Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God

Chapter 171: The Continents Sinner

Tian Yuan's voice was calm and indifferent. The lab seemed to fall into a strange silence. The only sounds were Tian Yuan’s words echoing quietly and crisp chewing sounds as the moon thrall munched on a researcher.

After it tackled that staff member, it bit off his neck immediately, then ripped his scalp apart piece by piece and ate his entire brain.

Jiang Tian was walking over, covering his mouth and suppressing the discomfort in his stomach, when he saw this and finally threw up.

The even more bizarre thing was that after that researcher’s brain was completely eaten, his corpse actually stood up slowly.

Some blue liquid began to ooze out of the remaining half of his head, eventually forming a twisted new head—a moon thrall’s head.

"To think that a human will actually turn into a moon thrall once bitten…" Jiang Xue murmured incredulously. This completely overturned her understanding of the world.

On the Heroic Spirit Continent, it was common knowledge that humans were humans, and Heroic Spirits were Heroic Spirits. It was impossible for one to turn into the other. However, the present scene overturned this commonly-held belief.

"The moon thrall infected his soul and transformed him into a Heroic Spirit. His body is just a shell to hold the Heroic Spirit… What a genius idea!"

Gu Zhaoyue's voice also contained disbelief, but at the same time, it was also full of breathless amazement.

Tian Yuan gave Heroic Spirits the ability to infect humans. Like a virus, they would continuously spread throughout the world… If it succeeds, this enormous storm will sweep across the entire continent!

It will be a war between Heroic Spirits and humans!

This was a turning point for the progress of civilization on the entire continent!

When Gu Zhaoyue realized what all this meant, a string seemed to be plucked in his heart, and some ideas sprouted involuntarily like weeds.

No matter everyone’s thoughts, the moon thralls wouldn’t stop.

In a short time, the number of moon thralls had multiplied from one to two, then two to four… In the blink of an eye, they had already infected over half of the researchers into their kind.

"Professor Tian…" Tian Yuan's deputy stood behind him. He was just an ordinary researcher. Faced with such a bloody scene, his legs were weak and he couldn't walk.

But his mind was still clear, and his train of thought remained uninterrupted. "Professor Tian, what can you gain from any of this? If the moon thralls spread across the entire continent, it’s not like you won’t be affected…"

He stopped when a moon thrall jumped onto Tian Yuan’s back.

However, the moon thrall didn’t have any intention of biting down. After smelling Tian Yuan, it suddenly jumped from his shoulder and onto that deputy, then bit down with great force.

Everything happened so fast. Only until he felt the pain from his neck did the deputy’s pupils contract, fixing Tian Yuan with a death glare.

"You’re a… Heroic Spirit…"

Tian Yuan burst out laughing at this moment as his entire body began to burn with power, an indescribable wave originating from him. It was extremely similar to the moon thralls’ powers.

Affected by this wave, the moon thralls who were still scurrying around began to get down on one knee, paying respect to Tian Yuan.

Jiang Xue's face changed slightly and she blurted out, "The Full Moon Cult! No wonder the Full Moon Cult was always so elusive, and we couldn’t find any trace of it… It turns out that the members are all moon thralls!"

If all the members of the Full Moon Cult were moon thralls, then of course they wouldn’t be able to locate them using the tracking methods effective on human beings!

What made Jiang Xue pale even further was that if she guessed correctly, then it would mean that… this batch in front of them wasn’t even the first batch of moon thralls.

‘So there are currently countless such mutant monsters lurking all over the continent?!’

As if to confirm her guess, Tian Yuan slowly stepped down, a victorious smile on his face.

"I’ve been waiting for this day ever since I woke up from a deep slumber fifteen years ago." The smile on his face looked slightly deranged. "You two puny police officers really thought I didn't know you were here?"

Tian Yuan snorted coldly. "To tell you the truth, your chief superintendent had long been aware of my existence, but unless you can wipe out all of my children, no one will dare to kill me. Once I lose control over them… huh?"

Professor Tian felt a sudden pain in his chest while saying those bold words. A pitch-black longsword had already stabbed him through.

Gu Nan's expressionless face was placed in front of him, which made Tian Yuan’s jaw drop.

"You… You dare to kill me?" When he said this, his tone was the same as that of Gu Zhaoyue upon seeing the moon thralls.

"Aren't you afraid of plunging the world into chaos?!”

Tian Yuan had built up an enterprise through 15 years of painstaking efforts. It wasn’t like he had never been in a hopeless situation before, but ultimately, hia enemies didn't dare to push him into a corner for fear of all the moon thralls losing control and rampaging after his death. This was his greatest reliance.

But Gu Nan alone didn’t care. How many people would die in the Morningstar Plane had nothing to do with him.

Gu Nan knew that Tian Yuan, a Heroic Spirit, couldn’t be killed by a mere sword through the heart, so black light shone from the sword, and the power of shadows poured out crazily.

This extremely high-ranking law dealt fatal damage to Tian Yuan.

Tian Yuan roared in anger, trying to break free from Gu Nan's hand, but his own strength was too weak; he was almost instantly overwhelmed by the power of shadows.

Tian Yuan's sight began to darken, and his thoughts also became clogged up, but a soft inquiry traveled into his ear.

"Do you know about the moon thrall’s child?"

Tian Yuan’s mind didn’t process this at all. He subconsciously replied, "A living person who still manages to retain their sense of self after being infected by a moon thrall is the moon thrall’s child…"

"Many thanks," Gu Nan nodded and thanked him earnestly. Then the power of shadows erupted, completely destroying Tian Yuan’s vitality.

The instant Tian Yuan's life force completely disappeared, the lab seemed to quiet down for a second, then utter chaos broke out.

The crimson moon thrall seemed to have gone a little berserk, frantically rushing towards Gu Nan, while other moon thralls ran out desperately. In the blink of an eye, they were gone. The Jiang siblings couldn’t even stop them.

The moon thrall who pounced on Gu Nan was naturally sliced in half, but nobody could catch up to the ones that ran away.

Moments later, the lab was silent again, but Jiang Xue rushed to Gu Nan with a furious scowl and asked, "Do you know what you’ve done?!”

"There are at least 32 cities on the continent, all of which have the Full Moon Cult’s moon thralls lurking within them. Once they start rampaging, can you take this responsibility?"

Gu Nan didn't even look at her. He was busy rummaging through Tian Yuan's personal belongings.

Looting corpses was a good habit, and he actually found something valuable—Tian Yuan's research notes.

Beside him, Gu Zhaoyue gave a soft cough. "Officer, it’s clear that Tian Yuan had already completed his plan. Even if we didn’t kill him, he would still have given the order to attack."

"Then you could’ve arrested him. You guys are powerful enough to do that!" Jiang Xue growled at Gu Nan, "You… You two are the sinners of the entire continent!"

Gu Nan, who was squatting on the ground, stood up at this time, surprised by the anger of the female police officer.

The next moment, Gu Nan scratched his head in confusion, then absentmindedly sent a sword flying over.

The female police officer couldn’t even utter a sound before she was cut in half.