Chapter 143

Minutes after the flames died out, members of the Blackthorn Security Team appeared amid these ruins; Captain Dunn's gaze reflected in the darkness, terrifyingly bright.

"Captain, we've figured it out! The original owner here has already gone to live in Backlund; this is just an abandoned house! Two terrifying forces have arrived in our city!" An old man beside him wiped the ash from the ground and spoke in a low voice.

Dunn turned to look at Klein, who had been silent all along, then turned to his team members: "Report it as an ordinary fire! No need to investigate further!"

"Why? That soaring white light woke too many people from their nightmares in fear; such a dangerous existence should be investigated thoroughly and handed over to the higher-ups to deal with!"

Dunn shook his head slightly, his face hidden in the darkness, his tone deep: "This is a revelation the Goddess of the Night gave me personally!"

The old man stood up with a limp, nodded, and said no more.

……

Jiang Xuan did not absorb this Sequence Two "Key of Stars" Characteristic; it was a portion of ability forcibly severed by Jiang Xuan when Amon turned into a Time Worm and left. It can be treated as a Potion rather than a Rule Item, and holds little attraction for him.

Melly Street is actually not large; on a street that only accommodates ten people walking abreast, impoverished laborers coming and going for work are crowded together, and for a few pounds, many are willing to risk their lives!

If they don't earn money today, tomorrow and the day after their families won't have food to eat. They have no leisure to care about anything mysterious or bizarre; at most, when encountering the bizarre, they sigh at the unfairness of Fate, worrying for a few seconds about the children at home.

Jiang Xuan wore a Black Top Hat, a Black Suit, and a black-and-white cane tapped on the ground step by step.

Such attire appeared so out of place on this street; only the butlers of those grand manors would possibly have this kind of dress, right?

"Sir! Need labor? I'll work a whole day for just three lords!"

Immediately several gaunt middle-aged men gathered around, their eye sockets deeply sunken, so thin their bone frames were visible; they didn't look like people capable of heavy work at all.

Without waiting for Jiang Xuan to refuse, several sturdy men who looked strong squeezed over, wearing ingratiating smiles: "Sir! We look much stronger than them; take us! Just five lords!"

"I'm not hiring labor!" Jiang Xuan shook his head slightly and walked straight toward the depths of Melly Street.

He did not pity those laborers who looked frail; even if Jiang Xuan gave them some money, the next second it would be snatched away by those strong men!

Everyone has their own way of life; in the collective subconscious, Jiang Xuan could feel that those thin-as-dry-bones people harbored resentment toward Jiang Xuan in their hearts that was initially even deeper than that of the strong men.

They were jealous of those seemingly superior lives, yet at every moment hoped they themselves could wear clothes like Jiang Xuan's.

Jiang Xuan, walking on the road, paused his steps; in a secluded lane, two strands of Rule Power, one strong and one weak, collided, and the weaker side was rapidly extinguished.

Jiang Xuan stepped out, his body already appearing in an alley that was almost completely dark.

The alley walls were covered in bloodstains; obviously this was not the first time it had been used as a venue for settling private grudges.

Lanlulus stared with wide eyes, his body gradually twisting, unwillingly looking at the black-haired, blue-eyed man before him who had a short goatee.

The two only had a tiny conflict, yet it actually came to this life-and-death confrontation!

At this moment Jiang Xuan stepped out from the Void with one foot, a faint smile on his face.

"Hope I'm not too late!" Jiang Xuan's Spiritual Sense scanned the scene before him; the lying Lanlulus was already no different from a corpse.

After all, Lanlulus has not yet been possessed by the True Creator, nor has he switched Pathways; naturally his strength cannot compare to Rosago who came from Backlund.

The faint threads around them fluctuated slightly; Rosago frowned and looked over.

"Who are you!" Rosago's eyes were full of fearlessness and scrutiny.

The first few Sequences of the "Divination" Pathway all have a bit of the meaning of lurking behind the scenes to harm others; even when Klein obtained Magician, Faceless, and Puppet Master, to better fit the Divination Pathway's Sequence Mo Yang, his personality became extremely timid, often hiding behind the scenes, and whenever he encountered something he couldn't resolve he would hurriedly report it to the Churches.

But Rosago is a reckless man on this Pathway; he doesn't speak of cherishing life or caution at all; his life motto is just one word: "Do it!"

Others' Puppet Master is: encounter danger, I'll hide first; Rosago's is: predict danger, I'll go take a look!

Someone able to appear before him out of thin air, completely blocking his Puppet Threads just by standing still — no matter how you look at it, that's not someone he can afford to provoke.

