A voice sounded out from ahead.
Standing where he was, the leader of the Red Lotus Society in front of him raised his head and looked forward.
There was a skinny old man who wore the robes of the Red Lotus Society but did not wear a mask on his face. He was currently looking at the people in front of him.
Evidently, the voice just then had come from him.
"Her current condition is not bad," the leader said.
"That princess of the Aurier family seems to have adapted quite well. She's still lying in the corner right now."
"Are we going to send her to the sacrificial ceremony this time?"
He asked seriously.
"There's no need."
At the front, the elder shook his head and said, "Such a precious offering must be used at a critical moment."
"In three days, there will be a grand sacrificial ceremony. When that time comes, we will send her to the altar and make her one of the sacrifices to awaken our King."
"Yes."
Hearing the old man's words, the people in front of him all nodded, seeming very respectful.
After the simple conversation concluded, these people left and went to where they were supposed to go.
Chen Heng followed them all the way and watched as they performed this sacrifice.
Pitiful cries continuously sounded out.
In the surroundings, a large number of torture tools had appeared.
Large numbers of slaves worked here, bitterly carrying out all sorts of miscellaneous tasks.
The members of the Red Lotus Association, on the other hand, were there as supervisors. They monitored the slaves' work and made it impossible for them to stop.
Under the heavy work and pressure, of course some people would feel dissatisfied.
However, it was useless.
Compared to the Red Lotus Society's power, these slaves' power was too insignificant.
No matter how many people came, they could not resist the oppression.
Occasionally, there would be slaves who died of exhaustion or were killed for breaking the rules, but the people in the surroundings seemed quite indifferent, not showing any interest in them at all. It was evident that they were already numb to it.
There were specialized people who would come and take the dead slaves to another place.
It was an area that was burning with flames, and it gave off a unique rotting smell, as well as rotting flesh and traces of some strange monsters.
Chen Heng could sense deep resentment here, as well as large amounts of impurities.
It was evident that many innocent people had died here.
A large number of people left behind their spiritual imprints and slowly accumulated to form this place.
If it weren't for the fact that this area was extremely strange, with not only the formations of the Red Lotus Association, but also the fact that there were strange monsters lurking in the flames, gnawing on the corpses of the innocent, the situation in this place would have been enough to nurture a spirit body.
Chen Heng observed the activities of these Red Lotus Society members and roughly understood their daily lives.
From Chen Heng's perspective, the Red Lotus Society's people had been very busy.
They gathered slaves from all over the place and built a spell formation here, as if they wanted to use the spell formation to gather power to achieve some goal.
The geniuses that they had gathered were the core sacrificial offerings.
Chen Heng watched their sacrifice from the side.
It was a scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Blood splattered everywhere, dyeing the ground red.
Miserable cries rang out incessantly in the surroundings.
However, no one felt moved by this, not even Chen Heng.
After experiencing so many things, Chen Heng had long since become accustomed to these things.
Now that he looked at it again, he was not moved in the slightest.
However, what happened during the sacrifice surprised Chen Heng.
When the sacrifices were offered, the young men and women who were used as sacrifices quickly died, but their bodies quickly decayed, as if many years had passed in an instant.
As Chen Heng watched on, their flesh and blood quickly withered and turned into dust, leaving behind only faint white bones.
After a while, cracks began to appear on his bones.
In the end, the bones shattered and turned into a pile of powder on the ground.
Standing there, Chen Heng looked around.
The surroundings of the altar were densely packed with bone powder, which had already piled up into a very tall hill.
This represented the countless geniuses that had died here.
After the sacrifices were made, a few Red Lotus Society Priests quickly went up.
As Chen Heng watched on, they tore off their robes, revealing their bodies.
Mysterious and complicated runes could be seen on the bodies of the members of the Red Lotus Association. The runes gathered together and looked like thorns. It was a very strange sight.
However, as they walked up, these tattoos started to shine.
It was as if they had been stimulated by some sort of power. As they walked towards the altar, the light from the altar shined on their bodies.
Enveloped by the scarlet radiance, their bodies began to change rapidly.
"Their auras have become stronger?"
Standing there and sensing the changes in the Red Lotus Society people, Chen Heng frowned and asked in confusion.
He could sense that the Red Lotus Society Priests' auras were quickly becoming stronger.
Before, these Red Lotus Society Priests' power was quite ordinary, and they were only equivalent to true martial artists. To Chen Heng, they were not worth mentioning at all.
However, after going through this sacrificial ritual, their bodies rapidly strengthened under the strengthening of that power, becoming much stronger in an instant.
Some of the better ones had even reached Stage 2.
This sort of increase in strength made Chen Heng feel quite surprised.
After a while, the changes to the Priests' bodies disappeared.
They silently retreated to the side and put on new robes.
Following this, a few more people went up and walked to the altar.
However, this time, perhaps because they had used up more than half of their power, their growth was not as monstrous. Even though there was still some growth, it was very small.
"It's a pity that the quality of the offerings this time was a bit lacking. This is the best we can do …"
By the side, the elder who had spoken could not help but sigh as he looked at the situation.
"Don't worry, Elder."
A Red Lotus Society Priest respectfully said, "In three days, we will be able to send Princess Orlier up to the altar …
"When that time comes, the power that His Majesty has given you will most likely be enough for you to break through your limits and reach an even more powerful level.
"I hope so."
Hearing him say this, the elder finally forced a smile on his face and said.
A moment later, when all the offerings had been consumed, the Red Lotus Priests left the place and headed into the distance.
