Chapter 43.1

Although there was only a head left, the dwarf puppet still stubbornly screamed at them and finally rolled towards them, giving his all.

Shen Yuan stepped forward and stood in the front. When the head of the dwarf puppet touched his body, mysterious black tattoos reappeared on his neck, but this time the tattoos only flashed faintly and disappeared quickly.

At the same time, the head of the dwarf puppet let out a shrill scream and then died off like that.

Xiao Tangqiu watched all of this. Although he knew Shen Yuan’s ability was terrifying, he didn’t expect to witness how horrifying it was with his own eyes again. Shen Yuan didn’t even do anything. The dwarf puppet just touched his body and disappeared…Was this what Su Manluo meant by District S strong players?

Tang Mianmian was also dumbfounded. His mouth was open wide enough to stuff a fist.

Lippinobert was even more furious, looking more ghastly than ever. “How dare you! How dare you do this to my little freak!”

He was like a child whose beloved toy had been destroyed by someone. He angrily flipped open the black book and recited the evil and strange incantations. In the next second, the serpents, that had been watching them and waiting for the chance to move, crawled and gathered together.

Soon, more and more gathered, quickly forming a huge serpent. Their bodies seemed to be a part of the giant serpent. The serpent was extremely large, its winding body almost occupied the whole church. From head to tail, the length of its body was large enough to encircle them all.

“Fuck! Ah, ah, ah! Why are there so many serpents!” Tang Mianmian was so afraid he almost fainted. He grabbed Xiao Tangqiu, refusing to let go of him. That was the only way he could steady himself and prevent his legs from going soft.

Xiao Tangqiu felt pins and needles on his scalp. Even if he didn’t have a phobia of snakes, seeing so many would still make his skin crawl. The huge serpent, formed by the countless serpents, had completely surrounded them in the church. Moreover, the small black serpents were still swirling around the giant serpent’s “body,” which looked both disgusting and horrible.

Lippinobert, on the other hand, stood tall and straight at the head of the serpent, looking at them coldly. He held the open black book in his hands. Behind him was Lily Marlene, who had been tied to the cross and subjected to burning flames. At this moment, he was like the God of all living things, looking down on them in contempt. But at the same time, he seemed like a priest who had mercy on all beings. He was cold yet merciful, cruel yet sympathetic.

Compared to Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, Shen Yuan and his companions were much calmer and fearless in the face of danger.

Shen Yuan’s expression didn’t change at all. His face was still calm as he lightly looked at Lippinobert, his eyes calm as if the person and the puppets before him were nothing.

“Sacrifices! Sacrifice yourselves for Lily Marlene’s return to our world!” Lippinobert’s eyes were cold yet burning, calm but crazy, just like a sober madman. Under the control of his will, the huge serpent made of the tiny serpents attacked Shen Yuan.

Duan Hongzhen and Yu Fuling immediately moved to the front to guard Shen Yuan. Their fighting capacity was also beyond that of normal people and they could block the serpent’s attacks.

However, even if they slashed and killed some of the black serpents that made up the body of the giant serpent, others would slither over and reconstruct that part. It was just impossible to kill it.

Sai Lulu quickly joined the battle. Her umbrella had a magical effect, even sweeping over a large area, but the black serpents would fill up the gap. Even if they killed all the black serpents in the church now, there would still be others crawling out of the magic array at their feet. It was inexhaustible and endless.

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian couldn’t help much. They could only stand by the side and try their best not to make things worse. While the two sides battled, of course they wouldn’t be stupid enough to rush out. Worse comes to worst, they would end up getting themselves killed and drag their great god teammates down with them.

Tang Mianmian fearlessly roasted themselves, “It feels like we’re weak rookies who are being carried by our great god teammates.”

Xiao Tangqiu tried to look for the silver lining as well, “I know right?”

Tang Mianmian laughed, “Hehe, does this count as successfully holding onto their thighs?”

Xiao Tangqiu laughed bitterly, “Let’s wait until we get out of here alive.”

Tang Mianmian looked firm. “If we can get out alive, we must cling onto these thick thighs.”

Xiao Tangqiu added, “…I think they’ve heard us by now.” Was it really good to be discussing the matter of holding their thighs so openly in front of them?

Shen Yuan and the others could certainly hear Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian whispers but they were obviously not in the mood to make any response now. Seeing the situation get more and more serious, Shen Yuan finally stepped in.

Shen Yuan calmly joined the battle. His gaze coolly fell upon the giant serpent composed of little serpents, the black tattoos on his cheeks and neck began to glow faintly.

Xiao Tangqiu’s heart lifted in that instant. Shen Yuan’s ability was undoubtedly very strong. But upon seeing Yu Fuling and Duan Hongzhen’s reaction, which showed that the matter was taboo, he knew that Shen Yuan’s ability was obviously not without side effects.

