Their commission was suspicious.

"..."

Chen Luo didn't think he and Esdeath got along very well.

"By the way, where's your soul lamp? Let me see it." Esdeath reached out to Chen Luoshen, who was walking beside her.

"What are you doing?" Chen Luo clenched his fist, and the Soul Lamp appeared amidst a burst of flames, which he then grasped in his hand.

"Which is deeper, the pain inflicted by this Soul Lamp or the pain inflicted by the black feathers?" Esdeath's fingertips lightly slid across the Soul Lamp, then inadvertently brushed against Chen Luo's palm.

It's cool and refreshing, very comfortable.

"Don't move your fingers, they're itchy. I think in terms of sheer pain level, the Soul Lamp hurts more. But in terms of the area affected, the black feathers are more widespread." Chen Luo subconsciously withdrew his hand.

But Esdeath grabbed Chen Luo's hand, making it impossible for him to pull it back.

Chen Luo didn't know whether Esdeath was interested in the Soul Lamp in her hand or in his hand.

Upon witnessing this scene, the Herrscher of Knowledge's eyes widened instantly, and she swung her fist fiercely several times towards Esdeath in the void.

Chen Luo knew that while the Herrscher of Knowledge seemed to be attacking Esdeath, she was actually warning him.

So Chen Luo could only gently poke Esdeath's palm with his fingertips, and Esdeath, feeling the itch in her palm, couldn't help but let go of Chen Luo's hand.

"Seriously, why is Esdeath unaffected by the black feathers?" Tatsumi and the others, who were following far behind Chen Luo and the others, discussed.

Although the Dragon of the East Sea has now disappeared, the Black Feather incident has attracted even more attention.

With no clear direction, the group decided to observe Esdeath's situation more closely and try to gather more information.

"Is that your friend following behind you?" Esdes didn't go any further after Chen Luo broke free of her grasp, but asked calmly.

Leone and her group had been trained in stealth, but there were too many of them, and Esdeath's counter-surveillance abilities were also very strong.

"That's it."

"Let's try to cut off contact from now on. Just come to my side. The strongest warriors in the tribe are meant to protect the priests. Under the iron heel of the empire, those rebels can't cause any trouble. For your sake, I'll spare them this time. Night raid... right?"

Chen Luo felt helpless about Esdeath's attitude and understood why Leone and the others were so puzzled as to why Esdeath had not been punished.

Esdeath's lack of threat from the black feathers was both reasonable and unexpected.

Moreover, given Esdeath's formidable martial prowess and her special status within the Empire, Chen Luo also granted her a pardon.

These black feathers naturally come from Mercury Lamp, which is what Mercury Lamp has been collecting while staying in the Doll World.

This was also the reason why the Imperial Capital Evolution Project was delayed by one day, because the black feathers that had been collected were found to be insufficient after a true calculation of the sins committed by the Imperial Capital.

This means that Mercury Lamp had her feathers plucked for two days while she was in the doll world.

The reasons why these feathers are so magical are multifaceted.

When Chen Luo was making these feathers, he not only had Mercury Lamp do it himself, but he also used the Soul-Summoning Bell to brush them countless times, successfully summoning Gabriel.

Why summon Gabriel? Of course, it's to make Gabriel a humanoid battery for Mercury Lamp.

In this way, Mercury Lamp could directly borrow Gabriel's power to infuse more angelic power into these feathers.

Seeing the person next to him openly stealing his power and even creating black feathers in front of him, Gabriel was so angry that he beat up Chen Luo.

But even though he beat up Chen Luo and vented his anger, Gabriel still had to act as a human battery.

Chen Luo went there specifically to get beaten up so that Gabriel would work hard after venting his anger.

Even if the black feathers were infused with Gabriel's angelic power, they shouldn't have such miraculous effects, but the power of faith is omnipotent.

There is nothing that faith cannot accomplish; there are only things you haven't even imagined.

This is why, even though people who believe in God are easily swayed by their followers, the path of faith still prevails.

Even powerful gods crave the power of faith.

The principle is roughly to implant a portion of faith power into the black feather, and then let the faith power of the black feather resonate with the "orange juice" in each person's body, so as to more easily lock onto the sinner.

When the black feathers pierce the body of an evil person, regardless of how many feathers there are or whether the person is dead or not, it will immediately trigger the transformation into a puppet, causing the soul, which would normally only transform into a puppet after death, to be eroded immediately.

