In the pitch-dark void floated an almost skeletal figure: Chen Jiuge.
After being hit by Belis’s powerful attack, Chen Jiuge had fallen unconscious from severe injuries. His vital energy and blood were so depleted that his self-healing speed was extremely slow.
Whether by good fortune or because Belis’s residual aura was too terrifying, no Chaos Beasts dared to approach.
A mature female voice advised, "Are you really sure about this? If the first male you encounter is an Insect, you can’t change your mind."
"Aunt Wu, I’m sure," Xiu Xiu said, her stunning face showing a hint of stubbornness.
Xiu Wu said sympathetically, "Actually, Luo Zhi isn’t so bad. Though his strength is slightly lacking, his family is quite wealthy, and he has great potential for future progress."
Disdain appeared on Xiu Xiu’s face. "A man who can’t even defeat a woman doesn’t deserve to take a wife."
Xiu Wu replied helplessly, "But the first man you encounter might not be able to defeat you either."
"Hmph! Aunt Wu, don’t think I don’t know. The War God’s blessing can’t be renounced, but it also requires the first person I meet to first pass the refinement of the Asura Altar."
"Did the Elders agree to this?" Xiu Wu asked, surprised.
"Those old codgers are so bored they’re practically growing mold! How could they not agree to something this interesting?" Xiu Xiu grimaced, thinking of the Elders’ gossip-loving old faces.
As the two were talking, they came across Chen Jiuge.
Xiu Xiu complained, "Damn it! Just stepped out the door and ran into a corpse? This is definitely an unlucky start."
After a moment’s hesitation, Xiu Wu said, "Xiu Xiu, I think your husband has appeared."
Xiu Xiu looked at Xiu Wu in shock, her gaze seeming to ask, "Are you joking with me?"
"Male. Alive," Xiu Wu said, lifting the tattered clothing on Chen Jiuge, her face filled with schadenfreude.
"No way! But I think he definitely won’t survive the refinement of the Asura Altar," Xiu Xiu said, trying to calm herself.
"HEHEHE, that’s not necessarily true. I remember in history there was an Insect who succeeded in the refinement; that poor woman committed suicide on the spot," Xiu Wu said with a chuckle.
Although very unwilling, the War God’s blessing was something members of the Asura Clan were bound to obey.
The Asura are a race born purely for slaughter, and its members are frighteningly strong. As long as they don’t suffer from stunted development, they possess at least General Level combat prowess after reaching adulthood and undergoing the Asura trial. This makes them one of the strongest individual races in the Core Star Sea.
The only problem was their scarcity. Compared to the Insect Clan, or even the Myriad Beasts Sect, they were far outnumbered.
One hundred Asura families might not produce even one hundred children before dying—their reproductive capability was absurdly low.
This was a race born for battle, but their extremely low fertility forced them to suppress their nature and focus on recuperation.
Rough stone houses stood on dark red earth. The streets were filled with Asura clansmen, their eyes faintly red. Latest content publıshed on novｅlfire.net
The current Clan Leader, Luo Sandao, said sternly, "So this is the ’blessing’ you encountered?"
Xiu Xiu, weakly cradling Chen Jiuge, responded, "Yes, Clan Leader."
"Very well. Then let’s conduct the refinement with all the clan members as witnesses," Luo Sandao said with fervor.
"OOOOH, refinement! Refinement!"
The idling Shura Clan members shouted loudly. It was unclear who tossed a flower into the air first, but then countless objects flew skyward.
A piece of pink lingerie, apparently female underwear, landed on Luo Sandao’s head. The scene quieted for a moment. Luo Sandao trembled with anger. "Who is it?! Who?! Who dares to wear pink underwear?! Is this still the Shura Clan?! Still the War Tribe?!"
A burly male Asura was awkwardly pushed to the front by the crowd. He blushed and said, "Clan Leader, I’m... defective."
After saying this, he daintily picked up the pink lingerie with delicate fingers, even throwing a coquettish wink.
Luo Sandao’s face turned scarlet with anger. Remembering he still had to preside over the Divine Altar’s refinement, he barely swallowed his rage. However, his black hair stood on end, transforming him into the spitting image of a Super Saiyan.
The Asura Clan had a peculiar matrimonial custom: they practiced endogamy. This meant Asura members could only marry fellow Asuras. However, love is blind, and undoubtedly some clan members favored outsiders.
Thus, once an Asura reached adulthood, they were assigned a marriage partner. If they accepted, they married as usual. If not, they could choose the War God’s blessing, selecting the first male they encountered outside the clan as their marriage partner.
Because of this peculiar blessing, the lands outside the Asura Clan’s territory were often frequented by Cultivators who no longer wished to exert themselves. However, these Cultivators usually couldn’t withstand the altar’s refinement and would die on the spot.
Oh, right, the purpose of the Divine Altar’s refinement was to grant outsiders the Asura Bloodline. This ensured that if they married into the clan, their offspring would also be pure Asuras.
As for the outsiders’ thoughts—well, the Asura Clan simply didn’t care. Once someone arrived in their territory, refusal was not an option. It was simply impossible.
After this brief introduction, they reached the Asura Clan’s Divine Altar.
It was a massive Blood Pond, surrounded by the Asura Clan’s Elders, with a roughly three-meter-high statue of the War God in the center.
If a Cultivator familiar with the Asura Clan were present, they would know that the further back an Elder stood from the Blood Pond, the higher their status. Indeed, those in the rearmost semi-circle were almost exclusively of the Immortal Daluo Golden Immortal rank.