I, Lord of Prayer

"So you've become the new perpetrator?"

Zhou Chen questioned Hua Manzhu, "How is your behavior any different from that of the people you hate the most?"

"Don't try to lecture me, Zhou Chen, and don't try to stand on your moral high ground and point fingers at me."

Hua Manzhu interrupted him calmly, "My conscience and morality died that night. You might want to think carefully about what it took for the kindest, most upright, and most saintly person in the world to become like this. If you had experienced the same thing as me, you would only be more extreme than me."

Zhou Chen was speechless for a moment. Hua Manzhu's statement that she was the kindest, most upright, and most saintly person in the world was flawless. The saints of the Life Church throughout the ages have been universally recognized as saints. During her tenure, Hua Manzhu implemented countless policies that benefited the people and participated in the relief work for several world-class disasters. She narrowly escaped death several times. It is no exaggeration to say that she saved millions of lives.

This kind of person is a true saint, kind-hearted, not a hypocrite.

Yet this kind-hearted saint ultimately abandoned her own upheld morality and justice, fell into evil ways, and became a villain whose "numerous evil deeds" and "unforgivable wickedness" were far from sufficient to describe her. Zhou Chen found it hard to imagine what she had gone through to cause such a transformation.

If he had encountered those things, his fate probably wouldn't have been much better. He never thought his character was so noble that he could be compared to the saintess of the Church of Life. Even the saintess was completely disillusioned with the world because of it, let alone him. Ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of the world's population would probably have suffered a mental breakdown.

As they talked, the crimson moonlight around them suddenly deepened, and a grand will descended without warning. The entire space instantly became cold and slippery, and even the air was filled with an evil feeling.

The ritual has initially awakened the evil god!

"Hahaha, very good, very good!"

Hua Manzhu laughed with delight. The power of the "Sin Beast" was visibly increasing, which meant that the evil god had located the "Sin Beast" and was trying to descend into this container.

Zhou Chen tentatively swung his sword, but the cold sword light was blocked by the sea of ​​red spider lilies. Large swathes of crimson spider lilies withered and died, but more flowers regenerated at the same speed. The enchanting sea of ​​flowers swayed and tightly enveloped the ritual array.

"Your biggest mistake was not acting immediately. I was powerless to fight back then," Hua Manzhu mocked him. "Human emotions are so superfluous. You missed the best time to stop me because you were trying to find out the truth!"

In silence, Zhou Chen remained silent, only looking up at the sky.

wait.

A few seconds later, the evil in the air grew thicker and thicker, suffocating the senses. The crimson moonlight transformed into a flowing curtain, within which a dark outline emerged. A massive city appeared amidst layers of mist, with pure darkness surging within it.

A humanoid silhouette emerged from the depths of darkness, instantly spreading a chilling aura. Though it was merely a phantom, its presence was so intense that it became the core and ruler of the world the moment it appeared, and terrifying abyssal pollution eroded the entire realm.

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In that instant, the figure opened its eyes.

Their beautiful eyes reflect all things in the world, radiating a dazzling light. Their gaze is calm and serene, like a high and mighty god looking down upon the mortal world.

At the same time, the "sinful beast" that had been keeping its eyes closed also opened them, revealing a beautiful-eyed child that was exactly the same as the human figure!

Zhou Chen was prepared and hid in a safe area, avoiding a direct confrontation with the Eye Child. He had already experienced the opponent's power during the divination, and now, without the protection of the Prayer Space, he had to temporarily avoid its sharp edge.

"Finally free from that damn place... huh? A woman's body?"

The "Sin Beast" raised its hand, looking at its slender fingers with considerable confusion. This vessel was now occupied by a terrifying will.

The evil god completed his descent, but was also trapped within this body.

Hua Manzhu, standing nearby, was understandably nervous and excited. Just as she was about to take the next step and replace the evil god, an unexpected incident suddenly occurred.

The space inside the ritual array was cleaved open by a sword blade that appeared out of nowhere, as easily as cutting a piece of cloth. Keep in mind that the space inside the ritual array was protected by the power of an evil god!

Tang Ling, clad in silver-white steel armor and carrying the God-Slaying Sword, stepped out and activated his ability without a word, pulling the "Sin Beast," the evil god, into an unknown space, sealing off any possibility of its escape.

