Please be my partner.

If it was just the Investiture of the Gods or something like that, it would be fine. But if there was something... ahem, that would be kind of bad.

But now that things have come to an end, there is nothing to regret.

I just hope that the Holy Spirit dog can grow up healthy and strong, and not grow crooked along the way.

These thoughts flashed through Mellen's mind, and he listened calmly as the Holy Spirit Dog talked about his soul path.

Nasus fiddled with the Investiture of the Gods and said, "When the demonic energy within this Investiture of the Gods is completely refined by the power of the gods, it will be considered a preliminary success. Then, no matter what gods, demons, devils, or humans we face, they will be restrained by my Investiture of the Gods."

"Directly refining the demons is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also becomes increasingly difficult as time goes on. If at the end some evil remains, it would be a bad thing."

"So I thought of the current way for humans and demons to coexist. Using humans to purify demons will not only speed up the refining process, but also allow me to extract their essence and remove the dregs, leaving only those that are useful to me."

"Of course, humans haven't suffered any loss either. They've gained the power they need to survive in this catastrophic world. Furthermore, with my intervention, these powers themselves won't affect their minds. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

"When I succeed, I can use this as a foundation to continuously devour the demons and monsters in the Cataclysm World. By then, achieving Sainthood will be just around the corner."

Mellen nodded slightly. Devouring is always the fastest way to grow. As long as one can bear the side effects it brings, the progress will be far beyond words.

Nasus threw the List of Gods into the air, and the town suddenly reappeared. The humans and demons in it were still moving along their original trajectory, completely unaware of the recent changes.

Nasus said, “My main research topic now is how to pass on the combined power of humans and demons. Otherwise, when I succeed and these little white mice die, they will be reduced to their original form.”

"I promised the people in this town that I would show them and their descendants a way out."

Melen said, "During this time, I've also captured some monsters with strange abilities. I wonder if they'll be of any use to you?"

Nasus said, "Of course it will be useful. The abilities of the refined demons will also affect the final product of the Conferred God List. What I lack most right now are rare demons of various abilities and types."

"That's perfect." Melen then took out the monsters captured on Tianshan Mountain, as well as the monsters captured during the Garuru raid during this period, and handed them over to the Holy Spirit Dog.

Melen asked, "How long will it take you to complete this... List of Gods?"

Holy Spirit Dog thought for a moment and said, "I originally estimated it would take half a month, but now with the addition of the demons you sent, it will take longer. I estimate it will be about a month away. However, by then I will have to start sweeping across the Cataclysm World, so it will take a little longer."

Mellen's mouth twitched, and he patted the little head of the Holy Spirit Dog, saying, "Be careful. I've heard that this world is not simple. There is at least one Demon Saint and one Demon Saint, both of whom are comparable to saints."

After hearing this, Nasus said solemnly, "I see. I understand, Melen. I will carefully develop myself first. Once I possess the power of a saint, I will sweep across this world."

Mellen: ...

Melen waved his hands weakly, indicating that he was happy. Then, with a slightly more serious expression, he said, "I've captured some demons. One of them might have a lot of information. It's probably at the peak of Legendary power. Do you have any way to get it to tell me the information I want?"

Nasus nodded and said, "That's simple. Once you're included in my Conferred God List, you'll be one of us. Then, it will tell you everything it knows."

"However, considering its strength, it may take several days to 'convert' it."

Mellen said, "As soon as possible."

As he spoke, he handed the black ball that sealed the giant bird and other demons to the Holy Spirit Dog. Nasus took it and threw it directly. The black ball disappeared in a ripple.

Melen couldn't help with the Holy Spirit Dog's affairs, so he didn't stay long.

What's more important is that Melen doesn't know whether the monsters in the captive area have any connection with the Monster Saint and the Demon Saint. If the disappearance of the giant bird monsters attracts the Monster Saint and the Demon Saint to come and check, then the Catacombs Alliance, the Hermitage, and millions of humans will probably be wiped out by the Saint's wrath.