Yu Fuling said before that Shen Yuan had used “that ability” too many times in this instance, which meant that this ability must also place a certain burden on Shen Yuan. But now, Shen Yuan had to use this ability again and again.

Although Xiao Tangqiu didn’t know what effect excessive use of “that ability” had on Shen Yuan, he couldn’t help worrying about him.

At the same time, Shen Yuan stepped into the range of the serpent. Facing this close intruder, the giant serpent naturally launched an attack without hesitation. The huge serpent head suddenly descended upon him.

As Shen Yuan’s black tattoos became clearer and clearer, the huge serpent head made up of serpents disappeared when it touched his body.

The disappearance of the serpents didn’t stop the serpent from attacking. They quickly formed a new serpent head and launched another brazen attack. However, the result this time was still the same as before. When the head hit Shen Yuan, it broke apart instantly.

Shen Yuan’s black tattoo became more and more visible. The mysterious tattoo still seemed to be slowly swirling, as if the serpent, Ouroboros, would really come to life the next moment. It was strange and sinister.

Xiao Tangqiu instantly remembered the serpent of the world in his dream. Although Lippinobert also called forth many tail-biting serpents, the small black serpents were obviously far from the giant serpent in his dream. Even the giant serpent composed of the black serpents at this time was only the size of the church.

The tattoo of Ouroboros on Shen Yuan’s body was more like the serpent of the world in his dream. It was strange but beautiful, evil and powerful. It could encircle the entire world with its body alone. It was the master of the world and the most powerful, terrifying existence in the world.

As the tattoo of Ouroboros on Shen Yuan emerged completely from his cheek to his neck, there were black mysterious tattoos all over. Those tattoos made him look strange and evil, as if he was a tribal god of war from ancient times.

In front of him, the giant serpent composed of serpents collapsed, completely melting away, leaving no trace of existence. They didn’t originally belong to this world – these were creatures from a different world. Maybe they returned to their original world, maybe they disappeared completely, gone from this world, erasing all the possibility of their existence.

Lippinobert was completely angered. He looked at Shen Yuan coldly, his eyes darkened to the extreme, appearing cold and horrifying. “How dare you… I’m going to kill you…”

Shen Yuan looked at Lippinobert calmly and said lightly. “You intend to use the souls of those people to sacrifice and call Lily Marlene back to earth, but the souls of ordinary human beings can’t be used as a sacrifice at all. Only the souls of demons can be used, so you used that book to turn those people into lower demons… Unfortunately, now that these demons have been destroyed by me, all your efforts have been wasted and you can no longer call Lily Marlene’s dead soul.”

Lippinobert looked at Shen Yuan bitterly with resentful eyes. “Even if you destroyed all of my previous efforts… I will bring Lily Marlene back to the world…”

On the sidelines, Xiao Tangqiu listened to all this in shock. It turned out that the serpents weren’t the alien creatures he had imagined, but low-level demons formed from those killed by Lippinobert. Because they couldn’t use human souls but needed demonic souls, Lippinobert had killed so many people and turned them into puppets, including many other players from before… Lippinobert did so much just to revive Lily Marlene, but just now Shen Yuan seemed to have destroyed everything.

Xiao Tangqiu’s heart felt very uneasy. Although he didn’t know what the final objective of this instance was, according to his experience from the last instance, he knew that they had to prevent Lippinobert from resurrecting Lily Marlene… But if that was only it, Shen Yuan should’ve successfully stopped him by now and their mission should’ve ended ahead of schedule.

However, that wasn’t the case, which meant that the matter was far from over.

Sure enough, in the next moment, something strange happened.

Lippinobert suddenly took out a small transparent glass bottle from his pocket. The glass bottle was filled with black liquid and there seemed to be something soaked in it.

But because it was too small and too far from where he was, Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t clearly see what was inside. But he knew that it was obviously not a good thing, because he was keenly aware of the changes in Shen Yuan and the others. Not only did Duan Hongzhen, Yu Fuling and Sai Lulu turn pale at the sight of it, even Shen Yuan’s eyes grew so dark and deep they seemed to have sunk down.

Lippinobert pulled the cork out of the glass bottle and looked at Shen Yuan resentfully. “I won’t let anyone stop me. Even if I have to turn myself into a demon and sacrifice my own soul, I will resurrect Lily Marlene no matter what!”

Yu Fuling couldn’t help blurting out, “That’s a demon’s heart! Are you crazy?!”

“No one can stop me!” Lippinobert smiled coldly, raised his head and gulped down the black liquid in the glass bottle.

A demon’s heart?

Although Xiao Tangqiu didn’t know what the demon’s heart was, he knew that it couldn’t be anything good. After all, the name sounded evil and mysterious.

Demons…

Were there really demons in this world?