"Heretics! Prepare to face the power of God! The Goddess's messenger has descended!"
The cult leader waved the staff in his hand. His face was twisted and feverish, as if he were suffering immense pain, yet also immersed in extreme ecstasy. Hao Ren felt a terrifying aura surge up behind him and couldn't help turning around, only to see a huge vortex of black-red mist forming above the eerie altar. The vortex rapidly condensed and shifted, changing from a mass of illusory fog into something almost solid within seconds. At the same time, the entire stone hall echoed with a sharp howl that seemed capable of piercing the soul, nearly knocking even extraordinary people like Hao Ren and Nangong May unconscious!
The cultists who had been locked in combat with Hao Ren fell into inexplicable ecstasy at the sight. They began frantically mutilating themselves, causing their blood to turn into mist, as if resonating with the blood mist monster above the altar. Even the cultists who had been gravely wounded and barely clinging to life miraculously recovered completely at that moment!
The Data Terminal let out a shriek. "Interrupt it!"
Without a second thought, Hao Ren pulled the powerful sidearm from his personal storage space, aimed at the altar, and fired with a thunderous bang.
However, the amorphous black-red mass in midair had already dodged before he pulled the trigger. In the end, only the altar was reduced to scattered crystal shards amid a burst of radiance, while the blood mist rushed into the air and completed the final stage of its condensation. A black vertical slit, like an eye, split open in its center, while several pairs of limbs grew around the mist, resembling tentacles with razor-sharp tips. Its final form looked like a giant brain floating in the