The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 452: Meeting Gift from an Old Friend (asking for monthly ticket)
As night fell, the "anthropomorphisms" who had managed to enter the church before darkness fell chanted words such as "Thanks to the Mother Goddess for her protection" and "Praise to God's grace" and moved forward on their knees in a very pious and almost crazy posture, and finally gathered in the front yard of the church, densely packed.

Xu Shu naturally did not follow these fanatics, but stopped where he was and looked at the two axe gatekeepers.

The two little giants stood on the left and right respectively. After closing the big iron door, the axes in their hands were pointing towards the inside of the church.

This made Xu Shu feel very uncomfortable.

If it is a "guard" against darkness, shouldn't the axe be facing outwards?

What does it mean to face inward? It's like guarding a prisoner.

If the bride had not mentioned that anyone who clashed with the gatekeeper would be swallowed by darkness, Xu Shu would have been eager to try and see whether their axes were harder or his own golden spear was better.

But considering that he still had a day and a half in the ruins, Xu Shu did not conflict with the two gatekeepers for the sake of safety - after entering the ruins, the number of times the Taichu Volume is used will not disappear or refresh with the passage of time, which means that the one remaining chance of resurrection will last until he leaves the ruins. Of course, the [Super Dimensional Mode] will also continue to protect him until he leaves.

"Xu Shu, this way!"

I heard the voice of the bride Xie Xiaochan. I turned around and saw her jumping and waving at me not far away, her two cute ponytails bouncing.

Seeing this, Xu Shu briefly put all this aside and walked over silently to meet up with his teammates.

When Xu Shu approached, Xie Xiaochan immediately took out a small pink notebook and began to count the heads one by one with a serious expression. She cleared her throat and asked first: "Xu Shu! Xu Shu? Where is he?"

Xu Shu: “?”

Seeing that Xu Shu didn't answer, Xie Xiaochan poked him with a brush and said, "I'm calling your name. Hurry up and call it."

"Are you sick?" Xu Shu looked at Xie Xiaochan as if she were a fool.

You poked me with a pen, and you still want me to shout?
Xie Xiaochan said quite seriously: "This is called a necessary sense of ritual, hurry up and shout it out."

"..." Xu Shu's mouth twitched, and he could only say speechlessly, "Here."

"Yeah." Xie Xiaochan nodded in satisfaction, ticked his name, and continued, "Yan Huoxing."

"Here." Yan Huoxing didn't want to cooperate at first, but when he saw the latter's sharp eyes suddenly looking at him, he felt inexplicably nervous and answered hurriedly.

While shouting "Here", he subconsciously hid behind Xu Shu, as if avoiding the plague god.

Xie Xiaochan ignored him and continued to call out names one by one, asking Gu Yueming, Jiang Biyun and others to shout out their answers in turn.

After calling the roll and signing in, and confirming that all ten people were in place and no one was left behind, she closed her notebook and said, "I'm not making a fuss, but you have to be careful in Death Ridge. It's common for there to be one more or one less person, which can cause problems for the team."

"Yeah." Everyone nodded.

Some of them, like Xu Shu, were completely unaware and had to wait for others to remind them; others, like Xu Shu, also knew about this less popular "unspoken rule", and so on.

"We'll hide here for one night and leave after daybreak, then use my trigger to open the hidden treasure house. By then we'll have to face a peak third-order Yin King, so we'll have to count on your help. By then, we can divide the resources in the treasure house equally." Xie Xiaochan continued.

This proposal was naturally recognized by everyone.

Xie Xiaochan looked around and suddenly lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "By the way, there are rumors that the Dark Mother Church may contain the secret of the fall of the Black Virgin School, and there may be many treasures."

The situation was special at the moment, and these words immediately attracted everyone's attention.

There were also those who knew some inside information, such as "Evil Apostle" Ai Li, "Evil Apostle" Xiao Yingrong, "Soul Catcher" Ning Zhaoxuan, etc., who all agreed with it and said:
"Indeed, the Black Zhen School was very active before the Cataclysm. They controlled many relics and reaped a lot of benefits from the times. You can imagine how terrifying their background is."

"Have you heard of the Donggu Research Society?"

"I've heard a little bit about this. This was one of the most active organizations during the time of God's Descent."

"Yes, it is said that the Donggu Research Institute and the Black Zhen School are actually one and the same. The headquarters of the research institute is hidden in a certain Dark Mother Church. I don't know if it is the one here."

"Hehehe, you don't have to be so obscure. There are indeed many people who believe that this church is the base of the Donggu Research Institute. There has even been a considerable trend of exploration in order to find things that are suspected to be related to the disappearance of the gods."

