The Villain Saint is my secondary account

The footsteps of the Imperial patrol echoed outside the window. Ye Xiao leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, occasionally peeking at the passing soldiers through the gaps in the wooden boards sealing the broken window.

In addition to the soldiers originally stationed in the town, imperial troops from neighboring towns are also being urgently mobilized.

These were not troops summoned by Ye Xiao; they were likely local officers who requested support from surrounding areas.

This would undoubtedly affect Ye Xiao and his group's escape, but it wouldn't be easy for Ella to issue orders from higher-ups to have the soldiers here retreat.

After all, there are moles in the military. If such an unusual mass mobilization order is detected, it could alert smart people in the company to the existence of an undercover operation.

Fortunately, this reinforcement wasn't too much trouble for Ye Xiao. He just hoped that the other two player teams from the other companies wouldn't clash with the Imperial soldiers.

"Hey, why haven't they come back yet? Did that guy realize he wasn't feeling well and run off on his own?"

Ye Xiao was looking out the window when he heard the complaining voice of a Shepherd of Darkness.

He turned around, and another follower with a severed hand also started cursing, "If I had known these two guys were unreliable, I wouldn't have realized it at first. Those people who appeared at the prison gate also seemed to be from the company. We should have followed them."

"Please be patient, everyone."

Ye Xiao said, "After all, it's not that simple to bring over several horses."

"Why go through all this trouble? We might as well have just killed those Loren soldiers and taken the horses from the camp."

The believer with the severed hand sneered.

"Dude, if you're really as good at fighting as you say, how come you ended up in jail?"

Ye Xiao sneered.

"This is all because of you two bastards!"

Speaking of this, the one-handed follower was furious. If it weren't for being tricked by those two guys at the tavern, he wouldn't have been caught so easily.

"okay."

As tensions rose, the dark-skinned priestess of the Dark Templar spoke up to smooth things over, "Regardless of what happened before, we just need to be quiet and wait for Miss Mofeng to return so we can leave. Let's not cause any more trouble."

The believers who had lost their hands then fell silent and stopped making a sound.

"Oh, right, I forgot to ask your name earlier, sir of this company."

Perhaps the atmosphere was a bit stiff, so the priestess looked at Ye Xiao again and asked.

"Kalon, Anshap Kalon."

Ye Xiao gave a simple and clear answer.

“Understood, Mr. Kalon. You can call me Deborah.”

Deborah...?

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow, suddenly feeling that the name sounded familiar. She must have heard it somewhere in her previous life, but it wasn't a very deep impression.

He shifted his gaze to the girl's hands, which were resting on her knees. Unlike the other Dark Shepherd followers, her hands were still human-shaped. Although her skin was tanned, it remained smooth and delicate, unlike the others, whose hands were withered and resembled the claws of wild beasts.

"Miss Deborah, you're not a native of Lorenzhai, are you?"

"It doesn't look like it, does it?"

The young girl, Deborah, raised her hand, as if examining herself. "My father is from the Western Frontier, so theoretically I should be considered half a father."

"Hmm, your skin tone looks more like it's from Dante."

Ye Xiao casually asked, "So your mother is a Dante?"

"That's not true."

Unexpectedly, Deborah shook her head.

"Well... compared to your companions, you don't seem as irritable."

After exchanging a few inconsequential pleasantries, Ye Xiao tentatively began to probe, "Is your technique also a power from a religious sect?"

Just as Deborah was about to speak, one of the more taciturn believers among the Shepherds suddenly spoke up.

"Priest, there's no need to say anything more to him."

This believer had a rather honest and square face. Ye Xiaoyou remembered that Deborah seemed to have called him by his name in the dungeon before.

“I know, Dorma, don’t worry.”

Deborah replied softly, then looked at Ye Xiao, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kalon, I have no choice but to tell you that."

"Alright, these guys are pretty vigilant," Ye Xiao shrugged.

Just as he was pondering how to continue extracting information, a soft knock came at that moment.

"knock knock"

"Ah, I'm finally back."

Another believer near the door got up impatiently and walked towards the door.

More than an hour had passed, and seeing the increasing number of Imperial soldiers on the streets outside the window, it was inevitable to feel a little anxious.

But just as he placed his hand on the doorknob, Ye Xiao, who was by the window, suddenly sensed a faint magical fluctuation spreading through the air.

He immediately frowned and shouted, "Something's wrong, watch out!"

His shout made everyone involuntarily shrink their necks, but after two or three seconds, nothing happened.

"are you crazy!?"

The Dark Shepherd by the door cursed angrily. Ye Xiao's shout had almost given him a heart attack. He pulled his hand back from the doorknob as if he had been electrocuted.

This made Ye Xiao a little embarrassed. He had just clearly sensed a strange magical energy gathering in the air. Could it be that he had made a mistake?

Fortunately, they had set up a soundproofing array in this room; otherwise, the soldiers on the street would probably have rushed in if they heard the noise.

The believer opened the door, but standing outside was not Miss Mofeng, but a dark-skinned man dressed in a white robe.

"Ok?"

The believer was still a little startled from being frightened by Ye Xiao, and when he suddenly saw such a tall figure, he involuntarily took half a step back.

But once he saw who it was, he immediately opened his arms wide with joy, "Oh, it's you, brother!"

It turned out that this was the fifth Dark Shepherd who hadn't been imprisoned.

Inside the room, the shepherds who had been holding their breath relaxed slightly.

"But how did you find this place? Did that woman from that company bring you here?"

