The Duel Between Two Suns: Book 7 of Starchild Escapes Arranged Marriage

by Fat Bread

  As expected, my prince is perfect, whether he is in men's or women's clothes!

  "I understand. Sorry, I misunderstood you." Red Lotus also understood why Mei could pass through the defense system of the Sword Palace.

  Sky Swords were the most exalted people in the Sky Sword God's Domain. None of the Sword Palaces would judge a Sky Sword as an enemy.

  The whole of the White Lotus Sword Palace was defenseless to Casina the Battle God. It was their honor that Casina was willing to come to the Sword Palace.

  The last time a Sky Sword came to the White Lotus Sword Palace was thousands of years ago. Casina was the first Sky Sword who came to the White Lotus Sword Palace in the last one thousand years.

  Even the Great Xia Imperial Palace was opened to all Sky Swords, not to mention the small White Lotus Sword Palace.

  "It's unexpected that you hold Master Casina's token." When looking at Mei (Star Snow), Red Lotus even felt somewhat jealous.

  "My sister worships Master Casina very much." Looking at Red Lotus' expression, White Lotus quietly told her prince this important information.

  "Master Casina is an invincible god of battle, the invincible overlord of the Battle God's Champion Contest." Red Lotus said with longing in her eyes.

  Casina the Battle God was not just a common Sky Sword, she was also famous in all of the endless god's domains.

  After all, she was also the only legend rank female swordsman who won the title of "Battle God".

  Not only in the Sky Sword God's Domain, even in the Western God's Domain and the Dragon God's Domain, but there were also countless women who worshiped her.

  Red Lotus was also one of them. She was Casina's biggest fan.

  When she first saw Casina on the Water God's Fantastic Island, she was so nervous that she could hardly speak.

  After that, when traveling with Casina, Red Lotus often consulted Casina about how to improve her fighting skills, and got a lot of instructions from Casina.

  Originally, the power of the legend rank should be beyond the boundaries that any hero ranked beings could understand, however, Casina's martial arts was one of the few exceptions.

  After all, martial arts was the power that was created for weak human beings to challenge strong enemies.

  After being taught by Casina, Red Lotus respected her more.

  Seeing that Mei had Casina's token, Red Lotus' attitude also changed.

  "Sister, it's your fault, so, apologize." Finding that her sister Red Lotus was feeling guilty, White Lotus showed a strange smile on her face and lightly pushed her sister.

  "Well, it was my fault. I apologize. Do you need any compensation?" After knowing the reason why Mei could come in, Red Lotus also felt that her attitude just now was too bad.

  "I think it would be good for Mei to attend our sacrificial ceremony."

  Chapter 496: Sacrificial Ceremony

  "Sacrificial ceremony..." Red Lotus frowned first, then nodded and said, "No problem. It's suitable to be a compensation."

  The sacrificial ceremony of the Witch Palace was a very solemn and sacred ceremony, and not everyone was eligible to participate in it.

  Almost all noble families in the Sky Sword God's Domain wanted to attend the sacrificial ceremony of the witches, but only very few of them could succeed.

  Why were they so enthusiastic about this? Because the sacrificial ceremony was a special Prayer of the Witch Palace, the people who attend this ceremony could get some incredible experience, and even have a small chance to improve their talent.

  Although the chance was slim, however, there were only a handful of ways in the endless god's domain could improve a person's talent, and the costs of most of them was so huge that very few people dared to try.

  The sacrificial ceremony of the Witch Palace was one of the methods that you didn't need to pay a too huge price. So long as they took part in it, they would have 10% of the possibility to strengthen their talent.

  Not only in the Sky Sword God's Domain, in the whole of the Eastern God's Domain and even the distant Western God's Domain, many famous families knew this. It was said that the sacrificial ceremonies of the several most famous witches in the next 100 years had all been reserved by these noble families.

