Chapter 120

"Adult, Kristin knows she was wrong. I shouldn't have provoked you."

The silver-haired, brown-skinned mature woman devoutly lowered her head, kissing the top of Li Cheng's foot.

Li Cheng looked down from above at her "3"-shaped peach buttocks, nodding slightly: "Kristin, rise. I pardon your sins."

"Adult!" The silver-haired mayor raised her head in fear: "Kristin dares not."

Li Cheng shook his head, hands behind his back: "I attacked you first to test your capability, to test whether you can become part of Mother's plan. So, you have no fault."

He decided to stabilize this death-seeking woman first, think of a way these two days, then kill her.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing these words, the fear on Kristin's face grew even greater.

She naturally understood Li Cheng's words as — she no longer had the qualification to participate in the subsequent plan.

Obviously, the Mister Buxi before her was still angry.

But he cherished his feathers, not wanting his image in his subordinates' eyes to worsen.

Some words, a Leader can say.

But some words, a Leader cannot say.

A subordinate's rule for advancement, most important is picking the right side; second, understanding the Leader's meaning, achieving credit goes to the Leader, blame goes to oneself.

Thinking here, Kristin realized that if she couldn't please Li Cheng today, she would forever be excluded from the Witch Adult's plan.

Thus, she gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, threw open the prison's main gate, and rushed to Vivian's front.

Vivian was frightened by the suddenly rushing Kristin, unconsciously wanting to retreat.

But thinking that in Kristin's eyes she was Mister Buxi's lover, representing Brother Cheng's face, she forced herself to summon courage and looked at each other with Kristin.

The two's gazes collided in the air, almost sparking.

Next second.

Only heard a "Slash" sound, the ropes binding Vivian were directly severed by Kristin.

And she had already knelt before Vivian, burying her head low.

"Miss Vivian, I did not know your identity, nor the relationship between you and Mister Buxi. Having offended you, please punish me!"

This scene shocked everyone present.

Hard to imagine, the City Hall's leader, the Deception Mother God's God-Child Candidate, the Reborn Witch's powerful combat force, the City of Deception's living legend — Lady Kristin, would lower her proud head to a Half-Demon.

This scene undisputedly narrated Kristin's sincere submission to Li Cheng.

Even Vivian herself had not expected things to develop in this direction.

When first caught and thrown into prison, she still thought Brother Cheng had met with trouble, and was planning how to escape, to help Brother Cheng take revenge.

Never expected, two hours later, this famous legend within the City of Deception would actually kneel before her.

Honestly speaking, Vivian felt some pressure.

She really wanted to softly say "Rise," to end this performance making her heart pound.

But considering this matter would affect Brother Cheng's face, Vivian's gaze instantly turned sharp.

She took a deep breath, clenched her fist, and declared loudly: "Lady Kristin, logically speaking, the unknowing are not guilty; I should forgive your offense. But this matter concerns Mister Buxi's face; I cannot make a big matter small, a small matter nothing."

"Since you sincerely repent, then considering it a first offense, deduct one year's salary and bonus, and make up 500 Magic Badge Stones."

"Any objections?"

"Dare not, Kristin dares not."

The brown-skinned mayor lowered her head, side-glancing at Li Cheng; seeing he had no opinion, she finally relaxed.

Simultaneously secretly fortunate that just now she hadn't done anything provocative or harmful to Vivian.

Otherwise, afraid even her life couldn't be saved.

On the other side, Li Cheng watched Kristin battling wits with the air, then looked at Vivian with her queen appearance, suddenly feeling somewhat amused.

The blower and the weird, bizarre background music finally stopped.

Dawn's radiance also finally shone into the City Hall, just like light dispelling darkness.

Day Six's morning arrived.

Li Cheng, preparing to continue his "Kill All" plan, now stood with hands behind back, inspecting the work; that bearing was even more Leader-like than a Leader.

Pilt and the others stood behind him, light in all their eyes.

Young Master came; they had a backbone.

Simultaneously, they also knew what the Witch Adult's task was —

Burn this city to ash.

This moment, they no longer questioned this policy's legitimacy.