As the believer at the door spoke, he took a half-step back, gesturing for the other person to come in.

Strangely, the white-robed man outside the door did not reply, but simply lifted his foot and slowly walked into the room.

His gait was somewhat comical, like a penguin that had eaten too much and waddled as it walked.

"brother?"

This made the believers at the door feel that something was wrong, so they reached out and patted the other person on the shoulder.

But the other person ignored him, and simply walked silently to the center of the small room and stood still.

Just as Ye Xiao was wondering what the other party was doing, the strange fluctuation he had sensed earlier reappeared.

At the same time, the white-robed man, who swayed as he walked to the center of the room, also began to bulge in the belly.

"Snapped"

With a deafening roar, his body exploded like a balloon, countless black tentacles shooting out along with splattered flesh and blood, like thousands of chains piercing through everything in sight.

Chapter 80 The Self-Destructing Corruptor

In an instant, the entire second floor was blasted down by the rushing tentacles.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Ye Xiao slammed his fist on the ground and erected a thick earthen wall, trapping him, Deborah, and Doma behind it.

The tough tentacles failed to penetrate the earthen wall, but the other dark herder who opened the door and the one with the severed hand were not so lucky. They were riddled with holes on the spot and never made a sound again.

Ye Xiao crawled out from under the collapsed ruins, the dust on his forehead fading, but his eyes revealed an indescribable astonishment.

A self-destructing corrupted individual?

Wasn't this thing created by the Dark Shepherd and the Company in this life? Why is it here?

He wondered if the two people he was trying to rescue were members of the Dark Shepherds.

Could it be that the Dark Shepherds have split up, and someone wants to get rid of them?

Ye Xiao was completely baffled, but now was not the time for him to dwell on the reasons behind it. He quickly pulled Deborah out from under the rubble of the collapsed house.

"Cough... This is bad, Mr. Kalon... That witch has been watching our movements."

After Deborah crawled out of the ruins, she leaned on Ye Xiao's shoulder and gasped for breath.

"The witch you're talking about, could it be...?"

"Of course, it's Ella Hevy,"

Deborah looked at Ye Xiao with some confusion, "Who else could it be?"

Hey, this thing is so weird, it looks like something your cult made up, right?

Ye Xiao's lips twitched, but he could only keep these words to himself; he had no right to seek justice for himself right now.

"Hey, what's going on with these people?"

Doma's voice came from the side. Ye Xiao turned his head and saw one figure after another slowly appearing in the street.

In the pitch-black night, among these people were imperial soldiers in light armor, as well as civilians dressed in linen clothes and white robes.

They staggered closer, like wandering ghosts, numbering over a hundred, and surrounded Ye Xiao and the others.

Self-destructing corrupted individuals... are there so many of them?

Ye Xiao's throat moved slightly, and the faint magical fluctuations from a town resident in his field of vision reappeared. The next moment, the resident opened his arms like a mad dog and charged towards Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao calmed himself down, and with a swift movement, he left a trail of afterimages as he instantly approached the nearby resident.

A glint of light appeared at the tip of his outstretched left hand, and with lightning speed, he precisely touched the resident's forehead.

An invisible ripple seemed to spread from that point throughout the resident's entire body, causing him to freeze for a moment, and the strange magical fluctuations instantly disappeared.

Instead of exploding into a devastating tentacles, a look of confusion appeared in the resident's empty eyes before his eyelids drooped and he slumped to the ground.

"Not bad...this trick works."

Seeing this, Ye Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

The skill he just used was "Touch of the Sealed Demon," a skill cultivated by the Phantom Assassin class.

This skill was originally used by assassins to silence and assassinate magic-based targets. The principle is to inject a spell into the target's body to seal the flow of their spiritual power.

Of course, once this move reaches the mastery level, it becomes a mid-range skill that can be cast from a distance. After all, in reality, assassins can get close to mages, so why would they need to specifically seal their mental power?

However, Ye Xiao hadn't practiced this skill much since becoming an assassin, so his proficiency was low. Therefore, he had to use it at close range to activate it now.

However, this method is surprisingly effective against those who self-destruct and become corrupted. This is based on information Ye Xiao knew from his previous life. Their explosions are the result of magical power being abnormally distorted, and magical power is catalyzed from the spiritual sea through mental power. Therefore, if their mental power can be sealed, the tentacles will not explode.

Having dealt with just one, there were still hundreds of unstable human bombs looming around. The initial resident was like a clarion call to action; as strange magical fluctuations appeared one after another, these figures began to stir.

"Damn it!"

As the townspeople and imperial soldiers surged in from all directions, the Dark Shepherd Doma opened his hands, which had transformed into beast claws, and his eyes flashed with killing intent.

"Hey, take your master and retreat to the back. Don't hurt them."

Ye Xiao sensed the killing intent of Doma behind him and quickly turned around to calmly remind him.

"You're telling me this now??"

“They are just civilians being manipulated. You are killing innocent people by doing this.”

As Ye Xiao spoke, the shimmering light from his fingertips traced several arcs in the darkness, taking down several more people who rushed at him.

"Are you kidding me? I'm part of a cult, and you're telling me not to kill people?!"

Doma didn't care about Ye Xiao's words and raised his claws to rush forward and tear an approaching Imperial soldier to pieces.

Unexpectedly, just as he made a move, Ye Xiao flashed in front of him and pointed a finger at his forehead.

Doma suddenly felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained, and he became unsteady on his feet. Ye Xiao then pushed him backward with a palm strike, causing him to fall to the ground.

"You son of a bitch!?"