In an instant, a pitch-black silhouette surged from the red glow, standing over three meters tall, its upper body bare, revealing muscles as rugged as dragons.

The surface was covered in black cowhide.

Its waist was adorned with long strands of cow hair, like an apron hanging down to the knees.

Two horns pointed high towards the sky.

The Bull Demon held a thigh bone of some unknown monster.

As soon as it appeared, the Bull Demon let out a loud roar, and the bone rod immediately swung towards Griffith and Dio.

The bone rod came before the sound, and the two could only hastily raise swords to block the attack.

Bang!

As the sound exploded, under the tremendous force, they flew backwards.

With a crash, the fence behind them shattered directly.

Their momentum didn't stop, continuing to roll and slam into the crowd behind.

Rolling over and over again, Griffith only felt his brain buzzing loudly.

Even the sound nearby seemed particularly blurred and distant.

He reached out to prop himself up, but felt something sticky in his palm. Looking closely, there was a lot of blood on the ground.

Griffith looked up and realized that he had actually killed six people on his way over!

His back also felt burning, as if someone's bone had pierced his back.

As he was here to watch the circus performance, he was not wearing armor, and ordinary clothes obviously lacked protective functionality.

He gasped a few times, and the silver-white long hair hanging down his shoulders was stained red with blood.

"Ha, ha." Griffith watched the tall and strong Bull Demon chasing the townsfolk, each swing of the bone rod creating a sonic boom, terrifying in power, a single strike turning a person into a meat patty.

The people screamed in panic, trying to flee the scene, but were no match for the Bull Demon.

The sound of meat patties kept echoing in Griffith's ears.

"Damn it!"

He gripped his sword tightly, wanting to advance and fight, but found the sword already broken, leaving only an inch of blade.

Worse yet, he couldn't stand up.

He turned his head and saw that Dio wasn't doing any better.

The people killed by the Bull Demon had their flesh and blood absorbed into the ground, continuing the magic circle.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Griffith panted heavily, asking.

Tas removed the bronze mask he was wearing, revealing the tattoos of the sin nation on his left cheek, his eyes sweeping over the two. "Relax, this will not harm you. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Perhaps you don't know, but I had already been informed through the Seed of God's reaction, that you are unawakened Angel Envoys."

"What are you talking about?"

Dio was shocked, never having thought he was an unawakened Angel Envoy.

Tas smiled and said, "No need to rush; it will soon be over."

...

Soon indeed, no bystanders were left alive on the scene.

Including the circus people, Tas spared none, nor the bears, lions, and other animals; they too must die.

The ritual site allowed only three living people.

The tent was torn down in the fighting, revealing the blood moon in the sky.

The crimson moonlight shone on the earth like a river of blood.

Resonating with the blood-red magic circle on the ground, it revealed an eerie scene.

The Bull Demon dragged the bone rod back to Tas, who took a short dagger from his cloak and stabbed it fiercely into the Bull Demon's chest, slicing downwards as a torrent of blood gushed from within.

The Bull Demon stood motionless.

All the blood fell to the ground, making the red glow grow deeper.

Then, amidst Tas's chant, the sky's red moon revealed a faint face, unclear, only its once-closed eyes opened.

A denser red light shot from the eyes to the ground, instantly activating a red whirlpool in the magic circle on the ground.

From it emerged a pale bone hand, lifting Griffith, Dio, and Tas fifty meters into the air.

The suction force from the middle and index fingers caused them to fall back onto the bone fingers, where a bone loop emerged to lock their bodies.

The Dread Emperor gazed down upon the world.

Tas took two egg-like objects from his cloak, their surfaces covered in bumps.

"What is that?"

"This is the Seed of God! Eggs birthed by the Tree of Life, allowing the dormant Angel Envoys to awaken in advance."

Tas replied, his eyes flashing with envy, "You are truly fortunate."

With these words, he placed the Seed of God against their chests, streaks of blood-red rushed toward the Seed of God from the pale bone hand.

The next second, the bumps on the Seed of God suddenly opened their eyes.

A strong light flashed, and Dio felt a force surge from his chest, violent, as if to destroy his original body structure.

Blood, nerves, everything was destroyed and then rebuilt, an unprecedented power surged from his heart.

Thump, thump!

The powerful heartbeat brought immense strength.

This was the power of the Angel Envoy!

Dio's eyes shined brightly.

"Quick!"

A deep, hoarse voice echoed from the sky, as the Dread Emperor in the red moon couldn't wait to descend.

Tas did not delay further, quickly taking out the knife that had previously wounded Dio and Griffith, his face filled with frenzy, "Next, your blood will guide the great Dread Emperor back to the world, feel fortunate!"

He intended to stab the knife into the ground's bone hand.

Time Suspension!

Dio's eyes widened, gray-white light overshadowed the crimson moon, enveloping the entire world in a layer of gray-white.