The Master of the Strange Realm

This is the function of the martial arts ability [Sword Dance and Spin]. Although it is not as obscure and difficult to understand as the function of the conjuration ability, it is at least powerful enough. The damage this ability can cause is affected by the level of the benefactor, the strength of the spirit, and the strength of the weapon used. Jenkins only used a little force to deal with those evil spirits just now, which shows that the potential of this ability is still very great.

The origin of [Sword Dance and Whirlpool] is the ritual of swords, and its essence is not swordsmanship. Although it is classified as a red combat ability, in Jenkins' opinion it is more like a spell.

He took the sword back with satisfaction, then turned around again and picked up the doll. The moment he pulled it up, a stream of extremely cold air extended along his hand toward his heart, and was then burned clean by the fire of grace floating in his spirit.

"Curse? Seems to prevent it from being moved?"

Jenkins thought, and after several unsuccessful attempts, he once again used [Biology Empathy] to vaguely establish a link with the soul sealed in the doll, and roughly knew the ins and outs of the matter.

PS: There is no distinction between the words cousin and cousin in English, both are cousin. Jenkins and Miss Capet belonged to the same great-grandfather and were related three generations apart, so they could be called "distant cousins." Their relationship is even further than that between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu.

Chapter 1595 Chapter 1570 Bomb Ring

The soul that was originally sealed in the doll was not the current one, but the soul of another benefactor. The current unlucky ghost does not know the origin of the original soul. He only knows that in order to escape from trouble, the original soul used unknown means to confuse the cemetery guardian last night, and used him to attract a group of passers-by passing by the cemetery. A body was selected to exchange the soul.

The man in the doll was the unlucky guy whose body was chosen, but he was not the Chesland messenger that Jenkins knew, nor was he the little nobleman who was supposed to be the cursed person trapped in the mystery lock.

No one could lie to Jenkins when there was soul communication, but Jenkins was still curious as to why the doll and the soul inside it were not destroyed.

The soul told Jenkins that the supernatural being who was originally trapped had stayed in the doll for too long and had become associated with this thing. The escaped soul needs time to slowly dissolve this fatal connection, but due to the characteristics of the doll itself, it cannot move it, so it can only temporarily leave it where it is, and channel a group of evil spirits to take care of it.

"Proficient in soul and undead abilities."

Jenkins took this to heart, hid the doll in his coat pocket, turned around and walked out of the tomb.

Because of that inexplicable connection, the soul inside the doll can vaguely perceive the location of the person who "stole" his body. Therefore, after leaving the cemetery, Jenkins directly summoned the unicorn to fly into the sky, and based on this unclear connection, he found the man in the logger's cabin in the woods on the outskirts of the city at around 11 o'clock in the morning.

Last night, he chose a suitable body among the people who were deceived and left, without pretending to be a victim and staying with that group of people. Calculating the time, if we were hiking, we should have just crossed the city and arrived near the woods.

As Jenkins descended slowly on the unicorn, the man also came out of the woodcutter's house.

He looked to be in his forties, like a clerk in a sedentary office. Because this was a stolen body, Jenkins also knew that there was no way to tell the origin of this person from his appearance.

Jumping from the unicorn to the ground, the man standing at the door of the cabin did not leave. He looked at the doll in Jenkins' hand and already understood what was going on.

"Believer of lies? Nice to meet you."

"You know me?"

There was soft ground under his feet, and the rich vitality in the forest soil shocked Jenkins. The other party's words made him understand that the other party had not been sealed in the doll for a long time. After all, he had not yet become active as a believer in lies. A year's time.

"Yes, there is no one on the west coast of the mainland who doesn't know you. When I see the unicorn, I know who is coming to find me."

The stranger showed no alertness or nervousness, and spoke to Jenkins as if he were casually striking up a conversation with a pedestrian who was also waiting to cross the street.

"Now that you know me..."

Jenkins shook the doll:

"Then let me tell you straight. Although I am not a messenger of justice, since this matter has been encountered, it must be resolved. Now return the body to this person and answer some of my questions. I can guarantee that no harm will be done. you."

He himself knew this was absolutely impossible.

"Of course this is impossible. Do you know what kind of damage I caused to myself in order to exchange souls?"

The stranger opened his arms and said. Jenkins took a step back alertly, but found that nothing happened.