Chen Luo now realizes that he has acquired quite a few real puppets.

The black feathers serve more than just that purpose; besides inflicting immense pain on sinners and multiplying that pain several times over when they commit evil, they also act as a collector of negative emotions.

This is used to make food for inner demons.

The food of inner demons is negative emotions, but in order to make it "tastier", it needs to be processed.

If the black feather touches the ground, it will not disappear into thin air, but will be summoned back to the clouds in the sky and fall down again.

Although he had spent some faith power on this trial in the capital, Chen Luo felt that he could collect it back from the people of the capital in no time.

Haven't those sinners in the capital who have been completely turned into puppets already become fanatics and started offering their faith?

Black feathers are carried by the wind, so they arrive at their destinations in different orders.

When Chen Luo realized that the people he had marked had all been pierced with black feathers, he patted the Mercury Lamp sitting on his shoulder.

"Time to get to work."

"Hmm." Mercury Lamp nodded reluctantly, but when she thought of the superb gold version of Supreme Lactic Acid Bacteria that Chen Luo had promised, she felt a surge of excitement.

The next moment, the mercury lamp disappeared from Chen Luo's shoulder and was teleported by Chen Luo to the place used by the Empire for public executions using the Herrscher of the Void's ability.

The area had already been cleared of any disturbances by idlers, leaving the area completely deserted within a hundred meters.

[The trial begins! These ten sinners are the most heinous of criminals, and God has sent them to be punished as a warning to others.]

The mercury lamp floated above the specially made cross, allowing the Herrscher of Knowledge to once again start a live broadcast.

As soon as Mercury Lamp finished speaking, Chen Luo instantly used his Herrscher of the Void powers to reach out to the unlucky few he had already marked.

The Herrscher of the Void's powers are not only able to manipulate imaginary space, but also come with some surprises, such as this ghostly giant hand. Sirin used this ability during the Second Honkai Impact.

[Number one, the worst of all evil, Ernest. Crime: Unforgivable]

The chubby Ernest was teleported directly to the 10 crosses by the ghostly giant hand.

Although Ernest had trained in the Temple of the Dead and was still somewhat capable in combat, he was completely unable to break free from the giant ghost's hand.

Then they began to announce the crimes Ernest had committed.

The moment the black feather pierced Ernest's heart, the final step of the dollification process was initiated. Therefore, Ernest has now become Chen Luo's doll. By searching the keyword "crimes" in the Book of Friends, you can see what bad things these people have done.

Needless to say, the crimes Ernest committed, such as confiscating property, framing others, bullying men and women, and murder, are too numerous to mention.

It was precisely this bastard Ernest who caused the once prosperous capital to gradually degenerate into a hellish place overrun by demons and monsters.

However, among these many crimes, one stands out in particular.

[Poisoning the late emperor and empress dowager]

This crime shocked not only the court and the public, but also all the residents of the capital.

No one could have imagined that Ernest would be so bold.

Upon seeing this message, the young emperor, seated on his throne, swayed slightly.

Although the young emperor had become Chen Luo's puppet, Chen Luo did not grant him much access to the group network. Although he knew that Ernest had indeed committed many crimes, the young emperor had only just learned that he had caused the deaths of his own parents.

"Bud! Arrest all of Ernest's accomplices!" The young emperor could no longer contain himself.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" General Bude, who already loathed the minister but couldn't bring himself to do it because the minister was deeply trusted by the emperor, received the emperor's order. With a flash of lightning, the guards who were originally following the minister collapsed to the ground after being struck by the lightning.

It is worth mentioning that the minister's forces were basically pierced through by Kuroba, and because they had not adapted to the pain, they were powerless to fight.

However, very few of the guards led by Bud were possessed by Black Feather.

Ernest, who had been declared guilty of all crimes, was directly pulled to the front of the 10 crosses, and then his hands and feet were nailed to the crosses with a dozen iron nails.

Ernest's screams were incessant.

Soon, another white ghost appeared floating in front of Ernest, holding a scalpel.

At this point, Mercury Lamp also announced the punishment Ernest deserved.

[Ten Days of Lingchi]

The white ghost sliced ​​through Ernest's arm with a single stroke, slicing off a thin piece of flesh.

Ernest let out an even more agonizing scream!

When Ernest was injured, the cross behind him slowly emitted light, and Ernest's injured arm began to slowly heal.

These crosses have been imbued with the power of metamorphosis.

