What the hell is this thing?

The bizarre, viscous black substance transformed into a grotesque snake head, revealing sharp teeth as it opened its mouth. Its pitch-black neck stretched out over ten meters in a worm-like manner, directly lunging at Su Ziyu suspended in mid-air. Below, the obese woman still retained the ability to move; even though half of her head was crooked, she could still hold that black leather book and, with a cryptic chant, conjured a deep red flame.

——"Spiritual Protection Field!"

Su Ziyu chose to resist the fireball head-on while simultaneously swinging his sword to slash at the black snake formed from Human Pus.

A strange, sticky sensation emerged.

It was not the sensation of cutting into flesh and blood; the Meteor Longsword got stuck inside, and when trying to pull it out, Su Ziyu felt a tremendous pulling force. It was a substance he couldn't comprehend, as if possessing its unique vitality and thoughts, capable of constantly altering its shape—some black viscous substance seemed like blood vessels slowly spreading, appearing to want to climb up Su Ziyu's body along the sword.

Crackle!

Threads of pale golden arcs danced on the Meteor Longsword, and in an instant, the snake head formed by the black substance let out a scream, as a portion of the black viscous liquid comprising its body evaporated. The spreading black veins swiftly retracted.

This thing doesn't respond well to physical harm!

Su Ziyu felt its body resembled black asphalt, with no texture when struck by sword or blade, and the damage caused was extremely limited.

In contrast, Spiritual Lightning could directly evaporate the black substance making up its body. After the evaporation, faint wailing screams were heard near his ear; it was the perception brought by Spirituality. Human Pus contained countless malicious thoughts and desires, possibly swallowing many demonic souls.

Thud.

Su Ziyu's figure descended from above.

The bizarre black snake formed from Human Pus recoiled again, coiling atop the obese woman's head, transforming back into a hybrid form of mouse and snake.

This was much tougher to handle than a mutant's tentacles.

Su Ziyu carefully retreated a bit, then scrutinized the obese woman before him. Below her crooked head remained human flesh, and the black substance spread on its own like a sore; now the enemy's pupils glimmered with a faint red glow, looking a bit deranged—a mix of greed and killing intent. She let out a low roar, and a blaze appeared on her body surface, charging directly at Su Ziyu, seemingly trying to seize and hold him.

There's no way Su Ziyu would let her hug him. Just the heap of fat is already repulsive; being embraced would definitely ruin his appetite for the day.

The host of Human Pus should be this obese woman.

Fully clearing away Human Pus would be somewhat difficult, but dealing with this obese woman should be much easier. Su Ziyu lept to evade, simultaneously swinging his sword instantly to stab the enemy's abdomen—there was too much fat on the enemy, making it hard to pinpoint the kidney's location.

Clang.

The black Human Pus started surging again, wrapping around the enemy's hefty body, defusing part of the attack, while a pale limb resembling a claw extended from under the snake's abdomen, grabbing directly at Su Ziyu's head.

A flash of crackling lightning appeared.

Amidst the sound of two screams, Su Ziyu moved sideways, evaporating part of the Human Pus before instantly swinging his sword to chop at the enemy's head.

Squish.

A burst of blood sprayed forth.

Accompanied by a head flying off, the Human Pus rapidly shrunk, turning into a pool of black liquid scattered on the ground, vaporizing and dissipating in no time.

Only an enormously obese headless corpse remained at the spot.

"Acquired 3 points of Source Power Value."

The obese woman had been killed by Su Ziyu, but it was unknown where the remaining Human Pus had vanished, seeming to disperse within this world.

——"Holy Scripture of Profound Darkness (Oddity): A scripture documenting some profound secrets; capable of casting dark attribute divine arts upon reading."

With a gesture, the black book fell into Su Ziyu's grasp.

As he casually flipped through it, a warning surged through his Spirituality—this was a book containing malevolent power, inherently not having any distinct parts, just that its cover resembled human skin, and the recorded content was bizarre—actually a storybook. It roughly described an eerie being called 'Eldritch', referred to as the Devourer, a monster fond of devouring humans.

The more Su Ziyu read, the more his brow furrowed.

Eldritch was initially a Saint, eventually transformed into a human-eating demon due to being corrupted by something called the Fire of Sin.

Existences like this should usually be directly eradicated in a normal world.

But here, it ultimately became a king!

——"Lord of Cinders!"

The story documented in the entire Holy Scripture of Profound Darkness was incomplete, seemingly missing a part.

There was only one reason Eldritch could be crowned, and that was because he performed a ritual named 'Fire Transmission', subsequently gaining the title of 'Saint of Profound Darkness', becoming a special entity worshipped by a church.

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