Chapter 175

Chapter 147: Devouring

Looking at the corpses that kept twitching and falling before me, unable to even reignite the flames of sin, I nodded in satisfaction.

“It’s much quieter now.”

Indeed, it was much quieter.

There were still three living heretics left. Although they had surrounded me, each one stood in fear, disbelief written all over their faces, retreating backward unceasingly, quickly creating a significant distance between us… perhaps this would give them a semblance of safety?

I caught the emotion of fear in their trembling eyes, and my lips involuntarily curled up.

You were ready to die just to take me down with you… why are you afraid now? What are you afraid of?

A sticky liquid slid down the side of my face, causing some itchiness. I reached up to scratch it, but after a few attempts, I found the more I scratched, the more slippery it became. With some confusion, I raised my hand in front of my eyes… Ah, it was all blood.

I had just shattered someone’s skull with a single blow… I forgot, hehe.

My peripheral vision caught a wisp of white smoke, twisting past my side like a firefly in the darkness.

It seemed to be coming from the body beneath me… no, the body had already turned to ashes, leaving only this wisp of smoke, as if silently proclaiming its existence in this world.

Even this proclamation soon faded away. The smoke emitted a soft, gentle glow, circling around me twice before “whooshing” into my chest.

“Hmm…”

I closed my eyes, my body trembling slightly as I savored the ultimate pleasure. Moments later, I reopened my eyes, my dark pupils hazy and dreamy, like they were about to spill water with allure.

…I need to change my sanitary napkin.

Regaining my senses, I looked closely and saw that the three heretics’ faces had turned extremely frightened… ah, they must be afraid of this!

Could it be that the Door of Truth knows what this smoke signifies?

Interesting…

I stared intently at one of the bearded men.

He might not be over forty years old. I don’t know if he has a family or children, but I’m sure I’ve never seen him before, yet here he is, trying to kill me with these people… this makes me very curious.

“What do you know?” I tilted my head and asked.

“Who are you…” the bearded man said, his words carrying a complex emotion, something akin to resentment.

“Pfft—”

Please forgive me for not being able to hold back my laughter.

“Come on, you came here to kill me! You didn’t care about your lives, and now you’re asking me this question? Doesn’t that seem funny to you?”

After saying this, I laughed uncontrollably.

“Giggling, giggling…”

In the empty street, apart from the crackling sound of flames, only the girl’s laughter, like a silver bell, echoed.

It was too funny… how could it be so funny… but he hasn’t answered my question… how dare he.

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt very unhappy. The laughter in my heart ebbed away like a tide, and my face immediately changed from sunny to gloomy.

“I’ll teach you… something.”

Whirl—

After the howling wind, the petite figure had already moved in front of the bearded man. The wind, carrying dust, blew his hair up, yet he failed to react, his gaze still fixed on where I had previously stood.

The next moment, my hand firmly gripped his left wrist.

“Dowles!”

“Be careful—!”

“Ugh!”

The bearded man was startled, his expression changing rapidly. Then, with a fierce look, he raised the short dagger in his right hand, aiming it at his own chest.

Boom.

In the blazing darkness,

A hint of pallor illuminated.

Following was a wail that did not sound human.

“Ahh—! Ahhhh!!!”

The dark, seductive flames, which had started from the left hand of the bearded man that was set ablaze, rapidly climbed up his arm and in an instant devoured his entire left arm.

He seemed to be in excruciating pain; his face twisted into a horrifying expression. The dagger he could not grip fell, and I caught it, slashing it toward his left shoulder.

With a sound, the bearded man’s left arm was severed, the cut clean, and a large amount of blood gushed out.

I stepped back, quietly enjoying his suffering appearance and listening to his miserable cries.

This made me feel very excited and happy, so happy that I couldn’t help but laugh again.

“Hehe… When someone asks you a question, you must answer within three seconds, or you will have to accept the punishment—it’s common sense… Do you understand, old man?”

The bearded man’s body trembled uncontrollably.

Thanks to the timely cut, the black flames did not burn his body. However, this was still a fatal injury, though he wouldn’t die immediately. The bearded man could no longer stand; he knelt before me, blood spurting from the wound like a fountain, “hissing” and shooting nearly a meter away. In just a few seconds, the stone floor beneath him was drenched in fresh red, and the terrifying pattern formed by the blood looked like a precious work of art in my eyes.

Suddenly, I felt a lightness in my right hand; I looked down and saw that the severed arm I was holding had turned to ashes… There was no glow, indicating that the other party had to be dead for this to happen.

I chuckled lightly, turning my gaze to his pale face.

“Hey, where’s your sin fire? Why isn’t it burning? Show me quickly—”

The bearded man suddenly lifted his head. He looked like a starving lone wolf, glaring at me fiercely with bloodshot eyes.

“Monster.”

Immediately after, his body emitted strange, unsettling sounds.

Ploosh… Ploosh… Crack…

“Ahh—!”

He suddenly stood up, using his remaining arm to tightly embrace me, shouting loudly, “Aiden! This thing isn’t human! You all get out of here! Spread the word—!”

“No one can escape.”

As I spoke, countless tiny smoke snakes rose from beneath my feet.

The bearded man’s expression suddenly became extremely terrified.

“This is…”

But he could only say these two words.

At the moment the smoke touched him, the bearded man’s body instantly produced white mist, emitting a grating “squeak,” then it was completely eroded along with the blood on the ground, turning to ashes.

Whoosh—

I heard the wind howling beside me, and I turned around. Another heretic ignited with flames and charged at me.

These people… they’re so eager to die, it’s not fun at all.

Shaking my head slightly, watching the figure grow larger in the inferno, I raised my forearm and casually waved it. The black smoke snakes shot out, roaring as they swallowed him and the sin fire together.

There wasn’t even a scream.

Moments later, two streams of smoke merged into my body.

“…Phew~”

Sighing deeply, I felt my cheeks heat up, my thighs rubbing involuntarily, and then I turned my head to another figure trying to flee.

“There’s one more left.”

But it seems someone else is coming.

What a hassle… my head hurts again… better finish this quickly.

Boom—!

The ground erupted in flames beneath me. I dragged a long black trail behind me, sliding like a meteor close to the ground, releasing a blinding white light. As I approached the figure, I changed direction, blocking his path.

“I said you won’t get away, why are you still running? You’ll be punished for being disobedient… Where’s Abel?”