94: How dare these mere wild evil spirits call themselves gods?

Upon hearing this, the man felt no shame; instead, it was as if he had grasped a lifeline.

As long as they didn't kill him, everything was negotiable!!

Thinking this, he dared not delay in the slightest and hurriedly replied:

"My lord, it is like this. A few months ago, we arranged a fight with another Gang, but we lost. We ran all the way to the wilderness outside the city."

"Then, while we were there, we encountered an existence."

"That existence called itself a god and said it could bestow power upon us. Then it gave us some black energy polymers, claiming they were the god's gift that could allow us to achieve Awakening of spiritual energy."

Hearing this, the members of the Spiritual Energy Bureau behind Chen Nian had already begun to whisper among themselves.

"A god?"

"It's probably just a wild evil entity!"

"That must be it. Developing followers and collecting the Power Of Faith is a common trick used by those things."

The man ignored the discussion around him and continued speaking in a trembling voice.

"At first, we were terrified. We couldn't believe it at all, thinking we had encountered some man-eating monster."

"But we were at our wits' end, so... so we decided to try it out with the mindset of giving it a shot."

"Then, we really achieved Awakening of spiritual energy and possessed power we never dared to imagine before!"

"From that moment on, we truly believed it! That really was a god!"

"That god lord didn't want anything; it just said that if we became its most devout followers, it would protect us and grant us an endless stream of power."

Sure enough, the members of the Spiritual Energy Bureau exchanged glances, their minds already clear.

They had seen this routine many times before.

Without a doubt, this must be some evil entity from the wilderness wanting to collect the Power Of Faith by developing followers in human society to strengthen itself.

The expressions of the Spiritual Energy Bureau members instantly turned extremely grave.

"This is troublesome. I didn't expect something like this to appear in Mingwang District."

"Are the evil entities in the wilderness really this rampant now? They dare to directly infiltrate the city's edge to develop their forces."

"This kind of evil entity that relies on the Power Of Faith will see its strength skyrocket once it has many followers. We must deal with it as soon as possible!"

"Right, we absolutely cannot let it continue to develop!"

The man didn't care what they were discussing; he only wanted to survive, so he continued.

"After that, that god lord did indeed bestow divine grace upon us a few more times."

"However, the amount of divine grace was very scarce. There was only a little bit each time, and with over a hundred of us brothers, it wasn't enough to go around at all."

"But even so, relying on the few brothers who had achieved Awakening of spiritual energy, the status of our Iron Wolf Gang in the underground world of Mingwang District rose steadily, becoming more and more solid."

"However, just a week ago, the god lord suddenly became very generous."

"It bestowed a large amount of divine grace upon us all at once, enough for everyone in our entire Gang to use!"

"We didn't know why, and we didn't dare to ask either. Anyway, since the god lord gave it, we used it."

"Then, our entire Iron Wolf Gang, from top to bottom, everyone achieved Awakening of spiritual energy and obtained extraordinary power!"

Speaking up to this point, his emotions were clearly becoming agitated.

"As a result, just last night, an emerging Gang called the Red Flame Society came to cause trouble for us, blind to the situation."

"They did have a few guys who could really fight, and recently they have been very prominent in the Dao, with a terrifyingly fast growth rate."

"But, no matter how well they could fight, could they beat us spiritual energy users?"

"We are all spiritual energy users now; how could we possibly still indulge that bunch of ordinary people!"

"Before, we were always afraid of attracting the attention of your Spiritual Energy Bureau, so we always held back in our actions, and in fights, we tried our best not to cause any deaths."

"But that bunch of guys was simply too arrogant, and for a moment we didn't hold back and accidentally killed them all."

"You already know what happened after that. The people from the Public Security Bureau came, and then your Spiritual Energy Bureau came too."

"The divine grace bestowed by the god lord was plentiful enough. After using that stuff, not only can one achieve Awakening of spiritual energy, but using it again can also significantly increase one's strength in a short period!"

"Relying on that divine grace, our entire team's strength skyrocketed, and we even defeated the combat squad sent by your Spiritual Energy Bureau!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to realize what he had said and immediately put on a pained, wailing expression.

He clutched his head, curled his body up, and looked full of deep regret.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. We shouldn't have abused the power bestowed by the god, and we shouldn't have opposed you."

