A priest in North America, what the hell is the Demon Gate system?

[Ding! Sect mission summary settlement begins]

[Task 4: Ghostly Shadows (Completed)]

[Basic Rewards: Contribution Points +50, Attribute Points +1]

[Additional Evaluation: The railway vengeful spirit has been completely purified; additional contribution points awarded: +50]

[Urgent Mission: Slay the Remnant Soul of the Heavenly Demon (Completed)]

[Basic Rewards: Contribution Points +50, Attribute Points +1]

[Mission: Escape the Illusion (Completed)]

[Basic Reward: Technique "External Avatar" (Fragment) ×1]

Li Ang leaned back in his office chair, listening to the system's announcements with an expression of enjoyment.

"Haha, this is just like Alipay constantly popping up notifications for incoming payments."

The system prompts are still in progress.

[Current Outpost Incense Offerings: 34800]

[Current Outstanding Debt: 6000]

Before setting off, I had 24800 yuan. Wang Bingbing gave me 5000 yuan as an advance payment. With the 5000 yuan she gave me later, I had enough for the 30,000 yuan needed to repair the roof, and I even had 4800 yuan left over.

The six thousand monthly payments owed to the parish can be partially covered, although the debt will still remain after that, since the parish takes a percentage of the donations, and the more you donate, the more you have to pay.

But at least we can complete one more task.

Li Ang turned on his computer and sent an email directly to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, indicating that the funds for the repairs had been raised and requesting that the diocese arrange a construction team.

In the past, when Li Ang sent emails to the diocese requesting reductions in monthly payments or other requests, they were usually either read but not replied to, or it would take a long time to get a response.

The money was supposed to arrive today, but less than a minute later, an email came back.

"Father Li, we have received your repair request. In accordance with procedure, we will dispatch a team to make repairs as soon as possible."

"May the Lord bless you, Archdiocese of Philadelphia."

"Damn, they immediately became so nice to me as soon as I took out my money. These guys really made their living selling indulgences."

Li Ang muttered to himself, but then let out a long sigh of relief.

"I still need to focus on making money. This town is clearly being targeted by something dirty. I need to speed up the process to get more rare and precious resources from the system, or I don't want to be suddenly killed by a demon one day."

But before that...

Li Ang flipped his hand, and the incomplete scroll of "External Incarnation" appeared in his hand.

"The method of creating an avatar outside the body and refining the spirit and splitting thoughts..." Li Ang murmured.

"Based on divine consciousness and guided by magical power, it can be shaped and solidified into countless forms..."

He quickly glanced through it.

The scroll is indeed incomplete, only recording the cultivation method for the first level. According to the description, after mastering it, one can condense clones based on the strength of one's magical power and divine sense. The higher the cultivation level, the more and stronger the clones.

However, there is only one body on the first level, and its strength is only about 30% of the original body.

"It's better than nothing, maybe I can create multiple shadow clones in the future?" Li Ang muttered, thinking of a blond old friend.

Without further hesitation, Li Ang immediately sat cross-legged and began trying to condense a clone.

Guided by the technique, it felt as if a thin thread was drawn from between Li Ang's eyebrows, slid down his spine, and hovered around his dantian.

The magical power was drawn by that thin thread, gradually condensing outside the body.

The process was slow. Li Ang could feel his magical power and divine sense being slowly depleted, like a water pump from a pond being pumped out by the Hua Nong Brothers.

Sweat seeped from his forehead, trickled down his cheeks, and dripped onto his collar.

About half an hour later, a human-shaped outline appeared vaguely in front of Li Ang.

Next comes shaping. According to the technique, the appearance of the clone can be sculpted at will, but it is best to have a reference object, otherwise it is easy to create a misshapen mess.

Reference point...

Several options flashed through Li Ang's mind.

My own face? No way, one handsome guy like that is enough.

Han Laomo's kind of ordinary type? It doesn't seem very interesting, and he's not handsome enough, so it doesn't fit the bill.

