Chapter 87: The Evil God's Finger, Divine Essence

Chapter 87: The Evil God's Finger, Divine Essence

The timeline rewinds to half a month ago.

Room 2301, Unit 1, Building 6 of the Andu Academy Estate, this is Fei Zhijie's residence.

Over the past half-month, Lu Heng and Chen Lianian's teams had come to investigate Fei Zhijie, one after the other.

On that day, ten minutes before Lin Zeyu knocked on the door...

Fei Zhijie held a withered finger, torn between a fierce internal struggle.

This withered finger was something he had brought back from the Abyss World; it belonged to the Evil God Barton.

Amidst the chaos of battle, he had found it in the temple.

The finger seemed to possess a strange allure, constantly tempting him.

After the failed resurrection ritual, he decided to return and bring back this withered finger.

For the next few days, he had been hesitating, unsure whether to follow the task's instructions.

He had received a mission, suggesting that by grafting the finger onto his palm, he would gain immense power.

He knew how formidable this power was, having witnessed Lei Jin Hao's experience.

Although Lei Jin Hao was dead, Fei Zhijie was well aware of the terrifying nature of this power.

Thus, in the days following his return, he had been torn, repeatedly rushing into the kitchen, knife in hand, ready to chop off the finger, only to resist the urge each time.

He feared the pain of cutting off the finger, and he also feared ending up like Lei Jin Hao.

Yet, the withered finger held an irresistible allure.

Until that afternoon.

A sudden impulse seized him, and he rushed into the kitchen, knife in hand, ready to sever the finger.

Just then...

A knock on the door, followed by Lin Zeyu's voice, startled him.

The knife slipped, slicing through skin and flesh, but the finger remained intact.

He quickly wrapped the finger and flushed the withered one down the toilet. Then, he took out a piece of meat from the refrigerator, pretending to be cutting vegetables.

After that, he opened the door, and Lu Heng's team entered, questioning him about the Evil God's finger.

Less than half an hour after Lu Heng's team left, the Iron Blood Senior Inspector arrived with the same mission.

The withered finger had been flushed down the toilet, and the wound on his hand was indeed a cut. The finger was his original one, and any test would prove it.

After both groups left, he fell into a fierce struggle.

He gradually realized that in this world, his power was too weak. If he were stronger than Lu Heng and his team, he wouldn't have been at their mercy, even with their guns.

So, he finally made a decision.

Under the cover of night, he opened a manhole, retrieved the finger from the independent sedimentation tank of the unit's sewer, and grafted the Evil God's finger onto his own.

From that moment, he felt an overwhelming power coursing through his body.

Soon after, he killed an Empowered with whom he had a grudge, and the Evil God's finger sucked the blood and flesh from the victim.

Under the influence of the Evil God's will, a strong thought emerged—he wanted to kill all Empowered who had hindered the resurrection ritual.

However, someone was investigating the Evil God's finger.

He couldn't wait for them to come; he had already grafted it. If those two groups returned, he wouldn't be able to hide.

So, he decided to go to Siam first and kill a few Empowered there.

To conceal his tracks, he used a different identity.

Upon arriving in Siam, two Empowered in Chiang Mai and Bangkok became dried corpses.

As he acted, he savored the thrill of immense power. Those two Empowered, once so arrogant, offered no resistance under his might.

Holding Sucha and Wiseg by the neck, he felt a sense of power as they pleaded for mercy.

It was a feeling of dominance, something he had never experienced before grafting the Evil God's finger.

After killing Sucha and Wiseg, his next target was Sitigai.

During the Abyssal Battlefield, he had witnessed Sitigai's formidable strength.

So, he saved Sitigai for last.

After absorbing the blood and flesh of Sucha and Wiseg, his power had increased manifold.

Confident that Sitigai was no longer a match for him, he headed to Sampran County the next day.

However, by the time he arrived, Sitigai had already left, his whereabouts unknown.

He captured a Bangkok Airways employee, extracted the flight information, and drained the employee's blood before leaving.

Then, he boarded the flight to Phuket Island and arrived at Sile Beach Resort Hotel.

As he prepared to enter the hotel...

He spotted two people entering ahead of him, including the Iron Blood Senior Inspector from the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau.

He quickly hid in the opposite Palman Hotel, observing the Sile Beach Resort Hotel.

Not long after, Lu Heng's team also arrived at the Sile Beach Hotel, and the two groups broke into Sitigai's room.

The Siamese police came and left shortly after.

Fei Zhijie, three hundred meters away in the Palman Hotel, watched with cold eyes.

He felt fortunate, having skirted death twice, and luck was on his side.

The first time was when Lu Heng's team came to investigate; if they had arrived a few minutes later, he would have already grafted the finger.

And at the Sile Beach Resort Hotel, Chen Lianian entered before him, saving him once more.

...

Meanwhile, at the Sile Beach Resort Hotel, Lu Heng guessed it was Fei Zhijie and thought of many things.

"Inspector Chen, I need you to check if there are any similar cases in the country where people were sucked dry like mummies."

Without needing to explain, Chen Lianian had already asked domestic agents to investigate.

The case files could be accessed directly, and a response came within minutes.

Chen Lianian briefly described the case: "There's a case in the country that happened a week ago, where the victim was also sucked dry like a mummy."

Lu Heng continued, "Then use this person's identity to check the flight information."

As soon as he finished speaking, the information arrived.