  Red Lotus and White Lotus just started to learn the sacrificial ceremony this year, and they succeeded in their practice not long ago.

  The news hadn't been spread yet, otherwise, the Witch Palace wouldn't be so "quiet" now.

  The sacrificial ceremony was a Prayer and a way of practice for witches. The sacrificial ceremony could only be performed once a month and would last about three days.

  There were various taboos in the sacrificial ceremony, and once the sacrificial ceremony started, no one could stop it. Otherwise, the witches who held the sacrificial ceremony would get hurt, including vomiting blood and even being cursed.

  Because of this, the sacrificial ceremony was a ceremony that all witches should keep practicing throughout their lives, and the assistants who could participate in it must be strictly selected.

  Most of the time, witches weren't willing to let any outsiders attend the sacrificial ceremony, especially the young witches who had just learned how to perform the sacrificial ceremony. In order to keep their mind clean, they were not allowed to be disturbed by anything.

  However, Red Lotus didn't mind letting Mei take part in the ceremony, because she wasn't alone, her sister White Lotus would help her in the ceremony.

  White Lotus was naturally good at all kinds of magic arts. Even the defense system of the Witch Palace had been revised by her and increased its power by 30%.

  Unlike Red Lotus who was good at fighting, White Lotus was known for her wisdom and understanding about magic arts.

  Because White Lotus had such a great talent, so that they could be qualified to hold the sacrificial ceremony at this young age.

  This was the highest level of spiritual practice of the Witch Palace. Even after reaching the legend rank, it wouldn't be antiquated.

  In fact, in the sacrificial ceremony, White Lotus herself was the one who held the ceremony, and Red Lotus was just White Lotus' assistant.

  "..." Mei (Star Snow) looked at White Lotus with curiosity. Her head slightly cocked.

  "It will take three days to prepare the ceremony. You are recognized by Master Casina, therefore, in return for her, I have to let you know what the sacrificial ceremony means, so that you can get the greatest benefit." Red Lotus and White Lotus walked together in the garden of the Witch Palace. White Lotus held Mei's hand and Red lotus explained what the sacrificial ceremony was for Mei.

  "The sacrificial ceremony is a top-level secret skill of god witches."

  "From ancient times, our witches used it to communicate with the creatures that didn't exist in our world."

  "Sacrificial ceremony, literally, this is a way to present sacrifices to the gods."

  "However, we can't make sure who the god is. Most of the time, we can summon a good, kind god, but sometimes, some horrible creatures would also respond to the sacrificial ceremony."

  "Good gods will bless us."

  "Unknown, horrible creatures will bring curses."

  "Occasionally, some neutral creatures would also respond to the ceremony, trading with us."

  "After being improved by witches from generation to generation, the chances of being cursed have been greatly reduced. Most creatures who respond to our summons are friendly gods or fantastic creatures."

  "Improving the participators talent is one of the side effects of the sacrificial ceremony. If the god or creature appeared on the sacrificial altar has the same type of energy as you, you will have the opportunity to absorb a part of their auras to enhance your own talent."

  "The probability is about 10% and works for all hero ranked beings."

  Invite the god, then send the god away, this was the special ability of the witches, and the way to communicate with many creatures in other worlds was the top secret of the witches in the
endless god's domain.

  The Witch Palace in the White Lotus Sword Domain was just a small branch of the god witches in the endless god's domains. The history of the god witches was said to be even longer than the establishment of the endless god's domains. It was an ancient force that existed before the first Star Bridge was built.

  "Sister, have you decided what god you want to summon this time?" Holding her prince's hand, White Lotus looked calm, but her fast heartbeat had exposed her true mood.

  The prince's hand is so warm.

  "Well, like last time, I want to summon a fire-type god or fantastic creature." Actually, Red Lotus wasn't good at the sacrificial ceremony. She was only responsible for offering her spiritual power for White Lotus in the ceremony.

  Nobody knows how many super beings exist in the endless god's domains, just as nobody knows the margin of the starry world.

