Chapter 602 - Chapter 602: Chapter 602: Blood Sacrifice

Chapter 602: Chapter 602: Blood Sacrifice

In the game world, instances, also known as dungeons, were parallel spaces that players could enter. Inside the instances, players would only encounter their teammates and not run into other players.

However, there existed a highly exceptional situation within the instances: when special mission events that could affect the game’s progress occurred, the involved instance would temporarily turn into a one-time-use instance. The instance would only revert to its former state once the special event was concluded.

While carrying out a special plot mission, unrelated players and teams would be temporarily blocked from entering the instance.

Anna’s need for a flower from the Life Vine was precisely such a special plot mission. At this point, Song Jian was unaware that he was participating in a storyline mission that drove the game’s progress.

Only when Anna obtained a flower from the Life Vine, or when Song Jian failed to help Anna get the flower, would the Mysterious Garden instance return to its original state.

“Big brother, what do we do?” Eagle Fly nervously asked Eagle Soar.

“We must be involved in this plot mission!” Eagle Soar contemplated for a moment, a vicious determination on his face. He gritted his teeth and said, “Perform the Blood Sacrifice to forcibly break open the gate!”

Eagle Fly and Eagle Swift trembled as the Blood Sacrifice was not a trivial undertaking. Failure was highly likely, and even if they succeeded, the damage inflicted on the trio would be severe. Each person would have to pay the price of losing three permanent attribute points.

“This plot mission is crucial, and if someone completes it before us, we will have to pay an even greater price!” Eagle Soar gritted his teeth, for their trio was unwittingly part of a mission involving the game’s progress. However, their mission was different from Song Jian’s, and they were a day slower. Otherwise, it would have been Song Jian and Anna standing gloomily outside the gate.

“Understood, big brother!” Eagle Swift nodded, controlling several minotaurs towards the entrance of the instance.

Ye Tong stood dumbfounded nearby, not understanding a single word of what Eagle Soar and his brothers said. However, she could feel the intense sense of danger conveyed by the words “Blood Sacrifice.”

In an instant, Ye Tong was filled with regret as she had wanted to follow them to benefit from their actions. Little did she expect to encounter such ruthless individuals.

Even her strength was incomparable to theirs. If the trio were to harm her, she wouldn’t stand a chance of resisting.

Plup plup plup~

The minotaurs unhesitatingly slit their own throats, their blood spattering like arrows onto the stone gate outside the instance.

Eagle Swift began chanting the incantation for the Blood Sacrifice. His voice resembled the fluttering wings of an insect. As he continued chanting, the blood from the minotaurs gushed outward as though from a fountain. Despite this, none of their faces showed any emotion, as if they couldn’t feel their life force draining away.

In just a few seconds, the blood from the minotaurs splattered outward, their imposing bodies withering at an alarming rate. Their dried wounds spurted blood once again.

The sight before her terrified Ye Tong. She instinctively backed away, prioritizing her life over the allure of valuable in-game equipment. The unmistakeable sense of looming danger was rapidly closing in on her.

Soon, the blood from the minotaurs’ bodies was completely exhausted. Their desiccated corpses fell to the ground and instantly turned to dust.

The tightly shut stone gate at the entrance was now entirely covered in blood, an intricate web of bloody veins blanketing its surface.

These blood veins writhed like living creatures, as if they were absorbing something.

After finishing the incantation, Eagle Swift’s face flushed an unnatural red. He turned to Ye Tong with a cold stare and said, “We still require one player’s soul sacrifice…”

Ye Tong’s face twisted in terror as she screamed. With every acceleration skill activated she ran towards the valley, trying to flee for her life.

Whoosh~

A pitch-black whip lashed out, entwining itself around Ye Tong’s ankle and yanking her to the ground. The strike was swift and precise, as if meticulously planned.

Eagle Soar slowly reeled Ye Tong back in, expressing his regret, “We intended to bring you into the instance, but unluckily for you…”

Ye Tong struggled desperately, crying out, “Please spare me! Don’t kill me! Please, don’t kill me!”

“The game’s progress has been disrupted. This was originally our chance, but someone beat us to it. You should blame the person who entered the instance first and carried out the plot mission,” Eagle Fly coldly retorted, his gaze on Ye Tong as if looking at a corpse.

The whip in Eagle Soar’s hand reached its end, and he grabbed Ye Tong by the collar, tossing her to Eagle Swift.

Plup~

Eagle Swift flipped his right hand, brandishing a foot-long dagger that plunged into Ye Tong’s heart with deadly precision. Ye Tong felt a sharp pain in her chest, her strength draining away as her body went limp.

“Look into my eyes!” Eagle Swift grasped Ye Tong’s throat, his low voice resonating in her ear.

Ye Tong’s convulsing body gradually calmed. Unfazed by the dagger embedded in her chest, she stared blankly into Eagle Swift’s eyes.

The sacrificial incantation sounded once again from Eagle Swift’s mouth. Ye Tong’s body suddenly ignited in a translucent flame, countless radiant specks of light bursting forth. They slowly drifted towards the stone gate, while her vitality points rapidly depleted, a series of damage numbers appearing above her head.

The specks of light quickly melded into the gate and vanished. As they did, the gate’s surface erupted in dazzling brilliance, illuminating the entire valley.

After several seconds, Ye Tong’s body was no longer able to produce any more light specks, and her vitality points hit zero. She became a lifeless corpse.

“That should do it!” Eagle Swift callously threw Ye Tong’s corpse aside like a piece of trash.

Boom boom boom~

The stone gate, glowing with a crimson hue, slowly creaked open, revealing a narrow passageway that could accommodate only one person at a time.

“Quickly, it will only be open for five seconds!” Eagle Swift yelled, his figure dashing towards the center of the gate like a bolt of lightning.

Eagle Soar and Eagle Fly swiftly followed, their forms disappearing into the gate just before it slammed shut with a thunderous crash.

The valley became tranquil once more. However, outside the gate now lay several withered skeletons and the corpse of a female player.

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