Chapter 396 The Evil of This World
call!
When I pushed open the door of the church, a breeze blew in, mixed with the smell of decaying dust.

Carmel City is the largest core city in the state.

But in Jiang He’s opinion, this main city was so dilapidated that it was shocking.

All you can see are rubble and the remains of collapsed buildings, though you can vaguely see a hint of past prosperity. The charred walls are dotted with cracks, the glass lampshades of the street lamps have long been shattered, and the electrical wires hang down like dead snakes.

Dried blood spilled onto the ground, mixed with dust and dirt, forming strange dark red patches. Abandoned cars were parked on the roadside, with holes all over the body, torn seats and stuffing scattered all over the ground.

The sky was gloomy, almost as dark as night.

If the world of embers is a world suffering from a serious illness, then the world of ash is more like an old man who has been buried in the ground, waiting for his last breath before he will completely reach the end.

Behind someone, three strong men stood straight. The first one had a silly smile on his face, the second one had a cold look, and the third one had a frivolous attitude. As for the adjutant Green, he seemed to be excluded by the three men, standing weakly and helplessly at the side.

The girl in white seemed like the moon surrounded by stars. She stared straight at the mutant lizard on the door frame. Suddenly, the sides of her delicate cheeks cracked open, and her petite figure suddenly pounced out, opening her bloody mouth and swallowing the lizard whole.

Adjutant Green shuddered with fear.

The expressions of the three silver generals all turned into horror.

“Fourth Miss, spit it out!”

“Waste Green, go find the first aid kit!”

“My lady, don’t eat everything!”

Zhuang Ya raised her little hand, signaling everyone not to panic. She touched her stomach and the food had been digested in just a moment.

goo~
Jiang He did not turn around, his expression remained normal. Although he did not know whether the food Aya ate was poisonous, it would not exceed the epic status of the final time ring. The top priority now was to determine the direction of action.

“The Ultimate Scroll is secondary. What can really significantly improve our current combat power is to upgrade the Long Sorrow Dragon Spear to Epic.”

“The Cardinal’s goal is to get half of the treasure map. In other words, as long as I get the treasure map, I don’t have to look for him. Instead, he will come to me.”

“Hunting the angel violators in the End Society will take a long time to find the target, so it is better to attack them where they are most likely to be rescued. In the luckiest case, the angel dispatched this time is the opponent. If not, then capture them and execute them publicly.”

“I do have some ideas for the hunter advancement mission, but my current combat power is not enough.”

Jiang He thought for a while and then issued the task.

“Asan, you and Green collect information on all the immortal weapons in the world, focusing on their durability.”

“Yes, Maker.” Ah San saluted gracefully.

“A’er, you go and participate in the duel at the Scarlet Theater. If necessary, I will descend upon you.” Jiang He said that the king minister in the title of the first emperor can achieve the effect of descent.

“I understand.” Ah Er clasped his fists and left.

Three people left the team to take action.

Zhuang Ya and A Da stayed behind to accompany them.

Jiang He turned around and at the end of the straight street, a magnificent theater that was out of place in the decaying city came into view. Its appearance resembled an ancient Roman dueling arena, and on one of the walls stood a pitch-black crystalline tower.

——Abomination Extraction Tower.

According to initial intelligence, each main city has an extraction tower, which is a huge alchemical achievement implemented by the Speaker of the Parliament when the Parliament was first established.

The extraction tower can collect human hatred fragments through blood and intense emotions, thus alleviating the frequency of the birth of Abyss Ghosts in disguise. The hatred crystals produced in this way serve as key functions such as universal currency, military resources, and daily supplies for sinners.

Therefore, the existence of the extraction tower is extremely important. Every adult citizen of the empire is obliged to donate blood on a monthly basis and strictly abide by the blood tax system. After donating blood, they can get nutrient solution to replenish the body. At the same time, blood, like hatred crystals, has monetary attributes.

Jiang He opened his all-seeing eye.

As his eyes turned pure white, he could see everything within a radius of twelve kilometers. Processing such a huge amount of information required a huge amount of energy. Fortunately, he usually screened it, and at worst, he had the help of divine thinking to process it.

In the core area of ​​the main city, the most luxurious building around the Scarlet Theater is the Noble Mansion.

