I'm a villain, not a devil

Chapter 727 A strange place
The space gave the illusion of solidification, and even the flow of energy slowed down.

This is a real superpower. Sean can feel the fluency and affinity of the new superpower - this is indeed his superpower.

In the early days of the time travel, Sean used his advantage as a prophet to acquire a second superpower - the Heart of Deception. This conceptual ability has been with him until now and has played an incomparable role.

However, after that, Sean never gained super powers again.

The fox magic and corrupt swamp obtained in the later stages are either abilities brought by promotion or magical treasures.

And now, he has turned deep blue, and he has inexplicably awakened a new superpower?

After spending a little time experimenting, Sean frowned in disappointment.

There's nothing wrong with the new ability, the problem is that it's too weak.

The output of mental power can create the effect of spatial stagnation. All existences in it, whether air, energy, dead objects or living things, will all obtain a state called "slowness".

While this ability may sound quite powerful at first glance, it actually has limited effects.

Sean has already determined the strength of the new ability. Even if his deep blue mid-level mental power is fully output, it can only cause a space stagnation effect close to deep red.

For Sean today, this ability can be almost ignored.

Looking at the remaining body of the strange rabbit on the ground, Sean thought: "The strength of this rabbit is equivalent to the lower level of the king level. It is very likely that my newly acquired supernatural power is also at the lower level of the king level. Even if my own strength is at the middle level of deep blue, I can only force the new ability to reach the level close to deep red..."

After thinking for a moment, Sean awakened his heart of fraud: "I can inject energy into the new superpower to increase its upper limit..."

Before he finished his words, he felt like he was on the verge of death. Sean's eyes narrowed and he immediately stopped the effect of Heart of Deception.

In just one breath, he was shocked to find that he had to pay a huge price.

If Sean didn't have the ability to delay the arrival of the price, then the Heart of Deception would have seriously injured him and even his mental strength and soul would have been frustrated. And this was just the beginning of the fraud, and the actual effect had not yet been applied.

"This means that if I want to complete this fraud, the price I will pay will be unimaginable... I might even die..." Sean's eyes showed shock.

With his current strength, he was able to pay such a terrible price. What kind of difficulty would this fraud have to face?
In other words, he simply does not have the ability to forcibly raise the upper limit of his new superpowers.

"Locked in? Or is it because of the projection?" Sean frowned and fell into deep thought.

Since the deceptive intention could not be used on this, Sean simply changed his thinking.

His figure flashed, and soon he had cleared a large area of ​​grassland nearby.

The grassland is very large. Sean almost cleared out all living creatures within a radius of 100 kilometers, but still could not see the edge of the grassland.

However, leaving the grassland was not a pressing matter, so Sean took the lead in starting his own experiment.

A total of nearly two hundred rabbits of the same type were caught, and Sean simply repeated the process of extracting toxins and swallowing rabbit meat. Among them, he also mixed in other strange creatures he had caught, and the "eating" method was also followed.

The eating only stopped when even Sean, a glutton with the [Dragon Feast], could not eat anymore.

While trying to digest the food, Sean began his experiment.

After a long time, he slowly raised his head, a thoughtful look on his face.

Repeatedly stacking the rabbit's toxins and meat had no effect on his new ability, and eating large amounts of food would not increase the upper limit of the ability.

This is also reflected in the abilities granted by other creatures.

Yes, Sean has gained new superpowers, five in total, all from the unique creatures on this grassland.

The method of obtaining it is basically the same, eating meat and absorbing the special pollution of the creature. When eating to a certain extent, the combination of the two will bring Sean new superpowers.

However, just like the spatial stagnation he had acquired before, the other new powers Sean obtained also have an upper limit.

Among them, Sean obtained the "primitive bombardment" that could gather natural forces from several peak king-level grass lizard-like creatures. After Sean tried his best to improve his deep blue strength, he could only blast out a power close to that of the middle level of deep red.

