Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

"Okay, as long as it can save Dad, I'm willing to give you my soul!"

However, after only a moment's hesitation, Tono Akiha, eager to save her father, gritted her teeth, broke free from Ryougi Shiki's arms, and stepped forward decisively.

"Me too!"

Asagami Fujino, who was a beat slower to react, followed closely behind.

"And I!"

Wu Jingfei, the younger sister who has always been quiet and reserved and not good at expressing her attitudes and opinions, also mustered up the courage to step forward.

"Count me in..."

Wu Jinghu Po, the older sister who was very concerned about her younger sister's safety, wanted to stop them, but it was too late. So she simply closed her eyes, decided to give up, and stood with the others.

"I... Waaah..."

Meanwhile, Tono Shiki and Nanaya Shiki, who also wanted to join the ranks, were silenced by their subordinates and exorcists as soon as they opened their mouths.

For these traditional lineages, girls can be sacrificed without hesitation, but the more important male offspring must be retained to shoulder the burden of the family.

As for the only female-dominated lineage—the Wujing clan—the sisters Amber and Jade were born into a branch family. They were adopted by the main family because their mother broke a taboo. So, although the two children were quite talented, they were insignificant to the Wujing clan.

"So, you've tacitly agreed?"

With a single glance, Samael easily saw through the dirty schemes in the hearts of these adults, nodded in satisfaction, a smile floating on the surface of his eyes, but inwardly flowing with sarcasm.

Driven by the will to survive, everyone remained silent, heads bowed low.

Samael yawned, somewhat listless, then turned to look at the five little ones standing alone, completely unaware that they had been tacitly sold out, and spoke softly.

"You can refuse this deal..."

"No need for pretense, just heal everyone, and our souls will be yours!"

Ryougi glanced back at her grandfather, who was standing on the cave wall with a crazed expression, took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and her little face was full of determination.

The other four girls, also glaring at the demon before them with shared hatred, held hands and nodded emphatically.

With the five little girls as collateral for the rescue, Samael didn't waste any words. He decisively chanted a divine incantation, raised his right palm with his fingers bent, and "generously" offered his help.

hum!

As the blazing white light patterns pulsed and spread in circles, the exorcists and hybrids, undergoing wave after wave of baptism, had wisps of red and black blood mist, some thick and some thin, rising from their pores.

Samael raised his hand and beckoned, and the escaping blood mist gathered in mid-air into red and black angry dragons, flowing back into the ancient serpent's body.

When the oppressive blood mist dissipated, the exorcists and hybrids were astonished to find that not only was the rebellious divine blood within them extracted, but also the rebellious impulses and negative emotions that had accumulated over the years were purified. Their chaotic and bloodthirsty minds became clearer and more peaceful than ever before.

Even the most transformed mixed-race individuals had a vague premonition that this state would continue, allowing them to completely break free from the curse of reversal, escape the dark gutter, and walk openly in the sunlight.

Even Tono Makihisa and Kazuma Kurenai, who were no longer recognizable as human on the field, were gradually returning to human form from their loss of control and distortion.

Yes, they have been purified!

Everything went exactly as planned before the ceremony began.

However, while they guessed the beginning and the end correctly, they couldn't have predicted the process would turn out this way.

Just as everyone was sighing and lamenting, Tono Makihisa, who was leaning against the stone wall, was the first to regain his senses. He shook his head and mumbled incoherently.

"What's wrong with me?"

"Dad, you're awake!"

Seeing that her father had truly been cured, Tono Akiha was overjoyed and ran forward excitedly.

"do not come!"

However, due to an instinctive feeling of inexplicable discomfort in his body, Tono Makihisa's gaze, which was sometimes confused and sometimes clear, involuntarily fell down, and he was shocked to see his own thick, dark arms with faintly shimmering scales, and the sharp nails at the ends of his ten fingers that looked like daggers. He immediately and sternly stopped his daughter from approaching.

Without a doubt, he is now in a state of reversal. The heavy horns on his head further confirm that he has lost his human identity and could potentially attack people at any time.

