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

After the rain stopped, there was a musty smell in Li Ang's office, which was normal, since the back wall had collapsed and rainwater had brought in the mud.

[Ding! Sect mission summary settlement begins]

[Mission: Investigate Suspicious Outpost (Completed)]

[Task Reward: Contribution Points +30]

Current contribution points: 191

[Mission: Slay the minions of the extraterrestrial demons (Completed)]

[Task Reward: Contribution Points +30]

Current contribution points: 221

Li Ang leaned back in his office chair, looked at the number on the system panel, and nodded.

After fighting for half a day, he was almost killed by a Duke at the fifth level of Qi Refining. In the end, he got sixty contribution points. It wasn't a lot, but it wasn't a little either. At least it was enough for him to exchange for some useful things.

The fish tank was placed on the corner of the table, and small silver fish were swimming around on the surface of the water, looking very relaxed.

Li Ang glanced at the little fish: "Outside, people are fighting to the death, but you're swimming around here having a good time."

The little fish ignored him and continued circling around a colorful pebble.

Li Ang ignored it and leaned back in his chair to organize his findings from the past few days and his plans for the future.

He opened his phone, scrolled through the news in Philadelphia, and his brows gradually furrowed.

I've seen many posts about Philadelphia online before; it's known as the Gotham of America.

Zero-dollar purchases are an old tradition, and drug addicts roam Kensington Street in droves, with gunshots from gang shootouts more frequent than New Year's Eve fireworks.

If Jonah hadn't mentioned that the antique storage was in a private vault in downtown Philadelphia, Leon wouldn't have really wanted to go there.

"Never mind, let's deal with the money first." Li Ang took out the envelope Jonah had given him, tore off the wax seal, and pulled out a slip of paper with a cryptocurrency address and private key, as well as the website of an exchange platform, which needed to be used with the card and POS machine.

Li Ang spent about two hours studying the platform's exchange process and finally successfully transferred the cryptocurrency Jonah gave him out, adding more than $2 to his account.

"Not bad, it seems the money problem is basically solved." Li Ang looked at the balance on his mobile banking app and breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought for a moment, then flipped to Daphne's business card and sent her a text message.

"The repairs can begin now."

In less than three minutes, Daphne replied: "Received! Arriving the day after tomorrow morning. My tools are ready, we can start right away."

Li Ang put down his phone, scrolled through the system panel, and found the cultivation technique that had been given to him when he repaired the stronghold.

[Technique: Red Furnace Ignites Snow Scripture]

[Grade: lower grade]

[Note: By using one's own Qi and blood as a guide, one can refine the Qi and blood of others for one's own use.]

After reading it, Li Ang clicked his tongue and said, "Absorbing other people's blood and energy to increase cultivation? That's too weird."

"However, I like it... Who wouldn't want to be Ren Woxing?"

Following the breathing method described in the instructions, Li Ang took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, while simultaneously guiding the magical power within his body along a meridian route he had not traversed before.

At first, he didn't feel anything, but after his magic power completed the first small cycle, Li Ang opened his eyes and looked down at his hands.

A faint red light appeared in the palm of my hand, as if there was a strange suction force, but it quickly faded away.

"interesting."

Then Li Ang opened his storage ring and took out the black crystal he had obtained from the mirror in Jacob's house.

The crystal was a size larger than the one I got from the livestock shed, it felt cool to the touch, had a deeper color, and was more concentrated in energy.

He sat down cross-legged, holding the crystal, and began to circulate the Blood Demon Qi Technique. Strands of black evil energy seeped from the crystal, slowly flowing into his body along his arm and mixing with his magic power in his meridians.

The feeling was subtle, like taking a sip of strong liquor that burned from your throat to your stomach, but tasted sweet in your mouth.

As the malevolent energy circulated within his body, Li Ang could feel his meridians gradually widening, and his magical power slowly increasing.

This process lasted about an hour.

When the last wisp of malevolent energy was extracted from the crystal, the black crystal had turned grayish-white, and its surface was covered with fine cracks.

With a gentle squeeze, the crystal crumbled into a small clump of powder in his palm, scattering between his fingers.

[Cultivation Breakthrough: Qi Refining Level 2 (Perfect) → Qi Refining Level 3]

[Mana: 6 → 7]

[Constitution: 4 → 5]

[Divine Sense: 5 → 6]

A system notification sounded in my mind.

Li Ang opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

"You've reached the third level of Qi Refining."

He clenched his fist, feeling the obvious increase in power within his body.

"No wonder Old Demon Han is always absorbing spirit stones; can this be as effective as proper cultivation?"

