Chapter 136: Useless Effort

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"You should have already seen the problem now, right?" Tso Lan looked toward Saint Warrior Lv Cheng.

He truly had no confidence in controlling this ancient Faith Curse, but this powerful Saint Warrior of unknown age could certainly do it.

He never intended to handle this matter himself from the start; if a contradiction cannot be resolved on its own?

Then amplify that contradiction a little more and force everyone to come together to resolve it!

Saint Warrior Lv Cheng narrowed his eyes, "Black Qi Wizard, are you threatening a Saint Warrior?"

"You can understand it that way; after all, this matter is your responsibility," Tso Lan said.

Back when he was at Zhuoyuan North Corner, he had felt something was wrong—the Divinity on this Saint Warrior was fading!

He had developed greed!

Lv Cheng himself was not a bad person; in fact, at his core, he was a good person!

At most, he was a bit paranoid—for example, if you kill all the bad people, naturally only good people remain; though the standard for this "good person" was, naturally, a bit off.

But regardless, Lv Cheng was truly a genuine good person!

A person who still talked reason even after turning into a Demon!

Otherwise, that token of the Immortal God would not have sought him out, let alone stayed by his side all this time, and that set of Divine Equipment from the Holy City of this world could never have remained with Lv Cheng!

The Divine Equipment of the Holy City might be stupid, but the choice of Righteous Qi would never be wrong!

He was a Black Qi Wizard; no one understood the nature of that damn Righteous Qi better than he did!

If Lv Cheng truly had the personality of "better I betray the world than the world betray me," he would never have been able to touch that Sword at all!

One could see it from when he intervened in the Black Vatican's city-slaughtering plan back in Bo City; at that time, Lv Cheng had not yet split. He loathed the darkness of human nature, but he also yearned for the radiance of human nature; he possessed compassion for life!

But after the split, whether it was the Saint Warrior or the Demon, he saw not a shred of compassion for life!

The Saint Warrior viewed all things in heaven and earth as one; all life was the same, so he did not favor any side.

But the Demon—that was a madman for whom nothing mattered!

"What did Lv Cheng obtain power for?" Tso Lan asked.

"For power? Wealth? Beauty? Or the family he lacked?"

"I don't know if you remember, but this Demon seems to have forgotten these things now; he doesn't even know what he is doing."

The Demonized Lv Cheng was not even a Demon!

Just as the Righteous Qi side was an extreme Saint Warrior, upholding the will of Righteous Qi and opposing the existence of Demon Qi, the Demon side would only uphold the will of Demon Qi!

No purpose, no reason, not even a self!

Just like natural disasters such as landslides, ground ruptures, and floods!

That was why he prepared this Faith Array and specifically warned these humans that the prayers must be pious and positive!

It was all to make up for what Lv Cheng lacked and make him a complete existence.

But unfortunately, these arrogant idiots still haven't figured out the situation even now!

He even sensed high-and-mighty commands from that gathered Faith Power!

Did these idiots actually think they could command a Demon God?

What an astonishing brain that is?!

It was even more absurd than when he was willing to believe in Shendu to obtain the power of the Spell!

"What is the use of knowing all this?" Saint Warrior Lv Cheng sat down.

"He is a Demon; you have been wrong from the very beginning."

"If I am a new personality born from Righteous Qi and the memories of the Saint Warrior's past life plus this life, then he is a pure Demon born in Demon Qi who obtained a few human memories."

"Before the split, I could still influence him, but in this current state, he has returned to the root of Demon Qi; he is no longer pretending."

Emo Lvcheng?

No, such a thing never existed from the start.

A Demon is a Demon, and Lv Cheng is Lv Cheng; these two things are different concepts.

The Demon was a new Demon born under Shendu's Contract, not simply a personality. After all, under the protection of the Immortal God Qi, how could Lv Cheng possibly turn into a Demon?

Even if he wanted to change, it wouldn't be that simple.

Unless he abandoned the power of Righteous Qi, or was abandoned by Righteous Qi, the Righteous Qi energy would protect him from the encroachment of evil at every moment.

Lv Cheng's Demon was incomplete, and because this Demon was born based on a human, he would be more dangerous than supernatural existences like the Eight Demons born based on the Eight Trigrams.