For them, these Reborn Witch's dependents, what the Witch Adult's child says, that is called Truth.

Simultaneously, the Candidates were also untied by several Guards, moving their bodies out from the cells.

But this time, they watched Li Cheng from afar, watching his Leader manner, yet had no intention of stepping forward to chat.

This moment, they felt the class gap lying horizontally between the two.

Only Mu He and Karenina, two small births, still heartlessly walked over, chatting and laughing.

This perhaps is their personality's advantage.

"Boss, awesome! You're really awesome! My culture is low; besides awesome, can't think of other words."

"Li Cheng Brother, if there's such fun things later, can you call me? I also want to experience it!"

"Next time for sure."

Seeing the three still chatting freely like at the very beginning, several Candidates finally relaxed.

Anli scratched his head, walked over.

And Pilt and the others standing behind Li Cheng also lost last night's fierce god evil spirit, instead like good grandpas squinting eyes, warmly greeting the few, asking what

「Have you eaten? 」

「Are you used to living here? 」

「Do you need a maid to serve you in bed? 」

Questions like that.

These gestures gave the candidates a strange feeling as if worlds apart.

You weren't like this last night! That sense of class divide that had just disappeared surged into their hearts once again.

「Alright, you few, the next matter has nothing to do with you. Stay in City Hall until it ends. 」Li Cheng walked to Anli's side and patted his shoulder.

「Okay, okay, Li Cheng Da Ren, that... 」Anli asked with a stiff scalp: 「May I call you Da Ren? 」

「Suit yourself, by the way. 」Li Cheng took out several Position Cards from his bosom and casually threw them to the group: 「Alright, these should be enough for you to receive decent Blessings. 」

After saying that, he smiled and nodded at everyone, hands behind his back, bringing the Born Twins and several City Hall Leaders out of the Prison Area.

「Thank you. 」Anli and the other candidates hurriedly bowed.

Only after the group's silhouettes completely disappeared did they straighten their waists and look at the badges in their hands.

【A-Rank Position—Administrative Secretary-General.】

【A-Rank Position—Marketing Department Planner.】

【A-Rank Position—Culture Department Director.】

【A-Rank Position...】

All were uniformly A-Rank Position Cards.

The number of Position Cards matched the number of candidates.

Obviously, these were prepared for them.

Everyone had a share.

Holding these Position Cards, several candidates' pupils flickered, tears glistening in their eyes.

They knew very well how rare A-Rank Position Cards were, what kind of Blessing such a harvest could bring.

Anli sighed with emotion, raised his head, let out a long sigh, and remained speechless for a long time.

Only when his neck was nearly stiff did he lower his head and clench his fist: 「When will I be able to become a Strong One like Li Cheng Da Ren. 」

「You? 」Nalan Yu raised her eyebrows: 「Straight Talk, Lady Anli, you'd better set your goal more realistically. 」

「Heart-Piercing, Nalan Qing. 」Anli's mouth corner twitched: 「Then what about you, what is your goal? 」

「My goal, huh. 」Nalan Yu shook her head, looking at the Corridor End where the figures disappeared, her pupils flickering.

「Nalan Qing. 」

「What's wrong? 」

「I advise you to set your goal more realistically too. 」

「... You're quite Good with Words too.】——On the other side, amidst the Entourage/Retinue, Li Cheng finally rode the Magic Elevator to Underground Level 15 of City Hall.

After passing through a series of Corridors decorated with Blue Flames, they finally stopped outside a huge Bronze Gate.

According to Kristin, this underground space was excavated according to the will of the Regenerating Witch, and its winding roads entwined the entire City of Deception.

「Mister Buxi. 」Kristin bowed: 「We have arrived. This is the Altar that the Witch Adult asked us to protect. 」

「Hmm, has anyone here ever entered before? 」Li Cheng asked noncommittally. 「We dare not, this is a Holy Land. 」

「Hmm, good. 」Li Cheng nodded, took out the key to the Altar from his bosom, and inserted it into the keyhole.

Boom—

The dust-sealed Bronze Giant Gate opened to both sides, its terrifying weight causing the entire underground of City Hall to tremble.

