Chapter 905: The Ritual Ends

905. The Ritual Ends

This was the body of a man-made high-tier spiritual energy creature. Although in Lin Ye's eyes it could only be considered a defective product, it was still good enough for his purposes.

A scrawny, dry old man with a sleazy expression stood before Lin Ye, staring at him anxiously.

"You're finally here. Those cultists have already come up. Can you deal with them?"

The old man asked in a low voice.

"Already handled. Can I go back now?"

Lin Ye planned to complete a few more missions to raise his system evaluation.

"Huh? Wait! My granddaughter is next door. You didn't deal with her too, did you?!"

The old man said agitatedly.

"I'm not an idiot. How could I not tell the difference between a cultist and someone else? But I suggest you be more careful in the future. Whether my replacement is an idiot or not, I can't say."

Lin Ye walked to the window, looking at the scenery outside.

The spiritual energy concentration here was very high, and outside the window was an extremely prosperous city.

"Alright, let me go take a look first. Can you wait here for me?"

The old man spoke very politely.

"No need. I've called them over."

Before Lin Ye's voice faded, a squad of black-coated cultists entered the room.

The old man jumped in fright, but he quickly discovered that these cultists were in a strange state.

All the cultists were staring at him, wearing smiles full of goodwill.

"Do you need me to dispose of them? Or should I leave the corpses for you?"

Lin Ye accepted a wallet handed to him by one of the cultists. He planned to go out for a stroll and grab something to drink while he was at it.

"Uh, please dispose of them."

The old man took a slight step backward. It had been a long time since he had faced such a terrifying powerful being.

The people who had responded to the ritual before had not been this frightening.

"Alright."

The cultists smiled and transformed into colorful jellyfish, dissipating into the air. Lin Ye took the opportunity to transform the body into human form, then put on the cultists' clothes.

Lin Ye looked at the old man, seemingly contemplating some matters.

"You can go back now."

Virtual sweat beaded on the old man's forehead as he revealed a somewhat nervous smile.

"You know, I really want to kill you in a way you'd enjoy, but it seems I can't harm the ritual's initiator, even though I've already completed the mission."

This stemmed from the ritual's constraints. If this had been an ordinary ritual, Lin Ye would have had many ways to bypass the restrictions, but this ritual most likely originated from the system, which made things very troublesome.

Unless the ritual's initiator attacked Lin Ye first, Lin Ye could not attack the other party.

"Then I'm relieved. Now please go back. I still have some matters to handle."

The old man revealed a sinister smile and walked out of the room as if no one else was present.

Lin Ye followed behind the old man. The two entered the adjacent room, where a little girl was sleeping soundly.

The little girl was very cute in appearance, and she was also a First-Level Spiritual Energy User.

A First-Level Spiritual Energy User this young was quite uncommon. This showed she was very talented, and it also showed she was very valuable.

In every sense of the word, very valuable.

"Hehe, how did you find out?"

The old man looked at the little girl on the bed with greedy eyes.

"Your expression, your movements, your tone. They all told me she wasn't your granddaughter."

Lin Ye walked to the window and drew the curtains open.

The sleeping little girl suddenly woke with a start, curling up into the corner of the room like a frightened mouse.

"It's useless. It's nighttime now. Very few people in this area go running around at night. By the time the next batch of cultists arrives, I'll be long gone."

The old man walked toward the little girl, reaching out to grab her arm.

But he grabbed nothing. The little girl vanished into the air like foam.

"What did you do? You shouldn't be able to interfere with me!"

The old man turned to look at Lin Ye, his expression somewhat ugly.

"I just can't attack you. But I can absolutely attack her."

The little girl appeared behind Lin Ye, looking at her own hands, now composed of colorful bubbles, with some amazement.

"I'm the ritual's initiator! You should fulfill my demands!"

Only then did the old man realize that, in Lin Ye's eyes, he was no different from those cultists.

"I've already fulfilled your demands. Now it's your turn to pay the price... I'm not as reasonable as the system."

Lin Ye stared at the old man, the smile on his face gradually disappearing.

"I'll cancel the ritual right now. You should go back!"

The old man smashed the ritual items he was carrying.

But Lin Ye did not immediately vanish as he had imagined.

"A ritual isn't a takeout order you can cancel unilaterally. Before conducting a ritual, you must be prepared to bear the risks."

Lin Ye looked at the old man calmly.

"...Even if you can't cancel the ritual, what can you do? As long as the ritual hasn't ended, you can't harm me!"

The old man was already preparing to flee.

Once Lin Ye left, he would come back to deal with this excellent material.

"But you've already canceled the ritual."

Lin Ye suddenly revealed a friendly smile.

"...What do you mean?"

The old man stepped backward, one step at a time.

"What I mean is, as long as I leave this Plane, the ritual can no longer restrict me."

Lin Ye patted the little girl's head and placed a dark red cat into her arms.

The little girl looked at the cat curiously. It was the first time she had ever seen such a gentle cat.

"Follow it. It will take you home."

After Lin Ye finished speaking, he left this Plane.

The Alienated Body instantly vanished, appearing in an alley tens of meters away.

The old man stopped in his tracks, looking at the Alienated Body that had appeared before him, and revealed a sleazy smile uglier than crying.

"...Can I conduct the ritual again? Can we make peace?"

The Alienated Body thought for a moment before using Red Flash to slam the old man into a puddle of bloody mist.

After dealing with the old man, the Alienated Body went to the nearby supermarket to buy some iced drinks, sat by the roadside until he finished them, and only then completely disappeared.

Lin Ye returned to the confession booth and continued studying the Deep Well Substance.

Two more minutes passed, and the grille opened once again.

"Hello. I'd like to find someone to chat with."

The other side sent a spiritual imprint.

"...What is your definition of 'someone'?"

Lin Ye sent back a spiritual imprint.

"'Someone' is just a placeholder. Even if you're a subterranean mawed worm that can emit spiritual imprints, I don't mind at all."

The other side sent back a spiritual imprint.

"What if I'm the Abyss itself?"

Lin Ye replied very casually.

"I don't believe you. You definitely haven't been to the Abyss."

The other side hesitated for a moment before replying.

"Stretch your hand over here. I can let you feel the texture of the Abyss."

Lin Ye sent back a spiritual imprint.

"...You're serious?"

The other side produced violent spiritual fluctuations.

"Not just the Abyss. You can also experience other dangerous Planes. I have connections in many dangerous Planes."

Lin Ye continued studying the Deep Well Substance while fulfilling the other party's request.

"No thanks. I don't want to go to places like that."

The other side sent a very formal spiritual imprint.