Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Let's return our attention to the sacrificial ceremony.

A thousand second-realm demons, used as ritual materials, stared intently at Nonohara Yuka, all losing their breath amidst eerie smiles. Their abyssal essence flowed into the sacrificial ritual, igniting ghostly flames. Nonohara Yuka felt her inspiration surge, and her player panel even issued a warning of unknown danger!

[Player - Five times a day by the Purple Emperor, you are undergoing an unknown sacrificial ritual...]

"No! I can't give up!"

Since becoming a player during the trial missions, she has faced countless dangers. The amusement park's warning sound actually brought Yuzuka Nonohara back to her senses. Her will to survive was ignited in her eyes, and in an instant, her thoughts, which had been swirling around in a hundred different ways, finally settled on the Devil Fruit beside her.

Although she didn't know what it was, as long as it could break the sacrifice, Nonohara Yuka, who only wanted to live, lunged at the Slippery Fruit and bit into it with all her might!

Doing nothing is just waiting to die!

She's going to eat this!

I haven't done my daily tasks yet!

"...a futile struggle."

Camon continued chanting the ritual. Even if the vessel had eaten the Slippery Fruit beforehand, it couldn't have stopped the Abyss Ritual from starting. Then, to his utter dismay, he discovered that the sacrificial ritual had actually stopped!

"Ouch...that hurts!"

Yuka Nonohara didn't even manage to bite it; instead, her powerful teeth hit the tip of her tongue, and she was so dizzy that she realized the pink fruit next to her had suddenly disappeared.

It turned out that Black Sun had silently carried its master's treasure outside the ceremony by stretching out its little paws.

Camon: "???"

Nonohara Yuka: "???"

Under the power of the [Hidden Feather], the two were completely unaware of the Black Sun's existence, and could not even observe the little raven moving the Smooth-Smooth Fruit. Their eyes and mental power were all deceiving Camon, making Camon believe that the Smooth-Smooth Fruit had suddenly appeared outside the ritual.

Like spatial teleportation?

Camon was taken aback.

The Abyss Ritual has a sealing effect, so Nonohara Yuka can no longer use her abilities. It's impossible that she was the one who transferred the Devil Fruit. Otherwise, why didn't Nonohara Yuka just transfer herself to escape?

He cautiously observed his surroundings but could not find any trace of outsiders. The sacrificial ritual that had already begun could not be prepared again, and more importantly, the ever-expanding black flames were about to burn over!

Camon extended his tree root tentacles and solemnly placed the Smooth-Smooth Fruit back in the center of the ritual. Yuka Nonohara, realizing that as long as the fruit was not in the ritual, she could stop the sacrifice from taking place, immediately tried to throw it away. However, as the sacrifice, she not only had her powers sealed, but she also couldn't even throw the Devil Fruit.

"Offer the Devil Fruit that connects to the abyss!"

"Offering a pure vessel imbued with maternal love!"

As Camon continued to pray for divine intervention, the viscous air became almost gelatinous, and a bright light bulb suddenly appeared on Nonohara Yuka's head. She frantically opened her mouth and bit into the slippery fruit again.

Then the Abyss Ritual stopped again.

Black Sun stretched out his crow claws, took the Slip-Slip Fruit, and placed it on the ground not far away. Camon, with his eyes wide open, still couldn't notice. This time, he watched with his own eyes as the Slip-Slip Fruit inexplicably left the Abyss Ritual!

Undeterred, Camon tried again.

Yuka Nonohara, with a strange expression that seemed to say "I suddenly discovered that there is a bug in the park that I can exploit," once again bit into the Slippery Fruit with her silver teeth. Then, the silent Black Sun appeared for the third time, interrupting the sacrificial ceremony.

Camon: "..."

The Immaculate Mother Tree is above!

what is happening!

You must understand that the abyss ritual he is performing now is not a prayer to the gods for gold and silver or for good luck for tomorrow's date, but a chanting of the full name of the evil god, begging Him to send down angels!

The inspiration of death surged through his soul, and he was certain that if the ritual before him went wrong again, the Immaculate Mother Tree would make the believers taste the consequences of blasphemy.

Chapter 523 Abyss Ritual

Seeing the blank look in Camon's eyes, Yuka Nonohara said with a bitter face, "I am not the pure vessel you are looking for at all. Even if purity can be refreshed every day, I was just broken when I woke up this morning. If you don't like it, just let me go and find another one!"

"……Shut up!"

Camon trusted his judgment, but he couldn't think of any other explanation in a short time.

He picked up the Smooth-Smooth Fruit and examined it closely. The pink skin resembled enchanting circles. In the original work, the Nika Fruit had the wisdom to choose its own eater. Now that the Devil Fruit has been corrupted by the Abyss, the Smooth-Smooth Fruit, which has become a Devil, is no exception. Could it be that the Smooth-Smooth Fruit is refusing to become a vessel for the angel's descent?

But how is this possible?

That is the great Immaculate Mother Tree. Your Slippery Fruit is nothing but a treacherous pirate. You should be obsequiously washing and cutting it into pieces when eaten by the angels under Her command!

