Zuo Dao Becomes a God Starting from American Horror

Chapter 248, Section 245: The Three Demons Instruct on the Three Puppet Techniques
Massachusetts.

Basement of a villa on the outskirts of Cambridge.

Silver threads shot out from the void, like fishing lines plunging vertically into the water, carrying an unstoppable force.

Dang, Dang, Dang! !

Silver threads hung down, forming a circle that isolated the group of black-armored soldiers. Inside the circle were only Louis and a classic black-horned goat-headed demon.

Compared to the four-horned demon Malthus, it has two fewer horns, isn't as big, and doesn't have that ferocious aura; it's simply unremarkable.

Perhaps it was because his opponents were all high-level demons, but Louis looked at this ordinary demon with no emotion whatsoever, and took it all for granted.

and……

"Hahahaha! Human! Welcome the great Dalloway! Offer your soul, and I will satisfy your desires!"

The goat-headed demon suddenly paused, looking at the scene before him in silence.

A dark basement, a magic circle covered in blood, fresh human sacrifices, and the blood of the chief sacrifice, each with its own unique significance…

All of that is correct, perfectly matching its impression of humans summoning demons, but what's with those two of its kind bound tightly in the corner?!
In that corner, two demons, resembling it but only about 1.9 meters tall and less than 2 meters, bound and inserted with silver threads, were looking at it with strange smiles.

It's as if it's saying: Hey, bro, you're here?

Fuck, this is a trap!
The black vortex behind the ram-headed demon, which was shrinking, suddenly expanded again.

but.

Each silver thread acted like an anchor point, firmly fixing this space in place, and it couldn't be broken in a short time!
Louis smiled gently at the sight of a demon who looked like he had been tricked and was trying to escape.

Extending one hand, "Blood River Break!"

hum! !

A flash of red appeared in an instant.

With unparalleled speed, it pierced through the demon's body, which even bullets could not penetrate. Blood-red "vines" extended from the bead, drawing blood and spreading along the wound's veins like living things.

"Ahhh!"

Call ~
The blazing, dark red hellfire spewed out, an attack that should have melted gold and shattered jade, and burned through mountains and rocks. But the surrounding silver threads only flashed for a moment, and the ground was completely unharmed!

When the flames struck Louis's face, they couldn't even break through his defenses.

"Without magical artifacts, I might only be able to compete with you in terms of spells and magic, and it would be uncertain who would win or lose. But with magical artifacts, do you think you, an ordinary demon, are worthy of fighting me?"

It would be more like it if all three of them came at once.

Louis chuckled softly.

The palms began to clench, and the hundreds of threads forming a circle instantly began to tighten.

The horned demon panicked, its body flashing with black light as it unleashed its magic, with wisps of blue lightning appearing on its body.

boom! ! !
Lightning roared, and bright blue lightning snakes flowed freely in mid-air, crackling and popping.

This is a demon that wields lightning magic!

Louis's eyes lit up—a rare devil!
Whoosh whoosh! !

The silver thread shot straight ahead, but it vanished without a trace halfway through its journey, disappearing into thin air. The demon's expression changed drastically. Its intuition, honed from fighting other demons in Hell, was frantically warning it that something was approaching!

"what!"

The Razer snakes spun around with incredible smoothness, like rivers flowing into the sea, merging into one and surrounding it.

but.

The reason why magical artifacts are the most important items for cultivators is because of their unparalleled power. A powerful magical artifact can even help its master fight beyond their level, allowing a novice cultivator to defeat an old cultivator who has no magical artifacts!

All of Louis's magical artifacts are of high quality and have the potential to be upgraded to superior magical artifacts (Yang Shen).

and so.

Puff puff puff! !
Countless threads, piercing to the core, countless fragments of corpse!

The body, which was less than two meters long, was covered with countless red dots, and the entire demon froze there, motionless.

Louis's fingers twitched slightly.

The demon also began to move, stiffly flexing its limbs, and slowly walked towards the corner, its two eyes darting around wildly, as if to say that it wasn't its intention to move.

But then it happened to see two of its own kind in the corner, still looking at it with that strange smile.

A look of sadness flashed in its eyes.

Now it understands their smiles.

Vicious! Despicable humans!

……

With nimble fingers, the silver threads that had fallen from the heavens began to retract.

