I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Chapter 184: The Giant Evil Mushroom Breeding Ground! Feuds Settled! The Lich King

Xu Lindong realized that although the underground battle was fierce, the midnight thugs were still clearly in control.

He didn't intend to intervene immediately, but took the opportunity to observe secretly and figure out the other party's strength and trump cards.

After all, this mysterious person knew many of his secrets, while he knew nothing about them.

In case of future conflict, observing more tactics now will give us a greater chance of success later.

He grasped the Peach Blossom Spring paintbrush, his senses rapidly began to spread, and then he painted in mid-air.

Soon, an illusory portal was drawn in front of him.

Although it is an illusory door, it can still serve as his gateway.

He took in the view behind the door.

At that moment, his gaze passed through the "door," and the terrifying scene inside the manor's cellar in the distance immediately came into view.

The entire cellar had been completely engulfed by the rampant growth of mushrooms and vines.

Various strangely colored fungi emerged from the swollen body bags.

Some of the bags had torn open, revealing half-rotted corpses.

Each corpse was covered with layers of mushrooms and sticky mycelium, as if it were being slowly digested from the inside by poisonous mushrooms.

Even more chilling was the sight of a dying Sequence Nine transcendent in the corner, whose skin was writhing eerily.

Countless tiny spores and hyphae were emerging from his pores, seemingly ready to burst forth and bloom into new poisonous mushrooms at any moment.

This place has become a breeding ground for some kind of evil plant.

A fierce battle was erupting from the core area, which was entangled in layers of vines and mycelium.

A voice, a mixture of madness and hysteria, erupted from the center of the battle, amidst the dense thicket of vines and mushrooms: "They deserved it! What right do you have to stop me from purifying them?!"

"This planet originally belonged to plants! It is you humans who recklessly cut down trees, built cities, roads, and skyscrapers, causing forests to disappear in large swaths, grasslands to become barren land, and deserts! This is all evil—evil committed by you humans!"

"And I am merely purifying—atone for the sins of humanity!"

The voice grew increasingly louder and more hysterical towards the end: "Let the city collapse, let humanity and nature be one again—this is the true path to harmony! Death is not the end; when your flesh and blood become nourishment, new life will continue in the plants—this, this is the eternal state of life!!"

"He's a madman!"

Xu Lindong's eyelids twitched as he listened.

The other party is the Sequence Seven "Botanist" of the Natural Mystery Path.

But these remarks have long since gone beyond common sense; they seem more like the ravings of a madman whose mind has been corrupted by supernatural substances and who is on the verge of losing control.

Protecting nature is certainly not wrong, but using living people as fertilizer?

This is a completely twisted and evil logic.

Xu Lindong thought to himself, but then he heard Midnight Killer's cold shout from the battle circle: "You talk too much nonsense."

Immediately afterwards, eerie, ghostly howls erupted from the depths of the mushrooms and vines, sweeping across the entire cellar like a tidal wave.

"You say this world was originally made of plants? I could say it belonged to ghosts! Take this, and the human world will be a hell!"

As the killer shouted at midnight, Xu Lindong saw the surrounding plants and mushrooms wither and die rapidly.

The deathly aura quickly permeated the plant, and numerous ghostly figures directly possessed its interior, frantically seizing its life force.

"Directly depriving plants of their vitality —"

Xu Lindong's eyes sharpened.

He can currently only command ghosts to possess humans and steal their life force; he cannot yet do so on plants.

This means that the midnight killer's understanding of the power of "death" in the tunnels far surpasses his own.

At this moment, life was plundered, and large swathes of vegetation withered instantly.

Botanist Wilson roared hysterically, "You devil who has betrayed nature, you will surely suffer the consequences!"

Amidst the roar, countless tiny specks of light suddenly appeared in the air.

It appears to be entirely composed of spores and hyphae that are difficult to discern with the naked eye.

"Gaia, return to your plant world!"

Wilson gave a sharp shout, and as if on command, countless spores swept over the midnight assailant.

However, the midnight killer simply raised the soul banner in his hand.

Whoosh!

The shadows surged, and a large number of ghosts roared out from the banner, enveloping his figure layer by layer.

He himself transformed into a sinister ghost wearing a hat of impermanence and holding a soul-summoning banner and a soul-hooking chain.