"You don't need to be so nervous. In order to escape from that damn doll, I can hardly use any ability now. How about we make a deal? Don't worry about this matter. I will answer all your questions. I know lies. Believers who come to me definitely don’t just want justice.”

"If you drop that ring on your finger, I'll believe you."

Jenkins pointed at the man's finger.

"You actually found out?"

The man asked in surprise, and then suddenly swung his hand at Jenkins. As the ring on his hand emitted a gleam of light, the air that should have been stable was shot out by his palm like a cannonball. Jenkins, alert, jumped up the tree next to him as swiftly as a cat, and then watched the "air cannonball" directly hit a hole in the big tree behind. But it was still not over. After piercing through several trees, the air bomb finally dropped to zero speed and exploded on the spot. The power was no less than that of an ordinary steam bomb.

"What do you think? This is what I bought from a thrift store at a high price when I was in Nolan last year. According to the owner, this should be B-02-3-2526 [Air Bomb Ring]. It's beautiful, right?"

As he said, he showed Jenkins the silver ring on the upper right. There was a very small azure stone on the ring, and the shape itself was very ordinary.

"Damn Kamal, you left me trouble even after you died."

Jenkins thought to himself, and mocked:

"You don't think you can defeat me with just this ring, do you?"

He was testing the other party's trump card.

"Believer of lies, I know you are very powerful. Even if I am not injured, I may not be your opponent. But you came too late. This place was originally a trap set for the investigation team of the Orthodox Church. Now it can only be left to you. Since this ring is called [Air Bomb Ring], its function is naturally to make air into a bomb..."

He jumped back suddenly, and then used the hand with the ring to swing it fiercely in front of him. With the tree that Jenkins jumped on as the center, the air within a radius of 30 feet had already been infected with the power of the ring in advance. Coupled with a simple ritual to prevent the air from flowing out of this area, the air of the explosion covered the entire area in an instant.

The phenomenon of air explosion affected the linear propagation of light, and the strange optical phenomenon made the explosion site appear bizarre.

The man didn't expect to kill the other party with this explosion. He stayed here to wait for the pursuer, hoping that the other party would fall into the trap and be seriously injured, so as to buy more time for the next one. Therefore, when the explosion that lasted for a long time just started, he turned around and fled in the direction he had already decided.

He was tripped by the vines under his feet after running a few steps. Before he could get up, dense vines like snakes crawled around him. First, they unexpectedly entangled his hands so that the ring could not touch the air, then quickly controlled his limbs, and finally hung him up like a mummy.

Chapter 1596 Chapter 1571 Evil Thoughts in the Comb

Even though the man was hung up, the air bomb that had been detonated did not stop exploding. In order to effectively buy time for his escape, the [Air Bomb Ring] set the air in the same area to different explosion times to ensure that the explosions could continue one after another.

He fell on the tree, with only his eyes and nostrils exposed. He knew that he had underestimated the believer of lies this time, but he also hoped that the other party would be directly blown into a serious injury that could not move.

After the explosion, the area originally lined with trees was almost razed to the ground, and even the ground sank several feet. Only in the center of the white land stood a wooden cocoon as tall as a person. Jenkins stretched out his hand to poke it and walked out. The explosion just now was indeed dangerous, but this was a forest, and he happened to be standing on a tree. Not to mention him, even his clothes were not damaged by the explosion.

"It's almost twelve o'clock, I'm in a hurry to go back to eat."

He took out his pocket watch, shook it and opened the cover, thinking that he couldn't waste too much time.

"Answer my question now, I can make you die more happily."

As he spoke, he drew the holy sword from the air, swung it violently, and directly cut off the arm entangled by the tree vines. Only then did he take off the ring on the arm with confidence, and then manipulated the vines to lower the man's position, and reconnected the arm with the power of [Origin of Life].

I believe that the doll watching this scene would not mind having its body treated like this.

"I won't say anything, just kill me."

The man sneered and mocked, and then got Jenkins' promise that he would not kill him, but hand him and the doll over to the Orthodox Church. The man sneered again, saying that although he could cooperate, it did not mean that his spirit succumbed to the believers of lies:

"You are just lucky this time."

Even if he was captured, he could still act very tough. This must be a very interesting person.

After asking, Jenkins also knew the origin of this person. Just as he thought, this was a foreign gifter who was forced to flee to his country because of a murder committed in the North Country. He smuggled to Nolan City by boat. Because he realized that Nolan City was a very dangerous place for foreigners who were not familiar with the situation, he ran to Beldiran very rationally.

