A weak and evil woman was exiled? The beastly husbands risked their lives to protect her

Chapter 656 Warrior, please put down the Holy Maiden!
"Become like my father?" Charon frowned slightly. "What do you mean by 'Holy Female'?"

Jiang Xinli gently brushed her fingertips across his neck, uttering each word slowly and deliberately, "Petrify."

As soon as he finished speaking, Charon's amber-colored vertical pupils, covered by black silk, suddenly contracted.

The scorpion tail wrapped around Jiang Xinli's calf suddenly tightened.

But his voice remained calm: "The Stone Clan evolved stone fur to resist the poisonous fog, as the Holy Mother should know."

"Is that so?" Jiang Xinli sneered, releasing her grip. "The bathing ceremony is over, isn't it?"

“Yes.” Charon said, then suddenly bent down and picked her up. “Now, please let me help you change.”

The moment their skin touched, both of them froze simultaneously.

Jiang Xinli took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

Charon carried her out of the hot spring with steady steps, placed her on a steaming soft couch, and bowed respectfully, saying:

"Holy Mother, see you later."

He took a few steps back and left the side hall along with eight other stone beastmen.

The hamster maids who had been kneeling by the pool finally stood up.

They kept their heads down the whole time, brought Jiang Xinli a set of exquisite clothes to change into, and then led her away from the side hall.

The moment Jiang Xinli stepped into the main hall, she saw Yu Hanche's gloomy expression and felt a sense of relief.

"My lady." Yu Hanche strode over and pulled her into his arms, his voice low, "Just now, nothing happened, right?"

He smelled a faint pheromone scent belonging to a male orc, masked by a strong fragrance.

Looking around, he couldn't see the nine Stone Clan warriors, and his eyes suddenly darkened.

Jiang Xinli gently shook her head, "It's nothing."

She didn't want to say much about being bathed and served by the Stone Clan orcs.

Although nothing actually happened, the bathing ritual and the spices used still made her feel vaguely uneasy.

In addition, during their time in the bathroom, the winged creatures' roars suddenly stopped.

The Scorpion City Lord smiled calmly, "Warrior, as I said, you can rest assured."

Yu Hanche's red eyes darkened, and he didn't speak, but simply held Jiang Xinli's hand even tighter.

The High Priest of Owls stepped forward. "Lord of the City, Holy Mother, the sacrificial ceremony is about to begin. Please proceed to the Holy Domain."

Jiang Xinli and Yu Hanche exchanged a glance.

He sensed her wariness, and she sensed his tense nerves.

"Okay," she replied softly, tapping the back of his hand with her fingertip.

The group filed into the cave and descended the stairs.

This time, the barrier shrouded in black light disappeared, revealing a wide, sunken, elongated area below.

A black halo floated around the ground.

The area was filled with a dense crowd of people in black robes.

They are the orcs who were abducted from other dimensions by the Stone Clan.

They clasped their hands together and bowed their heads, as if they were whispering something.

Jiang Xinli's heart sank.

Yu Hanche squeezed her palm, gesturing for her to look ahead.

At the end of the long road, a towering black gate, as tall as a mountain, stands majestically.

The door is covered with traces of time, and lifelike winged sculptures perch on it.

In front of the gate, there was a mountain of gold and jewels.

Jiang Xinli frowned: "City Lord, what are those?"

The Scorpion City Lord smiled calmly, "These are all things that the nine Winged Clan guards like."

"Isn't the sacrificial ceremony for the gods a sacrifice to a sacred beast?"

“Exactly.” The Scorpion City Lord slowly turned the giant scorpion ring on his finger.
"But to offer sacrifices to the sacred beasts, we must first obtain the consent of the nine winged beings who guard the sacred beast ruins. Therefore, we must offer sacrifices to them first."

He paused, "However, the premature sacrifice to the nine winged beings may anger the sacred beast."

"Therefore, we can only wait here until the Winged Clan allows us to enter the ruins."

