In Zong Shen's impression, the Archbishop was the kind of old man with a bald head and white beard, draped in a large red cloak, looking exceedingly cold and indifferent.

He didn't understand why he couldn't use the Saintess's Holy Water and had to go find the Archbishop's Holy Water instead?

Zong Shen muttered in his heart, and began examining the [Heart of Impurity (Unknown)].

The surface's Evil's Filth was like a layer of black rubber, elastic and continually writhing.

Zong Shen forcefully threw it onto the stone-paved path at the entrance of the small courtyard.

"Pop!"

The [Heart of Impurity] was so elastic that it bounced back up, and Zong Shen reached out to grab it again.

This thing's elasticity was quite impressive, comparable to a ping-pong ball. But he didn't stop there; Zong Shen took out the Avalon Guard Battle Sword and tried cutting it.

With Zong Shen's terrifying current Strength Value of 72, even if he exhausted all his strength, he couldn't let the sword edge cut in the slightest bit.

The most exaggerated part was that not a trace was left on the surface of the [Heart of Impurity].

Zong Shen directly placed it back on the stone pavement, put away the Guard Battle Sword, and took out the Dragon-Slaying Heavy Sword, ruthlessly chopping down at the Heart of Impurity.

"Boom!"

"Crack!"

The Dragon-Slaying Heavy Sword precisely chopped onto the Heart of Impurity; Zong Shen only felt he was hitting a clump of rubber candy. His torrential power sunk into an endless ocean, not raising the slightest ripple.

However, the stone pavement below the Heart of Impurity cracked with a "crack," and the place where the Heart of Impurity was positioned caved in directly.

Zong Shen withdrew the Dragon-Slaying Heavy Sword, rested it on the ground, and bent over to pick up the Heart of Impurity.

The surface was as smooth as ever, still that same pitch-black appearance.

Not discouraged, Zong Shen spent over half an hour trying various methods.

Unfortunately, no matter how he smashed or rubbed it, the layer of Evil's Filth hadn't suffered any damage, not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Suddenly, Zong Shen's chest throbbed, and the shadow of the Demon's Heart emerged, seeming to resonate with this thing.

Zong Shen glanced at his chest, then began attempting to communicate with the Demon's Heart.

A peculiar black energy surged from the heart area, converging toward his palm and completely enveloping the Heart of Impurity he was holding.

He could feel the Heart of Impurity in his palm violently trembling.

Zong Shen didn't move recklessly; he could sense this black energy was trying to crack the Evil's Filth.

A few minutes later, the black energy retreated like a tide, returning to the Demon's Heart.

At the same time, a thumbprint-sized shallow dent appeared on the Heart of Impurity's Evil's Filth; this difficult thing was actually stripped away a piece by the Demon's Heart.

However, it seemed even the Demon's Heart couldn't quickly strip away these Evil's Filth and could only remove them bit by bit. Which was still good, as at least he wouldn't need to bother with any Holy Water anymore.

Zong Shen, holding the Heart of Impurity, began to envision obtaining Holy Light Power.

He wondered what changes would occur with the simultaneous presence of the Demon's Heart's power and the power of the Heart of the Holy Spirit in his body. Would the conflicting forces cause magical entanglement, like Aisha's Holy Light Arrow encountering Tasuya's Necromancy Arrow, resulting in a violent explosion…

Zong Shen shivered at the thought; no matter what, he'd first unseal it, and then consider how to arrange it by consulting the system's advice.

If it really didn't work out, he could give the Heart of the Holy Spirit to Aisha; it should have some effect on her.

Shaking his head, Zong Shen put away the [Heart of Impurity (Unknown)].

He turned around and walked into the small courtyard to rest when suddenly a system prompt jumped out.

[Absorbed Special Substance: Evil's Filth]

[Automatically Acquired Skill: Evil's Filth lv1]

...

Zong Shen fell silent…

He had just seen with his own eyes the Demon's Heart exuding black energy to strip away roughly a fingernail-sized piece of Evil's Filth.

Unexpectedly, such invulnerable and mysterious stuff was absorbed by him?

It was even converted into a skill by the Lord System by default.

This indicated that the Evil's Filth itself was something that could be repeatedly reused.

It just required a certain special power to harness it, such as Demon Power.

The more Zong Shen thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Now he was curious about the state and attributes of Evil's Filth after it transformed into a skill.

With that in mind, he opened [Skills] and found the skill [Evil's Filth lv1] at the bottom.

Upon opening the details, the skill's detailed attributes began to appear before him.

[Evil's Filth lv1 (Evil's Filth possesses extremely strong traits; after usage, a piece measuring 2 cm x 2 cm emerges at a designated spot outside the body, capable of resisting all physical attacks and non-Epic Level magic attacks, lasting one minute, cooling time 10 minutes, releasing Evil's Filth generates evil aura)]

At first, Zong Shen's eyes lit up, feeling quite pleased, as he knew all too well the BT defensive power of Evil's Filth, even the Dragon-Slaying Heavy Sword was useless against it. Basically, in resisting physical attacks, there was nothing better.

Until he saw the area of Evil's Filth that could be produced, he only then realized.

"Damn, two cm x two cm…"

Zong Shen glanced at his finger and estimated the area of this Evil's Filth.

A four square centimeter piece of Evil's Filth — was it meant to be a blanket for bees or a cloak for cockroaches!

What could it resist?

Was it only to preserve four square centimeters of body after being hacked to death by enemies?

Zong Shen marveled, venting the contrast in his mood.

Once his mood calmed, he looked at the Evil's Filth skill again with more favor.

This skill was indeed a divine skill, though now only embryonic.

After all, only a fingernail-sized piece of Evil's Filth was absorbed; if ten or a hundred fingernail-sized pieces were absorbed, wouldn't he become invincible?

But judging by the Heart of Impurity's size, absorbing it all would be about ten fingernail-sized pieces, likely forming forty to fifty square centimeters of Evil's Filth at best.

But even so, the skill still counted as a divine skill, given that Evil's Filth almost exhibited semi-invincible traits. If he could freely create forty to fifty square centimeters of Evil's Filth, it would practically equal having a semi-invincible Shield.

Especially when used in combat, at the most intense moment, appearing where the enemy attacks would undoubtedly reverse the situation.

This was a win-win situation: slowly unsealing the Heart of Impurity while gradually absorbing Evil's Filth, cultivating a semi-invincible skill.

Inevitably, despite the name and appearance being displeasing, Zong Shen didn't mind; to him, any usable force held equal value.

After reviewing the Evil's Filth skill, Zong Shen, hands behind his back, walked into the Lord's Small Tower.

This afternoon's hunt had leveled Zong Shen up once; now his Level was lv21, [Experience Value: 1361/31200]. The higher the Level, the higher the experience required for leveling up.

Correspondingly, leveling-up progress slowed significantly, especially when killing the same monsters, as more time was needed to level up.

Now Dwarf Uncle's Level of 47 seemed downright terrifying, and Uncle was only 37 years old. In this world, Dwarves could generally live for three to four hundred years and were renowned for their longevity.

Despite Uncle's full beard, factually, he's just a baby in the Dwarf Race!

But judged by human standards, he was definitely an Uncle.

Zong Shen was lost in these thoughts while ascending the staircase to the second floor and entered his room.

He lay comfortably on the brand new big bed in a carefree recline!

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