Leng Qingying arrived at Tish's Assassination Temple. The temples of the seven professional gods were set up in every city, and the other temples each had their own territory.

However, at least in Takaten City, there was no Temple of Light for Juya.

Otherwise, those followers of Zhuya would probably come and catch the white deer just by smelling it.

Yun Qing walked openly down the street with Li, completely oblivious to the need to conceal their identities.

In fact, each race has its own characteristics when walking down the street. Compared to other strangely shaped races, Lily herself is not particularly eye-catching.

Unfortunately, her ID was too conspicuous.

This is Lily, the final victor who just cleared the Tenzuka Forbidden Zone and claimed all the loot.

Many players noticed Lily's presence and cast puzzled glances at her.

"Hello……"

"Is that Lily wearing the collar around her neck?"

"The final victor of the Tenzuka Forbidden Zone, Lily."

"Damn, how did she end up here, wearing a slave collar and being led around by a human?!"

"Holy crap! Really?"

The surrounding players couldn't help but start discussing it, and hearing these discussions drew the attention of more and more players, who all turned their gazes towards this side.

Yun Qing blushed.

How embarrassing...

But she still followed Lu Cang's instructions and led Li on a walk down the street.

This is what Lu Cang said: to establish the prestige of the human race, we must let these races know that the human race is not to be trifled with.

That way, they'll think twice before encountering humans.

Otherwise, if the human race were to constantly be harassed by those ungrateful alien races, Lu Cang wouldn't have that much time to stand up for the human race.

Having a certain level of brand recognition can save a lot of trouble.

Yun Qing, holding Li's hand, attracted more and more passersby to watch, and these players posted Li's photos on the community.

Soon, many trending news stories about Li appeared in the community.

In "The Ultimate Victor of the Forbidden Zone, Lily, Becomes a Human Slave,"...

The First Winged One of the Winged Race Became a Prisoner of Humans

"Lily's Defeat: From an Invincible Goddess to a Slave with a Collar—What Happened in Between?"

...

One hot news story after another broke out, and these news items in the community were then passed on to each other by intelligence brokers.

As the news spread, players gradually gathered on the streets of Takaten Castle after seeing the news.

Lily's cheeks were flushed.

What's the difference between this and being paraded through the streets after a defeat?

If I had known, I shouldn't have tried to assassinate Cang Qiong... But soon, another thought popped into Li's mind: if I didn't assassinate Cang Qiong, I wouldn't be able to see her.

On the streets of Takaten Castle, Rinryu leaned against a wall in the shadows, watching this scene in disbelief.

What exactly happened?

Why did this seemingly intelligent and arrogant winged person turn out like this?

Didn't she say she was just going to test the waters?

Rinryu was originally assigned by Li to wait in Takaten Castle, but according to Li, she would return after testing the waters.

But then Blade Flow received news that Li told him she had been discovered and needed to see Azure Sky.

He will be notified if a battle breaks out.

After that, Li lost contact.

Renliu didn't know what had happened, but after he waited in the tavern and bought the latest information, he was stunned.

How did this woman end up with a slave collar? Are you kidding me?

Renliu hurriedly went to the street mentioned in the news to find out what was going on.

Unexpectedly, I actually saw Li here, and what I saw was exactly the same as what was said in the intelligence report, without any falsehood.

A woman was leading Lily, who was wearing a collar, through the street in a parade.

If Blade Flow could sweat, it would be drenched in sweat by now.

"What exactly happened over there?"

But before Renliu could think any further, almost instantly, his entire body went cold.

No, the safest course of action is to escape immediately! We can't stay in Gaotian City for even a second longer.

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Temple of Assassination

Leng Qingying arrived inside the temple, where there were many players from other races.

Unlike human players, human players generally do not have any religion.

In the illusionary realm, most races have faith, and strangely enough, the gods they worship in their original worlds are often the gods that exist in the illusionary realm.

According to Zuya and Xiumi, those gods already existed in their original world, and it's not strange that they appeared in the illusionary realm.

Their worldview was completely different from that of Blue Star, which truly overturned Leng Qingying's understanding.

Countless players come to pray to Tish in the Temple of Assassination, but most of them are just casual believers who only pray outside.

Leng Qingying ventured deeper into the temple, where the number of players decreased the further she went.

Upon arriving at the entrance of a large hall, Leng Qingying was stopped by two priests whose faces were concealed.

"The Hall of Condemnation is ahead. No unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter."

Leng Qingying was stopped, but a heavy bag appeared in her hand. It was a storage bag specially used to hold gold coins.

Leng Qingying said, "I think this should serve as proof of my good relations with the Assassination Church."

The priest took the bag and sensed its contents.

It contains 200 million gold coins.

The priest was stunned by the weight of the gold coins inside.

This is... way too much. The church is currently facing a financial crisis, and these believers who assassinated the church are very stingy, donating only a few copper coins at a time.

