Everything is in place, all that's left is the east wind!
Standing before the vast and imposing altar, Muzan Kibutsuji felt a surge of nervous tension.
He was about to face a true deity. In the presence of such a being, a Demon King and a mortal were no different.
They were both mere ants.
In truth, considering Muzan's personality, he wasn't particularly keen on performing the sacrifice.
He was afraid that he might accidentally offend the deity and be killed on the spot.
But............
Lu Ming had offered too much!
After witnessing the rewards Danzo received, how could Muzan resist the greed burning in his heart?
He dreamed of walking under the sunlight!
“Receiving divine favor is my only chance!”
As he muttered to himself, Muzan suddenly remembered something.
The livestream was still off!
He was about to receive divine favor, how could he not brag about it?
“Chat Group, open my livestream!”
【Group Member I Want to Bask in the Sun opened a livestream!】
【Group Member The Darkness of the Shinobi World, Group Member Insect Magician joined the livestream!】
【The Darkness of the Shinobi World: Congratulations, Muzan-sama, you are about to witness the divine light!】
【Insect Magician: Congratulations.............Alas, I have no useful people under my command, otherwise, I should be able to offer a sacrifice now.】
【The Darkness of the Shinobi World: Lord Tohsaka, are there few suitable offerings in your area?】
【Insect Magician: It's not that there are few, it's that I find it hard to find them. However, it's coming soon. When the Holy Grail War begins, it should be fine.】
【The Darkness of the Shinobi World: Then I'll offer my congratulations in advance.】
【Insect Magician: Same to you, same to you.】
Heh.
You old bug, just be envious!
Seeing that Zouken Matou couldn't offer a sacrifice for the time being, a sense of superiority instantly arose within Muzan.
Even his nervousness about facing the deity lessened.
Replaced by intense anticipation!
I wonder what kind of divine favor the deity will bestow upon me?
Thinking this, Muzan calculated the time and felt it was about right.
He knelt before the altar, kowtowing with all his might.
He didn't even care when blood trickled down his forehead.
In Muzan's eyes, the harder he kowtowed, the more he proved his faith in the deity!
It was just a little blood, right?
He could even kowtow until his head cracked open!
After three kowtows, Muzan's once-handsome face was covered in blood.
But he didn't mind, he prostrated himself in humility, his voice booming as he recited the prayer.
“In the depths of the cosmic abyss, the stars shine with their eternal light!”
“I call upon you, the omniscient and omnipotent One who unites all things!”
“Great Lord of Dreams, Weaver of Time and Space.
“You are the root of truth! You are the end of fate! You are the eternal creator!”
“Your humble servant, Muzan Kibutsuji, offers the sacrifice of Daki, and humbly requests your merciful gaze!”
As his voice faded away, the divine miracle did not appear.
Gyuutarou and the Sound Hashira, along with Daki, the sacrificial offering, stared at Muzan with an eerie gaze.
The three said nothing, yet it was as if they had said everything.
Gyuutarou: “Is this what Muzan-sama called a sacrifice? It doesn't seem to do much.................But, it's fine if it doesn't work, as long as Ume is safe!”
The Sound Hashira: “In this world, how could there possibly be deities? If deities truly existed, why wouldn't they punish us, these man-eating demons? It seems Muzan-sama has been deceived.”
Daki: “Has the ceremony begun? Why don't I feel anything...............No! Wait! It feels like.............there really is some kind of indescribable, great being................descending!”
As the sacrificial offering, Daki was the first to sense the anomaly!
She abruptly raised her head and gazed at the ceiling of the Infinity Castle!
There should have been a thick layer of soil to block out the sunlight!
But now, it was radiating the brilliance of stars!
From Daki's perspective, a being of such greatness, beyond description and beyond words, was slowly descending!
It was as if it was composed of ten thousand stars, holy and glorious!
Its radiance illuminated the heavens and the earth.
Its power was like the untouchable, eternally burning sun!
None could defy its will!
In the depths of her being, Daki had a firm conviction!
——If there were deities in this world.
Then, this One who Unites All Things, before her, must be the supreme deity!
“Huh? Strange?”
“Why do I know the title of this great being?”
Daki was bewildered, but such a minor matter no longer mattered!
She remembered that Muzan had offered her as a sacrifice to the deity.
In other words.................
“I will become the deity's priestess?!”
A surge of immense joy exploded in her heart!
Daki was speechless, her mind blank.
Instinctively, she knelt down, expressing her submission to the deity she was about to serve!
If even Daki was like this, how could Muzan be any different?
Seeing the deity descend, he immediately kowtowed again and chanted, “Great One who Unites All Things, your humble servant, Muzan Kibutsuji, welcomes your arrival!”
【Insect Magician: Great One who Unites All Things, your humble servant, Zouken Matou, welcomes your arrival!】
【The Darkness of the Shinobi World: Great One who Unites All Things, your humble servant, Danzo, welcomes your arrival!】
Witnessing such a divine miracle was already the greatest honor for a mortal.
And to see a deity descend with one's own eyes? Even greater!
Gyuutarou and the Sound Hashira beside them uncontrollably knelt down.
They lowered their heads deeply, not daring to look directly at the divine radiance.
They wanted to follow Muzan and pay their respects, but they discovered that they had lost their prophetic abilities!
Fear, awe, admiration...............
All these emotions mingled together, ultimately forming a sentence that slowly surfaced in their minds!
——Divine might like a raging inferno, divine grace like the boundless ocean!
To fathom such a great existence was a laughable endeavor!
It wasn't that It didn't exist, It simply chose to ignore the world of ants!
Was a demon eating a human concerned with what the human thought?
At this moment, the Sound Hashira finally understood this truth.
In the eyes of the deity, humanity and demons, good and evil, held no difference!
All were minuscule to the point of insignificance..................
Dust!
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