"how long?"

"It could be a minute, it could be two months."

Well, it turns out to be the Riddler.

Tia hates the Riddler the most. She speaks in a long, unclear way and is just as boring as the match-3 game in Little Yellow Oil. She is here to collect debts, not to play a puzzle game!

Orlando coughed up some blood and said with a smile, "Any questions? If not, I'll be returning to the nightmare before you all."

Nightmares are essentially history. Once they become the past, you will forever be trapped in nightmares.

But Tia didn't agree and said, "There is one last question, sir. The fourth one——"

Click!

She took Scarlett's shotgun, loaded it, and pointed it at Orlando.

Flesh and blood are the essence of the spirit, and she can also perform rituals to extract the spirit. Although it is no longer possible to offer sacrifices to the spirit in the Inverted Temple, what if - what if it is possible to offer sacrifices again someday?

Such a good sacrifice cannot be wasted.

"Mr. Quick-Hand Peter, I will personally sentence you to death. You can go without worry. Remember not to owe debts in nightmares."

"Thanks for the reminder, see you later."

Tia held the shotgun in her left hand and cut Orlando's neck with a silver knife in her right hand, silently chanting a spell. This was part of the spiritual extraction ceremony, symbolizing the harvest of the spirit.

Then close the other person's eyelids with your hands.

The eyes are the windows to the spirit; closing them signifies the preservation, integrity, and eternal preservation of the spirit. Once the person has fallen into a permanent sleep, one of their heel bones, leg bones, or ribs can be removed—left for men, right for women. This bone contains the last remaining trace of the spirit.

The trigger was pulled and the bullet passed through the center of the forehead.

--boom!

Like a death knell.

....................

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Volume 1: Chapter 48: Thirty Thousand Meters Under the Sea

--boom!

Far away in the Ansu Sea, a storm swept through, and the more than 30-meter-long research vessel "St. Komond" fired its last shell.

The shells passed through the strong wind and landed on the sea. In the distance, two ironclad warships slowly stopped, turned around and retreated.

This armed research vessel, equipped with 16 naval guns, was swaying in the storm, and traces of recent battles could still be seen on its deck and hull.

It traveled westward from the Tianfang Empire, passed through the Iris Kingdom and arrived at the Ansu Sea. Before arriving at the Ansu Sea, two warships of the Hand of Transformation almost overturned the ship. It was not until it arrived at the Ansu Sea that it was safe thanks to the storm and the illegal deterrence of the Ansu-Qualified Hand of Transformation.

Unlike ordinary scientific research ships, the St. Komond has a confessional and prayer altar, and the towering Gothic spire-like building is quite conspicuous on the sea.

In the middle of the altar, the bishop, Lexus, whose robe was embroidered with gold thread with two snakes climbing an oak tree, suddenly stopped lighting the holy candle.

Compared to the young and energetic boy in the nightmare, Bishop Lexus was much calmer. He took down the holy candle and muttered to himself, "The nightmare entanglement is taking effect. 栾⊙'陾二衣.氵澪⑻爾?"

“That shouldn’t be the case, no one has died on the ship recently.

"Is it Newlonport?"

As soon as Lexus thought of these three words, he recalled the not-so-pleasant memories from sixteen years ago and immediately closed his eyes.

At the same time, a black gas appeared out of thin air thousands of miles away.

......................Fin?② Sanlongsi wine fin Shaanxi affairs.

After Orlando's death, a faint black aura emanated from his body, but it was difficult to detect. If Scarlett used her extraordinary abilities, she might be able to detect it.

But unfortunately, Miss Scarlett was forced to work like a slave by her unscrupulous boss.

Tia wants to remove bones to extract spirituality, but she can't do it in front of Scarlett, right?

She figured Scarlett would have to snap the handcuffs on first—after all, that didn't seem like something a decent person would do...

In this case, Scarlett must be transferred first. How?

Very simple.

Tia asked her to count the stolen goods - there were nearly a thousand big boxes in this broken warehouse, so she had to count them one by one according to the numbers.

Don’t miss it, this box is worth more than 5000 gold pounds!

Poor Scarlett was counting the boxes in fear, completely unaware of what her boss was doing.

In the boiler room, Tia moved the body over.

The side door was unexpectedly open, but no one was there.

Tia closed the door, rubbed her hands, and cut Orlando's foot with a silver knife.

She was quite familiar with the structure of the human body, mainly because she had seen many human bones and remains in her previous life, so she didn't feel anything when dissecting it.

But when the blade fell, a burst of black air came out from the trouser legs and condensed into two black snakes, which wrapped around Tia's ankles and stared at her. The six eyes met, and they were all confused.

Lexus controlled the black snake to explore a bit. In his eyes, Tia was like a piece of raw meat, and he could tell the quality at a glance.

This is only Sequence 9, right?!

If he remembered correctly, the one on the ground was a Sequence 7, and his name should be Orlando. They were one of the few people in the cult who knew Orlando's real name.

But how was this killed?

Never mind, let’s drag it into the nightmare first. Once in the nightmare, I will naturally be able to peek into her past.

While Tia was still in shock and was about to pull out her submachine gun to fire a volley of mithril bullets at the snake head, Lexus had already chanted his best ritual.

——【Nightmare Entanglement】

The purpose of almost all rituals is not to "fall into a nightmare," because "falling into a nightmare" is the price itself. But "Nightmare Haunting" is different. This ritual has no price, or rather, the price itself is the purpose.

The contents of this ceremony are:

[Creates a chain between the host and the target for a short period of time. This chain will create a mandatory deep diving ritual and be shared between both parties. The diving depth is the maximum depth that either person can withstand.]

In simple terms, it means that both the host and the target will fall into the nightmare or the deep sea where the nightmare exists at the same time, and they will fall to the maximum depth that either one of them can bear.

