I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 41 - 39: The Birth of the New God!

Chapter 41: Chapter 39: The Birth of the New God!

In the darkness, endless evils lurk.

Among them, the most common malevolent spirits are wandering evils, their numbers virtually limitless, usually invading human souls and also claiming lives.

Those malevolent spirits that have developed sentience are even more eerie and harder to exorcise.

More crucially, spirits like "Evil Spirits" have gained the ability to "possess."

Those who are possessed—if lucky with their fortune—can be exorcised by temples, but afterwards, their vital essence will be greatly diminished, inevitably leading to severe illness.

However, the fortune of the city guards is usually not so good, because temple workers cannot always accompany the city defense.

And the rule of the City Defense Army is that once a guarding soldier encounters an Evil Spirit and becomes possessed, they must be executed on the spot.

Regarding Zhao Jing’s murder last night, the Great Commander had two suspicions.

Either the murderer was possessed by an Evil Spirit.

Or Zhao Jing himself was possessed by an Evil Spirit.

But Zhao Jing’s mutilated body had no signs of evil energy lingering, which is why the upper ranks of the City Defense Army were so infuriated.

"Possessed by an Evil Spirit..."

Mr. Liu Jing also clearly saw the situation at hand and his face suddenly turned pale.

In theory, with his skills, he should be able to subdue an Evil Spirit.

But this Evil Spirit, fearless of Liu Venerate, could not be dealt with by conventional means.

In that moment, he felt that all he had learned since childhood was completely useless, his spirit increasingly deflated, stripped of all his vigor.

"I’m such a waste, what’s the point of living?"

Thinking so, he felt utterly powerless and closed his eyes.

But in the next moment, Mr. Liu Jing suddenly awoke, opened his eyes, and exclaimed, "It’s seizing souls, trying to devour us."

Yet as soon as the words were spoken, his heart sank to the bottom.

Because the surrounding city guards and night patrols were all dazed and began to collapse on the ground one by one.

Even the six messengers from the temple became disoriented.

It’s over!

Liu Jing felt a deep sense of despair.

Trained in temple cultivation from a young age, his soul was resilient, allowing him to snap out of it momentarily.

But the others were deeply mired, beginning to fall into the shadows... Within moments, their souls would be directly seized and utterly devoured.

"Is there any way out?"

The strained voice of Meng Lu was heard.

His martial cultivation was not weak, his Qi-Blood relatively strong, barely able to maintain consciousness.

But under the influence of the Evil Spirit, the clarity in his eyes was also beginning to dissipate.

"It’s over..."

Liu Jing’s face was extremely pale as he said in a rough voice, "We’re doomed!"

He questioned himself for studying so hard at the temple, diligent and proficient, with boundless prospects, never imagining that his first attempt to exorcise evil would cost him his life.

Thinking so, he couldn’t help but feel sorrowful tears streaming down.

Seeing this, Meng Lu also felt bitter, thinking how he had survived guarding the city just last night, looking forward to a promising future, newly valued by the Great Commander, only to die here, his heart filled with gloom.

But at that moment, he suddenly realized that he might have overlooked something.

It seemed that after he had decapitated the old man, the Evil Spirit disappeared without a trace, hiding nearby.

Disappearing along with it, overlooked by all, was also the Flag Commander from Linjiang Station?

His heart skipped a beat, and just as he was about to speak, a detached voice came from a hundred steps away in the darkness.

"Found you."

A flash of blade light appeared abruptly!

And the Yin Cloud dispersed!

Stars and moon, suddenly clear!

Under the starlight and moonlight, Lin Yan, clad in a gold-threaded black robe, stood solemnly with a sword in his hand.

At his feet lay the divine banner, cleaved in two.

As for the so-called Evil Spirit, it was utterly annihilated by this strike.

Bull Horn Mountain fell into silence once again.

The breeze blew, causing the treetops to sway.

Nobody uttered a word.

——

Meanwhile.

In the outer city of High Willow, the southern sector, at the City Defense Office.

Two silhouettes stood tall, gazing into the distance.

The foremost wore a red mask resembling a rat’s head.

The one behind, in a black mask, looked like a bull’s head.

"The Observatory Tower sends a message, instructing the Outer South Government Office to dispatch reinforcements immediately."

"Bull Horn Mountain is at the boundary between Linjiang Square and Green Mountain Square, how could an Evil Spirit emerge there?"

From beneath the red rat-head mask came a grave voice, "Tonight, is it the Drillmaster and the Head Clerk on duty there by order?"

"Yes."

The man wearing the black bull-head mask spoke with a slightly surprised tone, "Strange, Old Luo had been nurturing several roaming Evil Spirits, constantly offering incense in worship day and night, consuming his own fortune and lifespan, cultivating the ’Worshiping Evil Method’, barely managing to summon ’Them’ to do his bidding."

