“My lord, these are the sacrifices offered by the demons.”
Isabelle opened her hands and presented three items.
Lu Yao picked up one of the pitch-black statues first.
The statue was similar in size to a seal, and it looked like a ball of soft black mud, with a touch that was somewhere between rubber and clay. There were many eyes growing in the black mud, and these eyes all showed a gloomy dark red colour, looking a bit evil.
……
[Statue of the Skinned One LV3]: +3/hour faith, +2 attack, can open a best*ality ritual to gain the power of faith.
A treasure made by a flayer. Can open the best*alisation Ritual, seizing the sanity, cognition and memory of a living sacrifice by gazing at it, reducing it to a powerful skinning beast in exchange for the power of faith given by the Skinners.
……
Lu Yao said in his heart Good Guy.
No wonder Liza said she was earning extra money to engage in Faith.
She was selling players to this Flayer of mysterious origin in exchange for faith, similar to being a human trafficker.
The [Image of the Flayer] was a bit like Medusa’s gaze in mythology, and belonged to a special concept attack. When the two players were attacked earlier, they would never have thought that the real threat was not the Bestiary nor the Blood Curse, but this inconspicuous statue.
Furthermore, this treasure was actually marked with a level symbol.
It looked like it could continuously raise its rank and had growth attributes, a feature that other props had previously said they did not have, which showed that it was valuable and precious.
Lu Yao put down the statue and picked up another item.
It was a whistle made of some kind of bone with a yellowish surface, looking quite old.
……
[Evil Bone Whistle] : Faith +2/hour.
A treasure made by a whistle blower. By blowing the whistle, manipulate monsters and beasts that have lost their minds.
……
The Bone Whistle’s ability is short and concise, and is a specific functional prop.
The combination of [Statue of the Stripper] plus [Evil Bone Whistle] is a typical 1+1>2 in terms of ability combinations and phasing.
The two form a simple combo.
The [Skinner’s Statue] would turn a person or a specific creature into a beast, and the [Evil Bone Whistle] would further tame the beastly individual for its own use.
No wonder Liza said earlier, being her dog.
She wasn’t joking, just stating the facts.
Lu Yao looked towards the last offering.
It was a letter. The letter was sealed with fire paint, but it opened with a gentle tear.
Inside were two sheets of yellowed letterhead.
……
[Drifting Letterhead]: faith +1/hour, usable letterhead 2/5.
By writing in the letter, through a boon, the letter can be delivered to a specific individual in the lower realm dimension. The recipient of the letter must be able to recognise the message in the letter.
……
The letter that fell from the corpse of a previous black bear attack on the tribe was the effect of this prop.
The barbarian tribe is muscular per capita, but intellectually they are all over the place.
The barbarian hero who was transformed by the [Statue of the Stripper] had a stronger physical body, but it was also closer to a beast without intelligence.
So even if he could recognise the letter, he ended up looking for the wrong place to attack.
Lu Yao thought in his head.
The pattern of best*alisation rituals that [Statue of the Flayer] had come up with was the complete opposite of his own development strategy. This thing might come to faith faster, but it was essentially working for that Skin Peeler, pulling hatred everywhere, and would only stir up the wrath of the heavens and the people. It was most suitable as a pendant, at least it could add two points of power.
“Isabelle, this is for you to use, don’t use the best*alisation ceremony as much as possible, use it as a trinket.” Lu Yao directly arranged it for his underling apostle.
“Yes, my lord.” Isabelle received the statue with both hands.
As for the [Evil Bone Whistle], this thing can manipulate beasts and monsters ……
“Here you go as well.”
Lu Yao directly equipped Isabelle with all of them. The Bone Whistle and the Statue were originally a combination, and the combination of the two was even more powerful, and this was the skill set that Liza had carefully matched.
“Yes, my lord.” Isabelle received the Bone Whistle once again.
Lu Yao asked her, “By the way, if the props can’t be used, is there another way to deal with them?”
“My lord, the gods will also exchange some specific treasures amongst themselves, but if they really can’t be used, or if the properties of the treasures themselves will instead have a negative impact …… they can be thrown directly into the temple bonfire, or the Flame of Faith, and burn them to gain a certain amount of faith.”
“I see.”
Of the three pieces of loot, the only one that Lu Yao kept was the [Drifting Letterhead].
It was a chicken rib in Liza’s hands because the Barbarian Tribe didn’t have Wise Men and didn’t engage in civilisation development, but it was a useful consumable prop in his own.
The two wise men of the Garlic Tribe, the Prophet and the Shaman, originally Lu Yao could only let them comprehend his meaning through indirect guidance.
Having the [Drifting Letters] around was a supplement of sorts.