This is already the most powerful of the new superpowers Sean has acquired, but it is not as powerful as a fox magic trick he casually casts.

Obviously, a large amount of original energy was consumed, but it can't even produce one percent of the effect...

Sean finally understood that it was not so much a new superpower as it was a skill that was capped by the strength of the person being absorbed.

"It's just like in a game, skills that don't have growth potential have to be replaced in the later stages..."

Sean was not disappointed; on the contrary, he was surprisingly excited.

Indeed, the new superpowers he acquired were useless, but...what about the other superpowers?

His current superpowers are only obtained from creatures of king-level strength. What if he can find deep blue-level creatures and hunt them down to obtain their superpowers?

At the Deep Blue level, he can fully unleash the full power of his new abilities!

Or to think about it from another angle, you can find some abilities that are not that strong but have unique effects.

Of course, it’s not enough to just think about it, there are two problems involved.

One question is whether this projection has the kind of superpowers that Sean needs, and he has to be careful of more powerful beings at all times.

Another question is, even if you get the superpower you want, will it still exist after you leave this world?

After all, this is just a projection point of another world, not the real reality.

After thinking for a moment, Sean did not hesitate and headed in a direction he had explored before.

Why think so much? If you want to go out, you have to explore the world.

In order to avoid the god-level strong man whose existence is still unknown, Sean did not use his full speed, but tried to move forward in a low-key manner.

However, the more he thought about this, the more surprised he became, because after spending a whole half day, he was still in the grassland!

During this period, Sean repeatedly confirmed whether he was in an illusion or lost his way, and only continued to move forward after confirming that he was correct.

It was not until more than two hours later that he finally saw the edge of the grassland.

"This size... Even if I'm not moving at full speed, my speed is no less than that of a Crimson with flying ability... Damn, this must be the size of several provinces on Earth."

When he saw the finish line, Sean couldn't help but complain out loud.

This damn grassland is so fucking big!

The time spent is not a big problem. The problem is that in such a large grassland, Sean only encountered a few crimson-level creatures.

Those creatures were not crazy beasts, but species unique to this world.

Similarly, Sean hunted and absorbed the superpowers. As previously speculated, the upper limit of the new superpowers was the same as the strength of the object being absorbed. However, the expected situation did not disappoint Sean. The only puzzlement was that there were no stronger creatures in such a large area?

The size of an area often represents the strength of the creatures in it. If you zoom in on the wasteland world, there is a high probability that there will be creatures above deep blue in such a large area, and the number will not be less than one handful.

Could it be that this world is different from what I expected, and top-level experts are extremely rare?
With such doubts, Sean walked towards the edge of the grassland. He had already seen a medium-sized mud road. It was obviously a trace of human activities.

Following the path along the edge of the grassland, it didn't take long for Sean to find an abandoned gathering place.

This gathering place is not big, and there are still some traces left.

Picking up a piece of torn parchment, Sean looked puzzled.

Damn, I can't read...

There were words on it that Sean didn't recognize, and he couldn't make sense of the content at all. However, judging from the burnt marks on the edges, it must have been left here because of a fire.

It is also worth noting that there are not many traces left in the settlement, but it can be seen that the technological level of the people who once lived here was not high. There are no traces of any machinery, and the occasional broken objects left are all rough handicrafts.

"Why does it feel like the level of technology is not as good as that of the ancient dynasties on Earth?"

Sean looked thoughtful. Could it be that he had come to a world that had hardly been developed? The humans living here might be only slightly better than primitive people?
However, how could such a world be projected around the World Gate?
Just an accident?

Sean suppressed his doubts and followed the remaining traces.

The pursuit lasted for a long time, until the sun rose the next day, Sean finally found some clues.

Large pieces of bones were piled up in a large pit of ash. Human features could be clearly seen on the bones. It seemed that a large number of people were burned to death in this fire pit.

However, there was still no sign of any living person around.

