They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 166: Can't Look Directly
Since they all hope that Ria will inherit the position of the Faceless God, then it is now his turn to demonstrate to these people... the correct use of the divine office.

"Everyone can throw away their faces now, because faces are the most useless thing to you anyway."

As Lia was speaking, some people automatically appeared outside the room and stood crookedly.

Their faces had no facial features, but were covered with countless golden eyeballs, and their skin had turned as white as stone.

Some people had bandages wrapped around their upper bodies, while others had unborn babies hanging below them, with scarlet blood dripping from their clothes—they were all ordinary patients being treated in the hospital, but they inexplicably encountered this disaster.

Gain glanced around and discovered that a person who had been paralyzed for many years had climbed in through the window carrying a bed on his back.

His expression was somewhat strange: "It's too cruel. Why did you drag these people into this? No normal person would do such a thing."

"No, no, no, that's not how you shirk responsibility, sir."

Now, Ria can see many truths that are usually hidden, such as the patients and doctors in this hospital... they are all white-masked believers.

Ria didn't know where he was, but he had to admire Garn's methods.

"Since everyone can share the position of leader equally, I believe you won't mind if I come in and get a piece of the pie."

"I hereby declare myself the new leader of the White Mask Church!"

Ria clapped her hands, and the patients who had run out of control in the room suddenly rushed toward Garn and hugged him. Then, black spikes suddenly grew from their bodies, piercing them together like sea urchins.

The next second, the bodies of these embracing "sea urchins" gradually melted, and Garn was not harmed at all.

However, the instant he dissipated the obstruction and could see clearly what was in front of him, a ferocious, pitch-black tentacle covered with sharp, knife-like scales slammed down on him, leaving him nowhere to hide in the cramped hospital room.

At that moment, Garn's figure flashed, and when he reappeared, he was already on the roof of the hospital.

His eyes flickered as he gazed at the ground. In no time, a multitude of tentacles burst forth from the windows and walls with a "whoosh." They clung to the building, their bodies covered in golden pupils.

"Is this the mythical creature born from the influence of the Crimson Mother?"

The light in Gain's eyes was blocked by the enormous tentacles. He watched as the living creatures swirled and danced wildly, their bodies secreting highly acidic toxins that lunged at him. Gain reached out his hand towards them, as if he wanted to experience their power for himself.

"Boom!!!"

After a loud bang, the original top floor was smashed through, and Garn's body was corroded by the strong acid to the point of almost turning into mud.

He struggled to restore his flesh and blood, dusted himself off, but a hint of disappointment showed in his eyes.

The Crimson Mother's power shouldn't be this great. If that mythical creature is only at this level, it's not even as powerful as some extraordinary beings.

"Perhaps I overestimated your strength."

Garen seemed to have gotten tired of playing with them and decided to clean up all the toys right there.

However, at this moment, he suddenly realized a problem—

Ria is gone.

……

“You are me, and I am you... If the Red Moon created you, then His power can also be used by me.”

At this moment, Ria stood several kilometers away from the hospital, staring intently at it. Beneath him was a newly drawn sacrificial array called "Trade," which he had created himself not long ago.

"The supreme soul that murmurs in the depths of darkness,"

Wandering the world, witnessing the decadent pleasures of paper money and gold,
Reconstructing nihilistic bliss, bestowing upon the dark truth of decadent pleasure, the embodiment of desire.
We sing praises of desire.

Offering gold as a gift

Praise be to the Faceless Ones and to trade… Now I will make a deal with you, to briefly revert to the form of a mythical creature.

As his voice faded, another voice automatically answered from within his heart.

[Transaction Completed]

By reciting his own prayers and making a deal with himself, Ria had no need to worry about the sacrifice failing, but at the same time, the content of the deal became increasingly mysterious.

He didn't know what he would lose. Restoring the mythical creature to its original form would certainly come at a high price, but it would all be worth it.

Unscrupulous merchants won't do business at a loss.

As the sacrificial array lit up, Ria saw countless dark figures emerge from her own shadow, those hideous shadows stretched infinitely, forming the image of a giant monster.

It gradually stretched out its wings and broke free from the shadows. The sky also darkened at that moment, as if the only thing that shone was the enormous creature's pair of golden eyes.

"Roar——————"

The mythical creature merged into the darkness, and in the next instant, it appeared where the hospital had been, its size seemingly more than ten times larger than when Maria had first seen it.

A toxic fog gradually filled the air, completely obscuring everything.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the creature opened its glowing mouth full of sharp teeth, swallowed the entire hospital whole, flapped its wings and flew to the highest point in the sky, where it transformed into a series of tentacles that suddenly exploded.

Lia silently looked up, stood there for a moment, and then turned and left.

His eyes could see clearly now that all those people up there were dead; not a single one remained.

Garn must have really enjoyed the surprise he brought.

"Unfortunately, I still find it too difficult to use such power."

Ria looked up and saw tentacles in the shadows wrapping around his shoulders to prevent him from falling.

“You’re much more handsome now than before, Schwarz.”

"..."

The tentacles made no sound, but silently protected Ria as she returned to a safe place, such as seeing James again.

James stood under the tree with his back to him for a long time before turning around and waving at Ria.

"You paid a heavy price this time."

"You all know?"

“I know everything,” James said smugly, but soon he stared at Ria with worry.

"Do you know what you're trading with? What do you think your eyes are? They're contaminated with disease! You're trading with contaminated disease!"

"Don't be so angry."

"How can I not be angry? Do you want to look at the miserable state you've become? Oh, by the way, it seems you can't see anything anymore."

Lia touched his head and found that everything was normal. The only problem was that after "communicating" with the eye on the back of his neck, he could no longer see.

This infuriated James so much that he smashed a tree to pieces: "What crime did I commit to deserve being responsible for a blind man?"

That's very impolite.

Lia found a strap to cover her eyes to prevent them from getting infected by the light.

(End of this chapter)