He was as crazy as human nature was dark, which was why he wanted to resolve this guy quickly from the start; only by sealing the Demon Qi could he stop this guy from continuing to grow.

But he failed, just as he had in the past.

"What do you mean?" Shendu asked in confusion.

The Saint Warrior sighed, "You senile old man, didn't you even see that this guy has been pretending all along? Lv Cheng's consciousness was merely a superficial disguise to keep you maintaining the Contract with him, to make you mistakenly believe that he truly regarded you as so-called Demon kin."

"Now this guy has succeeded; he isn't even pretending anymore. Under the impact of this soul energy, Lv Cheng as a human has completely fallen into a deep sleep, the real Demon has come out, and you lot..."

Why would they question him?

Why, compared to him, would these guys be more willing to believe a disguised Demon?

Just like the humans he once intended to save, who would rather believe the Demons that inflicted suffering upon them than believe him, a Saint Warrior; they all liked to play at backstabbing, killing him, thinking the Demons would grant them the power to exploit their own kind?

Why were they all so stupid?

Time and time again, I am truly tired.

Perhaps returning everything to chaos and starting over is also a good method.

At least in the current world, he could not see a bright future.

Humans would not be destroyed by any external power—be it monsters, the Dark Plane, or the power of other dimensions; this is a stubborn race.

Because before they are destroyed, they will always destroy themselves first.

Humans do not need to worry about the end of the world, because they will not live to see that day.

This race loves to stir up trouble too much.

"Roar!!!!"

Just as Daolong wanted to ask for more information, the Demon that had been in a dormant state suddenly erupted with black mist and rushed out of the Sand Abyss.

"But you can solve his current problem," Daolong said.

"I can indeed solve it, but I can solve this time, yet I may not be able to solve the next time," Shengdoushi Lvcheng said.

"Time and time again, I have lost interest in futile efforts."

"So you are just going to watch this world go to ruin?" Daolong asked.

"I am tired, I don't want to deal with it anymore," Shengdoushi Lvcheng leaned back.

"Anyway, no matter how hard one tries in the end, it is all for nothing; nothing can be changed."

"Humans create trouble, and I solve the trouble."

"Over and over again..."

"Roar!!!!"

A deafening roar rang out in the air, and the entire Ancient Capital seemed to tremble along with it.

Within the black clouds shrouding the Ancient Capital, a massive creature visible to the naked eye vaguely appeared, and it was still growing rapidly.

Whether it was the Mages fighting hard outside the Golden Barrier, the millions of citizens praying within the city, or even the dense Undead Army, all stopped their movements involuntarily and looked up one after another.

"Is... is this a Demon God?"

At the highest point of the Ancient Capital, atop the Clock Tower, a group of high-ranking officials including Han Ji looked at the vaguely visible giant creature in the sky with stiff expressions.

They had imagined that the Dark Archmage, who had emphasized it time and time again, possessed terrifying power, but to shroud the entire Ancient Capital?

"Black!"

"It's black!"

A panicked voice suddenly rang out, and Han Ji, who was barely able to maintain his composure, turned his head.

"I can see that thing is black."

"No, it's the Magic Map!"

The monitor ran up holding the Magic Map.

"The Ancient Capital has turned black! And the black area is expanding rapidly!"

Han Ji's expression stiffened, and he hurriedly took the map.

After the Undead Army attacked, the area outside the Ancient Capital had turned blood-red, and after Sha Yuan appeared, a black dot had emerged within the crimson region.

But now, the entire Ancient Capital has turned completely black!

"Could this thing... be broken?" the effeminate man's throat felt heavy.

He had seen red coverage areas, and even purple coverage areas, but what the hell is a black coverage area?!

Has the Ancient Capital become a forbidden zone for life!?

"The black clouds are expanding!"

"The Undead have stopped advancing!"

"The Mountain Corpse has also stopped!"

"..."

One emergency report after another was sent to the Clock Tower.

The expressions of everyone present grew increasingly heavy.

The good news is that the Undead Army outside the Safe Zone has quieted down, and even the Undead Monarchs have quieted down!

The bad news is that they seem to have summoned an existence even more terrifying than the Undead Army!

(End of this chapter)