Devil's Bible

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When we reach the later values, it's estimated that it might improve by a little in less than an hour.

"Of course, this requires keeping other conditions unchanged."

"The key condition is that the number of anomalies must remain stable."

"I need to ensure that there are enough anomalies at all times in order to maintain this rate of improvement."

There's nothing particularly difficult about that.

Anomalies are perhaps the easiest type of number to obtain.

Other types of gold require the pursuit of a specific resource, and then the extraction of the number is carried out using the same ritual.

But the demon doesn't need to care about that at all.

All high-ranking demons use essentially the same type of number—anomalies distributed by the abyss.

This creates a problem: what if there aren't enough anomalies? Even if you go out and kill tens of thousands of lesser demons, the Abyss will distribute a certain number of anomalies, but it's very few.

Sacrificing a high-level demon of equal value will yield a significantly larger number of anomalous items.

Alternatively, bringing life and souls from the material plane into the abyss through killing, robbery, kidnapping, or deception will result in corresponding abnormal numbers.

In this situation, demons don't really need to worry about their numerical caps reaching their maximum value.

Because for high-ranking demons, the maximum number of abnormalities they can acquire can easily reach 1200.

However, it would take more than a hundred years of effort to raise the value to its limit.

In these hundred years, the acquisition of anomalous numbers has never been the problem; the problem has always been whether one can survive these hundred years.

According to incomplete calculations, the average lifespan of most high-ranking demons is thirty years.

Because there are specialized experts who hunt down high-ranking demons who have been promoted for less than thirty years.

The risk is relatively small, but the returns are very high.

And whatever you think of, it will appear.

Nemus raised his head and looked at the dark sky in the distance.

There was a black dot getting closer and closer.

The opponent's aura was completely undisguised, with a value of eight or nine hundred.

These numerical values, combined with certain characteristics, created a terrifying aura that enveloped the area where Nemus and his group were located.

This is a tactic of striking first to intimidate and shock people.

Although the advantage gained from the surprise attack is lost, the target's fighting spirit can be broken down.

"A fear demon?" Nemus observed the other party with great interest.

The Fear Demon is a demon with a very clear evolutionary path.

Its initial form is the lesser demon, the most common type of demon with the most average characteristics and qualities.

It is also the demon sealed within Downs' body, one of Nemes' subordinates—Klogg.

Most broken souls, without any special characteristics, will evolve from worms into lesser demons.

The same lesser demons can also evolve into most of the full demons.

For example, Kurogumo evolved into the Pain Demon.

A demonic form that uses spellcasting techniques such as pain and sacrificial fire to cast curses.

The higher-level demon that evolves from the Pain Demon is the Fear Demon.

This demon can further incite various negative emotions in living beings and then form them into an aura.

He is also extremely skilled in psychology.

It often instills immense fear in its prey.

They will also harvest this fear and transform it into extraordinary power.

“It’s good that you came.” Nemus knew that this was a ‘test target’ attracted by the unconscious release of ‘Destiny’.

A 'artificial soul' had already appeared in his hand.

Chapter 424 'Gift' and 'Extraterrestrial Existence'

The artificial soul in Nemus's hand flew rapidly and then drifted away into the distance.

The maximum value of this artificial soul is '240'. As long as it has a sufficient carrier, it can be considered a normal golden species.

So the artificial soul quickly flew out, and the surrounding air gathered towards it.

Soon a body made entirely of air was formed, and it extracted values ​​from the wind to fill the gap of 240.

Nems could easily name it 'Demon of Air' at this moment.

During this process, the demon of fear also noticed this change.

However, I wasn't too worried.

Summoning is troublesome, but right now the demon's stats aren't high enough, and the summoned creatures' stats haven't increased.

He is perfectly capable of crushing it.

This is why he rushed over to search for his target immediately after seeing the will of the abyss emerge in the distance and bestow an unusual number upon it.

This is a rare opportunity.

He would usually hide very well, afraid that the Clown King would notice him and send him to the interdimensional battlefield as cannon fodder.

They wouldn't dare to do what they're doing now, searching everywhere for demons to ascend to higher ranks and then hunting them down.

Facing the approaching air demon, the fear demon conjured an invisible ball of energy in its hand.

This is the spiritual energy he extracted.

It is a product of the condensation of life's emotions.

The next moment, this ball of energy began to beat like a heart, and waves of emotion spread outwards.

This fluctuation is highly infectious.

It must be said that this fear demon does have some tricks up its sleeve to dare to come out and hunt.

Once the target was identified as a summoned creature, a mind-based Infection Field was immediately used.

This ability to infect minds is stronger than charm-type mental powers when dealing with low-intelligence summons.

Seduction relies on the target's existing desires, while field fluctuation infection gradually fills the target's body with the emotional and psychological needs one has.

