Xiu Ge has always been extremely cautious about these ancient powers that the Black Sun Society has mastered through various ways in high school.

Although fundamentally speaking, the power he controls is absolutely capable of crushing the vast majority of the people in the Black Sun Society in terms of "purity", after several previous contacts, Xiuge can basically confirm that the Black Sun Society has indeed obtained a large number of strange powers that originated in ancient times and were directly related to those ancient gods through various methods.

After entering the realm of St. Steele, Hug had seen the signs of danger more than once.

Numerous and under the direct command of members of the Black Sun Society, the Dark Dogs carry a variety of ancient artifact traits.

Soaring in the sky, the strange giant bird "Yasharu" with a huge body and a clear abyssal aura entwined on its surface.

Add to that the dark domes that still hang over the important town of Saint-Steele and these clearly altered sculptures of the Black Sun......

Such signs indicate that with the rise of the Black Sun, the followers of this ancient deity have also ushered in a new opportunity for development, and the distance between them and the objects of their worship has been significantly shortened, and these strange changes in the territory of St. Steele are the most tangible proof of this!

And now, as Xiuge took the initiative to touch the Black Sun Secret Ritual in front of him, the magic power accumulated in his body was also quickly evoked, and at the same time, a cold feeling that Xiuge was extremely familiar with and very disgusted gradually crept into his spiritual world.

It is a wanton snooping into the spirit and mind, and it is a kind of interference and infringement of consciousness.

Compared to the mind-detecting methods used by powerful spellcasters such as Edmund Mage, the interference caused by the Black Sun Secret Ritual in the spiritual realm was obviously more ruthless and domineering, and those tentacles twisted by cold magic made Xiuge directly think of his painful experience of being almost occupied by the Descendants of the Abyss.

It's just that he can naturally be said to be upside down now compared to then, and the power he is facing now is also more powerful and dangerous.

The metal disc that was the spiritual barrier of Xiuge began to rotate again, but unlike before, its current state of operation was extremely secretive - under the shroud of Xiuge's spiritual ocean, the entire metal disc was hidden, its rotation was silent, and the soft but tenacious barrier perfectly merged with the surging spiritual ocean.

Under the deliberate guidance of Xiugu, all the memories belonging to Baron Fiorlando were superficially piled up by him in the places that were most easily searched and touched, and these locations naturally became the first targets of those cold tentacles.

As for the deeper secrets, which belong to Xiuge himself, they are thoroughly protected.

In the process, even if the force is very keen to further investigate the "faithful believers" in front of them, every time the tentacles with malicious intentions approach the turbulent spiritual ocean, they will be immediately disturbed by "gentleness" and "moderation".

The magic that was almost identical to them was a little confusing.

Naturally, Xiuge will not give them the time and opportunity to find out the situation.

As long as he completes the "necessary" disguise, he will take the initiative to end contact with the Black Sun Secret Rite according to the established procedure like all members of the Black Sun Society, and those remnants of power who try to stay in his spiritual world to find secrets will be overwhelmed by the sudden burst of spiritual waves in an instant, and what awaits them next is the ruthless crushing of the metal disc.

Thanks to this special transformation of the secret ritual by the Black Sun Society, the residents in the disc have been "eating" well recently.

Among them, predators with a particularly large appetite, such as the court hounds, have already set their sights on those dark dogs and the Asharu giant bird that seem to have some connection with them.

Shuge could even feel its hunger and thirst for new prey.

Even the Black Sun Secret Ritual sculpture in front of it seemed to want to open its mouth to bite it.

Shug quickly calmed the occupants of the disc and fed the crushed clutter of the Mystic Power, then removed his hands from the Ritual sculpture and began a chant based on the memories of Baron Fiorlando.

Unlike the miners who had just witnessed the "miracle" and were about to begin their faith in the ancient gods, there was a clear mixture of real power in the chants of Shug.

The overseers and soldiers who had also joined the Black Sun Society saw that as the baron's prayers continued, the pitch-black light that surrounded his body became more and more pure, and finally turned into a long black cloak.

The black cloak stretched from the baron's back to the ground, but it was not stained by the sand and dirt on the ground and the road, and in the baron's reverent chant, it seemed to be the purest and most penetrating black jewel in all of Van Grace.

Those who had not mastered magic watched in amazement, including the workers responsible for transporting crystalline ore from the mines.

They didn't understand what Baron Fiorlando was doing, but they knew that it must be another "amazing miracle" that the association called it.

In just a few minutes, the black cloak had completely covered the entire open space behind him, and at the same time, a faint, incense-like mist spread out from the clear darkness, and these fogs gradually filled the nearby space, making the originally dusty Yanhu Mine have a rare sacred meaning.

However, as the process progressed, the baron himself seemed to become miserable.

His face turned pale, his facial muscles began to distort, his brow furrowed, and his body began to tremble violently, and it seemed as if he might faint at any moment.

Xiuge's "performance" can be said to be very realistic.

For now, in fact, he was indeed savoring the pain of a failed ritual - it was of course deliberate, and in order to make his performance as authentic as possible, Hug had deliberately chosen from the memory of Baron Fiorlando a ritual that he could not achieve with his current abilities.

It was a special favor from the "Colossal Hill", the deity that Baron Fiorlando followed and believed.

To Sugg's surprise, this so-called ritual of favor bears many similarities with the huge secret ritual that once sat beneath the Ernst family's estate, or rather, the power of the deity known as the "Colossal Hill" seems to be inextricably linked to Mother Earth.