Seeing this, the leaders' last bit of doubt toward Li Cheng also vanished.

「Gentlemen, from now on, this is not a Domain you can touch. 」Li Cheng stood with hands behind his back, continuing the Riddle Man's operation, and casually lied: 「The secrets here, at your Rank, just taking One Eye will cause you to be devoured by darkness. 」

「We understand. 」

Kristin and the others hurriedly agreed.

「Hmm, I'll assign you a task. 」

「Please speak, Adult. 」

「My mother is coming back. Before she returns, the City of Deception needs a new master. 」Li Cheng smiled: 「Who do you think is more suitable? 」

「Of course it's you, Adult! 」Pilt said, scurrying along, expressing that he really wanted to advance.

「Hehe, I'm preparing to run for Chief Speaker of the City of Deception, but the Support Rate required for this position is Hundred Percent. 」

「We will definitely support you, Adult! 」Kristin also followed closely, expressing his desire to advance.

「Of course I know your loyalty, but it's not enough. 」Li Cheng said: 「In this city, many people still won't support me, for example, the current City Hall. 」

「What Adult means... 」Cold Light flickered in Kristin's eyes: 「The scum born of the Fraud Cult and Abyss Nobility are in the way? 」

「Hehe. 」

Li Cheng said nothing, just smiled noncommittally.

「Subordinate understands. 」Kristin turned his head and made a throat-slitting gesture to the crowd: 「Special Operations Team One. 」

Overnight, the Witch's Retinue who had originally stood behind Li Cheng disappeared.

Presumably, a Bloody Storm would soon unfold within City Hall.

Li Cheng then looked at Karenina and Mu: 「Go with them. 」

「Li Cheng Da Ren, won't there be danger on your side? 」

「Yeah, Li Cheng Brother, it looks so dark inside this door, you won't get into trouble, right? 」

Trouble will happen, I'm afraid you two won't give me any benefits... Li Cheng smiled and shook his head: 「Don't worry, I can handle it. Hurry up and follow them. Remember to find a few Department Ministers' Identity Badges to change into; they are all Rank S. 」

「Okay, Da Ren, thank you! 」

"Mm, thank you, Li Cheng Brother~"

The two looked at Li Cheng gratefully, then left the underground cave as well.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes... after waiting a full thirty minutes, still no one came back, and Li Cheng could no longer hold back the smile at the corner of his mouth.

After some operations, this regenerating witch's altar finally belonged exclusively to him!

Without thinking, one knew this was the most important harvest within this secret realm!

"Wow, Li Cheng, what will we get this time!"

Lilith couldn't help but rub her hands like a fly.

"Go in and see, and you'll know."

Li Cheng walked into the darkness inside the Bronze Gate.

With his entry, the fire basin also automatically ignited.

A huge ritual array inscribed with all sorts of languages appeared inside the room.

And in the middle of that ritual array was placed a stone chair, countless tubes like blood vessels, flickering with ghostly pink light, connecting around that stone chair.

At a glance it was the array eye of the ritual array.

Li Cheng looked at the writing on the ritual array and murmured: "Transmutation, sacrifice, fresh blood, death... is this a ritual array for sacrifice?"

He walked up to the stone chair and found a dagger placed on it, as well as a small booklet.

【Abyss Blade (Unique): 【The unique divine artifact belonging to the Abyssal Eye Witch, only when the Abyssal Eye Witch, or someone possessing the Witch's Fragrance holds it, can its ability be exerted.】

【Please note, this blade has two in total, only when both are one is it the true Abyss Blade.】

【Ability · Abyss Seal: 【The Abyss Blade is the key to opening the Gate of the Abyss, and also the seal to completely close the entrance of the Abyss; pay it spiritual power, and you can seal anything you want to seal.】

【But please note, the more powerful the life, the more precious the relic, the higher the spiritual power required to pay.】

【Ability ·???】

【You do not have the qualification to view this ability.】

【Ability ·???】

【You do not have the qualification to view this ability.】

Holding this weapon both familiar and strange, Li Cheng's heart trembled.

