The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins

Crunch crunch~

The massive snake jaws chewed with delight, the chilling sound of bones cracking filled the air.

A taste of unparalleled sweetness spread in Zhu Haomiao's mouth as if he truly savored the enemy's flesh and blood.

[Gluttony] Devours Source Quality, [All Attributes] +7

On a level beyond the physical, the soul, having lost the protection of the body, was completely exposed under the radiation of the [Book of Black], immense fiery desires rumbled like colossal waves, continuously evaporating.

Slightly squinting his eyes, endless hunger and desire filled his spirit. Zhu Haomiao, following the guidance of instinct, wielded the authority of the [Book of Black].

The next second, the multicolored mists, unobservable to others, surged like a torrent, continuously absorbed into the youth's body.

Like a traveler in the desert diving into a sweet spring, the surging vitality coursed through his body, stabilizing the nearly collapsing spirit and body from extreme overdraft.

But soon, the source quality and desires sifted out by death were completely devoured, the enemy's divine soul was repelled and ejected by the plane law, disappearing from perception.

However, just as he was leaving, the [Jealousy] authority forcibly tore away a portion of divinity, permanently plundering it and merging it deep into Zhu Haomiao's soul.

"Roar!!!"

In the midst of nothingness, Zhu Haomiao seemed to hear a familiar impotent fury, but it disappeared beyond the plane in an instant.

With a shiver through his body, the youth quietly comprehended the divinity plundered by [Jealousy], and chaotic, black light surged and swirled in his eyes.

He looked up at the towering shadow of Orochi enveloping him like a mountain, and Zhu Haomiao's lips curled into a manic smile.

The high-rank authority of [Jealousy] actually had the chance to permanently plunder others' power!

Too terrifying!

Thankfully, this thing is mine!

Licking his lips, the overdrafted and wounded spirit and body still roared in hunger. Zhu Haomiao lifted his gaze, looking at the two beautiful "stars" that had fallen from the sky not far away.

The youth lifted his steps, the Orochi behind him moved slowly yet swiftly, reaching the two "meteorite craters" not far away.

Two stunning girls, their looks eighty percent similar, lay miserably in the center of the craters, even the gaping holes in their chests were identical.

Watching as the destructive divinity of the [Sun-shooting Bow] bit by bit annihilated their vitality, Zhu Haomiao felt a twinge of pity, deciding to act quickly while they were still... No, to resolve it while they were fresh.

The Orochi hung its greedy head low, slowly opening its abyss-like mouth.

Facing the approaching menacing tusks, the two girls' eyes showed an unusual calm, with no trace of fear.

"Son of the Dragon..."

A gentle murmur echoed by his ear, the massive snake's tusks paused before the girls, and Zhu Haomiao watched her with interest.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"We lost this time..."

The girl dressed in a golden-red luxurious dress spoke without the slightest emotion, as if merely stating a fact unrelated to her.

"But due to the limitation of the heavenly position, we couldn't exert our true power."

"As our heavenly position rises, the original power we can unleash will be greater, and the gap between us will become more evident."

Calmly staring into the youth's deep, pure black eyes, a confident, elegant smile appeared on the girl's beautiful face.

"One loss does not determine eternity."

"Next encounter, I will reclaim victory."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haomiao couldn't help but show an appreciative gaze, slightly raising the corners of his mouth.

Delivering oneself from a thousand miles away, a small gift but with deep affection!

"I just love your indomitable attitude!"

Giving a thumbs-up in praise, the youth suddenly turned his words, puzzled.

"However, if you three had joined forces in the beginning and perhaps ambushed me, the outcome would surely be different. Why..."

Even in games, you first focus fire on one enemy. Your operation of saving the grandpa one by one is truly abstract.

Hearing the youth's unsaid doubt, Amaterasu rolled her eyes at him.

Clearly in a miserable and haggard state, yet her inadvertent charm still made Zhu Haomiao's heart pound, giving rise to wicked thoughts.

Before they become stale, maybe I should indeed... Ah, the size of the hole in her chest is just perfect.

But immediately realizing, Zhu Haomiao shivered, suppressing the blasphemous thoughts.

A person's desires can be down-to-earth but not heading to the underworld!

No unseemly thoughts!

No unseemly thoughts!

Meanwhile, unaware of the youth's ludicrous and evil thoughts, Amaterasu spoke softly.

"If it weren't for the desperate situation, I wouldn't have acted!"

"The Three Noble Sons of Japan joined forces against a Chinese Martial God. Regardless of the outcome, the moment we made that decision, we already lost."

Hearing this, Zhu Haomiao suddenly understood.

He was accustomed to thinking from a mortal's perspective, forgetting that these Transcendents with mythical bloodlines inherently carried strong symbolic significance.

Just like the Three Heroes fighting Lu Bu, even if Lu Bu lost, would people think the Three Heroes were impressive?

No!

People would only think Lu Bu was impressive!

Whether it was Gabriel, the Blazing Angel, or the Three Noble Sons of Japan, they represented the spiritual symbols of their respective civilizations.

When the Three Noble Sons needed to work together to confront an unknown Chinese Martial God, whether win or lose, they had already lost miserably.

Even more tragic now, they couldn't win even three against one, the little idiots over there must feel like the sky has fallen!

Understanding this, Zhu Haomiao thoughtfully nodded slight.

"Finally, I want to ask, why can you access the [Yanhuang Armory] at the First Layer Heaven?"

"How can you switch between using three National Guardian Divine Artifacts?"

This was also what puzzled Amaterasu the most. They were already at the limit of what the First Layer Heaven could bear, yet the enemy was even more astonishing.

One person maneuvering three National Guardian Divine Artifacts, even true gods of the nine-layered heaven wouldn't dare try easily!

Even stranger, these artifacts were not lifebound divine artifacts accompanying him but rather ancient National Guardian Divine Artifacts summoned from the [Yanhuang Armory].

This was simply inconceivable!

How many Initial Heavenly Position geniuses spent their whole lives unable to push open the [Yanhuang Armory] door?

Even if the door is opened, the proud divine artifacts are not something one can take at will.

They are like aloof goddesses. To pursue them, you have to call to them, communicate, grow familiar, and prove yourself to receive a response, a process that easily takes hundreds or thousands of virtual years!

Upon thinking of this, Amaterasu looked at Zhu Haomiao with even more confusion.

One artifact per thousand years, how could you summon three at once?

Moreover, once someone gains the recognition of a divine artifact, the user will be imbued with the inception aura of the artifact.

This inception aura, more or less, creates a repulsion with other divine artifacts, the so-called divinity conflict!

But on Zhu Haomiao, Amaterasu could not see any trace of conflict.