Underground Sequence Six: The Soul-Hooking Judge!

Xu Lindong stared at the many ghostly figures surrounding the midnight murderer, and his heart trembled slightly.

Those indistinct outlines were actually all wandering souls of Sequence Nine; a quick scan revealed more than forty of them.

It even contained a few auras of Sequence Eight, which was simply terrifying.

Compared to the four ghosts he had, the size of the other party's "minions" was completely overwhelming.

They could drown him with sheer numbers.

"This midnight thug—his strength is indeed terrifying."

Just then, the spores and mycelium that were falling everywhere covered the area, and the ghostly figures surrounding the murderer let out painful howls.

However, the midnight assailant himself was completely unharmed.

"Splash!"

He suddenly flung the chain in his hand.

"laugh!"

The hooked chain moved with lightning speed, ignoring the shield of intertwined vines, and plunged straight into the chest of botanist Wilson.

"Aaaaaah!"

Wilson let out a piercing scream.

A faint, ethereal soul was being forcibly pulled from his body.

The surrounding plants, vines, and mushrooms quickly seemed to lose their support and withered rapidly.

The Sequence Nine transcendent who had mushrooms growing inside his body and was barely clinging to life also breathed his last at that moment.

Seeing this, Xu Lindong knew the battle was over.

The midnight thugs easily dispatched all the enemies in the cellar.

Just then, a voice came through the door: "Have you seen enough? Now that you've seen a bit of my trump card, do you feel better?"

Xu Lindong snorted coldly, his voice echoing through the painted portal: "Is this all the tricks you have? That doesn't seem like your trump card. You haven't even used your full strength."

After saying that, Xu Lindong's body plummeted downwards, and in the blink of an eye, he had entered the cellar.

The air was filled with a pungent odor of mold and the smell of corpses, which was nauseating.

He looked around, his tone tinged with doubt: "Where is that evil artifact? Could a mere Sequence Seven botanist really create something that could remotely annihilate our nation's prodigies?"

"He's definitely not qualified."

The midnight assailant spoke calmly, then suddenly pointed to a wooden door deep in the cellar. "The thing is over there."

"Or rather, you can see it by opening that door. In fact—we are already inside this evil creature."

"What?"

Xu Lindong felt a sudden chill.

It was only at this moment that he realized something was wrong.

The extraordinary energy in the cellar did not dissipate normally; instead, it faintly emanated from all directions.

He had initially thought it was remnants of battle, but now it clearly seemed wrong.

Even when he tried to control the cellar with his land rights, he felt a strong sense of resistance and threat.

Xu Lindong frowned slightly, and golden-red energy quietly spread from beneath his feet, covering the wooden door.

The next moment, his eyes narrowed.

Behind the door, a hideous face, like that of a withered old man, was revealed.

But it wasn't a human face at all; it was part of a giant mushroom structure, wrinkled like an orange peel, and even covered with veins.

It seems that this mushroom devoured many corpses before gradually coalescing into a hideous human face.

Xu Lindong combined and extended the power of the door gods with the authority over the land, and quickly perceived the astonishing truth.

They found themselves inside the abdomen of a giant mushroom, the entire cellar being made up of its shell.

All the mushrooms, mycelium, and spores that grow around it originate from the evil and extraordinary power within this strange creature.

It feeds on the corpses in the body bag, constantly growing stronger and emitting a nauseating stench of decay.

"Are you kidding me?"

Xu Lindong's face was gloomy.

How can we take away such a huge, mushroom-shaped evil creature?

He immediately looked at the midnight thug beside him.

The other person shrugged: "Why are you looking at me like that? You don't think I'm going to take this thing away, do you? Of course, destroying it on the spot is the safest option."

Xu Lindong frowned: "This kind of biological evil creature has extremely strong vitality, and it may not be easy to destroy."

That's how it should be, according to common sense.

The midnight thug spoke calmly, "But I was prepared before I came. I have plenty of experience dealing with evil spirits, just like dealing with powerful families and bicycles."

As he spoke, he flipped his hand, and a syringe containing a pale red liquid appeared between his fingers.

"This is a suppressor and destroyer developed by the Extraordinary Research Institute, specifically targeting plant-based evil entities. Hopefully, it will be useful."

Xu Lindong was somewhat surprised: "You already knew the type of this evil object? You even prepared a method to destroy it?"

