Just looking at this indescribable mass made one's blood run cold and sent chills down the spine.
Its body structure wasn't just simple flesh and blood.
A cold, twisted head was embedded on the surface, countless legs and feet of unknown origin adorned it, internal organs were exposed, a pulsating heart, a wriggling stomach, lungs that inhaled and exhaled with the flow of air, rolling blood, and mutated blood of various colors flowing through protruding blood vessels. Impure and twisted meanings formed various mental pollutions constantly radiating outwards.
This monster, a mixture of countless Extraordinary characteristics, was still 'alive.' Its every twitch, every movement vaguely conveyed praises to the sun, praises to the True Creator, hymns to deities, hymns to great existences, proclamations of miracles, or simply bizarre murmurs of strange gibberish.
If there was any sin in this world worthy of divine judgment, then this lifeform, which could no longer be called a monster, must be one of them.
Tang felt that if it weren't for the layer of the System, merely gazing at it would instantly collapse his spirit body and turn him into a part of the monster.
"Sequence Three, no, this thing, a twisted aggregation of multiple Extraordinary characteristics, its sequence and abilities should be quite close to Sequence Two."
The thing that fought the Black Knight before should have been this, but at that time, its sequence was far from as terrifying as it was now.
"The Never-Ending Theater separated it, and now, the System has reorganized all such substances together, so something like this... something that can be called blasphemous... was born."
The System's appraisal also seemed somewhat strained in the face of something mixed with so many Extraordinary characteristics. Tang glanced at the final result and marveled.
There were thirteen Extraordinary characteristics at the demigod level alone, and countless more at Sequence Five and Sequence Six.
It could be said that if he could complete the separation, re-scatter and aggregate all the Extraordinary characteristics, as long as the ritual was correct and the acting was appropriate, and there were no accidents, he could cultivate up to thirteen demigods!
It should be known that even in the Fourth Epoch, the era later known as the Age of Gods, demigods were extremely terrifying combat units.
"These demigods, it seems some of them should be the Miracle Invoker's marionettes."
For a Sequence Two Miracle Invoker of their Seer pathway, with a series of life-saving and escape Extraordinary abilities such as 'resurrection is a miracle,' 'historical gaps, historical projections,' and 'marionettes,' it was quite difficult to be killed, even if surrounded by other Angels.
The death of a Miracle Invoker must be accompanied by the death of a large number of marionettes and the use of all four resurrection opportunities, the complete loss of the ability to borrow spirituality from the past, etc. And during this period, if the Miracle Invoker went all out, fighting to the death, how many demigods could they take away before dying?
"Some were the Miracle Invoker's marionettes, and some should have been other demigods who fought against him during the Fourth Epoch War. After the Miracle Invoker died and transformed into the corresponding Sealed Artifact, they became part of it, and historical gap images were also stored within."
As for the later period, in the still out-of-control [Never-Ending Theater] before it became a Sealed Artifact, some demigods should have been dragged into it due to carelessness and died, but there shouldn't be too many.
"Judging from the information given by the System, this Sealed Artifact, even though it possesses certain living characteristics, has no way to move."
The density of demigods wasn't that high. For the immobile [Never-Ending Theater], even if it could manipulate spirit threads outside the theater, demigods could calmly leave its manipulation range before becoming stiff and controlled.
Moreover, even if they accidentally entered, like today, affected by the law of Extraordinary characteristics aggregation, the demigods who mistakenly entered should have a way to greatly delay their death.
Therefore, the immobile [Never-Ending Theater] was brought to Tingen by someone else.
Who? What did they want?
After thinking for a long time, Tang lay on the bed, feeling like he had overused his brain. He burrowed his head into the pillow and wriggled a couple of times before reluctantly leaving the embrace of the bed and walking to the desk, snapping his fingers.
The stars and the red moon outside the window had not yet disappeared, still adorning the starry sky.
Flames lit the candles. He took out parchment and charcoal from the drawer and wrote and drew on the parchment.
"[The Never-Ending Theater] originated from the Fourth Epoch War and is a Sealed Artifact formed by the combination of the Extraordinary characteristics left by the Miracle Invoker. This is something that neither the orthodox churches nor those secret organizations would let go of."
"This Sealed Artifact will eventually be sealed by the Church of the Lord of the Storms, but the specific information is not directly recorded in it."
And in the Fourth Epoch, during the Fourth Epoch War, the Black Emperor of the Solomon Empire, the Blood Emperor of the Tudor Dynasty, the Night Emperor of the Trunsoest Empire, and the Underworld Emperor of the Southern Continent, the seven orthodox gods, various families with inheritance, and secret organizations all participated.
Tang closed his eyes, seemingly meditating.
Then, he wrote down a string of words.
"The Blasphemy Slate Sect."
This loose alliance formed by the worship of demons.
He then put a question mark after this phrase.
"Recently encountered, one demon made into a marionette by me, one devil made into a marionette in the theater."
What was a demigod of the Abyss pathway doing coming to Tingen for no reason? Moreover, hadn't the activities of these demons been a bit too frequent recently?
Unfortunately, his spirituality and sequence didn't allow him to conduct a seance with a Sequence Four devil. Most of the appraisals given by the System were still about its basic information, not memories and experiences.
However, it was still worth trying.
"My inability doesn't mean others can't. For the Death Magistrate, marionettes should also be equivalent to the dead, right?"
The feeling of having a backer was really good.
Tang put down the charcoal and stretched.
"System, try to separate it and see."
'Confirm separation of Extraordinary characteristics of Marionette: [Meatball], re-crush and aggregate? This operation is complex and requires deducting 2000 knowledge fragments.'
"…Yes."
'Remaining knowledge fragments: 315'
'Confirm reverse analysis of potion formulas for 'Manipulator,' 'Mystic,' 'Scholar,' 'Nightwatcher,' 'Recorder,' etc.? This method requires consuming an undetermined number of identification次数. Note: Analyzing potions using this method requires a high number of identification次数. Please choose carefully.'
'No.'
He estimated that he didn't have enough identification次数.
'Okay, Host, current separation progress: 0%'
Well, back to square one.
Re-aggregating different Extraordinary characteristics, one pathway at a time, one sequence at a time, and more precisely, a Sequence Eight could separate out the main materials for one Sequence Eight and one Sequence Nine potion. The System could complete these tasks independently.
(End of this chapter)