I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Chapter 86, Chapter 085: Reduced Punishment, End of the Matter (Eighth Update)

"What's going on? Did that dark sorcerer pull some evil trick?!"

Seeing the river water turn a strange pale black color and quickly spread to cover an area of ​​nearly 100 meters, the people on the shore changed color, filled with surprise and doubt.

"It looks like some kind of evil dark magic ritual has been activated. Valentine probably has a backup plan."

A man in a suit wearing frameless glasses spoke in a cold voice, seemingly quite knowledgeable about dark magic through the mysterious paths of darkness, "But such rituals often require sacrifices, and his own fate is hardly any better; afterward, it's probably worse than death."

"The key now is the people underwater!"

Qiao Zheng's face turned ashen. "If that ghostly ritual really summons some evil thing, they'll all be in danger!"

Three of his men had just gone into the water to hunt down Valentine.

If something goes wrong, he will be held responsible.

If you don't get any credit and your teammates are killed, your future will be completely ruined, and you may even be removed from the Tianjiao Project.

"That Valentine is so terrifying. Luckily, I'm magnanimous and didn't really seek revenge on him."

Ding Jian, standing on the riverbank, was pale with relief that he hadn't impulsively rushed into the river.

"Both Captain Zou and Captain Lu are Sequence Nine powerhouses. Even if this evil ritual causes a commotion, Valentine is only Sequence Ten. Sacrificing himself might not threaten them. At most, it will cause some trouble."

Pan Chao put his hands in his pockets and said coldly, "But Qiao Zheng, it's hard to say about your teammates."

"Is this the time for sarcastic remarks?"

Qiao Zheng let out a furious roar, gritted his teeth, threw off his trench coat, and leaped into the cold and eerie river.

"You're a real man, I'll help you out."

Pan Chao sneered, pulled his hands out of his pockets, and said indifferently, "If you're not strong enough, just wait on the shore."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he jumped into the river.

"They're all pretty confident. Is it because they think they have two more Sequence Nine teammates underwater, so they're fearless?"

"What if it's not just Valentine who's up to something underwater, but also Yuan Heng? He might not have gone far at all."

Xu Lindong calmly watched the churning river water, then suddenly jumped off the extraordinary motorcycle.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit three, and let the smoke drift into the river.

Perception also sank into the icy river water, attempting to reignite the fire in the heart and activate the mirror of the heart.

While under the blessing of the Kitchen God, his spirit and energy were enhanced, his extraordinary power became more robust, and his recovery speed was astonishing.

This allows them to maintain their explosive fighting state during the Vesta God's descent, significantly enhancing their attack, defense, and reaction speed.

With the underwater crisis still unresolved, he tried to open the Mirror Stove again, but his goal was not to receive blessings, but to directly punish the "evil ones".

He didn't want to let Yuan Heng go so easily.

This inside man almost killed him.

If he could take down the opponent here, he wouldn't mind giving it another shot and pushing things along.

This will also help Captain Lu, who is still underwater.

If things don't go his way, he'll go into the water too.

Even if the cook's abilities are greatly diminished in the water, he still has the zombie's superhuman strength and a straight-bladed scraper at his disposal.

At this moment, the smoke, carrying its senses, seeped into the river water, where it was immediately stirred and swayed by the current, making the sensation very blurry.

But the eerie power in the water instantly stirred his emotions, igniting a fire within his heart.

The three wisps of smoke in front of me began to burn rapidly.

The ceremony began.

Xu Lindong's heart stirred, and he immediately began to recite the prayer: "Heaven has a stove, earth has fire, the heart has a mirror, reflecting the rivers and mountains—"

His voice was deep, yet each word was clear and powerful.

As the prayer was uttered, a fire of passion surged within his chest, making his will as firm as iron, reaching straight to the ears of the heavens.

"The river harbors evil, and wickedness surges forth. Now, with my fire, I report this to the world—I beseech the Kitchen God to open his eyes, descend with divine punishment, and vanquish this evil in the river!"

As the prayer ended, the smoke from the burning hearth resonated with the flames of anger within him.

The three incense sticks on the ground in front of him suddenly lit up.

In an instant, the flame deep within my heart reappeared as a mirror reflecting my inner self.

But in the mirror of the heart, the stove stands majestically, its flames illuminating the scene.

Without hesitation, his thoughts rapidly extended along the countless intertwined threads of the mind in the hearth, locking onto two threads of the mind that exuded evil and chaos, like a hawk swarming.

One belonged to Valentine, and the other was none other than Yuan Heng!

The moment he caught Yuan Heng's mental thread, the other party immediately realized his presence and quickly cut off his thoughts.

This wasn't spying from inside the Tower of Babel, but that brief contact was enough.

