037 Visual Synchronization

Although the Tower of Yin Spirits was not small in scale or influence, as a supernatural organization, its strength was far from impressive.

The saint killed by Green had already been the Tower of Yin Spirits' strongest combatant. Without a Formal Rank powerhouse, a supernatural organization could never truly make it onto the stage.

It turned out that they had remained safe all this time because the Landon City government had turned a blind eye. The local nobles and capitalists had secretly cooperated with them, but now that they were being suppressed, they were struggling at every turn. Nearly all the members in Landon City had withdrawn to the secret stronghold in Boris Town and were preparing to relocate, temporarily leaving Landon City. For the time being, however, the main personnel of the Tower of Yin Spirits were still in Boris Town.

When Green arrived in the small town of Boris, he did not charge headlong toward the Ceramic Factory. Instead, he checked into an inn in town under the identity of a traveling mage.

Since the town had once prospered, its inn had decent conditions. Green rented two rooms—one for himself and one for the coachman.

Green took a bath, then sat on the bed and entered a meditative state.

Ever since obtaining the Gelfis Meditation Method, he had begun using meditation in place of sleep. Normally, he compressed his daily sleeping time to less than two hours. If necessary, he could even go several days and nights without sleep while remaining full of energy.

It was not until after midnight that Green, sitting on the bed, opened his eyes. He rose and went to the window. From there, he could just see the Ceramic Factory. He had deliberately chosen this room.

Boris Town had two large Ceramic Factories in total. Because the clay resources had been depleted, both factories were operating at half capacity. The entire sprawling factory district was pitch-black, and even the furnace flames that had burned for decades had gone out. The whole town gave off a stifling, desolate air.

Green opened the window and let the cool night breeze blow into the room. Then he gave his hand a slight wave, releasing the evil spirit Maxim, whom he had just subdued.

A flash of red light appeared, and an evil spirit with a gray-white outer layer and a faintly dark-red inner layer appeared in the air outside the window.

"My master, what are your orders?" Through vibrations of his soul body, the evil spirit produced a deep, hoarse voice.

Whether evil spirits generally possessed higher intelligence as Level Three elite troops, or whether this evil spirit named Maxim was simply special, Green could sense that he was somewhat different. He thought to himself, He has already developed such coherent speech after only a few hours. Could this evil spirit have the potential to become a Hero Unit?

Heroes could be recruited by constructing the Hero Hall in the Graveyard. In addition, it was extremely difficult for ordinary undead creatures to grow into heroes. However, the Hard-Skin Ghoul and this evil spirit had both been captured wild undead creatures, so it was not impossible for them to become heroes. This filled Green with faint anticipation.

"Do you remember? This is the factory where you worked." Green pointed toward the Ceramic Factory. Unfortunately, after becoming an evil spirit, Maxim had lost his original memories. Following Green's gaze, he showed no sign of remembrance. Green was playing a lute to a cow. He smiled faintly and ordered, "Go investigate over there. They have supernatural beings, so keep yourself hidden."

"As you command, my master." The evil spirit Chen Sheng replied. Suddenly, his figure flickered, and he vanished from where he stood.

Even with Death Spirit Sight, Green could now see only an almost imperceptible shadow flying through the air. That was because Green was a Necromancer and the evil spirit's master, allowing him to sense the other party's location. If it had been someone else, it would have been even harder to detect his movements.

Compared with genuine supernatural organizations, whether righteous or evil, the Tower of Yin Spirits was merely a small organization that had just crossed the threshold. It had no high-end combat power and no historical foundation. It relied entirely on the connection between the archbishop David Rute and the Void Yin Spirit to maintain the existence of its enormous organization.

The supernatural beings who joined the Tower of Yin Spirits did not necessarily believe in its doctrine. Rather, they wanted to contact the Void Yin Spirit through David Rute and use its power to increase their own strength. Otherwise, with David Rute's strength as an Intermediate Apprentice priest, he could never have firmly held the position of archbishop.

Green had gathered quite a bit of information long ago, back when he was preparing to use the Tower of Yin Spirits as a dungeon to grind.

A genuine supernatural organization would casually have two or three Formal Rank powerhouses stationed there, with hundreds or even thousands of Apprentice- and Junior Apprentice-level members beneath them. Green could not possibly stand against one by himself. Acting rashly would simply be courting death.

Green stood by the window, staring blankly into the distance. In reality, however, his vision had already formed Visual Synchronization with the evil spirit flying away.

This was a first-circle general-purpose spell. Its principle was extremely simple, but it was not easy to perform. Many Formal Rank mages might not even be able to complete it successfully.

By rights, Green's attainments in magic should not have been enough to complete this spell. However, he had his golden finger. With the Graveyard's assistance, he used magic to project the undead creature's vision into the Graveyard, then simulated a large-screen display in the Town Hall. In this way, he achieved Visual Synchronization after completing only half the spell.

Under the deep night sky, the evil spirit drifted through the air at about the speed of an ordinary person jogging. He crossed the factory wall and entered the premises.

Having once worked there for twenty years, returning to this place gave the evil spirit Maxim a strange sense of familiarity, even though he had completely lost his memory.

The sensation made Maxim somewhat uncomfortable, but that was all. After entering the factory grounds, he found them quiet and dark. The vast factory seemed to be entirely deserted. However, as an evil spirit, Maxim could sense the surrounding aura and soon discovered that someone was there.

It was an office building whose windows and main entrance had been nailed shut with thick wooden boards. It was not far from the entrance to the ancient ruins they had discovered before.

The evil spirit flew over and passed straight through the wall.

Unlike the silence outside, the interior was unexpectedly lively. Many men and women were scantily clad or even completely naked, drinking, flirting, having sex, and indulging themselves...

Green was startled by what he saw. He had not expected the people from the Tower of Yin Spirits to know how to have such a good time. Somehow, they had obtained more than twenty young women. They seemed to have fallen under some kind of illusion and had lost their reason, their eyes filled with nothing but lust.

Borrowing the evil spirit's viewpoint, Green observed from above and distinguished which people were supernatural beings and which were ordinary people.

His purpose in coming this time was to grind the dungeon for Psychic Energy. Killing ordinary people, no matter how many, was meaningless. Only supernatural beings could provide Psychic Energy for the Graveyard.

"There are thirteen supernatural beings in total, all Junior Apprentices..." Green counted them and was somewhat dissatisfied. "The people from the Tower of Yin Spirits near Landon City should all have gathered here. There shouldn't be only this many supernatural beings. Besides, neither Intermediate Apprentices nor Advanced Apprentices have appeared. Could there be another location?"

Just then, a figure suddenly emerged from a corner. As if he had some task to attend to, he hurriedly left.

Green let out a puzzled sound and ordered the evil spirit to fly over and take a look. Sure enough, he discovered an entrance leading underground.

The ancient ruins he had accidentally discovered before were nearby. However, this was not the original entrance. It should have been a passage rebuilt after the Tower of Yin Spirits moved into the factory. Judging by the condition of the iron gate and the concrete, it had been built no more than half a year ago.