Chapter 727: Exploring the Snake of Rebirth's Mental World, Pollution and Purification, Ambition

[Faith identification complete, Believer +1]

[Faith Transfer +1.2%, Faith Authority +1.3%]

Another round of linking with the Snake of Rebirth's believers completed. Looking at the notification appearing on the virtual light screen, Yu Yuan revealed a satisfied smile.

At this point, with Mona's help and under the relentless, round-the-clock faith connections, the Snake of Rebirth's Faith Transfer had reached 87.6%, and most critically, Faith Authority had finally climbed to 50.1%.

All requirements for initiating [Faith Plunder] against the Snake of Rebirth had now been met.

His gaze shifted to Mona.

Meeting Yu Yuan's eyes, the anticipation in Mona's gaze had practically solidified into substance.

"The connection with the Snake of Rebirth is now crystal clear. The link depth is sufficient. We can follow this connection to conduct a mental exploration of the Snake of Rebirth at any time."

"How's your condition?"

"Excellent!"

"Then... let's begin!"

This time, Yu Yuan yielded the primary position of the ritual to Mona. After all, she would be the main force in what came next.

The

</path> war between the Snake of Rebirth and the Blood Duke could end at any moment.

Although he could initiate [Faith Plunder] right now and turn the tables by seizing the Snake of Rebirth's faith for himself, Yu Yuan wasn't in a hurry.

If his earlier speculation was correct, the Snake of Rebirth would very likely fall soon.

Initiating Faith Plunder at the exact moment of the Snake of Rebirth's demise would maximize the benefits.

Yu Yuan had to use this final window of time to secure more faith leverage and authority.

After a brief preparation and recovery, the Altar of Life lit up once again, and the Dark Sanctum descended.

The Snake of Rebirth's exclusive Faith Channel quietly opened.

The moment she entered, Mona clearly sensed that mental connection tightly bound to the Snake of Rebirth.

She glanced back at Yu Yuan beside her and received a look of affirmation.

Then, no longer resisting the pull generated by this connection, she established a faith link with Yu Yuan, and her entire consciousness shot through the mental channel at tremendous speed along the connection.

Seeing Mona's eyes suddenly go vacant, Yu Yuan heightened his guard.

His psychic ability [Diagnosis: Amnesia] was primed and ready to be unleashed at any moment. Should Mona show any sign of madness or loss of control, he would immediately cast the Great Forgetting Technique on her.

Meanwhile, in his shadow, Zhi Zhi also stood at full alert, prepared for a hearty meal.

Mona's consciousness raced through the mental channel, carefully controlling her speed.

She knew full well that she had to carefully manage the depth of her exploration. Only by doing so could she extract more hidden secrets rather than being driven mad by those unknown mysteries.

Finally, Mona felt herself break through a barrier. With a soft "pop," she emerged into a world of flowing light and shadow within darkness.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

The entire world was filled with the sound of serpent hissing. Mona's body tensed, and her nerves pulled taut.

What lay before her was a colossal space shaped like a pyramid.

Looking more carefully, she realized this so-called "pyramid" was actually a massive serpent coiled and curled upon itself.

Its entire body was wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, forming a stepped structure.

That was why Mona had mistaken it for a "pyramid."

Observing closely, she noticed that every single scale on the coiled serpent flickered with images.

"This is the Snake of Rebirth's mental world!" Mona's gaze shifted toward the very top of the "pyramid."

The massive serpent head lay slumbering in silence, its single eye closed. But its brow was furrowed, as if in great pain.

"Pain?"

Mona was startled. The next moment, she was shocked to discover that at the back of the Snake of Rebirth's head, a thick black withered branch was driven straight into its skull, slowly emitting wisps of faint black mist.

It blended perfectly with the dim environment, which was why Mona hadn't noticed it at first.

The very instant Mona's gaze fell upon that black withered branch, an intense sense of crisis surged through her heart.

Before Mona could react, a pair of blue-glowing eyes gleaming in the darkness appeared in her mind.

"Ah—"

Within the Altar of Life, violent energy fluctuations suddenly erupted. The Dark Sanctum trembled and shattered into pieces within 0.05 seconds.

With a piercing scream, Mona's body was sent flying by an inexplicable force.

She was thrown backward.

But Yu Yuan had sensed the anomaly the very moment the energy fluctuation began.

Therefore, the instant Mona's body was launched, several shadow-forged hands enveloped her, shielding her completely.

Yu Yuan noticed that Mona's psychic ability had gone out of control, and a dense darkness had appeared around her head.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, his psychic ability [Diagnosis: Amnesia] was already unleashed barehanded.

The next moment, Yu Yuan detected a black branch entering his mental space.

The branch invaded the mental space, sending countless root tendrils spreading in all directions.

Then it transformed into dense branches, leaves, and vines, growing wildly without restraint.

It sought to occupy and destroy everything here.

In the eyes of the black branch, Yu Yuan was nothing more than an insignificant ant coveting a deity.

And for an ant, being crushed to dust was the only way to atone.

It was savage and domineering.

It gave no chance to survive.

In truth, every enemy it had encountered before had already become its nourishment.

But this time, it had run into trouble...

Just as the black branch prepared to spread and devour, the mental space's strongest defense detected the anomaly and launched a counterattack.

— [Mysticist] triggered.

Golden light nets spread outward, centered on Yu Yuan's consciousness core.

Like a shredder, these light nets tore apart every black branch and vine they touched with unstoppable momentum, reducing them to fragments.

Filtered. Devoured.

The black branch that had been so ferocious and overbearing moments ago collapsed instantly before the golden light nets of the [Mysticist].

It shattered into pieces in an instant.

Even the main body of that black branch that had entered the mental space, after being engulfed by the golden light nets and holding out for 0.5 seconds, was utterly reduced to ashes.

All the corruptive energy was completely purified.

Meanwhile, the fine fragments filtered through the light nets automatically converged, condensing into comprehensible and safe knowledge that was absorbed by Yu Yuan's mental space.

A mental contamination crisis brought by a higher lifeform was dispelled in the blink of an eye.

A mechanical notification sounded in Yu Yuan's ear.

[Ding, Snake of Rebirth Faith Authority +3.1%]

Huh?

Yu Yuan was overjoyed. So there really were unexpected rewards.

But this wasn't the time to celebrate.

Yu Yuan's gaze turned to Mona, only to see that she had already regained consciousness and was looking at him in bewilderment.

Yu Yuan let out a sigh of relief.

Then came genuine, heartfelt delight.

It worked.

The plan to explore the Snake of Rebirth's mental world was indeed feasible.

Yu Yuan's [Diagnosis: Amnesia] could perfectly circumvent the mental contamination caused by deep mental exploration.

From this moment on, until the Snake of Rebirth fell, its mental world would become a bountiful dungeon for the two of them to farm endlessly.

After Yu Yuan briefly explained the situation, Mona immediately understood what was happening.

The two locked eyes, and in each other's gaze, they both saw... ambition.

It was the ambition to strip that great existence above Gold clean to the bone, to plunder every last shred of faith heritage and hidden intelligence!