A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 280 Oh, you only scolded her, not you, right?

It's him, it's him! It's him!
Caesar had long discovered that whenever he was with Chu Zihang, even a few words from Chu Zihang could provoke his anger, and it had even become a conditioned reflex.

There is a conditioned reflex that means no one can pretend to be Chu Zihang in front of Caesar.

But after confirming it, Caesar was even more bewildered: "Why?"

He couldn't understand it. Why would Chu Zihang suddenly threaten him with Nuonuo? It didn't make sense!
Especially now that they are on Bellow Island, in the Black King's hatchery, and could face a life-threatening crisis at any moment, is it right for Chu Zihang to cause trouble for him?

Caesar, unable to understand no matter how hard he tried, even withdrew from Bloodlust because of it: "What exactly do you want...?"

Caesar exited his berserk state, but his Word of Power remained active. The Vampire Scythe reverted to its original form as a Kamaitachi, continuing to deliver Feng's message to Caesar.

He suddenly realized that someone was hiding to his right rear, most likely Chu Zihang's accomplice! No, he couldn't show it; he had to secretly inform Pa...

Before Caesar could figure it out, white light began to shine from him and Percy, and the half of the World Tree school badge Caesar was wearing shattered instantly, rendering his mental protection ineffective.

He immediately felt a sharp headache, as if a mental storm was sweeping through his mind, churning wildly inside him.

Percy wasn't much better; he knew it was some kind of mental attack, an attempt to force open the Word of Power: Dustless Land.

But with his mind in turmoil, he was powerless to unleash his spiritual power. The ethereal mental storm swept over him, and the mental defenses the Gattuso family had prepared for him lasted only a few seconds longer than Caesar's.

How could this be? His alchemical knife Augustus and young master Caesar's hunting knife Dicket could be combined to form an alchemical domain, and their wind-type incantations could also be fused. In the end, they couldn't even use a single trump card and were defeated by a mental attack.
Percy is not reconciled.

As the two men became dizzy and unable to resist, Susie, who had been hiding to the right rear, stepped out with guns in both hands.

"Bang, bang!"

Both of Friga's bullets hit Parsi.

"Phew." Seeing that the pistol on her right had fired normally without any problems, Susie breathed a sigh of relief. Just in case, to avoid any sudden bad luck, she had prepared two guns.

If she's unlucky and one of her pistols jams, surely the other one won't malfunction too? If that were the case, Susie would have no choice but to accept it. Fortunately, neither gun malfunctioned.

It was precisely because of the advance and sufficient preparation that Susie was able to digest the Calamity Priest's potion. Advance preparation is undoubtedly one of the important rules for playing the Calamity Priest.

"Su... Susie...?" Caesar wasn't hit, but as Percy fell, his eyes widened in fury as he glared at Susie, who was walking forward to join Chu Zihang: "Why? Why!"

"You're not, you're not... Nono, aren't you Nono's best friend?!"

"Chu Zihang, Chu Zihang is despicable. I know he likes to use tricks, but what about you? How can you face Nuonuo...?"

With a headache, Caesar, fueled by anger, intermittently accused Susie, his tone filled with hatred and murderous intent. After all, he didn't know about the Frigg bullet and thought that Percy had really been killed by Susie.

Susie remained silent, but remotely used the Word of Power: Sword Control to manipulate the high-strength metal wires issued by the academy to bind Caesar's hands and feet.

After ensuring that Caesar could not resist or escape, it was Chu Zihang's turn next.

Chu Zihang stepped forward slowly and answered the question for Susie: "There's no need to blame Susie, Caesar. I asked her to do everything. You can take a look."

"Oh, you only scolded her, not you, right? I think you...!" Caesar, due to the aftereffects of the mental storm, turned his head slowly, wanting to curse Chu Zihang, but the words completely stuck in his throat.

What did he see?
Chen Motong had woken up at some point and stood up, casually ripping off the surrounding blood vessels. She was standing behind Chu Zihang with a grin.

Noticing Caesar's gaze, Chen Motong waved with a smile, as if everyone was still at the academy, greeting each other normally.

