As Li Yue read out the contract, the entire village of San Venganza suddenly shook.
Countless black evil spirits surged out from all directions of the village like a tide, rushing directly towards Li Yue's body.
"Ah!"
Waves of dark, cold, and brutal sensations relentlessly impacted Li Yue's soul. One by one, extremely evil souls merged into Li Yue's body.
The feeling was as if his entire body and soul were about to explode.
It made Li Yue unable to help but roar out.
"No!"
"That's mine!"
Blackheart roared, the scene making his eyes split with rage.
"He... is devouring these souls?"
Johnny saw it too.
Because of this, his heart stirred.
This was a good opportunity.
A great opportunity.
Li Yue's current state made him unable to move, and he had absorbed so many evil souls. It was enough for him to use the 'Penance Stare' to kill this guy.
As long as he killed him, he wouldn't have to worry about Roxanne's safety.
Without Li Yue's obstruction, Johnny was confident he could find Roxanne wherever she was.
Act on impulse!
With a punch, he sent Blackheart flying, and Johnny instantly rushed towards Li Yue.
"Accept judgment, you evil creature!"
"Penance Stare!"
Grabbing Li Yue's head, a pure black, ink-like fire suddenly lit up in Johnny's empty eye sockets.
And what about Li Yue at this moment?
He only felt himself being torn apart by countless devils. Countless pieces of information, countless loves and hates, countless stories, countless scenes... like different lives, exploding one by one in his mind.
Uncomfortable.
Painful.
Crazy.
He felt like he couldn't hold on any longer, he was about to be submerged by those evil spirits.
"John...ny, don't... disappoint... me!"
"System, activate... Soul Protection!"
In his mind, after Li Yue said the last sentence, he was completely submerged in endless information and infinite reincarnation.
...
Outside, Johnny's 'Penance Stare' officially activated.
Countless evil souls were burned, and countless hellfires entered Li Yue's body, purifying everything, punishing everything.
"Host's soul is encountering hellfire, origin defense activated! Consuming one hundred energy points per second."
Time passed little by little.
For a full ten seconds, the several thousand evil souls that had entered Li Yue's body were completely burned to ashes by the hellfire.
And Li Yue's eyes also showed a deathly gray state.
"Is he dead?"
Johnny threw Li Yue's body aside and looked at Blackheart, who had a twisted expression not far away, ignoring him.
However, the next moment, a powerful spiritual force suddenly erupted from Li Yue's body.
That spiritual power was too strong.
It was so strong that ripples could be seen spreading in the air with the naked eye, and the surrounding ground was even scraped away by the powerful spiritual force.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
Li Yue's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he kept panting.
"Hahaha, hahaha, it worked, the plan succeeded. It's even more perfect and powerful than I imagined!"
His body moved, and then he just stood up.
"Johnny, I really have to thank you for your 'Penance Stare'."
Li Yue laughed heartily. At this moment, he was truly overjoyed.
Thinking back to the previous encounter, the feeling of his soul being about to burst, he couldn't help but feel a bit of lingering fear.
"Thank you for your hellfire. It actually burned those evil spirits completely, turning them into the purest spiritual origin, allowing me to easily absorb them!"
"As expected of the evil spirits carefully crafted by Mephisto,
Although there wasn't much origin left after being burned by hellfire, it was incredibly pure. The origin of thousands of people, the life insights of thousands of people, truly allowed me to break through the barrier of the fourth order."
"This, is the power of spirit!"
Li Yue muttered to himself. At this moment, his mood was truly excited, he just couldn't help it.
"How is that possible?"
"How were you not burned to death by the hellfire!" Johnny was shocked. It was hard to imagine what a shocked skull looked like, but he was indeed shocked.
"Not only are you fine, but you even used my hellfire to help you digest those evil spirits?"
Only now did he realize that he had been used by Li Yue once again.
This guy actually used his power to make himself stronger again.
"Damn it, how dare he, how does he have the guts."
"Is he so confident that I would act, so confident that I would have the thought of killing him at that moment!"
Thinking of this, Johnny suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
The man in front of him had calculated everything.
Whether it was Mephisto, or Blackheart, or himself, they were all chess pieces in this person's hands.
Everything was arranged by him!
"This guy is even more evil than a devil!"
...
"Johnny, your hellfire is indeed very powerful, but there are ways to resist it in this world, and I happen to be one of them!"
Li Yue had calmed down at this moment.
"So, I used your hellfire, your Penance Stare, to temper my soul and help me absorb the power of those evil spirits."
"I know you must hate me and wish you could kill me. So, given the opportunity, for Roxanne, you would definitely try to kill me!"
"So, I deliberately read out the 'San Venganza Contract' in front of you, openly giving you this opportunity!"
"Heh heh, you really didn't disappoint me!"
Li Yue smiled faintly. At this moment, the plan was almost ready to be concluded.
As he absorbed the pure soul power of those several thousand evil spirits and experienced thousands of different lives, he successfully broke through to the fourth order.
After breaking through to the fourth order, his attributes also underwent earth-shattering changes.
"Name: Li Yue
Age: 21 years old
Strength: 23 (10)
Speed: 22 (10)
Constitution: 28 (10)
Spirit: 612 (10)
Special Ability: Illusion Control
Derivative Skills:
1. Illusion Domain - Forms a spiritual domain with a radius of a thousand meters, which can confuse the consciousness of all intelligent life within the domain.
2. Five Senses Manipulation - Can invade the brains of intelligent life and manipulate their five senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.
3. Tsukuyomi - Constructs an independent spiritual world and pulls the target's spirit into it for a spiritual attack.
Evaluation: Fourth Order!"
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After the fourth order, his spiritual power surged several times, reaching an exaggerated 600-plus points, which was terrifying.
Moreover, the fourth order and the third order were different feelings, different levels, a kind of sublimation, a qualitative change.
After the fourth order, Li Yue's understanding of spirit and illusion could be said to be ahead of most people in this world, belonging to the top tier.
"Everything is an illusion!"
...
...
Li Yue stood there, looking at the two of them.
One was the Ghost Rider, a chess piece he used to restrain Blackheart.
One was Blackheart, a chess piece he used to kill and banish Mephisto.
On the plane, there was also Roxanne, a chess piece to control the Ghost Rider.
This was his scheme, his plan.
Simple and brutal.
Initially, he planned to give the 'San Venganza Contract' to Mephisto and get what he wanted.
Anyway, no matter how Mephisto used it, he couldn't conquer the world with it. As for what happened later, who cared?
But when he got the contract and felt the power within it, he immediately changed his plan.
First step, secretly capture Roxanne.
Second step, discreetly release information about the deal with Mephisto to attract Blackheart.
Third step, release information again saying Roxanne was captured by Blackheart, making the Ghost Rider Johnny follow.
Fourth step, use Blackheart's eagerness to obtain the contract to banish Mephisto.
Fifth step, use Roxanne to force Johnny and regain the contract.
Sixth step, use the power of the contract to devour those souls, then use Johnny's psychology, use the hellfire, to purify those evil spirits and absorb the purest soul energy within them to make himself break through.
...
These steps were all planned by Li Yue himself.
And now, there was one final step, a grand finale step.
Everything, in the end, must have a conclusion, mustn't it?
"Blackheart, actually your father was right. The 'San Venganza Contract' in your hands is just a waste, and it's the same for me, I've wasted it too!"
Li Yue looked at Blackheart and Johnny, then slowly spoke.
ps: There will be another chapter tonight. I'm working hard on the words today, aiming to finish this part of "Ghost Rider" today or tomorrow and let the protagonist become awesome and start the sweeping mode. I hope everyone votes more.
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