Chen Heng thought for a moment before walking out and following after them.
The target he was following was none other than the old man who was addressed as Elder.
After the ritual was completed, the elder did not continue to stay there. Instead, he turned around and left for the manor in the distance.
From the looks of it, that was the residence of this elder.
As Chen Heng followed the elder in, the decorations around him became different.
At a glance, there was a clear difference between this place and the surroundings.
At the very least, this place was more luxurious, and there were many servants.
At a glance, this did not look like the residence of an evil cultist but a noble's residence.
It was just that different from a noble's residence, the servants here all looked quite strange and numb.
Only when they looked at the elder would they instinctively reveal a trace of fear and respect.
Chen Heng followed the elder and silently walked forwards.
Evidently, the elder did not know about this.
After returning to his residence, he walked into his room as usual.
Chen Heng did the same.
When he reached here, he first pretended to pray, then walked forward and took out something from the drawer in front of him.
It was a book that looked extremely old and tattered. It looked very ordinary.
Chen Heng looked at it.
The language used in this book was quite ancient, and it was different from any language Chen Heng had seen in the past.
However, it was evident that he recognized the elder in front of him. Not only did he recognize it, but he was also quite familiar with it.
"Soon, soon …"
Looking at the book, a look of excitement appeared on the elder's face, "If I can sacrifice Mallikdo's daughter, I will be able to go even further and recover my youth …
"My King … Please bestow me with more power …"
As he sat there, he muttered to himself. At that moment, he seemed to have thought of a beautiful scene, and his face became completely red.
However, in the next moment, he sensed that something was off.
In front of him, the ancient book started to change, and some golden runes appeared on it. There was also a bright light that shined in all directions.
This seemed to be an omen, as if it was reminding him of something.
Immediately, the elder stood up, and the excitement on his face disappeared as he became quite wary, "Who is it?!"
He had acted quite quickly and was quite wary. After seeing the changes in the ancient book, he immediately understood that something was off and instinctively released his power, wanting to leave this place.
However, by now, it was already too late.
Behind him, a faint sigh sounded out, seeming to be quite regretful.
"Why bother?"
A soft voice sounded out, following which the elder's body froze.
A deep darkness covered everything.
Following this, the elder's consciousness completely disappeared, having been destroyed by Chen Heng's hand.
Standing there, looking at the elder's remains, Chen Heng shook his head.
Even though he had never thought of letting her live from the very beginning, he had no intention of letting her live.
However, under normal circumstances, the elder should have been able to live for a few more days.
Now, he had to go on his way.
As such, it was not necessarily a good thing to discover abnormalities too early.
However, after destroying the elder's consciousness, Chen Heng had a few choices.
To him, even if he forcefully broke out of this place and took Gunali away, it would not be a problem.
With the power of this place, apart from the Black King, no one would be a match for him.
The Red Lotus Association was indeed quite powerful.
However, that was only in regards to this star.
From what Chen Heng had learned over the past year, this star's power was much weaker than the Chica star.
Here, Stage 4 experts were already peak experts.
For someone like Malick, as long as the peak experts did not act, he would be an overlord.
It was precisely because the Orlier family had an expert like Malick that they had such an illustrious status.
And yet, the elder's strength was at the peak of Stage 4.
From how Chen Heng saw it, the elder's strength did not meet the requirements.
Perhaps because most of his strength came from the priest, he did not have the strength to match his level. However, this did not change his essence; he was still a peak Stage 4 existence.
With such an existence on this planet, the Red Lotus Society could be said to be extremely powerful.
However, to Chen Heng, this was not a big deal.
It did not seem to be a problem for him to fight his way out.
However, looking at the ancient book flickering with golden light, Chen Heng thought for a moment and gave up on this idea.
"I'll just have to force myself to use it."
He thought for a moment before raising his head and walking towards the elder's body.
Moments later, as Chen Heng walked forward, the two figures gradually became hazy and started to merge together.
In the end, Chen Heng's truesoul completely entered the elder's body and occupied it.
Large amounts of memories flooded into Chen Heng's mind.
All of the elder's experiences, as well as the origins of the Red Lotus Association, appeared in Chen Heng's mind.
Before this, even though Chen Heng had destroyed the elder's truesoul, not giving him any chance to recover, Chen Heng did not destroy the memories in the elder's body.
Instead, he specially preserved them, all for the sake of obtaining information about the Red Lotus Association and the Black King.
After all, the title of 'King' was too sensitive in this world.
Chen Heng had to take it seriously.
As the memories flooded in, some of Chen Heng's questions were answered, and he could not help but feel surprised.
Before, because of his respect for this world's King, Chen Heng had a preconceived impression of the Red Lotus Association. He had thought that it was an organization like the Holy Light that had a long history and was dedicated to restoring the Black King.
However, after obtaining the elder's memories, Chen Heng found that this was not the case at all.
The old man's name was Philip. In the past, he was a declining noble from another star.
On another star, Philip had been chased by an enemy family. His family had been destroyed, and he had barely managed to escape to the Hechi Star, where he had barely managed to survive.
In order to take revenge, he had madly entered all sorts of ancient ruins, hoping to obtain enough power to take revenge.
Most of these attempts had ended in failure.
If ancient ruins were so easy to excavate, there would not have been so many deaths.
Moreover, even if they successfully entered, they might not be able to obtain anything.
As such, 99 out of 100 people who attempted to explore ancient ruins would return empty-handed, and some would even die.
The only one who entered would not necessarily be able to obtain much.
However, Philip was an exception.
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