There's a skeleton dungeon connected to my basement.

Chapter 265, New Evil God Traits

The third blessing that is prayed for from oneself is contamination.

As expected, the Infected trait was reduced after being granted the Blessing.

[Infection: Reduces enemy healing by half, inhibits flesh regeneration]

It's still usable, though.

Xiao Yang's current divine form has the following additional characteristics.

[Multiple arms, scarlet flesh, soul-stirring power, terror and fear, corruption]

Xiao Yang used the characteristic of seeking blessings to borrow [something].

[Multiple arms, scarlet flesh, tainted]

One of the requirements concerns fear and terror. If Xiao Yang fulfills the requirement and successfully does something to the beast that plunders and seizes the property, then there may be new developments later on.

Coming to his senses, Xiao Yang felt that he had become even stronger.

"Persistence and hard work!"

Such a soft murmur.

This feeling is great; the exhilarating sense of growth, bit by bit, is what keeps me playing this deadly game.

Xiao Gu had appeared beside him without him noticing and started picking up equipment.

There wouldn't be anything good, but adhering to the principle of diligence and thrift, Xiao Yang also joined the scavenging team.

Following Xiao Gu, we explored these dried-up corpses together, and afterwards we had a bunch of miscellaneous equipment and materials in our hands.

With the progress and battles of these past few days, an old problem has resurfaced: backpack capacity.

The old woman's backpack was almost full.

Xiao Yang might need a larger spatial artifact.

He forcefully stuffed all sorts of random things—such as gorgeous silks, sacred armor plates, and priest's crowns—into his small backpack. By squeezing the miscellaneous items together, he managed to leave some space.

At that time, some of it will be poured into the starting point. In fact, several rooms in the starting point are already filled with Xiao Yang's various spoils of war.

It's a pity I'm short on time lately, otherwise I could set up a stall in the All-Heavens Trading Zone and listen to the advice of the experts there, which would be quite relaxing.

Perhaps now is the time to consider renting a shop in the All-Heavens Trading Zone.

The rented shops can be managed by the ghost maidens, who can sell these space-consuming odds and ends. The money earned can be used by them for the construction of the starting land.

After all, it's not a good thing to just pile these things up at the starting point.

"That might be a good idea."

He is indeed somewhat incompetent as a lord, but perhaps the ghost girls under his command can become good territory managers.

Plan it yourself, earn your own money, make your own purchases, and build it yourself.

Moreover, having spirit coins and channels saves them from constantly bothering me to run errands.

I'll try it out when I have time.

Taking the little guy's gift, Xiao Yang expertly rubbed its head before making this decision after some thought.

Head up.

My gaze fell upon the narrow silver corridor before me, at the end of which stood a massive doorway.

The center of the Silver Church was right in front of him, and if nothing unexpected happened, the Holy Sword should also be properly placed in the hall in front of him.

Before officially entering the main hall, one must overcome the obstruction of two gatekeepers.

The battles that follow may not be so easy.

Two tall knights, two Silver Cult guardians of lord rank, stood motionless on either side of the gate, like two rigid statues.

That alone wouldn't have moved Xiao Yang; the key was that Xiao Yang saw something familiar.

Some silver thorns, growing from flesh and blood, pierced the armor of the two tall knights, swirling erratically, binding the flesh and blood-stained armor firmly to the two tall knights.

Such a scene is painful to watch, and Xiao Yang has the right to speak on this, as he has indeed been pricked by silver thorns.

"It must hurt a lot."

Things aren't so easy to handle.

If these two guys are indeed wearing Silver Thorns, then it means that what is blocking Xiao Yang's path right now is not just two exceptionally tall lord-level guard knights, but two guard knights with second-stage Silver Thorns buried in their bodies, which are of epic rank.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Yang had no choice but to slow down.

One silver thorn can be dealt with using the corrupted silver brick in hand, but two silver thorns together...

"This is really a difficult situation."

It's just that the current situation made things difficult back then, but we still had to do it.

After some hesitation, Xiao Yang finally made his declaration.

"Done!"

Fearlessly, he strode towards the two parasitized Silver Cult guardians, carrying his rusty giant axe.

The outcome of the battle came quickly.

The narrow passage made it difficult to dodge, and the two parasitized Silver Cult guardians in front of them seemed to have entered a special symbiotic state with the Silver Thorns parasitizing their bodies.

Those silver thorns that pierce through flesh and grow wildly become both a form of restraint and torment, and at the same time, an extremely effective and powerful defense.

Xiao Yang screamed in pain as he was stabbed.

An unexpected situation arose.

This is from Xiao Yang's newly acquired Infectious Trait. The additional effects of the completed Infectious Trait on the body became apparent in this battle.

His body, which had been unable to produce a single drop of blood since being loaded with scarlet flesh, began to have blood again.

However, what flowed out was not normal blood, not bright red blood, but a kind of extremely thick and black blood.

The wound was flowing with a deep, abyss-like blackness, just like that of the incubators.

No, there is a difference. The stuff that flowed out when the corrupted were cut off was far more turbid and foul than the stuff that flowed out of Xiao Yang's body.

Xiao Yang's is even purer.

This blood could perhaps be called the blood of erosion, and Xiao Yang quickly witnessed its other effects during the battle.

This infecting trait not only gave Xiao Yang the ability to halve the enemy's recovery and suppress flesh regeneration, but also made the corrosive blood created by the infecting into Xiao Yang's body a rather formidable special weapon.

His blood now possesses a special attack effect against the Silver Thorns; when these viscous, black drops of blood fall onto the branches of the Silver Thorns, the reaction is as if flesh and blood have encountered concentrated sulfuric acid.

Outstanding effect.

Xiao Yang may have another way of enchanting in the future.

When facing enemies on the Holy Side, first stab yourself, then smear the blood on your weapon; the effect is guaranteed to be top-notch.

Faced with this situation, Xiao Yang began his usual stubbornness.

"As expected of extraordinary humans! Even their blood is so unique! Amazing!"

No matter what changes occur, no matter what incomprehensible situations arise, no matter what they become, they attribute everything to extraordinary humans.

This is something that is absolutely correct.

Xiao Yang felt that he was still a normal person at the moment, but he was the one who was destined to be a little peculiar.

"They are extraordinary humans!"

Although the usefulness of the Corrupting Blood was discovered, the situation did not improve; in fact, it got worse.

Xiao Yang's initial plan was to strike one of the guys hard first, bringing him into the second stage, and see if he could defeat them one by one.

But the unexpected appearance of the Corrupting Blood disrupted his strategy.

The sharp silver thorns could ignore defenses and penetrate directly into flesh and blood. When they were pulled out, they brought with them specks of dark blood, which splattered and landed on the silver thorn branches that were parasitizing the armor of the two Silver Cult Guardians.

Suddenly, the sizzling sound of grilling meat appeared, which stirred up a hornet's nest.

The Silver Thorns, writhing in pain, began to revive before Xiao Yang could defeat the Silver Cult Guardians, and not just one, but two reviving together.

The silver thorns revived, and the branches embedded in the flesh and blood armor began to tighten. Under the immense force, the two Silver Cult guardians began to transform completely. The thorns burst out of their bodies, and the armor twisted and deformed. The two Silver Cult guardians were like giant rag dolls that had been broken.

Xiao Yang's attack stopped, and two silver thorns replaced the two Silver Cult guardians at the entrance of the Silver Church.

The corners of Xiao Yang's mouth twitched violently.

"Something bad has happened!"

After leaving those words, he turned around and ran without any hesitation.

This series of events happened far too quickly.

Even though Xiao Yang decisively began his retreat and escape, he still failed to seize the best opportunity.

As he ran, a silver thorn bush lashed out at Xiao Yang, whipping his branches with its whip-like motion.

A sharp scream rang out on the field.

Xiao Yang was hit on the buttocks, and the feeling of the silver thorns was unforgettable. His buttocks swelled up so much that even the exertion of his crimson flesh couldn't reduce the swelling in time.

The intense pain is followed by a numbness that makes it feel like the buttocks don't exist.

This experience made Xiao Yang grit his teeth at the two silver thorns in front of him.

"What to do?"

He now has to face this problem: a direct confrontation is definitely not going to work; Xiao Yang really can't defeat two Silver Thorns that have come together.

"Perhaps some ranged attacks will be needed."

But even if he picked up his best enchanted silver crossbow, it wouldn't be very effective against the ridiculously tough plant epic, Silver Thorns.

No, perhaps it won't be effective.

At this moment, Xiao Yang thought of the Corruption Blood he had just obtained.

"Applying some blood should be enough."

I feel that this method might cause excessive blood loss, but as long as I can kill these two silver thorns in front of me, it will only result in a little blood loss.

Perhaps we should take a two-pronged approach and use a more powerful crossbow.

Suddenly, Xiao Yang's eyes lit up; he had thought of something more suitable.

"Those huge ballistae mounted on the city walls!"

Yes! That's it!

Suddenly, everything became clear to him; he had found a way to deal with those two damned thorns.

He turned around and left temporarily.

He will be back soon, and he will bring back the hope of victory.

With a hesitant, halting gait, Xiao Yang turned and left in an odd manner.

He will be back soon.

(End of this chapter)