Nightmare Light

Chapter 119 The Story of the High Priest
"This is my plan, a plan that will truly succeed."

The high priest pointed at the two Mist Clan soldiers, and the mist in his hand began to roll again.

He walked towards the crowd step by step. When he reached Wu Yiya, the high priest reached out, embraced Wu Yiya's two heads, and put his face between the latter's two heads.

He took a deep breath and patted Wu Yiya's cheeks very gently.

"I've been preparing for this plan for so many years... Although my calculations can't be wrong, two more samples will give me two more data sets."

"Okay, the class is over." The high priest waved his hand at everyone, "You can go now. The rest is the business of the Mist Tribe."

Lin Wang thought for a moment and said to the high priest, "Let me summarize."

"In summary... a sign of eagerness to learn." The high priest stood up straight, his hands behind his back, his eyes sweeping over the bottles and jars in the laboratory. He nodded slowly, "I like young people who are eager to learn."

Lin Wang followed the high priest's gaze and glanced at the bottles and jars, then looked away as if nothing had happened.

He smiled.

"Originally, you wanted to design a large-scale ceremony and pray to the three gods to help the entire tribe complete the ascension, right?"

“That’s a good summary.”

"Afterwards, the experiment went awry, and almost all the researchers in Yanxu, including the volunteers, merged into a giant monster of flesh and blood."

"Basically correct."

"After that, you and Wu Yiya decided to continue the experiment according to your own ideas."

"Yeah, almost."

"And at this moment, you two actually had a disagreement. Wu Yiya wanted to find the source of the contamination in the experiment, filter it, and purify it in order to completely cure this facility and find a real way to purify the tribe."

"Stupid idea, isn't it?"

"At this point, your idea becomes to use the rituals and technology of this facility to allow you to complete the promotion alone."

"Oh? You think I'm selfish? Narrow-minded..." The high priest shook his head, "But your judgment is basically correct... a wise northerner."

"After learning of Wu Yiya's plan, you took advantage of it, first disguising yourself as a test subject, and then faking your own death."

"Then, you used some cognitive-affecting magic to forcibly erase yourself from the memories of Wu Yiya and the 'failed promotion', making them ignore your existence and your plans."

"...Hmph, go on."

"Later, you discovered that although Wu Yiya had become a monster, he still persisted in the experiment, so you secretly gave him a lot of guidance and used his data to improve your plan."

"But your plan requires the use of the large-scale divine art of 'Final Ascension'. You cannot accomplish it with your own strength alone, so you need the help of the 'Invader'."

"After learning that Wu Yiya had passed on information to Old Hou, you used some method, perhaps magic or prayer, to gradually influence Old Hou's thoughts and drive him crazy."

"Heh... maybe."

"But by some strange coincidence, we're here." Lin Wang said as he took two steps forward and casually picked up a glass flask, looking it up and down. "So, you might as well use us to activate the formation in advance and prevent us from causing trouble."

"What a shame! Those bronze statues of self-discipline are useless." The high priest glanced at Lin Wang and suddenly smiled. "However, your analysis is almost completely correct. You are really smart. I have never seen a northerner as smart as you. Those big guys are always furious and want to smash everything they see."

Lin Wang ignored the high priest's complaints and nodded, "I understand."

High Priest: "Very good, now that you understand..."

Lin Wang changed the subject: "Then surrender yourself."

"What?" The high priest was stunned, then his expression changed and he turned around abruptly.

But he was already slow.

From the shadows nearby, a black cat with a pitch-black body, amber eyes, and a paper tape in its mouth jumped out. It ran around the high priest at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye.

In just a few seconds, the high priest was tied up tightly with paper tape.

"Okay, time to call it a day."

Seeing that things were going so smoothly, Lin Wang breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled at the Saintess and the soldiers, "Next, we need..." He hadn't finished his sentence when he suddenly saw from the corner of his eye that the High Priest's face, instead of showing any shock or anger, was looking at them with a faint mocking smile.

Lin Wang's heart skipped a beat: "What are you laughing at?"

"I guess you said so much to me just now just to let me down my guard so that this stupid cat can attack me?" The high priest smiled.

"Meow, you're not stupid! I'll tickle you!"

The high priest ignored the cat girl's words and continued to laugh, "Then guess again... Why have I been nagging you all this time?"

The next second, two dark red tentacles suddenly emerged from under his robe and quickly rushed towards the test bench.

On the test bench, in a test tube, the originally white and transparent medicine is slowly turning red.

"It's bad, his goal from the beginning was that potion!"

In this kind of situation, the veteran priests are more experienced - almost at the same time when the high priest's tentacles shot out, the Saint Lady immediately responded: a dazzling divine magic came from behind and hit the test bench first!
"Break the evil!"

One of the high priest's tentacles curled up into a ball and hit the divine magic. Almost in an instant, the tentacle turned into powder.

But at this moment, another tentacle grabbed the potion!

The tentacles rolled up the potion and quickly sent it to the high priest's mouth.

The high priest opened his mouth.

Then he saw a flask growing bigger in front of him.

Snapped!
The flask shattered and the high priest's head snapped back.

"Ah! You've made a big mistake..."

boom!
Before he could finish his sentence, Lin Wang punched him hard on the head.

This punch, with white fire, was so fierce that it made a whistling sound in the air.

The high priest's head exploded like a tomato.

Due to inertia, Lin Wang rushed forward two steps before stopping.

He turned and looked at the high priest.

The latter's body remained motionless, frozen in place. After a few seconds, the high priest's body shook a few times due to the loss of his head.

He began to fall backward.

At this moment, several thick tentacles suddenly extended from his neck, supported the ground, and lifted the high priest up again.

On one of the tentacles, a string of eyes grew along the tentacle.

At the same time, flesh and blood rolled from among the tentacles, and a ball of flesh and blood the size of a head gurgled out.

In the middle of the flesh and blood is a large yellow vertical mouth.

The tentacles wrapped around the potion threw the potion and the test tube into the big mouth.

"Meow! There are so many tails growing on the mouse's head!" the cat girl shouted.

"Your focus is not right!" Lin Wang shouted, "Be careful! This guy is about to enter the second stage!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a very loud "gurgling" sound came out of the high priest's mouth.

Then there was another sound.

Gulu...

Gulu! ! !

(End of this chapter)