While putting on his gloves, the midnight thug calmly said, "Of course I couldn't have known in advance, but don't underestimate our Xia Kingdom's Extraordinary Research Institute."

"Yang Qiwei's body was taken back and studied for three whole days. The research institute quickly developed a targeted inhibitor to destroy the poisonous mushroom strain extracted from his body."

Unfortunately, this thing takes too long to work and can't save people. That evil entity can kill from a distance, taking the life of someone like Yang Qiwei, a Sequence Seven, within half a minute. There's simply no time to use it.

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go outside first. Just to be on the safe side, let's use it outside."

"After this stuff is injected, it should trigger its self-disintegration, but it's not enough to completely destroy it—we'll have to dismantle it ourselves later."

He paused slightly halfway through his sentence, turned his head to look at Xu Lindong, and a hint of amusement crept into his voice beneath the mask: "You're quite something, taking down a Sequence Seven card master without much injury—I really underestimated you before."

Xu Lindong: "Let's skip the formalities. I wouldn't have come if I wasn't confident."

Without another word, the two quickly left the cellar, one after the other.

..

at the same time.

Deep in the Hagia Sophia Mountains, in the restricted area of ​​Mount Athos.

The "Eternal Frost Rift," listed as one of the Federation's most dangerous sinkholes, was sealed off here.

A persistent gray-white mist, like a curtain, shrouds the continuous snow-capped peaks here.

Bone-chilling gusts of wind whistled and weaved through the crevices of the rocks, whipping up shards of ice and snow dust.

On this desolate, frigid land that seemed to have been forgotten by time, a sudden change occurred.

A thick, almost tangible purplish-black energy surged from the void, rapidly churning and spreading outwards.

In an instant, it turned into a thick fog, completely covering the sky above the entire dangerous sinkhole.

Deep within the fog, energy rapidly collapsed, quickly condensing into a blurry humanoid silhouette.

The figure hovered in mid-air beneath the sky, surrounded by a purple-black aura. The oppressive force emanating from it caused the ice plains below to tremble slightly, as if even the massive mountain range was groaning under its power.

In an instant, figures appeared in the blocked area below.

Many high-ranking experts from the Federation who were stationed here emerged from the barrier, their expressions solemn as they looked up at the sky.

"roar!!"

A deep, muffled roar, like thunder, tore through the wind and snow.

The barrier suddenly burst open, and a colossal creature broke through it.

It was a bone dragon as large as a mountain.

Its bones seemed to gleam with a dark, metallic gleam, and its hollow, enormous eye sockets flickered with eerie green flames, like two lanterns.

When the pair of bone wings unfolded, the shadow instantly covered half of the mountain peak.

On the skull of the skeletal dragon, stood a figure clad in a long black robe and holding a scepter.

It was none other than the Lich King, the third sequence of the Necromantic Path.

It exuded an aura of death that seemed almost tangible, and the scepter in its hand was inlaid with dark amethyst. As it stood still, the snowflakes falling around it instantly froze and then silently melted away.

The Lich King looked up, his ghostly gaze seeming to pierce through the purplish-black mist, locking onto the figure in the air. His voice was hoarse yet respectful: "Your Excellency the Savior, the messenger of the great true god Quentin on earth. I have been waiting here for a long time."

In the air, the figure formed from purplish-black energy moved slightly.

A satisfied smile slowly spread across his blurred face.

"I sensed it—your devotion to our Lord Quentin."

This loyalty will surely be rewarded.

In the future, the true God will personally guide you—to go further on this extraordinary path.

He paused briefly, looked down at the frozen wasteland and the solemn crowd below, and continued speaking, his words filled with oppressive power: "Your people should have all evacuated by now."

"From this moment on, I will take over the management of this sinkhole."

"My lord Quentin will personally unseal this place."

"He also wanted to take this opportunity to see his long-silent old friend deep in the sinkhole."

His gaze returned to the Lich King, and he said calmly, "You, stay and assist me."

"As you wish!"

The Lich King lowered his head slightly, and the bone dragon beneath him raised its head and let out a deep, thunderous roar. The ghostly green flames in its eye sockets suddenly surged, and its bone wings unfurled with a roar.

The shadows spread like ink, obscuring the sky and the sun.

