Mechanical Alchemist

The will of the Lord of the Grey Mist descended upon the ship, instantly causing Bennett and his sister to turn pale under the divine suppression.

Su Lun, with a commanding aura, dispersed the peculiar spiritual power inside the cabin, and only then did the siblings come to their senses.

With a grave expression, he said, "I'm going out now. You'd better gather your people together to stand a chance against the will of the Evil God."

"Hmm."

Bennett immediately understood and nodded in agreement.

As the commander of the royal legion, he knew a bit about dealing with false gods. His own strength wasn't enough to confront the will of the Evil God, but the legion could.

Su Lun didn't stay in the cabin any longer and used Spatial Teleportation to appear on the deck of another ship.

He had destroyed the main formation of the ritual, but there were still some followers of the "Grey Mist Sect" hiding within the fleet, which was also a significant threat.

This ship was previously confirmed by Pandora to be mostly harboring followers of the Evil God.

These fellows, seeing Su Lun approach, even tried to incite the knights and civilians on board to fight desperately, shouting, "Quick, grab that guy, he wants to disrupt His Majesty the King's funeral!"

Su Lun was not one to show mercy; with a swing of his black scythe, dozens of heads flew into the air, and blood sprayed all over the ship.

He paid no heed to the funeral attendees who were completely oblivious to the situation and continued teleporting to the next ship, creating another bloodbath.

The sudden change dumbfounded the funeral attendees on the ship; they originally thought the man with the black scythe was an enemy and just wanted to act. But at that moment, Bennett also burst onto the deck, roaring, "Miracle Troop, assemble!"

Upon seeing this, hundreds of people immediately obeyed, gathering on several ships near the flagship.

Although they didn't bring their dragon mounts on this sea voyage, the assembly of a few hundred people, with their fighting spirit merged together, was also incredibly formidable. At least with the legion's technique launched, they wouldn't be easily intimidated by the Evil God.

And in those few moments, Su Lun had almost wiped out all the mages and divine followers hidden in the fleet.

The "Lord of the Grey Mist" roared in anger beside his ear: "Stupid humans!"

Spreading faith in the Dragon Country Waters had never been easy. It took centuries to cultivate such a group of loyal followers. He thought this occasion would be a major feast, yet before the sacrifice could be enjoyed, the followers were all slain.

As these roars resounded, suddenly, the sea turned tumultuous as if signaling the apocalypse.

The black mist in the air also condensed into a human figure hundreds of meters tall.

Su Lun looked unfazed and continued to ignore the Evil God.

This guy was troublesome, but it was not easy to inflict a fatal wound on him.

Su Lun wasn't planning to collide head-on but to force the real body of this guy to appear, allowing Pandora a chance to sneak in an attack.

At this moment, the waves on the sea grew fiercer, and the single-masted sailboats in the funeral procession swayed in the storm, looking as if they might capsize at any moment. Those uninformed people didn't even know what was happening, with only terror on their faces.

After Bennett had assembled hundreds from the Miracle Troop, he roared, "That Evil God wants to use us as sacrifices. Brothers, slay the Evil God!"

The words of the royal legion commander evidently carried more conviction.

With that said, the fighting spirit of hundreds converged together, and the legion's technique charged towards the giant formed of black mist on the sea.

The fighting spirit transformed into a spear that instantly punched a hole several meters in diameter through the giant's chest.

But soon enough, the black mist reconverged, sealing the hole completely.

This way of attacking was neither painful nor itchy.

Meanwhile, that high and mighty Evil God began another round of faith brainwashing: "Ignorant and weak humans... you dare offend a great deity, beg for the forgiveness of the God of the Grey Mist, in exchange for protection and peace..."

No sooner had he spoken these mentally contaminating words than the over a hundred red boats, originally intended as sacrifices, showed fascinated expressions. Even some people's eyes gradually filled with reverence as they knelt before the giant of grey mist.

Ordinary people simply could not resist this kind of faith contamination.

Su Lun looked on, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

An idea flashed through his mind, and in a teleport, he appeared on a ship, pinching a sorcerer's seal, and a spatial black hole appeared.

All the people he passed were sucked into the miniature void realm.

So far, Su Lun could not figure out the root of this Grey Mist Evil God and could only stop what He was trying to do.

