Chapter 375: Chapter 27: Divine Artifact – Vessel of Greed! The Mad Wind Elemental Demigod (Part 3)

Shawn’s imaginary avatar quietly left the villa district. He could only create one avatar now, and with his main body unable to act rashly, he had to rely on the avatar to probe the enemy. Such a large-scale dark ceremony couldn’t possibly leave no trace; the residents of the Outer City District were notably numb and lazy, while most of the nobles in the Inner City District were characterized by greed and gluttony. These are two different domain laws, and the ceremonies they initiate have extremely stringent requirements. Among many desires, appetite is relatively easy to satisfy.

The poor in the Outer City were as thin as skeletons, while the nobles in the Inner City were as fat as pigs.

This ceremony is truly complicated.

“To stop the mastermind’s plan, either find the source and disrupt the city’s dark ceremony.”

“Or use another dark ceremony to interrupt their casting process.”

Shawn is now racing against time. He dispatched the Celestial Calamity Messenger Team to find the source of the dark ceremony, while he himself prepared to set up a mega dark ceremony, intending to break the dead silence enveloping the Ring City.

“With my current capabilities, there aren’t many dark ceremonies I can set up. To break this stagnant situation, I must use drastic measures!”

Shawn closed his eyes and pondered for a long time.

When he slowly opened his eyes, he had already thought of the ceremony to ruin the opponent’s plan.

——Abyssal Ceremony.

What the opponent should be setting up is the Blood Sacrifice Ceremony within the dark ceremonies, using the twisted cognitive consciousness of the city’s residents to achieve certain specific elements. This process is like nurturing Gu insects; as cognition continuously distorts, part of the population turns into Gu insects, and eventually, they become the most suitable ritual offerings. Taking ’Gluttony’ as an example, those nobles reflecting pig-headed and human-bodied forms are the manifestation of greedy desires; their souls have already formed into Gu insects, and as soon as the ceremony is activated, they can at any time be used as materials for blood sacrifice.

But the true core blood sacrifice material is still unknown to Shawn at the moment.

Arranging another ceremony right now is tough for Shawn; he doesn’t have enough time to cultivate ’elements.’ Therefore, he must utilize the existing resources and the domain law enveloping the city. Such a large-scale sacrificial ceremony has already reached the threshold of elevating a demigod. An Evil God doesn’t need to slowly develop followers like a True God; as long as the ceremony is successfully initiated, these people will be polluted and assimilated by him.

True Gods usually spread faith through moral persuasion; Evil Gods, however, can use coercion, temptation, corruption, and even direct soul refining, and the deceased would automatically convert into prayerers.

If the ceremony here is successfully initiated, souls can be collected into the ’Myriad Souls Banner’ (Divine Kingdom) at any time.

These people have already been corrupted.

Trying to use concepts such as light, justice, goodness, etc., to morally persuade them is extremely challenging, and Shawn lacks the corresponding domain law, making it almost impossible.

Unless he possesses a powerful sealed object like the ’Light of Heaven Mountain.’

“Then the only option is to corrupt them once more!”

——”Chaos Prologue [Dark Ceremony]: You incite disputes in the shadows, igniting chaotic thoughts deep within people’s hearts. Within the scope of the ceremony’s effects, all beings must undergo a willpower exemption determination, or else their behavior will unconsciously shift toward the [Chaos] domain, filled with unpredictability, releasing some repressed thoughts from their minds. Within the effect area of the ceremony, all beings’ alignment tendencies shift; their actions become bolder and more chaotic, with some leaning towards evil transforming into the [Chaotic Evil] alignment.”

[Those transformed into the Chaotic Evil alignment as ceremony targets will become offerings for the next stage of the dark ceremony. Their inner desires and ambitions amplify geometrically, eventually distorting bit by bit into a demonic mind.]

Many in the Ring City have already had their minds warped, so let’s fight poison with poison.

Nothing is more suited for destruction than the demons’ domain law. Here, the residents are like lambs on a sacrificial altar; once Shawn’s ceremony is initiated, the sheep will go berserk. Demons are the most uncontrollable creatures; Devils plan and plot for a backstab against upper positions, whereas demons will simply backstab if they see any opportunity.

Most noble classes in the Ring City belong to an evil alignment, and once transformed into Chaotic Evil, they become offerings for the Abyssal Ceremony, meaning they might revolt or even cause an uprising. If any transcendents suddenly awaken and realize they unknowingly became sacrificial targets for the ceremony, they would likely retaliate ferociously.

Those ’lambs to the slaughter’ have turned into ’rampaging lambs.’

With chaos spreading, Shawn’s opportunity arises.

No action of his would easily expose himself; whoever set up the ceremony must emerge to clean up the mess. Shawn only concerns himself with flipping the table; whatever domain law the opponent aims to consolidate through the ceremony, as long as it touches on [Chaos], it will drive them even more insane, making the blood sacrifice ceremony no longer perfect.

It’s quite likely someone in the Ring City holds the legendary ’Vessel of Greed.’

This thing functions as a limitless ’Wish Lamp,’ capable of infinite use of the 9th-level ’Wish Technique.’ But as a price for all of this, one would become increasingly dependent on its power, growing insatiably greedy and lazy, with various desires steadily magnifying. Initially, all demands would be satisfied by the Vessel of Greed, but eventually, even the 9th-level Wish Technique wouldn’t suffice, and you’d be gradually consumed by your inflated desires.

Ultimately, the vessel would consume you completely once you’ve succumbed to decay.

In fact, it wouldn’t wait until total decay; as your greedy desires balloon, the Vessel of Greed slowly devours your soul.

The status of the Vessel of Greed is equivalent to a Divine Artifact because it contains a frenzied Wind Elemental Demigod.

He almost became one of the Old Ones.

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