Chapter 368: Evil and Different

Wherever Lin Bai is, the popularity there is sufficiently high.

Whenever he makes a move, the most excited ones are always the players, because they are the first to receive the news.

The screen bullet comments in front of the players livestreaming on the battlefield exploded.

The people of the Western Continent do not like posting bullet comments as much as the people of the Eastern Continent, but because Lin Bai appeared in the video, they still used bullet comments to express their excited feelings.

In their eyes, since the game began, the players of Shenmo Dalu have not been as interesting as the players of Xianxia Continent.

After all, there is a cheating Lin Bai over there leading them to play together, while they can only play the game by the book over here.

These days, the players finally managed to make some changes, but it ended up provoking the NPCs, a full-scale war broke out, veteran players were retreating steadily, and new players would be killed or imprisoned as soon as they appeared, with no game experience at all; at this moment, they could finally hold their heads high.

However, the bullet comments they posted had no originality, mostly simple expressions of emotion like "Long live Lin Bai," "Kill them," "You are my king," "I want to eat your xxx," and the like.

Just like the "I love you" type of bullet comments posted by Lin Bai's fans, they had no substantial meaning and were generally blocked by the viewers.

At this moment.

Most of the bullet comments scrolling on the screen were posted by viewers from the Eastern Continent; they were keen on discussing things and analyzing the current situation in the bullet comments.

……

"The Alliance Leader is too kind to the people of Shenmo Dalu; use Love Separation, use the Sound Wave Weapon, and let the people of Shenmo Dalu taste the fear of being dominated by the laws."

"Winning without a fight is not honorable. The Alliance Leader's status is already at that level, what is the point of bullying noobs? Didn't you see the Alliance Leader directly call out for them to concentrate all their high-level combat power? Those people are the Alliance Leader's true opponents..."

"It's too cheap for the players of Shenmo Dalu, directly enjoying the benefits of the Alliance Leader without ever being tormented by him."

"They did indeed escape the Alliance Leader's torment, but these guys' levels haven't gone up either! We have many players here who can already undergo Tribulation Transcendence, yet their tens of thousands of people are actually being suppressed by a group of knights; it's simply a disgrace to us players."

"Although Alliance Leader Lin's laws are tormenting, I have to say, he has made a great contribution to world peace, and he has also kept our levels far ahead of the players of Shenmo Dalu."

"Being ahead is useless; just leveling up without fighting, such a life has no meaning. What we need is blood-boiling combat, not being penned up like pigs."

"Isn't the Alliance Leader opening the Magpie Bridge to the Immortal World soon? If you want to fight, you can go up at any time!"

"Who is stupid? The Bronze Realm of the Immortal World corresponds to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm below; entering the Immortal World is purely looking for abuse. The Immortal World is only suitable for sneaking around to level up, and then returning to the Mortal World to bully noobs."

"Is there a possibility that we go and ask the Alliance Leader for permission to go to the opposite Shenmo Dalu to play with them and help the Justice Alliance expand its territory? Letting the Alliance Leader do everything himself is our dereliction of duty!"

……

The NPCs of Shenmo Dalu did not know the meaning of Fengqiuhuang.

Not understanding the meaning, they did not know this was a courtship performance, and would only think that the people performing talents in front of them were under an evil spell, so they would not refuse them, or would choose one from among them as a partner.

After a brief moment of stagnation, the female priests decisively used Holy Light on the knights in front of them who were under the evil spell to expel the curses on their bodies.

But the men protected by Fengqiuhuang were not only immune to damage, but also immune to blessing-type spells.

Thus, the priests witnessed with their own eyes the scene of the Holy Light being deflected, and then, they became even more convinced that Fengqiuhuang was an evil spell.

The handsome man in the sky who claimed to be the God of Law and the Justice Alliance naturally became an evil god who committed all kinds of evil in their hearts.

Knights are noble and honorable; being forced to dance in front of the priests desecrated their dignity.

They heard Lin Bai's arrogant language; being proud, they would not submit to an evil god. In a situation where they could not fight, only blood could wash away the shame brought upon them by the evil god.

However, the knights who had lost control of their bodies could not even mobilize the Battle Qi within their bodies to commit suicide. They could only desperately seek help from the priests who were casting Holy Light on them without stopping, begging them to end their lives.

Then, when the priests launched an attack on them,

They were disappointed again.

The evil god's terrifying curse was actually immune even to damage...

……

"Evil demon, we will not submit."

"You can deprive us of our lives, but you cannot deprive us of our dignity."

"Cardinal Garnett, do not agree to the evil demon's conditions; dying for the Holy Light Church is our glory."

……

The desperate roars of the knights startled the people in the sky,

Cardinal Garnett looked at the scene below, then looked at Lin Bai in front of him, his face revealing despair.

The dragon knight beside him tremblingly raised the Dragon Spear in his hand, his face full of determination.

"Holy Light is with me."

At this time.