Looking at the rough pillars standing around the fire pit, Sean walked around it and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Sacrifice ceremony...

Human sacrifice was not uncommon in primitive times, and it would not be surprising to Sean even if this happened in a completely different world. What really shocked him was that the sacrificial ritual in this place was something he was familiar with.

The Golden Dawn, once the only religion recognized by the Empire, was the owner of this ritual.

The Golden Dawn ostensibly participated in the succession dispute among the princes, but in fact, it was created by the emperor of the empire from the very beginning. The person behind it was the first true god to descend in the fourth era of the wasteland world - Wanmu, who betrayed his mother.

Wanmu died at Sean's hands, and the Golden Dawn was naturally eradicated.

Naturally, all the religious rituals mastered by the Golden Dawn also fell into Sean's hands. However, Sean held the fragments of the highly respected godhead, and the most commonly used rituals basically all originated from the Seducer.

Although they are all called rituals, the effects are still very different.

Sean looked down on the rituals of the Golden Dawn and only had some rough impressions of them, but the human sacrifice ceremony in front of him was basically consistent with his impression of the ritual characteristics of the Golden Dawn.

Although the form is rough, there is no difference in essence.

How would it appear here?

Sean was filled with doubts and even wanted to use the special rituals of the Golden Dawn.

However, there were too many unknown factors, so he eventually gave up the idea.

I've kindly reminded you many times that it's better not to be reckless.

But, I haven't seen any living people yet...

Leaving the suspicious sacrifice site, Sean continued to follow the trail.

Shortly after he left, the bones in the fire pit that Sean had checked suddenly began to shake.

Large green will-o'-the-wisp flames floated out from the eye sockets of the skeleton, slowly forming a rough human shape.

The figure glanced around and finally set his eyes in the direction Sean left.

"what……"

The humanoid will-o'-the-wisp let out a long sigh, a hole appeared where its mouth was, and it began to mutter to itself.

"Why... so familiar..."

After a long time, the human-shaped ghost fire slowly dissipated, and all the bones turned into powder.

Sean didn't know what happened at the sacrifice site after he left, and at this moment he looked greedy.

I didn’t encounter any living people, but I did encounter other creatures - probably living things.

The huge creature in front of me was floating, like a giant ghost wearing a white cloak. Its left hand was dry and exuded an evil breath, while its right hand was full of vitality and gave people a sense of life. Its head was hidden under the hood, revealing only a big mouth shaped like a bell.

The edge of the big mouth seemed to be made of brass. Whenever it opened its mouth, a pendant would dangle in the dark hole. It was unclear whether it was a tongue or something else.

As a large amount of air was sucked in, the pendant began to shake and made a clear bell sound.

The ringing of the bell became more intense as the huge white ghost was rapidly taking in large amounts of air - all because of Sean who was looking at it greedily.

The reason why Sean is so greedy is... the unknown creature opposite is of deep blue level!
The other party was wandering on a plain and happened to bump into Sean who was tracking him. Sean, who was looking forward to the new deep blue level superpowers, naturally kept his eyes on the other party.

The white ghost's breathing became heavier. Seeing that Sean did not move, it felt uneasy and finally let out a sharp roar, then launched an attack!

Its right hand went deep into its mouth and shook the pendant frantically, and the sound of the bell became powerful. Then, its left hand went deep into it again, and the sound of the bell suddenly became sharp and evil.

Faced with tremendous mental pressure, Sean was not surprised but happy.

Dark blue middle layer!

Just like his current level, it would definitely be a blessing if he could obtain new abilities from the other party!

As for the risks when people of the same class risk their lives...

What can be done without risk? Moreover, Sean is not just a simple deep blue middle level...

A wave of mental pressure surged up, mixed with a strange aura.

In just a moment, Sean felt as if he had become extremely weak.

A creature of the psychic type, and it seems that it focuses on weakening the enemy and strengthening itself?
Sean became more and more delighted.

This is what he wants.

(End of this chapter)