The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Chapter 144 Yin Yang Deception Advancement, Rule: Something will happen sooner or later?

Death has taken notice of your existence once more, and it desperately desires to possess your body and soul!

[He has decided to descend with His projection and personally lead you to your death —]

Before the black subtitles could fully appear, they were instantly covered by new subtitles.

[The will of a strange god has been detected; in the process of being recovered and purified.]

[Recovery successful, obtained Death Essence*1]

【Death Essence: Grants additional enhancements when used on Death attribute sequences (only effective for sequences 4 and below)】

"Thank you for nature's bounty!"

Lu Yan grinned and, without the slightest hesitation, immediately used the essence of death on the Black Forest Lord.

Things like the essence of the mysterious god should be used promptly to avoid unforeseen complications and unnecessary attention.

The Dark Forest Lord absorbed the essence of death, refined it slightly, and then incorporated it into the trait "Death Lord".

[Fuse successful, acquired trait: Child of Death]

[Child of Death: You are the inheritor of death, existing between life and death, and able to control the power of death. Your body and spirit will continue to grow stronger as the Black Forest expands!]

"Controlling the power of death?"

With a slight thought, the death energy that had been permeating the Black Forest surged toward him like fledglings returning to their nests, becoming so docile that he could control it at will.

"Looking at me—you could probably convince people I'm a believer in death."

Lu Yan's expression was somewhat strange. He had never imagined that a bottle of Death Essence would grant him such an ability.

But putting aside its appearance, this is undoubtedly an extremely powerful ability—in a sense, it also means that the dense death energy in the Black Forest has been fully utilized.

He spent a few more moments familiarizing himself with the manipulation of the power of death, and only after the novelty wore off did he shift his attention to another prize: a strange mirror.

This was the first strange creature he had encountered that had mastered the rules, and those rules were quite remarkable.

If it were earlier, he might have chosen to subdue it, but now—

The Seven Emotions Tricks were already in place; adding the Mirror Trick would seem abrupt and disrupt the existing formation.

"Let's share the food with the Seven Emotions Demon."

With a thought, Lu Yan summoned the Seven Emotions Ghosts from various parts of the Black Forest, their eyes greedily locking onto the Mirror Ghost in his hand.

The mirror ghost seemed to realize its fate and frantically kowtowed and begged for mercy in the mirror. However, its intelligence was too limited, and it actually transformed into Lu Yan's appearance to kowtow. This action completely cut off its own life.

At this moment, Lu Yan was caught in a new dilemma—whether to let the Seven Emotions devour each other separately, or to give it to one of them to improve first.

After a moment's thought, he finally decided to hand the Mirror Ghost over to one of the ghosts for a preliminary ascension.

The overall combat strength of the Seven Emotions Demon is now clearly lagging behind his pace. Although emotional attacks are effective, they ultimately lack the power to directly confront him.

However, if one could advance to Sequence 6 and master the rules of killing, the situation would be completely different.

With this in mind, Lu Yan calmed the other six monsters, released the seal on the Mirror Monster, and threw it towards the Yin-Yang Monster.

Yin Yang Gui was transformed from a sunflower. Throughout his growth, it helped him resolve many crises, especially when dealing with the Shadow Serpent followers. Without the sunflower's assistance, he might not have been able to win so easily.

Whether from a practical or emotional perspective, he tends to prioritize strengthening the Yin-Yang Deception.

But the Mirror Demon was clearly unwilling to sit idly by and wait for its death. The moment the seal was broken, it immediately launched an attack on the Yin-Yang Demon.

With nowhere to run, I might as well take someone down with me before I die.

Unfortunately, just as it was about to launch its attack, Lu Yan simply waved his hand, and the Mirror Demon instantly lost control of its own power.

As the Death Lord transformed into the Son of Death, his control over the uncanny grew stronger. For one thing, he could easily suppress a Sequence 6 uncanny within the Black Forest.

Unable to struggle, the Mirror Ghost could only watch helplessly as the Yin-Yang Ghost devoured it.

Having swallowed an entire Sequence 6 Weirdos, Yin Yang Weirdos was clearly suffering from indigestion. Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Yan immediately replanted Yin Yang Weirdos and then mobilized all the death power in the Black Forest, pouring it all into the grave of Yin Yang Weirdos.

The more you cultivate, the stronger you become—this is the core advantage of the Black Forest Lord, and he naturally wants to maximize this advantage.

Nourished by a large amount of death power, the Yin-Yang Ghost digests the Mirror Ghost at a significantly faster pace and is evolving towards a more perfect form.

Seeing that Yin Yang Gui couldn't be awakened anytime soon, Lu Yan simply exited the mirror space and returned to his manor with a calm expression, as if the fierce battle had never happened.

The fighting arena was still bustling with activity, but no one knew that beneath the noise, a secret battle involving the followers of the evil god had quietly come to an end.

Back at the manor, Lu Yan went straight to the cultivation building, unscrewed a bottle of golden blood, and drank it all in one gulp.

A long-lost feeling of fullness instantly swept over my entire body, and the Knight Apprentice Breathing Technique and Wizard Apprentice Meditation Technique began to operate rapidly.

This is the advantage of ancient cultivation methods: as long as you get through the initial stage, the subsequent cultivation will continue to be effective without needing to be deliberately activated.

This is somewhat similar to the self-cultivation feature of the panel.

The difference is that the panel is his unique trump card, while the cultivation method is something that everyone can try, provided that they can successfully enter the basics.

