Chapter 139: Black Flame

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"Why is it always like this?"

Facing the familiar scene before him, Shengdoushi Lvcheng stopped the movements of his hands, and the flames of Righteous Qi gradually extinguished.

"You are always like this. You clearly know I am right, yet you stop me again and again, disrupting me, causing more and more trouble as a result, until it becomes unsolvable, and then..."

"You pin your hopes on me once again."

"It is you who are willful, you who create the trouble, and you who beg for help."

"But in the end, I am the one who has to solve every problem, just because you think I cannot sit idly by..."

"But what if I don't care?"

The Saint Warrior transformed his Sword into a pendant and retracted it to his chest.

"You won't not care, because this is your responsibility," Daolong said faintly.

"The responsibility of a Saint Warrior, unless you abandon this power, this power that carries responsibility from birth."

"But you won't."

The Saint Warrior's expression darkened slightly, "What makes you think I won't?"

"Because you cannot let go of this world, Great Saint," Daolong said.

"If you could truly wash your hands of it, you wouldn't be here wasting your breath with me."

"You need a reason, an indisputable reason, to support your actions."

"And right now, your reason is not enough."

"So you hesitate to truly take action. To be honest, I find you pathetic, but I cannot help but respect you."

Power is free; at least, the power of this Saint Warrior is free!

Even if this guy really killed everyone present, his power would not change in the slightest!

But he has placed heavy shackles upon his own power; until the conditions are met, no matter how much he wants to act, he can restrain himself.

This guy is too paranoid, obsessed with that so-called indisputability.

"……"

"You win."

The Saint Warrior let out a long sigh, raised his right hand, and slashed at the void; a spatial rift unfolded accordingly.

"However, for siding with a Demon, I hope you do not regret today's choice." The Saint Warrior took a deep look at Daolong and vanished along with the spatial rift.

"What did he go to do?" Su Meng asked nervously.

"If nothing goes wrong..." Daolong looked up.

"He went up to unleash his ultimate move."

Before the words had faded, a brilliant, dazzling light shone from the high sky of the Ancient Capital, interrupting the Demon's devouring. Countless Undead still in mid-air fell, forming a bizarre rain of Undead.

After severing the Demon Qi, the Saint Warrior drew his Sword and charged toward the abyss-like maw.

Seemingly sensing this extremely dangerous Righteous Qi, a deep Black Qi flame condensed in the giant head's mouth. However, before the flame attack could take shape, the Saint Warrior slashed at it with his Sword. In an instant, the Righteous Qi flames burned the black fireball to nothingness.

Immediately following, the Saint Warrior charged into the abyss-like maw without the slightest pause.

The previously rioting Demon also fell into a state of stagnation the moment the Saint Warrior charged in.

The entire process happened too fast; the people below did not even know what had happened, only that the sky had flashed, and then, the Demon had stopped.

"……"

"Calculating to the point of not even sparing yourself, you really are something."

Amidst the endless darkness, the Saint Warrior looked at Lv Cheng at the core of the Demon with a faint expression.

If Daolong had this kind of brain, he wouldn't have been toyed with by the Capital.

This Black Energy Wizard's talent was indeed maxed out; even in the era he once lived in, few Black Energy Wizards could compare to Daolong. But when it came to human schemes and calculations, that old guy could be said to be completely clueless.

After all, having spent hundreds of years researching Black Energy Magic in deep mountains and old forests, isolated from the world—if not for that competitive spirit, occasionally going out to fight Righteous Energy Wizards, that guy Daolong would probably be easily swindled by anyone on the street.

Therefore, the calculation of this plan must have been thought up by Lv Cheng!

He didn't just calculate himself; he even calculated those children, and even his mother!

This guy is gambling!

"Uh... you're actually helping?"

Lv Cheng, who had been forcibly awakened by the impact of the Righteous Qi, was somewhat surprised.

"What if I don't help you?" the Saint Warrior asked.

"What if I don't care about these problems and directly clear away everything related to you, eliminating all hidden dangers of the Demon?"

"Clear away?" Lv Cheng's expression was somewhat strange.

"You'd even kill my mother? You really are a 'filial son' who recognizes no kin."

Although this Saint Warrior was his distant past life, and strictly speaking, could be seen as two separate people from him.

However, at least in this lifetime, they shared the same parts.

His mother was also this guy's biological mother.

"What if I really did it?" the Saint Warrior asked.

Lv Cheng shrugged, "If Righteous Qi has become this twisted, then I have nothing to say."

If the Saint Warrior didn't even recognize his own kin, what else could he do?

"If our positions were reversed, would you do it?" the Saint Warrior asked.

"No," Lv Cheng shrugged.

"Why?"

"That's my mother."

"..."

"Then what about your father?" the Saint Warrior asked.

"Whether he lives or dies, what does that have to do with me?" Lv Cheng asked, puzzled.

There are two people primarily responsible for the destruction of the stable life he has had in this lifetime.