Louis strolled toward the demons, gently rubbing his palms, on which were a layer of silver glove barely visible to the naked eye.

Puppet Master: Silver silk gloves, primary controller.

The reason for using puppeteers in this operation was due to an unexpected incident during the fishing operation.

After Louis refined it to the third level last time, although he occasionally refined it, he only reached the sixth level of restriction. This was the first time he used it recently, but unexpectedly he found that the silk thread actually absorbed most of the spirituality in the blood of the two demons, and advanced to the ninth level of restriction.

Louis hadn't expected that the Puppet Master artifact would have such a chemical reaction with the demon, even though the artifact's description clearly stated that the Puppet Master shouldn't exhibit this behavior.

It could only transform into spiritual threads, but unexpectedly it could also absorb the spirituality of demons' blood to promote its own advancement.

Louis was certain it was a chemical reaction with the demon because he had tried it on other creatures, and they didn't react; it only worked with the demon.

Ultimately, it can only be attributed to the differences in the world.

However, after realizing this, Louis understood that there were actually many ways to develop his magical artifacts. After all, this was another world, and many creatures and magical artifacts would inevitably undergo chemical reactions.

Just like this time.

In the future, we must use other magical artifacts more often and see what changes occur.

The centipedes fed in the centipede bag could easily devour the demons and see if they could advance in rank.

However, let's skip this one. It's better to upgrade the Puppet Mastery to perfection first, making it the second perfect magic weapon. We can catch a few demons later for experiments.

Thinking of this, Louis's gaze toward the three demons grew even more greedy.

“Dallove, right? You’re pretty good.”

After Louis said that...

The dense, countless tiny bloody holes drilled from the inside out began to wriggle, like a living thing, frantically and brutally sucking the blood from its body.

No, to be precise, it's spirituality, a part of the soul...

That's its magic.

Its source of power.

This step is destined to be incredibly painful, much like having your spinal cord extracted from a living person without anesthesia – it's insane.

Unfortunately, it was being controlled and couldn't move at all, not even speak. Those threads were simply perverse; they even bound its soul, and its soul was being squeezed!
this moment.

The once ferocious, terrifying eyes that fed on human souls now revealed a hint of pleading.
Unfortunately, Louis was incredibly cold-hearted and remained unmoved. He was even considering whether to raise demons, feed their souls, and periodically use his puppeteers to absorb their spiritual energy for advancement. "Tsk, too late. I still have to go to England to deal with the Demon God. Even though it seems quite weak in the original story, I still need to be careful and prepared."

Louis thought to himself.

and so.

The threads were being drawn in faster and faster, and the demon's body visibly shrank and collapsed, shrinking from nearly two meters tall to only about one and a half meters.

The entire city of Shanghai has become skin and bones. As the flesh and blood atrophy, the facial muscles have also changed. The corners of its mouth are slightly upturned, forming a strange angle, making it look like it is laughing grotesquely.

Louis didn't look at the demon, but at the silver glove on his hand, where countless silver threads were leaping, twisting, and penetrating into space.

A moment later, Louis smiled. The tenth layer of magical restriction was complete. The Puppet Hand had thus become a magical artifact on the same level as the Myriad Illusions Robe, second only to the Blood River Pearl.

Moreover, the puppeteer can continue to advance rapidly, and is only two more layers of magical restrictions away from becoming a perfect magical artifact.

It's just a matter between two demons.

I'll continue fishing.

Louis snapped his fingers.

The people who had just been isolated returned and proceeded in an orderly fashion to herd the sheep inside, slaughter them, and bleed them, all as usual.

The summoning circle was activated once again.

but.

Three days passed in a row.

There was absolutely no response.

Louis, sitting cross-legged, frowned, not understanding what was happening.

After a moment's thought, his brow relaxed. "That makes sense. We've caught three demons in one baited spot. Even fish would know it's a trap."

In fact, the intervals between the summoning of these three demons were getting longer and longer. The first demon was successfully summoned in just over ten attempts, the second one took over a hundred attempts, and the third demon was even more difficult to summon. I didn't count carefully, but it took at least several hundred or even a thousand attempts.

This suggests that the demons were aware of the situation.

"Sigh, I wish I were a fishing master."

He shook his head and temporarily suspended the magic array.