In the mansion, there are more than a dozen rooms with the largest number of luxurious decorations such as antique scrolls.

The cold gazes from the outside world screened them one by one.

Half a minute after the ability was activated, Jiang He locked onto the room of the Ash Grand Noble in Carmel City.

“Come.”

Zhuang Ya understood what he meant and turned into a little white snake and crawled onto his neck. Ah Da walked into the door of the micro-domain and returned to his portable imperial city.

Jiang He activated the ultimate ability of the Undying Suit, the Eternal Night Hunter. He was only allowed three chances a day to use it, and the state was activated for ten minutes. With the hunter’s passive spatial ability consumption halved, he only consumed 100 points of silver energy and his figure disappeared on the spot.

Noble Mansion, master bedroom on the twelfth floor.

On the goose down bed, Felix paused slightly in turning the pages of the book. A trace of vigilance quietly emerged on the majestic and handsome middle-aged face. For some reason, he felt an extremely secret sense of being watched.

Since all their power comes from hatred, sinners are extremely sensitive to malice. This is common knowledge among their peers.

“In the end, it will be a cardinal.”

“You’re so brave that you actually aimed directly at me.”

“Unfortunately, the situation is chaotic now. Ever since I found the treasure map, I have been prepared.”

On the other side of the bed, the curvaceous body of a beautiful woman curled up in the blanket. Felix still had the leisure to cover one of his lovers with the blanket. The Golden Elite was hailed as the strongest in the world, but there were only a few of them. He didn’t think he would be in any danger now that the assassination had been discovered.

next moment.

A tall figure appeared in the shadow between the chandelier and the ceiling.

Felix’s eyes changed slightly, and he felt something was wrong. The assassin seemed to have arrived a little too quickly.

With a thought, extremely complex alchemical patterns were revealed on the walls of the entire room. In the Empire of Ashes, alchemy was knowledge belonging to the nobility. Although formal alchemists were relatively rare, there were a few geniuses who had glimpsed the glory of the masters. The chief instructor of the Ashes Academy was the best among the alchemy masters.

Masterpiece: Reverse Summoning Alchemy Array.

By setting up an alchemical summoning array for the Abyss Ghost at a designated location in advance, and leveraging the seamless integration of the Abyss Ghost and the Sin Master, long-distance spatial movement can be achieved. Using the alchemical patterns as an extension, all targets in the alchemical array can be used as moving objects.

The light of the teleportation flickered in the room.

……

The border between the Theocracy and the Empire.

——The bloody howling mountains.

Tens of thousands of active volcanoes are located here, and the pungent smell of sulfur is everywhere. The beautiful body of the noble lady fell from mid-air into the lava, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into ashes without a complete corpse, and she couldn’t even utter a wail.

Felix was wearing pajamas and looking at the enemy with a stern look. The generals of the Burning Iron Legion were in uniform, which meant that the top brass of the legion had either defected or an undercover agent had risen to a high position.

“I don’t think there is any deep hatred between us. If we return to Carmel City from the border, we will not be able to catch up with tomorrow’s Scarlet Festival. You might as well turn back.”

Jiang He looked around and said calmly, “I’m afraid you are not joking at this moment.”

“Hmph, you’re stubborn and refuse to change.” Felix sneered.

In the blink of an eye, heat waves emanated from the noble’s body, lava flowed out of his mouth, nose and eye sockets, charred horns grew on both sides of his forehead, and his body grew dramatically.

Ordinary gold level Lava Abyss Ghost.

When the bloodline compatibility reaches 100%, the sinner can activate a special state – half-ghost transformation.

Whoosh!
Felix suddenly left the spot at lightning speed, with the core weapon Molten Judgment appearing in his hand. The giant sword was like solidified lava, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

boom!
A stream of black light came to the enemy’s side at a faster speed. Jiang He swept out with a shot. The terrifying weight of the silver spear itself, combined with the mechanical force and Dan Jin released, was a pure and violent bombardment.

Dragon Spear Technique: Broken Dragon Spine.

clang!
The gun body smashed most of the lava body, like a heavy hammer hitting red iron, and dense sparks splashed.

