After a long and tedious brainwashing session, the agitated believers finally left the area.
The bishop looked at the three of them with a hint of a smile on his face, gesturing for them to follow him.
Wei Kaiyang followed behind the bishop, gradually approaching the prayer room.
He noticed that over a dozen figures in black robes were standing at the entrance to the prayer room.
"They are the exorcists of our Order. It is hard work, but for the Lord God, everything is worth it," the bishop introduced.
Wei Kaiyang and the others could not see their faces clearly. They simply followed the bishop into the prayer room.
Just as Zhao Lei had said, the place was unremarkable, except that now a circle of Order members stood against the walls.
They stared at the three with burning eyes.
Wei Kaiyang had a bad premonition.
"They're dead." Lin Ye turned off the television directly and let out a long breath. "Though, for these useless trashes to survive this long is already a huge win, alright."
The girl beside him blinked and asked, "How do you know they're dead?"
"Because..." Lin Ye naturally couldn't say the system told him. He pointed to his head. "They don't use their brains. The best opportunity was to sneak back into the prayer room to look for clues during the day when the Order was conducting its activities. Yet, they foolishly stood there and wasted a whole day! Once it gets dark and the three-day time limit is up, they will undoubtedly die."
The girl looked at him with some admiration. "But, don't regular instances count as cleared once the time is up?"
"In a triple-S rank instance, how could time be the key to clearing it? The only explanation is that they only have three days. Once the three days are up, even if they evade the demons' pursuit and possession, they will be eliminated by this mysterious Order."
"This Order looks like the good guys, though."
"No, no, no, you're wrong. There is definitely something wrong with this Order." Lin Ye pulled the girl into his arms and then silenced her mouth to stop her from asking any more questions.
Actually, his system was not wrong.
Just as Zhao Lei and the other two grew increasingly uneasy, the sky gradually darkened, and the bishop's smile became somewhat sinister in the candlelight. The old man slowly walked to the desk and pressed a mark on it.
With a click, the wall directly facing the door slowly opened, revealing a hidden passage.
The bishop waved at the three of them. Wei Kaiyang glanced behind him and found that the black-robed men were blocking the door. Knowing there was no way out, he followed Zhao Lei forward.
The three entered the passage, and the other members behind them immediately followed. They were muttering incomprehensible incantations, which made people feel rather uncomfortable.
As they reached the end, a massive room appeared before their eyes.
Suddenly, a cry came from behind.
"Let me go!"
Wei Kaiyang immediately turned his head, only to be greeted by an iron collar. Even Zhao Lei was subdued before he had time to activate his skills.
"Outsiders... you possess power comparable to demons..." The bishop slowly took off his hood. The two sharp horns on top of his head now explained everything.
"Demon! You are a demon!"
Wei Kaiyang instantly understood, but it was to no avail.
As the cult members took off their hoods one by one, their pupils glowed golden yellow, and fangs protruded from their mouths.
"Your flesh and souls are the best sacrifices for that Lord," the bishop said. Wei Kaiyang and the other two were hung upside down. Blood rushed to their heads, making Wei Kaiyang feel extremely uncomfortable.
He had thought that this Order might just be a group of swindlers, and he had considered that they might be using the public's fear to gather faith, but he had never imagined that this Order was also made up of demons!
How despairing must this world be!
Known for always playing it safe, he now began to curse loudly.
Facing his anger, the demon bishop merely watched him quietly. "Outsiders, you carry a fascinating scent... It is a good thing you found your way here yourselves, rather than letting those low-level fools outside have you."
They could actually detect the skills on his body? This absurd thought flashed through Wei Kaiyang's mind.
Watching a grinning creature walk toward Luo Huan with a sickle in hand, Wei Kaiyang closed his eyes in agony, then suddenly opened them. "I'm sorry."
He said this to his wife and child who were watching the live broadcast.
However, he did not know that ever since he walked in, the live feed had been cut off.
Some kind of power had blocked the broadcast.
Luo Huan was already scared silly. She screamed and struggled continuously, trying to dodge the sickle swinging toward her neck.
The sound of something shattering rang out, and the executioner holding the sickle looked toward the door in astonishment.
"I say, digging such a massive basement here, isn't that an illegal construction?"
Wei Kaiyang became excited. This voice! It was that hidden expert!
"Who are you?" The demon bishop looked at the newcomer in shock. At this moment, Fang Zhiyi was grabbing an exorcist by the face, and with a forceful throw, he tossed the man straight out.
"Me? Just an ordinary person who loves peace." Fang Zhiyi smiled, his face full of sincerity.
"A human exorcist?" The demon bishop's face turned ferocious. His human visage rapidly collapsed, revealing a demonic face covered in fine, dense blood vessels.
"Kill him."
The members of the Order revealed their true forms one by one, and they closed in on Fang Zhiyi.
"Hey, I have to ask, has it been a long time since you all returned to your foul-smelling Abyss?" Fang Zhiyi suddenly asked.
Hearing him mention the Abyss, the demon bishop's orange-yellow eyes scanned him up and down. "Human, you have actually been to the Abyss?" Its flared nostrils took a deep breath. "Indeed, you carry the scent of a demon. Human, what exactly are you trying to do?"
"The point isn't what I am trying to do, but what you are trying to do." Fang Zhiyi picked at his ear. "I thought it was strange before. A demon invasion happens, and the Order suddenly appears... Turns out you guys are playing both the gods and the monsters. Either way, you profit, huh?"
He took a step forward, and his confident demeanor made the demons surrounding him hesitate.
"If I'm not mistaken, your next move is to use the public's fear to make them turn on their own kind. Meanwhile, you not only get to continue masquerading as saviors but can also stand back and reap a harvest of souls, right?"
"Especially those... poor souls who are still fighting against the demons. You borrow human hands to plunge them into utter ruin, turning them into spirits filled with resentment toward humanity. Seriously, are you guys really that twisted?"
"What does it matter if you know? The great Lord of the Abyss has already planned everything. You cannot save anything."
As he spoke, a cacophony of noises arose. The demons who were just about to reach for Fang Zhiyi froze in place, as over a dozen twisted shadows suddenly burst forth from within this human's body!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
