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After all the evidence had been played, the psychological defenses of those fanatics were completely shattered by the crimes they themselves had committed.

Luceria finally stood up.

A purple light, perceptible only to itself, emanated from its neck, adorned with a sun ring necklace.

[Target confirmed: Sin value > 80%]

[Punishment Mode Locked: Soul Devouring (Enhanced Version)]

【implement.】

It took a step.

It could even be described as elegant, its four claws treading on the rain- and blood-stained stone slabs, its massive body like a walking shadow, cutting into the chaotic battlefield of collapse and despair.

The little black dot walked up to its first target.

That was a fanatic who had just been shown in a holographic video the entire process of poisoning his fellow disciples in order to advance in his career.

He was kneeling on the ground, clutching his hair with both hands. He kept repeating incoherently, "It wasn't me, and I didn't."

Luceria looked at him.

Then it raised its front paws.

It pierced through the chest of that fanatic.

The fanatic froze.

His hand, which had been gripping his hair, fell to his sides. The meaningless muttering he was making also stopped.

All the light in his eyes, which had been filled with fear and madness, went out. He collapsed forward limply.

It fell face down silently onto the waterlogged stone slab.

His soul, along with his sin of poisoning his fellow disciple, was taken back by Luceria.

The taste was so-so.

Luceria gave the first negative review.

The harvest continues.

Lucerne's figure moved across the battlefield.

It passed by a fanatic who was clutching his head and weeping bitterly. The man's crying stopped abruptly, and he collapsed to the ground.

It passed through a fanatic who had gone completely mad and was wildly attacking the air around him. The man froze, then fell straight backward.

It passed through another fanatic trying to activate the slingshot and escape. The sparks spinning in the man's hand had barely ignited before going out. His body remained in the circling posture, but his eyes were now empty.

Each passage represents the end of a sinful soul.

It's as if death is just a quiet sleep that comes quietly.

The burning temple courtyard has become a silent graveyard.

The only creature still active is the enormous, pitch-black dog that reaps souls like a harvester gathering crops.

Just then.

Several orange-red portals opened simultaneously at the edge of the battlefield!

A group of sorcerers, also dressed in Kamar-Taj monastic robes and wielding various energy weapons, rushed out of the door!

They are the garrison mages who came to provide support!

"We're here! Hold on!"

"For the Sorcerer Supreme! For the Temple!"

The leader, a man with a large beard, appeared to be very experienced. He led his companions into this fierce defensive battle.

However, the words he shouted got stuck in his throat the next second.

He saw all his enemies, those fanatics who had betrayed the Temple, falling to the ground one after another.

His original companions who stayed behind were either dead or speechless with shock.

And what caused all of this was a hunting dog that seemed to come from a nightmare.

And standing not far from that hound, there was an even larger man-eating flower, its entire body made of black metal!

The carnivorous plant even yawned listlessly and scratched its cheek with its vines.

What's going on?

The bearded sorcerer and his companions were all stunned into silence.

They were all seasoned temple guardians.

They have seen the Chaos Demons, and they have seen the Heartless Ones.

They were never afraid of fighting or death.

But the scene before us was too clean; the black giant dog's slaughter was too thorough.

It's like a cleaner sweeping up trash on the ground in a way they can't understand.

A young monk couldn't help but swallow hard. He realized that his palms were already covered in cold sweat.

"Master, what are those two?"

He asked the bearded monk beside him.

The bearded sorcerer stared at the giant black dog that had just finished collecting the last soul and was now licking its lips with satisfaction.

And, around its neck, was a collar that shone like the sun.

His mind went blank.

In the end, he only uttered two words.

"Divine punishment."

While the temple mages who came to help didn't dare to utter a sound.

Among the crowd, a relatively young-looking mage with exceptionally sharp eyes fixed intently on the dark gold ring.

His pupils contracted! He recognized him!

That emblem!

That emblem, like the sun!

He's seen it!

Just before, while on a long-term observation mission, he witnessed a golden rain of light!

He saw that the one wearing the ring in the rain of light was Xiu En!

"It's the sun, it's Xiu... uh."

The young mage instinctively cried out.

He hadn't finished speaking.

The young mage instinctively cried out.

He hadn't finished speaking.

The hand of the Ancient One, carrying the scent of sandalwood, suddenly emerged from the shadows behind him.

That hand covered his mouth.

The young monk's eyes widened!

He tried to struggle, wanted to turn around and see who it was!

But he couldn't.

He felt as if he had been gently pried out of the canvas of reality.

The companions around them were completely unaware.

The burning temple, the cold rainy night, the black dog licking its lips—everything was rapidly receding from him.

His entire body was silently dragged into the shadows of the corner.

The shadow rippled slightly.

Then everything returned to calm.

It was as if the young mage had never existed.

"One person is missing?"

One of his companions looked left and right in confusion, feeling as if someone had been standing next to him just moments before.

Don't get distracted!

The bearded monk whispered, though he himself was also filled with doubt and uncertainty.

"Keep your eyes peeled! Don't blink!"

"Wow, what was that just now?"

In the Ximu Realm, Jenny, who was munching on popcorn, pointed at the screen and asked curiously.

"I think I saw an uncle, and he just vanished in a flash?"

"Um……"

Xiu En looked at the scene of being dragged into the shadows by a hand and explained to the two little girls in a serious tone.

"That uncle was asked to leave by the cinema security for making loud noise during the movie."