He never expected that this Abyss Blade would actually appear here.

You see, in the PC version of the game, the Abyss Blade was also a divine artifact existing only in background stories, one players could not obtain.

Even information about it was pieced together by the "Destiny Scholars" through fragmented narratives.

And Full Moon Academy's first plot—Shen Yu Zhi Lin—actually revolved around the Abyss Blade, the Abyssal Eye Witch, and the Full Moon Queen.

A divine artifact that should not exist in an instance appeared before his eyes, and changed from an item killed by the plot into a relic players could use.

"Because I cleared the Abyssal Eye Witch's prison, so I carry her fragrance on me?"

Li Cheng gripped the dagger and guessed why he could use this thing.

But why would the Abyss Blade be on the regenerating witch's altar?

Li Cheng couldn't think of an answer for the moment.

"However, this kind of unexpected operation..." Li Cheng praised: "Is it the new plot you mentioned? Quantum technology, interesting, truly interesting!"

"Heh, truly heh." Lilith's mouth corner twitched.

After getting such a harvest, Li Cheng became more interested in the other small booklet.

What was this? A diary entry narrating the origin of the Abyss Blade, or a storybook recording the love-hate story between the Abyssal Eye Witch and the regenerating witch? Li Cheng calmed his excited mood and opened the booklet.

Immediately, his pupils suddenly shrank.

"This is..."

He kept flipping through the pages.

The content in the small booklet was not much, and with Li Cheng's outstanding reading speed, he read quite fast; before long, he reached the last page.

Then, the corners of his mouth curled up, revealing an excited smile.

"So that's how it is, no wonder the regenerating witch could live from this era to the next era, no wonder Kristin, who possesses her power, has the ability to heal herself."

"No wonder, she wants to incite conflict between the Half-Demon Race and the Demon Race, I see, I see."

"Li Cheng, can you stop being a Riddle Man." Lilith's mouth corner twitched: "Now it's just the two of us, no need, really no need."

"You look yourself."

Li Cheng handed the booklet to Lilith, while he himself paced back and forth on the ritual array.

What was recorded in that booklet was nothing other than this ritual array itself.

Although the regenerating witch gave this spell array a good name, Li Cheng still thought describing this spell array as the "Land Transmutation Array" was more appropriate.

Simply put, the function of this ritual array is to absorb the souls of the dead and transmute them into an "Philosopher's Stone" of immortality.

All life that dies above this ritual array will have their souls bound here, unable to return to the Abyss or go to the Underworld.

Once the ritual is activated, they will become nutrients and be transmuted into the "Philosopher's Stone."

And that transmuted "Philosopher's Stone" is nothing other than the person standing at the very center of the ritual array, around this stone chair.

These people will obtain the authority of "immortality, eternal indestructibility."

Obviously, this is the truth of how the regenerating witch has been able to survive until the next era.

She is using this "Land Transmutation Array" to achieve her wish of immortality, that is, "Eternal Regeneration."

And the range of this ritual array covers the entire City of Deception; the passages excavated by the City Hall are also part of the Land Transmutation Array, and all who die above the City of Deception are destined to become nutrients for immortality.

But obviously, the regenerating witch does not intend to share this wish with her followers.

She deliberately arranged followers of two different forces: the Demon Race within City Hall, responsible for building the altar and constructing the tunnels for the ritual array, but they do not have the key to the altar and do not know what exactly they are building.

And the Half-Demon Anka from the Slums is responsible for inciting opposition between Half-Demons and the Demon Race, creating massive death within the ritual array to accumulate nutrients for the ritual. She has the key and the Mark/Insignia, but does not know where the altar is, nor which door this key opens.

Her devout followers probably don't even realize they're nothing but disposable tools to be used and discarded.

Such scheming — this Regeneration Witch has truly reached the pinnacle of cunning.

"However..." Li Cheng smiled. "This cunning one seems unaware that I've already stolen her home base."

"Hmm, since that's the case, I'll reluctantly..."

"Help you enjoy this Land Transmutation Array."

"What you Regeneration Witch can do, I, Li Cheng, can also do."

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