Chapter 166 The Collapse of the Bone of Nightmares is Underway
In the suburbs of New York, sunlight reflected off the metallic sheen of a massive warehouse.
This was an abandoned warehouse of Ernst Pharmaceutical Company, which, due to rapid expansion and the construction of larger warehouses, had been left here.
In the basement of the warehouse, Xu Yi looked at the Bone of Nightmares in front of him, his expression grave.
The Bone of Nightmares was crammed into a huge cultivation tank, with green potion swirling along the cylindrical tank walls.
These cultivation tanks were previously filled with formalin, but now they were filled with medicinal liquid made from the Leaf of Redemption, using three leaves for one tank.
Suspended in the potion, the Bone of Nightmares had become incredibly stable. Xu Yi now actually hoped that the Bone of Nightmares would suddenly erupt, releasing that ominous aura once again.
"I knew it wouldn't be so simple!"
Xu Yi let out a long sigh. Even if he was an extraordinary Deformed Person with heterochromia and his luck was through the roof, it was still a monster that could devour Divinity.
The downside of this "defying-God" ability indeed existed.
After the soul of the Deformed Person dissipated, the ash within the Bone of Nightmares disappeared as well. Without its source of power, the Bone of Nightmares would soon face disintegration.
Xu Yi activated the Observational Ability of the Nest of the Evil God, trying to find a solution.
But his face suddenly changed; he simply didn't have the time to study slowly.
The pale green potion suddenly became transparent—the Bone of Nightmares had drained all of the medicinal strength, and the previously halted cracks began spreading anew.
At this rate, it was likely that in two minutes, the cracks would cover the entire skeleton and then it would collapse into pieces.
"What should I do?" Xu Yi's forehead was slightly sweaty, his brain working at full speed.
The Nest of the Evil God observed something unusual about the Bone of Nightmares: at the part where the hand bones were, there were no cracks, and the spreading fissures stopped there.
Divinity could resist the collapse!
Xu Yi understood instantly. No wonder the Bone of Nightmares had specifically seized a Semi-Holy Artifact before; it was all for self-preservation.
A rust-covered dagger was taken out and thrown into the culture dish.
Xu Yi let out a slow breath of relief.
Fortunately, the most important ability of the Bone of Nightmares hadn't disappeared, and it was slowly absorbing the Divinity from the dagger.
Upon absorbing the Divinity again, the effect was immediate; the collapse of the Bone of Nightmares stopped, and some of the cracks started to heal slowly.
There wasn't a hint of a smile on Xu Yi's face because he was well aware that the dagger's Divinity would soon be completely drained and couldn't support it for long.
After rummaging through everything, he took stock of all the items in his possession that contained Divinity.
Three blood-stained glass shards, a human skin scroll from Mary Shaw, the Samurai Armor of the Ghost Samurai, and the damaged Sacred Red Lotus of exorcism.
Apart from Ratma's rat teeth that were in the basement of that apartment, everything else was here.
The Divinity in the Ghost Samurai Armor was a drop in the bucket, and the mysterious bloodstains were too precious; he couldn't bear to use the Sacred Red Lotus, so the only choice was Mary Shaw's human skin scroll.
This thing had been in his possession for a long time, and he had not been able to decipher the mystery of the skin scroll until he gained the authority of the Evil God and understood what it was.
This was the legendary contract with the Evil God; as long as the contract was successful, one could obtain the power bestowed by the Evil God, but in return, one had to sacrifice their soul and become a devout follower of the Evil God.
Xu Yi picked up the human skin scroll and walked toward the Bone of Nightmares.
In the cultivation tank, the dagger was already covered with rust and hardly resembled a dagger anymore, its Divinity completely consumed.
Xu Yi threw the human skin scroll into the cultivation tank.
The skin scroll "came to life," wriggling as if trying to escape, and a low murmur appeared in Xu Yi's ears.
Unmoved, Xu Yi thought that the Evil God behind Mary Shaw was probably only a bit stronger than Ratma; there really was no need to fear.
One of the benefits of having the authority of the Evil God was to fear, to become, and then to transcend.
In the end, the human skin scroll could not escape being drained of its Divinity; Xu Yi watched the now-stabilized Bone of Nightmares and breathed a little easier.
But his brow was still furrowed: judging by the rate the Bone of Nightmares absorbed Divinity, it could last at most half an hour.
