120: Jiang Hao: You mere destiny star dare to presume to call yourself a god?

"He actually resorted to self-destruction! Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to defeat my Shadow Legion at all!"

His face twisted in rage, Kujo Tetsuya ignored his teammates' attempts to hold him back and charged angrily toward the five students from Shenzhou Martial Arts School.

"Hahaha, the black-clad fellow is getting desperate!"

Only Lucas would choose a moment like this to add fuel to the fire.

"You!"

Just as he was about to strike, a sharp feminine shout rang out.

"Enough! Student Kujo, please return to the contestant area to rest!"

Kitahara Ayane glared at the student who was throwing a fit regardless of the occasion.

"Tch!"

Although he really wanted a fight, he had to obey his teacher's words.

After apologizing to the live audience and the stream, he headed straight back to the contestant area.

Jiang Hao raised his hand, just about to give his companions a small reward, when he suddenly looked toward an underground exchange in Neon City.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

Yesterday, he had constantly shifted his identity to leave hidden marks on the owners of thousands of Strange Dolls!

And now, those owners and their dolls were gradually moving, gathering in different areas.

"I won't be watching the rest of the matches. With Feng Qiluo's current level, she has a 100% chance of losing to Moira anyway."

He waved toward Xing Yingyu, who was sitting not far away.

"Councilor Jiang is looking for me?"

The two went to a deserted spot, where Chaos Law enveloped them, cutting off all perception.

"Dean Xing, you should have an item that can disguise one's appearance, right?"

"Take my place for a while. Don't worry, I'll definitely be back before tonight!"

"Councilor Jiang, your business is more important!"

"Rest assured, I have plenty of experience in impersonating others!" Xing Yingyu immediately promised.

Jiang Hao patted Xing Yingyu's shoulder with satisfaction.

Not bad! Young people should dare to show their potential!

Injecting Origin Force into his necklace, Jiang Hao transformed into an unremarkable youth and left Sakura Martial School.

'Jiang Hao' arrived at the judges' bench and sat down quietly.

"Councilor Jiang's Saint Rank chair is actually quite comfortable!"

Xing Yingyu thought to himself, while maintaining a cold and aloof expression on the outside.

He began to close his eyes and rest, ignoring the greetings from those around him... Meanwhile, the youth Jiang Hao was disguised as pulled out an extremely ugly doll and placed it on his left shoulder.

This was given to him yesterday by a strange girl wearing a hood while he was walking down the street.

To avoid alerting the enemy, he could only tearfully let 3,000 points walk away!

The doll seemed to have its own control mechanism; since this morning, it had been constantly trying to brainwash Jiang Hao.

However, Jiang Hao simply used a needle formed from Chaos Law to give it a light prick, and the doll fell into a deep slumber.

Still, carrying it was better than not!

"I'll send a message to Councilor Li and Councilor Xia, just in case things go south!"

After sending the message, he tossed his wristband into a spatial item.

He walked toward the nearest underground exchange.

"I'd like to see what kind of tricks you're up to!" A bright smile played on Jiang Hao's face.

Upon arriving at an underground exchange, Jiang Hao was stopped by two male Martial Artists wearing hoods.

However, after glancing at the ugly doll on Jiang Hao's shoulder, they clearly relaxed.

One of them took out a very cute princess doll and pointed it at Jiang Hao.

"Ninth Rank!"

A childish voice came out of the princess doll's mouth.

Jiang Hao's heart skipped a beat. It could actually see through his true Realm!

Is this doll a Destiny Star!?

"Not bad, you pass!"

The two figures reached out and made a gesture of invitation:

"Brother, welcome to the House of Dolls!"

The youth Jiang Hao was impersonating acted like he had social anxiety, lowering his head as he entered the exchange.

"Are there really this many Ninth Rank Martial Artists in Neon?"

"From what I can sense right now, there are thousands of Ninth Ranks in this exchange alone!"

Jiang Hao thought to himself.

Walking through this underground market that resembled a Doll Kingdom, everything in sight was a doll!

The houses by the road were dolls, running around at will.