Yet Rosago still manipulated his Puppet Threads searching for an opportunity, as if he felt Jiang Xuan wouldn't discover his threads.

Jiang Xuan lightly pointed a finger at those threads searching for loopholes around him; the threads instantly froze in place, and dense Death Power rapidly spread along the threads toward the source, Rosago.

Rosago discovered his Puppet Threads had lost control; his face revealed horror, his expression gradually freezing.

When the black threads permeated that body, Rosago instantly turned into a Paper Person — this is the Sequence Seven "Magician" Paper Doll Substitute ability!

A streak of Fire Light flashed through Subspace; twenty meters away, Rosago watched with a terrified face as the paper figure gradually turned to flying ash.

"Finally escaped!" Rosago couldn't help but let out a long breath, looking at Jiang Xuan with vigilance.

What puzzled him was that Jiang Xuan did not continue attacking, but quietly watched him, a trace of a bizarre smile on his face.

But Jiang Xuan's power had already sunk deep into his heart; even Rosago, who had bulldozed his way here recklessly, felt some fear now, wanting to snap his fingers a few times, his figure turning into Fire Light again to enter Dimensional Space and teleport away to escape.

But when he tried to snap his fingers, he discovered he could not control his own hand!

He lowered his head to look; his body was wrapped in black and white, dense Death Aura permeated his body, and the originally severed Spirit Body Threads, unexpectedly carrying Death Power, spread through his body.

Jiang Xuan strolled forward, picking up the orange-yellow paper he had just taken out; on the paper, a symbol representing the Sun and Magic Symbols intertwined to form a rectangular area, and holding it in hand gave a warm feeling.

This is the Sealed Artifact "Notarial Certificate" that Rosago possesses, corresponding to the Singer Pathway's Sequence Six "Notary".

In the blank area where the Magic Symbols intertwine, written Rules can manifest for a short time to enhance or weaken the Rule effects of Beyonder abilities.

When Jiang Xuan put away the Notarial Certificate, the Death Aura on Rosago had already spread out.

Jiang Xuan brutally ascended the other's Subconscious Island, with destructive ease found the knowledge about the Formula, then completely extinguished the other's Consciousness.

Jiang Xuan transmitted the obtained Formula via Anchor to Above the Grey Mist, along with the Sequence Two "Key of Stars" Characteristic Material.

After yesterday's battle with Amon ended, Adam once cast his All-Knowing All-Powerful gaze into the battle site; after locking eyes with Jiang Xuan once, he disappeared.

This made Jiang Xuan suddenly recall that Adam holds the second Blasphemy Slate in his hands.

If he could take a look at that Blasphemy Slate, he wouldn't have to go to the trouble of slowly searching for Potion Formulas for the other Tarot Club members.

This requires going to find the strongest Angel King beneath the deities of this world and having a chat.

Although it is relatively troublesome for Jiang Xuan to find Adam, for Adam to find Jiang Xuan is very simple.

Adam not only possesses the Uniqueness of the Dreamer Pathway Sequence Zero, but also grasps two Sequence One "Writer" Characteristics; Jiang Xuan possesses the "All That Is Spoken, Must Be Known" ability, which is even more powerful on Adam!

"All That Is Thought, Must Be Known!"

As long as someone thinks of him in their Consciousness, he can know immediately! It's just that Adam, because he finds it troublesome, generally only pays attention to those who mention him in their words.

Jiang Xuan found a place and began muttering non-stop: Angel King of Daydream Adam! Angel King of Daydream Adam!

Just a few times, and a Figure slowly walked over from not far in front of Jiang Xuan.

Adam wore a simple white robe; dense pale-gold whiskers almost completely covered his lower face; a cross pendant hung on his chest; his golden-yellow eyes revealed kindness and gentleness; overall he looked just like a truly ordinary priest.

"Hello! Mysterious traveler!" Adam held the cross on his chest with both hands, speaking unhurriedly.

Seeing Jiang Xuan sitting cross-legged on the ground, Adam did not disdain it; he bent over and sat on the ground.

"I want to see the complete Blasphemy Slate!" Jiang Xuan said directly.

"Sure!" Adam nodded lightly, and an ancient, simple stone slab appeared before the two of them, its majestic aura as if countless Rivers of Time were condensed within it.

Jiang Xuan's consciousness immersed itself in it; above it were recorded the Twenty-Two Pathways, materials, and rituals.

"What do you want from me?" Jiang Xuan noted down the pathways and materials within it, then turned to look at Adam.

He certainly would not think Adam was showing him this for nothing!

"I already have it!" Adam spread the cross in his palm, the gentle smile on his face not diminishing in the slightest: "All gifts of Fate have long had their prices marked in the dark! Is that not so?"

