Black Book

Chapter 39 [Greedy Gold Coins]

Amid the sound of chewing, in less than a minute, the witch completely disappeared from the world, leaving only an eyeless monster snake that began to gnaw on its own tail.

Finally, the strange snake held its own tail in its mouth and fell into silence. A faint light that was invisible to others sank into the [Book of Black].

The next second, Zhu Haomiao felt a surge of mysterious energy coming from the depths of his soul.

[Gluttony] +100
[Gluttony]: LV.0→LV.1 (50/100)

[Body] +1
Zhu Haomiao's eyes lit up when he saw the information in the [Black Book], but after careful sensing, he found that the mysterious energies did not directly strengthen him, but were deposited in his body like medicinal properties, waiting for him to dig out bit by bit.

As soon as he thought about it, the information on the property page confirmed his idea.

【Body】：0.5↑（1）

Sure enough, growing up in the fantasy realm is much easier than in reality...

Nodding with satisfaction, Zhu Haomiao's greedy eyes slowly moved to the other shabby ghost that was still wriggling and struggling.

"greedy."

The childish voice turned into an indescribable evil whisper, and the power of the laws of the words instantly acted on the ghost, lifting it up into the air little by little.

"Ahhh~~"

As if it had endured inhumane pain, the dying ghost suddenly became even more ferocious. Even its scarlet eyeballs protruded from its sockets, and its bones made a creepy sound of breaking and cracking.

Bang bang bang~
It seemed as if a pair of invisible giant hands in the void slowly twisted it, twisting its body into a pretzel shape like twisting a towel.

As the squeezing force continued to increase, exploded bone marrow, blood, brain matter, and many other original things that Zhu Haomiao could not understand for the time being seeped out little by little, and were purified and tempered under the laws of the [Book of Black], and finally condensed into a golden light.

As if he had seen the most precious treasure in the world, Zhu Haomiao couldn't wait to stretch out his hand, and a gorgeous gold coin still covered in blood flew into his palm.

At the same time, new mysterious energy was injected into the body from the void and quietly settled into the depths of the soul.

[Greed] +50
[Greed]: LV.0→LV.1 (0/100)

[God] +1
In the young man's palm, the gold coin absorbed the blood stains like a sponge, revealing the exquisite patterns on it.

It was a mysterious and evil pyramid. An eye surrounded by a triangle and brilliant light was suspended on the top of the pyramid, emitting a strange golden light that seemed to be peeking into the world.

Zhu Haomiao: “…………”

Why does this thing look so familiar?
I think I've seen it somewhere...

He flipped his fingers subconsciously, and the gorgeous gold coins jumped and danced between his fingers like elves, and suddenly disappeared from his palm without any warning.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Haomiao raised his hand again, and the gold coin was taken out from the void as if by magic. He held it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully.

Finally, the boy remembered where he had seen this pattern.

On the U.S. national emblem and the $1 bill, the floating all-seeing eye represents the eyes of "God" watching over humanity!

"........."

Looking at the [Black Book] in his hand, Zhu Haomiao took a breath and frowned in disbelief.

How brave!
Who are you alluding to?
That is the beacon of our human civilization!
Don’t say anything that is not conducive to unity!
slap~
With a retraction of his five fingers, the [Book of Black] instantly closed and turned into a black light that sank into his palm. Zhu Haomiao shook his head in sorrow and looked at the two strange-looking corpse remains on the ground.

Do you want to clean it up?
Never mind, it looks disgusting. I'll leave early tomorrow morning anyway, so I'll just leave it to rot...

Sitting back by the bonfire, Zhu Haomiao restrained his extraordinary power of [Anger], and suddenly felt sore and weak after intense exercise. Release original sin, [Anger] +10
Sensing the information from the [Black Book], Zhu Haomiao calmly closed his eyes and rested, secretly thinking about his next itinerary.

The first stage of the Ascension Race is to arrive at ten gathering points around the world as quickly as possible and sign in...

When a certain proportion of contestants sign in, or when a specific time is reached, the first stage of the competition ends, and all those who have not completed the sign-in will be eliminated.

Based on past experience, about 5% to 10% of the unlucky ones will be eliminated in the first stage.

The gathering point in China is in Shanghai, which is very close to my current location. It only takes a few hours to get there by driving on the highway.

Given the infrastructure conditions in the Fantasy Realm, even if you walk purely, 10 days or half a month will definitely be enough.

There is plenty of time!

However, the early stages of the Ascension Tournament were very relaxed, and were meant to allow the contestants to explore and adapt to the Fantasy Realm. Those powerful and experienced contestants probably wouldn't just sign in like me, but would look for opportunities, inheritance, and real objects as they walked...

While thinking, Zhu Haomiao suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the darkness in the distance with a dark gaze.

"There's a fire in the temple!"

"Be careful and arrange the goods. Lao Liu, Lao Qi, take your stuff and follow me in to take a look."

…………

Indistinct conversations were heard in the wind from afar, and soon several sturdy figures cautiously walked into the ruined temple.

"Is there anyone in there?"

Zhu Haomiao, who was about to casually send them away, suddenly had an idea and looked at two piles of "garbage residue" not far away that faintly emitted a corpse stench.

"come in."

Hearing the voice of a little child, the three people outside not only did not relax, but looked at each other and became more vigilant.

Gripping their weapons tightly, the three formed a simple formation and slowly moved into the ruined temple as if facing a formidable enemy.

After entering the temple and seeing that the person who spoke was a delicate little boy, the three of them subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

But the next second, they found two twisted and deformed corpses on the ground that were no longer recognizable. The three of them felt their scalps go numb instantly.

"Pick up these two pieces of garbage, and I'll let you stay in half of this place tonight."

Not paying any attention to the shocked expressions on the three people's faces, Zhu Haomiao pointed at the corpse on the ground, his calm tone carrying a hint of unquestionable strength.

The sturdy man who had originally decided to back down began to hesitate for some reason, unsure whether disobeying this mysterious child would lead to a more dangerous situation.

But his intuition after years of wandering around in the world told him that as long as they didn't take the initiative to provoke, the other side didn't seem to care about them.

"Sixth Brother, call the brothers to clean up."

The sturdy man stared at the small figure beside the campfire, tilted his head slightly and gave orders, not daring to even blink.

In the wilderness, in a dilapidated temple in the middle of the night, with no one around for more than ten miles, where did such a handsome young man from a wealthy family come from? !
Either they are transformed monsters or strange people with special powers!
While his brother was out calling for help, the sturdy man cautiously clasped his fists to test the situation.

"I am Liu Heng from Suzhou. May I ask your name, young master? Where is your immortal land?"

(End of this chapter)