Unlike the Church of Wealth, where donations are calculated in gold coins, two hundred million gold coins would be an enormous sum for the Assassination Church of Gaotian City.

The two priests exchanged a glance, and their tone softened considerably: "Ahem, sorry, we were rude just now."

"If you are a distinguished guest of the church, please come in."

"But please remember one thing: there are some places that you can't enter even if you have money. These restricted areas are guarded by special personnel. If you are warned to leave, please follow the instructions and leave. Don't make things difficult for us."

Leng Qingying nodded: "Yes, I know."

"Then, please come in." The two priests and guards parted to make way for Leng Qingying.

Leng Qingying stepped into the so-called silent punishment hall.

Money is indeed very important. Money isn't everything, but without it, you really can't get anywhere in the fantasy world.

The hall of silence was dimly lit, with a large area of ​​darkness enveloping it.

In the center of the hall was a futon, and a beam of light shone on it. A jet-black dagger was stuck in front of the futon. The dagger exuded an aura of blasphemy, making one feel that looking at it for too long would drive one insane.

There was a line of small writing beneath the dagger.

The Blasphemous Dagger

Staring intently at a dagger can be used to forge a steadfast mental fortitude.

Leng Qingying's gaze did not linger on the dagger for long.

Instead, she stepped into the shadows, and Leng Qingying's figure completely disappeared.

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[Original Dark Void Body]

[Acquired Nothingness - You can transform into nothingness, entering a state of complete non-existence, undetectable and imperceptible. In this state, you cannot be hit by any attack targeting matter, but you also cannot block any attack. To interact with the present world, you must release this state.]

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Leng Qingying vanished into nothingness, completely disappearing from existence.

This feeling was very strange, as if her own body had completely disappeared. It took Leng Qingying some time to adapt to this state. When she first merged with the Original Dark Void Body, Leng Qingying couldn't even control her body freely.

The Quiet Hall was quite large, and in addition to the futon under the central beam of light, it was decorated with various magnificent ornaments.

Located on a pillar, sheets of paper were stuck to it with a dagger.

The paper contained the authorization information.

Leng Qingying saw a creature dressed as an assassin enter through another door, stand in front of the pillar for a while, and then tear down the notice of commission.

This is still the place where the church receives its missions.

Leng Qingying went to the pillar and looked at the task details on it.

Some of the content involves assassinating players, while others involve dealing with an excessive number of monsters. In addition, there are also assassinations of NPCs.

Do NPCs also assassinate players?

"Speaking of which, I used to occasionally get escort missions when I was taking on quests, where I had to protect a certain NPC from being killed. Could it be that I took on an assassination mission here?" Leng Qingying thought to herself.

Upon entering the Assassination Church, Leng Qingying felt that her understanding of the Illusionary Realm had deepened.

Having played the game for two years, Leng Qingying still didn't know how the church operated, nor did she know what other purpose these churches served besides making people pray.

Leng Qingying continued to admire the scenery along the way.

Before long, they arrived at another door.

Two assassins hung upside down from the ceiling in front of the gate, their eyes closed and their breath held, motionless as if they were dead.

Leng Qingying ignored the two assassins above and walked straight into the door.

[No Screening Room]

Unlike the Quiet Hall, this hall was spacious and bright, with light from an unknown source shining into it. There were stands all around, and on the stands were creatures that looked like owls, their eyes wide open like copper bells, staring intently at the scene.

Ignoring the creatures, Leng Qingying walked straight ahead.

We passed through another door.

[Hall of Purification]

This doorway is a long, dark, maze-like passage.

Leng Qingying opened the map Lu Cang had written for her and walked in the direction indicated by the map.

Whoosh!

Spikes suddenly rose from the ground!

However, the spikes pierced through Leng Qingying without causing her any harm.

Leng Qingying was in a state of complete nothingness, without form or existence, so naturally she would not be harmed by the trap.

Whoosh!

In another instant, the spikes retracted.

This spike isn't triggered by stepping on a trap; it just rises up automatically every so often, making it impossible to defend against.

Leng Qingying followed the route indicated by Lu Cang.

Whoosh!

The axe swung back and forth in the middle of the road.

The ground Leng Qingying was walking on had a different trap on each brick, but she didn't trigger any of them.

Finally, after walking for about half an hour, we finished walking along this winding and narrow road.

Leng Qingying realized that she had unknowingly walked underground, since the Assassination Temple on the ground was not that large.

Finally, they passed through the Hall of Conviction.

Leng Qingying entered a new door.

Inside the gate, there was a sinner kneeling with his back to the statue of Tish, his hands bound by chains.

On the left and right sides of the sinner were two high priests, assassins, with daggers hanging above his head.

Leng Qingying remained in a state of nothingness, approached the sinner from behind, and drew out the Mortal Dust Twin Daggers.