During his time in Beldiran, he had a feud with the local gifter because of some trivial matters, so he was cursed by the other party and was locked in the doll probably last winter.

The gifted person did not lose all his power just because he lost his body, so after enduring for a long time, he found a suitable opportunity and used his accumulated spirit to confuse the gravekeeper of the cemetery, so that the gravekeeper tricked a group of passers-by nearby. He selected a suitable body from among them, and then the incident was published in the newspaper, which attracted the followers of the lie who had nothing to do but eat.

What Jenkins is most concerned about is actually why there are cursed people who should be in the mystery among the group of people. Regarding this point, the captured man told Jenkins that among the people who were stripped naked and dumped in the cemetery, one of them was not the one he found to replace the body, but was originally in the underground tomb with him.

"That person broke into the tomb about two or three days ago. He seemed to want to use the tomb as a hiding place."

"Did he look like a human being or a mosquito?"

Jenkins asked immediately.

"It looks like a mosquito. I feel like it's a bit like the legendary [Blood Mosquito Curse]."

The man who was entangled by tree vines like a mummy lay on the ground and guessed casually, and then continued:

"Whether it was a disease or a curse, it caused great pain to the man. He hid in the crypt and moaned all night, but every two hours he would comb his hair with a copper-colored metal comb. While combing his hair, he said to himself. I guessed that it might be some kind of numbered item, because just by doing this, he actually returned to his human form little by little... But that comb also had side effects, he It’s obvious that I’m losing my memory, and I’m losing more and more. Every time I wake up after falling asleep, I feel confused and frightened, probably because I don’t know why I’m there.”

These are all true, which means that the cursed person of [Blood Mosquito Curse] appears outside the manor and has little to do with the man in front of him who snatched other people's bodies. But Jenkins was worried that he was deceiving himself with the "incomplete truth", so he used some methods to try to get him to say more things. Unexpectedly, this really worked:

"Okay, okay, after I recovered my body, in order to prevent the church from becoming suspicious, I threw the man who combed his hair together with the group of people I found to replace the body. Anyway, his memory was almost lost... .The comb was taken away by me, but it is not with me now. It was buried in the woods. I thought I would take it out and study it after I got rid of the pursuit of the Zhengshen Church. I was worried that taking it with me would trigger the loss. The effect of memory..."

After that, Jenkins knocked the man unconscious, and then threw him and the doll back to the cemetery, letting the gravekeepers and the church who were still investigating handle it. After all, he had no means to help others exchange souls.

As for the comb buried in the forest, I relied on the [Eye of Truth] to capture the aura and found it quickly.

Due to reasons such as craftsmanship and cost, metal combs are not as common as wooden combs and plastic combs. Jenkins has only seen one from Dolores so far, but she has never used it. She thinks that kind of comb will sting when combing her hair. She still prefers ivory combs.

At this time, the metal comb dug out of the soil by Jenkins showed a rich yellow aura. Its style is very ordinary, except that both the front and back surfaces are carved with slightly concave eye shapes using very delicate techniques.

This makes the comb look a little weird, with the eyes on the front and back seeming to be staring at Jenkins. In traditional human culture, the symbol of eyes itself is fine, but because of the existence of the evil god [Evil Eye of the Void], this symbolism always reminds people of bad things.

The intensity of the aura reached a level common to numbered items, but Jenkins could not recognize what it was. Seeing that it was almost lunch time, he thought about returning to the base outside the manor as soon as possible to prevent anyone from discovering that his phantom could not be woken up no matter how loud it was.

But after getting the comb, Chocolate showed great hostility to it. After Jenkins summoned his mount, the unicorn was also hostile and wanted to use its horn to poke the comb in Jenkins' hand.

Seeing this situation, Jenkins didn't think that his cat and unicorn suddenly suffered from hysteria together. Considering that both of them usually have very strong danger perception capabilities, he hesitated and threw the comb to the ground.

"Meow~"

Chocolate's four little paws clung to Jenkins' shoulders tightly, and he leaned his head down and meowed constantly. The unicorn was also a little irritated and stepped on the ground with its hooves, pushing Jenkins with its head, trying to get him away from the dangerous object on the ground.

"I know, I won't touch it anymore."

Jenkins reached out to comfort the cat and the unicorn, then stood a little further away and took out the [Air Bomb Ring] he had just obtained from his pocket.