He wanted to convert these people into followers, so Su Lun cut the ground from under His feet, taking the people away.

Since the people on the ship were very densely packed, Su Lun's collection was not slow. In just a few moments, he had taken most of the people on the ship into the miniature void realm.

Then, with another teleport, he appeared on another ship and again rushed into the most crowded cabin, chaotically taking more people.

The Grey Mist Evil God, seeing his prospective followers vanish into thin air, flew into a rage.

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The ritual had been disrupted repeatedly, and its anger could no longer be contained. Clumps of grey mist surged towards the ship where Su Lun was.

Immediately, a sizzling corrosion sound filled the air.

Su Lun glanced at the corroded hull, a slight curve formed at the corner of his mouth. This level of corrosion might harm an average seventh-tier professional, but it couldn't breach his domain, so the impact was minimal.

He also realized that the deadly aspect of the grey mist's corrosion was its ability to cause "sustained damage."

The black fog engulfed the entire sea, affecting anyone within it. For most people, this constant damage would require the consumption of spiritual power, but for Su Lun, who possessed the "Isaac Alchemical Heart," it was not an issue. The energy consumed was far less than what was replenished.

What interested him more was how to completely solve the problem.

No news came from Pandora, so Su Lun continued his disruptions.

He teleported from one ship to another, watching as the grey mist almost whisked away nearly ten thousand people.

The "Lord of the Grey Mist" clearly realized that the mist alone could not resolve the problem. If it continued this way, not only would It fail to convert followers, but It would also run out of offerings.

Just then, suddenly, waves surged on the distant sea.

In Su Lun's perception, a massive amount of soul fluctuations surged towards him from the sea.

"A monster tide, eh..."

Su Lun was not surprised. He had guessed that this Evil God could control sea beasts since this funeral convoy had smoothly made it to the deep sea before.

Tens of thousands of monsters surged forward, their numbers seeming extremely frightening.

However, after perceiving them, it seemed there was nothing particularly troublesome. It was just their number, and to Su Lun, that was hardly a threat.

He continued rescuing the people from the ships and, at the same time, a massive cross appeared in the sky as he coalesced his spells.

Soon, fierce sea monsters began to emerge.

Su Lun did not stay on the ship but stood on the sea surface with his eight-armed spider spear. Not wanting to involve the innocent people, he moved the battlefield to the more open sea.

With a splash, a shark, several meters long, burst from the sea. It opened its massive maw, attempting to swallow Su Lun in one gulp.

But the next moment, a silent spatial rift swept across, and the large shark was cut into two sections and fell into the sea.

With that, it was as if the sea had boiled over after a drop of cold water had been added, instantly bubbling up.

Su Lun stood on the sea surface, his left hand wielding a black scythe and right holding a rune-inscribed black umbrella, wildly slashing around. Within moments, the sea was dyed red.

As numerous chunks of corpses sank into the water, it only fueled the ferocity of the sea beasts more.

Many of these creatures, driven purely by instinct, nibbled on their companions' corpses while launching attacks on Su Lun.

All kinds of sea monsters rolled in the water, akin to fresh meat thrown into a boiling, blood-red pot, churning flesh and blood.

Su Lun's eight-armed spider spear barely touched the water's surface, always landing on the rolling bodies of the monsters.

Moreover, these sea beasts were not only huge but also bizarrely deformed, like a shark with three heads, a lantern fish with hundreds of human arms, a sea eel with fleshy wings, a giant salamander covered in flesh tumors, and a tyrant sea crocodile whose mouth could open like petals into seven or eight lobes...

In short, none of them were normal.

"All mutated monsters of hellish breed... just what is this Lord of the Grey Mist?"

Su Lun looked on, not too pleased visually, but the chain scythe in his hand swung more and more deftly.

The death zone had unfolded, resulting in piles and piles of corpses. For slightly troublesome ones, the black scythe could take them away.

Soon, the sea surface was piled high with corpses.

Before long, seventh and eighth-tier distorted sea beasts also appeared, spewing fire, shooting water, dropping hail, releasing poison... all sorts of bizarre methods were employed.

But although these monsters' attacks were fierce, Su Lun was only one person. With spatial teleportation, he was almost impossible to trap.

