Excessive ferocity due to caution

The church was bigger than I had imagined.

It is not a place for sacrifices or worship. The ingenious and skillful architecture shows that this place is similar to a palace.

It was even larger and more spacious than the palace.

The female ghost Mesa told Zhao Yi that the church monopolized more than 80% of the empire's wealth.

Their power is even greater than that of the royal family.

Even the selection of royal concubines and the appointment of the crown prince by the king require the permission and blessing of the church sages.

For centuries, the power of the monarchy and the power of the church have been a constant struggle of checks and balances and open and covert conflicts.

But the church always manages to prevail.

Throughout the history of the Roman Empire, it seems that the church has always held a dominant position over imperial power since its creation.

Guided by the female ghost, Zhao Yi headed towards the east side of the church.

There were quite a few people traveling with them, and they were all wary of each other.

"I have a question..."

Zhao said to the female ghost:

"Logically, Clapin should have been living in his own manor. Why would he have died in the church after the darkness corrupted the Ronald Empire?"

The female ghost shook her head:

"I find this very strange too. I was able to find Clapham because my resentment stemmed from him, but I don't know exactly why he was in the church..."

Zhao Yi mentally organized the clues.

The fall of the entire Ronald Empire, and the dark source deep within the church, both conceal some unknown secret.

Inside the church, decay permeated many places, and the interior was horribly dilapidated, as if it had been through a war.

Someone accidentally stepped on a cursed tile and instantly turned into blood amidst screams!

Some people even locked eyes with certain white statues in the cemetery, only to be petrified and turn into cracked stone...

The shocking and bizarre events, along with the tragic deaths of the unlucky trial participants, made the remaining people extremely vigilant!

Why...?

As I passed by an archway, a chilling wind blew from the depths of the church, carrying with it a mournful sound that sent shivers down my spine!

puff!

The trial participant closest to the other side of the archway heard the crying, and his eyes suddenly lost their luster, becoming empty.

Zhao Yi was slightly distracted, but the sound of reading in his mind immediately brought him back to his senses. He looked at Qin Bai, who was walking towards the other side like a zombie, picked up a broken stone from the ground, and flicked it hard at Qin Bai's back knee!

Qin Bai felt the pain and immediately came to his senses.

Looking at the other trainees who had turned into walking corpses, he broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly circulated his power to protect his divine sense!

"Why...why is this happening?"

"This shouldn't be happening..."

The crying rang out once more, like a hammer, pounding down on the awakened trial participants!

Some people have weak mental power and can only use mental items to resist with difficulty, and blood is flowing from all seven orifices!

Only when the eerie wind finally passed did the crying gradually fade into nothingness.

Those trial participants who were previously controlled by the cries have now vanished without a trace...

The cemetery is beyond the archway.

The cemetery is filled with stone statues, which are not majestic figures holding books, nor winged angels, but a group of suffering people whose bodies have been pierced by instruments of torture.

The instruments of torture carried on these people were bizarre and extremely ferocious.

Many of these were things that people had never seen before: various sharp barbs piercing the body, some steel nails driven into the bone, and even more shockingly, iron hooks used to pull open the skin, exposing the muscle underneath...

These strange and terrifying stone statues made the trial participants feel apprehensive.

Generally speaking, the stone statues erected in the cemetery of a papacy or church are mostly those of great sages and thinkers, serving as beacons on the path of faith.

The purpose of these stone statues is to inspire those who come after them.

And what kind of morbid people are those who regard these terrifying stone statues as their beacons of faith?

And what is their belief?

"Brother Zhao, shall we go further in?"

Upon arriving at this place, Qin Bai's expression was no longer as composed as before.

This church is far too eerie and dangerous.

"If you feel it's too dangerous, you can go back."

Zhao Yi did not pressure Qin Bai.

Qin Bai, seeing the calmness on Zhao Yi's face, gritted his teeth and said:

"No!"

The female ghost surveyed her surroundings and said to Zhao Yi:

"Almost there..."

"I can feel that Clapham is in the greenhouse behind the cemetery."

Zhao Yi walked towards the cemetery. The others in the distance saw that he was alright after entering the cemetery, so they followed behind him.

At times like this, everyone tries to gather in groups whenever possible.

Unlike the smell of ashes in the cemetery, the greenhouse had an extremely strong stench of decay.

It has even reached the point where it can produce poison gas.

"He's there!"

The female ghost pointed Zhao Yi in a direction.

Looking in the direction she pointed, there was a person sitting in a wicker chair at the entrance of the flower room.

More accurately, he was "stuck" to the recliner.

Because this person... only has a skin!

He swayed back and forth in the wicker chair, a strange smile on his face, looking at everyone.

The trial participant who noticed this human skin felt his hair stand on end!

"This human skin...it's alive!!"

One of the trial participants screamed and turned to leave.

However, as he ran, he suddenly felt his body become light and airy, and he was flying towards the sky!

He looked down.

A skinless corpse lay on the ground, blood slowly seeping outwards...

"We can't escape!"

A female trial participant shouted.

"There's a curse here!"

"If you enter the greenhouse and fail to resolve the resentment within, any attempt to leave... will result in certain death!"

She has a psychic ability and is especially sensitive to resentment and curses!

At that moment, the female ghost Mesa spoke to Zhao Yi in a heavy voice:

"He was corrupted by the eeriness deep within the church..."

"I was originally planning to just kill him outright, but now I'm afraid I'll have to enter his cursed world, break his obsession, and finish him off when his power is weakened!"

She was wary of the other person, but her resentment was even greater!

More than four thousand years have passed, and day and night I still want to kill this heartless man with my own hands!

"Entering his cursed world might reveal what happened in the church back then..."

Zhao Yi's eyes were filled with interest.

The cursed world created by Clapin's resentment inherited a portion of his memories from back then.

This may contain some of the eerie secrets hidden deep within the church.

Moreover, if they can get rid of Klaibin, then Zhao Yi will be able to possess Klaibin's human skin!

This cursed item is definitely more valuable than the painting of the female ghost!

The human skin of Krebin contains a portion of the eerie power deep within the church!

Without the seal of Wujian, it could very well pose a deadly threat to a powerful ferocious beast!

"Zhao Yi, what are you doing?!"

Not far away, the female trial participant who was standing still screamed at Zhao Yi.

She watched as Zhao Yi walked towards the human skin, his forehead covered in sweat!

"This thing is very likely a cursed item. It's currently dormant, but if you awaken it, we'll be in big trouble!"

Zhao Yi glanced at her and said indifferently:

"Didn't you say you could only leave after resolving the resentment here?"

The female trial participant choked.

"Can……"

"But the resentment here might not necessarily originate from this cursed item!"

Other trial participants nearby echoed her sentiments, cursing at Zhao Yi:

"Zhao Yi, you're a madman!"

"If you fucking want to die, don't drag us down with you!"

Zhao Yi stared at the man for a long time, then suddenly laughed:

"You insulted me?"

Those three simple words sent a chill down the spines of everyone present.

The next moment, they saw Zhao Yi walk up to the cursed item and slap the human skin hard across the face!