I, Lord of Prayer

In the corridor, as horrific as a fire scene, Li Xiaoxiao ran desperately, a shadowy figure moving rapidly behind her, relentlessly pursuing her. 😾♛ ❻➈ˢ𝕙𝕌Ⓧ.ᶜ𝐨Μ ★😾

Two seeds fell from her body and landed on the ground. The seeds grew and swelled into countless slender gray vines at a speed visible to the naked eye.

These gray vines were not as vibrant as normal plants; instead, they exuded a dense aura of death, like creations of hell, covered with countless barbed thorns, like tentacles dancing wildly among demons.

They grew unchecked in the corridor, spreading and intertwining to form a wall of vines, attempting to block the pursuers from behind.

The gentleman was in shadow form, moving freely in the darkness. Logically, such obstacles should have been invisible to him, but he seemed quite wary of them, choosing to slip through the crack in the door into the adjacent room to take a detour.

Zhou Chen, standing behind, pulled out a flintlock pistol and pulled the trigger.

The pale flames enveloping the crimson crystal bullet flew out at high speed, like a heavy bullet fired from an anti-material sniper rifle, piercing through the vine wall and carving a hole half the size of a person in it. Its power was extremely terrifying—the enchanted alchemical bullet had double the killing effect on abyssal creatures!

Pale white flames burned on the vine wall, and the gray vines contracted violently under the scorching heat, becoming dry and brittle.

Zhou Chen didn't slow down, smashing through the withered vines to catch up, but his steps suddenly faltered, and he hurriedly braked.

In the corridor, all sorts of strangely shaped plants are taking root and sprouting. ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•..>> ➅9ⓢ𝓱𝓤χ.Ć𝓞𝕄 <<..•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤

Carnivorous plants, sawgrass, devil's vine...

Countless strange and twisted plants sprang up, and in the blink of an eye, they grew vigorously, multiplied rapidly, and became dense and lush, turning the entire corridor into a paradise of abyssal plants.

Beneath their feet, fine branches crept silently forward like treacherous snakes.

Zhou Chen slowly backed away. He recognized it as a parasitic plant that would parasitize blood vessels and muscles like a slender worm. Once parasitized in the body, it would become severely contaminated and turn into a "vegetative state".

—A person in a vegetative state, the kind whose body is covered in grass.

"This must be Li Xiaoxiao's ability... She can stimulate the growth of plants, and after being baptized by the power of the abyss, she can control the abyss plants, but the scale is just too terrifying..." Zhou Chen frowned.

Without wasting his source energy, he slammed open the door next to him, intending to take a detour like a gentleman, only to find that the huge, luxurious room was also being invaded by the spreading abyssal plants—the plants were surging in from another door a few meters away.

The shadow was blocked by the wall in front of it, and behind it was the rampant abyssal vegetation. The small space would soon be completely swallowed up.

A figure slowly emerged from the shadows—a gentleman wearing a top hat, a black tailcoat, a bow tie, and carrying an ornate cane. ♔🏆 69kjù.jǐ 🔥⛵

He paid no attention to the wildly growing plants behind him, nor to Zhou Chen; he simply raised his silver-inlaid cane and tapped it lightly on the floor.

Hey.

  

Instantly, all buildings within a 15-meter radius of the cane turned to dust.

The walls around the gentleman, the ground beneath his feet, and the ceiling above his head all collapsed into sand and gravel. His figure merged into the shadows and quickly disappeared by moving through the shadows.

Zhou Chen's feet suddenly gave way, and he plummeted downwards amidst the swirling yellow sand.

He was stunned. What kind of ability was this? Directly altering matter?

During the fall, countless pieces of information about forbidden objects flashed through his mind, but none of them matched the cane. Perhaps it was a mysterious forbidden object hidden in Paradise Lost—the gentleman had never held a cane before.

With a soft thud, Zhou Chen landed steadily. The height of just one floor was no problem for him, but his whole body was covered in sand and gravel, like a mischievous child who had rolled around in a sand pile several times.

"Jiang Che, I lost Li Xiaoxiao on the third floor. The Gentleman appeared. He also has an uncollected forbidden item that can turn buildings into sand. I guess it can alter matter. Li Xiaoxiao's ability is to control plant growth. She also said there is a hidden passage on the fourth floor that leads directly underground."

He quickly reported the news to Jiang Che.

"I understand. I'll have the operators and ravens give chase. What do you think?"

Jiang Che didn't seem to be watching from his first-person perspective; he was probably directing the operation.

"return……"

Zhou Chen's voice stopped abruptly, his muscles tensing, because he saw several abyssal creatures wandering in the ruins not far away!

Fire slaves, rotting hounds, and a minotaur with black flames burning on its horns!

They were all abyssal creatures from the Chaotic Purgatory. Their mere existence constantly emitted pollution, especially that minotaur, which gave Zhou Chen a sense of oppression and was probably extremely powerful.

"Wait a minute, I'm still a butler of the Eternal Flame, I'm one of them, why am I panicking... But I haven't undergone any so-called baptism, I don't know if they'll recognize me..."

Zhou Chen had a sudden inspiration. He took out the Sacred Flame Ring from his pocket and put it on, not knowing whether this token would be useful to the creatures of the abyss...

Unexpectedly, the effect was immediate; several abyssal creatures that were hostile to him knelt down upon seeing the Holy Fire Ring.

"Leave here," Zhou Chen said in a calm voice, issuing orders like a superior.

"Yes." The minotaur spoke in human language, nodded in acceptance, and stood up to lead the other abyssal creatures away.

They can talk? They possess a certain level of intelligence? Zhou Chen's mind raced, and he suddenly called out to them, "Wait."

"What are your orders?" the minotaur asked slowly.

"The Blue Whale asked me to find something in the warehouse. Do you know where the warehouse is?" Zhou Chen asked.

"On the second basement level, there is a crevice, but I don't know its exact location." The minotaur looked simple-minded and answered all questions.

"I know the location. The Cleft Room is... is... is... behind a painting." The fire slave struggled to recall his fragmented memories.

"Alright, I understand. Go and stall for time as much as possible, for the sake of our lord!"

"For our Lord!"

The minotaur offered devout praise and led several abyssal creatures to halt the attackers' advance.

"The warehouse is behind a painting on the second basement level. Who knows if that painting is still there, but we can try our luck..."

Zhou Chen, thinking that since he was already there, might as well give it a try, decided to go for a stroll on the second basement level.

He couldn't catch up with Li Xiaoxiao and the Gentleman. Who knew where they had gone? He could only place his hopes on the Raven Squad and other operators. After all, they were well-prepared and stronger, so their success rate would definitely be higher.

As for him...

With the Holy Fire Ring around, he's one of their own, and the abyssal creatures won't lay a hand on him.

If you encounter Raven Squad or Star Society operators, don't be afraid. Everyone has seen his picture before the operation, so as not to mistake him for a follower of Eternal Flame and kill him on the spot.

and so.

He seems to be the only one who can wander around the battlefield aimlessly.