It is precisely for this reason that Huge boldly "changed" the content of the ritual, following the basic flow of the ritual, but tampering with its final result.

Under this tampering, Xiuge implemented the principle of "fertile water does not flow into the fields of outsiders" to the extreme, and all the magic that poured into this ritual would eventually be attributed to the true family of the Mother Earth goddess, that is, the running rats.

As Shuge had previously verified, although the Black Sun Ritual was far more complex than the other magical rituals in Van En , the abyssal magic flowing through it did not make a magical sculpture a real living thing, it was still mechanical, and could only operate according to the prepared process.

In this process, of course, there is also "support" for those who are devout.

Support means that when members of the Black Sun Society communicate with the Ritual and perform certain rituals within the reach of its power, the Ritual is able to channel their magic to these members in a timely manner and help them achieve their goals.

And this is the fundamental reason why Xiuge deliberately put himself in an embarrassment.

It was only after entering the territory of St. Steele that he realized that he was indeed getting more and more bold now, from the beginning of using all means to circumvent the Black Sun Society, to now taking the initiative to contact the secret rites of the association, and using the loopholes in it to gain power and achieve his true goals.

This behavior is, of course, very dangerous.

Shuge must ensure that he can perfectly evade the detection of the Black Sun Secret Rite, and complete the entire ritual process of the ancient deity's followers under its watch, and use it to gain its power support.

Once successful, the magic within the Black Sun Ritual will immediately be attracted to the "empty" body of Xiuge, and will begin to supply Xiuge's ongoing rituals, which will minimize its blockade and monitoring of the surrounding area.

And this is the important window time for agents and spies to start transmitting magical messages to the outside world.

As if dancing on a sharp tightrope, Xiuge constantly touched the magic around him, and at this time he had completely removed all conventional magic protection from his body, and completely placed himself in the power of the Black Sun Mysteries.

In order to achieve the best effect of his "performance", Xiuge not only achieved the most perfect simulation on the magical level, but also recited all the ancient incantations that Baron Fiorlando had never completed in the past, and the sense of ritual was raised to the extreme.

However, the strange tones that were coming out of his mouth now actually had no effect at all, and all the magic transmitted by the Black Sun Secret Ritual seemed to be put into this "ritual", but in fact it was all flowing into the big mouth of the Running Mouse.

Of course, Xiuge naturally did not let the help provided by the Black Sun Secret Ritual be "in vain", under his careful manipulation, the black "cloak" that had almost collapsed before was restored to its integrity, and more magical fog spread, and in those dark as clear as jewels, many small shadows emerged.

"Squeak!"

The Rat let out a pleasant hiss, it was almost "full", and it was time to get to work.

As a family member who has received the gift of Mother Earth God, although it has no knowledge of the so-called "behemoth hills", it can easily mobilize the flowing magic.

In the next moment, the ordinary people around them heard a soft hum at the same time, and then the black "cloak" covering the ground trembled, and the black shadows that had previously traveled through it began to crawl around as if they had been given life.

In the incessant chanting of Baron Fiorlando in front of them, they heard many small words related to "behemoth hills", "messengers", "boundless rat swarms", etc., and in the increasingly "solemn" atmosphere, those who had just joined the Black Sun Society almost lost their ability to control themselves, and they knelt down in the edge of the "black cloak", quietly waiting for the next development.

Under the "watchful eye", the miracle finally began to appear.

In the distant house, Verin, disguised as the head maid, silently observed the outside world through the gap in the curtains, and at this time, she saw that the huge "black cloak" behind Xiug had begun to split, and the shadows became more concrete, gradually taking on the appearance of a rat.

The scene should have been very pervasive, but those who had fully absorbed into the atmosphere of the ritual had no idea what fear was, and their expressions became more and more serious and solemn as they watched the black shadows like rats crawl around them.

Verin didn't know much about Hug's plans, but as someone who knew something about the Ernst rat colony, she recognized the so-called ritual at a glance.

In her opinion, this is simply taking advantage of the Black Sun Association.

"Tsk...... It's a lot of movement. ”

Wei Lin chuckled, her eyes looked in the direction of the Black Sun Secret Ritual Sculpture, and after confirming that the magical light and shadow on the surface of the sculpture had completely disappeared, she immediately turned to the agents waiting behind her and gestured: "He succeeded, hurry, hurry!" ”

With this order, everyone in the room immediately began a new round of busyness, and several stream-level mage agents disguised as servants worked together as quickly as they could, and under the cover of Wei Lin's protective magic, they carried out a complete transformation of several rooms with great fanfare.

Magic, previously used to build trenches and fortifications on the battlefield, came into play, and as the threads of magic weaved, solid walls of earth quickly rose and solidified indoors.

At the same time, several mage hands flew up, holding expensive alchemy knives, and quickly sketched out these newly generated earthen walls, and in just a few minutes, extremely strong permanent magic circuits were successfully imprinted into these walls.

Under the precise calculation, the basement, the mezzanine of the room, and the warehouse of special items were quickly opened, and immediately after that, the members in charge of communication immediately moved in with the assembled communication secret device, and soon after, the mages in the room noticed an extremely slight fluctuation, which meant that the magic message had been successfully delivered.

Everyone stopped their movements at this moment, and the spellcasters who had been working together to build a stronghold a second ago began to do a simple cleaning job again, and as the magic continued to sweep through the room, the dust that had appeared due to the renovation of the building was swept away, and the mounds that could not be transported away for the time being were perfectly hidden in the inconspicuous corners by magic.

Next, this is their home base.

(End of chapter)