Zuo Dao Becomes a God Starting from American Horror

Chapter 331 The Book of the Dead of the Heretical Cult
As for its immediate combat strength, in this era where darkness has just returned, Khorne's current strength is not weak; his demon-level strength is enough to deal with most situations.

If you think about it carefully, Louis now has quite a few demon-level combatants under his command, including Tommy and Finley, Khorne, Carrie, Emma, ​​Maria, Higa Kotoko, Jeanne Alter and Jeanne d'Arc, and Kayako.

Carrie, with her extraordinary bloodline power, is close to the level of a Grand Demon. Jeanne Alter, Jeanne d'Arc, and Kayako are the best among them, possessing Grand Demon-level combat power, and can even reach the peak of the Grand Demon level when necessary.

These were the helpers Louis had accumulated over the years.

“With them here, the guardians during the ascension to godhood should… No, the ascension to godhood is of utmost importance, and we must ensure that nothing goes wrong.”

Louis shook his head, suppressing the thought.

He has been cultivating mystical forces all along, not only to provide himself with manpower and resources to accelerate his cultivation, but also, and most importantly, to find helpers for himself in case of unforeseen circumstances.

This is why it can be used in the ascension ceremony.

The ascension ritual modified by Louis required the full utilization of two celestial phenomena with short intervals to achieve a powerful effect. However, even with short intervals, there were still several months in between, during which a major disturbance was almost certain to occur.

Churches, monsters, hell, and so on—they might just come running at the slightest sign of trouble.

At this point, it is necessary to have subordinates stand up to prevent disruption of the ceremony.

"It seems we still need to nurture it more. Fortunately, the upgraded Blood River Pearl can mass-produce Blood Pills, so let's just take out a large number of them for nurturing."

Having made his decision, Louis glanced at Khorne, who was lying docilely in front of him, and smiled. "Let's go. You'll be very busy from now on."

"Wang?"

Khorne was somewhat puzzled, but he soon understood.

Looking at the large group of various ferocious dogs that had been collected, as well as his original eighteen henchmen, he glanced at his own blood-red fangs.

It couldn't help but turn its gaze to Louis, as if to confirm whether it was real or fake.

“That’s right. Apart from the eighteen and the others, use your ability to infect the rest of the dogs. They don’t need to take up the ten baron slots. Just make them into the level of blood slaves.”

While the Embrace of a vampire grants them a title, which is a limitation of being a formal vampire, it would be much easier to simply infect them and create blood slaves without titles.

During the London Bloodbath, for example, the Dracula retinue of Cain's lineage could infect hundreds of blood slaves in a short period of time. As the Cursed lineage, which has an even more outstanding ability to infect, the speed at which they create blood slaves will only be faster and more numerous.

Of course, the quality might be a bit worse; you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Having confirmed Louis's intentions, Khorne's eyes flashed with helplessness, and he then roared at the pack of sedative-injected hounds.

Whoosh whoosh! !

Thick, thread-like blood tentacles emerged from Khorne's body and shot towards all the hounds. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that those blood tentacles were actually made of Khorne's fur!

As the blood circulated through the dogs' bodies, causing a special infection, their condition changed. Their eyes all turned red, their muscles became more prominent, their bodies grew slightly larger, and their teeth became gleaming. Their attack power and aggression increased rapidly.

They also developed resistance to the anesthetic and actually got up from the ground one by one.

"Very good, Khorne, keep it up, I believe in you."

Louis smiled with satisfaction and then left. He still had many things to deal with: the upgrade of the magical artifact, the situation with the Cleaner Company, the situation with the Thousand Doors Thieves and Prostitutes, and checking the arrangements for the Ascension Node...

Although he only needed to understand most things and his subordinates handled the specifics, the sheer volume of tasks meant that even just understanding them took up a considerable amount of time.

Khorne was somewhat reluctant to see Louis leave, but he quickly turned back and began infecting the next batch of hounds.

……

Back in his room, Louis began dealing with the pile of tasks.

Solve each problem systematically.