One is Wen Tai, who schemed against the world, and the other is that brain-dead biological father of his who insisted on interfering in the Dark Verdict, causing his mother to go insane and forcing this whole family to hide everywhere.

Whether Wen Tai lives or dies, what does it have to do with him?

Rushing to be buried with someone; Wen Tai had so many loyal followers in the Parthenon, yet no one was seen following him to his death.

Is he the only one who's so badass? Daring to barge into the Dark Verdict?

"I can help you resolve your current trouble, but this is the last time," the Saint Warrior said.

"The next time I come out, you had better be prepared for the grand finale."

"You..."

Before Lv Cheng could say more, the Saint Warrior's hands condensed two golden energy spheres and struck them into Lv Cheng's chest.

Instantly, the gloomy, dark space ignited with golden flames filling the sky, and the soul energy previously deposited within Lv Cheng's body began to burn violently.

"You!" Lv Cheng clutched his chest, falling to the ground with a ferocious expression.

"Right, I forgot to tell you, Righteous Magic counts as true damage plus critical hits against a Demon," the Saint Warrior said with a subtle look on his face.

"If you want to rely on me to solve your trouble, then you must endure this pain properly."

"I..." Lv Cheng wanted to curse, but he couldn't open his mouth at all right now.

He felt like he was about to be burned to death!

"ROAR!!!!!"

Accompanied by the burning of the soul, the giant Demon head acting as the shell also entered a state of riot.

Thick clouds churned continuously, and accompanied by bursts of black flames burning, the entire sky seemed to have been set ablaze.

"What is happening?"

Han Ji looked at the reappearing Daolong.

"He is angry," Daolong said indifferently.

"You know yourself how many people in this city hold the Demon God in contempt; the Demon God has already felt this insult."

"Next, he is going to deliver punishment."

"Those who are disrespectful will all be reduced to ashes under the sacred flames!"

"ROAR!!!!!"

As soon as the words fell, a deep red flame ignited in the mouth of the giant head in the sky, the flames gradually converging until it looked like a colossal fireball.

Seeing this, the Ancient Capital, which had just fallen into cheers because the Undead disaster had been resolved, instantly entered a state of collapse.

"What should be done about this?" Han Ji asked anxiously.

Judging from the terrifying scene just now, this Demon God is at least a legendary Emperor Level existence; if that fireball falls, the Ancient Capital will likely disappear right then and there!

"Apologize," Daolong said with an expression of looking at an idiot.

"Hurry up, notify the whole city; I've emphasized it so many times, the attitude must be respectful and pious. Did you think I was joking with you?"

Pious, positive Faith Power is warm, and it is also the best auxiliary tool for White Magic like Healing.

And negative, crazy Faith Power has immense destructive power and is the best fuel for Black Magic.

For a Demon soul that originally needed a thousand years to normally enter the Growth Stage to cross that threshold in such a short time, the pain that must be endured is unimaginable.

He had warned Lv Cheng, but the guy insisted on accelerating it.

What could he do?

To maximize the success rate and prevent Lv Cheng from falling into true madness amidst the endless pain of soul burning, using this Faith Array to help him alleviate the pain was the only means.

"What is this thing?" several high-level officials on the side pointed at the black flames on each other's bodies.

There was no temperature, and it could not be extinguished, but they could be certain this was not a hallucination!

"Congratulations, you are finished," Daolong said with a cold expression.

"This is a mark. The Demon God will not indiscriminately kill his believers, but the flames on your bodies prove that you are all a bunch of hypocritical liars."

"The more vigorous the black flames, the more it shows that this person holds the Demon God's help in contempt."

"Ungrateful trash, prepare to go to Hell."

These black flames were the manifestation of him manipulating that filthy Faith Power and feeding it back to the source; the more complex a person's thoughts, the more vigorous the flames.

Lv Cheng was currently in a state of riot due to the evolution of his soul; growth is a painful process, let alone the fact that the method they used this time was the most radical burning.

He had originally intended to use this Faith Power as a painkiller, but after those filthy Faith Powers condensed, they instead intensified the pain of the soul burning, and these filthy Faith Powers were even devouring his soul!

It was both a vent and a way to quickly eliminate these unclean Faith Powers, which is why Lv Cheng unleashed this attack of a purifying nature.

And the Saint Warrior had already merged back into one after Lv Cheng's soul began to evolve; he wouldn't be able to come out for a short time, and even if he did, that guy wouldn't pay attention to such boring trifles.

The Saint Warrior saves the world, not a few humans who don't know whether to live or die.

If it were Luo Pei, he would absolutely not support such a thing because he is closer to people; unless they were beyond saving, Luo Pei would not truly take action.

But this Saint Warrior, that incomparably terrifying Righteous Qi Magic, shows that the height he stands at is infinitely close to the Immortal God who bestowed his power!

The Saint Warrior is very clear that some people are not worth saving.

(End of chapter)