Temptation

Hundreds of miles away, in the southern part of White City, under a blue-black sky and next to a dark forest, a red supercar roared down the highway.

A cute, pink-haired girl sat in the back seat, holding up her little paws like a kitten and smiling sweetly.

She said to the gray-haired man in the front, “Faster, faster…”

The gray-haired man said impatiently, “I know…”

The pink-haired girl looked out at the dark hills, which were just simple black silhouettes, and said, “I wonder what the place where Captain Su grew up is like~ I can’t wait to find out.”

Han Yu said helplessly, “Don’t you forget about the mission. It’s said the cult has been unscrupulously capturing people for sacrifices. Oh, by the way, on the list of those captured this time, there’s one named Su Xuan. He’s supposedly Captain Su’s younger brother~”

After speaking, he even turned his head back to look at her with an unreadable smile on his face.

“Ah~ Drive faster!”

“This is already the fastest, my dear lady.”

Listening to the two of them bicker, a muscular man with the physique of Schwarzenegger sat in the passenger seat, looking out the window with a helpless expression.

The car sped towards the city district.

In the pitch-black basement, the strange chanting slowly stopped.

Wang Xiang opened his eyes, which should have been cloudy and yellow, and swept a sharp gaze around before summoning two people.

“You two stand guard here. Other than myself, no one is to enter!”

The two cult members in black clothes immediately replied, “Yes!”

The old man left the basement and walked upstairs.

In this five-story villa, which occupied an area of one thousand square meters, over eight hundred men in black stood, awaiting orders.

Layer after layer, all were perversely fanatical cultists.

Among them were fugitives, deserters, and people who were inherently anti-social.

They were a group of people who reeked of filth.

Today, the god they worshiped would descend upon the mortal realm.

They would be bathed in divine light and become beings that transcended humanity.

They would be granted long life and become ageless and immortal.

Wang Xiang walked all the way up.

The cultists by his side bowed their heads when they saw him, not daring to look directly at him.

On the top floor, in an attic, three men who looked to be middle-aged all opened their eyes.

Wang Xiang bowed his head and knocked on the door.

A voice came from inside, “Wang Xiang, are you ready?”

Wang Xiang quickly lowered his head even further and replied, “Everything is ready. The ritual will begin in twenty minutes!”

A voice came out, “Mmm~”

The three people inside held a higher status than Wang Xiang.

They were the three Guardians of the divine religion, each one a powerhouse who had awakened their Second Form.

They had arrived in White City months ago, awaiting the descent of the so-called god.

For people of their age and level, they would never follow the divine religion without real interests and real benefits.

This was not child’s play; this was a matter that could get one’s head chopped off.

The Dark Ones were a civilization, and being a civilization meant that communication and transactions were possible.

The founder of the divine religion was a Dark One linguist.

Using his ability to communicate with the Dark Ones, he founded the Hei Luo Cult.

The Hei Luo Cult provided convenience for the descent of the Dark Ones, and the Dark Ones granted the cultists the long life and superhuman bodies they desired.

This was not a falsehood.

The three Guardians were about the same age as Wang Xiang, but they only looked like middle-aged men, largely because they had once received the baptism.

The moment the altar was activated, the purest Life Source Energy would break through the barrier between the two worlds, providing a channel for the Dark Ones to descend.

Humans did not have the ability to capture that purest Life Source Energy and could only let it slowly dissipate.

But the Dark Ones were different; they could control this Life Source Energy and could infuse it into human bodies.

However, being infused with Life Source Energy did not mean one could become immortal and ageless.

If the amount of Life Source Energy were compared to a health bar, then their current health was still very full.

Living another eighty or ninety years was not a problem.

But their life limit was slowly decreasing, though not as fast as their health bar was dropping.

But sooner or later, the day would come when Life Source Energy could no longer keep them alive.

If their lifespan was calculated based on the reduction of their life limit, they could still live for another three hundred years or so.

If they broke through to the Third Form, their life limit would be extended once again.

Their purpose in coming here this time was not only to simply obtain Life Source Energy to supplement their lifespan, but also to use the Life Source Energy to charge towards the Third Form and reach the “ultimate” form of life.

Suddenly, the three of them stood up, struck strange poses, and muttered something.

The moon peeked over the edge of the window, and its light灑 Down, shining on their seemingly devout faces.

Vaguely, one could hear the three of them chanting, “Ayi ya yi ya~”

In the basement, Su Xuan opened his eyes.

His large eyes darted around.

In the entire basement, apart from the two guys guarding the door, there were only people bound by metal wires, lying on the ground and groaning in pain.

Looking at the two blockheaded gatekeepers, a thought suddenly occurred to Su Xuan.

His eyes stared at the evil altar, which was less than five meters away from him.

He had seen this thing in popular science books and understood its working principle.

Right now, as long as he took away one of the four Black Energy Stones, this evil altar would be unable to summon the Dark Ones.

‘Should I make a move? Those two are obviously not as strong as that old man from before.’

‘That old man probably won’t be back very soon, otherwise there would be no need to call people to stand guard.’

‘With the Life Source Energy stored in my body now, is there a chance I can kill them both… I probably can. I need to think of a way to lure them over!’

One thought after another surfaced in Su Xuan’s mind, and he finally made his decision.

The gatekeepers watched their surroundings vigilantly, their gazes sweeping faintly over the crowd bound by metal wires, and then looked with fiery passion at the sinister altar.

“Mmm~”

Suddenly, a moan that made one’s whole body tingle was heard.

The two of them shivered, exchanged a look, and turned to the pile of bound people.

They saw an exquisitely beautiful woman looking at them, her eyes full of a desire for life.

Her small, cherry-red lips were slightly parted, as if she wanted to say something.

The two gatekeepers exchanged another look.

They had seen this situation before.

When first bound by the Divine Rope, the throb of life force draining away would startle people awake.

Seeing the fear of the unknown and the desire to live in those beautiful eyes, the two seemed a bit reluctant to let her die.

“What a pity, such a beautiful woman.”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a beautiful girl.”

The two had their own thoughts, but they still respected the old man’s orders and did not approach rashly.

“Big brothers~, Xuan’er is so cold~ Can you hold Xuan’er?~~”

Su Xuan put on a pitiful appearance, like a poor little kitten that had fallen into the water.

That beautiful face was truly pitiable.

“Sob sob~”

He sobbed in a low voice, his voice weak, yet it struck the hearts of the two men.

Right now, they only wanted to hold that poor thing in their arms and dote on her.

“She’s just a student, she can’t cause any trouble. Maybe we should go take a look…”

“I’ve been doing this for so many years and have never seen such a top-quality woman…”

They were just cultists, after all, and their adherence to orders was not that strong.

Under the immense temptation, the two finally couldn’t hold back any longer and walked towards Su Xuan.