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Zane cautiously enveloped his hand with the power of faith before accepting the book. As Zane approached the book, it suddenly emitted a large amount of black smoke and surged towards Zane's hand. However, it was blocked by a thin layer of faith power.

No matter how the black smoke dashed, it couldn't break through the defense of the power of faith. Eventually, it could only emit a sharp scream and dissipate into the wind.

Clearly, this book must be carrying something akin to a curse. Zane glanced at Mephisto, saying nothing. Immediately, he activated the Great Prophecy to test the authenticity of the book.

"I say, this book is genuine."

In the next moment, countless powers of faith surged to turn the book into reality. However, at that moment, Zane terminated the Great Prophecy.

The result was obvious. The book Mephisto gave him was fake. It probably contained some deceptive contents. If the book had been genuine, there wouldn't have been any reaction from the power of faith when Zane activated the Great Prophecy. It wouldn't have required consuming faith power to alter something that was already true.

A perfectly good Great Prophecy was turned into an appraisal tool by Zane. However, it must be admitted that this method never fails.

Witnessing Zane's clever maneuver, Mephisto already had cold sweat on his forehead. He quickly pulled out an identical book from his chest and handed it to Zane.

But this time, Zane didn't accept it. Instead, he said in a cold tone:

"I say, this person in front of me will immediately turn to dust, leaving only what I desire."

Zane had no leisure to deal with him any further. Since Mephisto dared to deceive him, he might as well go die. Zane would retrieve what he wanted from Mephisto's corpse.

In the instant this command was issued, the lake of faith power condensed within Zane's soul evaporated directly over a large area. Zane roughly estimated that about 100,000 undead's worth of faith power for a year had been depleted just like that.

Although the consumption was horrifying, the power was equally astonishing. A mysterious force suddenly appeared in the void and suppressed Mephisto, who was attempting to escape, in place. Then, it gradually ground him into powder, including the second book he had brought out.

After the flesh was destroyed, Mephisto's soul also revealed its true form: a figure with a sheep's head and a human body, flowing with lava. But that wasn't the end. The great power rushed into Mephisto's soul and extracted a light sphere, then shredded the soul to pieces.

Before dying, Mephisto stared at Zane with intense resentment, sending chills down one's spine. How could he not resent? Who knew how much effort and sacrifice he had made to come to Earth? But at this moment, all of that turned into nothing.

"Human, I remember your soul. I'll be waiting for you in the flames of hell. Mammon is about to descend upon Earth. The entire mortal world will be embraced by hell. I'll treat you well at that time, hahaha."

With Mephisto's final mad laughter, the power generated by the Great Prophecy completely crushed him, including his soul, perfectly fulfilling what Zane had said.

And the light sphere extracted from Mephisto's soul was exactly the knowledge Zane wanted. Most of the consumed faith power was used to deal with this sphere.

After everything returned to calm, Zane didn't rush to integrate the knowledge from Mephisto's soul. Instead, he began to ponder the words Mephisto uttered before his death.

"Mammon descending upon Earth? The Earth being assimilated by hell?"

Zane vaguely remembered that the name Mammon sounded familiar, but couldn't recall any specific impression. In the end, Zane had to seek assistance.

He directly spoke to his wristwatch:

"Skynet, help me look up this Mammon person, start searching from mythology."

There was a subroutine left by Skynet in the wristwatch. Upon receiving the command, Skynet immediately began searching for information about Mammon in the world's networks. In a moment, it found the specific information about Mammon.

"Boss, I found it. Mammon is a demon in mythological legends representing wealth. He is also the son of Satan, the Lord of Hell.

In the Hell Bible, it is recorded that Mammon didn't want to be bound by Satan and was eager to establish his own kingdom of blood and fire. He can possess a medium with mediumistic abilities, and with the power and blood of God, can break through the medium's abdomen and descend into the mortal world in his true form, turning the mortal world into another hell..."

"Understood." After listening to the answer found by Skynet, Zane fell into contemplation.

However, his heart wasn't as calm as it seemed on the surface. Because after hearing this passage, Zane knew why the name Mammon sounded so familiar

—it was because it was the plot of a movie he had loved in his past life, "Constantine," also known as "Hellblazer." That wasn't a big deal, because even if Mammon descended, Zane wasn't afraid.

The main reason Zane was troubled was that Constantine wasn't a character from the Marvel Universe but rather from their archrival, DC Comics. He was known as "Scumbag Constantine."

Just then, Skynet spoke again.

"Boss, this morning, our satellite passed over Mexico and captured a video. Please take a look. It may be related to the Mammon you're looking for."

"Okay."

Then, a virtual screen was directly projected onto Zane's wristwatch. On it was playing a video: a man holding the head of a spear walking through a herd of buffalo. As the man moved forward, the buffalo, who had been leisurely grazing, fell to the ground one after another, losing their lives. Even the grassland turned into a lifeless dead land with the man's steps, as if the Grim Reaper had descended.

After watching this video, Zane completely confirmed his thoughts. But he only hesitated for a moment. What if characters from DC Comics appeared? Zane wasn't the rookie he used to be. If there were any problems, he could simply cast a Grand Prophecy to deal with it.

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