Chapter 182: The Count Returns (400 Monthly Tickets Bonus)

The same night.

Aaron had already arrived before his own tomb.

At this moment, he was traveling in the form of the possessed Evil Spirit Aokelaier, while his true body remained asleep in the bedroom at 33 Golden Rose Street.

"If I don't use something real when building this mausoleum this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to fool those Extraordinary ones!"

Aaron stretched out a transparent and illusory palm.

At this moment, resting upon the Evil Spirit's pale palm was a water-drop-shaped crystal object.

This was the loot obtained from killing Roberts last time, the power of the 'Lord of Hidden Corpses' after Purification!

But by now, Aaron had already manipulated the Evil Spirit to arrive silently at the entrance of the ruins.

The giant snake's mouth opened, spitting out two decaying corpses.

The great snake flicked its tail, and the soil where it passed automatically formed a passage, without stirring up a single ripple.

Aaron stretched out his palm, and it seemed he could see the threads of 'Scarlet' power flowing within the Evil Spirit's body, wriggling like blood vessels.

'Even so... if I didn't hold the Purification Authority, I would have been ruined after that; I would either have gone mad or only been able to become a God's Favored of the Mother Tree or the Lord of Hidden Corpses...'

A brand new layer began to emerge, with an area about as large as the entire Sotos Ruins, connected to the ruins like an hourglass.

Immediately, the mist surged like a tide, constantly piling up and rushing toward the upper layer.

In the end, the dark red mist swallowed the first layer of the mausoleum, the largest area, but it did not spread outward; instead, it wrapped around the original ruins, seemingly undergoing some kind of transformation...

They were two unlucky grave robbers who had encountered the melting of the last remnants of unmeltable ice, and had completely perished from soul to body.

With the previous experience of wielding the power of 'Scarlet', Aaron easily mastered this dark red, letting it condense behind the Evil Spirit like a scarlet cloak.

"Ten thousand roots surged from the underground, the earth was turned over by a giant plow, and people's flesh and blood turned to mud, becoming an Offering to the Green Banyan Tree Grandmother..."

From the canopy, more aerial roots hung down, hoisting the surviving evil cultists up, swaying gently with the breeze...

A layer of mist gathering Scarlet and Darkness instantly passed through the passage, first submerging the third layer of the mausoleum, where Aokelaier's tomb chamber was located.

The original camp of the Bone Worship Society still had people active in it.

If Aokelaier's Evil Spirit were still here, this situation would certainly not have occurred.

"What a long-lost sense of familiarity!"

After making up his mind, Aaron crushed this crystal, letting the black and red colors inside spread, wrapping the entire Evil Spirit within.

Beneath the ground, his original tomb was completely 'Animated'!

Those rocks carved with murals formed a body, and individual Banyan tree branches acted like blood vessels and bones, constantly spreading outward...

On the outskirts of the ruins, a member of the Lotus Eater Organization suddenly woke up from a dream and walked out of the tent: "The ground... is the ground trembling?"

The shaken Lotus Eater members looked at each other: "It seems to have been just a small earthquake..."

In the end, the original tomb was completely animated, forming the torso of a giant rock python.

'Using this purified power is just like using a 'Strange Object' made with the power of the Sages; it shouldn't attract Their attention, right... probably...'

'Hmm, it should be fine, otherwise Lin would have died long ago!'

The mist quickly permeated, completely covering the second layer of the mausoleum.

"An earthquake?"

One by one, the remaining vengeful spirits emerged from every corner, with layers of dark red, twisted, evil Talismans appearing on the surface of their bodies, distorting and spreading outward as if they had been subjected to terrible pollution...

Although Aaron's indiscriminate killing last time had left 'Man-Bone' Sipeite almost completely isolated, the camp was soon taken over by another group; they belonged to the 'Lotus Eater Organization', and by this time they had dug up most of the ruins, even passing the pale Bridge of the Dead to reach the third layer.

At this moment, with just a single thought from Aaron, he could animate these two corpses and turn them into monsters guarding the mausoleum.

He never feared making things big; if he didn't, how could he attract the large number of Mysterious individuals entrenched in Green Forest City?

'Even so... seven days at most! After seven days, the Evil Spirit will not be able to bear it and will completely turn into a fallen monster made of blood... Is it the power of 'Scarlet' and 'Darkness'?'

"No, it seems the vibration came from within the ruins... Was there a collapse there? Or something else?"

The surface.

The Evil Spirit was subjected to intense erosion, but it did not contain an evil will; it was merely an infection of power.

'It is generally similar to the 'Strange Object' I once created—the 'Flesh Scepter'; of course, it is only a one-time power... but the intensity far exceeds the non-human level.'

Aaron manipulated the Evil Spirit, directly merging into the earth and into the body of the rock snake.

Sotos Ruins.

"Let's go!"

Clatter!

Ten thousand roots surged from the underground, the earth was turned over by a giant plow, and these evil cultists were pierced directly by roots harder than steel amidst their screams.

Within the dense darkness, terrifying, teeth-aching sounds continued to emerge.

At this time, there wasn't even a high-ranking member in the camp—as some precious collections were excavated, even Aokelaier's bones were dug out, and this ruin had gradually lost its value; even Sipeite would not stay here.

Only some peripheral members of the Lotus Eater Organization were still doing the final finishing work.

"The earthquake... has it stopped?"

Countless roots rioted, guarding a huge trunk that supported the sky, and countless branches and leaves spread out, turning into a huge canopy.

Other guards also became restless one after another.

Dense dark clouds appeared out of nowhere, obscuring the radiance of the Moon and casting darkness upon the earth.

Animate!

Rumble!

The ground trembled as if a small earthquake had occurred.

He sighed, stretched his right hand toward the earth, and twisted it as if opening a door.

However, after thinking about it, he did not take action, letting these two corpses be buried deep within the earth.

Aaron sighed softly.

In the Lotus Eater camp.

Rumble—!

Accompanied by the earth shaking and mountains swaying, beneath the third layer of the inverted Maya Pyramid-style ruins, a giant rock snake suddenly emerged, bit onto the spire of the Pyramid, and carved out another massive underground space.

He did not reveal himself to attack, but instead put his hands together with a sense of nostalgia: "Wood Release: Grave Grass Growing Technique!"

Even if Sipeite was a Non-human combatant and could invite a Non-human Existence from the Lotus Eaters, they would not dare to battle an undead Evil Spirit within the Lingmu.

However, because Aaron took the Evil Spirit away, he actually lowered the difficulty significantly for later excavations.

Because excessive excavation leading to the collapse of underground structures is a very common occurrence.

This Green Banyan Tree is the best marker!

"The play titled 'Count's Return' has grandly opened tonight..."

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