Staring at the Slippery Fruit that had inexplicably escaped the Abyss Ritual three times in a row, the corrupted Camon couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation. The Abyss Ritual, which he couldn't wait for any longer, left him no time to think.

So the corrupted Camon entered the ritual.

Devil Fruit teleportation?

The Abyss Ritual could not be completed?

Since we can't find the reason, let him personally grab the Devil Fruit and stay in the Abyss Ritual. Even if this leads to his death, it doesn't matter. He will just return to the Abyss Will and wait to be resurrected in seven days.

If he were to die from the scorching black flames, there would be no chance of survival. He would have no face to live if he could not offer a sacrifice to the Immaculate Mother Tree. It would be better for him to throw himself into the sea of ​​fire and repent for his mistakes through death.

The island of rare beasts began to tremble. Camon no longer concealed the aura of its own pollution source. The nearly seventy-meter-high and twenty-meter-wide stone pillar was like a spear piercing through the island. The solid outer shell cracked with human-shaped gaps. Since he stopped using tally marks to record the number of deaths after becoming corrupted, Camon had never left this stone pillar, because the body inside him was the most vulnerable core pollution source!

Upon seeing the villain emerge in his second form, Black Sun cautiously spread his wings to sense his surroundings. After confirming that Camon had not only not become stronger but had actually become much weaker, he lost interest and continued to quietly wait for what would happen next.

Pear-shaped face, a treasure-like body, and perfectly white teeth that look like an underwear zipper.

The comical appearance of the corrupted Camon did not reassure Yuka Nonohara. She witnessed Camon personally holding up the Devil Fruit, walking into the ritual, standing next to her, and launching the sacrifice ritual again. She collapsed to the ground in despair, thinking that she was going to die anyway.

Having recently arrived in this world and carefully understood the rules of the mission mode, Yuka Nonohara managed to acquire some money through her own efforts. She learned from the locals that to reach the Grand Line, she had to pass through a place called Reverse Mountain, and the closest island to Reverse Mountain was New Loguetown.

It is said that the navy there sets sail regularly, and finding a way to hitch a ride on a navy ship is the safest way for the residents of the East Blue to reach the Grand Line. So Yuka Nonohara set sail from Shells Town with a merchant ship.

Unlike Jolyne, who came to the pirate world specifically using [Designated Card] and [Job Certificate], Yuzuka Nonohara, who was randomly matched into the Devil's Sea by Paradise, knew nothing about this world. Fortunately, through the powerful aura exposed by Mayor Morgan of Shells Town, she keenly realized that the local forces in the Devil's Sea were very strong, and this was not a world where players could act recklessly.

To complete the park's missions, befriending local forces is the best option.

Moreover, she is from the [Captain's Faction], and with the protection of local strongmen, she can effectively guard against assassinations by hunter players that may come at any time.

You shouldn't stay at the initial drop-off point for too long.

The path to survival begins in the East China Sea, and after examining the island distribution map of the East China Sea...

Yuka Nonohara discovered that there weren't many islands that could serve as initial drop points for players, and the assassination attempt by the tracking compass would come soon. She had to leave Shells Town quickly to avoid being hunted by the hunters who had gathered there.

"Head to New Rogge and join the Navy!"

Yuka Nonohara set her sights on a destination, but before she even reached New Rogue Town, she tragically discovered that a hunter had already been tracking her using a compass back in Shells Town. The hunter followed the merchant ship, secretly assessed Yuka Nonohara's strength, and then launched a vicious attack, forcing her to jump into the sea to seek a chance to survive.

The rest is history.

The two accidentally stumbled upon a rare animal island.

There were thousands of demons on the island, and soon the two of them were brought before Camon. The unlucky hunter died before he could even say a few words.

"Eek... I'm so impure! That Immaculate Mother Tree sounds like a germaphobe! If you use my body, you'll definitely punish me in anger!"

Yuka Nonohara was filled with utter despair.

She knew that even if the ritual failed, she wouldn't be able to leave alive. These strange creatures didn't seem like the type to waste food; they might even be the 18+ goblins from anime. In that case, the amount of milk they produced would be comparable to an overturned milk truck. If no one came to rescue her, living a few more days would just be torture.

As for the outsiders that Camon mentioned not long ago?

What kind of strength can a player who's at most level 10 have?

Yuka Nonohara was even more desperate.

Camon didn't care about the sacrifice's thoughts. Even if he knew, he would only feel that his reputation had been damaged. The pirate demon didn't even have intelligence, so where would he get all sorts of messy desires? He stared intently at the Smooth-Smooth Fruit activating the ritual again, his hands clenched tightly as if afraid that the accidents from the previous three times would happen again.

Then the black sun came again.

It's not like Yuka Nonohara has to bite the Devil Fruit with her teeth for it to appear and stop her.

The corrupted Camon said right in front of it that it would send down punitive angels from the Immaculate Mother Tree. Why didn't it stop it? Was it just going to watch the angels of the abyss fight their own master?

Moreover, who knows if this ritual will cause irreversible damage to the Smooth-Smooth Fruit? Jolyne sent it here to ensure the fruit's safety. If things continue to develop in a strange direction, Black Sun will be embarrassed and won't know how to face its master.