Immediately afterwards, the man looked around and noticed that Yajima Hongmo, Qiye Huangli, and Liangyi Laotou had all woken up. The four brothers who had just been fighting each other were gradually regaining their senses and couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.

Then, Tono Makihisa, who was two meters tall and still showed obvious signs of demonization, briefly searched through his chaotic memories, raised his head slightly, and looked at the figure that walked forward with awe.

"Was it you... who saved us?"

"That's it."

Samael glanced at the four of them. He answered somewhat casually, then bent down and drew a soundproof barrier on the ground, lowering his voice.

"Listen carefully, your corruption has gone too deep. In the previous fight, you forced your potential out of the way without regard for the cost. Now your life force has been almost completely drained, and your bodies are on the verge of collapse."

The four were startled upon hearing this. After carefully sensing their surroundings for a moment, they were shocked to find that their bodies were already at their limit. They looked at each other in dismay, their faces ashen.

But then, realizing a certain possibility, the four turned their eager gazes to the figure who had brought about this miracle.

"However, as a privilege of our valued customers, you now have two options to choose from."

The ancient serpent abruptly changed the subject and spoke in a low voice.

"First, let me unleash the power of my holy blood to help repair your bodies and maintain this semi-out-of-control state, allowing you to live out the rest of your lives in a daze, perhaps for another ten years or so..."

Second, I will forcibly extract this power from you, eliminate the hidden danger, and restore your consciousness. However, the price will be a significant reduction in your lifespan.

Faced with this difficult choice, everyone couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

After a moment, Tono Makihisa was the first to look up, bow respectfully, and ask earnestly.

"Sir, if we choose the second option, how much time do we have left?"

“You guys are younger, you can hold on, maybe five years. But the older folks aren’t so optimistic, they probably only have three years left…”

Samael made a quick estimate and answered casually.

"I choose the second path!"

Upon hearing this, Tono Makihisa's expression relaxed, and he spoke up decisively.

Samael was somewhat surprised and kindly offered a reminder.

"Don't think about it anymore?"

"No need! Five years is enough!"

Tono Makihisa declared his choice without hesitation, his gaze resolute.

This unexpected decisiveness piqued the ancient serpent's curiosity.

"why?"

Tono Makihisa remained silent for a moment, glancing with disgust at the reddish-black skin of his body that shimmered with scales. He then looked up at his children and wife not far away, a hint of gentleness appearing on his ferocious face.

"I want to be a human being, to live with dignity..."

How can we be decent human beings?

Samael shook his head and muttered to himself, feeling that the scene before him was both dramatic and ironic.

This seemingly humane father, in order to control his impulse to rebel and maintain his pitiful "human" identity, betrayed his half-blood brethren and cooperated with the exorcists of the Seven Nights Clan; later, in order to eliminate the threat, he betrayed his exorcist ally and massacred the Seven Nights Clan.

According to his original destiny, in the future, as the spiritual power in his memories weakens with the passage of time, he will become increasingly unable to restrain his rebellious impulses, and will extend his evil claws to Amber, who is a descendant of the Wu Jing family, to engage in "fluid exchange" with her in order to maintain his last remaining "humanity".

But by then, people might have long since turned into beasts that merely survive.

"To be a human being? As you wish..."

The ancient serpent sighed for a moment, then, without saying much, raised its hand and stroked across Tono Makihisa's body, drawing away the divine blood along with the chaotic hybrid blood.

As Tono Makihisa felt weak and powerless, his body gradually returned to its normal size, and the strange phenomena on his body disappeared. The bloodthirsty impulse that had plagued him for many years also vanished.

After years of longing, his dream has now been unexpectedly fulfilled, and Tono Makihisa is so excited that he can hardly contain himself.

However, the man quickly calmed down and, with a humble and devout attitude, respectfully inquired of the deity before him.

"Thank you for your generosity. How should we repay your kindness?"

As a shrewd businessman, Tono Makihisa knew all too well that there's no such thing as a free lunch.

"Repayment? No need. Someone has already paid the due compensation for you."

However, to everyone's surprise, Samael's reaction was rather lukewarm, and he seemed uninterested in the business tycoon's defection.

After all, he had no good feelings towards Tono Makihisa, a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, and offering his help was nothing more than a transaction.

