Chapter 319 - 318: Evil God Belief, Finally See the Target

Tsk.

What a pain.

Mutters under his breath, Li Jing turns to look east and then mumbles to himself.

"Regardless, now that we have found the target, we must take action. Serlina, stay here. I’ll go ahead to see what’s happening."

Serlina naturally wouldn’t object to Li Jing going alone.

Previously in the Chongyuan Holy Realm.

The encounter with the Ghost Clan was far more dangerous than what they faced now, but Li Jing successfully handled it solo.

Compared to the powerful Ghost Clan, the Sanctuary is actually nothing.

The only thing to note.

Even in a war zone with no judiciary, they are still in the present world and have limited powers at their disposal.

Even in a place like Inova where there are not many good people, it is wrong to harm innocent bystanders, let alone causing a large number of unrelated deaths.

After a brief silence, Serlina nods and says.

"Bei Yi and Evlyn’s hideout is about six kilometers eastward underground, we don’t know the exact location of the entrance. Be careful when you take action alone, avoid unnecessary conflicts with the people of the Sanctuary as much as possible before you are sure about anything."

Then she added.

"There are many competitors accompanying us on our journey, and they haven’t found us yet. Even if they do, they should be watching at this stage. Do not trigger this situation lightly, once triggered, it could lead to a disaster in the Inova area."

"Yeah, I get it."

Li Jing responded and started walking towards the east.

Given that Bei Yi and Evlyn were here, the hideout of the Sanctuary must be watchful of the Seventh Realm.

Li Jing wasn’t sure if his Silent Shadow could disturb them, so it would be safer to approach on foot.

In retrospect.

As Serlina mentioned.

The trouble was not only the Sanctuary and the force behind Bei Yi and Evlyn but also the "companions" and competitors that they brought along with them.

If this situation ignites, it will be disastrous.

Jester’s men would definitely want to capture Bei Yi and Evlyn.

The men of the other guardian god would do the same.

When their personal interests are involved, they have no regard for others.

Once they confirm the location of the target, they will surely act first.

Killing countless people in the realm of Inova is not something they would care about.

There’s nothing wrong with this in itself.

As the old saying goes.

Your dying friend does not compare to your own hardship.

How to deal with such things finally depends on the person.

...

The hideout of the Sanctuary was not hard to find.

Li Jing walked for a while in the east and quickly found an abandoned subway station entrance.

Serlina mentioned that Bei Yi and Evlyn were hiding in an underground shelter-like infrastructure. Seeing the entrance of the subway station, Li Jing could easily deduce.

They’re not hiding in a shelter, but in a subway station that was built before the chaos in Inova.

Worth mentioning is.

The subway station entrance is not far from where Li Jing and Serlina landed, at most two kilometers away.

Serlina estimated Bei Yi and Evlyn’s hideout to be six kilometers from their landing site, and the deviation should not be large.

Obviously, they were hiding in the track space behind the abandoned subway station.

Seeing the subway station from afar, Li Jing stopped in his tracks.

This subway station was the Sanctuary’s base, no doubt about that.

Looking from a distance, one can see three groups of people wearing hooded robes with a single-eyed triangular emblem patrolling near the subway station entrance.

The single-eyed triangle, that’s the symbol of the Sanctuary’s New God.

Three patrol groups, each consisting of ten people.

How strong are they? Hard to say.

But since they’re on patrol, they shouldn’t be too strong.

Among these thirty people, some were carrying energy firearms and some were carrying energy cannons, each of them was armed.

If it wasn’t known that these people were all cultivators from the faith system, Li Jing might have thought that he had traveled back to his original world, where problems were solved with guns and cannons.

The fact that they need to rely on energy weapons, commonly used for the Sanctuary’s freshmen, suggests they might not be that strong.

Surveying his surroundings, Li Jing noticed a lot of Sanctuary’s people prowling around.

However, their number doesn’t reach the over a thousand people as estimated by Serlina.

Clearly, most of the Sanctuary’s main forces must be concentrated underground.

After observing the situation, Li Jing thought for a bit then, avoiding close contact with the subway station entrance, ventured off in another direction.

He was fortunate this time. He didn’t travel far before encountering a "lucky" one who was peeing alone.

Coming up quietly behind this "lucky boy" who was relieving himself, Li Jing patiently waited for him to finish.

Seeing the man finish and pulling up the trousers under his robe, Li Jing swiftly glanced around, reached for the Boundary Stone, and poured Spiritual Power into it with a thought.

The Subspace Boundary silently unfolded.