Lu Yao was in a good mood.
Firstly, he had identified the demon Liza lurking in the shadows, and witnessed the police arresting her, removing the security risk he was most worried about.
Even if she played any more tricks to escape, he himself knew Liza’s true identity now, while she didn’t know his true identity.
In the past, it was the enemy was dark and I was bright, but now it was the enemy was bright and I was dark, both sides switched roles, and the advantage was on Lu Yao’s side.
Then there were also three pieces of highly valued loot that were harvested.
Just their daily +6/hour fixed gain in faith alone made Lu Yao unable to hold back his laughter.
Together with the [Cactus Attendant] and [Energy Cane], that totalled to 8 Faith output points per hour, 24 hours a day, that was 192 points!
In the past, Faith savings were strained, and using miracles had to be thought about and counted. Now it would be possible to be relatively comfortable, rain when it should rain, and electrocute whoever it should electrocute.
But before returning to the God Simulator, Lu Yao had one more key question.
“Isabelle, how come you didn’t use your ability at all?”
“My lord, using the Maitreya Prayer consumes mana. Mana is precious, and it’s not worth it to deal with a weak enemy of that level.”
“What about the Forest Sword?”
“Because the combat object is too weak to trigger the effect of the Forest Sword.”
Lu Yao was a bit regretful and returned the eye to Isabelle.
Isabelle took the eyeball and skilfully stuffed it into the socket under her sunglasses.
Lu Yao returned his attention to the simulator.
……
Although Lu Yao couldn’t do anything to kill a human player like Liza, he still had the guts, and a lot of guts, to lay a hard hand on Liza’s barbarian tribe.
At this point in time, it was estimated that Liza was still drinking tea at the police station and couldn’t operate the simulator.
Lu Yao directly tapped on [Miracle] and chose [Earthquake].
Earthquake requires 40 points of faith.
Currently, there are only 20 points of faith in the upper right corner, so he can’t use it.
It’s too expensive to be delayed.
Lu Yao directly fished out a signing pen and wrote a paragraph in the [Drifting Letterhead].
“The demons of the Barbarian Tribe’s faith have been defeated, don’t miss the opportunity to immediately conquer and integrate the Barbarian Tribe to eliminate the threat.”
Then, he placed the letterhead on the mouse.
–Please would you like to bestow [Drift Letterhead] to your believers?
[Yes].
Unlike before, the tribal minions didn’t realise this time that a divine gift had descended.
The [Drifting Letterhead] entered the pixel game world and floated in the air.
Lu Yao tried clicking on it, and sure enough, he could drag it.
He directly dragged the letterhead to the Prophet.
An exclamation mark popped up above the Prophet’s head.
“Divine Revelation!”
“The Barbarian Tribe’s demons have been crushed …… Chance, good chance!”
The Prophet and the Shaman immediately took action.
The Garlic Tribe sent out thirty elite hunters, led by the Pigfish Brothers, and charged all the way into the mountains.
Soon they found the location of the barbarian tribe.
“Barbarian tribe found!”
“Attack, attack!”
A modest tribe was revealed in the mountains, there were only two dozen people left in this tribe, and they lived outside a large cave. Only at this moment, the barbarians were all lying on the ground, delirious, and grey ghostly villains were all floating above their heads.
They looked extremely weak, and even if the Garlic Tribe hadn’t attacked, they wouldn’t have lasted more than a few days on their own.
The Pigfish Brothers easily captured all of the barbarians.
There was a statue by the tribe’s cave that was very similar to the statue of the flayer. They didn’t hesitate to choose to destroy it directly.
The statue collapsed into a field of fragments under Lu Yao’s manipulation, and no traces of its former self could be seen anymore.
[The Garlic Tribe and the Barbarian Tribe completed their fusion, giving faith a boost.]
Fusing the Barbarian Tribe had allowed Faith to rise by a total of 51 points, now totalling 71 points of Faith.
Lu Yao looked towards the cave next to the Barbarian Tribe’s old site.
This cave was suspicious, but he wasn’t going to let the Pixel Villain go in and risk his life.
Lu Yao clicked on [Miracle], selected [Earthquake], and directly selected the cave and its surroundings.
With 40 points of Faith consumed, the selected area began to landslide.
Boulders continued to roll down, and the cave entrance rapidly collapsed. As dust filled the air, a large amount of debris quickly buried the vicinity completely.
In this way, if there were any abnormalities in the collapsed cave, Lu Yao would be able to discover them and respond in the first instance.
A line of prompts appeared on the screen.
[God Jack’s faith has completely disappeared in the vicinity, and His followers will begin searching for a new god.]