Jiang Xuan's spirit shook violently; the Vajra Bracelet and that feather within his body simultaneously emitted golden light and white light, Rule Power condensing in his subconscious.

Jiang Xuan, regaining his senses, discovered that on his Unconscious Island, a priest was standing at some unknown time, the cross in his hand still quietly held in his palm, a faint thought on his face.

Feeling the rejection of the Unconscious Island, dazzling golden light illuminated the Unconscious Island brightly; Adam's illusory figure spread his palm, a streak of red flame passing through his body, but no temperature manifested.

"A very strange ability!" Adam's illusory figure disappeared.

When Jiang Xuan opened his eyes, Adam had already stood up, bowing slightly to him: "I should be going!"

Watching Adam's figure gradually dissipate, Jiang Xuan slowly withdrew his gaze, his expression gradually turning heavy.

This time he had been too arrogant!

Adam held the Uniqueness of Sequence Zero "Dreamer" and two Characteristics of Sequence One "Writer"; it was not difficult for him to enter Jiang Xuan's Unconscious Island silently.

If divine sense was the condensation of the primary consciousness, then the subconscious was the island formed by Jiang Xuan's scattered consciousness and instinctive consciousness.

He believed his divine sense was powerful, but it could not radiate to the Unconscious Island! Only when attacking another's Unconscious Island could divine sense play a role.

He had only absorbed one third of the "Writer" Characteristic on the Asur's Pen, and the Rule knowledge he mastered only taught him how to use one third of Rule Power, making it difficult to resist Adam, who held a higher Uniqueness.

If it were not for the Vajra Bracelet discovering it quickly, merely letting it read some basic Cultivation abilities; if it took longer, it might be able to influence Jiang Xuan's thoughts through the subconscious, thereby digging out all of Jiang Xuan's secrets!

Actually, solving this kind of reading was very simple: just station the divine sense to guard the Unconscious Island; even if Adam came, it would be impossible to break through the divine sense and enter the Subconscious Sea.

This made Jiang Xuan secretly vigilant; in this world, he was currently not invincible. Even Amon was only because he feared the Godly Descent of the Goddess of Night annihilating him, so he hastily chose to escape.

However, although he had been played, Jiang Xuan still noted down the contents on the stone slab; the other party also did not get any important information. Overall, it was not a loss.

"Fool, Door, Error, Dreamer, Sun, Tyrant, Hanged Man, Death..."

Jiang Xuan whispered softly; each God's Pathway represented the Peak of a great Rule.

Synchronizing all knowledge to a copy on the Grey Mist, Jiang Xuan once again perceived Rule Power condensing around him; it was the familiar "Darkness" Rule.

Jiang Xuan did not resist, allowing Darkness to condense around him, forming an illusory Space.

The Goddess of Night "Amonis" sat on the chair symbolizing night, her face carrying a look of scrutiny: "You have the Rule auras of Amon and Adam on you!"

"Do you have a dog's nose? You can even smell Rule auras!" Jiang Xuan could not help but retort.

"You!" Anger spread in the Goddess of Night's eyes; if not for needing to resist those greedy Outer Gods from the Outer Regions, she would love to bring down her Divine Kingdom right now and personally beat Jiang Xuan up.

Not even Amon and Adam could do anything to him; even if her Avatar descended, it would be useless, after all she could not consume divine power to descend for a long time, those evil gods from the Outer Regions could sense it.

This was also why all the Churches united to resist, not allowing Amon to step into areas under Church jurisdiction, but did not act to kill Amon.

The most important problem was still that it could not be done!

"Adam was possessed by the Ancient Sun God on the day the Ancient Sun God fell; his strength is not to be underestimated!" The Goddess of Night said in a deep voice: "And his Twilight Hermit Order has always been under his control, helping him plan the Godhood Ritual."

"Why are you suddenly telling me these things?" Jiang Xuan looked at the other party in doubt.

Their first meeting was not pleasant; he did not even think the Goddess of Night would take the initiative to contact him.

"I hope you can help Zhou Mingrei escape the control of the Source Castle, so that I will no longer have worries!" The Goddess of Night said softly.

She came from the depths of the Source Castle; as long as no one inherited the Source Castle, letting the Xuan Huang Tian Zun completely become history, she would be inseparable from the Source Castle for even a day.

"I need a Sealed Artifact of Sequence One or Sequence Two!" Jiang Xuan proposed his requirement without courtesy.

The Darkness around deepened further; in a place Jiang Xuan could not see, the Goddess of Night's face was dark as ink, gnashing her silver teeth at Jiang Xuan.

(Chapter End)