Those that you absolutely must handle should be listed out, while the rest can be glanced at and understood, and then prioritized.

"The nodes for ascension to godhood are now spread across most of the United States, and it is expected that they will all be completed by the beginning of next year. That's great, and we can still leave about six months to arrange defense and other preparations."

"Yes, the base's defenses need to be strengthened."

"After a magical artifact is upgraded, it will possess a rudimentary level of spirituality. As long as it is fully charged with magical power beforehand, even if I am preoccupied with other matters, the artifact can automatically protect its master and unleash considerable power..."

"Qianmen is doing well. They've accumulated so much capital and even have dirt on some high-ranking government officials. Interesting."

"As for the thieves' world, Reiji Kikukawa has now reached the top of the Japanese underworld and is preparing to return to the legitimate world. He has connections in both the legal and illegal worlds? That's barely acceptable."

"In the entertainment industry, with the support of Qianmen Funds, the entertainment company that has been established has become the number one enterprise, second only to the major film companies. Madison is also being closely watched by Edith there, and is now being given resources to debut."

Because of the entertainment industry's sordid nature, they've uncovered the private lives of many high-ranking officials in Los Angeles? Wait, Lolita Island? Holy crap?

Louis's eyes widened in surprise. He hadn't expected that Loli Island would have appeared at this time.

That's true. Capitalists didn't just appear a decade or two later, and this kind of thing couldn't have only formed at that time. Even without Lolita Island, there should have been many similar products around this time. After all, capitalists are a constant.

This is really...

After a moment's hesitation, Louis gave Edith, the head of the brothel, an order.

Then he dealt with other messages.

"The Demon Refining Array is operating smoothly. It has already brought about an initial revival of spiritual energy around Tokyo, and many demons have been born. Hmm... the fire is indeed burning much brighter, but there is still a long way to go before the harvest."

"The Shrine of Zhaoming is developing well and has now begun to establish a foothold in Southeast Asia. Due to the chaos in Southeast Asia, the worship of the Shrine of Zhaoming has become unexpectedly popular."

Louis briefly assessed the situation of the [Sun God] and, sure enough, many more people had established contact with him recently, including some who were highly qualified or very hardworking, and had already mastered more than a dozen types of black magic.

"Hakusei and Kayako, who are acting as protectors, haven't made a move recently because they were both taken care of by Higa Kotoko? Not bad, as expected of the number one expert in Japan, taking her in was definitely the right decision."

"It seems we can put the matter of Japan aside for now and focus our main efforts on the Americas."

After giving a cursory glance at the remaining affairs in Japan, Louis looked at the news about the Cleaners Company and Marie, Hayley, and Eulenka.

As always, Mary and Hayley not only developed new drugs, but also continued their studies and completed their academic work.

Yulenka is a complicated case; she has already amassed a large following and is currently running for university student council president.

It's important to understand that the prestige of a student council president at a prestigious university is incomparable to that of a high school student council president. The people one comes into contact with through this platform are entirely different. Therefore, if Yulenka becomes student council president and uses this opportunity to enter politics, it will be a very useful network of connections.

but……

"Too slow, it seems we still need some help."

In the capitalist society of America, money is destiny and power.

Therefore, as long as a large sum of money is invested in Yulenka's name, many things will naturally end up in her hands.

Having finished processing these, Louis turned to the last document.

Louis made the call after just one glance.

The call was answered after only three rings.

"Young Master." Opposite him was Uncle Fu, who was now in charge of the Cleaners Company.

After chatting with Uncle Fu for a while, Uncle Fu brought up the matter on his own initiative.

Remember when Louis left America for Japan, because Uncle Fow had hired maids to fill the villa, a member of the cult who happened to have his eye on Louis's blood—Little Bee—sneaked in.

After capturing him, he revealed information about the cult he belonged to. However, because he was going to Japan, Louis handed over the investigation of the organization to Uncle Fauci and then left it to others.

And now, this document contains Uncle Fu's investigation results. Moreover, as the investigation unfolded, Uncle Fu also discovered some more hidden things.

It was seeing these things that prompted Louis to make the call.

