Chapter 390 - 138: The Barbarian God Descends, a Good Opportunity to Fish in Troubled Waters, Trust Him?

It was the man who had once appeared in Yu Yi City to help Lin Fan.

This was the Imperial Capital of Great Xia, the center of power for the entire Celestial Central Province. Recently, the city had become a gathering place for the leaders of various Immortal Sect Lineages and Noble Families. The one thing it did not lack was powerful masters.

Everyone knew the Blood Immortal Sect was only trying to throw the Southern Hunting exercise into chaos. As such, many chose not to intervene, content to simply watch how things unfolded.

As the Great Scholar Zhao Tianhe clashed with the Blood Immortal Sect master, a thick, blood-red mist billowed up from the depths of the forest. In the blink of an eye, it spread like a dense fog, engulfing the entire area.

"Were you sent by my elder brother?"

Beneath a secluded cliff, a rather gaunt figure was conversing with several disguised youths. He was noticeably shorter and smaller than other members of the Barbarian Race.

He spoke the language of the Human Race. His eyes were deep and clearly held intelligence, marking him as no ordinary Barbarian. Despite having endured great torture, he still carried the air of a nobleman.

"A while ago, a prophesied Barbarian descended upon our race. Several High Priests performed a joint divination and glimpsed a part of the future. This Barbarian carries the will of the Barbarian God. In the near future, he will unite all the great tribes, end our internal conflicts, establish the Barbarian Royal Court, and become a Barbarian Emperor for a new age."

"Then, the Barbarian army will march north, invade the Great Xia, and reclaim the ancestral lands of our people..."

A bloody light flickered around the young man’s body, making him seem one with the surrounding crimson mist. They spoke quickly, relaying the message to the Barbarian before them.

’A prophesied Barbarian has descended?’

The Barbarian’s body trembled slightly. He was clearly shaken by the news, but a glint of joy appeared in his eyes.

His name was Wuganya. His elder brother was the chieftain of a large Barbarian tribe, and his status among his people was equivalent to that of a prince in the Human Race.

As such, he was privy to many secrets concerning the Barbarian Race.

’It’s a pity I won’t live to see that day.’

Wuganya sighed, but a savage look quickly crossed his face. He bared a set of stark white teeth as he looked at the young figures. "What does my elder brother want me to do?"

One of the youths produced a purple-gold bottle and handed it to him. "The leaders of your Barbarian Race instructed us to deliver this to you personally. They said you would know what to do once you had it."

’A Barbarian God Pill?’

Wuganya glanced at the purple-gold bottle. Without even breaking the wax seal, he knew what it contained.

This kind of Elixir Pill could only be obtained by sacrificing something precious to the Barbarian God. Consuming it granted unimaginable power for a short time—enough to even allow a phantom wisp of the Barbarian God himself to descend from a Different Dimension Space-Time.

He had expected his tribe to send a rescue party. But they had brought him a Barbarian God Pill instead. The implication of what they wanted him to do was self-evident.

’After being defeated and captured by that female general of Great Xia, I lost all my value.’

’Still, this is for the best. It will allow me to return to the Barbarian God’s embrace sooner.’

Wuganya closed his eyes, then opened them again. He looked at the youths before him. ’If the Blood Immortal Sect hadn’t interfered and goaded him, my elder brother would never have made a decision like this.’

’Clearly, this is a transaction. The Blood Immortal Sect needs me to consume the Barbarian God Pill. As for what they promised the Barbarian Race in return... that’s beyond my knowledge...’

"My strength hasn’t fully recovered. The Great Xia’s Observatory has tortured me day and night. Even if I swallow the pill, I won’t be able to let the Barbarian God’s phantom descend using my body."

"I’ll need your help."

His gaze suddenly turned cold and indifferent. Before the youths could react, he abruptly opened his cavernous mouth, revealing rows of stark white teeth. The inside of his mouth seemed to transform into a terrifying black hole.

The very air around them began to tremble. Unseen matter and particles vibrated at a high frequency, creating a horrifying suction that pulled the young men into his mouth.

They had no chance to resist, their final moments filled only with bloodcurdling screams.

Wuganya chewed slowly, closing his eyes as if savoring a rare delicacy. Afterward, he reached up to pick a bloody shred from between his teeth, then opened the purple-gold bottle and downed the Elixir Pill in one gulp.

The next moment, his body swelled violently. His arms, legs, neck, waist... all inflated as if pumped full of air, growing more than ten times their original size in an instant.

This was not the Heaven and Earth transformation. It was an unimaginable power erupting from within his very cells, forcibly bloating his physical form.

「Meanwhile, in a faraway corner of the Southern Wilderness Province.」

On an altar taller than a man’s waist, built from Five-Colored Soil, lay the flayed bodies of many creatures from an unknown race. A group of Barbarian Priests in sacrificial vestments circled the altar, chanting in a low, unintelligible ritual drone.

Tens of thousands of Barbarians knelt in dense ranks around the altar. Each one slit their own wrist, pouring their blood into the stone troughs before them.

A bizarre, foul wind whipped up around the altar, carrying what sounded like the whispers of a terrifying entity. The sky darkened. In an unknown Different Dimension Space-Time, a powerful being heard the call and cast its gaze downward.

A terrifying pillar of light tore through the heavens, rolling like black signal smoke and pulsing with unimaginable energy.

Within the Qianyuan Cave Realm, everyone present seemed to feel an indescribable pressure descending upon them.