Felix was bewildered as he smashed through the outer wall of the volcano and fell into the magma. The rolling magma repaired his body. This was the reason why he had set up the reverse summoning array here in advance, but the enemy’s speed was too fast and he couldn’t see clearly at all.

“Damn it, I have to fight to the death!”

Boom!

The volcano erupted violently, with lava shooting up into the sky.

Felix rushed out of the boiling molten liquid, pointing the giant sword of judgment in his hand.

——Molten Nova.

The giant dragon made of magma fell rapidly.

Jiang He’s expression remained unchanged. Before the silver spear was upgraded to epic, it would be difficult for him to kill an ordinary gold with one shot. After all, the damage reduction of the golden body was particularly disgusting.

Eternal Night Hunter, flash activated.

The lava dragon missed its target and blasted a huge crater hundreds of meters across, causing several volcanoes to spew molten liquid.

Felix defended with all his might, and a layer of obsidian covered the giant sword, which reduced its strength while greatly increasing its sharpness.

Suddenly, in the shadow of his shadow behind him.

A silver spear suddenly stabbed out.

After the ultimate ability of the Eternal Hunter suit is activated, the wearer can flash to any dark and shadowy place within a radius of 10,000 meters within ten minutes.

Jiang He handed out the spear and pierced directly through the enemy’s back.

“You…” Felix couldn’t believe it and vomited blood containing extremely high temperature.

A lava field covering an area of ​​100 meters in radius immediately unfolded.

Jiang He also deployed the black sun field.

At the moment the two sides collided, the black sun area with a radius of one kilometer completely suppressed the lava to the point where it was almost invisible, and the terrifying devouring force invaded Felix.

His body was shattered in an instant.

Crack! The core of the domain shattered.

Felix successfully revived on the spot, and just as he was about to fight back, he felt a strong restraint falling on him.

Jiang He pierced the enemy’s heart with one hand, and blood gushed out of his body.

[Hint: Your Undying Blood Poison LV5→LV10]
[Tip: You get a life essence, which can improve the attribute value of your animal companion by one point (Ultimate limit: 50)]
The blood dried up and the vitality was exhausted.

Jiang He left behind the golden skeleton of his prey, which will come in handy one day.

——The King’s Landing is launched.

……

Carmel City, Noble Mansion.

In the bedroom, Ada waited quietly in front of the mirror.

Jiang He performed the ultimate transformation technique, and Ada’s face gradually transformed into Count Felix.

In the world of Ashes, the nobility is divided into great earls and small barons. Apart from these, there are no other ranks. Marquisates and duchies are absolutely not allowed to exist in parliamentary legislation.

After the transformation, Ada’s entire appearance and temperament were exactly the same as Count Felix.

“Don’t take the golden aura seriously, you’ll be exposed if you take action.” Jiang He reminded.

“I understand.” Ada answered steadily.

Jiang He took out a pot of dragon blood wine and drank it all. Originally, he planned to use the Dragon Spear Technique·Formless Tribulation after flashing, and use the Martial Saint Strike to kill Felix instantly. However, the opponent activated the space alchemy array, which reduced the difficulty of hunting.

After the Martial Saint Strike is launched, all attacks are converted into real damage, but the price is that his physical strength is depleted. He is not very used to this skill unless it is necessary.

The three of them took a short break
Ada plays Count Felix and orders the butler and the head maid to deliver the treasure map, which is still kept in the mansion.

Half a quarter of an hour later, hundreds of servants gathered together, and Ada announced in a pinched tone: “This is the retired general of the Iron Burning Corps whom I invited. He will be the one keeping the treasure map from now on.”

Facing everyone in the mansion, Jiang He stepped out and nodded symbolically. He didn’t believe that there wasn’t an undercover agent among these guys. The news that he had the treasure map would probably spread quickly.

Among the group of people, some were amazed at the general’s appearance, some were secretly suspicious, and some found something wrong but couldn’t tell what it was. The new guy suddenly took the position, and the Earl’s mistress disappeared without a trace. Things seemed a little strange.

Someone knows about this but doesn’t care. Even if it’s just perfunctory, it depends on whether it’s necessary.

The old butler stepped out and reported, “My Lord, the sin banquet is ready, and the lady and the young lady are waiting for you.”

“I understand.” Ada waved his hand.

The old butler lowered his head, his expression unreadable.

