I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch-Chapter 175 - 158. Spiritual Artifact Incarnate

"Lord Aus, is the Church Court so short of hands that capturing a Holy Daughter requires bothering the likes of us?" A robed subordinate stood behind the Viper, voicing his dissatisfaction loudly.

The old man remained calm, undisturbed by the other’s disrespect, and simply raised his eyes indifferently:

"I have already dispatched people to surround the glass room, but the Calamity Realm of the Seven-Eyed Level is creating new exits at an alarming rate. They will eventually escape from elsewhere. To recapture Cha Naixue more efficiently, it’s more effective to have you go directly."

As he spoke, Archbishop Aus slid the documents on the table towards the Viper:

"Here are their profiles. There are two others with Cha Naixue, Mu Qingtong and Xia Feng. According to the Holy Department’s records, their promotion to First Rank occurred less than two months ago, and they are of little concern. All you need to be wary of is Cha Naixue. At only twenty years old, she is already a Third Rank Spirit Master, possessing an A-grade Spiritual Artifact and an unknown method bestowed upon her by the Pope."

The Viper, with his dark green vertical pupils, casually glanced over the document and nodded, tossing it to the two subordinates behind him: "Take a look, if there’s no issue, go ahead and capture them."

Yellow Rat took the documents and, after quickly scanning them for a few seconds, suddenly laughed, "Wow, this Xia Feng is interesting, isn’t he? Copying other people’s Spiritual Artifacts is quite a fascinating ability."

"That’s why I’m giving you a heads up," Archbishop Aus nodded, "Although the records indicate he can only copy one Spiritual Artifact at most, if your Spiritual Artifacts are very powerful, it’s still best not to display them in front of him to prevent him from taking advantage."

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"Heh, then Lord Aus, you’re worrying too much." Yellow Rat shook his head, "Our Spiritual Artifacts have already received the ’Spiritual Gift’ from the Heavenly Gifted Disaster. If he dares to copy them, he’ll likely suffer from the Catastrophe Level backlash of Evil Power and won’t even know how he died."

Disaster Evil is different from Calamity Evil; the former kills through contagion and disasters, while the latter uses rules to kill.

For instance, the Heavenly Gifted Disaster spreads a spiritual virus known as ’Artifact Disaster.’ Anyone infected by ’Artifact Disaster’ will find their Spiritual Artifact becoming a sentient being, such as cats, dogs, sheep, or even human figures.

Believers of the Heavenly Gift call this infection ’Spiritual Gift.’

Because after infection, a Spirit Master becomes more violent and bloodthirsty, and their Spiritual Artifact can even develop its own consciousness, potentially becoming uncontrollable. However, the Spiritual Artifact does receive a minimal power boost.

Moreover, by destroying and devouring other Spiritual Artifacts, the ’Spiritual Gifted’ Spiritual Artifacts can continuously gain tiny increments of power boosts. As long as enough Spiritual Artifacts are destroyed, these small increases accumulate and may eventually lead to a significant qualitative improvement.

Additionally, ’virus-type disasters’ typically have infectivity, and the transmission method for ’Artifact Disaster’ is through attacks—any Spiritual Artifact that attacks another infected with the ’Artifact Disaster virus’ has a chance of getting infected.

Of course, the likelihood of a successful infection is quite subjective. Some say it’s based on the level of Spiritual Pressure, while others believe it’s determined by the rank of the Spiritual Artifact—the higher the rank, the less likely to be infected, and so on.

"That will suffice."

Archbishop Aus nodded; the Viper’s two subordinates were both Third Rank Spirit Masters, more than capable of dealing with those three youngsters.

"Wait a moment." Just then, a voice emerged from the darkness, "Lord Aus, please allow me to accompany them."

Everyone turned to look. It was a strikingly handsome man clad in gleaming gold armor, with a deep gaze. He stood tall and proud.

This man was Cha Naixue’s ultimate sycophant, Ye Li Xing.

Aus raised his eyes to glance at him, speaking faintly, "Fourth Rank now?"

"By a narrow escape, I did not disappoint you, Lord Aus," Ye Li Xing politely bowed to the old man.

"I know you have feelings for the Holy Daughter," Aus’s aged voice was low, "Don’t worry, Cha Naixue is still useful, and we will not let her die."

Ye Li Xing shook his head; he wasn’t worried about Cha Naixue dying. He just wanted the Holy Daughter to see how powerful he had become!

