Approaching the magic circle, Taylan and his group were being brutally beaten by Bart alone. Initially, three of the eight were killed by Silas's side. Of the remaining five, Bart killed two, leaving only three to retreat to the edge of the magic circle in an extremely wretched state.
At this moment, the three were in very poor condition. Not only were their faces pale, but the skin on their faces and bodies was festering and oozing pus, looking extremely miserable and disgusting.
Bart clutched his staff. The gemstone on his staff was now very dim, as if the energy within had been completely depleted.
"Ignorant fools who completely fail to understand my Lord's teachings, you can die now," Bart said, then raised his hand, igniting green flames.
Taylan and the other two knew they couldn't survive. Their festering faces, as hideous and disgusting as a ghoul's, stared at Bart as they said in a low voice, "Do you really think you've won?"
Bart was taken aback, seeming to have thought of something. "You're mad!"
"Gagaga! My Lord! Accept our life force and descend upon this place!" Taylan and the other two suddenly roared together, their entire bodies abruptly igniting with eerie green flames.
Then, they suddenly turned and actually threw themselves into the sacrificial magic circle.
As these three human-shaped flames entered, instantly, the entire quiet magic circle, as if three bombs had been thrown into it, began to churn violently.
The previously calm green particles within, like piranhas smelling blood, frantically gathered towards the flames of the three.
This series of operations instantly left Silas dumbfounded.
Also dumbfounded was Adeline.
The two hurriedly ran over. Silas shouted, "Bart, what's going on!?"
Bart's face was so gloomy it looked like water could be squeezed out of it. He gritted his teeth. "They detonated the fire of life within their bodies, contributing all their life force to accelerate the completion of the summoning. And due to the guidance of the believers, it has already begun to transform from the sacrificial stage to the descension stage."
"What!?" Silas's eyes widened, his tone noticeably rising.
Woof, woof, woof!
At this moment, the Husky suddenly barked loudly at the magic circle.
Silas turned his head upon hearing the sound and saw a bizarre figure appear in his vision.
Half of this person's body was a clean skeleton, and the other half was flesh in a semi-dissolved state.
The flesh was now gradually dissolving, decomposing into puddles of green, bizarre substance, extremely disgusting.
"Joseph!" Seeing this person, Silas barely recognized who he was.
It was that unlucky, pitiful painter, Joseph.
At this moment, his facial skin could be seen falling off in flaps. In a few breaths, a white skull, as if carved from jade, appeared in everyone's vision.
Silas's eyes were wide open at this moment, his eyes bloodshot. A mad thought gradually filled his mind, and an invisible thing was gripping his throat, preventing him from breathing.
At the critical moment, a hand covered Silas's eyes, and a gentle voice came, "Relax your mind, keep quiet, recall my Lord's magnificent warship, listen to my Lord's eternal holy sound…"
Slowly, Silas gradually calmed down, and his surging Spirit Vision actually subsided.
Taking a deep breath, Silas felt something flowing down his face. He reached out and wiped it, finding two lines of bloody tears.
"Lower your head, don't look anymore," Adeline's gentle voice came again.
Silas nodded cautiously, looking at the ground, no longer looking forward.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
Looking at the ground, Silas could only hear the whooshing sound of burning flames in his ears.
"What happened?" Silas's spiritual energy was exhausted at this moment, and he couldn't even sense the rhythm of sound through mystical knowledge.
Bart seemed to be frightened, his voice trembling. "The flames and life energy are rapidly condensing into flames and gathering towards the vessel. If the vessel's entire body is covered by the fire of life, the descension will be completed… Now the flames have just begun to condense. The time to stop it… can only be now."
Silas immediately asked, "How can we stop it?"
"The entire magic circle is like a sealed high-pressure tank. They gather and condense life energy, compressing it to cause a qualitative change. The current stage is a transfer and high-pressure combustion. We must quickly destroy more than 30% of the entire magic circle's structure to allow the energy condensed within to diffuse out."
Silas looked up. The huge magic circle connected two farms. At this moment, it was pitch black, and it was completely unknown where the magic circle was.
At the critical moment, Adeline suddenly said, "I have a way for this."
Instantly, the gazes of the two locked onto her.
"Jeros and I discovered the magic circle before, but at that time, fearing we would alert the enemy, we didn't destroy it. Instead, we secretly left some backdoors on it, in case we might encounter a situation where we needed to destroy the magic circle in the future."
Hearing this, Silas was instantly filled with joy and immediately said, "Then quickly destroy this magic circle!"
A hint of solemnity flashed across Adeline's face as she asked, "Are you sure? This magic circle is also a protective barrier. If we blow up the magic circle now, we are very likely to be directly attacked by that existence."
Bart immediately said, "You don't need to worry about this. I can control it. Hurry up and blow up the magic circle. The larger the explosion range, the better!"
Silas nodded along, saying with a serious expression, "Yes, blow it up immediately!"
Adeline casually took out a crystal ball, causing it to float in mid-air. She crossed her hands on her chest and said, "I need thirty seconds."
Hiss, hiss, hiss…
The moment Adeline began, the existence within the formation instantly sensed the danger. The hollow skull abruptly turned, its eyes staring fixedly at Adeline, and it opened its jaw, emitting a piercing sound.
Bart took a quick step and stood in front of Adeline. He knelt on the ground, clasped his hands together, and began to pray in a low voice.
Slowly, the skeleton seemed to be somewhat appeased and gradually calmed down.
Time slowly passed. Silas, not daring to raise his head, had his forehead covered in sweat, his mental state feeling like every second was a year.
He didn't know how much time had passed when suddenly, a piercing shriek abruptly came.
Hearing this sound, Silas's ears instantly bled, he felt dizzy, and he sat down on the ground with a thud.
Clack!
His Spirit Vision increased by another two points.
In the magic circle, the skeleton's skull was already enveloped in green flames, the green flames filling and burning.
At this moment, it directly interrupted Bart's prayer, let out a piercing scream, and its entire skeleton rapidly ran, rushing towards them.
"Not good!" Bart's face changed drastically upon seeing this. He suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, and his hands began to wave rapidly in the air as he roared loudly, "Primordial of life, end of death, great Lord who controls endless life and death, your loyal servant Bart Imbass offers you the lives of your believers, praying to appease your anger!"
As the prayer words were recited, a large amount of white hair could be seen instantly appearing on Bart's head. Many green flames rapidly separated from his entire body and rose up to stop the rushing skeleton.
An invisible green barrier temporarily blocked the skeleton's advance.
"Quick!" Bart roared, his face sallow.