San Venganza!
A village once inhabited entirely by saints, it bore traces of Christianity everywhere.
Crosses, holy statues, angel reliefs, Bible inscriptions...
Blackheart standing in the church square was practically a slap in God's face.
Blackheart easily defeated Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze.
Because the Spirit of Vengeance had become an existence between Heaven and Hell during Mephisto's confrontation with Angel, he would lose his powers during the day.
And now, dawn was breaking.
Blackheart had calculated the timing long ago.
Blackheart opened the "San Venganza Contract" and declared loudly, "This is the San Venganza Contract. The contract shall now be carried out. All souls, come to me."
In an instant,
The already hellish town of San Venganza immediately began displaying all manner of underworld scenes.
Dead souls trailing black smoke surged forth like a plague of locusts, filling the skies before swarming into Blackheart's body.
Demons and devils in this world were the same kind of creature. They existed by using souls as energy.
The relationship between demons and souls was like that between gods and Buddhas and the incense offerings and merit of believers.
It was the source of their power.
As Blackheart recited the contract, the thousands of souls wandering San Venganza all rushed toward him, and his power grew stronger and stronger. He had already approached the ceiling of the single-universe level.
If an ordinary person's soul was a single unit of currency, then the souls of San Venganza's villagers were worth ten thousand units.
The souls of San Venganza were unique.
Mephisto had cultivated them over a thousand years.
First, he made them all believe in God and turned the entire village into devout saints!
Saints were the most devout beings in any religious sect, as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Once such souls