As the number of monsters increased, they even began to injure each other, gradually turning into a massive melee.

Even if high-level monsters focused on Su Lun, if he couldn't beat them, he could still escape.

As long as no ninth-tier monsters appeared, no matter how many came, they were almost no threat to Su Lun.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the situation was not so good for the miracle legion led by Bennett.

Even though Su Lun had pulled the battlefield far away, they still faced a massive attack from the monsters.

Su Lun could hardly bear to see this group of brave knights annihilated and even asked during the fight if he should rescue them with everyone else.

But Bennett refused.

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He said that a knight's mission was to die in battle for the country and honor, and their pride as knights made them absolutely refuse to escape before those civilians on the ship perished.

Su Lun did not say much and continued to fight.

He could only try his best to widen the battlefield, attracting the attention of the "Lord of the Grey Mist" solely towards him.

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Thus, Su Lun drew countless deformed sea monsters around on the sea surface, causing chaos and slaughter everywhere.

Although there were some super large monsters that Su Lun could not kill, he also managed to avoid falling into peril himself.

Su Lun also realized that the "Lord of the Grey Mist" could move about through the hellish energy in the air.

But He was also completely unable to do anything against Su Lun.

This made Su Lun puzzled.

He and Pandora had previously calculated that this false god should be very strong.

But as of now, aside from using faith contamination, grey mist corrosion, manipulating storms, and controlling monsters, he did not have any other tactics.

This one seemed to be just an ordinary sea false god.

But it was because of its ordinariness that it felt abnormal.

The worse the environment, the stronger the false god that would be born, at least it should have some special abilities.

Su Lun knew that he probably hadn't really hurt him, that guy had not used his real skills yet.

So, while fighting, he also teleported to continue rescuing the civilians on those ships.

The Lord of the Grey Mist had come to feast on the sacrifices, and if Su Lun sucked all these people away, it would be strange if He did not rage.

Sure enough, just as Su Lun performed this maneuver, after he had taken away twenty to thirty thousand people, the fog on the sea surface suddenly became fierce.

"Damn humans, you have angered a great deity..."

The voice enveloped in divine wrath came through his ears again, but Su Lun did not pay any attention to it, and even internally criticized these false gods for not having the strength of a true god, yet they had thoroughly mastered this sense of superiority.

After expressing His anger through a storm, Su Lun saw a grey mist giant suddenly appearing in the distance, glowing with golden light, and knew that guy was about to reveal his true form.

As the golden light on the grey mist giant's body became denser, an indescribable oppressive force, like mountains, weighed down the sea surface.

The facial features of the grey mist giant became instantly clear, exuding majesty, as if a deity was looking down upon the mortal world.

It was this change that immediately suppressed the momentum of the Miracle Legion who was fighting Him, and they were about to be defeated.

Su Lun felt that overwhelming pressure, which was completely different from before, and thought, "Eh... it's actually divine pressure. Pandora guessed it right, this evil god might be an awareness formed from the fragmented divine force of some fallen deity from an ancient battlefield..."

This method was already at a rule level, which, under normal circumstances, even a tier-eight professional would not be able to contend with.

However, that was no longer his concern.

The best way to deal with a divine entity was to use Pandora, who belonged to the same divine system!

Almost the moment that terrifying divine power appeared, the sky suddenly turned a blood-red.

Another look revealed a crimson blood moon suspended in the sky.

The moonlight, like blood threads, easily penetrated the grey mist.

Wherever the moonlight shone, a bizarre and evil divine force, starkly different from the Lord of the Grey Mist, descended.

Just as the red and black divine forces intertwined for a moment, the red moonlight, like red silk threads piercing through black cotton, locked the black mist in place on the spot, completely unable to escape.

Simultaneously, a furious voice echoed from the void: "Damn outsider, my divine power is leaking, what exactly did you do!"

Suddenly, a fierce wind attacked the sea surface, and the golden radiant grey mist giant seemed to want to disperse his divine body to reclaim the rapidly leaking divine power.

However, strands of red moonlight confined him in place, and the grey mist giant could not free himself at all.

Su Lun saw this and his eyes slightly narrowed: "The theft was successful..."

Since Pandora made a move, the odds must not be small.

