this moment, a goblin's cry emanated from a position above the altar that Ye Feng could not see.
The next second, a beam of red light shot towards the blood-red magic array directly above the altar. The blood-red magic array immediately flashed red, space rippled, and a square void appeared in the center of the blood-red magic array.
The starlight from the sky also seemed to be drawn by some power, beginning to converge into the square void of the blood-red magic array. It then started to move down along the altar, as if illuminating it...
As the starlight moved, Ye Feng gradually discerned that the numerous protrusions and indentations on the altar formed some kind of pattern...
First, a multitude of twinkling lights appeared, like countless twinkling stars in the universe. Then, it was the pattern of an air battleship, accompanied by the twinkling starlight, Ye Feng felt as if he were seeing a battleship sailing through the cosmos...
The starlight continued to move, reaching the protrusions and indentations that Ye Feng had noticed earlier. Under the influence of the starlight, those protrusions and indentations seemed to have undergone some change, slowly forming a scroll depicting mountains and rivers...
"Holy cow!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng was astonished.
The mountains and rivers depicted in the scroll, formed by the protrusions, indentations, and starlight, were precisely the treasure map without directional markers, composed from the Fire Seed Record and the Soul Reaper's Secret Record.
At this moment, the twinkling starlight at the top of the altar changed, and the scroll of mountains and rivers slightly below the altar also shifted...
"Could it be that the directional marker on that treasure map is the stars? Using starlight to determine direction?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng frowned and pondered.
"Quack ka!~"
At this moment, the group of Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards let out their strange cries again. It turned out that the starlight had moved to the second side of the altar.
Ye Feng glanced at Yuan Ling, who immediately understood. The two tiptoed to the second side of the altar.
"This..."
Ye Feng was taken aback when he saw the pattern illuminated by the starlight on the second side of the altar.
It was an inverted angel, its wings tattered and pierced by numerous weapons such as swords.
At the top of the angel, a thorny chain inscribed with runes bound the angel's feet...
"Quack ka~ Quack ka!~"
"Bang bang! Bang!"
"Clang! Clang!"
...
Suddenly, the group of Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards cried out again.
They loudly pounded their armor, drew their weapons, and then quickly ran towards Ye Feng and Yuan Ling's location.
"We've been discovered?"
Seeing this, Ye Feng's expression changed, and he became vigilant, preparing to act, but Yuan Ling stopped him.
Yuan Ling shook her head at Ye Feng and then pointed to the pattern of the inverted angel.
"Quack ka~"
"Quack ka!"
"Pfft!~ Pfft!~"
While Ye Feng was in confusion, the group of Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards had already approached the pattern of the inverted angel. They all spat at the angel's pattern and swung their weapons, seemingly taunting the angel!
"These guys... are venting their dissatisfaction and anger?"
Ye Feng was quite surprised.
At this time, the starlight had already reached the third side of the altar.
Ye Feng and Yuan Ling, while the Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards were venting their anger at the angel's pattern, quickly moved to the third side of the altar.
"Huh?"
Seeing the third starlight pattern, Ye Feng was once again surprised.
Because on the pattern was something he was also familiar with: the Holy Grail that Shen Botian had shown him in Mech City!
The pattern on the third side was relatively simple. It was an ordinary table, with two items on it: one was the Holy Grail that Ye Feng had seen before, and the other was a thick book.
"The size of that book... the Holy Grail... could that book be the Dark Divine Book?"
Ye Feng had carefully examined the box Shen Botian used to store the Holy Grail. The dimensions of the slot perfectly matched the pattern before him...
"Quack ka!~"
At this moment, it seemed the Goblin Paladins and Goblin Priest Guards had vented enough of their frustration at the suffering angel pattern. They let out a collective cry and quickly returned to their previous positions.
Meanwhile, Ye Feng and Yuan Ling had also arrived at the fourth side of the altar.
"Hm?"
Ye Feng frowned, as the fourth side appeared to be empty.
"No!"
Ye Feng quickly shook his head. The fourth side of the altar should have content, but it seemed to have been removed by someone or something. He could only vaguely see a blurry shadow.
It looked like a dilapidated house, with a silhouette walking out of it. Beside the silhouette were dark, indistinct objects, impossible to tell what they were...
"Yuan Ling, where is the Annihilation Array you mentioned?"
At this moment, Ye Feng opened his mouth to Yuan Ling, but no sound came out, only lip movements.
Yuan Ling had a good understanding with Ye Feng and somehow "heard" or "saw" Ye Feng's words. She pointed directly beneath the altar.
"This..."
Ye Feng was a bit speechless. He opened his mouth again, forming the words, "Yuan Ling, don't we have to move the altar to activate that Annihilation Array?"
"Mm!"
"Digging a hole works too!"
After Yuan Ling finished her lip movements, she also made a digging gesture with her hand.
Ye Feng: "..."
"Quack ka!~"
Just as Ye Feng was contemplating, a goblin's cry echoed from the top of the altar. Following that, a beam of red light shot towards the blood-red magic array directly above the altar.
The runes on the blood-red magic array flickered, and the original square opening enlarged. The starlight receded, replaced by a surge of blood-red light...
"Great Asmodeus, your loyal servant awaits here, offering the most delicious blood, anticipating your consumption of this land with boundless demonic power!"
"Come forth, Master Asmodeus!"
Immediately after, a fervent voice boomed from the top of the altar.
"Wh-what? A human?"
Hearing this voice, Ye Feng was truly shocked. He had assumed the one performing the sacrificial ritual was a goblin, but was it a human?
Upon hearing the voice, Yuan Ling's body instantly tensed, her face filled with terror. "Gob... Goblin... High Priest..."