……

In the evening, Felix’s family held a sin feast.

More than twenty barons from Carmel City came with their wives. The ladies were dressed in jewels and there were beautiful women singing and dancing. Everyone sat at a long table on the second floor, from where they could clearly see the performance in the hall on the first floor of the mansion, looking down from above.

Jiang He sat at the left head and refused the baron’s offer to talk to him. He was more interested in the food.

The pretty waitress introduced the dishes one by one.

The bread with crystallized surface is a high-energy food concentrated from ordinary white bread. During the production process, the by-product of the extraction tower – emotional crumbs and aftertaste – is added to make the taste lingering.

The cold dish was a half-foot-tall mutant mushroom with animal-like limbs and round eyes under its cap. Its scientific name was the abomination mushroom. The more abomination it looked, the more delicious it tasted.

The maid carefully cut off a piece of mushroom and held it to the guest’s mouth, with meticulous etiquette.

Jiang He took a sip and found it tasted just average.

“Please wait a moment, my dear guest.” After the maid had comforted the mushroom, she stabbed a knife into the heart of the hateful mushroom. The mushroom let out a very anthropomorphic wail, like a talking parrot, and then began to struggle frantically.

The maid was used to it, and patiently cut off the limbs and dug out the cap. She fainted from the pain, and then woke up in pain as the mushroom was cut open.

After using a lot of professional tools, the maid finally collected a bowl of heart-warming mushroom soup. After warming the soup slightly, the fresh fragrance emanated, covering the entire dining table.

“Hate mushroom soup, please try it, my dear guest.” The maid smiled sweetly.

Jiang He took a bite and an unprecedented fresh fragrance filled his taste buds. He immediately fed most of the mushroom soup to the little white snake around his neck.

sizzle~
The soup was so delicious that Zhuang Ya was so anxious that she almost transformed.

While everyone was enjoying the dishes, the sin banquet performance had already begun in the hall on the first floor.

One hundred people who failed to pay the blood tax were arrested by the palace guards, half of them were men and half were women.

The old butler said in a loud voice: “The first act of the banquet is the dance of lies. Within 30 seconds, each participant must find a dance partner of the opposite sex. When the music starts, start dancing the waltz of ash. Every time you make a wrong step, your partner will be punished by the sword.”

The participants looked at each other. Waltz of Ashes was a famous piece of music in the empire and everyone knew it. However, for those who normally had trouble feeding themselves, it was impossible for them to dance it skillfully.

The old butler stopped talking and looked down at the hall with a smile.

After more than ten seconds, someone finally took the lead, and the others also started to move.

Before the music started, there were still eight people who had not found a dance partner. When the time was up, without any explanation, the old butler waved his hand and eight long swords fell from the second-floor ceiling and pierced directly into the target’s head, penetrating the mouth, throat, esophagus, and finally cutting the stomach.

Unspeakable fear and hatred arose among the participants. The Baron Sinnerman immediately clapped his hands excitedly, and the VIP diners seemed to have whetted their appetites.

Jiang He put down the tableware, picked up the dragon blood wine and took a sip, and said calmly: “Does this sin feast have any special meaning?”

The baron next to him smiled proudly and said, “Your Excellency also knows that this Abyss Ghost was born from human hatred. In fact, there are a small number of humans who are born with the ability to attract hatred and form a special energy, which is often called sin energy.”

Everyone silently labeled this general as a bumpkin. Even the theoretical knowledge of aristocratic common sense was not something that a guy of unknown origin could know.

Across the table, a noblewoman smiled and said with a gleaming gaze, “Only those who possess the power of sin are qualified to rely on their affinity with the Abyss Ghost to become superior sin magicians. The innate attraction to the Abyss Ghost will allow those who possess the power of sin to embark on the path of a destined sin magician. The slight misfortunes that may occur during the process are just the tempering given by God, just like the famous Pope Adam Mist.”

The baron continued solemnly, “Holding a sin banquet will cause the hatred around us to be particularly intense for a period of time. When we are in it, the growth rate of our sin energy will be significantly accelerated.”

“There is no sin magician in the world who has never participated in the Sin Banquet. According to the conclusions drawn from countless studies, the hatred generated when a person dies is the most intense.”

Jiang He raised his eyebrows: “It seems far worse than going to the battlefield.”

