Chapter 36: Temptation

Hundreds of miles away, in the southern part of White City, under a blue-black sky and beside a dark, deep forest, a red supercar roared along the highway.

A cute, pink-haired girl sat in the back seat, holding up her little paws like a kitten, smiling sweetly.

She said to the gray-haired man in the front, “Faster, faster…”

The gray-haired man said impatiently, “I know…”

The pink-haired girl looked out at the dark hills, which were just simple black silhouettes, and said, “I wonder what Captain Su’s hometown is like~ I can’t wait to find out.”

Han Yu said helplessly, “Don’t you forget about the mission.

I heard the cult has been unscrupulously capturing people for sacrifices.

Oh, right, on the list of those captured this time, there’s someone named Su Xuan.
He’s supposedly Captain Su’s younger brother~”

After saying that, he even turned his head back, looking at her with an unreadable smile on his face.

“Ah~ Drive faster!”

“This is already the fastest, my dear lady.”

Listening to the two bickering, a muscular man with a Schwarzenegger-like physique sat in the passenger seat, looking out the window with a helpless expression.

The car sped towards the city district.

In the dark basement, the strange prayers slowly stopped.

Wang Xiang opened his eyes, which should have been cloudy and yellow, and his sharp gaze swept around before he summoned two people.

“You two will stand guard here.
No one is to enter except me!”

The two black-clothed cult members immediately replied, “Yes!”

The old man left the basement and headed upstairs.

In this five-story villa, which occupied a thousand square meters, over eight hundred people in black stood waiting for orders.

Layer by layer, they were all perverted and fanatical cultists.

Among them were fugitives, deserters, and people who were inherently anti-social.
They were a group of people who reeked of filth.

Today, the god they worshipped would descend upon the mortal world.

They would be bathed in divine light and become beings that transcended humanity.

They would be granted longevity and become ageless and immortal.

Wang Xiang walked all the way up.

The cultists by his side all bowed their heads when they saw him, not daring to look directly at him.

On the top floor, in an attic, three men who looked to be middle-aged all opened their eyes.

Wang Xiang bowed his head and knocked on the door.

A voice came from inside: “Wang Xiang, are you ready?”

Wang Xiang quickly lowered his head even further and replied, “Everything is ready.
The ritual will begin in twenty minutes!”

A voice came out: “Mhm~”

The three people inside held a higher status than Wang Xiang.

They were the three Protectors of the Divine Cult.

Each was an expert who had awakened their Second Form.

They had rushed to White City months ago, waiting for the so-called god’s descent.

The Divine Cult.

For people of their age and at their level, if there were no real benefits, no real advantages, they would certainly not follow it.

This wasn’t child’s play; this was a matter that could get one’s head chopped off.

The Dark Abominations were a civilization.
Being a civilization meant there was a possibility of communication, a possibility of trade.

The founder of the Divine Cult was a Dark Abomination linguist.

Using his ability to communicate with the Dark Abominations, he created the Black Fall Cult.

The Black Fall Cult provided convenience for the Dark Abominations’ descent, and the Dark Abominations granted the cultists the longevity they desired and bodies that surpassed human limitations.

This was not a falsehood.

The three Protectors were about the same age as Wang Xiang, but they looked like middle-aged men.

A large part of the reason was that they had once received a baptism.

The moment the altar was activated, the purest Life Source Energy would break through the barrier between the two worlds, providing a channel for the Dark Abominations’ descent.

Humans did not have the ability to capture that purest Life Source Energy and could only let it slowly dissipate.

But the Dark Abominations were different.
They could control this Life Source Energy and could infuse it into human bodies.

But being infused with Life Source Energy didn’t mean one would become immortal and ageless.

If the amount of Life Source Energy was compared to a health bar, then their current health was still very good.

Living for another eighty or ninety years was not a problem.

But their life limit was slowly decreasing, though not as fast as their health bar was dropping.

However, sooner or later, even Life Source Energy would not be able to keep them alive.

If their lifespan was calculated based on the decrease of their life limit, then they could still live for another three hundred years or so.

If they broke through to the Third Form, their life limit would be extended once more.

Their purpose in coming here this time was not just to simply obtain Life Source Energy to supplement their lifespan, but also to use the Life Source Energy to break through to the Third Form and reach the “ultimate” form of life.

Suddenly, the three of them stood up, struck strange poses, and muttered something.
The moon peeked out from the side of the window, and the moonlight spilled down, shining on their seemingly devout faces.

Faintly, one could hear the three of them muttering: “Auntie, press down~”

In the basement, Su Xuan opened his eyes, his large eyes darting around.

In the entire basement, besides the two guys guarding the door, there were only the people bound by metal wires lying on the ground, groaning in pain.

Looking at the two blockheaded gatekeepers, Su Xuan suddenly had an idea, his eyes fixed on the evil altar that was no more than five meters away from him.

He had seen this thing in popular science books and understood its working principle.

Now, as long as he took away one of the four Black Energon Stones, this evil altar would be unable to summon a Dark Abomination.

‘Do I make a move? Those two are clearly not as strong as that old man from just now.’

‘That old man probably won’t be back so soon, otherwise there would be no need to call people to stand guard.’

‘With the Life Source Energy currently stored in my body, is there a chance to kill them both… Probably. I need to think of a way to lure them over!’

One thought after another emerged in Su Xuan’s mind, and he finally made up his mind.

The gatekeepers looked around vigilantly, their gazes sweeping faintly over the crowd of people bound by metal wires, and then stared fervently at the demonic altar.

“Mmm~”

Suddenly, a moan that made one’s whole body go numb rang out.

The two of them shuddered, glanced at each other, and looked towards the pile of bound people.

They saw a stunningly beautiful woman looking at them, her eyes full of a desire for life.

Her cherry-red lips panted slightly, opening and closing as if trying to say something.

The two gatekeepers glanced at each other again.

They had seen this situation before.
When first bound by the Divine Rope, the throbbing of life slipping away would startle people awake.

Seeing the fear of the unknown and the desire to live in those beautiful eyes, the two of them seemed somewhat unable to bear it.

“What a pity, such a beautiful woman.”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a beautiful girl.”

The two of them had their own thoughts, but they still respected the old man’s orders and did not approach rashly.

“Big brothers~, Xuan’er is so cold~ Can you give Xuan’er a hug~~”

Su Xuan put on a pitiful look, like a poor little kitten that had fallen into the water.
That stunningly beautiful face was truly pitiable.

“Wuwu~”

He sobbed softly, his voice weak, yet it struck the hearts of the two men.
Right now, the two of them only wanted to hold that pitiful person in their arms and dote on her properly.

“A student, she can’t cause much trouble. Why don’t we go take a look…”

“I’ve been doing this for so many years and have never seen such a top-quality woman…”

In the end, it was just a heretical cult.
Their ability to execute orders wasn’t that strong.

Under the immense allure, the two of them finally couldn’t hold back and walked towards Su Xuan.