Chapter 329: The Evil of This World

After successfully bringing Chaldea under his control, Li Ang began preparing Universal Servant Dolls for the remaining Crown Servants, to prevent unnecessary troubles.

As for the Beast.

Aside from Kishu-in Kihara, Tiamat and Draco had greatly aided Li Ang, especially the former as the 【Mother of Creation】.

It was at this moment that Li Ang finally understood what was missing from 【Life Creation】.

The artificial humans and dolls he had crafted lacked autonomous learning ability; in other words, once created, these artificial lives remained exactly as they were, incapable of any change.

Based on this, Li Ang now understood why he had been inspired when he previously switched to 【Master of Living Dolls】.

Because both 【Dollhouse】 and 【Novice Creator】 were somewhat related to 【Life Creation】.

'Indeed, only this could qualify as true life.'

Thinking of this, Li Ang exhaled softly.

Now that he had a direction, the rest would be no problem—especially with the bonus from 【Master of Living Dolls】.

'But the Level Four class-switching requirement is indeed harsh; ordinary people probably couldn't reach this step even in a lifetime.'

Though Li Ang had easily completed the requirements for 【King of Bronze and Fire】, all seven Alchemical Kingdoms he now mastered were tied to worlds he had crossed through.

Without cross-applying knowledge, he might have been stuck on these class-switching conditions for much longer.

'Then only the third class-switching condition remains.'

【3. Obtain Authority (Limited to Fire and Metal)】.

For this, Li Ang planned to summon a Norse Servant and attempt to acquire the authority through his specialty 【Myth Deconstruction (Norse-Limited)】.

But matters had priorities; for Li Ang, the most urgent task right now was resolving 【Pruning Phenomena】.

Pushing aside thoughts of his class, he turned to the doll lying within the magical array.

This was Li Ang's replica of Alice菲尔's custom-made Holy Grail doll, designed to complete the final Holy Grail descent ritual; the Servant's soul within her had long since been transferred into this doll.

Though during his speedrun he had only collected four Servant souls, this was no issue at all.

After all, all his subordinates were Servants—he could simply grab a few to fill the quota.

At that moment, Skadi asked curiously, "What wish are you going to make?"

Li Ang, while setting up the Barrier, replied casually, "My wish can't be fulfilled by the Holy Grail, and the Grail has already been corrupted."

Hearing this, Skadi frowned in confusion: "Corrupted?"

This was the first time she had heard such a term.

"Yes, you'll see soon."

During the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family summoned this world's evil, Angra Mainyu, to fight—causing the Greater Grail to become corrupted after absorbing this Servant.

Though it could still grant the victor's wish, it did so through disaster.

For example, Kiritsugu Emiya wished for world peace; the Grail's solution was to kill every human on the planet, since eliminating humanity would naturally bring peace.

Soon, Li Ang completed the Barrier.

He unsealed the doll's body, triggering its summoning of the Greater Grail.

As the doll crumbled piece by piece, a magnificent golden Holy Grail slowly emerged from the void.

Yet the next instant, endless foul black mud surged forth from the Grail.

Seeing the nauseating black mud, Skadi involuntarily furrowed her brow: "This is the corruption."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Li Ang walk calmly into the black mud—and vanish.

Skadi froze in surprise, immediately wanting to follow—but ultimately stopped, choosing to wait silently outside.

Someone needed to watch the outside, and she didn't believe this Grail could affect her Master.

At that moment, Skadi recalled the magi who had fought for the Grail that night, and her expression turned strange: "I wonder what expression those magi would wear if they knew the truth…"

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On the other side.

After stepping into the black mud, Li Ang's surroundings gradually changed.

Like an old TV with no signal, countless snowflakes flickered past, interspersed with fleeting images from around the world.

Seeing this, Li Ang spoke coldly: "Stop trying. You won't see anything."

This was Angra Mainyu attempting to read his mind.

As he spoke, the golden Greater Grail instantly appeared before him.

Simultaneously, a voice blending male, female, old, and young tones spoke: "Make your wish."

"Make me a Level Nine class user."

"Your wish—"

The voice began to speak, then abruptly fell silent, as if stuck.

After a long pause, the golden Grail exploded with a loud 'Boom—' into countless shards of black mud under Li Ang's gaze.

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Li Ang was momentarily speechless; this dumb thing truly seemed to be trying to fulfill his wish.

Looking at the writhing black mud on the ground, he said: "Angra Mainyu, stop playing these boring tricks."

As he spoke, he extended his hand and used the Reincarnation Eye to reassemble the black mud.

But this time, what emerged was no longer the Grail—it was a figure entirely black, its face utterly obscured.

"You—"

Angra Mainyu stared at the youth before him with profound dread.

He was bewildered.

Just as he had initially tried to reproduce Li Ang's inner scenes, now in Angra Mainyu's eyes, the youth was like a tangled knot—he had no way to describe him at all.

Yet faintly, this embodiment of this world's evil could glimpse fragments of truth.

A massive dragon with golden pupils like the sun lay slumped upon the Wang Zuo, behind it towered colossal trees that blotted out the sky.

Before he could react, Li Ang stepped forward and seized his head: "Just stay still—it won't be painful."

Yet at this moment, Angola Maniu's eyes flickered with a hint of delight.

He had not expected the other to be so arrogant as to touch him directly—after all, no ordinary person could withstand his corruption.

Unfortunately, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

【65】 But imagination is sweet, reality is cruel.

After all, even Shashengyuan Qihuang, a beast, could not meaningfully affect Li Ang—how much less could a mere Angola Maniu?

Thus, the dark silhouette's gaze quickly shifted from delight to confusion, then to blank stupor.

Li Ang paid no mind to what Angola Maniu was thinking; he merely unraveled the other's essence without restraint.

After such a long time of fusion, this World's Evil had long since become indistinguishable from the Holy Grail forged by the Three Houses.

"The Third Method, then."

Moments later, Li Ang released his grip, a faint look of contemplation crossing his face.