After finishing with the cultivation technique, the next step is to deal with the piece of Bunyas's soul inside the Soul Banner.

With a flick of his finger, Li Ang sent the Soul Banner into his palm.

"Sherry, come out for a second."

A pale blue figure floated out from the flag, yawned in mid-air, and stretched.

"What is it now? I'm sleeping..." Shirley squinted, looking very relaxed.

"How's the soul we absorbed earlier doing?"

"That guy was knocked into an idiot by some force as soon as he came in, he's like a stone."

Without further ado, Li Ang, seeing that the system's refinement had erased Bunyas's consciousness, directly mobilized the Soul Banner's power to guide that ball of soul energy toward Sherry.

At the moment of the energy collision, the banner of the soul suddenly lit up, and one by one the stars were lit up. The banner seemed to have become more textured, from the level of Yiwu 9.9 to the feeling of being specially supplied to the embassy.

At the same time, Sherry's soul also began to change. Her body became much more solid than before, and her color also changed. The blue became lighter, and she became more human-like.

As the light faded, Sherry looked down at her hands, clenched her fists in surprise, and felt the significantly enhanced power within her soul: "I feel... like I've come back to life."

[Soul Banner Main Soul Cultivation Level Improved: Qi Refining Level 1 → Qi Refining Level 2]

Li Ang nodded. Who knows what they'll encounter on this trip to Philadelphia? It would definitely be beneficial for Shirley to be stronger.

He put away the Soul Banner and Sherry, then took out the Holy Judgment and opened the Magic Item Refinement page in the system shop.

[Sacred Judgment]

[Rank: Low-grade magic weapon]

This magical artifact can cause immense damage to the soul and spirit.

"This thing is indeed a bit of a waste right now," Li Angju commented without any mercy.

[Do you wish to consume 200 contribution points to refine the magical artifact?]

[Upgraded effect: Removes the limit on the number of attacks; instead, it uses the user's own vital energy as a conduit to gather bloodthirsty power for attacks.]

[Can deal massive damage to physical targets simultaneously]

Li Ang looked at the price tag of 200 contribution points, felt a pang of pain, but still gritted his teeth and clicked confirm.

[200 contribution points consumed, 21 contribution points remaining]

A surge of heat flowed from his palm into the barrel of the Holy Judgment gun. The surface of the silver revolver began to glow with a dark red light, flowing across the surface as if it were alive, gradually permeating every corner of the gun.

The entire modification process lasted about ten seconds.

As the light faded, the appearance of the Holy Judgment underwent a subtle change. Dark red lines appeared on the originally silver-white gun body, distributed like blood vessels on the barrel and cylinder.

The wooden grip at the handle has also turned dark red, and it feels slightly warm to the touch, as if it still retains the temperature of the human body.

Li Ang held the gun in his hand and weighed it in his hand, muttering to himself:

"No bullets needed, just the consumption of Qi and Blood, right? That's good."

He tucked the divine judgment back into his coat, then turned to look at the fish tank on the table.

"Fourneus".

The little fish stopped swimming.

"Come out, I need to talk to you."

A burst of silver light erupted above the fish tank, and Furneus appeared beside the desk.

"What's wrong?" Furneus shook his hair.

"I'm going to Philadelphia. Come with me."

"I'm so weak right now, and I can only use a small fish as cover, it's so clumsy," Furneus protested.

"Stop talking nonsense. I've naturally considered all of this," Li Ang said, shaking his finger to interrupt Fernéus.

"You should just look like a nun."

"A nun?" Fenneus's eyes widened in surprise.

"You let a demon disguise himself as a nun and go out with you?"

"What, is there a problem? Jesus himself welcomes lost sheep back to the Lord's embrace. You've already received my holy water pouring out; the diocese should give me a Best Missionary Award!"

"You...! You're not allowed to mention that!" Fenneus blushed, but finally gave in.

She waved her hand gently in the air, and her long dress transformed into a standard black nun's habit in a flash of silver light.

Her long hair was wrapped in a headscarf, a silver cross hung around her neck, and her bright red eyes gradually dimmed into dark brown.

Her legs were covered in 80D white stockings, paired with a pair of small leather shoes with a heel height of about 3cm.

She looked at herself and tugged at her clothes uncomfortably: "It feels weird."

"You'll get used to it." Li Ang looked him over. Perhaps because he had just started practicing demonic arts, the young Li Ang seemed a bit impulsive.

After informing Daphne that he would be leaving for a while and that construction could proceed as normal, Li Ang pushed open the church door.

The wind blew past the hem of the handsome priest's robe, and a nun with a somewhat unnatural expression accompanied him.

"Let's go, to Philadelphia!"