Therefore, this ritual is always effective against transcendent beings below the sequence of Lexus—that is, those below sequence 5.

In the deep sea, everyone is a sealed submarine. As a Sequence 5, his strength is obviously much stronger than Sequence 6789, so the maximum depth is deeper, between 16000m and 20000m.

Low-sequence transcendents diving to this depth would inevitably be unable to withstand such enormous pressure. The pollution would quickly invade their souls and turn them into spiritual creatures wandering in the sea.

Tia was in such a hurry that she didn't react at all.

In a blink of an eye, the two black snakes had entangled with each other like a DNA chain, stretched to an extremely long length, one end biting Tia's ankle, the other end biting Orlando's ankle, and the black energy solidified into shape.

Warm blood flowed from the wound. It was not bright red, but completely black, like flowing oil.

Tia's eyelids suddenly drooped, and an uncontrollable feeling of hunger from the heart surged out. She fell into a nightmare spontaneously and excitedly, as if she saw meat delivered to her door.

Lexus was not surprised by this.

The strength of a Sequence 9 soul was considered fragile in his eyes. Once pulled into the deep sea, they wouldn't even be able to struggle, let alone resist. This level of resistance was not much different from cooperation.

What's more, he is a child of destiny who has single-handedly reached Sequence 5 and received the blessing of the Twin Snakes!

It would be strange if a low-sequence transcendent could resist!

Lexus is so confident in himself.

He closed his eyes and felt a heavy force dragging him down, through the earth and into the deep sea.

He is a frequent visitor to the deep sea and nightmares, and is very sensitive to the depth of diving.

The next second, 800m.

The chain entangled the two souls, and a second later, Lexus continued to drag the other down.

The next second, 1500m.

This depth is still okay?

Lexus felt something was wrong, frowned, and continued to perform the ritual.

Sequence 9 can withstand 1500m, although it is rare, it does exist.

Sixteen years ago, his teacher Antonio's wife, "Ms. Dove," was a rare genius. She had dived to a depth of 2000 meters at Sequence 9.

But unfortunately, he was so talented that he died in his thirties at the sword of the Grand Master of the Knights of the Golden Furnace.

And the Pope was said to be able to dive to a depth of more than 2000 meters before he entered the sequence.

——No wonder this girl was able to kill Orlando.

"Nightmare Entanglement" continued to drag both parties down.

1600m, 1700m, 2000m, 3000m, 5000m, 9000m, 12000m.

Ten seconds passed, and the beads of sweat on Lexus's forehead became more and more dense.

In the first three thousand meters, he could still find something to say to make amends.

But 5000, 10000...

It was almost 15000 meters, but the other party was not only not contaminated, but was diving even faster - the other party's current depth was even 700 to 800 meters deeper than his own!

At this depth, at this depth, let alone Sequence 9, even if it turned into Sequence 6, it would hardly be able to hold on!

What a monster is this!

He had no idea how deep the other party wanted to dive, but one thing was certain:

The pollution and power of the deep sea correspond to each other. This is data that cannot be falsified or disguised even if a Sequence 1 comes. The deeper the dive, the stronger the strength of one's soul!

What on earth has Orlando gotten himself into?

He remembered that there were no more than five Sequence 5s active in Newlon Harbor! Who would specifically target a minor figure like Orlando?!

Sequence 5 is already a clear path and the way to the future. Without exception, they are all worlds apart from ordinary people. It is no exaggeration to say that they have attained divinity and stepped onto the long step to godhood.

Then pull yourself down into the deep sea...

Lexus thought of the bishop sixteen years ago and wanted to end the ceremony in a panic.

But before he could do anything, a startling color appeared in the deep sea, which should have been deep, cold, heavy and dark.

It was an incomparably sacred, lofty, solemn and glorious temple, existing in an upside-down posture in the deep sea.

And the water depth now...

30000m!

Lexius immediately realized that something was wrong.

be cheated!

Volume 1: Chapter 49 Ah, here comes another delivery...

As soon as he was pulled to the deep sea of ​​30000 meters, the moment he saw the temple, Lexus' heart skipped a beat.

It was completely different from what he thought. The other party was not an ordinary person, and might not even be an extraordinary person.

Creating a building in the deep sea—or a shelter—is itself a ritual, and a ritual of a very high order.

The "divine experience of going to the kingdom of God" spoken of by ancient fanatics was actually mostly a deep dive into the sanctuary where their so-called "gods" lived in the deep sea.

The "gods" here are not gods like the Father of All, but spiritual beings that retain their rationality in the deep sea. The "twin snakes" worshipped by the Twin Snakes Cult are of this type.

Of course, their "Kingdom of God" is not the real Kingdom of God, but a special nightmare.

The depth of this nightmare can change. If someone in reality replicates the rituals of the gods, then these kingdoms of gods will be like having bitten a fish hook. As the rituals in reality are reproduced again and again, they will float up little by little and finally float up to reality.

When the nightmare rises to around 1000m, the gods will be resurrected in reality after seven days.

Generally speaking, these ritual reproductions are carried out voluntarily by all kinds of people for various purposes, such as for faith, to gain knowledge of the gods, simply for research, or to bring the gods into reality to share.

Because there is a desire - whether it is to witness a religious miracle or simply to bring the gods into reality and tame them into cat girls, it is natural to prepare a container for the gods.

This is the same ritual "The Incarnation of the Lord" that Lexus witnessed during the plague of Nylon sixteen years ago and which went bankrupt.

At that time, they had already pulled the twin snakes' kingdom of God, the "Plague Fort", to a depth of 46000 meters. As long as the plague could cover the entire Newlon Port and then spread to the Great Silver Fort area, the twin snakes could be successfully resurrected.

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