Chen Lianian had already ordered someone to check earlier: "There's flight information. A week ago, he flew from the coastal region to Chiang Mai, then to Bangkok, and today he flew from Bangkok to Phuket Island. He was on the flight right before ours and landed half an hour before us."

A glint flashed in Lu Heng's eyes as he said, "Then he's nearby. Muyu, find him. He's probably hiding in some corner, watching us."

The invisible reconnaissance eagle flew out of the Sile Beach Resort Hotel and began searching for suspicious targets in the surrounding area.

Lin Zeyu was about to walk to the balcony to look outside.

Lu Heng immediately stopped him, "Come back, don't go out and look around."

Su Muyu's perception was high enough that as long as the curtains in the room were not drawn, the reconnaissance eagle could clearly see the situation in all the rooms after circling around the various hotels.

Five minutes later...

She suddenly opened her eyes and said, "Found him! It's the Palman Hotel across the street, the rightmost room on the third floor."

As soon as she finished speaking, her tone changed, "Not good! He seems to be alert. He rushed out of the room... and he killed someone!"

"Stop him!"

Lu Heng moved and rushed to the balcony, leaping out.

At the same time...

Su Muyu controlled the reconnaissance eagle and pounced towards Fei Zhijie.

Fei Zhijie's back extended two terrifying tentacles, and with a strike, he blew up the reconnaissance eagle.

Seeing Lu Heng rush out, Lin Zeyu immediately followed, running to the balcony and preparing to jump out. But he took a glance below and was so scared that he quickly stopped, "It's so high!"

They were on the eighth floor; falling from here would either turn him into a pile of mud or break every bone in his body.

But Lu Heng had already jumped out and was falling downward.

Just then...

An eagle's cry came from behind, and a second reconnaissance eagle flew out, passing above Lu Heng.

Lu Heng grabbed the eagle's claws and glided towards the Palman Hotel across the street.

300 meters away, he reached there in just a few seconds.

Lu Heng smashed through the glass of the rightmost room on the third floor, rolled on the ground, and then drew his sword and rushed out of the room.

In the hotel corridor, many people were lying in disarray.

Some had their blood drained, while others were only partially drained.

This scene was reminiscent of the terrifying havoc wreaked by the Dark God Barton in his previous life.

Dark God Barton extended countless tentacles, draining the blood of every living thing he encountered.

Lu Heng followed the trail of blood and chased up to the stairwell.

He heard the sound of a car engine revving from downstairs. A sports car sped out of the hotel's main entrance.

Lu Heng's gaze sharpened. If he let this guy escape by car, it would be even more troublesome.

The police in Siam wouldn't stand a chance against this monster in a car chase.

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Boom! The car's front split in two and rolled, crashing into the wall.

A monster covered in tentacles emerged from the car and extended its tentacles to attack Lu Heng.

Lu Heng activated Bullet Time and rushed forward, closing in on the monster. He severed three attacking tentacles and got within one step of it before activating the skill Thunder Heavenly Prison.

Boom!

The thunderous might descended, enveloping the tentacle monster.

The raging thunder tore apart all the tentacles it extended.

The tentacle monster howled and roared in the thunder, struggling desperately.

Finally, it broke free from the confines of the Thunder Heavenly Prison, causing a thunderous explosion that set its tentacles ablaze with thick smoke.

Lu Heng chased after it, piercing its body with his sword, and the thunder raged.

All the tentacles fell, and Fei Zhijie regained some consciousness, glaring at Lu Heng with resentment.

Lu Heng used his sword to lift up his right hand, and his ring finger... was missing.

The Dark God's finger was nowhere to be seen. His ring finger was severed at the root, and the finger was gone.

Lu Heng immediately said to the approaching reconnaissance eagle, "Quickly find the finger! The finger is missing!"

The reconnaissance eagle flew back into the hotel and began searching.

At this moment...

Lin Zeyu, Chen Lianian, and the others arrived, aiming their guns at the barely breathing Fei Zhijie and asked, "What happened?"

"The finger is missing."

After saying this, Lu Heng turned and walked back into the hotel, beginning to inspect each corpse.

Lin Zeyu pried open the fingers of each corpse to check.

Lu Heng reminded them, "It's not just the finger. That Dark God's finger doesn't have to be attached to the palm; it can grow on any part of the body."

As he spoke, Lu Heng quickly recalled in his mind the bodies he had seen while running through the corridor earlier, and soon he noticed something odd about one of the corpses.

All the other corpses had their blood drained, but one corpse had blood on the corner of its mouth.

Lu Heng walked back to the third floor and stood in front of that corpse, pointing his sword at its abdomen.

At that moment...

The corpse suddenly opened its eyes and pounced.

Lu Heng swung his sword, slicing it down to the ground.

A bloodstained finger fell from the corpse's mouth and dropped to the ground, wriggling like a worm.

Lu Heng stabbed his sword into the finger, lifting it up, and a bolt of thunder ignited, burning the Dark God's finger.

The Dark God's finger emitted a cloud of black smoke, which condensed into a terrifying face, struggling and roaring.

At the same time...

Lu Heng felt a wave of mental contamination, and his mental power decreased by 1.

However, under the effect of the Aurora Blade [Soul Slayer], the mental contamination from that Dark God's finger wasn't strong enough.

Lu Heng was affected, but not severely.

So, enduring the mental contamination, he burned the Dark God's finger into ashes, finally extracting a clump of divine essence.

Divine Essence: A source essence filled with divinity, used to enhance essence abilities.

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