Lord of Prayer

Chapter 629: Chapter 404: Choice

To corrupt ultimate good with the sins of man, to profane devotion with betrayal and apostasy.

The souls and flesh of the sacrifices merged into a luminous sphere. Much like a taiji symbol, good and evil, black and white, achieved a perfect balance. There was white within the black and black within the white, slowly revolving.

But soon, the black representing evil began to spread rapidly, engulfing the white that represented good. It was like a drop of ink in a clear pool of water; no matter how clear it was originally, it would eventually be dyed black and undergo Assimilation. This was an inevitable result.

Just like the human heart, once tainted by even a speck of Darkness and indulgence, it would spiral out of control until it devoured the heart entirely.

The ominous crimson moonlight shone down quietly, casting a layer of blood-red over the luminous sphere. It catalyzed the gestation of an essence of infinite malice, causing it to proliferate.

"Eee-yah!"

The Sin Beast seemed to sense delicious food. It opened its grayish-white eyes and stretched out its small hands, trying hard to grab the conglomerate of spirit and flesh. But it was restrained by the ritual and couldn’t reach, so it began to cry loudly in frustration.

"WAH! WAH!"

Each cry, symbolizing hunger, exploded like a thunderclap in everyone’s minds. Even the Tier Four Uncrowned guarding the area felt their vision go black. A viscous consciousness wormed its way into everyone’s ears like crawling insects, climbing into their brains and seeping into their Souls. It made their hair stand on end, creating an urge to pry open their own skulls, pull out their brains, and kill those crawling insects just to escape the bizarre, unbearable mental itch.

"Ah!" Someone frantically tore at their own face, which instantly became a bloody mess as they ripped off a large chunk of flesh.

Another person was madly scratching their face with their nails, leaving bloody streaks, yet laughing bizarrely as if they felt no pain.

Someone else knelt on the ground, repeatedly smashing their head against the floor. Blood streamed down their face until they finally knocked themselves unconscious.

Chaos and madness spread through the crowd as if they were a contagious disease.

"Be patient."

Dupe had no reaction to the plight of his subordinates. His entire attention was on the Sinful Infant. He said to it softly, "It’s not yet time for you to mature."

The Sinful Infant seemed to understand him. Its crying gradually subsided, and it closed its grayish-white eyes, becoming as quiet as if it had fallen asleep. In that short time, its body had grown a size larger, from a newborn to a three-month-old infant.

The crimson moonlight shone upon it, continuously providing Energy for its growth. Gradually, an aura of frenzied sin spread from it, causing the space around it to Twist and distort. Bizarre, abominable phantoms flickered in the alternating light and shadow, but they were firmly sealed by the ritual, unable to escape.

Dupe lowered his gaze. He used an ornate, blood-colored dagger to cut his palm. Blood dripped down in a thin stream, pouring onto the Sin Beast. He was feeding the Sin Beast with his own blood to establish a connection.

His goal was far more complex than simply awakening an Evil God from a bygone era!

BOOM!

The sky-canopy formed by the sea of light from the Matrix suddenly trembled. Countless fine cracks appeared, spreading across the entire sea of light under the relentless assault. It wavered like a shattered porcelain vase, and large fragments began to break off and fall.

A few seconds later, the Matrix shattered violently. The sea of light exploded into a rain of light across the sky before burning out completely.

Countless terrifyingly powerful attacks flew towards Dupe at the same time, yet he remained perfectly calm, without a hint of panic.

In that instant, Dupe and the entire Ritual Array vanished from their spot, detaching from the Sinful City. However, a large portion of his subordinates were left behind. When the attacks landed, they were instantly turned into a bloody mist.

Dupe’s three remaining Tier Four subordinates shot into the sky, ready to sacrifice their lives to buy time. They had all been thoroughly brainwashed by Dupe long ago. Even after ascending to Tier Four, they were mere puppets with no sense of self, their sole purpose in life to die for Dupe.

"The time erosion has been tampered with!"

At that moment, a Star Association Uncrowned cried out on the Essence communication channel, "The Sinful City’s time erosion can be manually controlled!"

This was an Ability never mentioned in the intel on B-033 · Sinful City!

All the Tier Fours present could now clearly feel it. The moment Dupe detached, he had adjusted the Sinful City’s time flow rate to be slower than the outside world’s. Previously, when the time flow was fast, one second on the outside could have been several hours here. But now, several hours on the outside might only be a single second here!

In other words, as long as a single second—or even less—passed in the Sinful City, Dupe could complete his summoning ritual in reality and awaken the slumbering Evil God!

But the Tier Fours were prepared. They hadn’t known the Sinful City’s time flow rate could be manually controlled, but the Star Association’s strategic deployment department had already factored this possibility, along with dozens of other special circumstances, into their battle plan. Therefore, the moment they sensed something was wrong, the two Idealist Type Ascenders, Li Xiye and Anna, sprang into action.

"I reckon the time flow here should be faster than outside!"

A stream of light erupted from the Book of My Thoughts, shooting into the sky and covering the entire Sinful City, forcibly twisting the Law of time here.

BOOM!

At this moment, hundreds of kilometers of the twilight sky were blotted out by dark clouds. Lightning flashed and thunder roared. Streaks of cyan Thunderbolt, pregnant with destructive power, lit up and flickered within the clouds, illuminating the murky world. Li Xiye’s Absolute Will descended upon this World, forcibly negating the Sinful City’s time flow rate.

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