After Melen returns, he can hide in the dark and lie dormant quietly. If the Demon Saint or the Magic Saint comes, he can catch them off guard.

Before leaving, regardless of whether they were useful or not, Melen gave Holy Spirit Dog a copy of all the books and materials he had collected during this period.

After returning to the captive area in a low-key manner, Melen found a place not far from the demon main city to hide. Now Garuru's mechanical puppet giant wolf has spread throughout the entire Catacombs Alliance, and naturally can collect a steady stream of information for him.

At this time, it was less than a day since Melen wiped out the entire captive area. It could be seen that the monastery had deep roots in the captive area and had basically suppressed all the riots.

The first batch of members of the Catacombs Alliance who brought their mechanical puppet giant wolves had also arrived at the captive area. The Priory did not exclude the former, and even took the initiative to give up some of its rights to allow the members of the Catacombs Alliance to participate.

It can be said that the first meeting between the two forces maintained a relatively good atmosphere.

Chapter 384 Senior, You Come at the Wrong Time

Mellen waited for five days, and everything was still calm. This made him realize that perhaps the connection between the giant bird demon and the demon saint was not that close.

Of course, there are two other possibilities...

First, after any race reaches the saint level, they have completely escaped the category of short-lived species and entered the sequence of immortal species. The concept of time will naturally be different. A period of sleep, cultivation or research may take several years or even more time.

So after Melen almost wiped out the captive area, no one from his subordinates took the initiative to report, and the Demon Saint and the Magic Saint had no way of paying attention to the situation here in a short period of time.

Second, the giant bird demon is lying. There are no more demon saints or magic saints in the disaster world. The former is purely raising the flag.

Relatively speaking, Mellen still believes that the former is more likely.

After all, judging from all the current signs, the demons' subversion of this world should have been premeditated. If this is the case, in order to protect the fruits of victory, a saint must be in charge.

Otherwise, what if a stunning genius suddenly appeared among the humans in the disaster world, or some stubborn ascenders insisted on ascending to the disaster world regardless of anything, and then a saint rose among humans, wouldn’t he sweep across the entire world, making all the previous efforts of the demons in vain?

After realizing this, Melen felt even more anxious, because he didn't know when the Demon Saint and the Magic Saint would react, and he couldn't stay on guard forever. After all, it's impossible to be on guard against thieves for a thousand days.

In this case, Mellen's arrangements in all aspects must be accelerated to avoid the enemy's identity being reversed and ours being in the dark, thus wasting the current good situation.

During these few days, the Catacombs Alliance and the Priory got along pretty well.

The advantage of the hermit order is that it has a huge foundation, and with the concentration of resources, there are four powerful martial artists like Brother Tian, and there are countless ordinary warriors and subordinates from all walks of life.

The advantages of the Catacombs Alliance were also obvious. Everyone who possessed a Giant Wolf Mecha could be considered a martial artist at the highest level. This was an extremely astonishing backbone force.

The two sides can be said to be a perfect match and hit it off immediately. Although there were some voices of dissatisfaction, as Mellen thought at the beginning, with him around, smart people would naturally know what to do.

After temporarily lifting the alarm, Melen also met the leader of the monastery. To his surprise, he was a thin boy who looked only about sixteen or seventeen years old.

The first thing the young man said when he saw Mellen was, "Senior, you came at the wrong time. Whether it was a year earlier or two years later, it would have been much better than now."

Melen frowned and asked, "Why? Is it wrong for me to kill the demons and save humanity?"

The young man bowed respectfully to Mellen. It was obvious that the young man was very weak. This action alone made his breathing heavier.

After paying their respects, the young man said, "Senior, your kindness is so great that we will never forget it."

"But if you had come a year earlier, I wouldn't have had to start the 'Feed the Tiger with Myself' plan, and so many people wouldn't have had to sacrifice. If you had come two years later, my plan would have been accomplished, and all the demons in the captive area would have been overthrown. In that case, their sacrifice would have at least been meaningful."

