Li Qiye glanced at the scattered corpses and shook his head: “It’s not a living being, just an ancient ceremony that had been excavated again. When an old ceremony like this appeared, it required a sacrifice.”

“A sacrifice?” The princess had an ominous feeling. This wasn’t a good word at all: “A life offering?”

“Nothing to be surprised about.” Li Qiye smiled: “Not to mention the untraceable epochs, even in our own, so many sacrifices have happened among the long years. For certain powerful people, others were mere ants. A million or ten millions are only a number, virtually the same thing.”

Li Qiye’s nonchalant words made her feel even more anxious. She had also heard of these legends when she...