My health recovery is incredibly fast.

"Damn slobbers, where did things go wrong? Why are they checking outsiders?"

"Master!" It was the voice of Uskas, the adult blood addict who had escaped. "I know why! That pureblood mage is chasing me! I know what went wrong!"

“Speak, Uskas,” Ufacas growled.

“That pureblood mage knows about alchemical implants! I overheard his conversation with the slob. He knows a great deal about alchemical implants, even how to remove them, and he knows that the alchemical implants that transported me had an anesthetic effect.”

Uskas added, "Master...I need help..."

Unfortunately, Uphacas ignored him, seemingly lost in thought. "Oh~ that pureblood mage actually knows the effects of the Hidden Tail Serpent Type VI alchemical armor. This is an alchemical armor that our church hasn't even revealed yet, only a fraction of the quality of Type VII... So, he possesses a talent spell to identify alchemical armor!!"

"This is fantastic!" Uphacas exclaimed excitedly, completely ignoring his subordinates' pleas for help.

"I'm going to capture him and take him back to have a huge litter of children! Wahaha~ The talent spell for identifying alchemical implants~ Lord Nukalofa will definitely love it!"

Ufakas laughed for a few seconds, then gradually returned to his normal tone, "Ufakas, tell me, does he have any other special magical talents? Don't mention blood magic that manipulates fire, we all know that. Could he cast curses from a distance?"

Xia Zuo was stunned, and then broke out in a cold sweat!

Little did he expect that the potential oversight would occur here, and he almost caused a major disaster!

If that elemental puppet couldn't cast curses from a distance, the Otherworldly Cult would definitely doubt the elemental puppet's authenticity as a pure-blooded mage!

Thank goodness...

Fortunately, I obtained Uskas's bloodline mark.

"Master...I need help. I don't know if he can cast a curse from a distance; he's been chasing me and he's almost catching up..."

Xia Zuo quietly activated [Blood Curse], casting a slowing curse on Uskas that reduced his movement speed, using up his maximum power of 12 points.

"No! Master, he can cast a curse from a distance! I can't move! Help me!" Uskas wailed.

Upharis muttered to himself, "It really was a curse cast from a distance. I couldn't even trace the source of the curse. It really was him!"

"Master..." The adult blood addict, who didn't know what the elemental puppet had done to Uskas, actually started to cry.

“Shut up, Uskas. I’m thinking.” Ufaris realized he couldn’t afford to lose any more men, and his tone changed. “Considering you’ve done some good, I’ll help you this time.”

Xia Zuo thought for a moment and stopped casting the curse at the right time.

He did not deactivate the [Blood Curse] and could clearly sense that Uskas's position shifted by nearly 5 kilometers in an instant.

Once freed, Uskas was overjoyed and began to flatter his master.

Xia Zuo felt a wave of nausea from listening to the cheesy talk, but he suppressed his discomfort and did not turn off [Bloodline Sense] to avoid missing important information.

"Uskas, find a place to hide and await my summons. I will awaken you by tomorrow night at the latest."

“Yes, my master.” Uskas’s obsequious tone was nauseating.

Ulfaris was already used to the flattery of his subordinates. He said to the Blood Demon sealed inside the Bosing Tower:

“Iboik, prepare to sacrifice yourself. You will be taken to the Demon Temple the day after tomorrow. I wanted to see you off, but we don’t have enough manpower right now, so I’ll have to skip it.”

“Hmph, Upharis, I don’t need your pity.” Iboik’s voice sounded haggard, but knowing that his fate was unchangeable, he spoke with a firmer tone. “You scum. If you had been in Poseidon that day, we wouldn’t have been captured by the Demon Temple Guards and the Witchers.”

“That’s because you’re incompetent, Iboy. All ten of you are utterly undisciplined rubbish,” Upharis said disdainfully.

"Besides, I also contributed. Utolius and I exposed our whereabouts. You can only blame yourselves for showing up too early for the trash, preventing Utolius and me from attracting the Witcher."

“Shut up, Ufaris. ‘The infected will be taken to the Possin Building for treatment,’ you said it yourself. You’re a bastard, Ufaris, despicable and shameless. You planned this all along. You wanted to take our Bloodline from the very beginning,” Iboyik cursed angrily.

"Say what you will, you piece of trash who's doomed to never rise again. I won't waste my energy on you." Upharis fell silent.

There was no more sound coming from my ears.

Xia Zuo rubbed his temples and turned off [Bloodline Sensing].

The infighting within the Church of the Otherworldly Demons... is it really that serious?

I don't know... and I'm not interested in knowing.

Xia Zuo focused his attention on Servant Number 1.

Since the Church of the Otherworldly Demons is certain that the elemental golems possess the innate ability to cast curses from a distance, Xia Zuo plans to use this as a pretext to reinforce their understanding.

The most important thing right now is to find the elemental golem, stay by its side at all times, and assist it with the Blood Curse.

Xia Zuorang's No. 1 servant came to the action team's side. After waiting for about 5 minutes, the elemental golem flew back in the form of a cloud of air to rejoin the team members.

She even knows Tivanas's Wind Walk... she's really going all out with her act.

Xia Zuo's lips twitched, and he manipulated his servant number 1 to hide inside the female team member's scarf.

Inside the Jeep.

The scouts drove back to the Porras Building.

The atmosphere was somewhat heavy, and no one spoke.

The captain, who knew part of the inside story, chose to remain silent.

The elemental golem then broke the silence, saying, "Gentlemen, I will be unable to work with you for the next few days. Command has assigned me other tasks."

"My identity... you don't need to know." The elemental golem's voice didn't change, but it sounded like a farewell. "It was a fulfilling time working with you. Thank you for introducing me to Polis and the action team. I hope we can meet again someday."

