Devil's Bible

As he paused, the pulling force on his body increased once again, as if it would tear him apart.

This terrifying pulling force brought him to the brink of death, and instinctively he wanted to give up the power he had accumulated over a long period of time.

However, he forcibly suppressed this instinctive thought afterward.

"Indeed powerful. The combination of illusion and causality has created a situation where one would die if they didn't cooperate." Adrian's expression was cold, and he did not reveal the fear he had shown earlier.

He had already analyzed Salish's spell.

Salish's magic initially appears to be powerful illusions, but upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that it is causal magic; the illusions are merely a trigger to influence the causal relationships within her.

Under the strong influence of causal relationships, ordinary abilities are basically unable to break free from them. This uniqueness causes those entangled in causality to feel fear.

It was precisely at this moment that the illusion, which was thought to be merely a trigger, took advantage of the situation and used this fear through cause and effect to inflict illusions of pain, death, and other related sensations.

During this process, thoughts of repentance arise in one's mind, thus weakening the cause and effect. However, this is merely Salish's 'control' behind the scenes; cause and effect is cause and effect.

Only a balanced cause and effect can resolve this. So-called regret is nothing more than a self-centered emotion, which is useless before taking appropriate action.

Even the idea of ​​giving up one's own accumulated knowledge was actually guided and instilled by illusion magic during this process.

In this situation, if you actually believe that feeling and give up all your strength, that would be true surrender, and you would only be immediately swallowed up by the enemy's strength, achieving nothing.

Once Adrian understood this, he resolutely refused to surrender and constantly encouraged his own strength to fight against the causal forces within him.

Although it wasn't the right treatment for my condition, it still had some effect as I persisted with it.

My body gradually regained control.

In the next instant, mental power was released like a storm, stirring the elements to form an elemental storm that shattered the foundation of the surrounding illusions. These elements were constantly changing, starting with the illusions to break the cause and effect.

During the process, Adrian saw the woman, her husband, and many other 'lives' hidden in the shadows turn into transparent spirits.

Previously, it was the existence of these spirits that enhanced the realism of the illusion, while gradually restricting Adrian.

These spirits are the 'artificial souls' that Nems bestowed upon Salish.

Salish's own stats were insufficient; it was only with the assistance of these artificial souls that his power was enhanced, thus enabling him to control Adrian.

Unexpectedly, Adrian's mental will was so strong that it was not broken under such circumstances, and he even realized how Salish's ability worked.

"The so-called cause and effect, as long as the cause can be completely resolved, then the cause and effect will be resolved." Adrian recalled the teachings of his family elders.

Causal abilities are very difficult to deal with. Ordinary people have no direct way to 'unbreak' them and can only choose other ways to break the causal chain.

In the process, some experience was naturally accumulated.

The teachings of our family elders are that if you kill someone's parents or relatives, that is the cause; and if that person lies in wait for an opportunity to take revenge and kill you with a single blow, that is the effect.

If, at the very moment the cause occurs, one acts ruthlessly, killing all of that person's relatives along with the person themselves, and does so decisively, then the cause will end immediately, without any further consequences.

The relationship between cause and effect is not such that if there is a cause, the effect will immediately appear; this requires the ability of a causal system to achieve.

Therefore, cause needs a process to continuously drive the birth of the result. If we directly sever the cause and effect, the result will appear prematurely and will be an undeveloped and inferior result.

Such guidance from elders might be useless in ordinary times, but in this critical moment, it becomes life-saving knowledge. "The most important thing about causal abilities is to interrupt the process." Adrian understood this, which is why he decisively launched his counterattack.

Otherwise, whether you give up your own abilities or hesitate and continue to wait for the accumulation of cause and effect, you are either waiting to die.

At this moment, Adrian realized that he was truly on the verge of death, his body riddled with holes.

The force of cause and effect wasn't actually that strong, but those artificial souls in the shadows were already constantly eroding his body.

This gradual encroachment occurs silently, concealed by illusion.

Salish knew that if things were too intense, it would only provoke Adrian into a complete rampage, so he had no choice but to adopt this piecemeal approach.

So far, the results haven't been bad.

Adrian's body was badly mangled, and he was barely clinging to life.

As soon as he broke free and sensed his physical condition, his spiritual energy surged, and green began to appear on his body.

Although he was a priest, Adrian did not choose the transformation through light.

The Light Transformation is the best way for most Gold-type Priests to improve. Every once in a while, the Light Transformation progress will be further advanced, and you will gain a numerical increase. After completion, you will also have the defensive trait of Light Transformation Body.

However, this change has two problems. One is the issue of faith. If faith is insufficient, problems will arise in the transformation of light, and the body will easily become unstable as a result.

Another issue is speed. Two or three hundred years is not a short time. In those two or three hundred years, the total time available for activity is less than a year.

For ordinary nobles, an increase of three or four hundred points in stats over two or three hundred years is not a loss.

But for a genius like Adrian, this was too slow.

Therefore, after Adrian reached the Golden Seed, he directly chose the path of a wizard, using other methods to modify his body and enhance its capacity.

At the same time, Adrian looked around warily. He didn't know where Salish was at the moment, but he knew that the other party must be preparing a powerful spell.

The same applies to illusion magic. Illusions have limited destructive power; they can confuse and trap enemies, but killing them is very difficult.

Therefore, practitioners of illusion magic will usually prepare a powerful spell while casting illusion magic.

These types of spells take a long time to cast, but are extremely powerful.

Adrian remained vigilant, focusing on restoring his physical strength while preparing for the opportunity to deal with powerful spells.

As his body recovered, his spiritual energy radiated outwards, but he did not receive any spells.

At that moment, Adrian immediately realized the other party's purpose: to use illusion to hold him back, and then to subtly reveal the presence of a powerful spell, thereby further suppressing him.

Being on guard actually led me to waste more time.

Nasalish was, after all, just a high-ranking demon with low stats.

Nearly killing him through trickery is already an achievement unimaginable for a regular Gold Saint. (End of Chapter)