Unexpectedly falling into the Subspace Boundary, the "lucky boy", who had just finished his business and was about to head back, paused momentarily.

Before he could react, Li Jing released a Spirit God whisper immediately.

The "lucky boy" instantly stiffened, rolled his eyes, and collapsed limply as if his bones had melted.

Seeing this, Li Jing stretched out his hand to hold him up, skillfully stripped off his robe, wore it over himself, and then released the energy stored in the Boundary Stone.

Returning to the present world.

Li Jing once again made sure there was no one else around, quietly shoved the "lucky boy", from whom he had taken the robe, into a garbage pile and concealed it. He then muttered something under his breath.

"You’re sleeping soundly, get up at dawn."

After giving a hint, Li Jing masked his face with the hood that’s unique to the Sanctuary’s students, then returned to the subway station entrance and walked straight in.

...

Soon, Li Jing arrived at the station hall below.

This station hall was much larger than Li Jing had anticipated and it had clearly been modified.

Inside the huge station hall, simple fortifications were scattered everywhere.

Many Sanctuary members were indulging in activities all around. Some were laughing and chatting, while others were praying, appearing very ordinary.

But anyone who knows about the Sanctuary realizes that these people are extremists.

The Supreme Church tutors are much more kind-hearted compared to these people.

With the Silent Shadow’s influence, no one noticed Li Jing’s arrival.

With the robe covering his face, he didn’t have much to worry about. He moved around the station hall to get an overview of the layout.

Essentially.

The entire station was transformed into a living space for the Sanctuary members. A statue of a grotesque, one-eyed monster with an octopus face and tentacle beard was erected at the center.

This Cthulhu-like creature is the New God the Sanctuary worships.

Honestly.

Seeing this statue, Li Jing found it unbelievable.

The power of the faith system really is the world’s greatest mystery.

In the Supreme Church, what people believe in is at least a genuine God.

As for this sanctuary...

Can faith truly grant you power?

A god is never a human.

That’s understandable.

But these monsters...

Weirdly enough, the people of the Sanctuary gained power that is not weaker than other systems, or even slightly stronger than the highest faith of the Supreme Church.

Moreover, many of them converted halfway through.

After all, no ordinary people live in Inova due to years of conflicts, and no matter which system it is, it can’t continue on this land.

The people here all came from outside.

When they came in, they were at least cultivators above the Second Realm of a certain system.

Some can even reach the Fourth or Fifth Boundary.

Frankly, it’s kind of eerie.

In the Supreme Church, believers have adhered to the highest faith since they began practicing. There are very few who converted halfway through.

However, here in the Sanctuary, everyone converted halfway through, and their progress is not slow...

Shaking his head, Li Jing jumped off the rails in the hall and walked eastward along the tracks.

He had walked around the hall, and found nothing noteworthy.

There are about five to six hundred members of the Sanctuary active in the hall. Their cultivation level is not strong, and there are no high-level symbols of the Sanctuary on their robes. They belong to the lower level of the Sanctuary.

...

Walking eastward along the tracks for a while, the relatively narrow space in Li Jing’s sight suddenly opened up, and a large space that was clearly artificially developed came into view.

There are many single-story buildings that look like temples built of mud bricks.

On the wall of each building, there is a one-eyed triangular symbol.

Seeing this, Li Jing frowned slightly.

This place seems not just a simple stronghold for the Sanctuary?

Compared with the temples set up by the Supreme Church in various parts of the Western World, these temples are slightly shabby.

But at least these buildings look like temples at first glance.

The Sanctuary is struggling in Inova with limited conditions, which is understandable, isn’t it?

How difficult is it to build a house in a place like Inova that is in a constant state of warfare involving multiple forces?

Even if it’s built underground, it’s not easy to keep it intact.

Here...

This may be one of the important strongholds of the Sanctuary, or even the underground headquarters of the Sanctuary in Inova!

Deducing this fact, Li Jing carefully hid in a dark corner, and raised his hand to open the Heavenly Eye with a magic gesture.

The vertical eye on his forehead opened.

One after another black energy bodies caught his eye, making Li Jing’s expression indescribable.

He had never seen power manifested as black energy bodies before.

After all, Li Jing is not an energy expert.

His understanding of energy only extends to what he has personally seen.

Seeing the power in the people of the Sanctuary for the first time, he was somewhat shocked.

Like the Supreme Church, it’s no doubt that the Sanctuary belongs to the faith system.

However, this faith power manifested as black...

Could this be an evil god?!