With such little time, where could he find more Divinity?
To fully reverse the collapse of the Bone of Nightmares, at least the Divinity of a hundred human skin scrolls was required, which was simply impossible.
Xu Yi paced in place, his heart filled with urgency.
Being able to autonomously devour divinity was indeed too rare; this ability seemed as if it was custom-made for the "God Slayer".n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
It was impossible to find so much divinity in a short amount of time, so an alternative solution had to be found.
"The only method now is to inject the Bone of Nightmares with a powerful vitality!"
The potion from the Leaf of Redemption had delayed the spread of the cracks; after the potion's effects were absorbed, the collapse continued, indicating that this approach was feasible.
But where could one find something with a powerful life force?
Not to mention that the Leaf of Redemption was picked almost clean, even if it were all there, it could only delay the inevitable, not reverse it.
Something with a powerful vitality?
A spark of inspiration flashed through Xu Yi's mind as he walked to a nearby cultivation tank and took a corpse out of the Treasure Box space, placing it inside.
It was Chen Lin's corpse.
Chen Lin's corpse was undoubtedly the most special one he had ever seen; even after the Evil God Ratma had gouged out his heart and his soul had been annihilated, the cells had miraculously preserved their activity!
A small patch of fresh flesh had filled the hole in the corpse's heart. Last time, Xu Yi had seen the body trying to heal itself, and surprisingly, it had had some effect.
If the corpse was left unattended for too long, it likely would have become some sort of living dead monster.
The Nest of the Evil God merged into the corpse, presenting the rare construction of this body before his eyes.
"The body's cells are actually continuously absorbing the Energy floating in the air!"
Xu Yi exclaimed in surprise, realizing once again that this strange world was indeed full of wonders.
After pondering for a moment, he cut off a piece of flesh from the arm of the corpse and threw it toward the Bone of Nightmares.
The fresh meat drifted in the potion, and after half a minute, a surprising scene occurred: the flesh suddenly "came to life," wriggling like worms, crawling toward the Bone of Nightmares.
The flesh seemed to recognize the might of the Bone of Nightmares, wrapping around it and burrowing into the cracks, attempting to blend with the bone.
Xu Yi's original plan was to let the flesh provide a powerful vitality for the bone to heal the cracks.
The fractures indeed "healed," but not in the way he had expected.
The flesh began to rot almost immediately, as the "Death Affinity" of the Bone of Nightmares was too powerful, and even flesh imbued with a strong vitality was unable to withstand it.
"Just having a powerful vitality isn't enough!"
Xu Yi took out three shards of glass stained with mysterious blood.
Even to this day, the information exuded by these stains pointed unanimously to one figure: Jesus.
Of course, it was unlikely to be the blood of Jesus himself, the likeliest scenario was the "Saint Heir," namely a body in which Jesus had been present.
Having witnessed the power and value of golden entries, he no longer harbored any delusions that just these bloodstains could grant him the "Saint Heir" entry.
One of the glass shards fell into the cultivation tank. Even through the thick metallic glass, Xu Yi could feel the cells' yearning for that tiny bit of blood.
Xu Yi activated the Nest of the Evil God, sending a suggestion to the flesh.
A shocking scene occurred once again as countless flesh buds sprang from the corpse, catching the floating glass shard in the potion.
The flesh buds rapidly engulfed the glass shard, greedily sucking on the bloodstains.
Through the Observation of the Nest of the Evil God, Xu Yi could sense that the cells absorbing the "Holy Blood" were undergoing astonishing Metamorphosis.
"Still far from enough!"
Xu Yi knew that a small amount of "Holy Blood" wouldn't suffice, so he threw down another shard.
But the information sent back from the Nest of the Evil God was still inadequate; it seemed to lack a certain catalyst for the transformation to occur.
He gritted his teeth and, with a hardened heart, threw down the last shard as well.
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The amount of "Holy Blood" was undeniably small, but it acted like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, and a violent reaction ensued.
Chen Lin's corpse "exploded" in an instant, with flesh gushing out like a spring, intertwining in the potion, forming numerous "Flesh Snakes" thrashing wildly.
Xu Yi knew the time had come, and the Bone of Nightmares was removed from another cultivation tank and thrown into the squirming flesh.
"Whether there's a chance of reversal depends on this step now!"
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