Mysterious Tribulation

Let's go right away, and leave here as soon as it gets dark!

Xiu stood up and paced back and forth uneasily.

The mania on her face made Lin almost cry with fright.

Okay, Aunt Xiu, take a rest first, and I'll go get something. You can't have the food today, they'll be suspicious.

Ike nodded and walked out of the hut.

Xiu barely suppressed the madness in his heart and sat cross-legged.

As she meditated, her breathing gradually calmed down. Looking at Lin, she suddenly felt that this girl was a little different from usual.

Lin, come here!

Xiu beckoned.

To her surprise, Lin didn't come, but backed away in fear.

Xiu stood up, grabbed Lin with a single stride, and suddenly pulled off her clothes. There was a black tattoo on the little girl's pink arm.

This is……

Xiu suddenly felt his hair stand on end.

Woooo... Lin burst into tears: Ike told me that he will definitely become a big man, and you will be a good fuelwood... woo woo...

I'm careless...

Xiu was full of regrets. She was immersed in the study of the Extraordinary Path during this period of time, completely ignoring Ike, a half-year-old child. How would she be affected by a group of cultists?

Damn, he must have gone out to inform.

Xiu opened the floor, put the backpack on his back, pulled Lin, turned and ran out of the house.

After leaving the house, she walked faster and faster, and immediately reached the edge of the town.

On the edge of the town, there were usually patrol teams led by the Burning Sons. They had often reached the second stage. They possessed the power to control the flames and were opponents that Xiu did not want to face.

However, if it is a sneak attack, there may still be a chance.

After all, the other party thought she was a parishioner, and because she intended to escape, she was also familiar with the patrol team.

But this time, Xiu had bad luck.

She saw the Black Sun believers gathered at the gate of the town. The leader was the high priest, and he was holding a child, it was Ike!

Xiu's heart sank, and he quickly recited a mysterious incantation, summoning the black wind that seemed to have life.

Are you attacking me with the spell I taught you? Xiu?

The high priest moved his lips, and the black wind disappeared.

Xiu's heart sank directly.

Aaron watched this scene calmly.

He knew there was nothing he could do about it until he found a way to interfere with the world.

In the end, Xiu still managed to capture her. After all, she was still carrying a Lin, and if they fought, she would accidentally hurt the girl.

Moreover, in the face of the opponent's powerful strength, resistance is meaningless.

Tell me, what does firewood mean?

When he was tied up, Xiu finally couldn't help but speak.

You will see.

The high priest smiled.

Aaron suddenly had a feeling that he was going to touch the core secrets of the Black Sun Church.

...

Two days later, when day and night alternate.

In the town square, Aaron saw people tied up one by one.

At their feet, there are rituals that are so intricate and delicate they look like works of art.

Spiritual numbers and divination are confirmed. At this time today, it is the best choice to please my lord.

The high priest took off his hood, revealing his head covered with tattoos and incantations: And you, too, will become my firewood, and we will share the charm of this high-level ceremony, which is called - eclipse!

Aaron suddenly thought of the first sermon of the high priest - Darkness is a symbol of destruction and sublimation, it can keep us from burning. If we want to awaken the spirituality of darkness, we must first burn ourselves and sacrifice our flesh and blood. Crossing the three major gates, going through the solar eclipse ceremony, and the person who completes it is a great achievement!

Now it seems that the three major gates refer to the three stages of those who do not burn, the sons of burning, and those who chase the darkness. Can the solar eclipse ceremony be held only when you stand at the top of the chasers?

Aaron stood in the crowd, quietly watching the high priest pretending to be.

The high priest's face was slightly flushed, and he was obviously extremely excited: Mortals have their limits. After completing the ceremony, I will shed my mortal body and obtain a new life form. I will be closer to my lord, and I will enter a new stage! Now! ,Time is up!

raging!

Following the order, the surrounding Black Sun believers recited the incantation in unison.

In the strange sound of the incantation, the dark flames suddenly burned above the ritual, swallowing the sacrifices one after another.

Xiu even saw Sauron, the betrayer who used to be a sanctuary, also became a 'firewood'!

He screamed, his body melting like a wax statue.

And in the ritual, a trace of inexplicable things gathered on the high priest as if they had been summoned and attracted by something.

Dedicate everything to the Lord of the Eclipse, sublime in the flames, obtain the favor of darkness, and become a beast of darkness!

The high priest roared and shouted, and black flames also burned on his body.

The flames quickly engulfed his form, and in the flames, it seems that a new form is being conceived...

Sure enough... the dark spirituality between the Black Sun believers can be deprived and swallowed up from each other... This is why the high priest keeps pulling people, preaching, and even teaching without reservation.

Their spirituality... They are all 'firewood', they are all burning sacrifices, and they are all nourishment for the growth of the dark beast!

Aaron watched from the sidelines.

For this scene, the Black Sun believers seem to be accustomed to it, and the eyes of several Burning Children are even more eager.

They are far stronger than those who do not burn, but they are not suitable as sacrifices.

So that's how it is...

Aaron murmured that the Black Sun Religion at this time, in his eyes, had no secrets at all.

In other words, he has already understood the highest secret biography of the Black Sun Cult!

Aunt Xiu!

Outside the venue, Lin cried, but Ike hugged her tightly and covered her lips.

Aunt Xiu went to a higher realm of light, and she is one step closer to the black sun.

Ike whispered in Lin's ear as if comforting and hypnotic.

When the sun went down, all the firewood in the ceremony had been burnt out, and the black flames gradually went out.

raging!

Suddenly, a monster with the body of a dog and the head of a dog, burning with pitch-black flames, jumped out of the ashes.

It's the high priest!

He successfully ran the eclipse ceremony, transformed his life form, and became a beast of darkness!

...

night.

The revelry Black Sun believers either reveled or fell into a deep sleep.

In Ike's hut, the door creaked open.

Lin raised her head and looked at the bright starry sky: Aunt Xiu... woo... I miss you so much, I'm sorry...

She looked at the crimson moon and recalled the legend of her hometown.

The souls of the dead will rise above the moon and watch everyone in the world.

And the moon tonight seems to be very round...

Mother……

Lin immediately thought of her mother, and tears welled up in her eyes.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but in her tears, she seemed to see a giant tree made of flesh and blood on the moon...