"It's only the beginning of cultivation and it's already so effective. I wonder what kind of characteristics it will have after it reaches mastery."

Lu Yan's anticipation grew, and he immediately calmed his mind and devoted himself entirely to cultivation.

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Meanwhile, inside the Divine Tree Palace.

Wan Zhuliu recounted the unusual events that had recently occurred in the shelter to Jiangnan Dao and Xue Jiansheng, expressing his stance in a solemn tone.

"I believe that we must purge the cult followers hiding in the shelter as soon as possible. If we continue to delay, I fear it will cause uncontrollable damage."

Deep within his eyes lay an undisguised scrutiny and worry. A few days ago, he had arrested several followers of the Ghost God in the experimental building and found Ghostly Weapons inside their bodies.

After comparison, it was discovered that these artifacts were of the same type as those found in the Trial Realm.

These magical artifacts not only possess the power of the gods believed by the believers, but also do not reveal any trace of their aura before being actively activated.

Unless one deliberately investigates, it is extremely difficult to detect any abnormalities within the holder's body.

Wan Zhuliu couldn't imagine how many such cult followers were still hidden in the Primordial Sanctuary at this moment.

But what bothered him even more was the origin of these strange artifacts.

He never let up on his investigation of the strange artifact, but no matter how hard he investigated, he couldn't find any clues.

In such a vast primordial shelter, how many people could truly escape his spies?

Besides—these few right in front of me!

Just then, Jiang Nandao slowly opened his eyes, his eyes sparkling with a faint starlight, and spoke in a calm tone.

"The stars tell me that disaster will not befall the original sanctuary."

Upon hearing Jiangnan Dao's familiar "charlatan" remarks, Xue Jiansheng couldn't help but roll his eyes.

It's fortunate that this old man has never failed all these years, otherwise he would have been beaten up long ago.

But clearly, Wan Zhuliu wasn't buying it.

"I trust my own eyes more than the omens of the stars!"

Wan Zhuliu's tone grew increasingly solemn, "If the foundation of humanity is corrupted by the forces of the evil gods, even if we survive this disaster, we will ultimately be destroyed in the next crisis."

"If you cannot give me a reasonable explanation, I will personally take action and purge all heretics!"

Wan Zhuliu's words were firm and resolute, leaving no room for compromise.

But Jiangnan Dao's next sentence not only shocked Wan Zhuliu, but also made Xue Jiansheng's eyes turn sharp.

"Those strange artifacts in the trial realm were placed there by me."

Inside the cultivation building of Lu Yan's manor.

Lu Yan's fingers flew, and the fifty-four cards danced up and down in his palm like nimble sprites, while he kept his eyes closed, still in a meditative state.

Perhaps due to the characteristics of a swindler, his mental power has become more flexible than ever before, and he is now able to multitask.

The reason he hones his card skills during meditation is ultimately due to his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Now his other five sequences have all reached sequence 6, but the Thousand Masters is still stuck at sequence 7.

This wasn't a big problem, since his sequence progress had always been very fast.

However, despite challenging several top players on the Gold List and participating in numerous gambling battles, he remained completely stagnant in the ranks of the gamblers.

Now, besides waiting for the master to grow on his own, this is the only way he can slowly improve his progress.

However, this improvement was so slight, like a mosquito's leg, that it was far from meeting his expectations.

Lu Yan sighed helplessly. Judging from the rules of the role-playing method, he would probably have to devise several scams to help the master swindler advance quickly.

"How about we try recruiting a few followers of this cult?"

Lu Yan paused slightly, a sense of eagerness rising in his heart.

Just then, a strong energy fluctuation suddenly came from the Black Forest.

Is the Yin-Yang Tactics maturing?

Lu Yan immediately stopped cultivating and, in a flash, entered the Black Forest.

As soon as he stepped inside, he saw deathly energy raging and converging towards the Yin-Yang Ghost's tomb, its momentum immense, as if some terrifying being was about to emerge from its cocoon.

"With this kind of momentum, some people might even believe that a major villain has been born."

Lu Yan grinned. He naturally understood the reason for the Black Forest's unusual state; it was simply to ensure the perfect gestation of the Yin-Yang Ghost.

Successfully promoted.

However, with so many rules nourished by death energy, the awakening of Yin and Yang must be extremely powerful, right?

Under Lu Yan's expectant gaze, the Yin-Yang Ghost absorbed all the death energy that had gathered.

The next instant, phantom images of the sun and moon suddenly emerged from the land of the Black Forest. The phantom images quickly solidified and eventually transformed into a two-way mirror.

One side reflects the sun, the other the moon, completely out of place with the dense deathly aura of the Black Forest, yet it landed steadily in the hands of the reborn Yin-Yang Ghost.

Compared to before, Yin Yang Gui's figure became more refined, and the oppressive feeling around him was even stronger.

With just a glance, Lu Yan felt his joy fluctuate uncontrollably.

Clearly, Yin Yang Gui's control over "joy" has reached a new level.

But Lu Yan's attention immediately fell on the rules that Yin Yang Gui had just mastered.

[Sequence 6 - Mysterious - Yin-Yang Mystery]

[Characteristic - Joy: When looking directly at someone who is treacherous and unpredictable, one's joy will gradually spiral out of control until one becomes a slave to that joy!]

Skills, rules, and trouble are bound to happen sooner or later.

Lu Yan's pupils contracted slightly, his face filled with surprise: "Σ(⊙▽⊙「a？"

Something bad is bound to happen sooner or later?

No, is this rule for real?

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