"Feeding the tiger with your own body...?" Melen looked at the boy carefully, and suddenly seemed to sense something. He said, "Your body is weak. Is it corroded by demonic energy?"

The young man said, "Before you came, I was already the chief steward of the Demon City, in charge of many matters."

Melen was a little confused. Would the demons really let a human sit in a high position without any defense?

As if sensing Mellen's confusion, the young man said, "In order for me to gain the demon's trust, the Order made a huge sacrifice. I also abandoned my previous martial arts training and personally sent my sister, who had been dependent on me since childhood, into the demon's lair."

When Mellen heard this, he already had a premonition in his heart and subconsciously asked, "So, what is she doing now..."

The young man said calmly, "She was tortured to death by the demons the day she entered the demon city. To control me, a Painted Skin Demon tore off Ah Mei's skin and disguised itself as her."

Although the boy's words were calm, Melen could hear the great sadness contained in them.

He gave his sister, who had been dependent on him since childhood, to the demon with his own hands. Even the boy and his sister might have anticipated this outcome when they made the decision. Then he had to pretend to be nice to the painted skin pretending to be his sister. One can imagine the pain and torture the boy endured every day.

No wonder the first thing the boy said when he saw Mellen was that he came at the wrong time.

If it had happened a year earlier, perhaps all these tragedies would not have happened. Two years later, when the monastery's plan succeeded, all the sacrifices would have made sense.

And now, I'm afraid everyone will only remember him, and only him.

Melen may not care, but for the suffering human beings, they urgently need hope and spiritual sustenance.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Melen thought of a sentence...

"Only when a strategist puts himself into the game can he win half the battle against the gods."

The young man is undoubtedly a qualified strategist. He turns himself into a chess piece, actively throws himself into the game, and bets everything he can.

In a disaster world where human beings are in an unimaginably disadvantaged situation, any small step forward will come at a heavy price.

It was precisely because of these sacrifices and efforts that the Priory had the opportunity to gradually encroach on the captive areas. This can be seen from the fact that after Melen wiped out the demons, the unrest was quickly suppressed by the Priory before it even broke out.

When the young man said goodbye and left, his steps were slow and steady, but in Mellen's eyes he seemed a little staggering.

Watching the boy leave, Melen suddenly said, "My name is Melen, what's your name?"

This was the first time that Mellen took the initiative to give his name in this world.

The young man paused, without looking back. After a long silence, he said softly, "The past is over. Senior, please call me 'Hidden'."

A gentle force dragged a white jade porcelain bottle in front of Yin. He subconsciously took it and heard Melen say, "This Shengyuan Pill can expel the evil spirit in your body and repair your damaged foundation."

Yin did not refuse, said thank you and left.

Shaking his head, breaking free from the slightly sad atmosphere, Melen began to read the various books sent by the monastery.

The content covered in these books is quite rich, including not only the inheritance of several powerful sects at the level of Martial Saint, but also many martial arts secrets.

This naturally includes the secret method of concealing breath used by Brother Tian and the others... the Locking Yuan Jue.

This secret technique can block the aura emitted from the body, making it difficult for ordinary big demons to tell the truth. This is also an important reliance of the hermit order to operate under the noses of demons.

After giving all the books to Spike for research, Mellen rushed to the town where the Holy Spirit Dog was. After a few days, he believed that there should be some results on the giant bird demon.

This time, Mellen did not stay outside the town, but flew directly into the courtyard of the Holy Spirit Dog.

Nasus happily came over to Meren upon seeing him. "Meren, I was just about to contact you. I've finally found the answer to that giant bird demon you asked me to take special care of."

Mellen smiled and said, "It seems I came at the right time."

Led by Nasus, Meren entered the only room in the courtyard.

As soon as he came in, Melen realized something was wrong. The room was not big, but it seemed like hundreds of layers of space were stacked together. These spaces were like pieces of paper placed together, and only the top layer was the original appearance of the room. The layers below were all different and of different sizes.

Nasus gently turned a page, and suddenly the space changed, and a giant bird demon appeared in front of the two.

