American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 181 The Power of the System

After the summoning ritual, the light and vibrations in the basement gradually faded, and everything returned to the calm and silence before the ritual began. Jill and Amanda looked at each other, their faces filled with disappointment and confusion.

"Failed?" Amanda looked at Jill with displeasure. "It must be because you didn't try hard enough!"

"I think you weren't careful enough!" Jill retorted without backing down, shifting the blame back to him.

After an argument, neither of them would admit defeat, so they eventually had to leave the basement and return to their room to prepare for the ceremony again and try again next time.

That night, Amanda tossed and turned in bed, her mind racing, before finally drifting off to sleep, exhausted.

In her dream, Amanda finds herself standing in her room, and suddenly a tall figure appears before her—it is Xiao Xian, whom she and Jill were trying to summon.

The only thing that disappointed Amanda was that Xiao Xian in her dream didn't have the same charm that had captivated her at first glance in the dimensional space.

"Your ritual only summoned a wisp of my consciousness, without carrying any power. Let alone manifesting in the real world, its very existence can only rely on your dreams." Xiao Xian looked at Amanda and said, "I need more sin, to absorb the power of sin through the authority of the dimensional demon god, or even fear will do."

Xiao Xian originally brought a lot of the world's origin and evil power with him, but when he passed through the world wall, these powers that did not belong to this world were detected by the world. In order to smuggle himself in, Xiao Xian had to abandon them and only let his consciousness descend into this world.

In comparison, the system and the strange skills, which are part of the authority of the dimensional demon god, are unharmed. Xiao Xian guesses that this is mainly due to the system, as these abilities were able to deceive the world's will through the system.

In fact, the abilities from those superheroes were also brought along, but due to the different laws of the world, these abilities cannot be used in this world. They all turned gray and were marked with parentheses (the world laws of this world do not support this skill).

The strange rule-level skills can still be used normally, but given Xiao Xian's current state of mind, he can't even be called a remnant soul. He can't use Tomie's Super Regeneration or Super Charisma. Among the strange abilities, only the Joker's Fear Absorption is currently usable.

After all, even the most powerful charm requires a physical body, or at the very least, a soul or a fragment of a soul to be effective. It's not strong enough to bewitch everyone with just a thought. Otherwise, Xiao Xian could just write a book or record an audio recording, and anyone who comes into contact with Xiao Xian's thoughts would be bewitched, which would be truly terrifying.

In terms of authority, Xiao Xian's current authority is not the authority of a dimensional demon god who controls the entire hellish dimensional space, but rather the part of authority that the system rewarded him for completing the system task. Although it is less, the connection between this part of authority and the dimensional space allows Xiao Xian to connect, control, and replenish this part of his consciousness at any time.

Without this interconnected authority, Xiao Xian's consciousness coming to the Vertical Saw world would be like an ancient emperor appointing an official with the same consciousness and thinking as himself to govern a province. They would occasionally connect through memorials, and all sorts of things might happen, such as his behavior gradually deviating from his original self, or even rebellion over time.

With this connection of authority, it becomes like sending a puppet that can be remotely controlled. You can control the puppet's every move from the capital, so that not only will the puppet's behavior not deviate, but you also don't have to worry about things like rebellion.

"How are we supposed to absorb sin and fear?" Amanda asked.

"Well, for sin, anything around me will do. For fear, it has to be directed at me, nearby fear. Okay, I'll focus on absorbing sin. Going to casinos and bars should be fine." Xiao Xian thought for a moment and said. Directly teleporting a soul would be detected by the world's will, but surely it would be okay to create a soul shell using the sin, fear, and other powers collected from this world?

However, if Xiao Xian had known that a wisp of consciousness could bring the power of the system with it, and used the evil power absorbed from the Jigsaw world to shape the soul and body, he would have simply hidden this wisp of consciousness in Amanda's soul, instead of going through all this trouble.

"I understand," Amanda said happily. Xiao Xian's choice to reside in her dream rather than Jill's dream meant that he truly believed he was superior.

"By the way, stop thinking about weird things and do more practical things. The scenes I see most often in your dream world are your fantasies about me, and that's fine, but they're all scenes of me torturing you. You..."

Looking at the delighted Amanda, Xiao Xian complained, "Amanda is totally a McDonald's." Xiao Xian had been here all day, and the most frequent images he saw were of himself ravaging Amanda. That was one thing, though; at least these subconscious dreams could absorb some of the sinful power of the color field. But the fact that so many scenes of him torturing Amanda were interspersed throughout, with blood and gore flying everywhere, really made Xiao Xian uncomfortable.

Amanda's previous attraction to Jigsaw was apparently due to Jigsaw playing Jigsaw games on her. In short, this hobby is rather abstract. If Xiao Xian weren't here, it wouldn't be so bad, since everyone has their own hobbies when it comes to chips. But now that Xiao Xian is here watching, it's a bit awkward.

At the time, Xiao Xian just randomly chose the one closest to the magic circle. If he had known Amanda's dream was so outrageous, he would have gone to Jill's. But Jill's dream might not be any better.

"I...I'll try my best." Amanda was equally embarrassed. Her deepest, most unspoken desire had been seen by her crush, and at that moment, Amanda felt like she wanted to die.

"If you can correct your mistakes, I might consider turning you into a succubus later."

Xiao Xian painted a picture of a pie, saying, "Are there any succubi in the Color Domain Hell Space?" Amanda's subconscious mind was full of such things, which could be considered a talent in a sense. In addition, it was a plot mission. After transforming into a succubus and improving her appearance and figure in all aspects, it would be quite good to collect some Color Domain power by playing friendly matches.

"I will definitely do it!" Amanda said excitedly upon hearing this. Xiao Xian only said that McDonald's was not allowed, but he did not say that playing cards was not allowed. In order to become a succubus and stay by Xiao Xian's side for a long time, Amanda could have some other ideas. As long as her mind was full of playing cards with Xiao Xian in other ways, her subconscious dreams would not be McDonald's, right?

And becoming a succubus would surely make her even more attractive! Amanda thought happily.

(End of this chapter)