Chapter 52: Surprise Attack (Seeking Recommendations)

, The Mysterious Calamity

In the darkness, the believers of the 【Black Sun】 clearly gain a bonus and have the home-field advantage.

Lin, however, suddenly felt the suppression of her vision being restricted.

The situation at this moment was already very unfavorable for her.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Lin felt two gusts of wind rushing toward her face from the front.

Without a second thought, a blood-colored wooden staff appeared in her hand at some point, and she swung it fiercely.

Slap!

The end of the wooden staff seemed to strike someone, causing that fellow to scream and fall to the ground, even letting out a cry of terror.

"Animate!"

Lin gripped the "Flesh Scepter" and slammed it into the ground!

Rumble!

The entire building began to tremble, as if it had gained a life of its own, turning into some terrifying giant beast.

Another attacking believer was directly swallowed by the ground that had become soft, leaving not a single trace behind.

After animating the entire building, although Lin was still in the darkness, she could see individual life fluctuations.

One of them was especially immense, carrying intense black flames!

"That is... a Strange Object? This level of..."

The Sizhuo felt intense danger and turned to run, but his legs had already been firmly swallowed by the ground.

The original floor now seemed to have turned into a quagmire!

Not only that, a newspaper that had been lying on the floor in the room suddenly flew up, directly covering his face and pressing down tightly, making him feel suffocated.

He frantically tore at the newspaper with both hands, but the originally thin paper now felt like the skin of some creature, tough and full of vitality.

This made him unable to concentrate his energy any longer to cast a Curse or other abilities.

Slap!

The Darkness domain was also dispelled, allowing Lin to see the unlucky fellow she had struck earlier.

The opponent lay on the ground with his stomach bulging high, like a pregnant woman ten months along.

Not only that, there were one after another tumors on his body, becoming hideous and terrifying.

But Lin only glanced at him and began her charge, her target clearly being the controlled Sizhuo!

That Sizhuo had pitch-black flames erupting from his body and seemed to want to resist, but it was already too late.

Pfft!

The end of the "Flesh Scepter" became incredibly sharp and pierced directly into his heart.

Lin let out a low growl; from the end of the "Flesh Scepter," countless tentacles seemed to grow, burrowing into the Sizhuo's body, greedily draining his Spirituality, flesh, and blood...

Before long, only a skeleton remained where he had been.

Bang!

The believer who had fallen to the ground screaming also exploded, with dense swarms of insects crawling out from his body, only to be swallowed by the animated building.

"Quiet!"

Lin waved the Scepter and dispelled the Animate effect.

She gazed at the "Flesh Scepter," her face full of obsession.

"Is this the power of a powerful 'Strange Object'? I feel that if I hold it, even the High Priest, I could fight... This is... this is my treasure!"

Lin's expression gradually became obsessed.

Just then, a thin thread stuck to the Scepter and pulled it sharply.

The Scepter flew out of her hand, fell into a black box, and it slammed shut.

Lin became incredibly dejected in an instant, her eyes even carrying a hint of danger.

Then, she closed her eyes: "Thank you, Olivia..."

"I feel that Strange Object is a bit terrifying. If held for a long time, perhaps your possessiveness will swell to an incredible degree, making you kill everyone who might stop you from holding her..."

Olivia appeared to the side and picked up the black box.

"I know... I am trying hard to restrain it."

Lin closed her eyes: "However, today's battle gave me a great harvest... 'Animate' is indeed a very powerful ability; it perhaps belongs to the level of the High Priest... With the 'Flesh Scepter', my revenge might be able to be brought forward by a lot."

Olivia frowned; she felt that Lin was still influenced a little, yet she was helpless to do anything about it.

She thought for a moment and said: "You should offer a Prayer to our Lord."

Although the influence of the "Flesh Scepter" was a natural change, the Spirit of Falsehood might also have the ability to perform Purification on this kind of pollution.

"Of course, after every battle, I will sacrifice the spoils to our Lord."

Lin was the most devout believer, and upon hearing this, she immediately began to pray:

"Spirit of Falsehood wandering in the unknown, Absolutely Neutral Existence, Silent Observer!"

"Please listen to the believer's Prayer, please cast your merciful gaze down!"

"Your believer has won another victory, please allow me to sacrifice the spoils to you!"

Lin did not know that at the very beginning of her battle, Aaron was watching from the side with great interest.

"The spoils are indeed not bad; the Spirituality of a 'Darkness Chaser' might be able to sustain me in reality for two more days before dissipating..."

In reality, Aaron's body was like a leaking bucket, with Spirituality constantly overflowing, and if any Curse or Ritual were performed, this process would only accelerate.

Theoretically speaking, more water could, of course, sustain him longer...

"But I have no use for it at the moment; perhaps I can let her keep it for now, and wait for the right time to perform the sacrifice..."

"Besides, there is still one more fellow here now..."

Aaron shifted his gaze, looking outside the building, into a patch of shadow.

It looked perfectly ordinary there, but within his field of vision, he could see a monster crouching!

Its body was like a black hound, its entire form burning with pitch-black flames, yet its head was that of an aged human, with wrinkled skin and a multitude of tattoos.

At this moment, its pitch-black eyes were unblinking, staring in the direction of Lin.

"Beast of Darkness... High Priest!"

"He is truly devious... knowing through divination that there was a change here, he sent a Sizhuo over, while his true body lurks in the shadows, using an entire squad as bait?"

"Neither Lin nor Olivia noticed; if it weren't for me, he really would have succeeded."

Aaron could not help but feel a sense of relief.

If he hadn't increased his attention during this period, perhaps the next time he logged on, he would have seen a Redemption Light Cult suffering heavy casualties!

He thought for a moment and established an Occultism connection with Lin.

"Even with my own units of Mysterious energy, I must use this kind of connection to interfere with reality... I wonder how long it would take to accumulate enough for that kind of great ability that reshaped the sun before..."

Aaron sighed inwardly, consumed one point of energy, and transformed the vision he had just seen directly into an image, sending it into the minds of Lin and Olivia.

"This is..."

Lin's small face suddenly tightened; she did not speak, but looked at Olivia beside her.

Olivia's expression was solemn, and she nodded.

"Praise be to my Lord..."

She finished her Prayer, and the two of them walked out of the building together.

They appeared to have no defenses whatsoever as they approached that patch of shadow.

Suddenly, Olivia opened the black box sealing the Flesh Scepter, grasped the handle directly, and pointed it at that mass of shadow: "Animate!"

The next moment, that mass of shadow writhed, spreading out countless tentacles that grabbed toward the Beast of Darkness, as if it possessed a life of its own!

The Animate ability of the Flesh Scepter can not only animate physical objects, but can even animate things that lean toward the conceptual, such as... shadows!