At this time, the giant bird was crawling on the ground, muttering something, and its chaotic and crazy demonic aura turned into a light and peaceful Shinto aura.

Upon seeing Nasus, the giant bird's face lit up with reverence and respect. It quickly approached, folded its wings, and said respectfully and humbly, "Lord God, your glory will surely illuminate the three realms and six paths. Please allow me to follow you forever."

Melen said in surprise: "Is the effect so immediate?"

Nasus chuckled and said, "Merlen, you don't understand this. After my research over this period of time, I've discovered that Shinto is a very strange thing."

Melen nodded and asked the giant bird, "Tell me everything you know about the catastrophe, the Demon Saint, and the Demon Saint."

The giant bird glanced at Melen without saying anything. Although it no longer had any hatred towards the guy who captured it alive, and was even a little grateful to him for allowing it to meet the Lord God, this did not mean that it had a good face towards Melen.

“Hmph!” Nasus snorted coldly at the giant bird’s attitude and said, “From now on, seeing him is like seeing me. Got you?!”

The giant bird's expression changed, and he said to Melen in fear and trepidation: "Sir, I have failed to recognize a great man. Please punish me severely."

"Forget it." Melen waved his hand, signaling the giant bird to answer his question quickly.

The giant bird immediately told what it knew.

Soon, Mellen learned more information.

It turns out that many great demons, including the giant birds, were not native to the Cataclysm World, but migrated from other worlds under the order of the Demon Saint.

They came to this world for two main purposes: one is to suppress humans, and the other is to improve their own strength as much as possible.

According to the giant bird, the world where it originally lived was not as spiritually rich as the disaster world.

I don't know much about the catastrophe of this world, I just vaguely know that it should have happened not long after the "Demon's Covenant".

In fact, there were not many saints who died on the human side at that time, only one or two. Although the other saints were defeated because they lost the initiative, they finally escaped into the mountain and sea realm with many of their disciples.

Then the demon saints polluted the origin of the rules of this world, allowing it to continuously produce demons and monsters, which has continued to this day.

As for why the demons and monsters established the 'Demon-Demon Covenant' and joined forces to target humans, the giant bird didn't quite understand, but he vaguely felt that it might be related to the situation in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

At present, there are indeed one Demon Saint and one Demon Saint in the Cataclysm World. They usually sleep in the Void Spirit Abyss. The giant bird originally went to the Void Spirit Abyss every three years to report the situation here to the two saints. There are nine other demons similar to it.

However, it is called a report, but in fact it is just a simple meeting of the ten demons under the command of the two saints. Generally, the two saints will not wake up on their own if there is nothing going on.

After hearing this, Melen already had some ideas in mind. What made Melen even more happy was that the Xu Ling Abyss was the gateway to the Mountain and Sea Realm. In other words, as long as Melen got rid of the two demon saints, he could directly enter the Mountain and Sea Realm through the Xu Ling Abyss.

This saved Mellen the trouble of finding the way.

Melen closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. There was curiosity in Nasus' eyes, but he did not disturb him. The Holy Spirit Dog was like this, not to mention the Giant Bird.

After a moment, Mellen asked, "How long until your next report?"

The giant bird replied, "About two and a half months left."

Melen asked again: "Have you been able to contact the other demon saints' subordinates?"

"Well..." The giant bird hesitated and said, "I can contact the other four great demons who are also under the Demon Saint. As for the other five great demons under the Demon Saint, I am not sure."

Mellen nodded slightly and continued, "Your news should have spread by now. Will the other great demons and monsters get wind of it and come to help you? Will this news reach the ears of the Demon Saint and the Demon Saint directly?"

The giant bird shook its head and said, "Please rest assured, sir. Before I am truly dead, other great demons will not take the initiative to come to my area. The only way for us to confirm each other's death is to report every three years. If you don't come, you will be presumed dead. Then other great demons can come and divide up its territory and people... humans."

After another moment of silence, Melen asked Nasus, "How much can you improve in two and a half months?"