Su Lun had seen her use faith stealing several times before, skilled and seemingly without any problems.

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And this scene left everyone on the sea surface dumbfounded.

For the vast majority of ordinary people, a false god is still a god.

They had just watched the terrifying will of the Grey Mist Evil God descend, thinking they were undoubtedly doomed.

Little did they expect the situation to turn around suddenly, and another deity appeared.

Everyone looked up to see a breathtaking figure within the red moon, dressed in a divine robe fluttering in the air, her eyebrows and eyes exuding an indescribable divine authority. She didn't make people feel fear or dominance; instead, she seemed approachable and kind, invoking a heartfelt reverence and adoration.

It was clear to everyone that the deity in the red moon was there to save them, and many clasped their hands in prayer.

After all, she had saved their lives, and no matter where this deity was from, She deserved their respect and gratitude.

As they prayed, strands of red moonlight began to intertwine, and faith was established.

Shimmering light flowed from Su Lun's left eye, witnessing this marvel.

He knew Pandora was using means to gather faith, but he didn't mind. These people, believing in the Great God under the red moon, could at least ensure

Moreover, Su Lun gradually felt a strange sensation in his heart.

It seemed... once strength reached a certain level, it naturally compelled one to protect the weaker beings, and then... faith became a sort of inevitable rule.

Now, Pandora's power ranked among the top in their realm, and her unique ability to steal faith gave her a significant advantage over ordinary false gods.

The giant from the Grey Mist, constrained by Pandora, struggled in vain.

The two sides exchanged blows with various divine techniques on the sea surface, each wave of the collision higher than the last.

Clearly, the Grey Mist giant was at a disadvantage, hanging like a giant suspended by ropes in mid-air, strong but unable to exert much force.

The Evil God tried to control sea beasts to attack Pandora, but Su Lun was not idle either. With a pinch of his sorcerer's seals, countless mechanical octopuses plunged into the water while his black scythe slashed wildly. With every stroke, a gale of bloodshed erupted.

With Pandora restraining the Evil God, Su Lun could finally unleash his full strength to kill.

Spatial ripples flashed frequently, and his figure appeared like a phantom at various points on the battleground, nearly every sweep of his scythe taking the life of a large monster; the threads were like fishing nets, ensnaring bunches of lower-tier monster carcasses...

On the other side, the Miracle Legion led by Bennett saw the dire situation turn hopeful and were overjoyed.

But they did not choose to flee, instead, they decided to join in killing those monsters.

Though they were unsure of the deity's origins in the red moon, they recognized her as an ally.

Bennett and Isabel, the siblings, even guessed that this helper was brought by "Mr. Su Lun."

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The battle continued, and although the Miracle Legion suffered some casualties, they did not retreat.

They were truly people with the spirit of knights, and Su Lun had a favorable impression of them.

Both Su Lun and Pandora were well-prepared, so there were no unexpected occurrences.

This "Lord of the Grey Mist" was far weaker than the Evil God who had caused chaos in Lindon before, and the ambush went without any surprises.

And after a fierce battle, Su Lun realized that Pandora's power was stronger and kept growing stronger than he had initially anticipated.

She used the blood-red moonlight to imprison the Lord of the Grey Mist on the battlefield, then continuously stole Divine Power. With this give and take, the gap between them grew increasingly wider.

Thus, after fighting for an hour or two, the tumult on the sea gradually subsided.

Su Lun stood on the sea surface, littered with limbs and corpses, frowning at the weakening Evil God.

For some reason, the closer they came to the end of the battle, the more he felt something was amiss.

This "Lord of the Grey Mist" would indeed be strong in another place.

But this is the Old Dragon Kingdom Ruins.

Moreover, how could this creature control the forces of hell?

Not taking any chances, Su Lun extended his senses.

However, suddenly he saw something, his pupils narrowing sharply, "Oh, this creature's true form... is actually a mobile cursed space?"

At the horizon of Su Lun's vision, a tsunami-like black mist swept towards them.

Not from one side, but engulfing from all directions.

Identified as a cursed space, it was named the "Hell Dragon Country".

At that moment of seeing this mobile cursed space, Su Lun finally understood how the Black Sam pirate crew had been annihilated.