Before disappearing, Tang Ling glanced at Zhou Chen, and a streak of steel light flew out and entered Zhou Chen's body.

A new buff has been added to the status bar!

—【A Blessing from the God-Slaying Weapon】

Effects: Increases all attributes by 50%, increases control over mechanical and steel creations by 100%, increases mechanical affinity by 100%, and has a chance to awaken a machine spirit when using mechanical creations.

Duration: 15 minutes.

An extremely simple and straightforward ability boost!

Zhou Chen was already in a controlled abyss-like enhanced state, and with all his attributes doubled by 50%, the power in his body suddenly surged like a rocket.

Sure enough, they were waiting for that evil god... At this moment, he realized that what the Stars wanted was that evil god, or more precisely, those strange eyes!

Therefore, the awakening ritual must succeed, because the place where this evil god sleeps is a city in the Old Age!

—The city depicted in the previous illusion was indeed an ancient city. Perhaps this evil god, like the three ancient demigods who appeared in North Carolina, is a remnant of a divine war sealed within history. However, she is stronger, in better condition, and able to project her power outwards, seeking an opportunity to escape. 🌷♡ ➅❾Şђย𝕏.匚ｏ𝓂 🍔👌

If we don't use this method to get her out of the sealed history, it will take much more effort and time to obtain those eyes, and it will also cause some arrangements to go wrong.

The Stars Society had clearly been waiting for a long time. As soon as the evil god descended, Tang Ling appeared and captured him, taking him to an independent battlefield. He had nowhere to escape and could only be captured and contained alive.

Hua Manzhu stood there, stunned, not even having a chance to react.

"Future Vision" didn't see any enemies!

Moreover, the evil god "Abyss" who granted her this ability failed to detect the upcoming attack and was thus inexplicably dragged into the enemy's battlefield!

Their observations of the future have been interfered with!

Damn!

Hua Manzhu cursed inwardly. In a flash, she had figured it out: she had schemed against Dupu, but the Stars Society had also schemed against her.

It seems like the mantis stalks the cicada, but in reality, the oriole is lurking behind!

Her heart was bleeding. Decades of planning had failed when success was just one step away. No one would feel good about that.

Zhou Chen seized the opportunity and slashed with his sword.

With Tang Ling's buff, the power of the Sword of the End increased exponentially. The deathly cold sword light swept across, tearing apart the sea of ​​red spider lilies like cutting through weeds. Hua Manzhu reacted quickly and dodged hastily, narrowly avoiding the sword light.

She didn't fight Zhou Chen at all, and tried to escape as a shadow.

Even with the boost, Zhou Chen was confident she could escape. A fourth-tier uncrowned being was determined to run away; even several more fourth-tier beings wouldn't be enough to catch her. However, she soon fell into despair. This space was sealed off layer by layer, making escape impossible.

After the plan succeeds, it's time for the Stars to close the net.

A ruthless glint flashed in Hua Manzhu's eyes. With a thought, a cluster of scarlet red spider lilies rose from beneath Zhou Chen's feet, their roots piercing into his steel-like body, drawing upon his source essence and life force.

The world-burning evil fire rose, the cold flames raging and reducing the red spider lilies to ashes. But the wounds pierced by the roots brought excruciating pain. Streams of holy light burst forth from them, corroding the abyss-like body. The light pierced through the entire body in a very short time, shooting out in bursts, making the whole body seem like a bomb about to explode.

Zhou Chen immediately deactivated his Abyss Transformation state, and the holy light targeting the evil forces ceased its further damage and slowly disappeared. However, deactivating Abyss Transformation also caused his strength to drop sharply, and the effects of the End Domain would also be applied to him, constantly reducing his life force.

"You've spun your own cocoon!" Hua Manzhu sneered, her hand forming a knife as she slashed from a distance.

At the same time, Zhou Chen pulled a flip card from thin air and placed it on the ground.

Attribute inversion!

The realm of death, silence, and destruction is instantly reversed into the realm of life, symbolizing vitality, activity, and creation, under the influence of the forbidden item C-005, the Reversal card.

Zhou Chen activated his Iron Forged Body and, with the blessing of the God-Slaying Weapon, withstood the attack from a distance. His body was slashed diagonally, leaving a terrible mark that almost severed him, but thanks to the effects of his Life Domain ability, the pale molten iron surged and he quickly recovered from his injury.

