A colorful rosy glow covered the entire sky of Donghai City, a sight of a divine miracle descending, dazzling and eye-catching.

On the streets, those early-rising and busy residents stopped the work in their hands one after another.

They stood blankly in place, looking up at the sea of clouds dyed in brilliant colors, their eyes filled with shock and awe.

"Good heavens, what is that? Such a beautiful rosy glow!"

"This is definitely a good omen! Could it be that the heavens are protecting our Donghai City?"

"We just experienced such a terrifying beast tide a while ago, this must be a deity descending to bestow blessings!"

There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and many people even knelt on the ground involuntarily because of this peaceful and sacred aura, putting their hands together and devoutly worshiping in the direction of the courtyard where the rosy glow was most intense.

At the same time, inside the courtyard.

Zhou Huai was quietly observing the new Avatar he had just shaped—Li Er.

With crane-like hair and a childlike face, possessing the demeanor of an immortal, wearing a simple gray Taoist robe on his body, clearly without any flashy decorations, he exuded a transcendent bearing that harmonized with heaven and earth.

Those slightly closed eyes concealed endless wisdom and compassion.

"Tsk tsk, this temperament..." Zhou Huai stroked his chin, couldn't help praising in his heart, "Although they are both SSS-Class Professionals, the feeling he and Insect Emperor Caesar give me is simply worlds apart."

Caesar was the Sovereign of the Zerg, exuding the dominance and majesty of those who submit prosper and those who resist perish, being a high-and-mighty, decisive, and ruthless emperor;

While Li Er before him was surrounded by a layer of visible soft Holy Light, making anyone who took a single glance have the ferocity and irritability in their hearts smoothed out.

This was a Saint whom countless people could sincerely respect and follow!

"I dare bet that as long as I go out for a walk relying on this Avatar and display some divine miracles, I can definitely easily harvest countless devout believers across the country and even the entire world." Zhou Huai smiled with satisfaction.

Without thinking any further, Zhou Huai closed his eyes and directly transferred his consciousness onto Li Er's body.

The moment he opened his eyes, Zhou Huai felt the entire world was different.

His ears and eyes were clear, his mind was empty and bright, and he could even feel those profound and elusive rule veins between heaven and earth.

"Since it is the descent of a Saint, let's first experience the effect of this active skill."

Words Become Law!

Just hearing these four words made one's scalp tingle.

"What should I say?" Zhou Huai pondered for a moment, deciding to do a simple test first.

He manipulated Li Er's slender body, with a calm expression, and slowly spoke: "I can arrive outside Donghai City in one step."

As soon as the words fell!

【Ding! Consumed 1000 points of mana.】

Zhou Huai only felt a massive amount of Mental Strength being extracted from his body. But looking around, the flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard remained, and he hadn't taken off on the spot.

"No change? Could it be a failure?"

Zhou Huai raised his eyebrows quizzically. With a tentative mindset, he raised his foot and gently stepped forward.

"Hum—!"

The moment his sole landed, the space before his eyes was torn apart and folded by a pair of invisible giant hands! The surrounding scenery turned into countless blurry streams of light, retreating wildly backwards!

When Zhou Huai came to his senses, his eyes widened!

The bluestone slab beneath his feet had turned into overgrown muddy ground, and blowing into his face was the desolate cold wind of the wilderness!

He had truly appeared in the wilderness of Donghai City!

"How miraculous! It really is Words Become Law!" Zhou Huai was so excited that he almost failed to maintain the Saint's cold and lofty persona.

You must know that the courtyard was at least a dozen kilometers away from the nearest city wall!

Arriving in one step? Isn't this fucking more domineering than the teleportation of a Space-type mage!

"If I say right now that I can cross thousands of kilometers in one step and go straight into the military compound of the Imperial Capital, can I also do it?"

Just as he was eager to try and ready to speak again—

【System Prompt: Do you want to deduct fifty points of Merit to offset the upcoming skill backlash?】

"Good grief!"

Zhou Huai was startled, instantly dispelling the thought of traveling to the Imperial Capital.

"So ruthless?!"

He brought up the panel to take a look; this body of his only had a total initial of 100 points of Merit.

Just a single sentence, and if he wanted to offset the backlash, half would be deducted directly?!

"It seems that although this Words Become Law is heaven-defying, the backlash is also truly fatal." Zhou Huai sighed helplessly, "In the future, I still have to find a way to accumulate more Merit for Li Er. Otherwise, this divine skill simply cannot be used casually."

However, the question came, how can one quickly accumulate Merit?

Zhou Huai was somewhat troubled.

"It can't possibly let me, a dignified SSS-Class Professional, go out to the streets every day to help old grandmothers cross the street, or help neighbors catch cats and find dogs, doing good deeds?"

"That would be too shameful for an SSS-Level! If word gets out, does my aura as a Saint still matter?"

Just as he was thinking.

A rustling movement came from the weeds ahead.

Afterwards, a few prairie wolves with green eyes and the size of small calves rushed out, baring their drooling fangs.

Their Levels were not high, only around a dozen or so.

Zhou Huai glanced at them, his eyes lighting up. He remembered that the panel said slaughtering evil targets like ferocious beasts could also accumulate Merit, so he could just use these little things to test the waters.

Zhou Huai was seen manipulating Li Er, unhurriedly extending his right hand and gently pointing his index finger at the prairie wolf rushing at the very front.

There was no cumbersome spell-casting pre-animation, nor did he release any dazzling magical elements.

Li Er's lips parted slightly, and he lightly spat out a single word.

"Die."

"Awoo—!"

That prairie wolf, which was opening its bloody maw, didn't have any substantive wounds on its body, but the health bar above its head was eerily emptied!

Accompanying a short whimper, this wolf slammed heavily onto the ground with a thump, dead as dead could be.

【Ding! Killed Prairie Wolf X1, gained 120 experience points.】

【Ding! Slaughtered a low-level ferocious beast, gained 1 point of Merit.】

Before Zhou Huai could even rejoice, another prompt popped up immediately:

【System Prompt: Do you want to deduct 1 point of Merit to offset the skill backlash?】

"..."

Looking at the prompt before him, Zhou Huai was about to laugh out of anger.

"So this addition and subtraction of mine equals working in vain here? The Merit value didn't change at all!"

Refusing to give up, his eyes rolled, and his gaze fell upon the remaining three prairie wolves.

Seeing their companion drop dead for no apparent reason without even bleeding, those three wolves instinctively felt extreme terror, tucking their tails and already starting to retreat.

As a result, before they even had time to turn and run, they heard that immortal-like old man in the distance say another sentence in that flat tone.

"All of you die."

The voice fell.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The three prairie wolves collapsed to the ground in unison, following in the footsteps of the first wolf.

【Ding! Gained 3 points of Merit.】

【System Prompt: This Words Become Law obliterated three low-level life forms. Do you want to deduct 3 points of Merit to offset the skill backlash?】

After reading the System prompt, Zhou Huai fell silent.

He manipulated Li Er, helplessly stroking the snow-white beard on his chest.

"Even if Words Become Law is changed to an area-of-effect attack, it still won't save Merit."

"It looks like the judgment of this skill backlash is even more precise and strict than I imagined. Killing a few wolves means enduring the rule backlash brought by the demise of those wolves' lives!"

"If it goes on like this, if I personally go kill monsters, won't the Merit value never rise?"