He was now looking forward to the moment the Holy Daughter saw his advancement to Fourth Rank and, dropping Xia Feng, would blush and throw herself into his arms in awe.

"Lord Aus, I believe there is still a certain risk with two Third Rank going to capture them."

Ye Li Xing stood tall and spoke softly, "But with the addition of me, a Fourth-order Spirit Master, they will have no chance to escape."

"Jeez, is that really necessary?" Yellow Rat frowned, displeased, "Ye Li Xing, are you underestimating our strength or what?"

"Oh, look at you being all self-aware," mocked the Eternal Day Envoy watching from the sidelines, seizing the opportunity to jibe as he lounged casually with his legs crossed.

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"!" The rat cursed bitterly once more, intending to move forward, but Aus tapped lightly on the desk and said solemnly,

"Enough, to be safe, Yeli Xing, you go too, and come back as soon as the issue is resolved."

Although he also felt such caution was unnecessary, ensuring the smooth arrival of the Eternal Day Goddess’s projection was worth the extra precaution.

Yeli Xing’s heart leaped with joy as he placed his hand on his chest and bowed, "Your wish is my command, I shall not disappoint you."

With those words, Yeli Xing left the church with the two Third Rank Spirit Masters from the Burning Heaven Temple.

The two Spirit Masters were codenamed Rat and Yellow Rat, clearly lackey names, prompting Yeli Xing to internally sneer, yet he still offered a smile, "Gentlemen, I have a small request."

"Hmm?" Rat gave Yeli Xing a sidelong glance.

"I want to be afflicted by an Artifact Disaster..." Realizing their displeasure, Yeli Xing quickly corrected himself, "Heavenly Gift, I desire the Heavenly Gift; I wonder if you could assist me in this matter?"

Upon hearing this, Rat looked at him suspiciously, "You worship the Black Moon Goddess, don’t you? Are you sure it’s okay to receive the boon of a Heavenly Gifted Disaster?"

"It’s problematic, but as long as no one else finds out, it’s fine. Besides, ’Heavenly Gift’ sounds so cool, don’t you think?"

"I must say, Brother Ye, you have quite the taste!"

After Brother Ye’s praise, Rat’s attitude did a one-eighty. Pleased with the Black Moon Knight’s compliance, he smirked and suggested, "Then attack me with your Spiritual Artifact, and by doing so, you might have a chance to receive it."

Yeli Xing spread his palms open, and a green bow adorned with leaves materialized, ready to shoot arrows at Rat following Yeli Xing’s subtle thought.

After a long wait, there seemed to be no change to the bow.

"Heavenly Gifts are the blessings of the Evil God, and not everyone gets a chance to receive one. So, Brother Ye, do not lose heart if you fail..."

At that moment, Rat stopped midsentence,

as the bow suddenly disintegrated into specks of green Spiritual Light and then instantly reformed into a pointy-eared woman clothed in a flowing green dress, reminiscent of a fairy tale elf. Her slightly lowered eyelashes lifted slowly, revealing vacant green pupils that gradually brightened with life and vibrancy.

"Shh—actually turned into a humanoid?"

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"Save me—save me..."

In the Calamity Realm world, Jiang Zhizi still held a flower while standing in the middle of the river of blood, more than twenty hours later, fixated on the Zhi Zi flower in hand.

Countless resentful souls whispered and shrieked, but their voices were noticeably quieter than at the beginning, likely broken down by the endless cycles of reincarnation.

After all, experiencing Jiang Zhizi’s painful memories just once could drive a person mad, yet these nobles had endured them millions of times within the Zhi Zi flower.

Under such torture, the nobles had become as despondent as those they had victimized, void of hate, void of love, utterly devoid of hope for life.

"The time is approaching; be ready."

Xia Feng looked towards the horizon, and the entire Calamity Realm world suddenly began to tremble. Cracks formed in space like a shattered mirror, and countless dense, pure white chains burst forth from the fissures, dancing like dragons and snakes amid thunder and lightning.

Xia Feng focused intently. At the last moment, with a subtle thought, an exit portal of light opened 2.1 kilometers to the east and ten meters underground from the glass room.

Over three hundred people vanished from the Calamity Realm in a flash.

The scene shifted, and Xia Feng looked around to find himself in an incredibly spacious silver hall surrounded by bizarrely shaped experimental equipment.

It was like an experimental facility built underground.

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