Chapter 376: Promotion, Fourth-Tier Qi Illustrator!

Sensing the thoughts in the young High Priest's mind, the Beast God Cult Bishop, who was communicating with the consciousness of the Spine, let out a cold snort in his heart.

Let that fellow think whatever he wants; in fact, he never intended to let anyone other than himself survive.

Just a little more; as long as he sacrifices a portion of the Believers, he can summon the right arm of the Beast God together.

By then, he will be able to break through the encirclement with this power; as for his plans after breaking through... the Bishop hadn't thought that far yet.

He couldn't care about that much anymore; those damned mechanical bodies—if he could collect all the God Bones, the mere Old Legion would be nothing more than annoying ants on the side of the road.

But right now, he might be the one who looks more like an ant in the eyes of the other side.

He could only temporarily avoid their sharp edge.

But then again... a trace of doubt flashed in the Bishop's eyes.

What on earth are those mechanical bodies going crazy for? Could it be that a bunch of scrap metal also wants to rule the world?

Too much time has passed; many things he should have known have been erased in his distant memories. Not having a soul like a god's yet living for so long usually ends up like this.

He felt he should know where those mechanical bodies came from, but unfortunately, apart from finding all the God Bones to resurrect the Beast God, he could no longer recall anything from more than five hundred years ago.

There used to be a memorandum specifically for recording things, but for some reason, it was lost, and he couldn't recall the specific details. Damn it.

Shaking his head vigorously, the Bishop temporarily cast aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and focused on preparing for the summoning of the God Bone right arm.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A slightly dull knocking sound awakened Yun Mu. The moment she opened her eyes, she knew the current time thanks to the effect of the 【Reversing Pocket Watch】.

Ten o'clock in the evening.

That is to say, she had rested for about six hours.

For an ordinary person, six hours might still leave some fatigue, but she was not an ordinary person, so she had rested quite sufficiently.

"Good evening, Elena."

Pushing open the door, Yun Mu greeted Elena, who was standing in front of the room.

"Good evening, Miss Yun," Elena responded softly, saying, "The Resource Points have exceeded 200,000, and also, the first batch of Executor squads dispatched encountered some trouble."

"What trouble?" Hearing this, Yun Mu's spirits lifted, and she asked hurriedly.

"It's like this..."

As Elena walked toward the combat command room, she recounted to Yun Mu what the first batch of dispatched Executor squads had encountered.

"Is it those guys from the Beast God Cult..." After hearing her description, Yun Mu was lost in thought.

It turned out that the Executor squad, moving along the highway, had observed a village in the distance via an Armed Helicopter in the sky.

Although this village had not been attacked by the Old Legion, everyone in the village had been tied up by the guys from the Beast God Cult and brought to the center of the village.

It looked like they were preparing some kind of Evil Ritual.

"The number of people is about two hundred, with only one Priest."

Inside the combat command room, through the surveillance view of the Armed Helicopter, Yun Mu was able to see the overall situation in the village.

She had learned about the combat capabilities of the Beast God Cult from Airui Laya.

Through the amplification of a certain ritual, the bodies of the Beast God Cult Believers would be greatly enhanced; not only could they withstand bullets, but they could even tear apart a Flash Silver Tank with their bare hands!

However, that was only if there were enough Priests, or if the High Priest or Bishop was personally presiding over the ritual.

With only one ordinary Priest providing a blessing, it shouldn't be that outrageous.

"Let's delay for a bit and save the villagers." Without considering for long, Yun Mu made up her mind.

She wanted to know why these Beast God Cult guys were here, and saving people was also one of her goals.

As for the Shanyin Cruise Ship, it was already under construction at this time.

It would take 36 hours to produce.

Looking at the detailed data display in the construction column, the overall length of the ship was 106.8 meters, the width was 66.5 meters, and the height was 32.2 meters, divided into four levels in total.

It possessed very abundant anti-air and anti-ground firepower, and could also use the ship's main cannon to conduct large-scale bombardment on units, with a cooldown of 2 minutes.

However, that was not the most outrageous part... The God of Pleasure had actually replicated all the functions from the game. Within the Old Days Front, by loading the skill 【Trans-dimensional Engine】, the Shanyin Cruise Ship could gain a skill called 【Trans-dimensional Teleportation】.