Artificial souls also rapidly generate various 'desires' amidst these fluctuations, and these emotional states become the means by which the demon of fear manipulates it.

This is also one of the things that the Fear Demon excels at—sowing discord.

He can cause the closest partners to betray each other, the most loyal subordinates to betray their leaders, and even fathers and sons to hate each other.

Now, this tactic of sowing discord is simply being applied between the summoned creature and its master.

The demon of air was filled with a variety of emotions, yet it charged towards the demon of fear with unwavering determination.

At the same time, a special change appeared on the body of the Demon of Qi.

Countless winds surged rapidly, forming gusts of air that washed away the demon of fear.

The wind was almost continuous.

A single gust of wind might only have a value of less than one hundred, but these values ​​accumulate rapidly over time, continuously causing damage to the Demon of Fear.

If St. Vislav were here, he would have spotted it immediately.

The continuous techniques used by this air demon are very similar to manipulating light to create a continuous flow.

This is what Nemus was testing, and the other characteristic he gained after his own advancement.

"Gift": The ability to mobilize various forces through this weak connection, endowing other things with various qualities and their specific "missions".

At first glance, it seems to be a status-enhancing ability, but upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that it is a fate-related ability.

Take, for example, that demon of air from before.

Even though it develops various emotions under the power of the Fear Demon, its 'mission' is to attack the Fear Demon, so all its actions will revolve around this.

This is not just a simple form of control, but rather a direction of destiny.

"To be precise, the mission I bestowed upon the artificial soul is to kill the demon of fear."

"Fate is pointing this way."

"However, the artificial soul only has a value of 240, and I have only filled it with the skills of continuous wind and the understanding of wind movement."

"So although it tries its best to make use of everything it has to influence the direction of fate, it is unable to fulfill that destiny."

“But what if I give it a strong enough connection?” Nems wondered.

Then Nems saw this scene.

The Fear Demon broke free from the continuous winds, conjured a Mind Blast in its hand, and hurled it directly at the Air Demon.

Just as the artificial soul of the Qi Demon was about to be annihilated, the Qi Demon quickly changed.

Its body vanished into thin air in an instant.

The mind blast lost its target, the mental fluctuations within it changed, and then quickly surged back towards the nearest 'mind'.

The Demon of Fear felt a chill run down its spine upon witnessing this scene.

This kind of failure to use his abilities, resulting in a backlash, only happened once or twice when he had just become a formal demon.

He had long forgotten that the power of the mind could also have such a reverse surge.

Even if the spell fails, the chances of this happening are extremely small.

Furthermore, this wasn't a true failure for him; it was merely that his abilities had lost their target.

The probability of it happening is at most one in ten thousand.

He just happened to be one in ten thousand.

In this one in ten thousand chance, the demon of air reappeared and launched an attack on him.

The simultaneous attack from both sides made the Demon of Fear realize the possibility of death.

"I see. I can simply bestow various traits and skills upon the air demon, but the extent to which it can be achieved depends entirely on the air demon's own efforts."

"But if they are both given a mission, then as long as the things that the Demon of Air possesses can accomplish that mission, then things will change to some extent."

"In other words, the Demon of Air is now favored by fate."

"Even if it is not very intelligent and does not make good use of its various abilities, it will still complete its mission with the help of fate."

“And this is the ‘gift’!” Nems thought with a smile, “that is, what fate has bestowed upon us.”

The Fear Demon was in a terrible predicament caused by a Qi Demon that had been born less than a minute ago.

He was almost killed by this demon of air.

Fortunately, the Fear Demon still possessed considerable strength, and ultimately killed the Air Demon at the cost of severe injuries.

"Finally killed it. I don't know where this demon came from, it's so troublesome..." The Fear Demon breathed a sigh of relief as it looked at the dead Air Demon, then stood there to rest, but instinctively felt that it seemed to have forgotten something.

He kept recalling and examining his own memories, while also looking at his own soul, wondering if some of his senses had been blocked, but he found nothing.

It wasn't until Nemus appeared before him that he remembered with fear why he was there and why he was fighting that demon of air.

Characteristic: "External Existence"!

Chapter 425 Luna Church

'External Existence': The existence of an individual is external. When other things observe your existence, the information about your existence will not be read and accepted by their perception. They can only rely on the remaining information to form a certain amount of 'impression'. And this impression will gradually be gathered by your existence as the observation ends.

This characteristic is followed by a string of jumbled information, explaining that the "external existence" characteristic, along with other abilities and traits, is present.

Unfortunately, these qualities were deeply ingrained in Nemus's true spirit.

The so-called inability to be observed is merely a disguise; its true inner power has not yet been revealed.

"My lord, I was wrong, and I am willing to serve you!" The Fear Demon had no desire to fight at this moment and surrendered decisively.