Majestic statues stood around the platform, all in postures of worship.
Further out, there were neat stairs that spread outward, with murky water constantly flowing down from above.
Fang You waited for half a day, finally to witness the sacrificial ceremony of this city.
When the sounds of the ritual rose, the entire city's activity changed instantly, like a calm lake turning turbulent in the blink of an eye.
Countless human inhabitants and lifeforms of the city surged towards the site of the ritual, their faces alight with zeal, wading through the filthy river water, step by step ascending the stairs.
Compared to tribal ceremonies, the only differences here were more followers and their attire being more normal and resplendent, seemingly nothing else.
Every now and then, followers would collapse with a slap, issuing cries of pain mixed with mania, their bodies gradually turning to pus and being washed away by the filthy river water until they ceased to exist.