A female priest was infected by the knight spirit, clasped her hands together and shouted a slogan, then resolutely pulled out a small dagger and stabbed it into her own heart.

Following her death, the knights who were performing talents in front of her regained their freedom.

Lin Bai was stunned.

Well then!

The members of a religious sect are indeed different from the people of a cultivation sect; these guys have Faith in their hearts!

……

Discovering the method to save the Saint Knights, the priests seemed to see the light of hope.

"Holy Light is with me."

The voices rang out in unison.

Seeing that the priests were about to stage a collective ascension in front of everyone.

Garnett and the knight commander looked at him with increasingly cold gazes; Lin Bai sighed silently, used Provocation, and said word by word: "Holy Light is with you."

As soon as these words were spoken.

The priests all stopped their suicide actions, cast Levitation on themselves, and flew toward the sky with red eyes, heading straight for Lin Bai.

Seeing them fly up, Lin Bai took the opportunity to add the knights who had just regained their freedom back into the Fengqiuhuang Group, and at the same time, thoughtfully added the Cardinal and the knight commander as well.

He was not here to kill people.

These brainwashed guys were looking like they were going to fight him to the death, so Lin Bai naturally could not let things continue to deteriorate.

The priests were drawn in by the Provocation, and the knights and mages singing and dancing below naturally followed in their footsteps.

The mages possessed Flight Technique and levitation, and could even fly, but having lost their mounts, they were unable to fly into the sky, so they had to sprint on the ground, performing talents while gazing up at their goddesses...

Despair filled the hearts of the men controlled by Phoenix Seeks Phoenix, and they cursed Lin Bai without a moment's pause.

Garnett and the Knight Commander also joined the ranks of those cursing Lin Bai.

The War God Body flashed to the opposite side of Lin Bai; during the intervals when Lin Bai paused, he would coordinate with Lin Bai to use Provocation on the priests, saving their lives.

"A person only has one life."

"If you don't even know how to cherish your own life, how could you possibly have compassion for the world?"

"I am a benevolent person; I won't just stand by and watch you commit suicide..."

"Promise me, no matter what happens, never give up on life, okay?"

"I come with good intentions and have never thought of being your enemy..."

Lin Bai, the War God Body, and Lin Liubai, who was controlling John's body, took turns speaking, and whenever the priests made a move to commit suicide, they would lead their pursuers in circles on the battlefield.

The best way to save a group of people committing suicide is to make them realize that there are things in the world even more terrifying than death; when that time comes, they will naturally understand the value of life and the meaning of being alive.

With the first drum, the spirit is roused; with the second, it wanes; with the third, it is exhausted.

Once, twice, three times, four times—failing to commit suicide every single time will eventually cause them to form a conditioned reflex, shaking their firm resolve...

The battlefield was silent.

On the screens, the exclamations of the Western Continent populace—"God," "My heavens," "Devil"—were everywhere; the celebratory scene from when Lin Bai first entered the battlefield had completely changed in style.

"Fine, I admit I spoke too soon. The Alliance Leader never had any thoughts of winning unfairly; anyone who doesn't follow his will suffers his inhumane torture."

"I even said that Lin Bai being so benevolent to Shenmo Dalu was unfair to the natives of the Xianxia World. Seeing this, I have finally set my heart at ease. One should not worry about scarcity, but about inequality; we can always trust Shopkeeper Lin."

"What are you all spouting? Didn't you see those priests committing suicide? Brother Lin is saving their lives."

The Cultivators of the Justice Alliance were unfazed.

Cheng Xunyun watched the bizarre scene on the battlefield, the corners of his eyes twitching involuntarily; he felt fortunate in his heart that Lin Bai had indeed shown them mercy.

What Parachute?

Sound Wave Reflector?

All bullshit!

Lin Bai's methods for tormenting people would always be more numerous than they could imagine...

"Council President, I believe we should change our strategy regarding Lin Bai." Joseph kept wiping the sweat from his forehead, stammering, "He only needs to say a word or two to run us to death, and what's more, we have to dance while running."

"I don't want to watch you old fogies perform talents in front of me," said the doddering Mandeline. "This is Phoenix Seeks Phoenix; as long as I choose or refuse, everyone will regain their freedom. Those natives just don't know the solution; every one of Lin Bai's laws has loopholes..."

"It's useless. Even without Phoenix Seeks Phoenix, his Zhaofeng is enough to make everyone run, just without the singing and dancing. Joseph is right; we do need to change our strategy regarding Lin Bai. The master of the Blue Planet has changed." The fear of being dominated by Rope Binding surged into his heart, and the Council President sighed dejectedly; in this instant, he seemed to have aged more than ten years.

The noisy sounds around him, along with Lin Bai's life-urging words, felt as if a thousand flies had been stuffed into Garnett's head, making his head feel like it was about to explode.

"Mr. Lin, I can persuade them to stop committing suicide; please stop the torture." Garnett was performing a set of finger exercises; realizing they had no way to deal with Lin Bai, he chose to compromise.

Furthermore.