The noble lady covered her mouth and chuckled: “Look at what you said, people can die on the battlefield.”

The nobles couldn’t help but burst into laughter when they heard this.

“Interesting.” Jiang He thought thoughtfully, “People’s hatred gave birth to the Sin Master and the Abyss Ghost, so what can the hatred of the Sin Master and the Abyss Ghost give birth to?”

The laughter gradually died down, and the nobles looked at each other, some in shock, some in deep thought, and some frowning. It seemed that this question had never been fashionable.

“The hatred is strongest when a person dies. In short…” Jiang He deduced, “If I kill all the Sin Magicians and Abyssal Ghosts, will all the hatred in the world belong to me? There is a small price to pay. You may not be willing to see the extraordinary people perish, but if you all die, there should be no resistance.”

Jiang He judged the possibility of success. The direction of the flow of hatred is: human beings – sinners and abyss ghosts – himself. By eliminating the middlemen and letting all the evils in this world be concentrated on one person, the result should be worth looking forward to. The scope covers the entire world, and perhaps it can accomplish heroic deeds and create a rough outline of the mythological form.

The Baron’s expression was blank and he began to tremble instinctively.

The lady turned pale and trembled, “You are… kidding.”

There was total silence around the long table. The faint smell of blood began to spread, as if millions of creatures were wailing in the ears.

Jiang He shook his head, wiped his mouth with a silk scarf, and said calmly: “It was a pleasant meal tonight, but without practice, it is difficult to distinguish between theory and speculation. I can only trouble everyone here to lend me a hand. After all, opportunities don’t come often, and I’m not a very patient person.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Baron stood up.

The noble lady turned pale, as if she realized something, and began to scream wildly. The nobles stood up and fled, and the tables, chairs and benches fell to the ground.

Jiang He sat still.

A huge black sun rose from behind. The light at the edge of its solemn and cold outline was strangely distorted and the air made a sharp whistle, as if countless wronged souls were howling.

The tables, chairs and benches on the floor seemed to be pulled by an irresistible force and slid rapidly towards the black sun with crackling sounds. The crystalline floor cracked, the crystal chandeliers fell together, and glass fragments shot through the air like bullets.

The nobles screamed in terror and fled madly but kept retreating. All kinds of famous paintings and sculptures were twisted and deformed under the terrifying devouring force and shattered at an incredible speed. The baron was swallowed up by the black light while cursing, and the delicate body of the noble lady fell apart.

The entire second floor, in just a short moment, went from bustling and lively to empty and almost completely reduced to rubble.

Only the black sun still hangs high in the sky.

“Your Majesty.” Ada waited for orders.

Behind Jiang He, a human-shaped image emerged. He thought about it seriously, and then stuffed the epic prop, the navigation light, into it. This thing was originally an energy device during the peak period of the Saint Lilith.

“If we regard the mythical form as a warship, the role played by the three special effects of the navigation lights seems to be not small.” Jiang He thought to himself.

Effect ①: Energy capture converter – captures various extraordinary factors in the surrounding environment and converts them into real energy.

Effect ②: Fusion – The navigation light can be integrated into non-living objects and fall off after being damaged.

Effect 3: Navigation guidance – It has a deep inertial guidance for those who have captured the extraordinary factors. The efficiency will be significantly improved by long-term capture and charging.

The face of the humanoid Dharmadhatu was like a light that had suddenly lit up. In the surrounding environment, a strong force of hatred was roaring and gathering. It was obvious that the current absorption was still in the stage of quantitative accumulation.

The experimental results were successful.

Jiang He stood up and the Dharma image disappeared.

On the stairs between the first and second floors, the old butler said in a terrified voice, “Don’t come over, or I’ll kill everyone involved!”

Jiang He laughed dumbly: “What does it have to do with me? People should pay for their own weakness.”

“They are like this, you are like this, and I am like this too.”

boom!
The Eye of Judgment smashed the old butler’s head to pieces.

Jiang He turned around and said to Ah Da, “I’ll leave the aftermath to you. I’ll leave a blood spear. If someone steps into the trap to assassinate you, report to Shuguang Intelligence immediately.”

“Yes, my lord.” Ada replied with his head down.

(End of this chapter)