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Chapter 2067, Section 265: Divine Abomination Mutant

Chapter 2067, Section 2.65: Divine Abomination Mutant

The following ritual will provide the final answer.

"My lord, almost half of the survivors in the camp have been transformed into..." Captain Nine-Tailed, who was closely monitoring the situation, immediately received a pop-up notification: "Mutant monsters."

The reason Captain Nine-Tailed didn't use the term "vampire" is because the analysis results from the "Superbrain Region Chain" of the Vortex-Symphony Star Superbrain Co-organization differed significantly from those of a vampire in the pure sense. Neither its form nor its physical structure indicated a vampire in the classic sense.

“This is a variant of the ‘divine abomination’ obtained by the Aztecs through the sacrifice of their fifth sun god, Tonatiu,” Wu Chen stated, “Essentially, it is a distorted form of divine consciousness.”

"Abomination" originates from Dungeons & Dragons (DND), also known as "Abomination." Its existence stems from the loss of divine power or the products of ancient divine wars: initially defined as the distorted forms of aborted divine souls, hating the natural order; later established as living weapons created during the cosmic war between gods and Aragami, including groups capable of forming entire legions and failed products of divine experiments. Abominations possess a spark of divinity. Therefore, unless destroyed, they are virtually immortal. They do not need to eat or breathe, and are immune to shapeshifting, petrification, energy drain, and mind control, but can strengthen themselves by consuming living beings or summoning elemental creatures. They are resistant to fire, cold, and other energy types, and possess high damage reduction and magic resistance. Abominations have a malevolent love for catastrophe. They seek to annihilate everything, projecting their suffering onto a larger scale throughout the multiverse, aiming to destroy planes. Most Abominations are sealed by stronger divinity, but those that break the seal trigger plane-wide panic. They possess true sight, telepathy, and languages ​​such as the Abyss Language and the Celestial Language, and are extremely dangerous transcendent beings in the D&D universe.

Because of the shattered star, even Aztec "gods" like the fifth sun god Tonatiu lost their status as 7-star powerhouses. If the spacetime they guarded was too fragmented, or most of it had been annihilated, with only a few remaining as "messages in bottles" in the outer realms of the shattered city, then this fifth sun god Tonatiu would likely have become a demigod.

The injection of "distorted divine consciousness" is far from meeting the standard of 5 stars.

The strongest of these (half)divine aberration variants barely reaches the 4-star level. Most of them are only at the 3-star level.

Of course, at the first level of Fulong Temple, they are already considered top-tier combat power. Their strength is comparable to that of the Iron Fist Black Widow fighting team, who have just completed their armor and special training.

"What exactly are they?" Captain Nine-Tailed was still analyzing the true origin of these mutant monsters.

"After the destruction of the first four Sun Ages, the gods jointly created the fifth Sun Age. However, there were no humans after the world was created. Therefore, the feathered serpent god went to the underworld of Miktland to steal the bones of his people (from the second Sun Age). After overcoming countless hardships, the feathered serpent god finally brought back the broken bones of his people and used his own blood to mix with the bones (which were ground into bone powder) to create a new (batch) of humans." Wu Chen extracted a passage from Aztec mythology.

"'Blood mixed with bones created a new human.'" Captain Nine-Tailed immediately realized: "So that's it! Mutants born from the blood of the Golden Python."

“From a scientific perspective, that’s indeed the case.” Wu Chen nodded slightly. “Do everything you can to treat the survivors. Have Madam He collect the mutant genes and produce the inhibitor serum as soon as possible. Let’s see how many more people we can save.”

"Yes, sir!" Captain Nine-Tailed immediately took action.

Just then, the crimson sphere of light enveloping the altar expanded to encompass the entire tip of the pyramid. The golden python, now shriveled and emaciated like a spicy snack strip, suddenly opened its blood-red maw and swallowed Santanico Pandemoni, the ancient vampire queen and "Death's mistress," whole.

A burst of blood suddenly erupted.

With overwhelming force, the long, serpentine skeleton of the golden serpent shattered into bloody segments. The broken segments flew out from the empty, vibrant snakeskin, forming a cage of bones around the altar. Just as the cage closed, Wu Chen, aided by his companions' "eyes," glimpsed the empty snakeskin strangely coiling into a giant egg. "To pray for a bountiful harvest, the Aztecs regularly performed human sacrifices: the victim's heart was removed, and the skin was peeled off. The priest wore the skin for 20 days, 'incarnating' as the Hipettotec, to distribute food to the people. Other rituals included shooting arrows to symbolize rain, or burning and slitting throats, all aimed at maintaining cosmic balance..." Wu Chen immediately revealed the true intention behind this plot development: "The ancient vampire queen Santanico Pandemoni will don the snakeskin, 'incarnating' as the high priest (human representative) of the skin-peeling master, the Hipettotec!"

In Aztec mythology, Hipettotek, the skinner, is one of the oldest gods in the pantheon. He is also one of the four gods closely associated with death. The worship of death surrounding this god permeated the entire history of the Aztec Empire, with numerous celebrations held over the years directly related to death and ancestor worship.

It is said that there were two spectacular forms of sacrifice: gladiator sacrifice and arrow sacrifice.

In the "Gladiator Festival," an exceptionally brave captive warrior is bound to a massive, carved circular stone and forced into a simulated battle against an experienced Aztec warrior. The victim is given a "feathered sword" to fight with, the obsidian blade replaced with feathers. His opponent, on the other hand, is fully armed, dressed in formal attire, and ready for battle at any moment (goodness, is this a fair duel?).

In the "Arrow Sacrifice," the victim was stretched out in an eagle-like position and tied to a wooden frame, then every inch of his body was riddled with arrows, causing his blood to drip onto the ground...

Just then, those "God-Demon Mutants" who had mutated first and taken to the air suddenly became restless.

A scimitar clad in black power armor, wielding dual blades, charged up the altar enveloped in a cage of bones. The Breakwave 4 team, disguised in optical camouflage as the "Butcher Suicide Squad" of the container terminal safe zone, followed closely behind.

The thirteen maids, standing back to back guarding the cage of bones below the steps, shouted, "Kill them all!"

As the "God-like Mutant" swooped down to land, Scimitar and the others finally saw the true appearance of these monsters.

Wu Chen blurted out, "Piaisa."

Legends about Piasa date back to ancient times, long before European explorers arrived. It originates from an ancient Native American tribe along the Mississippi River, describing a malevolent bird-like creature meaning "man-eating bird" or "evil bird." In other legends, Piasa is described as a dragon-like creature with green scales, horns, and a human face, who prefers to eat human flesh.

According to the legends of the indigenous tribe, the Piasa lived on the nearby cliffs and its habit of feeding on the corpses of warriors was similar to that of the ghouls in Western folklore. A French missionary described this strange creature in 1673 as follows: "It resembles a bull, has a badger-like head, red eyes like a tiger, whiskers like a tiger, a ferocious face, a human-like appearance, scales covering its back, and a long tail that wraps around its entire body, reaching its rump like a fish fin."

It can fly and dive. It has a human upper body and a snake tail, and also features characteristics of various jungle beasts.

Bloodthirsty and cannibalistic, extremely ferocious.

This is the true face of the so-called "vampire".