"Vitality?" Hua Manzhu sneered again, then snapped her fingers crisply, and something terrifying happened.

A vibrant life force filled the entire space, with all sorts of unknown flowers, grasses, and trees springing up from the ground and quickly growing into a tropical rainforest. But that wasn't the most astonishing thing. Then, those flowers, grasses, trees, and even stones all became pregnant, giving birth in the ocean of burgeoning life force, producing smaller flowers, grasses, trees, and even stones.

"Ah!" Dupu screamed as he lay on the ground, badly injured. His belly was visibly swollen. Several of his men also fell to the ground, screaming in pain, their bellies bulging like those of pregnant women several months along.

Within seconds, a large amount of blood flowed across the ground, and the sound of the man's belly being torn apart rang out one after another, followed by the continuous cries of a baby. They were born just like that.

"Damn it! Not again!"

Zhou Chen's steel-like abdomen also grew larger, reminding him of the fear he felt when he was affected by the demigod's authority in North Carolina. However, the two were clearly not on the same level, and he immediately wished to eliminate the influence.

[Wish Points -100]

It seems that because the power has been enhanced, eliminating the skills of the fourth-tier Ascended did not consume too many Wish Points.

Hua Manzhu launched another long-range slash, ignoring space and striking Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen still chose to take the hit head-on, taking the opportunity to pull out a glass bottle filled with a strange liquid from thin air and gulp it down.

He made a wish in his heart: "May the dice potion amplify my attack power by 100!"

[Wish Points -100]

Instantly, Zhou Chen's already amplified attack power surged endlessly under the skill effect of the Dice Potion. With multiple amplifications, his attack power had reached the fourth tier!

Hua Manzhu sensed the danger and shouted, "Die!"

boom!

Zhou Chen was blasted away by an invisible force, his body cracking and shattering like a piece of porcelain about to break. This was the "Words of Depravity" that Hua Manzhu had mastered. It could not only induce the mind to fall into depravity, but also distort the rules of reality, achieving an effect similar to the power of words.

Cold black flames ignited on Hua Manzhu's body, rising upwards and condensing into a dark, evil fire phoenix, which cried out as it swooped down towards Zhou Chen.

boom!

A tremendous explosion occurred there, the shockwave surged like a tidal wave, the earth wailed, and a huge, charred crater appeared.

Zhou Chen, however, was not among them. He used Flame Leap to instantly teleport above Hua Manzhu!

After being amplified, the displacement distance of the flame jump was greatly increased, allowing for free movement within this space.

He produced a large cardboard box covered in cat hair, turned it upside down over Hua Manzhu's head, and put her inside Schrödinger's box.

However, before Zhou Chen could even wish to set the probability of death to 100%, the cardboard box that had just been closed was violently blasted open, and a torrent of dark evil fire gushed out. Hua Manzhu leaped out from within and thrust her sword towards Zhou Chen's neck.

clang!

Zhou Chen conjured a demon-slaying sword to defend himself, the sword radiating light and flames.

—The Light of Judgment!

However, Hua Manzhu was unaffected, which surprised Zhou Chen. He then unleashed his Dragon Might, and the phantom of the Holy Light Dragon lit up from the sword. The dragon's head looked up to the sky, and a majestic dragon roar resounded like thunder.

Hua Manzhu's vision went black, and she lost the ability to move.

Zhou Chen deflected Hua Manzhu's sword, gripped the Demon-Slaying Sword tightly, and a brilliant flame shone from the blade, solemn and sacred, slashing forward with unstoppable force.

puff!

With the terrifying attribute enhancement, Zhou Chen easily split Hua Manzhu's body in two, and a large amount of blood evaporated in the high-temperature flames before it could be spilled.

Regaining her senses from the excruciating pain, Hua Manzhu mustered all her strength to shout the depraved words: "Get out!"

boom!

Zhou Chen was slammed away by an invisible force, his already cracked body shattering even more, with large amounts of steel fragments falling like raindrops.

"Cough cough..." Hua Manzhu used the vigorous life force here to re-condense her body, but her face was pale and she had been seriously injured.

The inability to use "Future Vision" caused her to lose many advantages, while Zhou Chen, with multiple enhancements, possessed fourth-tier power, making him extremely difficult to deal with.

Besides, even if they could fight to the death to kill Zhou Chen, there would still be the Star Society waiting outside...