"That guy, he really didn't leave."

Xu Lindong's eyes turned cold. He activated the Kitchen God's authority and stopped reporting the matter, instead requesting punishment directly.

"The crimes of these two individuals are clear; their evil deeds deserve execution! Their punishment shall be reduced!"

As the heart fire commanded, the illusory image of the Stove God stepped out from the heart mirror stove and merged with his figure.

A powerful and domineering pressure, far more intense and domineering than "blessing," carrying a judgmental and scorching force, descended from the void and plunged into the depths of the river along the two threads of the soul!

Deep in the river.

Yuan Heng is fighting alongside Valentine, who has performed an evil sacrifice and transformed into a bizarre dark creature, against Lu Qian and the others.

After he jumped into the river, he discovered that Valentine had completed the sacrificial ritual, twisting himself into a dark creature of "evil magic".

It had even spiraled out of control and was planning to convert other superhumans in the Southern District into its own kind.

Yuan Heng immediately decided to add fuel to the fire and decisively took action, first helping to kill one person.

Unexpectedly, Lu Qian arrived so quickly and immediately entangled him.

Just then, Yuan Heng, realizing that his mind was being spied on, changed his expression drastically. He roared and swung his sword, unleashing a sharp blade of energy in the water, forcing Lu Qian to retreat.

But at that very moment, a terrifying and majestic force, like a thunderbolt, struck down from nowhere and slammed heavily into his body!

His body suddenly stiffened in the river, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

In that split second, a chilling and grotesque ghostly hand suddenly emerged from the churning foam and gripped his wrist, which was holding the knife.

It's Zou Hong from the Water Ghost Path Wanderer Sequence!

"ah!!"

Yuan Heng suddenly let out a shrill shriek, the sound waves exploded, and the surrounding river water surged in response.

Without hesitation, he pulled hard and tore off his own wrist that was holding the knife, his face contorted in a ferocious expression!

As blood gushed forth, a dense aura of blood rapidly converged, instantly condensing into a blood-red figure in front of him.

The figure, with its severed arm and broadsword, merged with the other, as if transforming into a second Blood-Red Yuan Heng, charging straight towards the wandering soul Zou Hong with a fierce aura!

This was a blood shadow clone catalyzed by the blood energy of the powerful pavilion chief. Its vigorous blood energy exerted a strong suppressive force on wandering souls, immediately forcing Zou Hong to retreat rapidly.

Immediately afterwards, the enormous blood shadow exploded.

The entire river was instantly dyed a dazzling scarlet red.

Taking advantage of the situation, Yuan Heng, like a hero cutting off his own arm, quickly fled into the deep water.

"asshole!"

Just as Lu Qian was about to give chase, Valentine, who resembled an otter, pounced on her and became entangled in dark magic that resembled numerous shadow tentacles, making it difficult for her to break free for a time.

At this moment, Valentine's body was shriveled like a skeleton, his whole body was filled with an evil aura, and his eyes were filled with madness, despair and irrationality.

Even when struck by Xu Lindong's Kitchen God's punishment, the mental damage was completely ignored, as if some evil creature from a dark otherworld had invaded their consciousness.

Beside him, several dark magic artifacts were constantly emitting a dark fluctuation.

Even more troublesome was that the previously killed Southern District Sequence Extraordinary Individual had turned into a psychologically twisted water zombie due to the backlash of his Extraordinary status, becoming an accomplice and entangled with Qiao Zheng, causing the scene to become extremely chaotic.

However, at the same time, Pan Chao had already gone into the water to lend a helping hand.

A series of illusory figures appeared around his body, all clad in armor and wielding various strange weapons, unlike ordinary local militia, and were attempting to destroy the evil ritual implements scattered around him.

A Sequence 10 dark mage, after sacrificing himself to initiate some kind of ritual, attracted the evil power of the Dark Mystic Path, briefly disrupting the situation.

"Something's not right with this guy..."

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On the ship, Xu Lindong observed Valentine's condition through the mental threads.

The opponent's mental threads are rapidly turning from red to black, indicating that their mental world is being eroded by evil forces.

"Try lowering their punishment again. While it won't kill them outright, it will at least weaken their fighting strength!"

Golden flames surged in Xu Lindong's eyes as he prepared to unleash his punishment along the silk threads, striking Valentine and the fleeing Yuan Heng with devastating force.

But at that very moment, an incredibly oppressive and restless terrifying aura, like an invisible atmospheric pressure, suddenly enveloped all directions!

The wind and waves on the entire river surface instantly ceased, the air solidified like iron, and the stillness resembled the deathly silence before a storm.

Everyone's heart clenched, a strong sense of palpitation and chill piercing their spines—