"?" Caesar began to doubt the world. What was wrong with this world?
Wasn't Nuonuo unconscious? How come she's awake again? And she's standing next to Chu Zihang, all smiles?

Conspiracy, Nuonuo's separation, Chu Zihang and Su Xi's sneak attack, all of these are conspiracies... How could he, the young master of the dignified Gatuso family, be deceived by such a simple conspiracy?
Frustrated, incredibly frustrated!

Yes, Caesar isn't stupid; he's just too concerned to think straight. Now that he sees Chen Motong, he knows exactly what's going on.

Knowing this was true, Caesar couldn't even bring himself to utter a curse this time: "You, you all, are... the old church?"

As I said before, Caesar isn't stupid. He was too nervous before and didn't think things through carefully. Now that he's clear-headed, he immediately recalls Chu Zihang's initial sneak attack on Percy with his musket.

That was the signature ability of the arsonist in the old church.

Caesar had watched both the footage of the night Chu Zihang invaded Kassel and the video of the battle in the capital. With just a little recollection, he was certain of Chu Zihang's relationship with the Old Church.

Even if Chu Zihang wasn't the arsonist, he definitely had a very close connection with him. Perhaps they were master and disciple? Or perhaps they were fellow disciples?

'Crack.' Chu Zihang was completely satisfied; his Schemer's Potion had been fully digested.

Chu Zihang continued forward and walked up to Caesar: "I'm sorry, but that's how it is. Nono, me, and Susie have always been members of the church."

“We are well aware of your pursuit of Nuonuo. Once we discover that Nuonuo is missing, you will definitely come after us. With just a little preparation, we can easily capture you alive.”

"Chu, Zi, Hang...you son of a bitch..." Caesar was very dizzy, but he still gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few curses. He was full of regret that he could be caught by such a simple little conspiracy.

This was incredibly humiliating! To be mocked and ridiculed by Chu Zihang was beyond words! Caesar was filled with extreme regret!
The time had come. Right in front of Caesar, Chu Zihang took out the dragon blood ingredients and began to add them one by one, concocting the Reaper's Potion. Caesar watched in astonishment and confusion. What was he doing? Why was he pouring these things into a cup? Wait, where did the ingredients he just poured in go? How did they instantly combine? Did Chu Zihang know alchemy?
Chu Zihang clearly threw in dragon blood materials, so how did it turn into a bottle of blood-like liquid with black iron filings floating in it in the blink of an eye? Is this correct?

Caesar's heart clenched, tensing for a brief two-second pause. Could this drug be for him to drink?

Is the potion from the Old Church meant to control people? Or is it some kind of truth serum? No, with so much dragon blood added, maybe it's meant to make him turn into a dragon and fall into corruption?

Did the old church want to turn him, young Master Gattuso, into a Deadpool? Caesar's mind was filled with all sorts of conspiracy theories.

Just as she was accurately rebuking Chu Zihang for his despicable behavior and saying that she would never fall into depravity, she suddenly saw Chu Zihang gulp down the magic potion.

"?" This? Chu Zihang drank it himself? Not fed to him? Caesar was even more puzzled. He thought it was given to him to drink, otherwise why capture him alive?

At this moment, Chu Zihang was no longer in the mood to pay attention to Caesar. He only felt pain all over his body, including his head, abdomen, and arms, as if he had been hit after drinking the potion.

It's like being beaten all over by this Reaper's Potion.

Before he could even relieve the pain, Chu Zihang opened his eyes and saw the Deadpool he had seen on the overpass in the rainy night, the fifth-generation hybrid from the preparatory class, and Professor Mans, the fallen hybrid he had killed in a mission with the Executive Department.

Countless enemies swarmed in. Without time to think about the situation, Chu Zihang controlled the fire with his left hand and held the sword with his right, directly cutting through the enemy ranks!
After overcoming one old enemy after another, what finally appeared before him was a giant Caesar whose size was comparable to Ultraman, and who even had two hundred-meter-long dragon wings growing from his back.

Chu Zihang was startled, but he quickly noticed that the giant Caesar was looking at him with regret and was very wary of him.