"We already know we were wrong. Please, give me a chance to turn over a new leaf. I will definitely behave myself in the future and never dare to do it again..."

His acting was extremely exaggerated, and his words of repentance were hollow.

Chen Nian couldn't even be bothered to comment.

He kicked him directly in the face.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound.

The man's wailing came to an abrupt halt.

His whole body was kicked flying sideways, his face twisted to one side, and a few bloody teeth burst from his mouth, tracing a parabola in the air.

He landed heavily on the ground, spitting blood, and couldn't get up for a long time.

Chen Nian slowly retracted his foot, looking down at him from a high position.

"Stop saying all that useless nonsense."

"Whatever I ask, you answer."

The man was completely terrified, shaking like a sieve, and could only lie on the ground, nodding repeatedly.

Only then did Chen Nian continue to speak.

"Where can I find that so-called 'god'?"

The man hurriedly shook his head and said indistinctly: "We... we also don't know how to find the god lord."

"After that day, we specifically went to that wilderness several times, but we never encountered the god lord again."

"After that, it was always the god lord who took the initiative to contact us, but..."

He seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly added.

"However, we do have a way to try to contact it!"

Chen Nian asked suspiciously: "What method?"

The man dared not hide anything: "A... a ritual. As long as we perform that ritual, the god lord might respond to us."

"However, whether it comes or not depends entirely on its mood; it doesn't succeed every time."

"Very well, start the ritual!"

Chen Nian's command was simple and direct, leaving no room for negotiation.

Upon hearing this, the man was greatly alarmed.

But seeing Chen Nian's emotionless eyes, he dared not delay any longer. With a shiver, he hurriedly scrambled up from the ground and began to set it up on the spot.

The so-called ritual was outrageously simple.

The man just used his own blood to draw a crooked Formation on the ground, composed of a few simple symbols.

Then, he knelt in front of the Formation and began to chant prayers of unknown meaning in a strange tone.

The whole process was truly something anyone could do.

Chen Nian was even a bit speechless in his heart.

No wonder these novice thugs could master it proficiently; it had absolutely no technical content at all.

However, such a rudimentary ritual produced an incredible change.

As the man chanted the prayers, the pattern drawn on the ground with blood actually began to emit a faint red light.

A cold, eerie aura began to permeate the air.

The surrounding temperature seemed to drop by several degrees.

The members of the Spiritual Energy Bureau's expressions changed drastically, becoming extremely grave. They all took out their weapons and assumed a posture of being ready for battle.

The next second, the space above the blood-colored pattern began to distort, and the light became blurred.

A phantom shadow slowly emerged.

It was a form that could not be described in words, like a mass of constantly writhing and changing shadows, and it also seemed to have countless eyes opening and closing within it.

"Who is summoning me? For what purpose?"

An ethereal, vast voice resounded directly in everyone's minds.

This voice seemed to carry a certain magic, making people's minds sway, almost making them want to kneel and worship on the spot.

Moreover, the power emitted by that phantom was extremely formidable; that kind of spiritual energy fluctuation far exceeded any member of the Spiritual Energy Bureau present.

At a glance, it was not a simple character.

"It... it's an Evil God descending!"

"Such strong pressure! This thing is at least a Tier 4 or higher wild evil entity!"

"No, it might even have touched the threshold of Tier 5!"

The members of the Spiritual Energy Bureau were immediately astonished and discussed it in whispers, their faces full of wariness and tension.

However, facing this terrifying existence that made everyone feel as if they were facing a great enemy, Chen Nian was completely unafraid.

He even smiled contemptuously.

"Playing god."

"A mere wild evil entity, yet you dare to falsely claim to be a god?"

As he spoke, his eyes just narrowed.

Xuanzhen Qi Sha Formation, activate!

"Hum—!"

Instantly, a golden Formation composed of countless profound runes appeared out of thin air!

The Formation was generated directly beneath that phantom.

Its range was so large that it instantly completely enveloped that mass of twisted shadows.

Golden light shot into the sky, turning into an unbreakable cage, trapping the phantom tightly within it!

The sudden turn of events caused even that high-and-mighty phantom to freeze for a moment.

It seemed completely unexpected that such a thing would happen, and its voice carried a hint of panic.

"Formation?"

"What a powerful Formation!"

"What is this situation?"

"Who exactly are you?!"