Trans-dimensional Teleportation, as the name suggests, is a skill that can instantly move to any position on the map, with a cooldown of 4 minutes.

And in the real world, the Shanyin Cruise Ship could likewise instantly move to a designated location at a coordinate, with a cooldown of 40 minutes.

As for the specific range of this teleportation... the manual didn't write it.

Anyway, it was just outrageous; I don't know how the God of Pleasure managed to come up with this thing.

Ahem, back to the topic.

Yun Mu looked at the screen in the combat command room and began to direct the mechanical squads to deploy in the surrounding area under the cover of night.

First was the Flash Silver Tank... There was a small high slope in the northwest corner of the village; Yun Mu had half of the Flash Silver Tanks 【Stationed】 on it, so they could bombard any corner of the village.

The remaining Flash Silver Tanks stood by on the outskirts of the village, ready to take the initiative at any time.

Those guys from the Beast God Cult had even thoughtfully gathered the villagers together; in that case, she just needed to avoid the area where the villagers were when she shelled them.

What good people! Well, although that's what I said, Yun Mu was more worried that some villagers might be hiding in buildings and not found by the Beast God Cult guys.

So she would try her best to avoid the buildings when bombing.

"Fire!!"

She ordered without hesitation.

Bang, bang, bang!!

The Flash Silver Tanks in stationed mode fired a volley toward the village; almost in the blink of an eye, Yun Mu saw a large number of Beast God Cult Believers blown into the sky by the shells.

In an instant, a large amount of severed limbs and debris fell from the sky like Rain; before these guys could react, the Executors, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed into the village holding machine guns and sprayed the Beast God Cult guys with gunfire.

It wasn't until this moment that the Priest holding the long staff reacted, muttering something gibberish, trying to strengthen his subordinates. However, Yun Mu would not give him that chance.

The Armed Helicopter broke in from the night, its two machine guns spitting tongues of fire, leaving a large number of bullet holes at the feet of that Priest.

Scared, the other party dropped the long staff in his hand on the spot and crouched down in a defensive posture.

Of course, this wasn't because the Armed Helicopter's aim was off; it was exactly what Yun Mu had requested.

She intended to leave a few survivors to answer questions, and that Priest was clearly the leader, so it was best not to kill him if possible.

As for the ordinary Believers who hadn't been strengthened by the Priest, they were no match for the Executors at all, and the battle ended without taking much time.

During this period, a few Beast God Cult guys tried to sneak out of the village, but they had already been shot dead by another Armed Helicopter; besides that, there were also some unlucky fellows who happened to run right into the muzzle of the Flash Silver Tank.

By now, the guts that were blown away should have gone cold, right?

Yun Mu had the Executors control the remaining Beast God Cult members, then rescued the villagers.

Through the Remote Communication Device, she began to interrogate the Beast God Cult Priest who was tied to a rock.

Although the other party had long since been scared out of his wits, his sanity was at least still online; he knew he would likely die after talking, so he initially wanted to be stubborn.

Yun Mu didn't indulge him either; she had an Executor point a gun at his thigh and fire, and he became obedient immediately.

As for the trope often appearing in novels where the protagonist promises the villain they will let them go after answering questions, only to trick someone else into doing the deed, it did not happen.

Mainly because that guy didn't give her the chance; after being shot once, he answered whatever was asked, and once Yun Mu had asked enough, she simply had the Executor send him to hell.

Regarding the Beast God Cult guys, there was nothing to pity; given the beastly things they had done, killing them directly was letting them off easy.

During the questioning, Yun Mu learned that this batch of Beast God Cult members were members from Nisong Town, who were originally active around Feiluoka.

Not long ago, based on the timeline, it was likely when that Spine of Feiluoka was summoned, that the Priest received a so-called "Divine Oracle," telling him to take his subordinates and head to Feiluoka.

The Divine Oracle didn't specify exactly what to do, but Yun Mu could roughly guess.

And besides Nisong Town, other Beast God Cult Priests in other regions should have received this message too, so what use was this intelligence to her? After interrogating a few ordinary Believers separately and confirming the message was correct, Yun Mu fell into deep thought.

Could she disguise herself as a Beast God Cult member who had arrived, and then hand the God Bone to that Bishop of the Beast God Cult? It didn't seem to work; having one God Bone was one thing, but if all four remaining ones were handed over to the other party, even a pig would be suspicious.