Ernest, on the other hand, would have to endure ten days of excruciating torture here, but the power of transformation would also heal him, ensuring his survival.

This is what is known as "death by a thousand cuts over ten days".

Just then, some uninvited guests arrived at the city gate.

"Huh? Holy crap, there are actually unlucky guys rushing to their deaths during the countdown?"

As Ernest was being punished, Chen Luo subconsciously looked towards the direction of the capital city gate.

"Perfect timing! I was worried that some of the other 10 people weren't well-known enough to make an example of them. Now, all the villains are here!"

Although Chen Luo did not inject the puppet mark into Sheila and his companions, there is still half a minute before the next person is announced—in order to make Ernest's punishment more memorable and achieve the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey, Ernest still needs to be tortured for half a minute before the next person enters.

"Shangri-La!" After being pulled into a special space, Sheila instantly activated the Imperial Arm on her wrist.

Shangri-La, a space-type Imperial Arms

But before the Imperial Arm could take effect, a giant ghostly hand ripped it off.

Several other characters also had their Imperial Arms stolen.

They were also simultaneously imprinted with doll marks and began to rapidly transform into dolls.

Chapter 970 Chen Luo: This sibling relationship doesn't seem quite pure, does it?

For the sake of thrift, Chen Luo did not distribute "orange juice" throughout the empire. The empire's territory was far beyond imagination, and Chen Luo did not have that much orange juice in stock. Therefore, he only focused on the capital city. In addition, the black feather could not possibly fly that far, so the criminals to be judged were naturally limited to the capital city.

Therefore, it is a real pity that the minister's distant relative, the vice-leader who was planted in Anning Dao, could not come to participate in the competition.

Originally, Chen Luoding's second place was Oni no Ouka, the captain of the Imperial Capital Garrison, but with Sheila's arrival, the rankings will need to be slightly adjusted.

Originally, Oni no Ouka should have been killed by Night Raid yesterday, but because Chen Luo and Najenda revealed some of their cards, Najenda decided to temporarily refrain from missions for the next two days. This gave Tatsumi and the others time to explore the capital.

[Second place: Sheila, son of a minister. Charges: murder, robbery, rape, treason]

After Minister Ernest was subjected to a slow, agonizing torture in front of everyone for nearly a minute, the second person finally made his appearance.

Sheila was taken out of the alternate dimension created by the Herrscher of the Void and then floated above the second cross.

Sheila's appearance surprised everyone. Sheila's reputation was once widespread in the capital, but she had disappeared for the past two years. However, she did not expect to reappear.

The key point is that no one has heard the news that Sheila has returned to the capital.

Sheila doesn't seem like a low-key person. If she came to the capital, the first thing she would do would probably be to kill someone in the street again, right?

Even Ernest was somewhat surprised when he saw his son, but he was soon overwhelmed by endless pain, because even when others were being sentenced, Ernest's torture did not stop.

Sheila had not yet arrived in the capital when the East Sea Dragon ravaged it, nor had she been mentally influenced by Mercury Lamp, so she did not quite believe that Mercury Lamp was an angel.

Even with nine feathers stuck in her chest, Sheila tried to spout nonsense at the Mercury Lamp, but before she could utter a word, her mouth was sewn shut by a suddenly appearing thread.

Blood flowed freely, but no one pitied this once infamous villain in the capital. Only the bad guys felt a sense of shared sorrow for the fallen.

Next came the announcement of Sheila's charges.

Sheraqan's misdeeds were no less than his father's, and his rape and abduction of young women were even worse.

It is perfectly reasonable and legal for him to see a pretty young woman on the street, forcibly take her to a hotel, and then harm her, and even kill Sheila.

By abusing his status as the son of a minister, Sheila has committed heinous crimes.

However, the charge of treason was that Sheila was planning to kill her father, a minister, and take his place.

After the reason for the charge was explained, everyone had to admit that they were indeed father and son.

Sheila's nine feathers were only one black feather less than the minister's ten unpardonable sins. Therefore, she was sentenced to be executed by slow slicing over nine days.

Lingchi (death by a thousand cuts) is definitely one of the most terrifying punishments!

In fact, Chen Luo felt that the minister deserved 20 black feathers, but in order to save some black feathers, Chen Luo could only suppress the urge to give him a few more feathers.

"Looks like Esdeath, your backer is gone." Chen Luo said bluntly as he walked with Esdeath and looked at the image appearing before his eyes.