Devil's Bible

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Under this green light, everything seemed to have gained its own will, and under this will, its own things began to go out of control.

The blade in the clown demon's hand kept changing, and then suddenly broke free from his grasp with a look of disgust, sticking to the Holy Walker in front of him, with a noticeable red stain appearing on the blade.

Upon seeing this, the clown laughed out loud, pulled out a handkerchief, covered himself, and disappeared from the spot.

The Holy Walker also dodged at that moment, a hint of lingering fear showing on his face.

Assassin-type enemies are terrifying. They don't need high stats; they just need to deliver a fatal blow at a crucial moment to kill enemies much stronger than themselves.

He had no idea how the Joker had suddenly gotten behind him.

If he is ambushed, although he has the ability to protect himself and will not die, he will definitely be seriously injured.

In the current battle situation, once you are seriously wounded, you are not far from death.

He pulled the small knife off his body and threw it away.

“Adrian, can’t you just behave your abilities normally?” the Holy Walker scolded.

Although Adrian had just saved him, he still found the other's ability disgusting.

Forcibly seizing control of other people's things, and then causing these things to develop 'disloyal intentions', under the control of these disloyal intentions, these things will exhibit this abnormal behavior.

To the holy ones, this is a form of depravity.

"Stop talking nonsense." Adrian stepped out from the shadows, gathering his spiritual power in his hand, and a large amount of elemental energy attached to it. With a single slap, he smashed the gargoyles flying nearby into pieces.

Of course, even more gargoyles immediately surged toward Adrian's location.

Since becoming the Demon Lord from Nemus, he has encountered many 'challengers'.

Among these challengers were high-ranking demons, but not many; they were basically just there to test the waters before leaving immediately.

There are few brainless high-ranking demons.

Therefore, Nemus's most frequent challenger was Imp.

That's right, those little devils are not clear-headed. Even though they have inherited knowledge, they don't really care about its contents.

Among them are some lesser demons who are born powerful and can kill other lesser demons with ease.

Then he believed himself to be the strongest demon, began to claim territory and become king, and challenged Nemus.

There are always many of these minor demons, and even some formal demons are like this.

Many of them, after acquiring special powers, were completely unable to recognize the strength of high-ranking demons or even demon lords, falling into the self-confidence of the ignorant.

During this time, the projection that Nemus left on the fictional plain turned almost all of these challengers into these gargoyles, and then summoned them here through the authority of the demon lord.

It must be said that these gargoyles are quite powerful.

After all, without some special characteristics, it's hard to become arrogant. The other lesser demons of the same generation will teach those who are arrogant but lack strength a lesson.

Adrian emitted a green light, attempting to seize 'control' over the gargoyles.

"Still not working?" The result, however, made Adrian frown.

He had previously been lurking nearby and had encountered these gargoyles.

So he secretly tried to control some of them, but found that gargoyles had good resistance to this kind of ability.

Because they were afraid of being discovered by Nems, they didn't dare to use too much power at the time, and only tested the waters slightly.

But now he no longer hides his abilities and uses them to the fullest, yet he still cannot control these gargoyles, which are at most equivalent to the Iron-type.

"This is... the structure of a prayer angel?" Adrian examined it carefully and discovered something, which made him freeze in shock.

Before he could think it through, several streaks of blood spread toward him.

A demon with completely red skin appeared not far away.

"You can call me Salish." If you ignore his red skin, the hideous horns and tongue that demons naturally possess, Salish is actually quite handsome.

He bowed gracefully to Adrian, a crimson aura spreading around him, and then the surrounding environment began to change rapidly.

"Illusion?" Adrian frowned. He could tell that the Cambyon demon's stats weren't very high.

This high-level demon is not bad, but how could it be qualified to stand in front of me?

As soon as the power was activated, it was discovered that the illusion was very stable and could not be broken.

Chapter 534 Trial of Cause and Effect

"This level of illusion power." Adrian frowned, noticing something was amiss.

Nems's subordinates are all somewhat overpowered.

Even though none of the individual stats are particularly high, and in terms of skill, they aren't much better than the others.

However, once they make contact and engage in battle, they discover that these people's strength exceeds what they should be capable of.

"Does Nemus possess some kind of super support ability?"

Whether it was Kru, Poole, the Clown Demon, or Salish in front of them, they were all very strong fighters.

And it's abnormally strong.

Salish also felt the satisfaction of following the right person.

He can only be considered an intelligence agent. As the demon Cambyon, he possesses special abilities, such as the ability to manipulate and merge with the emotions and original sins of others, and thus master certain dream and illusion abilities.

His mental abilities are actually quite limited in combat.

After advancing to a high-ranking demon, he entered his father Merkava's dream, and therefore did not benefit much from the numerical growth brought by the Blood Battle.

Under these circumstances, Salish himself did not intend to participate in the fighting, but rather planned to serve as an intelligence officer or internal affairs officer under Nems.

However, Nems' abilities are truly remarkable.

This power, after analyzing him, not only created a tailor-made fighting style for him, but also guided him on how to transform things like emotions and original sin into something akin to faith.

Nemus learned this knowledge from Phaethon, that mysterious giant spider.

The Mystic Giant Spider can extract a person's memories and transform them into chaotic power of faith.

As Nemus continued to study the power of faith and the methods of refining divine power, he gained a very deep understanding of this power.

