Chapter 944 – The Starry Sky Can Kill People, but Who Will Save Them? (1/2)
Chapter 944 – The Starry Sky Can Kill People, but Who Will Save Them?
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
The young Demon Lord walked on the yellow sand, following the trail of seemingly ancient golden bloodstains.
The place he walked to was the back gate of the courtyard. The lock on the gate was covered in rust, a sign of the many years since the gate was last opened. It looked very ordinary.
If one had to find something special, it would probably be the two stone sculptures flanking the steps.
The stone sculptures depicted what appeared to be two men, completely naked. The curves of their bodies were perfect and each of them had a pair of wings on its back.
The statues had no expression, yet they seemed so vivid that they could come to life at any moment.
If a few of those demi-human elders that had lived for countless years were to see these statues, perhaps they would associate them with those gods mentioned in their tribal myths.
In contrast, to the Demon Lord's eyes, these two stone sculptures were a sort of taboo which he regarded with an expression of loathing and vigilance.
In truth, he was very familiar with these two stone statues.
When he was very young, he had seen these two deep within the Demon Palace, in the stone carving that depicted all the gods. He also did not find it strange for these two statues to suddenly move from Xuelao City's Demon Palace to White Emperor City, because on that ceremony to the stars that night, he had personally witnessed two beams of light pierce through the wall and pour into these statues.
The Demon Lord's complexion paled as he pondered. Only after a while did it return to normal.
He still was very wary about the ceremony to the stars and had many misgivings, but the circumstances had compelled him to accept Black Robe's proposal.
But when he saw with his own eyes these clearly lifeless, absolutely dead stone statues, he once more began to wonder whether his choice had been correct.
”Father, your view was probably right… The starry sky can kill people, can help us kill people, but it can also kill us.”
The Demon Lord gazed at the two stone statues, the hands he held behind his back slowly stroking a stone object. He slowly said, ”But Father can be at ease. I will not regard them as kindred, only as hunting dogs. If there comes a day that they understand, I will destroy this thing.”
If Chen Changsheng were present, he would probably recognize the object in his hands.
On that night in the mountains, it was precisely this stone object that was stabbed into the old Demon Lord's stomach, bringing down from the starry sky that pillar of light suffused with aura of extermination.
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The palace hall that Luoluo resided in was at the highest point of White Emperor City, even higher than the residence of her parents.
This was because she loved looking into the distance from high places. Of course, this position also signified how much the White Emperor couple pampered her.
It was just that the clouds of White Emperor City were much thicker today. Standing by the window, it was hard to see very far, and the light was rather dim. There was only the familiar Red River and the green mountains on the opposite shore, those humid and dense forests which she felt like she could smell from here, and those massive trees that loomed in the distance, seeming to be as tall as the sky.
She had already seen these sights for many years and grown accustomed to them, but for some reason, they seemed rather strange to her today.
Soon after, she heard a din from the palace and the beating of war drums, sensed the Qi of the Wildfire that was aroused by the beast dances.
Was the grand ceremony truly about to begin?
She already knew of what had happened last night.