Ignoring the fact that black has long stood for evil, Li Jing observing these black energy bodies with his Heavenly Eye gives him an uncomfortable feeling that is slightly irritating.

He had never felt this way before.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Jing surveyed the underground space with his Heavenly Eye.

At this point, he was already near the 6,000-meter mark mentioned by Serlina.

The hiding place for the artificial humans was nearby.

However, looking up now, Li Jing couldn’t find a single dark red energy body.

Black energy bodies are not rare, with numbers too large for him to estimate.

The thousand that Serlina mentioned are definitely there.

Among them, many energy bodies have high intensity, appearing like a dark and deep black hole.

Seeing this situation, Li Jing frowned.

Serlina’s Spiritual World is very delicate, it shouldn’t have been wrong.

However, he couldn’t see a single dark red energy body at the moment.

Having dealt with Adela, Li Jing knows that artificial humans have the ability to conceal their power characteristics and manifest as Spiritual Qi.

But under the ground, he didn’t see a single Spiritual Qi body either!

As his gaze swept around, Li Jing’s expression became more strange.

He thought of a possibility.

Would the artificial humans, led by Bei Yi and Evlyn, join their faith system after being sheltered by the Sanctuary?

Theoretically speaking,

Artificial humans do not have the ability to cultivate autonomously.

But in the faith system where an evil god is worshipped, nothing is impossible.

The Sanctuary, with most people converting halfway through yet still possessing such strong power, speaks volumes...

Just as he was considering the possibilities, Li Jing’s pupils shrunk.

In a building located in the center of the railway space in the distance, he caught sight of two grey energy bodies.

At first, he didn’t pay attention to it.

Mainly because he couldn’t fly at the moment and could only rely on the Sky Eye Technique to peek through walls that don’t contain Spiritual Qi.

Under the overlapping view of black energy bodies, the grey color was very inconspicuous.

Now that he noticed them, these two shades of grey stood out as very odd.

Grey color.

Evil Cultivators!

Hiss.

Li Jing gasped.

Damn it, how is this even related to the Evil Cultivators?

Realizing there were Evil Cultivators again, he naturally thought of the Rebirth Society.

He had no choice.

The Rebirth Society is the world’s largest cross-national organization for the Evil Demon Coalition, and their main development areas are centered in the west.

Squinting his eyebrows suspiciously, Li Jing chose a path that could avoid as many powerful black energy bodies as possible and approached the two grey energy bodies.

Seeing there are Evil Cultivators,

He was surprised, yet not.

Putting aside whether these guys are from the Rebirth Society,

In a place like Inova with no rule of law, it’s not surprising that Evil Cultivators would turn up.

Accurately speaking.

It would be odd if no Evil Cultivators showed up in such a place!

Like the proverbial rats crossing the street, they were completely unrestricted in the chaotic region of Inova, doing whatever they pleased.

...

Soon, Li Jing approached the temple with the two grey energy bodies.

This temple was unique in its design.

The temple was significantly spacious, and in front of the entrance stood two statues of tentacled monsters, Symbols of the Sanctuary’s faith.

Obviously, this temple was special.

Gazing within.

In addition to the two grey energy bodies, there were four extremely dense black energy bodies. The six energy bodies appeared to be having some sort of meeting.

Through the Heavenly Eye, after observing the situation inside the temple, Li Jing hesitates.

He wanted to go in and take a look.

However, the cultivation levels of the six present in the temple would surely not be low.

Perhaps among them is a Seventh Realm being unaffected by his Silent Shadow...

As he hesitates, he suddenly sensed something and hurriedly retreated to hide in a blind spot.

Next moment.

A figure flew low through the air and landed near the temple.

Seeing this, Li Jing furrowed his brows.

The newcomer was a woman.

Looking with the naked eye...

This stunningly aloof attractive face, is it not Evlyn herself?

Her health bar, which were marked as 10387, confirmed Li Jing’s guess.

What surprised him was.

At this moment, Evlyn wasn’t just wearing a hooded robe with the high-ranking emblem of the Sanctuary, her body was exuding an unmistakable black energy.

His speculation had come true.

But this isn’t the most absurd part.

The stunning part was the fact that Evlyn didn’t look like she had just recently joined the Sanctuary at all!

The high-level symbol of the Sanctuary can be determined by the number of tentacles under the triangular one-eyed symbol on the robe.

Ordinary members do not have any tentacles beneath the symbol.

It’s not until one reaches the middle level that they get a tentacle.

The robe Evlyn was wearing had six tentacles.

