Chapter 79

Chapter 22: Cemetery

In the mechanical town, when night fell, everything returned to normal—four fire trucks with sirens blaring drove through the streets of the mechanical town, the excuse of a fire accident had deceived the local residents. People were relieved by the timely evacuation and the quick elimination of hazards afterward. Even the homeowners whose houses were destroyed were grateful for the substantial compensation provided by the "accident causer" and began to feel lucky...

Indeed, they are quite adept at handling things smoothly!

Hidden in the crowd, Ye Qi watched the Church's backup personnel quickly and efficiently clean up the traces of the previous battle, a smile involuntarily crept onto his lips as he mocked himself—while the Demon Hunter Union also had backup personnel to handle various incidents caused by demon hunters, they were absolutely not as "professional" as the Church, which could almost achieve perfection...

After all, the Church's demon extermination is one aspect, but more importantly, it must maintain its benevolent and inclusive face to "redeem" more believers for their god. Ye Qi believed that if killing one person could gain a believer, the Church would certainly not hesitate to kill half the world's population.

Sometimes, religion also seeks to maximize benefits, doesn't it?

Taking a step forward, Ye Qi watched the fire trucks drive to the end of the street and closely followed them—Ye Qi was not going to cause trouble for the Church, but he wanted the "things" inside the four fire trucks: corpses.

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The research on "The Eye of Momo" had always been theoretical, lacking experimental materials, Ye Qi could not attempt the spells recorded in it, but today he had a chance—although the black-clad attendants had no emotions due to special training, they still had human bodies, and freshly dead corpses were perfect for use as raw materials for Shadow Warriors.

The fire trucks slowly left the streets of the mechanical town and gradually sped up. Ye Qi also quickened his pace, but the pain in his lower abdomen made him frown—falling on the witch had a significant cost. If he hadn't dodged quickly, the knee strike from the witch would have ended his "happy life" for the rest of his days. However, after feeling the witch's chest with his face, Ye Qi felt it was a great deal...

However, after leaving the secret passage, Ye Qi wisely chose to leave after agreeing with Dikaisi on the time to retrieve the gun. During their conversation, Ye Qi also expressed the appropriate apology for Dikaisi almost being killed by the witch's purple bullet—of course, only verbally.

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The cemetery, the best place to handle corpses.

The four fire trucks drove into the cemetery one by one—the cemetery keeper, who was obviously well-compensated, had already thrown his duties into the grave.

Like pouring out a sardine can, the corpses were dumped out. Four Church backup personnel carried gasoline from the fire trucks and, as they opened the oil drums, they all fell to the ground—enhanced by a high-level invisibility spell, Ye Qi easily dealt with the Church's non-combatant reserves.

After dealing with the troublesome people, Ye Qi quickly selected from the corpses—although Shadow Warriors are a basic spell in "The Eye of Momo," they have strict requirements: the corpses must be intact.

"Amon, are you sure your method works?" After selecting about thirty relatively intact corpses, Ye Qi began to draw a pentagram on the ground—this was the reward given by the strange wolf after the last harvest of the six-armed snake demon: a method to save the soul attachment and then engrave the possessed soul and the corpse with runes. However, Ye Qi, using it for the first time, was clearly not at ease: "Will there definitely be no side effects?"

"Although it's not my specialty, you can't doubt my extensive knowledge!" The strange wolf's lazy tone never changed: "What's recorded in your book is just the basics, while what I taught you is the advanced version! If the several necromancers with the title of Lich Lord in the Dark Ages had summoned undead like what's recorded in your book, they might have fallen into the abyss without completing their undead armies! How about it? Want to gain more knowledge? With this knowledge, you might become the new Lich Lord!"

"No interest!"

Ye Qi's lips curled, and he refused straightforwardly—Lich Lord? It seems powerful, but in the end, weren't they still destroyed by the Church and demon hunters? Moreover, it's not the Dark or Blood Age anymore. There are too many ways to deal with countless skeletons!

A simple flamethrower can turn a small squad of skeletons into ashes, right?

Stacking the thirty corpses in groups of five in the middle of the pentagram, Ye Qi slowly chanted the advanced version of the Shadow Warrior summoning spell taught by the strange wolf—the low, solemn incantation sounded like a midnight funeral bell, rising from the ground in the dark cemetery, gathering toward the pentagram.

As the white mist gathered, distorted faces became clearly visible—souls tormented by time, losing their memories, were left with only the most instinctive hatred and contempt for the living...

The corpses stacked in the pentagram emitted a strong, false vitality, attracting countless wandering souls to surge in...

"Whoosh!"

Fiery flames erupted from the pentagram, the raging fire instantly consuming the corpses in the middle. The surrounding wandering souls, driven away by the flames, scattered and hid in the shadows again.

A wooden ring appeared in Ye Qi's hand, and in the pentagram where the flames had died down, a group of black shadows slowly stood up, the power of the incantation entering the wooden ring—carved from the branches of a decades-old tree that had grown in the cemetery, the ring was the perfect dwelling for the Shadow Warriors.

They came so quickly!

Before Ye Qi could test the control of the Shadow Warriors, he saw the headlights of a car on the road at the entrance to the cemetery—before starting the summoning, he had roughly estimated the Church's response time, which was why he had quickly selected the corpses. However, he didn't expect the response to be even faster than his estimate.

Immediately, Ye Qi quickly erased the traces he left behind and hid nearby—the black-clad attendants of the Church he had seen many times, but the person commanding them, he had never seen. If he didn't see them, wouldn't it be a waste! Of course, if the person's strength was average, testing his own spells and the cooperation with the Shadow Warriors would also be a good choice!

As Ye Qi watched the approaching figures, he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw one of them—why is she here?

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