Next, dozens of Stone Ghost Race members, their wings severed, were also treated as offerings and roughly tossed into the mouth of the divine statue.
The statue's massive mouth slowly closed.
The moment the maw sealed shut, the tenacious Stone Ghost Race members were crushed and dissolved by an unseen force.
They were ultimately reduced to a thick, bloody ooze that seeped slowly from the cracks at the corners of the statue's mouth, dripping onto the altar and trickling down into the Magma Lake below with a sizzling sound.
The scene was utterly evil and gruesome.
Below the altar, hundreds of the Eight-armed Race trembled with excitement. They kowtowed fanatically, burying their heads low as if on a pilgrimage to witness the world's greatest miracle.
Just then, the final batch of offerings was brought forward.
When Nie Cang and the other five saw what was in the cage, their faces instantly turned ashen.