According to the document, it was just a small cult with only twenty or thirty members. It started as a group of university students who were interested in paranormal culture, and there was nothing strange about it.

But later, the president of the company came into contact with some people and brought back a book that claimed that as long as two different kinds of blood were obtained, a person's wish could be fulfilled.

Things changed after that; the organization began to transform into a genuine cult.

Even more bizarrely, that book could actually grant wishes!
To date, the book has fulfilled three wishes: the organization acquired a company, gained superpowers, and had its missing limbs restored.

Louis raised an eyebrow slightly.

Fulfill your wish...

It really is the standard formula of American demon horror movies. These heretical religions seem to always be using this banner.

But is this for real?

"What's the name of that organization? What's the background of the people they contacted? What's the name of the book they wrote?"

"The organization didn't give itself a name in order to keep a low profile. After investigation, the people they contacted may have connections with some wealthy people, and those wealthy people seem to be connected to each other through the Internet."

"Although the old servant mobilized the group's resources, he still didn't get much information from the internet. He only knew that they had formed a club, and strictly speaking, this cult was a subordinate organization of this club."

"As for that book, the people in that organization call it—the Book of the Dead."

???

Louis frowned instantly.

The Book of the Dead?!
Is it the Book of the Dead that Freddy mentioned, or the Book of the Dead that resurrected Jason?

In any case, this is big news.

This book has a very high risk factor.

If it really is the Book of the Dead that Freddy mentioned, capable of summoning special demons, then that's a big problem.

Because the only thing capable of summoning that special demon is the book from "Evil Dead," which, coincidentally, is also called the Book of the Dead...

but.

"This dangerous material, that club just handed it over to its subordinate organizations like that?"

"According to the old servant's investigation, yes, it seems that the club treated this incident as an experiment."

experiment?

What are some good experiments to do?
"Alright, Uncle Fu, you gather your men and keep a close eye on that organization. I'll head over there now."

Louis said directly.

"Yes, Master."

hang up the phone.

Louis frowned.

Clubs for the rich, the Book of the Dead, experiments...

Oh, right, Freddy!

Louis sensed Freddy's location and vaguely realized that he was not in northern America, but in the east.

"It has nothing to do with Freddie?"

"Forget it, let's go first."

"These are turbulent times. It's almost 1999. I thought nothing would happen and I could just wait to ascend to godhood. I never expected this to happen."

After shaking his head and saying a few words, Louis vanished and flew towards northern America.

There's nothing I can do; the Mountain Spirit Realm is currently sending gold to Japan, so I'll just have to fly there myself.

……

Just as Louis began to take action.

A city in the east.

A haggard-looking young girl sat motionless on a park bench, holding a half-eaten piece of bread in her hand, lost in thought.

The girl was quite pretty, but her large dark circles and oily skin caused by staying up late for long periods of time significantly diminished her appearance.

Moreover, she seems to have some mental health issues...

"Why...why do you still bother me..."

"I am an orphan...I am an orphan...I am an orphan..."

“I have no father, no mother, I was born in an orphanage, yes, that’s it, I’ve never longed for any family affection…”

“They abandoned me, they don’t deserve to come back to me…they don’t deserve to come back to me!”

"Did you hear me, Freddy?! You bastard born from a demon dragged into the sewers! Get out of here!"

"I have no father! I have no father!!"

Suddenly, the girl became emotional and began to scream loudly and desperately, startling those around her who quickly moved away.

Just kidding. In the United States, a country where guns and drugs are not prohibited, anyone with enough life experience knows that you should not go to join any crowds on the street. Who knows if the girl in front of you has knocked something over or has a mental breakdown?
If you go to join the fun, be prepared to get into trouble or even lose your life!

This is a truth as supreme as freedom!

So, soon there was no one around the girl. No, a few black creatures that often randomly spawned in dark places and would shout "I can't breathe" whenever they encountered a white police officer still appeared.

They had dreadlocks, were swearing, and looked at the lonely girl who was in poor mental condition. They exchanged glances and smiled knowingly.

(End of this chapter)