Indiscriminate Attraction
"Wang Jincheng, why are you here?"
A voice came from afar. Wang Jincheng turned his head to look, and saw a figure wearing a black and white spotted top standing there, his eyes full of astonishment.
Wang Jincheng had seen this person. Last time, he and two other Hall Masters participated in the encirclement and suppression against "Spade 6" and "Heart 9", ultimately winning with a near-crushing posture.
Eighth Hall, Yang Muquan.
"I received your request for backup, so I hurried over." Wang Jincheng smiled weakly.
"You're injured so heavily, why are you running around?" Yang Muquan immediately frowned, "Our people from the Floating Life Painting are already rushing here. Don't force yourself in this condition, just stay on the sidelines."
Wang Jincheng glanced behind him. Indeed, three or four members of the Floating Life Painting had already arrived here. However, because the Gray Realm Convergence area was too large, the distance of others might be further away, and they would still need time to rush over.
At this moment, these people were surrounding a semi-ruined site, standing on the roofs of several taller buildings, looking into the distance with solemn expressions... In that direction, dozens of figures wearing red robes were gathered together, and a giant ring drawn with fresh blood emanated a nauseating Aura.
Although most of the buildings here had been reduced to ruins, Wang Jincheng had just come here to attend a birthday banquet not long ago, so naturally he could recognize it. Was it a coincidence that the gathering place of these Scarlet Heaven Cultists was chosen at the Beidou Consortium, or...
"Yes." Yang Muquan said in a deep voice, "Before, someone from our side patrolled here. Logically speaking, such a large-scale gathering of Scarlet Heaven Cultists would inevitably trigger severe civilized regression and be easily discovered... But I passed by here several times before, and didn't find anything unusual.
I guess they should have been hiding deep underground, so their Aura didn't affect the surrounding environment. It's just that now they are attempting to carry out a 'World-Ending' Tier summoning ritual, so they took the initiative to return to the surface."
Wang Jincheng narrowed his eyes and spoke coldly:
"In that case, that Old Fella Mu Chunsheng absolutely cannot disassociate himself from this matter."
"Now is not the time to look into this... The Scarlet Heaven Cult's ritual has already begun. If we don't think of a way to stop them, what if they really attract the [Cessation] Calamity? The entire Red Dust Domain will be finished."
"Then what should we do now?"
"We can only forcibly charge in and kill before they complete the ritual."
"Can we charge in and kill?" Wang Jincheng frowned deeply, "The number of people they have gathered is too many, and there are also two bishops holding the fort. Even from this distance, I can feel my Divine Path Skills starting to lose control. If I get closer, I'm worried..."
"Then there's no other way. Are we just going to stand here and helplessly watch them complete the ritual? As long as we can approach them, even if we can't kill them all, reducing their numbers a bit is also good..."
Wang Jincheng opened his mouth, but didn't know how to refute.
At the same time,
On the ruins of the Beidou Consortium, densely packed Scarlet Heaven Cultists were gathered together. Everyone's position seemed to have undergone strict adjustments, looking like a huge red circle when overlooking from above.
Two red-robed figures stood in the center of the circle. One of them pointed a finger at the sky, and the other pointed a finger at the earth. Their mouths full of fangs were open, their bloody maws constantly panting in the sighing gale.
"Pant! Pant! Pant!!!"
This seemingly meaningless panting was like some kind of signal in the ears of the other Scarlet Heaven Cultists. They simultaneously drew a sharp Short Blade from their waists and slashed open a bloody gash on the wrists of both hands.
Dripping blood flowed out from their wrists, dyeing everyone's hands blood red. It rolled down their fingertips to the ground, and the blood of dozens of people merged together, spreading to the surroundings like a blood-colored ocean...
The Scarlet Heaven Cultists surrounding the two bishops simultaneously knelt and prostrated themselves on the ground, their palms and foreheads completely submerged in the pool of blood, like devout believers praying in low voices:
"Supreme Crimson Sky World-Saving Exalted One... Supreme Crimson Sky World-Saving Exalted One... Supreme Crimson Sky World-Saving Exalted One..."
...
"Eh?"
Not far from the Beidou Consortium, Jack of Clubs seemed to have sensed something and turned his head to look in this direction.
"What? Did you find the way?" A trace of hope ignited in the miserable-looking Heart 9's heart.
"...No, but, it seems quite lively over there."
"Lively? How lively?"
Before Heart 9's words fell, he saw a wisp of red smoke, so thin it was almost invisible, slowly rising into the sky from that direction, and an indescribable sense of oppression attacked from afar.
Heart 9 had never felt that kind of Aura before. Under that red smoke, the Divine Path within his body seemed to totter.
"That is..."
"Go over and take a look?"
"Let's go!"
Heart 9 nodded without hesitation, thinking that since they didn't know the way anyway, it was fine to go watch the fun. What if they ran into an acquaintance there, or just happened to recognize the surrounding roads?
As the two rapidly approached the Beidou Consortium, a pool of blood sea slowly outlined before their eyes.
Scarlet figures rose and fell in prostration within the blood sea, their devout chanting resounding through the clouds. And the Aura that made Heart 9 feel doubly oppressed was exactly floating out from the blood of these people. After Fusion with each other, it gathered on the two bishops in the center, condensing into faint red smoke and floating towards the sky.
"Scarlet Heaven Cultists? What are they doing?" Heart 9 asked in puzzlement.
"Attempting to attract the attention of a 'World-Ending'."
"Attract the attention of a 'World-Ending'?"
"The power of the Scarlet Heaven Cult essentially comes from the Red Star Aura hidden within them. They can manipulate these Auras through rituals, guiding the Gray World and reality to converge... So what they can summon is actually only the Gray World itself. As for the Calamities within it, they actually have no means to 'summon' them.
But there is one point... Although the reason is not yet known, the power of the Red Star seems to have a strong attraction for 'World-Ending' Tier Calamities.
In other words, 'World-Ending' Tier Calamities will deliberately or unconsciously chase after the Red Star."
"I haven't heard of this statement..."
"I also heard it by chance from a 'King'. Moreover, this situation only exists at 'Rank 9', ordinary Calamities will not have this reaction. So theoretically, the Scarlet Heaven Cultists can actively let the Red Star Aura within their bodies drift out to a greater extent by means of bloodletting. As long as there are enough Scarlet Heaven Cultists participating, and the total amount of blood is enough, the Red Star Aura hidden within will be extremely rich.
This rich Red Star Aura is like a bonfire in the eyes of a 'World-Ending', extremely conspicuous. So there is a high probability of attracting them over... Which is the so-called 'summoning'."
Heart 9 nodded slightly. The next moment, he seemed to have remembered something, and his expression suddenly became somewhat strange:
"Wait, you're saying, this thing actually isn't directional like Gray Realm summoning... but all 'World-Ending' Tiers might be attracted by it?"