Chapter 414 - 170: Perishing as a Chess Piece, Sacrificing Toad Wrath

"Damn it! What in the world did you do!?"

The low growl of Toad Wrath, like ten thousand booming thunders, shook the mountains and stirred up countless frenzied tides of death qi.

"So, you’ve noticed?"

Watching the thoroughly churning tides of death qi, Su Bai held the small altar, a faint smile gracing his lips.

If Toad Wrath had been unfazed, he would have had real reason to frown.

But now that Toad Wrath seemed uneasy, it meant his plan had at least a chance of success.

WHOOSH!!

The surrounding air currents roiled. Following Toad Wrath’s low growl, streaks of jade-green light suddenly surged forth.

The void hissed and sizzled wherever they passed.

In but a moment, the mountain peaks began to melt, just like lit candles.

They melted and disappeared before Su Bai’s very eyes.

These mountain peaks within the Sealed Space had already endured a dual baptism of death qi and poison, making them far tougher than the mountains of the outside world.

But now, they were powerless to resist the deadly poison within the jade-green light, a poison potent enough to kill even a Feathered cultivator.

"A pity. No matter what I intend to do, you can do nothing but endure it."

Death qi roiled and poison filled the air—an environment from which even an average Feathered expert would be forced to retreat. Yet, Su Bai stood tall in the sky.

He let the terrifying tide of poison crash against him, but it couldn’t even stir a single strand of his hair.

With that, Su Bai casually tossed the altar from his hand.

HUM!

A low hum echoed.

Then, within the deathly gray expanse of heaven and earth, a flash of scarlet light suddenly appeared.

The small altar, as if spurred by some stimulus, swelled in the wind.

In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a massive altar, miles wide and hundreds of yards tall.

RUMBLE!

The altar crashed to the ground, kicking up a frenzied tide of death qi hundreds of yards high.

On its surface, ancient runes flickered menacingly. It seemed as if countless scarlet Yin Snakes were writhing upon it, hissing and roaring, emanating an ancient and sinister aura.

The altar before him was identical to the one Su Bai had seen in the Earth Palace all those years ago.

After appearing, the altar began to stir restlessly, writhing and breathing as if it were a living creature.

To the naked eye, the endless death qi and poisonous gas from the surroundings were being slowly drawn into the altar.

The scarlet hue burned like a raging fire, growing ever more brilliant.

Su Bai studied the altar, vaguely sensing its eager excitement.

Ever since he had sent Xie Nian Daoist away to the Jin Yun Great World, he had rarely performed a sacrifice.

In five years, the number of times he used the altar could be counted on one hand.

"What is this thing?"

Sensing the terrifying aura from the altar weighing down on it, Toad Wrath growled, a flicker of unease palpable in its voice.

"As you can see, an altar."

Su Bai stood with his hands clasped behind him, his expression flickering as he spoke:

"There’s a certain group of people in this world who worship you—the ten Great Demon Ghosts—as their faith, dedicating their lives to making sacrifices."

"The Evil Cult members my disciple rooted out a few years ago were your worshippers."

"Altars... you should be quite familiar with them, right?"

The one thing this world has never lacked is twisted souls among the Ten Thousand Spirits.

For hundreds of thousands of years, from antiquity to the present day, there’s no telling how many Evil Cults have arisen in this world to worship the Seven Heroes and Three Li day and night.

Of course, such cults are targets for elimination by all sects and all Cultivators—even the Gui Chen Sect.

After all, the Seven Heroes and Three Li are symbols of worldly destruction. No one, whether righteous or demonic, wants to end up as their food.

The great sweep he had previously initiated within the Dayu Immortal Dynasty had also targeted these Evil Cults.

"You want to sacrifice me?"

Hearing Su Bai’s words, Toad Wrath seemed to understand something and suddenly laughed.

"Ridiculous! How utterly ridiculous!"

"You actually want to sacrifice *me*? That’s hilarious!"

Its bone-chilling laughter stirred the death qi for dozens, even hundreds of miles around, causing the air itself to wail.

The sonic waves howled, making the very earth quake and the mountains tremble!

Su Bai stood quietly, waiting for Toad Wrath’s laughter to subside.

Only then did he suddenly thrust out a hand!

"Hilarious, is it? Then by all means, keep laughing."