Has it already been paid?

At this moment, Tono Makihisa, who had been blocked, was completely bewildered and couldn't figure it out.

"father!"

However, as his daughter excitedly rushed out of his arms, Tono Makihisa had to first calm his princess down.

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At this moment, having satisfied one customer, Samael turned his gaze to the remaining three and spoke leisurely.

"Well, what about you?"

"I've lived most of my life in a daze, and I don't want to die a confused ghost."

The elderly Liangyi did not hesitate for long and made a decisive choice.

Because he possessed different personalities and had an innate urge to kill, he imprisoned himself in the family dungeon for nearly twenty years to avoid tragedy. He constantly destroyed himself, denied himself, and caused himself pain. In the end, he became confused and like a walking corpse.

Only recently, after receiving the medication that could suppress his impulses, was he able to leave the dungeon and see the light of day again.

Those who emerge from the cave and see the light never want to return to that cold, damp underground and isolate themselves.

At this moment, Qi Ye Huang Li looked up at the small creature in his clansman's arms. His cold gaze softened with affection, and he nodded in agreement, making the same choice.

Once, because of his duty as the head of the Seven Nights family, he only had his mission in his heart, and he didn't care about good or evil, right or wrong. The impulse to exorcise demons was not such an inconvenient thing for him.

Even marriage and having children were simply responsibilities he had to shoulder.

However, when his son Zhigui was born and he heard the first word "father" reach his ears, he gradually changed his mind.

To this end, he constantly crossed the line, choosing to cooperate with the hybrids he needed to hunt, hoping to end this endless struggle so that his children would not follow the same path as him, with their hands stained with blood.

Now, he can finally put down this burden.

Samael naturally does his best to meet customer needs.

He wasn't lying about how long he could have lived, but whether these people could save a few more years of their lives from him depended on his mood.

Coincidentally, he had a fairly good impression of the two people in front of him.

Now it was the turn of the last one, Kurenai. As a mixed-race person who was raised as a beast and a killing machine, he didn't understand why the people around him were so determined to be human.

But it is precisely because we don't understand that we want to know even more.

Thus, this man, who was often isolated from civilization and nearly mute, also made the same choice.

When the final purification was complete, Samael clapped his hands, stood up and walked towards the five little girls reunited with their families, and spoke in a low, thoughtful voice.

“I have fulfilled your requests. Now, according to the promise, it is your turn to make a covenant with me.”

At the same time, Gu Shequ flicked his finger, reached into the spatial barrier with his right arm, and after groping around for a while, threw five scrolls to the little girls in front of him.

The little girl took the scroll, but couldn't understand the scribbles on the paper at all, and immediately felt dizzy and lightheaded.

"It's very simple, just drip blood at the signature spot."

Samael leaned against the stone wall with his arms crossed, offering a quiet reminder.

The little girls, with heavy hearts, pricked their fingers and, with tears in their eyes, dripped drops of blood onto the scroll.

At this moment, Tono Makihisa, the old man Ryougi, and the awakened head of the Asagami family, among others, realized who had paid the price for them. Their expressions changed slightly, and they stood up abruptly.

However, as soon as Samael glanced at them, the four of them felt a chill that froze their souls, penetrating their hearts and lungs. The overwhelming divine power that swept over them instantly froze their blood, leaving their bodies stiff as wood.

"Although I am not a philanthropist, I am fair. If you want to get something from me, you must pay the corresponding price."

The ancient serpent examined the scene for a moment, then pondered meaningfully.

"The lives of the four demon-slaying families and hundreds of mixed-blood individuals, as well as the millennia-old wish of both races, are all on this piece of paper. I'm giving you the right to choose, but think carefully before you speak..."

As he finished speaking, Samael raised his hand and waved it lightly. The immense pressure on the group instantly dissipated, and their senses returned to their bodies.

But as beams of gaze converged on them, they hesitated for a long time before finally freezing in place, their arms hanging limply at their sides, their eyes closed in pain.

To attempt to defy divine power with the strength of mortals is nothing but wishful thinking.

Besides, they had no right to negotiate with the people in front of them.