And just then!

An unexpected change has occurred!

Perhaps the Immaculate Mother Tree had already drawn a glimpse of its presence to the Abyss Ritual, perhaps it truly desired the corrupted Camon to offer Joryon to it, or perhaps even evil gods have their limits.

Chapter 524 Only Three Realms

When the Black Sun's claws fell for the fourth time, the [Hidden Feather] that it had used in the Abyss Ritual was actually ignited by ghostly flames!

Although no damage was caused, the Black Sun was now exposed to a shocked and furious Camon!

Camon traced its claws upwards, its dark pupils fixed intently on Black Sun's eyes.

"I've found you! And you're courting death!"

In an instant, a storm filled with the aura of death swept fiercely toward the black sun in the sky with Camon's roar!

With some exceptions, most of the evil gods and corrupted beings of the Nine-Life Abyss Dragon follow the path of divine trickery.

Camon is no exception. However, being born in the world of pirates, he does not have the complete Abyss Blessing. Although his true strength is already at the third level of corruption, his talent has not been fully awakened, so he can only be considered a fragmented third level of the God-Demon type.

Similar to the three realms of martial arts, becoming a master of the three realms of the divine and mysterious arts requires complete mastery of two exclusive talents.

[Talent - Domain Expansion]

Description: I, Kun, will win!

Effect: Merges one's past and future possibilities to create a [personal domain]. This domain will greatly enhance the destructive power of psionic energy, significantly suppress the power of other paths within the domain, strengthen one's own resistance, and give rise to a powerful and bizarre personal effect.

[Talent - Divine Contamination]

Description: With such a high rate of loss of control in my Divine and Mystic system, it's normal for me to play with some evil god corruption, right?

Effect: Your [Source Energy] can fuse with certain powers to awaken special effects, such as serving an evil god to give your energy the [Mental Pollution] effect, and you can use some of the powers of the four realms of the Divine and Demonic system in advance, such as setting a domain that enemies within cannot escape.

As a corrupted being from the abyss, Camon can easily awaken his divine corruption talent. Even his incompletely awakened domain can achieve a similar effect by leveraging the nature of his own corruption source and mobilizing the rare beast island.

Comparable to the true divine and mysterious three realms!

Just like how Yuan Tianlu Mo suppressed the outsiders with his flawless golden body and martial arts essence when he first appeared, Camon was equally confident that as long as Jolyne got close, his instantly unfolded domain would turn all outsiders into lambs to the slaughter!

Unfortunately, he encountered a black sun.

The storm of death rushed towards him, but Black Sun calmly spread his wings to protect his body. The storm, which was enough to corrode the alien demon to ashes, could not even blow away his feathers. Instead, the shadow under Camon's feet suddenly swirled!

In the blink of an eye, an eerie shadow appeared behind Camon, took out a rope, and strangled his neck. Even though he was a corrupted being from the abyss who didn't need to breathe, Camon felt as if he were suffocating and struggled in agony.

You, Camon, are only at the Pseudo-Godly Demon Realm 3, while Black Sun's strength is at the Godly Demon Realm 4. How can one easily break through the suppression of a lower realm by a higher realm on the same path?

"The Great Immaculate Mother Tree!"

Camon shouted immediately.

Unlike normal life forms that fear being corrupted, the corrupted beings of the abyss are themselves products of corruption. They bear no burden whatsoever when it comes to calling upon the evil gods of the abyss. If Liu Fu, who died by staring directly at the enemy, were here, he would probably be so envious that he would cry. After only one exchange with the intruder, Camon, who found the Black Sun troublesome, immediately had to pray for the help of the Immaculate Mother Tree.

The great Immaculate Mother Tree is watching him!

The intruder's exposure is the evidence!

Unfortunately, the ruthless and taciturn Black Sun was not interested in the third form of the corrupted Camon, nor was he prepared to gamble on whether Camon had any hope of a counterattack.

Equipment - Yin Emperor - Special Effect - Yin God!

Black Sun's eyes are asymmetrical. Its left eye is a narrow, beautiful, crimson dragon eye, while its right eye is a strange, empty hole that looks like it is blind, representing a ghost. Now it is using its empty right eye to activate the equipment effect!

Corruption! Shadows! Souls!

Three different realms have achieved a seamless fusion and intertwining through the essence of the Four Realms of Gods and Demons!

"letter--"

The corrupted Camon opened his mouth wide, but could not utter the rest of the words. Instead, the ley lines beneath his feet turned dark and suddenly emitted a terrifying sound like a monster biting a watermelon and bursting with juice. The complex abyss ritual was being devoured by the undulating black earth!

Keep in mind that this is an abyssal ritual stabilized using a thousand second-realm demons as fuel!

Even if he sabotaged it himself, it would take time!

Camon's eyes bulged out of their sockets. "How dare you ruin my ceremony?!"

Black Sun couldn't help but mentally scoff at this third-rate villain's nonsense. Had the Corruption been mired in the abyss for too long and corrupted its brain? Was it not normal for the villain's evil ritual to be disrupted beforehand?