What six tentacles meant, Li Jing wasn’t quite sure.

After all, he only knew about the Sanctuary.

But there’s no doubt.

This rank is high among the high ranking members.

This position is not something one can simply acquire by joining.

As Li Jing was still in shock, Evlyn landed and looked around, not in a hurry to go into the temple, but instead waited at the door.

It wasn’t long before another bewitching figure flew past and landed next to her.

Her figure was revealed to be a sweet-looking Eastern woman.

She, too, was wearing the long robe of the Sanctuary.

The energy manifested inside was also black.

But that wasn’t the point.

The important thing was that she also had a health bar on her head.

The value displayed was 10422.

This woman was several steps stronger than Evlyn.

She was just a step away from the Eighth Realm.

Hiding in a blind spot, Li Jing narrowed his eyes slightly.

The artificial people in the Desert Fortress had different races, not just limited to western faces.

If nothing goes wrong.

This Eastern-faced woman should be Bei Yi!

After seeing this woman, Li Jing was certain that Evlyn had joined the Sanctuary long ago.

The woman, who was suspected as Bei Yi, was stronger than her but only had one tentacle on her robe.

In front of the temple.

Seeing the woman who was suspected to be Bei Yi arrive, Evlyn smiled.

"How is it? Have you adapted to the power of the New God?"

"It’s pretty good."

The suspected Bei Yi woman laughed, saying.

"Compared to the power that this body originally possessed, the power of the New God is more tangible. Although I don’t expect to be able to advance further, at least it supplements the shortcoming of only having single power to use."

Hearing this, Evlyn sighed.

"Being entities created by human hands, what we currently possess is implanted through external forces. Aspiring to progress is nearly impossible unless we can find our path and open up a way of cultivation suitable for us."

"Hope always exists."

The woman suspected to be Bei Yi said, "Adela is completely out of contact, I’m afraid something has happened. We need to be careful from now on. To be safe, we probably need to propose to the management to let us relocate."

"Yes."

Evlyn replied, "We do need to move. Some people in White Hawk have already shifted their attention to Inova. Continuing like this isn’t a solution. The caretaker is waiting for us, we should head in."

The woman suspected to Bei Yi nodded silently, and they both entered the temple.

Watching them enter, Li Jing was certain that the woman was Bei Yi.

After all, she mentioned Adela.

Turning to look at the direction the two came from, Li Jing hesitated slightly.

Both his main targets had shown up.

If he could take both of them down, he would consider this task accomplished.

However, there were still over a hundred artificial humans elsewhere...

This was something he found hard to ignore.

The artificial humans started from the sixth rank, and each one has at least 7500+ experience.

A hundred–that’s 750,000!

Such an opportunity to gain 750,000 experience points at once is rare in the mortal world...

After vacillating for a while, Li Jing eventually decided to focus on what was in front of him.

First things first, he needed to deal with these two to avoid any disturbances later on. The rest can be left to fate.

With a decision made in his mind, Li Jing stepped out from the corner and approached the temple, taking out the Boundary Stone.

Having seen the two main targets, he wouldn’t simply leave.

It would only be more troublesome to deal with this later. If he had the opportunity to resolve everything in one fell swoop, it would be for the best to avoid causing a major commotion.

With a thought, he infused his spiritual power into the Boundary Stone.

Subsequently, a space boundary opened suddenly, swallowing and isolating the entire temple.

Evlyn and the others inside the temple reacted quickly.

No sooner had they entered the subspace when the entire temple exploded into fragments.

Eight figures flew into the sky, with their sights set on Li Jing.

Seeing a man cloaked in the robes of the lower parishioners of the Sanctuary, his face obscured by a hood, two Evil Cultivators and four high-ranking members of the Sanctuary frowned with concern, except for Evlyn and Bei Yi.

They were all very surprised to be suddenly isolated in the subspace.

They couldn’t believe that they had been isolated into the subspace in the stronghold of the Sanctuary, without any awareness at all.

What they found even harder to believe was that the opponent was alone.

Unlike the other six, Evlyn and Bei Yi looked extremely distressed.

Both had artificially-manufactured bodies at the Seventh Realm strength, possessing perception abilities equivalent to that of the Seventh Realm.

Although they wouldn’t be considered very powerful among the Seventh Realm, their status as genuine Seventh Realm cultivators was undeniable.

However, they hadn’t detected the enemy’s approach to their doorstep at all.

Not just them, none of the other six noticed anything either.

This situation reminded Evlyn and Bei Yi immediately of Li Jing...

"Archer."