So Nems placed some of the fictional beings under Salish's command, and also assigned many artificial souls to work for Salish.

These people, though united, might not be strong enough, but their unique characteristics ensured Salish's power.

Through the connection of faith, artificial souls and fictional beings became the numerical basis of Salish, giving his illusions a considerable degree of realism.

Blood was everywhere, and as Adrian walked through it, he immediately saw a woman in the distance pleading with passersby to save her husband.

His attention was instinctively drawn to it.

A stunningly beautiful woman, her body riddled with wounds and her clothes in tatters, was kneeling to one side, her hands resting on a man lying beside her.

The physical activity caused by crying and shouting made the white substance beneath the clothes change, which was extremely eye-catching.

The man had a severe wound on his body; if he didn't receive effective treatment, he would likely die soon.

The man's face was deathly pale. Although he hadn't lost consciousness yet, once he did, he would likely never wake up again.

Adrian immediately realized this was a good opportunity.

It's entirely possible to easily coerce the other party by threatening them with phrases like "Madam, you don't want to either..."

“However, aren’t you underestimating me?” Adrian said with a smile. “I can clearly distinguish my own desires.”

"I would have definitely taken the temptation at any other time."

“But now, do you think I’d be that stupid?” Adrian felt that the other person was insulting his intelligence.

However, just as Adrian was about to investigate further, he found himself involuntarily moving closer to the woman.

"Madam, you wouldn't want your husband to die, would you?" The words came out of her mouth involuntarily.

Then the woman, with a wronged yet resolute expression, said, "I'm willing to give anything to save my husband."

Adrian was filled with terror, but he found that he had no control over his actions.

"This is not just an illusion, but also has the ability of cause and effect." Adrian discovered that there was a large amount of inexplicable power in his body, which was frantically pulling at his body and controlling his behavior.

"Adrian!"

"I am now beginning your trial!" Salish's voice seemed to echo everywhere.

Upon hearing this, Adrian almost laughed in anger.

It has always been the clergy of the church who judge demons, but today this demon has begun to judge him.

While fighting against the power within him, he also wanted to hear what the other party had to say.

“Adrian, the first sin you have committed is arrogance!” Salish said.

"You think you are of a superior birth, so you have the right to enjoy what others have. That is your sin of arrogance!" As Salish finished speaking, a force quickly appeared on Adrian's body, then stretched and pulled painfully at his body.

"The second sin committed is jealousy!"

"You are jealous of the beautiful things that others possess, and instinctively want to snatch them away for yourself." As he finished speaking, a force quickly emerged, further pulling at Adrian's body, while the restraining control was greatly strengthened.

"The final sin committed was lust!"

"You crave physical pleasure, revel in it, and your whole body is filled with lust and debauchery. You are already a demon of lust."

As the final sin fell, another surge of power erupted once more, completely engulfing Adrian's body.

Adrian immediately sensed a deadly threat.

These three original sins are essentially three causes and effects.

He has been doing similar things for a long time, and he has these three similar causes and effects on him.

Therefore, these causal forces have now become the cause, and if this trend continues, it will inevitably lead to some kind of evil consequence, which is what Salish calls 'judgment'.

At the same time, within this illusion, he had completely lost control of his body.

Pulled by cause and effect, it moved toward the woman.

He knew in his heart that once he took that step, the cause and effect would be fully realized, and he would probably be ruined.

At that moment, a pang of regret flashed through Adrian's mind.

My initial arrogance and jealousy led me to embark on this spiritual practice of accumulating special mental energy by seizing ownership of other people's possessions.

So-called lust is just something that develops later in order to avoid wasting time.

With the emergence of this regret, the causal connections around him seemed to have weakened a bit, and the pulling force was also reduced considerably.

Upon noticing this, Adrian immediately began to repent in his heart.

During this process, the karmic consequences surrounding him gradually faded.

But when it came to the last part, they found that repentance was no longer of any use.

Based on the cause-and-effect relationship, a thought came to mind.

"Only by voluntarily relinquishing control over the green spirit can I extricate myself from this cause and effect?"

Chapter 535 Illusion: True or False

As he paused, the pulling force on his body increased once again, as if it would tear him apart.

This terrifying pulling force brought him to the brink of death, and instinctively he wanted to give up the power he had accumulated over a long period of time.

However, he forcibly suppressed this instinctive thought afterward.

"Indeed powerful. The combination of illusion and causality has created a situation where one would die if they didn't cooperate." Adrian's expression was cold, and he did not reveal the fear he had shown earlier.

He had already analyzed Salish's spell.

Salish's magic initially appears to be powerful illusions, but upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that it is causal magic; the illusions are merely a trigger to influence the causal relationships within her.

Under the strong influence of causal relationships, ordinary abilities are basically unable to break free from them. This uniqueness causes those entangled in causality to feel fear.

It was precisely at this moment that the illusion, which was thought to be merely a trigger, took advantage of the situation and used this fear through cause and effect to inflict illusions of pain, death, and other related sensations.

During this process, thoughts of repentance arise in one's mind, thus weakening the cause and effect. However, this is merely Salish's 'control' behind the scenes; cause and effect is cause and effect.

Only a balanced cause and effect can resolve this. So-called regret is nothing more than a self-centered emotion, which is useless before taking appropriate action.

Even the idea of ​​giving up one's own accumulated knowledge was actually guided and instilled by illusion magic during this process.