"But to this day, he’s already old, his Qi-Blood deficient and depleted, frequently ill and frail, his spirit all but wilted, that he hasn’t been devoured by backlash is already astonishing."

"That old bastard, even if he poured his entire self into it, could never raise an Evil Spirit capable of giving birth to ’spiritual nature.’"

The surprise in the eyes of the man donning the black bull mask was unmistakable.

The red mouse-masked man thought for a moment, then asked, "Could it be that last night’s evil spirit energy was primarily seized by Old Luo?"

"That still wouldn’t be enough!"

The black bull-masked man replied with a tone of certainty.

Silence soon fell between the two.

After a long while, the red mouse-masked man spoke in a low voice, "Looking over the entire southern outer city, there’s not enough sustenance to enable a roaming Evil Spirit to give birth to ’spiritual nature.’"

His gaze gradually turned somewhat bloodshot, as if filled with indescribable excitement, "Even if it devoured all the roaming Evil Spirits that entered the city last night, it still wouldn’t be enough."

"Could it be..."

The man with the black bull mask seemed to also come to a realization, speaking excitedly, "Tonight at Linjiang Square and Qingshan Square, there are temple priests’ Direct Disciples."

"The divine essence of Liu Venerate!"

The red mouse-masked man clenched his fists, his voice trembling, "So the weak roaming Evil Spirit merged with the divine essence of Liu Venerate, has it conceived a spiritual nature, ascended to ’Divine Spirit’?"

"So, is this an Evil Spirit that doesn’t fear the ’Majesty of Liu Venerate God’?"

The tone of the black bull-masked man was dreadfully solemn, "Could it even use Liu Venerate’s divine essence to keep growing stronger?"

"It’s ’Them’! It must be ’Them’!"

The red mouse-masked man, both shocked and angry, said, "Last year’s fleeting ’Seed of Divine Thought’, which we all sought but could not find, turns out it ended up in the hands of this old bastard!"

"He got the ’Seed of Divine Qi’, but not only did he not report it, he secretly nurtured wandering souls, wishing to ascend to heaven in one step, to rise above you and me!"

"No wonder this old bastard has been nurturing an Evil Spirit until now, and it hasn’t devoured him in return. It must be because of this turn of fate!"

"That despicable thing, death is too good for him!"

The red mouse-masked man was seething with rage.

Yet, the man in the black bull mask fell silent, his expression growing severe.

"Actually, the Registrar Master Luo himself is not important."

"What is crucial, though, is the Evil Spirit in his possession, which has merged with the Seed of Divine Qi!"

"This signifies that the first step of our long-held plan has now succeeded!"

The man with the black bull mask gradually clenched his fists, trembling uncontrollably, "Perhaps in our lifetime, we can utterly destroy High Willow City..."

"Yes! Yes! Let’s quickly go and welcome this Divine Spirit..."

Upon hearing this, the red mouse-masked man couldn’t help but speak excitedly, "No! Having merged with the divine essence of Liu Venerate, ’It’ should be called: the new ’Divine Spirit’!"

They exchanged a glance, only seeing the uncontrollable turmoil deep in each other’s eyes.

This newly born "Divine Spirit" can defy the divine essence of Liu Venerate, which means it can completely withstand all the methods of Liu Zun Temple!

What Liu Branch Night Lamps, what temple incense candles, what so-called incense ash—none of it can threaten ’Its’ existence!

More importantly, an Evil Spirit born with ’spiritual nature’ now has the ability to ’possess’!

It is an entity that can wander freely in the darkness within High Willow City, unafraid of the ’Majesty of Liu Venerate God’!

It is also an existence capable of manipulating any ’official’ within the city at any time!

For a long period to come, this will surely become the worst nightmare for High Willow City!

"Let’s go! Welcome the New God!"

As the two looked at each other, they both saw the longing and anticipation in each other’s eyes.

Then, they averted their gazes and simultaneously leapt upward, moving towards where the new god had been born.

"From this day forward, I want the rulers of High Willow City to know what true despair is!"

The red mouse-masked man shouted with excitement as he leaped into the air.

However, before the two had touched the ground,

The Qi Mechanism of the new god suddenly vanished into thin air.

"..."

At this moment, everything seemed to come to a standstill.

Their thoughts were frozen stiff.

And while their bodies were still falling through the air, at a rapid pace,

It was as if their hearts had also plummeted from the sky.

With a dull thud!

The two who had leapt were now on the ground, standing on the stone pavement.

But their hearts felt as though they were endlessly tumbling into the fathomless Abyss.

After a brief silence, they looked at each other once again.

"So, this is despair, isn’t it?"

With a complex look in his eyes and a raspy voice, the black bull-masked man asked.

In the persistent darkness, they had finally seen a glimmer of hope.

But as they took that step, before their raised foot even hit the ground, they witnessed the light of hope being extinguished.