He put the ring on his hand and squinted at the comb lying in the mud. With a wave of his hand, invisible air bombs flew out of his palm and quickly blew the comb into the sky.

Generally speaking, numbered items have the characteristics of [indestructible], which is also the last resort for the church to identify such items. But at this time, the comb, which was blown into the sky, split open in front of Jenkins, Chocolate and the Unicorn.

When the explosion ended, the metal fragments fell to the ground. In addition to the smoking soil that was splashed everywhere, there was also a pool of black stuff like sludge on the ground. The thing couldn't help but squirm, which first reminded Jenkins of the "slime" alien species that had been extinct in the material world for many years, but he was soon frightened by the malice hidden in the mud.

"Meow~"

"Ang~"

The unicorn and cat showed more hostility, and Jenkins took two steps back again, tapping his cane on the ground. The spirit of life stimulated the seeds and broken wood in the forest soil to regenerate. Around the black mud, wooden walls grew rapidly to prevent this thing from escaping or splitting.

"What's this?"

The aura is not black, nor does it have the terrible pollution ability that spontaneously affects the mind and environment. But it is also weird. In Jenkins' view, it is like a group of evil thoughts that have directly taken shape. The spiritual fluctuations emitted from it can definitely turn any ordinary person into a 100% evil person and a murderer at the moment of contact.

"This kind of thing should not exist in the world."

He stretched out his hand and wanted to activate the ability of [Profane Production], but found that the ability could not be used because the sludge did not seem to be judged as an intelligent life with a soul and did not have any blasphemy.

So he took out the holy sword again, wiped it with his hand, and the immortal fire of grace attached to it. Then he quickly drew two sword marks around him, and was about to activate the ability of [Sword Dance·Spin], but saw that the mud ball, whose range of movement was restricted by the tree wall, was moving faster.

In the center of the squirming mud, a hunched human figure gradually appeared. In less than two seconds, the black upper body of the human appeared above the mud. Its waist was connected to the mud, and the facial features were formed by the concave shape of the mud, which looked extremely disgusting.

"Please stop, I have something to say."

While speaking, the shape of the concave mouth was still changing, which made the human figure appearing in the mud even more creepy.

"I didn't hurt you, did I? I didn't hurt anyone, why did you want to destroy me?"

The black mud kept gesturing with both hands:

"Look, I'm not a threat to you, and I didn't hurt the last person who held me. I even used my remaining little power to help him escape from a very powerful puzzle. Although I'm not kind, I'm not evil at least."

Chapter 1597 Chapter 1572 Detecting the essence of the soul

"What are you?"

Jenkins, standing close to the tree, asked the mud, not putting down the sword in his hand:

"I was born from the evil thoughts of humans, something like a ghost. You can understand me as a rational evil spirit, an evil spirit that does not kill people. I was born in the early days of this era, and was later sealed in that comb. Thank you for letting me see the light of day again. I can read the thoughts of the people around me, understand any complex emotions, and even sense whether a person has evil thoughts in his heart. I can absorb most malicious curses and see the essence of a person's soul. I am very useful. Why don't you let me follow you? I can provide you with a lot of help."

It suggested this, and this suggestion seemed to annoy the cat on its shoulder. Jenkins didn't pay attention, and Chocolate jumped directly from his shoulder, rushing towards the mud with great momentum.

But fortunately, Jenkins reacted in time and caught the cat before it landed, but even so, Jenkins had to use his hands to suppress the cat to prevent it from suddenly rising and rushing out again.

"I'm really useful, and I have the ability of mimicry, which can attach to your body like armor to provide you with protection."

The mud didn't care about the young cat, but continued to promote himself. But Jenkins was not interested in this. If he had just come to this world, he might be tempted. If the mud was really kind, then it would be very attractive to a young man who had just come into contact with the extraordinary world.

Unfortunately, for Jenkins now, he would not let such a troublesome thing stay with him.

"Sorry."

As he said, he was about to insert the sword into the soil in front of him to use the ability of [Sword Dance·Spin]. Seeing this, the mud squeezed to the side and tried to escape, but the tree walls had no seams at all. This was a whole piece of wood grown directly by Jenkins:

"I have other abilities. I can see through the souls of mortals and help you find those who are qualified to be the gifters!"

It was very useful, but Jenkins didn't trust the things in front of him.

"No, don't do it, I have other abilities! Do you know the dark soul?"

"I don't pass on fire."