Chapter 408 - 214: Death Inheritance: Death Saint
These Cults didn’t have to follow those rules anyway.
Besides, isn’t achieving their goals by any means necessary the very definition of a Cult?
They already killed indiscriminately and had no principles to speak of. For them, becoming a Reincarnator ahead of schedule was hardly a taboo.
This is also why, although these Cults were small and could only operate in the shadows, their numbers dwarfed by the population of the outside world...
...they never lacked for powerful members.
The quality of their awakenings was high enough.
However, these early-awakened members of the Death Church were also groomed by the Church from a young age.
Those who joined the Death Church later on...
...would find it difficult to become an early Reincarnator.
’Next...’
Lu Cang casually scattered the materials, creating a complex Ritual on the ground.
Then, one of Lu Cang’s hands lit up.
BZZZZZZ—
A complex Magic Array with dozens of rings appeared in Lu Cang’s hand.
He could finally use the same kind of Magic Array he’d once seen Izparut deploy, now that he was a Level 4 Mage.
Magic Array.
A Magic Array condenses Magic into the form of an Array.
Casting Magic through this method could also increase its Effect to a certain degree. At this Level, even if a Level 4 Mage and a Level 3 Mage cast the exact same Magic with identical Skill Proficiency...
...the Power would ultimately differ due to the presence of the Magic Array.
The extent to which a Mage could utilize a Magic Array for a specific spell was also tied to their Skill Proficiency with that Magic.
WHOOSH!
The dozens of rings of the Magic Array instantly imprinted themselves on the ground, overlapping and intertwining layer by layer.
This place had already become a forbidden ground.
Immediately after, a Magic Array of over a hundred rings gradually materialized around Lu Cang, which he then projected onto the walls, the ceiling, and even into the empty Space.
Imprinting layer after layer.
Normally, a single spell could only imprint one Array and required a constant supply of Magic Power to maintain it.
But under the Effect of Multiple Casting, it became five.
And with "Root Magic·Eternal Technique"...
...once these Magic Arrays were cast, they would exist eternally, and Lu Cang no longer needed to maintain them.
Instead, he continued to imprint the next Array.
BZZZZZZ—
Lu Cang continuously imprinted Arrays on the spot. In just half a minute, the area was enveloped in an extremely dense Magic.
’A 200,000-ring Magic Array...’
’...should be enough.’
WHOOSH—
Immediately after, Lu Cang’s figure flickered, and he appeared in a small, dim room filled with corpses of various sizes.
With a wave of his hand, he collected the corpses into his Space Ring.
WHOOSH—
Another flicker, and Lu Cang appeared in a dark corner, taking away a corpse that was stuffed upside down in a trash can.
Lu Cang moved in stops and starts.
He collected all the corpses hidden in various dark places, leaving none behind.
’This guy... is certainly cautious.’
He had hidden his spare corpses all over the Inner World. The moment he encountered danger, he could use them to escape with the Corpse Replacement Technique.
Dome Night was an early awakener, having completed his awakening at the age of 8, and was already a Level 5 Death Priest.
Such Spirituality was terrifyingly high.
’I have no idea where he found so many souls to trigger the Corpse Replacement Technique. What a deeply sinful bastard.’
WHOOSH—
Lu Cang collected the vast majority of the corpses.
He left only a few corpses behind. However, at each of their locations, Lu Cang laid down a Restriction, leaving behind a Magic Array of two hundred thousand layers.
WHOOSH—
In another instant, Lu Cang arrived high in the sky, taking control of the Restriction that enveloped the entire city.
Lu Cang took out his pocket watch and looked at the time.
CLICK—
The minute hand pointed to 12.
A child with an indifferent expression, one hand behind his back, walked out of the Death Church’s Trial passage.
He exuded an aura of absolute death.
It was as if just getting near him would have your life force sucked away.
However, just as he took a single step out...
BOOM!
A terrifying Soul Light erupted toward the heavens! Innumerable pillars of light formed from souls shot into the sky!
"AH! AHHHHHH!"
WHOOSH—
In almost the next instant, Dome Night triggered his Corpse Replacement Technique, swapping places with one of the corpses he had previously positioned!
The situation had unfolded so suddenly...
...that he had no time to wonder why, despite having placed so many corpses, only a few were left for him to swap with.
He only knew that the situation was critical and there was no time for second thoughts!
BOOM!
However, before he could even stabilize himself!
From the floor, the walls, and all throughout the Space, a dense surge of Magic Power was already rushing toward him!
BOOM—
Hundreds of thousands of layers of Magic erupted at the same time!
It instantly covered his entire body, completely melting him away!
He was reduced to ashes!
At almost the same time, high in the sky, Lu Cang reached out his hand.
WHOOSH!
Five Spatial Bags, one Space Ring, and one Space Bracelet fell into Lu Cang’s hand.
BANG—
In that same instant, Lu Cang broke the Restrictions within them.
’No one ever said you can’t take someone’s Spatial Bag without killing them, right?’
BOOM!
After Lu Cang took everything.
The next second, another Soul Light erupted nearby! Countless souls exploded!
Most of the Magic Lu Cang had imprinted were Death Spells, just with slight modifications.
Dome Night’s body was annihilated once again.
But after being annihilated into ashes, his body quickly reformed...
’His survival abilities are quite impressive.’
He was consuming souls to resist his own death, but each use cost ten times more than the last.
He had now used it three times.
BOOM!
Another Soul Light shot into the sky!
His consciousness erupted with endless unwillingness, his childlike voice echoing between heaven and earth: "No! No... Why!"
"Why is this happening!"
"I am a Death Saint! I shouldn’t die like this!"
Despair—
He had clearly received the inheritance of Death and become an existence acknowledged by Bai.
In the future, he was supposed to become the executioner of Death!
He was only ten years old!
He might have even become a Level 9 Death Priest in the future!
But... why was this happening now?
The Storage Bags on his person, which held all his life-saving items, had vanished...
He could have held on for much longer!
This was a tailor-made ambush, one designed specifically for him!
Who on earth wanted to kill him!
Unwillingness, regret!
He used his remaining Perception to scan in all directions, but all he could detect was empty air.
’No... I can’t accept this!’
BOOM!
As the sky-high Soul Light dissipated, a child with Dome Night’s face appeared where Dome Night had just died.
He raised a hand to collect his soul and picked up a single black bead that remained after his body had turned to ash.
"The inheritance of Death... I’ll be taking that for you."
WHOOSH—
A pure black token appeared in Lu Cang’s hand.
This was confiscated from Dome Night’s Spatial Bag.
"Death Saint—Dome Night"
It was his proof of identity.
BANG—
Lu Cang broke the Restriction within it and infused a pure soul into it. The token gradually began to flow with a shimmering Soul Light.
The proof of identity was now cracked as well.
"This is quite a nice identity."
’In the future, I can use this identity when I’m out causing trouble.’
As for the real Dome Night... no one would care.