Even the road beneath Jiang Hao's feet felt soft; under the ground was a stuffing similar to cotton!

"There aren't any Experts related to dolls in the records!"

Inside, there were many people like Jiang Hao, carrying ugly dolls and emitting Ninth Rank Origin Force fluctuations.

Ridiculously, even some children under ten years old were Ninth Rank!

"Some kind of unknown pollution has boosted even ordinary people to Ninth Rank, though most of their auras are unstable—they're basically at the level of sewer trash."

Jiang Hao smiled shyly and greeted passersby.

"Newcomers, gather in the center of the grounds! Lady Saintess is going to speak!"

*Creak!*

Some people who were walking normally suddenly turned their necks 180 degrees to look toward the center of the grounds.

Their eyes became hollow, and the twisting of their necks and bodies looked extremely uncoordinated.

Stripping away the outer layer of flesh...

The insides of these people's bodies were already filled with various fabrics and stuffing!

Good, good, good!

Playing with my heartstrings, are we?

Jiang Hao, who was already facing the central area, pretended to be controlled and blended into the crowd of monsters.

In the center of the grounds.

A girl wearing a hood stood atop a rockery doll.

Saint Rank fluctuations permeated the entire underground market.

However, from the skin visible beneath her sleeves, it was clear that this person had completely turned into a doll.

"Lady Saintess! Compatriots from other locations have also arrived!"

"Mhm." An ethereal voice sounded.

Over ten thousand 'people' gathered in the center, and the dolls on them screamed with excitement.

"Praise our Lord!"

"Praise the God of Dolls!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

In the corners, magician puppets cut off all disturbances, making this a sealed space.

"...An Evil God?"

Jiang Hao had long suspected that some doll-related urban legend from World No. 1 had ascended to a Destiny Star.

But to think that the opponent would come to Blue Star to seek death right after becoming an Evil God!

"Becoming a Saint Rank in a single day... so this is what the records call:"

"Evil God Kin that must be killed on sight?"

Evil God Kin could summon a projection of an Evil God, exerting combat power far beyond the Peak Saint Rank!

Over a hundred years ago, these fellows brought severe disasters to Blue Star.

Any unremarkable small county town could potentially harbor an evil cult!

When those Evil God Kin had nowhere to run, they would use themselves as coordinates to let the Evil God project its power and start a massacre.

Vast areas of land and water were polluted and destroyed.

At one point, it even reduced Blue Star's population by over 60%!

The land of many countries today was manually crafted by the Councilors after defeating the Evil Gods!

Meanwhile, the Doll Saintess continued her speech.

"We will sacrifice the entirety of Neon to the great God of Dolls."

"By doing so, we will please the deity, and our Lord's angels will guide us back to the Lord's Divine Kingdom!"

"Large-scale sacrificial arrays have already been inscribed at fifty strongholds. The tens of millions of humans in Neon will all be our compatriots in the future!"

"They will thank you later for delivering them from their sea of suffering."

A sacrificial array? So it's a nationwide transmutation, huh!

"Um, can I interject?"

Jiang Hao raised his hand and asked.

The scene instantly went silent as all the skin-covered dolls turned their heads to look.

The Saintess doll removed her hood, and her doll-like face actually made a frowning expression.

A cold, ethereal voice, like that of a puppet, drifted out:

"You actually weren't polluted?"

"I remember you. You were wandering lost in an alley yesterday, and I was the one who gave you the ticket to enter the Divine Kingdom early!"

Jiang Hao tilted his head slightly, a mocking smile appearing on his face.

"I just think, how does a mere Destiny Star dare to call itself a god?"

"How about this? Let's not go to the Divine Kingdom; it's such a waste of time!"

"I have an even better idea!"

He yanked off his necklace and threw it into his spatial item, then smoothly drew out Hidden Soul.

In the eyes of the Saintess doll, whose expression instantly turned to horror...

Jiang Hao, revealing his true face, had eyes brimming with Killing Intent. The corners of his mouth curled up bit by bit into a standard smile.

"Let me kill you all and turn you into the fuel for my future ascension to godhood!"

"Wouldn't that be wonderful?"