Chapter 138

"What has appeared in the sky?" "What is that thing?" "How can it be so gargantuan?" "What is it?" "What is this?" "Can anyone tell me what on earth this is?" "What the hell is this?" The moment the Great Immortal Blood Demon appeared, the people of the small town had no idea what it was. Its body was so massive it was shocking. The vault of the sky over the Great Leiyin Temple was completely occupied by the creature’s frame, and above its head hovered a slowly rotating blood-red vortex. The vortex and the demon were fused as one, radiating an aura that struck fear deep into the souls of all who beheld it. Bewildered and at a loss, the people kept asking questions, their voices rising in frantic, visceral screams. They desperately wanted to know what was happening. They had to understand: yesterday, things were not like this at all. Even though the town had been crowded with refugees yesterday—refugees who were quite detestable, indeed—the Great Leiyin Temple had still stood firm. As the pillar of the community, the temple had given the townsfolk the strength to hold on, even in their suffering. Yesterday, the temple had still been bathed in the light of the Buddha, and its monks had truly provided crucial protection for the surrounding area.