The enormous bone dragon, carrying the Lich King, sank back into the dark barrier that enveloped the sinkhole amidst a violent tremor.

Outside the barrier, the remaining high-ranking federal experts who were guarding this area had begun to withdraw one after another.

Everyone knew that this was no longer a safe place to stay.

The Xia Kingdom will absolutely not sit idly by and allow the third high-risk sinkhole to be unsealed.

However, the savior Finch was clearly prepared.

Even the Lich King, a third-ranked being, was only there to help maintain order.

Within the federal territory, what can the Xia Kingdom do, no matter how powerful it is?

Unless they gather all the top experts of Sequence Two here, they are powerless to stop it.

But the price of doing so is something the Xia Kingdom cannot afford.

That would be tantamount to sacrificing the pillars of the nation, gambling with the survival of all the pillars supporting the sky except for "humans and gods".

Once these pillars collapse, the edifice of the Xia Kingdom will inevitably crumble as well.

Snowflakes fluttered down, and the world was frozen as cold and desolate as iron.

The refugees who had taken refuge in the sinful manor heard the commotion and looked in horror toward the two blurry figures in the direction of the cellar.

A series of muffled rumbling sounds were coming from underground.

The entire cellar was shaking violently, and then it suddenly collapsed downwards!

A strong, suffocating stench of decay followed.

Interspersed among the sounds were the crunching of fungi being torn apart and the splashing of juices.

"This kid, is his side job working with a demolition crew...?"

"At midnight, the murderer stood on the edge of the collapse, looking down."

A gigantic, ethereal phantom, like a demolition machine, rapidly raised its massive arm and began to smash wildly.

Each time it fell, the mushroom-like monster's remains convulsed violently, and mycelium and chunks of flesh scattered everywhere.

His eyelids twitched involuntarily, and he turned to look at Xu Lindong: "Your illusory clone—it's quite peculiar. In terms of power alone, it's probably stronger than many people at the ninth level of the Human Realm."

Xu Lindong said calmly, "It just means you're strong enough to take things apart."

Under his command, the giant shadow was working in accordance with the methods previously set up by the Midnight Killer, frantically destroying the giant mushroom-shaped evil creature that had been weakened by the inhibitor for more than two hours and was on the verge of collapse.

This kind of destruction is incredibly efficient.

Furthermore, one of the extraordinary, illusory figures' thick arms had already penetrated deep into the core area of ​​the mushroom, actively absorbing the remaining evil aura and energy within, turning it into fertilizer to strengthen itself.

The outlines of the phantom clones all appeared to grow slightly larger as a result.

The Midnight Assassin noticed his actions, frowned slightly, and warned in a deep voice, "This is, after all, an evil entity. Using your illusory clone of human energy to devour its power—be careful of the backlash. Once it becomes agitated, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Xu Lindong said calmly, "Don't worry. The reason my illusory clone can grow this big is because it mutated after absorbing the aura of an evil spirit."

The midnight thug was speechless. He turned to look at the young man beside him, who seemed calm and collected, exuding a faint aura of menace. He felt a slight itch in his hand.

This kid is such a show-off.

But he had the ability to show off, so he couldn't refute him, nor could he outdo him in the act. After all, deliberately showing off is the least classy thing to do, so he could only swallow his words.

A dozen minutes later, the giant mushroom-shaped evil creature was completely destroyed.

The two went down and inspected the area.

In the end, the midnight killer only picked up a completely dried-up and withered mushroom stem from the ruins.

"Despite the inhibitors and our repeated destruction, it still managed to leave behind a stalk—a biological anomaly. Its vitality is indeed tenacious."

As he spoke, he carefully locked the mushroom stem into a specially made metal box, then looked up and said, "Take it back to the Extraordinary Research Institute for research. Maybe we can use it against them, turning their own methods against them, and crushing the Federation's prodigies."

Upon hearing this, Xu Lindong glanced at him with slight surprise, then nodded.

That's definitely a good idea.

Since the Federation wants to use such methods to stifle the prodigies of Xia Kingdom, they can retaliate with the same weapon.

At this moment, some refugees began to muster their courage and gather around.

But in the eyes of these ordinary people, they could only see the midnight thugs, and they seemed to subconsciously ignore Xu Lindong, who was wearing a faceless mask.