After saying this, he nodded slightly to the High Priest Owl.

After bowing to Jiang Xinli, the high priest, holding his bone staff, led the priests down to the long, narrow area. They lit fires, formed ranks, summoned spirits, performed a ritual dance, and swore a blood oath.
The process was similar to the movies and TV shows Jiang Xinli had watched on ancient Earth.

Seeing that she looked tired, Yu Hanche, who had been keeping a close watch on his surroundings, picked her up and put her on his arm.

The Scorpion City Lord's expression tightened, and he whispered, "Warrior, please put down the Holy Maiden."

"This is within the sacred domain. If the sacred beast becomes enraged because of this, all the preparations we made today may be in vain."

Jiang Xinli patted Yu Hanche's hand, signaling him to put her down.

She didn't entirely believe what the Scorpion City Lord said.

However, she always had a premonition: danger was definitely around her.

When two people are embracing, their reaction time will be noticeably slower if something happens.

Yu Hanche reluctantly put her down, his brows furrowing even more tightly.

Below, the burning campfire gradually died down.

The high priest, owl, raised his bone staff and cried out to the heavens, "Show your power!"

"HOOOO—" The deafening roar of the Winged Clan rang out again.

The massive black gate at the end of the long road slowly opened to both sides.

Nine dark, winged phantoms flew out from inside the door.

Their wings blotted out the sky, their claws were ferocious, and they hovered and roared above the passage, bringing with them gusts of eerie wind.

The black-robed orcs standing in the passageway, and the jewels piled up in front of the door, emitted specks of starlight that began to converge towards the dome.

This scene is exactly the same as the mural Jiang Xinli saw before.

The wings and hooked tails of those winged creatures were exactly the same as those of the Ember Abyss beast form.

Gradually, the starlight faded, and the winged shadows flew back into the gate one after another.

The next moment, Jiang Xinli's breath hitched.

She watched helplessly as the black-robed figures below seemed to have their life force drained by an invisible force; their skin quickly lost its luster and cracked, and their muscles and bones twisted and solidified.
In the blink of an eye, the living orcs were transformed into distorted, cracked gray-white stone statues, their empty eye sockets slowly turning toward the black dome.

Jiang Xinli looked up and met Yu Hanche's downcast gaze.

Therefore, the jagged rocks outside the City of Sacred Beasts are not rocks at all.

Those were petrified corpses left behind after being sacrificed to the Winged Clan!
"So, they were all sacrifices?" Jiang Xinli looked at the Scorpion City Lord, her voice icy. "These are the treasures you 'found' across time and space?"

"Yes, Holy Female." The Scorpion City Lord's tone became colder. "This is a law that has been passed down for thousands of years in the Holy Beast City: the strong prey on the weak, and the fittest survive."

The "stone statues" below were quickly cleared away.

The High Priest of Owls, holding a bone staff, called out to them, "Lord, Holy Mother, the Holy Beast has granted us permission to enter the Holy Beast Ruins."

The Scorpion City Lord stepped aside. "Holy Maiden, please."

The group descended to the long path.

Jiang Xinli then noticed that there were many dark runes left on the ground.

Upon reaching the massive black gate, the Scorpion City Lord stopped, looked behind Jiang Xinli, and coldly ordered, "Once inside the Sacred Beast Ruins, you must protect the Sacred Female."

Jiang Xinli turned around and saw the nine stone beastmen who had followed her at some point.

The revealing clothing and long legs have disappeared, replaced by the previous half-human, half-beast form.

The nine orcs bowed and said, "Yes, Lord City Lord."

There was also a barrier in front of the giant black gate.

The Scorpion City Lord stepped forward and placed his palm on the barrier.

A black streak of light flashed, and the runes on the ground lit up.

Jiang Xinli felt a burning sensation coming from the runes on the soles of her feet.

The next moment, she and the nine stone beastmen vanished from the spot.

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