He had to find a way to let the Zhuzhao and the others know how terrifying this demon before them was, so they could prepare in advance.

As soon as he finished speaking.

Lin Bai's Tight-Fillet-Spell-like Zhaofeng stopped.

The world fell into silence, leaving only the beautiful singing and chanting.

"Not dying anymore?" Lin Bai smiled slightly, looking at the priests less than three hundred meters away, and asked softly.

His voice was gentle, but the priests were terrified into silence; after being forced into an ugly smile by "You Smile When You See Me," their faces turned even paler.

Despair and fear were continuously released from their hearts.

Compared to the demon before them, those black wizards and liches were as kind as newborn babies.

"Your comrades have died, and I am very sorry; that was my mistake. I didn't expect you to have no reverence for life." Lin Bai could sense their emotions, shook his head, and sighed, "I have no intention of judging your Faith, but after experiencing today's ordeal, I hope you remember one thing: life is the most precious thing, and you only have one. Do not give up easily; life is very long and very wonderful. Isn't it better to live and do something meaningful? The world needs you."

【Resentment from Garnett, Karl, Timothy...; +1 +1 +1...】

Who doesn't know that you only have one life?

Wasn't our suicide forced by you?

Demon!

A demon that bewitches people's hearts!

The priests glared at Lin Bai with fury, having the urge to throw Holy Light at his head and purify him, but in the end, they suppressed the impulse in their hearts; such a purely evil demon could probably only be purified by an Archangel!

"Timothy, don't be impulsive." Garnett's fingers danced rapidly, fearing the priests would do something impulsive, and he shouted immediately.

The priests looked at their Zhuzhao and remained silent; having been interrupted so many times, only a ghost would continue to commit suicide—did they think they hadn't been tortured enough?

At this very moment, they actually felt a bit of envy for that companion who had committed suicide.

How wonderful!

Without suffering any torture, she had returned to the embrace of the Lord of Holy Light so easily and happily.

"Mr. Lin, can you lift the Magic on us? Negotiating like this is too inconvenient." A hideous smile was squeezed onto Garnett's face.

"The key to lifting Phoenix Seeks Phoenix is not with me, but with them." Lin Bai smiled and pointed at the priests.

"Us?" The priests were forced to smile.

"Phoenix Seeks Phoenix is the Law of Love. They show you their talents, just like courtship in the natural world; it is love, it is heritage, it is the most beautiful thing in the world. As long as you choose a satisfactory partner from among them, Phoenix Seeks Phoenix will naturally end." Lin Bai sighed and shook his head, "I thought some of you would realize the solution, yet you chose the most tragic death. Not a single one of you has love in your heart; you disappoint me too much."

Love?

Pick a partner from among them, and the curse can be lifted?

The priests collectively fell into a stupor, the muscles on their faces twitching.

Is it really this simple?

The death of their companion before had been heroic in their hearts, but at this moment, it seemed to have turned into a joke.

However.

The most terrifying evil spirit in the world actually speaks of nothing but love and peace...

Could there be anything more ironic than this?

At this moment.

Their Faith in the Lord of Holy Light was somewhat shaken.

But regardless, Lin Bai had provided a method, and they had to try; they couldn't just let the knights perform their talents endlessly!

When the first priest chose a partner, the Fengqiuhuang Group of knights performing their talents stopped, and then, all the priests, filled with resentment, chose their partners...

The Fengqiuhuang Group came to a complete halt.

The world was deathly silent; the members of the Holy Light Sect looked at Lin Bai, who was smiling in the sky, their Faith collapsing as they collectively fell into doubt about life.

"Can Lilith still come back to life?" a priest asked timidly.

Lin Bai glanced at her and nodded: "If someone is willing to offer her the most sincere love and sacrifice their life for her, she can be reborn in another form..."

"She died for the Holy Light Sect; I am willing to sacrifice my life for her, I hope you keep your word." The knight captain Karl interrupted Lin Bai, descended from his Flying Dragon, came before the dead Lilith, picked her up, and kissed her without hesitation.

Thrust!

John used Flash to appear behind the knight captain and activated his Skill, his Sword sinking into Karl's back.

Subsequently, amid the gasps of the crowd.

The bodies of the knight captain and the priest Lilith dissolved into a ball of light, and two beautiful Butterflies flew out from the light, dancing gracefully.

Watching the crowd, who had fallen into a stupor once again, Lin Bai reached out his hand and said softly: "You two, if you trust me, I can take you to the Xianxia World and let you regain your human bodies."

Before his words had even faded.

The two Butterflies flew toward Lin Bai and landed on his palm.

At this very moment.

The crowd seemed to have forgotten their previous disarray; they looked up at the sky, where Lin Bai, floating in the air, wore a look of holiness, truly appearing like a deity saving the world.

Lin Bai smiled, looked at the Cardinal, and said: "Cardinal Garnett, find a few people to go with John to the Free City to negotiate the terms of peace; I will take you to witness the truth of the world..."

(End of chapter)