  In the endless worlds, there were endless gods.

  The existence they could summon depended on the rank of the sacrifices, which was one of the reasons why witches had to let noble families take part in the ceremony.

  After all, the sacrifices that could entertain a god wouldn't be cheap!

  Chapter 497: Kryolite

  "No, I think we can summon a stronger god this time." White Lotus said confidently and stroked the prince's soft hands.

  "Well, but, isn't the sacrifice just a fire-type ruby?" Red Lotus looked at her sister with a confused look.

  Although she was not very proficient in the sacrificial ceremony, at least, she knew the basic principles of the ceremony.

  The quality of the sacrifices determined the level of the gods that could be summoned in the sacrificial ceremony.

  Which meant, to summon a stronger god, they must prepare a more precious sacrifice.

  Rumours said that in the similar rituals of black magic, in order to summon a powerful evil spirit, dark wizards would even kill millions of people as blood sacrifices.

  Naturally, witches wouldn't use such a bloody method, they preferred to use valuable sacrifices.

  After trying endless summons, god witches had found some relationships between the sacrifices and the gods they summoned.

  If the sacrifice was a fire-type ruby, it would probably be a fire-type spirit who responded to their summon, and there was a small probability that a giant dragon would respond to them.

  Obsidian was not recommended as a sacrifice, because only dark-type evil spirits liked this kind of sacrifices, if it wasn't necessary, none of the witches would use an obsidian as a sacrifice.

  The principle of "equivalence exchange" was also working in the sacrificial ceremony, therefore, the witches must pay attention to their endurance when they performed the sacrificial ceremony.

  In their long history, a witch once mistook a rare star-type obsidian as an ordinary obsidian. As a result, she summoned an indescribable, horrible existence and was devoured by it.

  Of course, it was a very rare exception. Most witches who performed the sacrificial invitation would prepare sacrifices that match their own strength. They wouldn't let the situation get out of their control.

  This time, according to previous experience, the sacrifice prepared by Red Lotus was a ruby containing a lot of flame spirits, therefore, the existence who would respond to their call would naturally be a fire-type god or fantastic creature.

  "No, we won't use the ruby, I have a better sacrifice this time." White Lotus looked at Mei confidently.

  The Prince is the incarnation of a miracle and the glory of hope.

  She could do anything as long as she was with the prince.

  "Do we have that kind of thing?" Red Lotus was confused. White Lotus Sword Domain was just a small, remote sword domain, that ruby was almost the highest quality sacrifice they could find.

  "Yes, it was a gift from the Water God, Hydra." White Lotus took out a milky white gem with a hazy mist inside.

  At first glance, it was just an ordinary gem, however, if you kept looking at it, you would find that the interior of the gem was constantly changing.

  The hazy fog in the gem changed from huge mountains to vast oceans, presenting an all-embracing scene.

  "Kryolite?" Red lotus was shocked after realizing what the precious gem in White Lotus's hand was.

  Compared with the fire-type Ruby she prepared, the level of Kryolite was far higher!

  The fire-type ruby in her hand could be the material used to forge the highest level of fire-type god weapon, however, the Kryolite in White Lotus's hand could be embedded in a real god weapon without any extra steps!

  It was a treasure that could only be obtained from real fantastic creatures or gods. Before humans understood the concept of a "god weapon", gods were using this kind of materials to forge original god weapons!

  Compared with this, the fire-type ruby she prepared before was just nothing.

  What was more precious was that the Kryolite was one of the most suitable sacrifices for the sacrificial ceremony. It could almost guarantee a 100% chance to communicate with a random high-level extraordinary existence, and all the beings of the three camps, good, neutral and evil all liked it.

  Even amongst gods, it could be used as money. From this point, its rarity was self-evident.

  "Isn't that too wasteful? It's Kryolite!" Even in Red Lotus' eyes, the Kryolite was too precious to be a sacrifice.

