246 I am the disaster_2

The target of the Nuo ritual's prayers—

An incarnation of the great Nuo's power, originating from Huaxia, fashioned in the likeness of its patron.

"Bestow benevolence and righteousness, bring blessings to all beings! Drive out lewdness and evil, let there be no illness or disaster! Nuo! Nuo! Nuo!"

The worshipers danced savagely and madly, their dark clothing and red garments billowing with the wind, wearing fearsome Nuo masks on their heads.

Behind them, the silent phantom of the patron gestured with its great halberd, pointing directly at the pestilence deity that writhed before them.

For a moment, a chilling wind swept through the battlefield.

It was as if the gates of hell had opened, countless ghostly armored soldiers charging at the pestilence deity with a roar, the sounds of drums, horse hooves, and war cries shaking the heavens, majestic and deadly, darkening the sky.

The great Nuo ritual, a scourge on evil, naturally the bane of the "plague"-bearing pestilence deity.