"Oh……"

The two little girls nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

In the courtyard of the temple.

Lucerne finished clearing the area, stepped aside, and began grooming his fur.

The black gold carnivorous plant moved.

It's about to begin its mission.

Scene destroyed!

Although the villains destroyed everything before they could even start, it's no big deal! The result is always the same!

Under the horrified gaze of the temple mages.

This black, metallic monster walked step by step toward the sacred and inviolable magic temple.

It arrived at the main wall, where a large hole had been blasted open by the fanatics using dark magic.

Black Gold extended a metal vine and poked it into the gap in the wall.

Amidst the bewildered gazes of all the monks.

The vine began to wriggle and extend inside the wall!

The mages could clearly hear a series of metallic twisting sounds coming from inside the walls!

Black Gold is using its power to directly attack the steel frame of the entire building!

A few seconds later.

"BOOM!!!"

With a loud bang!

The once relatively intact wall collapsed inwards, kicking up clouds of dust!

Black Gold looked at its masterpiece and let out a satisfied click.

But it knew that wasn't enough.

This is just an appetizer.

The real main course is inside.

It crossed the ruins.

At the very center of the hall was the core target that the Ancient One had pointed out to it in the holographic image.

The temple's energy nodes!

It was a spherical device, woven from countless silver magical metals, resembling a bird's nest.

"This looks delicious!"

Black Gold could no longer suppress its insatiable, instinctive appetite!

Hundreds of vines, large and small, gleaming with a metallic sheen, spread out from beneath it!

They entangled themselves in the metal bird nest.

Then, under the horrified gazes of all the monks who had followed and gathered to watch.

Pull!

distortion!

compression!

Devour!

In the end, the magical device, which was originally full of mysterious beauty, was kneaded into a piece of scrap metal covered with teeth marks and slime!

Hundreds of vines wrapped around the energy nodes.

The black-gold carnivorous plant is feeding.

It was gnawing at the magical metal.

Large chunks of metal, still shimmering with the afterglow of energy, were stuffed into the bottomless flower bud.

It swallowed up 80 percent of the structure of this energy node.

"Stop it!"

The bearded mage leading the group finally came to his senses!

He knew that if the core of the temple was completely destroyed, the Earth dimension's defenses would collapse completely!

"All units! Focus fire on that giant thing! Stop it at all costs!"

The bearded mage roared, and a jet of fire, several times thicker than Master Mordo's energy whip, slammed into the back of the Black Gold Man-Eating Flower!

"boom--!"

The explosion sent a wave of heat through the hall!

Immediately afterward, the other mages also realized what was happening!

Normally, they should choose to fight close combat while holding two CDs in their hands, but even the most clueless mage knows that rushing over to fight a giant metal carnivorous plant in close combat is not a good idea.

"Frost Binding!"

Dozens of ice-blue energy chains coiled around the black-gold carnivorous flower from all directions!

"The Sacred Sword of Vishanti!"

More than a dozen lightsabers made of esoteric energy slashed at its metal shell like raindrops!

"Binding spell array! Quickly!"

Several mages worked together to draw a huge golden magic circle on the ground in an attempt to restrain its movements!

In an instant, the entire hall was illuminated by various magical lights!

All the attacks hit the giant monster that was focused on eating!

XiMuJie, an outdoor giant screen cinema.

"Oh, oh, oh! Here it comes! The fireworks show is starting!"

"Look, look! These uncles are giving that big black flower a massage!"

"Massage?"

Serafina and Jenny asked in unison, full of curiosity.

"Yes."

Xiu En explained in a very serious tone.

"Look, that fire-breathing thing is hot stone therapy to improve blood circulation and remove blood stasis. That ice thing is for cold compresses to relieve pain and shrink pores. And that thing with the lightsaber is for gua sha (scraping therapy). Look how beautiful those sparks are!"

"Wow……"

The two little girls were misled by Xiu En's twisted logic. They looked at the magical lights and shadows on the screen and exclaimed in amazement.

"Gua sha, that's amazing!"

However, on the battlefield...

The temple mages, however, were not so pleased.

All the attacks and all the magic bombarded the metal monster, but nothing happened.

The jet of flame could only make its dark metal shell gleam slightly from the heat.

The frost binds it, and anything that touches its body is evaporated into a cloud of water vapor.

The energy lightsabers struck its body, but couldn't even leave a white mark! They shattered into countless points of light!

As for the binding array...

Black Gold didn't even bother to step on it.

It merely trembled slightly as the metal vines that had been embedded in the ground shook!

"Boom!"

The floor of the hall shook as if an earthquake had struck! The newly formed magic array collapsed due to the unstable foundation, its energy dissipating!

Black gold, completely undamaged!

It even swayed its flower bud comfortably because of the continuous hot stone therapy.

It looked at the pile of metal remains that it had eaten.

It felt that leaving it there was a bit unsightly.

As a flower with aspirations.

It decided to put the finishing touches on its work and sign it.

It extended a dozen or so relatively slender metal vines.

Those vines weave and entwine among the twisted scrap metal, knotting and tightening!

Under the incomprehensible gazes of all the temple mages.

Metal waste.

It was woven bit by bit into a Chinese knot that symbolizes good fortune, happiness, and eternal happiness!

Heaven knows who taught it this; even Xiu En himself didn't know how to do it.

Every knot on it is tied tightly.

It eliminated any possibility of being repaired.