  Its price couldn't be counted by money, after all, only gods or fantastic creatures could make Kryolite, and money was meaningless to gods and fantastic creatures.

  Gods and fantastic creatures both had the ability to change the material constitution from the molecular level, which was the so-called "touch a stone and turn it into gold". Therefore, none of the mortal wealth such as gold and silver were valuable to them.

  Only these gems contained the free energy of the universe, for example, the fire-type ruby, would let some gods feel interested in it.

  This kind of fire-type ruby was generally accumulated in the ley lines after tens of millions of years. Even in a large gem vein, there would be only a few fire-type gems.

  Even gods couldn't control time, therefore, the fire spirit contained in the ruby was the core of the sacrificial ceremony. Ordinary rubies had no such effect at all.

  The last time, White Lotus used a fire-type ruby as the sacrifice, and successfully summoned a fire-type fantastic creature. By absorbing the fire power of the fantastic creature, the power of Red Lotus Holy Sword was greatly improved.

  "Yes, since it's an apology, we should show our sincerity." White Lotus narrowed her eyes habitually and smiled at her sister, which was gazing at her with a confused look.

  She knew that her sister would agree in the end.

  "Ah... You're really being self-willed, but since it's a Kryolite, there should be no problem." As White Lotus had expected, although Red Lotus frowned, she finally agreed to her sister's request.

  Apart from any things related to the "prince", Red Lotus's love for her sister was unconditional, she would be willing to meet any of White Lotus' demands.

  Yes, anything apart from the "prince". The prince must die!

  "Thank you, sister! I'm also looking forward to what we can summon in the sacrificial ceremony!" White Lotus smiled with her eyes squinted.

  The Kryolite was her gift for the prince from the beginning. In order to obtain it, she had also made a deal with the Water God, Hydra.

  She just didn't expect that she would be able to use it this soon.

  With the power of miracle from the prince, what kinds of existences could see the bright light of the Kryolite?

  She was also curious about this in her heart.

  "..." Mei (Star Snow) looked at White Lotus in confusion. She didn't understand why White Lotus was holding her hand so tightly.

  I want to bask in the sun!

  Chapter 498: Sacrifices

  Under the ground of the Witch Palace, there was an altar, which had the highest secrecy level of the whole White Lotus Sword Palace
.

  The Altar of Deity.

  Amongst all the Witch Palaces all over the endless god's domains, there must be such a forbidden place, where it was used for witches to pray and communicate with gods.

  In different worlds, the Altar of Deity built by the witches would take on different features.

  This altar in the White Lotus Sword Domain was an ancient altar full of the style of the Eastern God's Domain.

  The most central part of the altar was a pattern of Yin Yang Twin Fish, showing the principle of both rigidity and softness.

  Around the pattern of Yin Yang Twin Fish, there was a circle of blooming lotus petals, which looked pure and flawless.

  Above the Altar of Deity, there was a pattern of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, which symbolized the belief of the Eastern God's Domain. At the same time, there was an ancient sword piercing through the sky. It was a mark left by Yun Hai the Sword Master, which represented that the Altar of Deity was blessed by him, a Sky Sword.

  Witches didn't believe in a certain god, but would choose the most suitable god according to the rules of their own world, and build the Altar of Deity that was suitable for the style of their world.

  If a witch was strong enough, the witch herself could also be summoned by other witches.

  God witches weren't the puppets of gods, but a special force formed by women who had the ability to communicate with gods.

  They respected gods, but they weren't puppets.

  They were good at communicating with gods and generally, they would guard the world they were born in, if it wasn't necessary, they wouldn't leave their own world.

  The Witch Palaces existed in many worlds in the endless god's domains. The witches were a special scene of many god's domains.

  They believe that there were eight million gods in the world, and even a stalk of grass, a piece of wood or a road contained the possibility to become a god.

  Witches were the earliest channels of communication between humans and gods.