Chapter 142: The Object of Entrustment (1900+ words)

Time shifts slightly forward.

The third layer of the inverted Pyramid Lingmu.

Its area is much smaller than the first and second layers, containing only one main burial chamber.

On the walls of the burial chamber are vivid murals and ancient text, describing the life of a Sotos noble.

And at the core of the burial chamber sits a pitch-black coffin.

When Aaron used the first "Evil Spirit Curse Bullet" to kill the executioner Kaier, this coffin suddenly vibrated.

Not long after, a figure existing between reality and illusion slowly "floated" out from the coffin.

"I cannot save you, but let me borrow your remains."

"I am an existence more idealistic than a Spirit World Creature, therefore, I can perform Possession of an Evil Spirit!"

The owner of this Lingmu is none other than that rebellious Elector, the insurgent suppressed by the Bloody Witch Isabella.

'So this is... an Evil Spirit... truly formidable... I cannot even move my lips... there is absolutely no time for Prayer...'

Aaron performs Possession of the Evil Spirit again.

"Eh?"

Near the corpse pit.

"As expected... an Evil Spirit losing its humanity is total death; even the Purification of a False Spirit cannot pull it back."

The next moment, his fingers touched the edge of the Evil Spirit's clothing, and his entire Spirit Body instantly merged into it!

Aaron felt the madness and chaos of the "Evil Spirit Skin" on the surface of the Spirit Body, directly inciting his Secret Source Power to give the other party a baptism of the "False Spirit."

It immediately began to move, penetrating the walls, crossing the Bridge of the Dead, and arriving at the second layer of the Lingmu.

"Hmm, with the Evil Spirit aura I left behind in that burial chamber, no vengeful spirit should dare to disturb my body..."

On the surface of the Evil Spirit, streaks of fine blackness emerged, appearing like countless tiny insects gathering.

Each insect had the face of a vengeful spirit for a head, emitting various shrill screams.

"Of course, Possession of an Evil Spirit also has a cost; it consumes my Secret Source Power... the consumption is greater than when I was purely a Spirit Body, but it is barely sustainable."

'Fortunately... I had already offered a Prayer before, now I only need a single thought to respond!'

Those ancient texts made him feel a sense of familiarity.

"Not only that... by utilizing Possession of an Evil Spirit, I can finally come to this world in the form of a Spirit Body..."

Aaron looked at his own calm physical body, raised a hand to grab his own arm, and felt that physical sensation: "Hmm... I can also move objects in reality..."

He was, of course, standing from his own perspective, denouncing the shamelessness of the previous Empress and the detestable nature of Isabella.

"However... after advancing, Auclair discovered that his promotion was not perfect, and his humanity was lost rapidly... he could not even walk out of this Lingmu anymore... he had to fall into a deep sleep, and after decades, his spirit died completely, leaving behind only a true Evil Spirit!"

Aaron continued reading, discovering that most of it was Auclair's own account.

Aaron ended the "Parasitism," or rather "Possession," and looked at the brand-new Evil Spirit.

According to Aaron's piecing together, after this Auclair was defeated and went missing, he felt deeply that his strength was insufficient to rival the non-human Witch Isabella who had opened the Fourth Primordial Substance, and thus he built a secret Lingmu, wanting to promote to an "Evil Spirit"!

This entire Lingmu and all its arrangements can be seen as a large-scale Ritual for promoting to the Fourth Primordial Substance.

Aaron let the sound of the Prayer echo in his ears, idly tossing those "Evil Spirit Curse Bullets" in his hand.

Along the way, regardless of any vengeful spirits, Ghosts, or Spirit World creatures, they all retreated one after another, as if facing their monarch!

The expressionless face of the floating Evil Spirit struggled slightly for an instant, a large amount of illusory bloodshot veins appearing in its purple eyes, and it seemed as if countless vengeful spirits were roaring and howling in its ears...

Aaron did not possess his own physical body again, but instead steered the Evil Spirit toward the third layer of the Lingmu.

On the right hand of the white bones, a ring was worn.

"Finally met in person, descendant of my sister!"

But in the end, they were still like soap bubbles, constantly bursting under the Purification...

Aaron only glanced at it, and was somewhat surprised: "It's an acquaintance... Auclair Sotos?!"

The Evil Spirit had a pair of purple eyes, flickering like gems in the darkness, carrying extreme madness and chaos, and suddenly looked toward a certain place.

Aaron burrowed into the pitch-black coffin and saw a skeleton of white bone.

Along the way, many vengeful spirits retreated one after another.

"What a truly unlucky fellow!"

It seemed that this phantom itself represented some kind of curse!

"After washing away all the madness and chaos, the current Evil Spirit is like a blank sheet of paper... turned from a lunatic into an imbecile?"

He... or rather it, had been awakened!

Aaron's Spirit Body reached out a hand to touch the Evil Spirit.

The next moment, Aaron responded to his own previous "Prayer"!

His Spirit Body instantly left his body and saw that more real Evil Spirit in the void!

This was an attempt Aaron had already made in the Dream Realm!

Buzz buzz!

"Be... quiet!"

"As expected, has it completely lost its humanity and memories?"

At a certain moment, he suddenly went stiff all over, as if even his blood had been frozen!

Even an Extraordinary of the Second Primordial Substance would have no power to resist in the face of this level of "Evil Spirit Possession"!

He wore complex and gorgeous noble attire, his body covered in many wounds, and on the surface of the wounds, a strange blood-red color seemed to be wriggling.

Invisible ripples spread out, shaking the Evil Spirit.

Aaron crossed the white Bridge of the Dead, arrived at the third layer of the Lingmu, and saw the pitch-black coffin, the Ritual Array on the ground, the sacrificial utensils, and the murals on the walls.

If it were an ordinary person, they would be struck with Shock at the first sight of it.

"And... there aren't any particularly impressive burial goods either, after all, he was a fellow who was defeated in battle..."

Aaron sighed, discovering that the Evil Spirit made no move; it seemed it still could not detect him.

This time, he felt something completely different from before; there was no longer any impact of chaos or madness, and his Spirit Body felt as if it had put on a comfortable, well-fitting garment, or perhaps a mecha, instinctively grasping several powerful necromantic spells.

Yet, the bloodthirst and madness in the other party's eyes had not diminished in the slightest.

The wounds on its body had all vanished without a trace, its face was handsome, and its purple eyes lacked any hint of chaos, madness, or bloodthirst, instead becoming dull and vacant...

"Ring of Power of the Green Forest... the true Ring of Power of the Green Forest! Was Auclair Sotos's final obsession that he could not become the Emperor of the Fabri Dynasty? And so he chose to use this ring, which represents the orthodoxy of the Green Forest, as a burial object?"

An Evil Spirit of the Fourth Primordial Substance! A Non-human Existence!

Aaron understood that at this moment, this ring had become an important component of the Ritual, and perhaps even the vessel for the Evil Spirit!

Evil Spirits are very Weird Spirit World Creatures; even if destroyed or subjected to Purification, they will slowly absorb power from the Spirit World to resurrect!

To completely destroy them, one must find the object their obsession is pinned to, or in other words, the cursed object, and destroy it!

This belongs to a Secret that even Liliyat does not know, though Aaron had heard of it from the believers of the Light of Redemption.

The object Auclair Sotos's obsession is pinned to is this 'Ring of Power of the Green Forest'!

(End of this chapter)