Over the years, Higashizaki Masazo had cultivated more than three thousand Believers, scattered across the various islands of the Isakuchi Islands.
Under the influence of the "methods" taught by the divine temple.
These Believers had become utterly devoted to Higashizaki Masazo, worshipping him as the legendary "Serpent God." Beyond these ordinary civilians, quite a few high-ranking members of the Higashizaki Family had also undergone the cleansing of the Serpent God Faith.
Serpent God—it sounded laughable.
Yet in the eyes of those fanatics who had completely converted, he was the greatest being in the Five Continents.
Light, storms? They were all trash. Compared to the great Serpent God Higashizaki Masazo, those two false gods were only fit to lick his boots.
These fanatics could no longer be saved.
Even hypnosis could not change their miserable fate... Once they had been eroded and poisoned by fanatical faith, forcibly hypnotizing and brainwashing them would only cause their Mental Seas to collapse.
"What do you plan to do with these people?"
Song Ci stood atop a small hill, his expression complicated as he watched the villagers imprisoned by the Poison Nest, living alongside venomous snakes day and night.
Kill them? That would be inhumane.
Release them? Even more impossible.
"They're difficult to deal with, but I have a way."
Gu Shen stood with his hands behind his back, coldly watching the village below. "I'll handle the aftermath for these Believers myself..."
"I don't understand. What exactly does the divine temple hope to gain by teaching Higashizaki Masazo how to cultivate Believers?"
Song Ci asked in confusion, "The City of Light is itself a land of faith. Could it be that they don't understand the dual nature of fanatics?"
Fanatics were a double-edged sword.
"I'm curious too." Chen Li continued, "What benefit does it bring