Without further ado, let's strike while the iron is hot and finish you off. Endless flames rise at will, burning the entire colossal Caesar to ashes.

"Finally!" Chu Zihang opened his eyes again and felt his spirituality growing rapidly, and his physique improving as well.

Susie walked over with concern and helped Chu Zihang up: "How are you?"

"Great." Chu Zihang had probably been holding back as a schemer for too long. This time, he couldn't help but break his composure and, unusually, his usually expressionless face revealed a happy smile.

Even Caesar was dumbfounded. That expressionless Chu Zihang actually smiled? What was he drinking? Some kind of forbidden drug?
No one cared about Caesar; Chu Zihang began explaining his newfound abilities to Susie and Chen Motong.

"This time I've gained three abilities: Weakness Insight, Precision, and Harvest! I can now discover my opponent's mystical weaknesses, strike with precision, and finish them off in one blow!"

Seeing Chu Zihang's happy smile, Su Xi's heart raced uncontrollably. She wanted to take out her phone and capture Chu Zihang's smile: "Congratulations, it's a truly transformative promotion."

The joy of promotion made Chu Zihang talk more: "Not only that, my ability to combine with fire has been further improved, and I can even combine with the Flame Spear to quickly fly over a distance of hundreds of meters."

“If the Moon Lady’s spiritual potions are sufficient, I can even use them to travel.”

"Huh?" Chen Motong, who was about to infiltrate the dream and modify Caesar and Percy's memories, paused for a moment: "Isn't that similar to my dream jump?"

"You can teleport long distances now?"

Chu Zihang gradually realized that he seemed to be a little too happy, and consciously restrained himself, no longer smiling: "Yes, but it consumes more spiritual energy, and it's not as convenient as your dream jumping."

"Thanks to you all this time, otherwise I might not have been able to lure Caesar out on my own."

Chen Motong waved his hand, indicating to Chu Zihang not to be polite, and then entered the dreams of the two Gattusos, preparing to modify their memories and make them forget everything that had just happened.

This is also the source of Chu Zihang's confidence to expose himself. With Chen Motong, the dream traveler, around, he can say whatever he wants, since Caesar and Percy will eventually lose this memory anyway.

“Uh.” Hearing this, Susie had a different opinion, and glanced strangely at Caesar, who had been hypnotized and fallen asleep by Chen Motong: “I think you can lure Caesar out without Nuonuo’s help.”

“If you shout to Caesar from afar, ‘Come out and fight me one-on-one,’ I feel like Caesar will come over on his own.”

"?" Chu Zihang was puzzled. Was Caesar really that stupid? Could he really settle things with just a word like "one-on-one"?

The two chatted for a while longer before Chen Motong finished and said, "Their memories have been modified. Come and help carry them."

The three men carried the two Gattusos to the nearby woods to prevent Caesar, who had just woken up, from noticing the signs of battle.

Chen Motong casually lay down on a spot: "Alright, you guys go back first. I'll wake up with them later."

"I've altered their memories so that they suddenly fainted upon arriving in this forest, and they'll think it's one of Black King's alchemical traps."

Chu Zihang nodded gratefully, and he and Su Xi carefully cleaned up the traces of their footsteps as they left.

Chen Motong, feeling frustrated, pretended to be asleep. She wondered why, given Caesar's high status, the potion had only been partially digested when she entered Caesar's dream.
Based on the usual efficiency of the Caesar Accelerator, shouldn't a large portion of the potion have been digested?

Could it be that her behavior does not conform to the rules of the Dream Walker role?

Traveler, traveler, is it just about traveling?
In other words, when she enters dreams in the future, it's best for her to just walk around and observe, acting as an observer and recorder, rather than an interferer or modifier of the dream.
Chu Zihang was successfully promoted, and she also summarized the new rules of acting. Susie also learned the importance of 'preparing in advance' when facing possible misfortune. Everyone gained a lot.

It was Caesar who suffered.

I should treat Caesar to a few more meals later; this guy really got screwed over by Chu Zihang.

(End of this chapter)