However, according to Fen Yege, even if the other party was suspicious, it wouldn't be a problem.

Because no matter what, those God Bones were genuine and hadn't been tampered with in any way.

It wasn't as if the Bishop of the Beast God Cult would give up on resurrecting the Beast God just because of suspicion; that was clearly impossible.

So... actually, it didn't matter how the God Bones were delivered to the other party, but if possible, Yun Mu still wanted a method that was as secure as possible.

Thinking about things in her mind, Yun Mu didn't let the Executors accept the villagers' gifts of gratitude, but instead followed the planned route, continuing to rush toward the location of the God Bone. "Hmm—nothing to do again." Stretching her waist somewhat lazily, Yun Mu turned her perspective toward the two Magic Trains.

There were no abnormalities; the trains were running quite smoothly.

This Rift Generator was actually quite useful.

Without turning off the screen, Yun Mu took out the Painting Board and some alchemy materials from her earring.

She intended to take advantage of this leisure time to finish today's painting practice; besides that, she could also craft some more alchemy items.

It didn't matter if they were useful or if she could finish using them.

Anyway, they could all be thrown to the merchant in the Dungeon to be recycled later.

Last time in the Dungeon, it was her first time meeting a merchant, and she hadn't prepared in advance at all.

Thinking about it afterward, she regretted it to death; if she had known she could sell alchemy items, she would have made hundreds or thousands to sell no matter what.

Speaking of this, Yun Mu remembered the building blueprint that Super Golden Spatula had given her.

The bank was truly useful; every week it would increase her Gold Coin count by five percent, and there wasn't even a minimum Gold Coin requirement.

If banks on Earth had this kind of interest, they would have probably gone bankrupt long ago.

Thinking about things in her mind, the movements of Yun Mu's hands never stopped.

This time, what she painted was relatively simple, and it was similar to what she had just been thinking about.

One could see that in some unknown basement, shiny Gold Coins filled every crack on the room's floor, and a huge, ornate Treasure Chest had its lid open like a woman spreading her legs, revealing the luxurious treasures inside.

An unknown golden crown, pendants inlaid with rare gemstones, a long sword that looked like one used by a Brave in legends, and in this painting, there was even a Dragon Egg! Blinding purple light was released from the Painting Board, and at the same time, in Yun Mu's mind:

【You have created a Spiritual Painting, Path【Painting】points +1.】【Through arduous training and study, your passive skill【Spiritual Painting lv5】has leveled up to【Spiritual Painting lv6】!】【Your Spell Strength +5.】【You have obtained the trait【Spiritual Sublimation】!】【Spiritual Sublimation: Now, you can sublimate Spiritual Paintings into permanently usable Supernatural Paintings, but the cost is that the quality of the sublimated painting will permanently decrease by one tier and cannot be improved.】

【Note: Even paintings that have exhausted their usage counts can still be sublimated into Supernatural Paintings.】

Spiritual Painting lv6, and the trait Spiritual Sublimation! Yun Mu's spirits lifted, and she began to check the effects of this newly completed painting.

【Painting · Treasure in Fantasy (Purple)】

【Oil Painting/Gold/Treasure/Illusion】

【Skill · Golden Rain】

【Ranged/All Units/Spell Strength】

【Range 8】

【Rain down countless Golden Rain upon all enemy units; the more greed hidden in their hearts, the higher the damage caused by the Golden Rain, with damage modifiers stacking up to +500%!】

【Skill · Gold Coin Effect (Locked)】

【Support/All】

【By sacrificing money, make friendly units gain a certain degree of buffs; the more money sacrificed, the stronger the buff effect gained by our side.】

【Usage Count 10/10】

【Validity: 79 days 23 hours 59 minutes 42 seconds】

【A painting that should have ascended to a Supernatural Painting, created in the Orc Federation by 【God of Fear and Plague? · Civilization Spreader · Painter · Yun Mu】, but failed to ascend due to the Ether Information in its surrounding environment being too monotonous.】

【Note: After returning to an environment rich in Ether Information, using the trait 【Spiritual Sublimation】 can allow it to ascend to a Supernatural Painting without losing quality.】

(End of chapter)