CCTnovel Book 5: Chapter 204: God Attracting Incense
Book 5: Chapter 204: God Attracting Incense
“Oh, stupid old woman in the heavens, please make this God Attracting Incense work, or I will surely die today.”
After a rare plea to the despicable boss of the boss he despised, Four hesitantly placed the incense on the altar. With a gentle wave, the three sticks ignited without a visible flame.
As the God Attracting Incense began to burn, green smoke billowed out, and Four’s expression immediately grew excited. He stared at the incense sticks as if they were alluring beauties stripped naked before him. His feet moved toward it almost involuntarily, his gaze filled with intense desire.
Suddenly, Four drew a knife and plunged it violently into his thigh.
The sharp pain snapped him back to reality as he cursed, “Damn, this incense is terrifying.”
Fortunately, now that his strength wasn’t at the Divine Realm, he could still barely resist the allure of the incense.
While muttering curses, Four placed his hand on the altar, smearing the sacrificial blood across it to activate the device.
The altar emitted a soft, shimmering light before disappearing along with Four.
“What do you mean by that? Four? You’re not alone?”
“Hehe, what do you think?”
Lilith was deeply unsettled. Having relied on Cornelia to hold her ground all this time, she finally felt an urge to run, for the very first time.
Before Lilith could find an opportunity to flee, the space around her suddenly rippled like water.
A small child, appearing no older than two or three, emerged from it.
“Huh? Cornelia?”
Strange, I didn’t summon her...
Normally, Cornelia wouldn’t appear on her own accord unless Lilith summoned her. Lilith frowned in confusion. “What are you doing?”
For some reason, Cornelia ignored her. Instead, she turned her attention to a distant place. Her little nose twitched, and her face suddenly contorted with greed that seemed out of place for someone her age.
“Wait, what are you trying to do? Go back now!”
Lilith, who had fought with Myre before, understood that this wasn’t an attempt by Three to tempt her. She twisted around and swung her fist powerfully, attempting to interrupt Three’s action.
Yet, Three simply tapped lightly at it with her finger.
Her vermilion lips parted slightly as she uttered, “Heartbeats of Resolve.”
Ba-bump.
A clear heartbeat resonated, and Lilith immediately froze, her body locked in place as if she were a wooden puppet. Her fist hovered just inches from Three’s chest.
It wasn’t that Lilith couldn’t move forward, but in that moment, all her strength evaporated, as though she had returned to the mortal days of her past life.
Even if she struck Three, it would be ineffective and only place her in greater peril.
Lilith staggered back, her face pale and drenched in cold sweat. Her hand instinctively clutched her chest in disbelief.
My heart... It’s no longer beating.
There was no pain, no injury... It was literally not beating, as if it had turned into a lifeless, stubborn stone lodged in the middle of her chest—an utterly useless piece of organ.
“Hehe, you still see me as that naive girl?” Three chuckled softly.
“My innate ability and hers are two different things. Controlling the enemy’s heart is a terrifying power, and yet she used it in a way that requires a double suicide. It’s honestly quite laughable.”
Heart control...
Lilith slowly lowered her gaze to her chest.
In other words, her heart is in a state of complete stasis, and as a result, mine has stopped beating too. But... too fast... It happened too quickly.
Lilith recalled that last time, it took dozens of heartbeats before their rhythms resonated with each other. Only then did the innate ability take effect.
At that moment, if she hadn’t been curious about Myre’s ability, she wouldn’t have had a chance to release it at all.
Now, however, the same ability, wielded by a different person, made a world of difference. With just the first beat, Three had taken full control of her heart.