It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

"Is she still alive? That's great."

There seemed to be some relief in Yanshou's tone.

“How is the church doing now?”

it asked.

"I don't know. I just got here. Anyway, Ate has entered the Pale Night again, and the church is still the ruler of Ate."

Liu Zheng shrugged.

"How long has it been since the last White Night?"

"About forty years."

This is what An Ke told him.

"It seems that after forty years, the study of the church has remained stagnant, or perhaps it has progressed too fast."

The Flame Beast said thoughtfully.

"By the way, shouldn't you introduce yourself?"

Liu Zheng said.

"Oh, my apology, I haven't talked to anyone in so long."

The Flame Beast said apologetically.

"I'm Dickins, the first Grand Priest of the Blood Healing Church and Amelia's mentor."

it said.

"So this is your identity. No wonder she wanted me to kill you and silence you."

Liu Zheng suddenly realized.

The founder of the church was actually transformed into a beast, which fully demonstrated that "blood therapy" was completely ineffective in treating the beast disease. This was undoubtedly a major blow to the Blood Healing Church's status in At.

Even within the Blood Healing Church, a huge turmoil would be set off, which might directly lead to the demise of the Blood Healing Church just like the Church of Pain.

"Yeah, she made the right decision."

Dickins approved of Amelia's behavior.

If it were it, it would make the same choice.

"Since you are the first Grand Master, the technique of 'blood therapy' should be invented by you, right?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"No, I just improved it. Blood therapy was invented by the Tomel people. Or, in other words, they just learned the blood therapy technique through some channel."

Dickins shook his huge head.

"Then you should know that the source of the beast disease should be 'blood therapy'."

He said.

"No, the source of the beast disease is not 'blood therapy'."

Dickins shook his head again.

"Lycosis does not turn humans into beasts; it turns humans back into beasts."

"Humans themselves are beasts."

There was a fiery flame coming out of Dickins' mouth, but his words were chillingly cold.

(End of this chapter)

281. Chapter 280: Quack! I don’t want to listen, I don’t want to listen! (Two in one)

281.

"Oh."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"Aren't you surprised, young man?"

Dickins hadn’t expected this response.

"I'm not surprised. Humans evolved from apes and are now also a type of animal."

He shrugged.

"Apes? No, according to our research, humans were originally wild beasts like wolves."

Dickins shook his head.

"That's fine, wolf sounds cooler."

Liu Zheng said.

"Don't you find it disgusting? It turns out that noble humans are lowly beasts."

Dickins asked curiously.

"Do you believe in the existence of the soul?"

He asked rhetorically.

"Of course I believe it. In fact, I have indeed seen a vengeful spirit."

Dickins replied.

"So what do you think is noble, the body or the soul?"

"Of course it's the soul. Just like my teacher, Master Albert, whose soul is as great as the stars in the sky."

Deakins said without hesitation.

Although he betrayed Master Albert, founded the Church of Blood Healing, and caused the decline of Karkarens Academy, it did not affect his respect for his teacher.

Albert's appearance was not outstanding, even a little ugly.

"So what do you think is noble in the past or in the present?"

Liu Zheng asked again.

"This"

Dickins hesitated.

"Suppose there is a man who used to be helpful and honest, but later he started to refine copper and abused many boys and girls. Is he a noble person or a despicable person?"

"Of course he is a despicable person."

This time Dickins didn't hesitate.

"So, humans are humans now, and that's enough. Besides, I don't think humans themselves are so noble. What is noble is those shining human natures."

He said.

"I didn't expect you to be so insightful at such a young age. I really admire you. If you can enter the Karkarens Academy, Master Albert will definitely be willing to teach you personally."

Deakins sighed.

“I’m just sitting on the shoulders of giants.”

Liu Zheng said modestly.

"Are you saying that you have ever been taught by a wise man?"

"No, I mean the butt determines the head. If I count by the body, I'm not a human being anymore."

He raised his four tentacles in a gesture.

"Ah, can you please tell me how you became like this?"

Dickins looked at his tentacles with fear and desire.

"It's nothing. I ate something I shouldn't have eaten and heard some gospel I shouldn't have heard."

Liu Zheng licked his lips, as if recalling the terrible taste of the black goat kid's eyeballs.

"Of course, if it hadn't turned out like this, I would have died a long time ago. There are gains and losses, that's all I can say."

He spread out his tentacles and said.

"Gospel."

The flames on Dickins' body began to flow again, forming a network on his body like blood vessels.

"Yes, I heard it too. The sound flowing in the sacred blood, they are longing for reunion."

It whispered, its voice becoming slurred again.

“Is this the trigger keyword?”

Liu Zheng raised the serrated butcher knife again.

"It's calling me. Young man, tell Amelia to be wary of the sacred blood."

Dickins tore open his chest with his claws. No blood flowed out, but a handful of flame was grabbed out and thrown on the ground, burning continuously.

"No, we need to receive the sacred blood so that we can evolve."

"No, it is too late. It will come from the blood moon and rule over everything."

"Amelia!"

Dickins let out a high-pitched roar and bounced up from the throne again.

Fiery flames erupted from its body, forming a flame armor outside its body.

"Burn the filthy blood!"

It shouted angrily and mechanically, and its claws burning with blazing flames reached out to grab Liu Zheng.

Wherever it goes, the air evaporates and deforms due to the high temperature.

"What are you bragging about? Do you think you are a red ghost?"

He rolled his eyes, and the four tentacles grasped the butcher knife and chopped down.

The huge force came again, and Liu Zheng was hit against the wall like a tennis ball.

This time he was unlucky and hit his head directly.

The occipital bone at the back of his head was fractured on the spot, and the shock wave almost shook the brain evenly.

In addition to the severe pain, waves of nausea came from deep in his brain. Liu Zheng's eyes were blurred and it was obvious that his vision was also affected.

In a daze, he saw a bright shadow rushing towards him.

Liu Zheng tried hard to control his body and dodged to the side.

But when the brain is hit hard, the body is naturally not as obedient as usual.

Dickins' flaming claws brushed past him, taking away two of his tentacles and burning the broken ends into a charred black.

"Sure enough, the previous approach of protecting the brain was correct."

Liu Zheng thought vaguely.

Even if it could grow back, brain damage would have too much negative impact on combat.

Dickins pounced again, and this time the back of its claws spewed out flames to speed up.

The speed of the already enhanced claw attack reached another level. He couldn't even see it clearly, let alone break it.

Should I dodge or block?

Instinctively, he made the third choice.

Liu Zheng raised the butcher knife to block his head, then rushed directly under Dickins.

Dickins didn't expect him to do this, and because its speed was beyond his control, he didn't have time to retract his claws.

But the inability to claw back does not mean that it has no other means.

The scorching flames spurted out from the wound it had torn before like a fountain, spraying onto Liu Zheng's body.

In an instant, the surface of his four tentacles was completely carbonized, and they shattered into ashes under the impact and flew away with the wind.