Shirley's face? Just thinking about her snoring makes me feel a little indifferent.

"Wait!"

Li Ang had a flash of inspiration and remembered the crucifixion statue of Jesus in the church hall.

"Since we're all on the same side, using Brother Su's face doesn't count as copyright infringement, right?"

A somewhat unethical thought popped into Li Ang's mind.

He focused his mind and began to recall what the image of Jesus looked like.

The human figure's outline began to change, gradually becoming clearer.

First comes the skeletal framework, then the muscle texture, and finally the skin and hair; the whole process is like watching a time-lapse video.

After a while, Li Ang opened his eyes.

A pale blue humanoid figure floated in front of him, half a foot off the ground, its entire body radiating a faint halo.

Deep-set eyes, a high nose bridge, long, flowing hair adorned with a crown of thorns, and an expression that blended pain and compassion.

"Holy crap! It really is the Son of Jehovah who has come!"

Li Ang stood up, circled the clone once, and couldn't help but marvel.

With a thought, his clone slowly landed, his feet touching the ground, and his eyes opened.

Li Ang attempted to connect using his divine sense.

Instantly, a strange feeling surged up, as if he had two perspectives at the same time: one was his own body looking at the clone, and the other was his own body looking at the clone.

"This is going to be a test of APM..." Li Ang rubbed his temples.

He manipulated his clone to raise his right hand, clench his fist, and open it. The movements were a bit stiff, but still quite smooth. In order to do his best to recreate the cosplay, Li Ang also punched holes in the clone's hands and feet.

Then Li Ang had his clone walk around the office twice before stopping in front of the mirror.

The mirror reflected a sacred and solemn face, paired with a well-proportioned figure, making him look like a saint who had stepped out of a Renaissance painting.

"Damn... if those religious people saw this, they'd be kneeling down right now." Li Ang stroked his chin and nodded in satisfaction.

With a thought, his clone transformed into a beam of white light and entered his body.

"Although its combat power is only 30%, it should be enough."

After retracting his clone, Li Ang took out the oil paper package from the drawer.

It contained TNT explosives that he had "borrowed" from a railway construction site. He had originally intended to keep them just in case, but now there was a better way to store them.

Li Ang opened the system store, flipped to the newly unlocked magic weapon section, and with the investment and communication with Wang Bingbing, a project worth billions was finalized. His magic skills had obviously improved a lot, and some new things were also unlocked in the list.

[Storage Ring (Low Grade)]: Contains three cubic meters of storage space, capable of storing non-living items. Requires 100 contribution points to exchange.

"exchange."

[100 contribution points consumed, 51 contribution points remaining]

A silver ring landed in my palm. It had a simple design, just a simple circle with fine spiral patterns on the surface. It fit perfectly on my thumb.

According to the store's instructions, it could be used after binding with divine sense. Li Ang raised his hand, and the TNT explosive pack on the table disappeared instantly. At the same time, he could sense that there were some more things in the ring.

"I wonder if there's an old man inside this ring, haha." Li Ang laughed.

He also put away the tracking compass and the jade pendant. As for the Holy Judgment and the notebook, one reason was to facilitate communication with Andrew, and another reason was that Li Ang felt it was more stylish to carry a revolver with him.

After finishing these tasks, Li Ang glanced at the clock on the wall.

2:30 p.m.

Today's confession was not scheduled, and the Mass is also scheduled for tomorrow.

Nia was called back to Pittsburgh Abbey that morning and would be gone for a week. Leon knew the real reason, of course; the abbey couldn't have been unaware of the awakening of angelic power.

However, Nia seemed quite relaxed when she left, and even said she would bring him Pittsburgh specialties when she returned.

"Just consider it a holiday," Li Ang said, stretching.

I've been so busy lately, exorcising demons, fighting zombies, time travel, battling monsters... It feels even more tiring than dismantling my class schedule when I was a college student.

After thinking it over, he decided to go for a walk in town.