Chapter 405 - 213: Mysterious Secret Sea
Thick thunderclouds instantly gathered in the sky!
Shattering Thousand-Thunder Barrage (Tier Five) (Level: 401)
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—
In the span of a single breath, a thousand peals of thunder merged into one massive roar!
The ascending figure was struck by a thousand thunderbolts amplified fivefold, instantly turning it into a pitch-black, charred husk.
Lu Cang surrounded himself with a hundred thousand layers of thick Shields.
Concealed and protected by the Shields, he slowly floated over.
With a raise of his hand, he collected all their souls and took all their storage containers.
These people didn’t even have the chance to ask, "Who?"
His Perception swept over the area again.
He confirmed that he had not missed any information, nor had he let a single person escape.
Next...
Lu Cang set up a Ritual to summon a tide of Demons.
A tide of Demons surged toward the area, but Lu Cang didn’t use it to form a Dungeon.
Instead, he simply left.
He used the tide of Demons to cover up what had happened here.
Amid the destructive wake of the Demon tide, any human-related traces would fade quickly, significantly increasing the difficulty of any Divination attempts.
Dark Magic—Mystery of Concealment (Tier Five) (Level: 401)
He used this Magic to conceal himself.
Even if someone performed a Divination on him, the resulting image would only be a blurry, dark shadow.
This was from a Forbidden Book he had stolen from the Dark Church in his last run.
Learning it was Lu Cang’s top priority.
From now on, even if a Divination revealed a pitch-black figure, people would assume someone from the Dark Church was responsible.
’I just don’t know how effective it will be against a High Level Divination Master.’
’Still, any bit of protection is better than nothing.’
’As for the items these Death Church members were carrying... hmm.’
The Book of Death and Reincarnation
The moment he touched the book, Lu Cang had a general idea of its contents.
Yuna’s Level 3 Scholar Profession shared some of its Professional Abilities with him.
Now, he could grasp the gist of a book’s content simply by touching it.
It recorded a Secret Technique.
By sacrificing enough souls, one could awaken fragments of their past-life memories in their next Reincarnation. Which memories were awakened, however, was completely random.
’Truly a twisted path.’
Lu Cang’s figure vanished again...
BANG!
An instant later, he appeared in a blood-red secret chamber.
"Rose of Shedding Skin."
"Who are you!"
BANG—
The moment he spoke, the ugly man was slammed against the wall by an invisible force.
"I am here on behalf of the Death Church."
Lu Cang raised his hand!
VMMMM—
Death Spell—Life Soul Tearing (Tier Five) (Level: 401)
THWIP!
The man felt an incomparable pain wrack his very soul!
"Ah! AHHHHHHHHH!"
THUD—
The man collapsed. As for the other two people in the palace-like, blood-red chamber, they didn’t even have time to make a sound before collapsing to the floor, the whites of their eyes showing.
Lu Cang casually extracted all of their souls.
Immediately after, figures identical to them appeared beside Lu Cang.
Divine Level Necromancy Rebirth
It could transform not only Demons, but humans as well.
He rarely had a need for human subjects, however, and under most circumstances, Lu Cang would not kill without good reason.
Most of the people he had killed so far were cultists.
Or bandits with bounties on their heads.
In terms of power, these humans were no match for Tier Six Submerged Land Level Demons, so they rarely had a chance to be of use.
After the battle with Aertimi, he did manage to harvest the souls of some Level 7 Skin Takers.
But...
When the souls of Skin Takers were converted into Undead, they remained Skin Takers.
The transformation didn’t include the skins they had been wearing.
Skin Takers without a skin of a matching tier... their power was even fucking weaker than a Low Tier Demon’s.
Besides, he hadn’t faced any difficult battles since then.
Now, these cultists stood around Lu Cang as newly-formed Undead.
They left behind traces of the Death Church in the area.
’It’s better than nothing. At least it helps shift the blame.’
Lu Cang’s figure moved again.
He arrived at the City of Peace.
His body gradually grew taller, while the light in his eyes dimmed.
Zuoyu actually has a great many travelers.
Compared to Ruelun, Zuoyu is more like the center of the entire Secret Sand Archipelago.
As the continent serving as the Church’s center, it naturally attracted a constant stream of pilgrims. Blending in with the travelers, Lu Cang didn’t stand out at all.
[City of Peace]
[Special Law—No form of violence may be used within the city. Harming or killing others is forbidden. Violators will suffer backlash from the Rules.]
The Peace Church was rather peculiar compared to the other Churches.
Here, the Rules were strictly enforced.
Even a Level 7 Reincarnator couldn’t use force within the City of Peace.
At the end of his last run, Lu Cang had killed two people directly within the City of Peace. To his surprise, despite being strong enough to defeat a Level 6 Submerged Land Level Demon, he was nearly killed by the backlash from the city’s Rules.
This kind of forcibly imposed Rule was unheard of among the other Churches...
The upside, however, was that as long as you didn’t harm others, you were completely safe.
Furthermore, as long as the violence wasn’t intentional, even accidentally injuring someone could be forgiven by the Rules.
In a single instant, Lu Cang reached the dungeons deep underground.
The dungeon was covered by over a dozen layers of Restrictions.
TAP—
Lu Cang touched the huge cell door, and the door’s lock was instantly undone.
Along with it, the dozen-plus layers of Restrictions on the cell were undone as well.
Inside the cell was a white-haired old man with a resolute face.
"You?"
WHOOSH—
Before he could even ask, he felt the scenery around him shift rapidly.
By the time he came to his senses, he found himself in the Forest outside the City of Peace.
"Who I am isn’t important. What’s important is... you owe me a favor."
"Take these things and go to Lorren."
A Storage Bag landed in the resolute old man’s hands, and in just an instant, Lu Cang completely vanished before his eyes.
The old man stared at the Storage Bag in his hand, his mind shrouded in fog.
’At the same time, he wondered, since he didn’t need to use the door... why did he specifically open it? And he didn’t even close it before he left.’
’Doesn’t this just let everyone know I’ve escaped?’
Lu Cang stood on a nearby mountaintop, looking down at the white-haired old man.
’This old man is a Root Mage.’
’His Root Magic will be very useful to me, but I can’t finish learning it all from him within twenty-four hours.’
’He was going to die if he stayed here anyway, so I might as well release him.’
’After I’m done learning his Root Magic, I’ll just let fate decide what happens to him.’