Xu Lindong glanced around and said calmly, "The matter is resolved, I should go."

You're not expecting me to give you a ride home, are you? I have no obligation to do so.

The midnight thug glanced at him with slight surprise: "What, you're not planning to go back?"

Xu Lindong shook his head: "There are still some personal grudges to deal with here."

"Let's take this opportunity to wipe them out completely. If we teach them a lesson they won't dare to mess with me again."

That's only partly true.

In fact, apart from Field and Wilson of the Purification Corps, his only remaining enemy was Terence, the leader of the Black Serpent Gang and a Sequence 8 ghoul, which wasn't many.

The midnight thug shrugged: "You really hold a grudge. Looks like you're the kind of person I shouldn't mess with; once you get involved, you can't get rid of them."

Xu Lindong gave him a deep look: "After we go back, I will slowly find out your identity."

Don't worry, even if I find out, I won't tell anyone, just like you never told me.

The midnight thug understood the meaning behind his words and smiled faintly: "Don't worry, at least we've fought side by side now."

People like us create another identity precisely to do things that are inconvenient in the gray area.

How to keep distance and safeguard the secret—I know.

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure flickered and vanished into the night as a shadow.

"Who exactly is this guy...?"

Xu Lindong watched the tall, thin figure disappear completely, memorizing the other person's posture, aura, and every detail.

Then, he casually tossed out a Yama talisman depicting the image of King Chujiang of the Underworld, his figure sank into the ground, and disappeared into this garden of sin.

Half a day later, dawn was approaching, and the sky was beginning to lighten.

Deep in a small town not far from the Sin Manor.

Inside a gang's villa.

"Kill me, you bastard! Just like you killed my brother Beach. Come on, let me see what you've got!"

A hoarse roar exploded from the villa's hall.

Xu Lindong, dressed in ghostly attire and wearing a faceless mask, stood quietly in the hall.

Opposite him was a burly, bald, strong man with a thick beard and a round belly. His muscles were bulging, and he had a fierce and fearless expression.

Xu Lindong said calmly, "You're a tough guy, aren't you? Well then, I'll grant your wish and reunite you with your brothers—that way you won't have to search the world for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared in his hand.

puff!

A burst of scalding blood erupted in the hall, splattering onto the walls and carpet.

"Merit +450!"

The Tower of Babel stirred slightly.

Instead of replacing the bard Eugene with the Descendant Scraper, he simply raised his hand and waved it.

The hungry ghosts, who had been unable to restrain themselves any longer, pounced on the attack like wild beasts, letting out joyful roars.

This was the last person he retaliated against after arriving in the Federation, the Sequence Eight of the Strange Path, Terence the Ghoul.

The opponent's strength should not be underestimated.

Ghouls are inherently tough and can acquire and enhance other supernatural abilities by devouring corpses, with a maximum of two abilities at the same time.

Terence had previously devoured a Sequence 10 Ascetic on the Ascetic Path and a Sequence 9 Asura on the Asura Path.

Therefore, he not only possesses extremely strong mental endurance, which can greatly reduce mental damage and ignore most physical pain, but also has an astonishing recovery ability.

Furthermore, he possesses the formidable physical strength of an Asura, with his internal bones capable of protruding from his body and transforming into weapons.

But these methods are no longer effective against Xu Lindong today.

The starving ghost was now tearing and chewing on the ghoul demon, which could be considered a form of karmic retribution.

Because hungry ghosts can also evolve by devouring others and acquire other abilities, although the probability is low.

That's why Xu Lindong intervened to stop him when he was eating Field.

As for the ghoul demon, he didn't care. Letting the starving ghost try to evolve was a good idea.

A few dozen seconds later, the starving ghost had finished eating.

Xu Lindong noticed the violent shaking coming from the doors and windows outside the hall, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

He raised his hand and gently knocked three times on the door from a distance.

Boom, boom, boom.

Each knock was accompanied by a sinister howl and the power of the door gods.

The moment the sound spread.

A thick, eerie aura of death seeped out of the door and spread.

The commotion outside the door suddenly subsided.

The world is peaceful now.

Xu Lindong raised his hand and a broken car seat appeared out of thin air.

He took out his phone and opened the navigation interface.

Target location: Pharaoh's Pyramid.

More than 5,000 kilometers away from the current coordinates.

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