Louis looked at the three demons, his eyes filled with regret.

Seemingly realizing something, the three demons, who had been unable to move for the past few days but whose minds were still thinking, all began to tremble. They struggled and tried to speak.

Louis, though his eyes showed regret, acted swiftly and decisively.

Wow!
All three demons were sucked into the vortex between their eyebrows, where they began to refine the demons and search their souls.

After a while.

Louis's eyes lit up with realization.

Just as he suspected, the other side did notice. It was the last demon. Each magic circle, summoning location, and spiritual entity had a corresponding wavelength and identity verification. It had disappeared three times in a row, and each time it was from the same summoning location.

Of course, the other party would notice that something was wrong.

Moreover, summoning circles are not always successful.

Louis's success on three occasions was already a sign of great luck.

It seems we can't expect to summon a magic circle anytime soon.

"Pity."

Even so, Louis wasn't too disappointed. After all, the three demons had done their best, and the rest was just a matter of taking more time.

Now, his demon-refining progress has reached eight.

He was only one demon lord away from becoming a Yang God through the ninth level of the Demon Tribulation.

and.

The deaths of the three demons brought even more benefits.

Louis closed his eyes slightly.

Within the soul, the Civil Code has turned a few pages.

The three gold pages shone brightly.

Summoning Techniques, Tattooing Techniques, Basic Weapon Forging Manual
A demon with multiple uses must be thoroughly exploited, making the most of its waste.

"Who dares to say I'm not an environmentalist?"

After making a self-deprecating remark, Louis shook his head, regained his seriousness, and focused intently on the three newly appeared spells.

Summoning the gods.

One of the famous Taoist arts, commonly found in various sects and master-disciple lineages.

It is divided into three levels: the highest level summons celestial gods and immortals; the middle level summons ghosts and earth spirits; and the lowest level summons minor gods and wild ghosts. Louis's summoning technique covers them all.

This technique allows one to borrow the power of other beings to achieve a level of power beyond one's own.

Among them, the lowest-grade summoning technique is the most risky, because unlike the righteous gods who only descend with a wisp of divine will and do not actually possess the body, the wild ghosts summoned may not follow the rules and may even try to seize the body.

Regardless of the type of invocation technique, the greater the power borrowed and the higher the status of the invoking deity, the greater the pressure the body must bear.

"It also depends on the lineage. The closer the relationship, the better."

"It depends on how busy the other person is, what their personality is, what they like, whether they can be contacted, and whether well-known figures usually fail. Is it better to worship your own ancestral master?"

"Tsk, so many requirements."

With his current cultivation level, those wild ghosts, or rather, evil spirits, are they even worthy of his attention?
Hellish demons, angels, Norse gods, Mayan deities, etc., are all nice, but it's obvious you can't invite them.

As for the great gods he knew, such as the Jade Emperor, he tried to worship them after he successfully became his godfather, but there was no response at all, as if they had disappeared. To this day, only his godfather, the Kitchen God, has responded to him.

"It's alright, at least I can ask my godfather for help, which is a trump card."

After carefully memorizing it, Louis turned his attention to the second technique—tattooing.

This is yet another unorthodox and unorthodox technique; the art of tattooing has existed since ancient times.

It originated in the ancient tribal totem era. Chi You and other relatively peripheral tribes had this tradition, where shamans would carve totems similar to their prey for the warriors who had hunted them, in order to demonstrate their bravery.

Later, as times changed, the culture of witchcraft and ghosts was banned and spread to the common people. This technique also became a folk trick. However, it flourished during the Song Dynasty, with mixed reviews. The upper class, especially the royal family, took pleasure in it and had various majestic and strange tattoos on their bodies, while the lower class, especially criminals, had characters tattooed on their faces (gold seals).

Public opinion is polarized.

However, among the lowest of the low, this ancient tattooing art has taken on a different form.

They can use blood and ink to seal the souls of monsters, animals, and other creatures into tattoos, allowing the user to borrow their abilities.

They can also get tattoos of various deities to scare away ghosts and monsters, borrow divine power, and so on.

It can be said to be extremely versatile. The only problem is the taboos related to tattooing, which is related to one's destiny.

According to legend, the type of ghost, monster, or deity one can get tattooed depends on whether one's destiny can bear it.

(End of this chapter)