The female team member seemed somewhat moved, and quietly wiped the corner of her eye with her scarf.

The jeep arrived in the southern district and dropped off the Elemental Puppet at the entrance of a low-rise residential community. The team members said goodbye to him and then drove towards the Porras Building.

The elemental puppet walked into the community with a blank expression and entered one of the houses.

Xia Zuo was surprised to find a human woman inside the low house.

No, wait, she seems to be an elemental puppet as well.

Xia Zuo turned to look at An Ru'er beside him, and upon closer inspection, he discovered a difference that inevitably existed between elemental puppets and real people:

Elemental golems must have elemental bodies, while real people may not.

Just like Anruer, who was in deep meditation at this moment, she had not yet formed an elemental body. There were 32 small points of light floating out of her body, which corresponded exactly to the total resistance of the four elements fed back by the Detection spell.

As for elemental golems... if Xia Zuo is not mistaken, the way elemental golems prevent elemental dissipation is through elemental shells, which are essential for every elemental golem.

Xia Zuo gently stroked Anru'er's face, lay down, and looked at the perspective of Servant Number 1.

After the elemental puppet couple met, they exchanged a few bland, mechanical words, then drew the curtains and went into the dark bedroom.

Xia Zuo manipulated his servant number 1 to peek through the crack in the door and into the bedroom.

The two elemental puppets lay motionless on the double bed, their eyes closed, as if in deep meditation.

Xia Zuo wandered around the low house, then had his number one servant crawl into the male elemental puppet's hat.

"Hmm... let me think..." Xia Zuo sat up on the bed in the safe house, bent his arms and rested them on his thighs, resting his chin on the back of his hand as he fell into thought in the darkness.

Judging from Upharis's tone, the Church of the Otherworldly Demons has suffered considerable losses in Boris.

It's possible that a decent demonic force won't be able to be formed near Polis City for the time being.

This further strengthens the possibility that the elemental golem is the pureblood mage himself.

So... what's the situation in Poseidon?

I was so busy tracking the elemental golems tonight that I missed listening to Ulfaris's bloodline information and therefore had no way of knowing Poseidon's current situation.

In addition, all the secret communication rings were temporarily taken away.

Xia Zuo touched his alchemy pouch; it was much emptier now. Aside from his personal clothes, the Life Alchemy Stone, and the Crimson Emblem, there was nothing else inside; not even his books remained.

There's only one way left now.

Xia Zuo gently lay down on the bed, switched back to the perspective of Servant No. 1, and controlled it to go to the sewer pipe not far outside, where it condensed a second Blood Element Servant.

2号血素仆从花费了1号仆从100点血量上限和1点精神属性值，占据主体10%的基础回血速度。

Shazo put the No. 1 servant back into the elemental golem's hat and controlled the No. 2 servant to go to the Polis train station.

As far as I can remember, the last train of the day departs at 9:50 p.m.

It is 9:20 now.

If there were no restrictions, the buses would probably depart normally...

Uh... okay.

The train is not departing.

The train station gates were surrounded by fences and barbed wire, and police officers were on duty in makeshift guard posts.

Xia Zuo glanced at the flashing red and blue lights in the distance, then slowly piloted his second servant toward Poseidon.

After leaving the city area, the desert was bathed in the bright moonlight, and the stars and moon illuminated the roads, making it barely possible to see the direction of the road.

During the day, Xia Zuo arrived at the safe house early and felt bored, so he meditated deeply for several hours.

Even though it's almost midnight, he's still full of energy.

Controlling the second servant to travel is not a problem.

But it's a bit boring.

Xia Zuo scratched his head, activated [Bloodline Sense], and selected a few bloodline marks to listen to, treating it like a midnight radio show…

Then, a lot of whispering sounds appeared in my ears.

It was quite lively late at night, especially the bloodline mark of Upharis, the cunning blood demon, which kept receiving bloodline messages from all sorts of voices.

Xia Zuo listened carefully for a few minutes, and then became very interested.

It turned out that the Transformers and Blood Addicts who had been lying in wait in the state of Machina were reporting the situation of their respective teams to Ufaris.

"My esteemed master, your most devoted servant, Uchilos, has been summoned and awakened. The Plague Order in Hakansen City is all in good order, the Plague vials are intact, and the converts are all asleep, awaiting your call at any time."

"Master, you are the symbol of sublimity. Usauk has been summoned and awakened. The Slaughter Cult in Poseidon City has suffered an unexpected setback. We have lost 14 prospective believers. Fortunately, the main force of the cult has not been affected. They are gathering strength in their slumber. Lord Utolius is personally guarding the stronghold. We will follow him to Hakansen City."

"Supreme Master, your humble servant has arrived. Ulfsk has been summoned and awakened. An accident has occurred in the Plundering Order of Boris. The prospective followers you prepared for us have gone missing, and only two instructors have survived. The Plundering Order has 13 full followers remaining, guarding the entrance to the Dark Chamber established by His Majesty the Shadow Demon. We will heed your call."

Xia Zuo frowned upon hearing this. He hadn't expected that the Transformers and Blood Addicts killed today were only a small part of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons lurking in Machina State, and had not affected the Church of the Otherworldly Demons' next plans at all.

Where are the Blood Plague Cult of Hakansen, the Slaughter Cult of Poseidon, and the Plunder Cult of Polis hiding?

Were these three teams noticed by the garrison mages?

Or perhaps the Church of the Otherworldly Demons invested so heavily in this operation that the garrisoned mages remained completely unaware?

Xia Zuo recalled the two alchemical bio-armor models that Ufaris had mentioned: