Monster Wearing Human Skin

The Longitudinal and Horizontal Sports Car sped through the Hairub Desert like an arrow, leaving the monsters it encountered along the way too slow to react. They only saw a phantom flash by, and when they looked up, they could only see a cloud of dust rising in the distance.

Luo Jun glanced at the dashboard; the speed had already exceeded 600 kilometers per hour, faster than any land transportation in the Main World. At this speed, he would arrive in Paramis City in a maximum of four hours.

Even at such a high speed, the car still drove very smoothly, and despite the yellow sand swirling outside, the interior, protected by the shield, remained quiet and comfortable.

But this is still not the Limit for the Longitudinal and Horizontal Sports Car, because the undulating sand dunes will limit the speed. If it were a large enough flat area, it should be able to go even faster.

But such ideal conditions are extremely rare. Vast deserts are already rare locations, and if you were driving in a city, with buildings everywhere as obstacles, you wouldn't even be able to achieve that speed.

"Once we get to Parami, you know how to explain Mosayus, right?" Luo Jun, gripping the steering wheel, glanced sideways at Ophelia in the passenger seat. His identity as "Night" was rather ambiguous, and he had caused a ruckus in Paramis City, so he might not be able to gain trust. In the end, Ophelia would have to handle the negotiations.

Ophelia nodded. "I worked there for three years, so I'm quite familiar with it."

While the ability to Body Snatching is rare, there are many creatures skilled in illusion magic. This monster is certainly not unique. With so many years since the Chaos Mission began, if other Chaos Creature have already Body Snatching, could there already be monsters disguised as humans walking the earth?

"You said you hadn't mentioned your situation to anyone else before?" Luo Jun asked. "Then how do you explain your drastic change in personality?"

"I was just doing this as a counterattack, and incidentally too," Luo Jun replied casually, but in his mind he was pondering what Ophelia had just said.

To become a Chaos Creature walking in the Main World...?

"I'm not referring to what others say..." Luo Jun continued, "Have you seen it yourself? Is there any connection between you?"

Looking at the girl's innocent appearance, Luo Jun suddenly felt that it would be more reliable to take his Master back.

"It stinks..." Luo Jun's eyes widened. "Who is that person?"

Luo Jun turned his head away helplessly, thinking to himself, "Why is this silly girl so clueless? If she ever heard about this, it would be huge news that would shock the entire cultivation world... Even if a Chaos Creature had successfully Body Snatching, it would definitely try its best to hide its identity. How could it possibly be 'heard about'?"

Luo Jun had never imagined this direction. This creature failed to Body Snatching Ophelia because two souls existed within her. If it weren't for Liya's soul acting as a buffer, Ophelia would probably have been assimilated by the Chaos Creature long ago...

"Even I don't know the answer to that..."

"You were able to resist the invasion of the Chaos Creature because of Liya's soul..." Luo Jun explained, "If it were someone else, it wouldn't be a case of possession, but rather being controlled by Chaos soul."

"She said someone smelled really bad..." Ophelia recalled, "It was a high-ranking member of the Holy See. I'd seen him a few times before, and Liya never reacted... The last time I saw him, I had already been invaded by Chaos Creature. That time, Liya suddenly said that person smelled really bad... When I asked her again, she said she didn't know why, she just thought he smelled really bad..."

"Speaking of which, you've coexisted with that Chaos soul for so long, have you suffered any aftereffects?"

"But I believe that no one has any ill intentions towards me. Now that I've recovered, I should be able to communicate with everyone normally."

In particular, according to her, she sometimes loses control of the Chaos soul within her and acts rashly, yet this has never aroused suspicion from the Holy See?

"Have you... ever met someone like that?"

"What is it?" Luo Jun's eyes widened.

"That's because my personality was rather eccentric before, and my abilities...were also somewhat terrifying." After the Chaos Soul was destroyed, Ophelia's behavior became much more normal. "Before, that thing resided within me. I was afraid of being purged if the Holy See found out, so I never told anyone. I just silently fought against it, which made me behave more and more strangely. Sometimes I couldn't control myself during battles and did some extreme things, causing a lot of trouble for everyone. It's normal to be ostracized."

"But I noticed that the people in the branch office were looking at you with rather complicated expressions..."

It wasn't a matter of being ostracized, was it? Luo Jun remembered that the look in his eyes could be described as fear.

At this point, Ophelia sighed softly, "You probably can't imagine how Liya and I have fought this monster these past few years... You saved me and freed Liya, I really want to thank you..."

"I haven't explained..." Ophelia shook her head. "You've seen my previous state; energy conservation was my top priority. Unless someone asks, I'm too lazy to explain..."

"This..." Ophelia shook her head, "I didn't have any particular feeling..." Then, her eyes lit up, "That's right, Liya mentioned something similar!"

"Without your help, one day I would be completely assimilated by it and become a Chaos Creature walking in the Main World."

"The same kind?" Ophelia blinked. "You mean... someone like me, someone whose body harbors Chaos soul?"

"I couldn't have made something like this before," Ophelia said. "In fact, my forte was creation, not creation. Now, although that soul has been eliminated, I still bear its traces."

As she spoke, Ophelia raised her hand, her palm gathering energy, which quickly formed into a wriggling worm. Although it resembled a fleshy worm, it had a mouth similar to a human's and irregular fleshy growths, making it look twisted and disgusting.

"Nobody asked?" Luo Jun frowned. That was the biggest problem, wasn't it?

While Ophelia had previously exhibited eccentricities, that stemmed from the split between two souls, a completely different feeling from her later energy-saving mode. Even if she had few friends and no one cared about her, as a clergy member of the Holy See, wouldn't her superiors notice something amiss, summon her for questioning, or even investigate?

"Completely controlled by Chaos soul?" Ophelia shook her head, shocked. "I've never heard of such a thing before..."

Luo Jun asked this because during his battle with Ophelia, he witnessed her unpredictable techniques. Whether it was the clones created by the Creation Faction or her transformed forms, both bore a distinctly Chaos style. Although the Chaos soul had been destroyed, the impact on her was clearly more than just her soul...

Ophelia recalled, "It was Cardinal Gonzales, the current head of the Holy See in the [Empire]!"

(End of this chapter)