The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins-Chapter 39: [Greed Coin]
Amidst the crunching sounds, in less than a minute, the Ghost Woman completely vanished from the world, leaving only a blind monstrous serpent biting its own tail in her place.
Finally, the monstrous serpent holding its tail fell into a dead silence, and a ghostly light unseen by others merged into the Book of Black.
The next moment, Zhu Haomiao felt a surge of mystical energy emerging from the depths of his soul.
[Gluttony] +100
[Gluttony]: LV.0→LV.1 (50/100)
[Body] +1
Seeing the information in the Book of Black, Zhu Haomiao's eyes lit up, but upon careful sensing, he found that the mystical energy did not directly strengthen him, but rather settled in his body like medicine, waiting for him to gradually uncover it.
At the thought, the information on the attribute page confirmed his assumption.
[Body]: 0.5↑(1)
Indeed, growth in the Illusion Realm is much easier than in reality...
Nodding with satisfaction, Zhu Haomiao's greedy gaze slowly shifted to the other tattered ghost still struggling and writhing.
"Greed."
The immature voice transformed into an indescribable sinister whisper, the word spirit inherently possessing the power of law, instantly affecting the ghost, lifting it little by little into the air.
"Uwaa~~"
As if suffering unbearable pain, the already dying ghost suddenly became more ferocious, even its scarlet eyes protruding from their sockets, while its skeleton emitted a chilling cracking sound.
Crack crack~
In the void, it was as if an invisible hand slowly twisted it, like wringing a towel, twisting the body into a twine shape.
As the squeezing force continued to increase, burst bone marrow, blood, brain matter, and more primal substances that Zhu Haomiao was still unable to understand seeped out bit by bit, purified and refined under the laws of the Book of Black, ultimately condensing into a streak of golden light.
As if seeing the world's most precious treasure, Zhu Haomiao eagerly reached out, and a blood-stained exquisite gold coin flew into his palm from the air.
At the same time, a new mystical energy injected into his body from the void, quietly settling at the depths of his soul.
[Greed] +50
[Greed]: LV.0→LV.1 (0/100)
[God] +1
In the boy's palm, the gold coin absorbed the bloodstains like a sponge, revealing the delicate pattern upon it.
It was a mysterious and sinister pyramid, with an eye surrounded by a triangle and emitting a myriad of rays, hovering atop the pyramid, emitting an eerie golden light that seemed to scrutinize the world.
Zhu Haomiao: "..."
Why does this seem so familiar?
I feel like I've seen it somewhere before...
Without realizing, he flipped his fingers, and the exquisite gold coin danced between his fingers like a little elf, suddenly vanishing without a trace from his palm.
After a moment of contemplation, Zhu Haomiao pinched the air again, as if by magic, retrieved the coin from the void, and inspected it closely before his eyes.
Finally, the boy recalled where he had seen this pattern.
On the national emblem of the Ugly Country and the 1 US dollar bill, the floating All-Seeing Eye symbolizes "God" watching over humanity with its law eye!
"..."
Looking at the Book of Black in his hand, Zhu Haomiao gasped in disbelief, furrowing his brows.
Big胆!
Who exactly are you insinuating?
That's the beacon of our human civilization!
Avoid speaking words that harm unity!
Slap~
With a clenched fist, the Book of Black instantly closed up, transforming into a black light merging into his palm, Zhu Haomiao shook his head in sorrow and looked at the two bizarrely shaped corpses on the ground.
Should they be cleaned up?
Forget it, they're disgusting anyway, and he'll leave in the morning, just let it be...
Sitting back by the campfire, Zhu Haomiao withdrew the Extraordinary Power of anger, and a wave of post-exercise fatigue and weakness surged throughout his body.
Release Original Sin, [Anger] +10
Aware of the message from the Book of Black, Zhu Haomiao calmly closed his eyes to rest, contemplating the upcoming journey.
The first phase of the Ascension Competition is to reach and sign in at any of the ten global gathering points as soon as possible...
Once a certain percentage of participants have signed in, or after reaching a specific time, the first phase will conclude, and those who haven't signed in will be eliminated.
Based on past experiences, the first phase would eliminate about 5% to 10% of the unlucky ones.
The gathering point within China is in Shanghai, very close to his current location; it would take only a few hours of driving on the highway in modern times.
Even with the infrastructure in the Illusion Realm, a pure walk would take no more than ten days to half a month.
The time is quite ample!
However, the early stages of the Ascension Competition are very relaxed, meant for contenders to explore and adapt to the Illusion Realm; those with strong power and rich experience probably won't head straight to check-in like him but will seek opportunities, inheritances, and True Objects along the way...
While contemplating, Zhu Haomiao suddenly opened his eyes, his shadowy gaze fixed into the distance of the darkness.
"There's firelight in the temple!"
"Be careful, arrange the goods, Lao Liu, Lao Qi, grab your gear and follow me in for a look."
...
Indistinct conversations carried by the wind and soon several sturdy figures cautiously stepped into the broken temple courtyard.
"Is there anyone inside?"
Just as Zhu Haomiao was about to casually dismiss them, he had a thought and glanced at the two heaps of "garbage remnants" faintly emitting a corpse stench not far away.
"Come in."
Hearing the voice of a child, the three outside exchanged glances without relaxing, growing even more cautious.
With weapons firmly in hand, the three formed a simple formation and moved into the temple, ready for anything.
Entering the temple and seeing that the speaker was a powder carving jade-like little boy, the three subconsciously sighed in relief.
But the next second, seeing the twisted and deformed corpses on the ground, their hair stood on end.
"Clean up these two pieces of garbage, half the place is yours to stay tonight."
Unconcerned with the trio's shocked expressions, Zhu Haomiao pointed at the corpses on the ground, his calm tone carried an undeniable force.
The man who had originally intended to retreat hesitated inexplicably, uncertain if defying this mysterious child would lead to a more dangerous situation.
Yet his instincts from years of navigating the Jianghu told him that as long as they didn't initiate trouble, the other side didn't seem to care much about them.
"Lao Liu, call the brothers to clean up."
The burly man's gaze was fixed on the small figure by the campfire, flicked his head slightly to instruct, even not daring to blink.
In the wilderness, midnight, broken temple, and for miles around there were no inhabitants, where did such a delicate young master come from?!
Either a demon or a being with superpower!
While his comrade went to call others, the stout man cautiously clasped his hands in inquiry.
"I am Liu Heng from Su State. May I know your esteemed name, Little Young Master, and where is your immortal hometown?"