A serious look crossed Evlyn’s face.

Bei Yi, on the other hand, looked slightly pale.

She had a deep impression of how powerless she felt when facing Li Jing.

Unexpectedly confronted with him, she felt an instinctual panic.

This was not an emotion she should have had.

However, it was indeed present...

Evlyn was not faring any better.

Back at the Desert Fortress, she had hid and spied on Li Jing, experiencing a sense of fear.

Unlike Xiao Ai, who deleted her emotions due to her confusion about the death of Yin Jiang by his tattoo, Evlyn chose to retain these emotions.

Upon seeing Li Jing now, she felt her heart pounding hard.

Seeing that Evlyn recognized him at first sight, and that Bei Yi was pale with an emotional response that an Artificial Intelligence shouldn’t have, Li Jing lifted his eyes, took off his hood, and kindly looked at the latter.

"Am I that scary?"

"..."

Bei Yi remained silent.

Evlyn from the side spoke up.

"Archer, we’ve tried our best to avoid you. Do you still plan to kill us all?"

Before Li Jing could respond, one of the Evil Cultivators among the remaining six spoke up.

"Evlyn, do you two know this..."

Before finishing his sentence, a terrifying aura belonging to the Immortal Items swept across the entire subspace, causing his face to change several times.

The next moment.

A burst of blood light.

A streak of blood from the involved Evil Cultivator’s forehead vertically downward.

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

A series of sounds and a body split into two parts fell to the ground.

The sudden incident left everyone, including Evlyn and Bei Yi, dumbstruck.

Everyone’s sight fell on Li Jing after the divided corpse of the Evil Cultivator came into view, feeling a deep chill within their hearts.

At this moment, Li Jing was holding the Flying Sword Blue Edge.

However, this was not the key point.

The main point was.

The Evil Cultivator who just died was the highest-ranked person with the highest cultivation level at the scene.

He was in the late stage of the Seventh Realm.

One strike...

No!

To be precise.

Li Jing just drew his sword and swung it casually...

This wasn’t something that could be achieved simply by using an Immortal Item!

On the ground, Li Jing coolly observed the remaining people. His gaze fell on the remaining Evil Cultivator.

"From the Rebirth Society?"

Li Jing was never one for idle chatter.

But for this matter, it was necessary to confirm.

His words caused the other Evil Cultivator to stiffen.

Li Jing noticed the irregularity in his reaction and drove the sword slightly.

"Swish!"

A sharp sword shadow suddenly appeared.

Although this Evil Cultivator didn’t have the same level of cultivation as the one who just died, with the gruesome sight in front of him, his attention couldn’t be shifted away from Li Jing.

Seeing Li Jing unexpectedly make a move towards him, he hastily drew a long knife and swung it towards the sword shadow.

"Ding!"

With a crisp sound, the long knife broke in response.

The Evil Cultivator, whose mind was connected with the weapon, spat out a mouthful of fresh blood on the spot.

This Evil Cultivator was also in the Seventh Realm.

But his long knife was just a Level Six Spirit weapon.

Evil Cultivators.

Their strength always lay in their Evil Way skills, not their weapons.

After all, they were different from ordinary cultivators. All their cultivation was rushed.

Not to mention proficiency in magic skills, they couldn’t possibly keep up with the ordinary cultivators who have spent a lot of time practicing and cultivating their weapons where "hardware" is concerned.

As for the Evil Artefacts cultivated with the Evil Way, that’s another story.

Such things are not something that an ordinary Evil Cultivator can have.

In the secular world, conditions do not allow every Evil Cultivator to cultivate their own Evil Artefact.

To cultivate Evil Artifacts, a large number of lives need to be sacrificed...

In today’s world where the rule of law is emphasized globally, they even practice covertly. They flee as soon as a crime is committed in one place. Where would they get the opportunity to cultivate Evil Artifacts?

However, you can’t say for sure.

The sword shadow thrown out by Li Jing’s casual swing sacrificed a Spirit weapon. The Evil Cultivator barely managed to dodge to the side, narrowly avoiding being beheaded.

"Don’t just stand there! Use the summoning skill! I’ll buy you some time!"

The Evil Cultivator roared in a disheveled state, erupting in a flood of evil energy all over his body.

The four high-ranking members of the Sanctuary present were clearly subservient to the Evil Cultivator. At the sound of his voice, they immediately huddled together, knelt down in the air in a prayer position and began to chant loudly, emitting strange syllables from their mouths.

Li Jing frowned upon seeing this.

This didn’t sound like a language from the modern world.