Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1904: Chapter 1899: Virtue and Compassion Assembly

Brother Ji Yin’s faith is not very firm, but his fear of death compensates for that.

Even though the process of the orange eyes opening was incredibly slow, he managed to control himself, keeping his eyes shut and remaining silent throughout.

The moment after the explosion, he lost control, and quickly lowered his head, looking at himself.

There were no particularly special signs, but once he lowered his head, he never lifted it again.

His body, already trembling and losing blood, seemed as if the bones had been directly extracted, collapsing like a pile of mush.

Fortunately, this wasn’t the only change; the chlorophyll in his body was also being extracted at an astonishing speed.

The effect seemed to be quite good.

As the Superior Being who brought down the Calamity, Fu Qian was undoubtedly more aware of its effects.

Although he hadn’t activated the Mythical Form, the Calamity detonated on the believer’s body still caused significant devastation.

The green, which had animatedly used bones as soil to plant trees within flesh and blood, had already been directly crushed.

Along with the bones.

By now, Brother Ji Yin’s body had almost half of this tissue shattered.

Collapsing there was already a lighter consequence; if it wasn’t for his Transcendent physique, he wouldn’t easily survive.

It might have even implicated other Greedy Worms.

For now, at least it hasn’t continued to worsen.

”Ji Yin... how are you?”

From the response of the pray-er earlier, Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist seemed to realize something, but was startled by the other’s appearance and couldn’t help but inquire carefully.

”It’s fine now...”

Finally, after an anxious wait, Ji Yin’s voice managed to squeeze out, though his head still drooped.

...

”Did you receive a blessing?”

Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist was momentarily stunned, but quickly reacted, reaching out to help straighten the other’s head.

Obviously, although she offered this suggestion, she wasn’t entirely confident about the results.

After all, from start till now, even though they received responses from ”Them,” they were rarely positive; earlier was an attempt to give it a try.

”...Yes.”

Though Ji Yin’s voice was somewhat strange, a trace of suppressed excitement could be heard.

”The problem is indeed solved, but for now it seems I’ve lost mobility... I’ve even lost sensation in part of my body.”

You can’t ask for too much; the one you worship is the Abandonment King who controls Calamity – that’s already considered gentle, right?

As someone responsible for dispensing blessings, Fu Qian naturally heard it clearly, silently thinking to himself.

”You’re not going to die!”

Momentarily stunned by the outcome but quickly coming back to himself, Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist hastily performed a quick examination and then confidently affirmed.

”Being unable to move is one thing; the damage isn’t as exaggerated, but I can’t help much right now. I can only stop the bleeding first, then figure out how to find Laurie.”

Before Ji Yin could say anything, she had already started making arrangements, carefully moving him to the side and helping him lie down.

”Alright.”

After some commotion, Ji Yin finally spoke after a moment, though Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist, busy at his waist, noticed he seemed more relaxed than before.

”So what was it you mentioned earlier? Who exactly ambushed us, and what is this Tumor Flower Blossom?”

Consequently, Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist didn’t let him off, continuing the earlier topic.

...

”Today’s target was indeed someone from the Siren...”

With his head propped up so he could observe his own body, Ji Yin was visibly more stable, and quickly began to explain.

”However, the opponent was not only quite alert but had also prepared for escape in advance. Just when we made a move, he activated an Extraordinary Item and fled.”

It sounded like Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist’s initial guess wasn’t entirely wrong.

No matter how he put it, he was indeed doing thug work for Yasui, even in a group action.

”Of course, we were well-prepared too and quickly found him through the marks left behind... but it was a dead him by then.”

”Someone had been waiting on his escape route, and turned him into a grotesque monster; when we arrived, he was undergoing his final collapse...”

”If I hadn’t reacted quickly, I might have ended up just like the other two, dying there with them...”

His voice was low, still unable to conceal the lingering fear; Ji Yin’s gaze dropped to his hand, which had already returned to a human color.

”Was it also through that thing earlier? Is that when you got contaminated?”

Finally understanding who ”the others who ambushed us” referred to, Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist spoke with a tone of disbelief.

An assassination event, yet there was such a complex hidden background.

Just from Ji Yin’s retelling, one could almost feel the mastermind’s high degree of situational control.

Both killers and the killed were played like pawns.

”Yes... you could consider it a special poison, specifically targeting Transcendents.

”Very rare, almost only controlled by a group of lunatics.”

Breathing in minutely, making even his voice turn weak, Ji Yin confirmed her speculation.

”A group of lunatics?”

For Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist, this answer was evidently unexpected.

Did they even know who did it?

”Exactly, that bunch isn’t even aiming to frame anyone... they went through such trouble simply because they’re too weak, needing to meticulously design opportunities; clearly, they’ve been waiting a long time.

”The Virtue and Compassion Assembly... have you heard of it? They believe Transcendent humans are the filth of the world.”

While uttering that name, Gene’s tone was complicated, filled with hatred, yet faintly carrying a sense of helplessness as if mentioning the village idiot.

”No... Transcendent humans?”

Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist expressed her lack of knowledge, also astonished at his choice of words.

”Correct, exclusively Transcendent humans; other Extraordinary Creatures are considered the world’s Sprites... so toward those large groups rampantly slaughtering for materials, they could be said to have a gnashing hatred.”

Speaking about the organization’s ideology, Gene couldn’t hide his sense of absurdity.

”Aren’t they, themselves?”

After a brief silence, Tooth Throat Lay Buddhist seemed to understand the origins a bit better, but still couldn’t help retorting.

”Heh... How could that be the same? They’re the world’s elected Revenge Guardians, Confessors.”

Ji Yin let out a cold laugh.

”Brandishing poison born from filth, spreading it to all Sinners.”

Extreme environmentalists? And a group of them?

Fully able to understand Brother Ji Yin’s conflicted feelings, Fu Qian too sighed inwardly at that moment.

Though he’d seen plenty of similar organizations, holding such ideals in a world like this was unquestionably... peculiar.

Come to think of it, he actually could think of one person like that – Delanlay of the Sea of Ashes.