I, the creator of the evil god!

Chapter 27: The Five-Burial Corpse Refining Secret Art! The Overactive Imagination of a Young Girl!

The black-haired girl with the cat mask lifted her head and slowly spoke:

“The Five Burials of wrongful deaths—death by knife, drowning, fire, hanging, and burial—evolved from the Five Ghosts Transference Secret Ritual. This is a corpse-refining technique that doesn’t affect the soul but rather turns the body into a toxic corpse. The toxins are extracted through a special ritual, and this poison is a new development by the Holy Corpse Prayer Assembly. It has great destructive power against flesh-and-blood monsters. If you manage to drink a whole bottle, even a Morning Star-level monster would be severely injured.”

Lu Yu listened without expression. The drug was indeed powerful, but it was also rather pointless.

He could already smell a faint stench of decay through the bottle, not to mention how animals with a sense of smell hundreds of times more acute than humans would react to it.

If they could mask the scent, it might be a decent item.

However, this poison could only kill Morning Star monsters. Lu Yu already had two such creatures in his possession, both being outstanding Morning Star-level monsters. This poison held no use for him.

He pointed at the pile of books and said, “Just give me these books!”

The girl looked at him with some confusion, unsure why this mysterious figure wanted to buy these handwritten basic knowledge books. However, since the other person wanted to buy, she wouldn’t refuse. After packaging the books, she said, “Thank you for your patronage, one Spirit Coin!”

Spirit Coin?

What was that?

Lu Yu paused for a moment, completely unaware of what a Spirit Coin was. What was it made of?

The girl’s confusion made her delicate face under the mask furrow in thought. She assumed the stranger must be buying for someone else. So, she added, “Thirteen handwritten copies, and I’ve noted many details. You can take them home for your descendants to view. It’s definitely worth the price.”

Lu Yu’s shadowy cloak was so eye-catching that the girl naturally assumed he was purchasing the books for his offspring.

But Lu Yu wasn’t hesitating to pay; he simply didn’t know what a Spirit Coin was and was in a state of confusion.

Their conversation had drawn a crowd, and some people were curious about this mysterious individual, wondering what he was doing here.

In the crowd, a man with a monkey mask quietly mocked, “Haggling over a single Spirit Coin, this guy is ridiculously stingy.”

The others began whispering:

“He might not want them. Maybe he’s just not interested?”

“If he’s not interested, why bother buying them? Maybe he didn’t bring any money?”

As they spoke, a voice suddenly rang out:

“That black cloak on him seems to conceal his aura. Could it be that an ordinary person obtained a treasure and sneaked in?”

Though the voice wasn’t loud, several of those present were far from ordinary, and they all heard it. Some of them had their eyes change slightly, seemingly considering the possibility.

The man with the monkey mask looked at the black cloak around the man in yellow, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes. If an ordinary person really did acquire a treasure and sneak in, he could try to steal it.

As this thought crossed his mind, his eyes flashed with a calculating gleam, and he prepared to use a detection spell to investigate whether the person was truly an ordinary individual who had obtained a treasure.

Even if he was discovered, he could always feign ignorance and apologize, hoping to cover it up.

Just as Lu Yu noticed a faint sense of being watched, he frowned. Following the sensation, he quickly pinpointed the direction of the observer, though the person was hidden in the crowd.

“Foolish and reckless!”

Lu Yu sneered. While he didn’t possess extraordinary mental powers, he had once faced terrifying dark gods without flinching. Moreover, he was the master of two Morning Star-level monsters.

He would eventually become the master of thousands of monsters, contending with many dark gods. His willpower was not something ordinary people could compare to.

Since the person wanted to hide in the shadows and spy on him, Lu Yu decided to let him see enough. He began to alter his aura, further mimicking the presence of an unknown being from the Shadow World.

The eternal, lifeless, and mighty aura was not something ordinary people could withstand!

The moment Lu Yu altered his aura, the man with the monkey mask saw Lu Yu suddenly transform into a pitch-black demon, extending enormous arms to drag him into an endless abyss of silence.

His rationality was eroded by a terrifying force, as if it were turning him into a mindless beast.

“Ahhhh… noooo…”

The man in the monkey mask screamed in terror, stumbling backward. He accidentally bumped into a stone and fell to the ground, causing the crowd to burst into laughter.

Although they didn’t understand what had happened, they could tell that Lu Yu’s aura had darkened even more, and they knew the mysterious person must have delivered a light punishment.

They immediately began mocking the man in the monkey mask:

“Such a fool, he dares to do anything!”

“No wonder you wore the monkey mask. Are you embarrassed now? I’d recommend a monkey-butt mask instead!”

“Next time, don’t act recklessly, or you might end up dead in the streets, little man!”

All the insults felt like venomous snakes gnawing at his soul, causing him unbearable pain. If he left in shame, he’d never be able to hold his head high again.

The humiliation made his sanity continue to deteriorate. He suddenly looked up and pointed at Lu Yu in the distance, growling:

“You bastard! I’m Xu Jiuzhou’s brother! I’ll make my brother tear you apart…”

Before he could finish his threats, an arm dropped to the ground, crimson blood soaking the earth.

“Ahhhh! It hurts so much…”

He pressed his hands to his severed arm, but the blood kept flowing uncontrollably, dripping onto the ground.

Beside him stood a shadowy servant, holding a dagger, his body cloaked in darkness. Blood still dripped from the shadow blade.

“What kind of monster is this, an Shadow Demon?”

The Xu family descendant, stunned by the severed arm and the appearance of the shadow servant, quickly retreated several paces, afraid of being dragged into it.

Although Lu Yu had severed the man’s arm, no one rebuked him. In the world of the Awakened, there were rules: the strong were not to be lightly insulted!

This was a survival-of-the-fittest world, where the protection of the strong allowed humanity to persist.

Thus, offending the strong meant bearing the consequences!

But no one had expected Lu Yu to be so decisive, not caring at all about the Xu family’s power!

The first person Lu Yu had encountered, the white-haired man in a fox mask, and the large man in a geisha mask, also heard the commotion and approached. Upon seeing the shadowy servant, their eyes showed recognition.

So it was someone from that faction!

Indeed, before that faction, the Xu family was nothing more than an ant!

“Still, this guy’s quite interesting!”

The man with the fox mask chuckled lightly, then headed deeper into the courtyard.

Lu Yu wasn’t concerned with whatever story these people had concocted. He had acted decisively to show his teeth.

He felt no pity for the man with the monkey mask. If one’s greed made them blind, then they had to face the consequences.

Furthermore, if Lu Yu backed down now, it would only lead to endless probing. Though he wasn’t afraid of these people, he disliked trouble.

To avoid future complications, he displayed his strength to thoroughly intimidate them.

Lu Yu didn’t even glance at the one who had threatened him and instead took a few steps toward the black-haired girl with the cat mask.

The girl nervously took a few steps back, her voice trembling:

“You… what do you want? It’s just a few handwritten books. If you want them, take them all. I won’t ask for money. I can do anything except give you my body…”

Lu Yu frowned, a dark line appearing on his forehead. Did he look like the kind of person who didn’t pay?

And as for her flat chest, he had no interest.

But Lu Yu didn’t explain. Instead, he took something from his chest and handed it to the girl, speaking softly:

“How about I pay with this?”