Divine Title! Burial Venerable

Crack!

The scissors severed the mysterious threads connecting the bodies and spirits. Once they lost their connection to their flesh, the spirits' eyes turned cloudy white as they drifted blankly into the sky. The Spirit Scissors danced through the air, their crack, crack ringing without end. One spirit after another was cut apart and shattered, their scattered spirituality turning into specks of ghostly green light.

At the sight, the ghoul priest instinctively stopped crying out in pain. The hundred or so cultists he had brought were dismembered in an instant, their spirits destroyed as well—yet the man responsible for it all merely watched the spectacle before him with a calm expression...

He stared blankly at the scene, even forgetting his pain. For a moment, he felt that the dancing motes of spirituality possessed a kind of deadly beauty. But the next second, the enormous Spirit Scissors flew above his head!

Su Ziyu looked at him with a faint smile, making the ghoul priest's scalp tingle. He seemed to want to beg for mercy, but Su Ziyu pressed down with his arm, pulling out his spirit as well.

Crack!

The connection between his spirit and flesh was swiftly severed.

"No!"

Before dying, the priest let out one final cry.

Then, like all the others, his spirit was snipped into fragments bit by bit by the Spirit Scissors.

The motes of spirituality swirling across the sky were like fireflies in the night, slowly rising higher and illuminating one corner of the darkness with a brilliant silvery white.

The mangled limbs also rose into the air. Their spirits mixed with the chunks of flesh, beginning a frenzied display of weaving.

The abnormality here also affected the residents of the nearby districts.

First, the twin moons had risen together, followed by a blood moon hanging in the sky. Now, motes of spirituality had appeared. Pedestrians on the streets only felt that tonight was unbelievably surreal, but several major powers and organizations had already anticipated something and convened emergency meetings.

"Mom, look! The sky over there is so bright!"

"Honey, look! There's a river of silver light over there! It's so romantic!"

"..."

"Motes of spirituality? Did an extraordinary battle break out?"

"Hiss... Isn't that where the blood moon appeared? Why did so many motes of spirituality suddenly show up there too? Could some mighty being who commands the authority of the spirit world really have descended?"

"The Special Affairs Department seems to have gone over... Who knows what happened there..."

Chunks of flesh and spirit fragments combined into cocoon after cocoon of meat. What surprised Su Ziyu was that the Evil Spirit Marionette formed from Dr. Li was also wrapped layer by layer in a fleshy cocoon, undergoing some kind of transformation.

"What's going on?"

Su Ziyu murmured. He recalled that while cutting apart the spirits earlier, some unused flesh and motes of spirituality had seemingly been absorbed by this Evil Spirit Marionette, resulting in this enhancement.

While waiting for them to hatch, Su Ziyu followed the information the Evil Spirit Marionette had sent earlier and came to a corner of the courtyard.

After sweeping the area with the All-Seeing True Eye, Su Ziyu found what he was looking for.

It was a Buddhist shrine. Its surface was covered in cracks, but its material seemed quite good, as it had not completely collapsed.

The statue inside had already shattered, making its original appearance impossible to discern. However, one thing was certain: this was likely the core location of the ritual, and that statue had broken for some reason.

Su Ziyu guessed that after the ritual failed, it had naturally crumbled under the backlash.

But perhaps the Ghoul God had done it itself?

However, according to certain secrets Su Ziyu knew, true gods existed in this world, but most deities had fallen into slumber for some reason...

Only occasionally could they respond to their believers' prayers.

Although it was broken, Su Ziyu still chose to extract materials from it. As expected, he obtained nothing valuable. It seemed the Ghoul God's power had already vanished.

Su Ziyu was not disappointed. This psychiatric hospital had provided him with a stockpile of materials and allowed him to refine Evil Spirit Marionettes. He also had two five-star materials in his backpack and had gained a helper with spider-type abilities. This was practically a god-tier start.

As for evil gods?

There was no rush. Su Ziyu believed that one day, he would kill his way before them as well.

Suddenly, the sound of flesh cocoons breaking echoed in his mind. Su Ziyu came to the courtyard, where rows of Evil Spirit Marionettes crawled out. Black flames burned atop their skeletal heads, making them look like an undead army.

The Evil Spirit Marionette that Dr. Li had become emerged from one of the foremost flesh cocoons.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

This Evil Spirit Marionette stood nearly over two meters tall, like a small giant. Its entire body was encased in iron-black armor, with only the black flames in its eye sockets revealing its ferocity. Blazing black fire burned across the armor as well, making it resemble a demonic god guarding hell.

The muscles and veins that had once been exposed were now covered by armor. One hand gripped a Hellfire Whip, while the other held a longsword formed from dark flames.

New data appeared before Su Ziyu's eyes.

[*Evil Spirit Knight*: One of the evolved forms of an Evil Spirit Marionette. Its strength is at the half-step Morning Star level. After fusing with more flesh and spirit energy, it can unlock more authority over the Netherworld. Clad in Netherworld Armor and wielding the Yellow Springs Greatsword, it possesses formidable combat strength. Continued absorption of flesh and spiritual energy can bring further enhancement!]

"Evil Spirit... Knight?"

The Evil Spirit Marionette had leveled up... It had actually become an Evil Spirit Knight!

Besides absorbing the excess flesh and motes of spirituality, it had slaughtered numerous cultists just now and absorbed enough undead power. Only under these combined factors had it completed its evolution.

The Evil Spirit Knight's strength had reached the terrifying half-step Morning Star level. With its powerful regenerative ability and immortality, its actual combat power far surpassed that of ordinary beings at the same level. It had already half stepped over the threshold of Morning Star.

Having gained another powerful helper, Su Ziyu was naturally delighted.

The Evil Spirit Knight walked up to Su Ziyu, knelt, and plunged its flaming greatsword into the ground.

"Great Master! I am the Evil Spirit Knight. I swear upon the Netherworld Heavenly Dao that I will follow you unto death!"

"Rise!"

Su Ziyu shouted.

With a swish, the Evil Spirit Knight decisively rose to its feet. Its movements were swift and crisp, no less efficient than those of a well-trained soldier.

"From now on, you will command these thirty-six Evil Spirit Marionettes. Beginning today, I grant you the title—'Rage'!"

"I shall obey your will!"

The soul fire in Rage Knight's eye sockets burned even more fiercely, and surging battle intent radiated from its body.

"Complete the disguise!"

With a wave of Rage Knight's large hand, the thirty-six Evil Spirit Marionettes below immediately stood upright. Flesh and sinew slowly grew over their skeletal heads, while the exposed flesh on their bodies was gradually covered by a layer of skin.

In less than ten seconds, including Rage Knight, all of them had completed their human disguises.

Looking at the thirty-seven Evil Spirit Marionettes, Su Ziyu felt a surge of heroic spirit, as though he had returned to ancient times and become the commander of a million-man army.

Why would this army of evil spirits fear a million elite troops? They possessed immortality and tremendous combat power. They were true humanoid meat grinders on the battlefield!

Su Ziyu nodded in satisfaction, sweeping up his black robe. A curtain of darkness descended, taking the evil spirit army away with it.

The spatial teleportation technique could only travel within one kilometer. Its name was [Dark Wisdom: Void Teleportation]!

"Family, are you ready for my return?"

"I will no longer let you bully me as you please. This time, I will ascend to the pinnacle of the world, seize authority over the laws, and rule the fate of all living beings!"

"Thus, I shall become..."

"Burial Venerable!"

Burial God Supreme!