"Is it related to the disappearance of the gods? Doesn't that mean it is a divine item?"

"Well, so what? You need a key to enter the church."

"Pity!"

Amidst the sighs, a discordant voice suddenly interrupted: "Can't you just break in without the key? I see the door is open, it doesn't seem like entry is prohibited."

As soon as the words fell, everyone shouted angrily: "Heh, put away this thought, Yan Shan, do you think no one has tried to take the risk and force their way in? It's just that no one has ever left alive."

"That's right, shut up, Yan Shan!"

"Don't be so reckless when being a dragon elephant, understand?"

"..." Yan Shan, who was being pointed at by thousands of people, looked confused.

I didn't say anything at all!
It was Xu Shu who said he wanted to break in by force. Why are you blaming me?
At this moment, Yan Shan felt extremely aggrieved.

Seeing this, Xu Shu spread his hands. It seemed that breaking in by force would be impossible.

Everyone was chattering and expressing their opinions, but only two people did not participate in the discussion.

They were Gu Yueming and Lu Bingwei. They seemed to have their own concerns and listened to everyone's talks with twinkling eyes without interrupting.

After a while, Xie Xiaochan ended the topic and said, "Don't mention these things. Let's take care of our own affairs first. Stay away from the door. There will be a blood sacrifice here later."

"There is also a blood sacrifice?" This surprised Ai Li and the others.

"Yeah." Xie Xiaochan didn't say much that she had seen the content of the blood sacrifice herself, and just nodded.

"Why don't we just stay in the corner?" Gu Yueming suggested standing behind the crowd.

"That's fine, just don't splatter the blood on me."

Several people hit it off and took action immediately.

With the help of the gray moonlight, everyone avoided the large number of fanatical believers that were gradually gathering in the front yard, walked around the outer corridor and headed towards the edge.

During this time, believers who were kneeling on the roadside would occasionally look up at them and warmly invite them: "Brothers, sisters... Come here, come and pray together, and ask for the blessing of the Dark Mother Goddess."

Everyone ignored it and continued walking forward, finally stopping in a relatively quiet corner of the corridor on the left.

There were so few believers here that they were almost invisible. There were only a few girls with outstanding figures gathered together. After seeing the crowd, they did not extend an invitation like other fanatics, but walked away with evasive eyes, seemingly unwilling to communicate or interact with the crowd.

"Anthropomorphisms with different personalities? Are they playing the role of 'the very few residents who are not tempted by the evil god and remain sober'? Tsk tsk, these anthropomorphisms are quite capable." Xu Shu thought thoughtfully.

It is worth mentioning that the chairs here can be sat on, so everyone was not idle, but found a comfortable position, either sitting or lying down, and couldn't help but start their own daily meditation practice to kill time and get through the long night.

At this time, Xu Shu was quite bored. He did not have the "skills" that others had, which could be practiced at any time, used to adjust his mentality, etc., to promote the possibility of breakthroughs.

His practice is just to lie on the ground, do sit-ups, and eat a lot of crystals.

But the ruins are full of dangers, and it is impossible to do so.

The upgrade driver cannot be opened, and even basic entertainment such as "surfing the Internet" is banned. It is simply a torture.

In the end, bored Xu Shu chose to disturb others.

He poked Lu Bingwei, Yan Huoxing and others and asked them one by one:

"What do you think about Zhang Runzhi's incident? Do you want to team up to snipe and kill him afterwards?"

The answers I got were pretty much the same.

"I'm afraid it's difficult. This guy will definitely be very careful and we can't easily make an appointment with him." Lu Bingwei shook her head.

"Go and post him on the Shengge Internet to ruin his reputation." Yan Huoxing said angrily.

"Okay then." Xu Shu felt helpless and swore silently in his heart that when he met Yan Hui and Zhang Runzhi again, he would kill these two old guys.

I can't feel at peace unless I avenge myself!

Xu Shu silently kept the grudge in mind, walked alone to a nearby distance, and looked from afar in the direction of the church entrance.

As the night deepened, waves of special mass sounds began to sound from the church door, spreading to every corner. These included sounds such as "angry roars", "sad wails", "crazy laughter", "humble pleas for mercy" and so on.

Everyone knew that this was the beginning of the "blood sacrifice" that Xie Xiaochan mentioned.

Blood sacrifice is always accompanied by blood and coercion, and screams are inevitable.

However, considering that the people being sacrificed here were probably not ordinary people, no one felt any sympathy and just watched coldly.

It is well known that time, which slips away quietly when you are playing, will become slower and longer when you wait patiently.

During this long wait, a group of men and women in plain clothes and hoods came over and noticed Xu Shu who was alone.

The leading man came up and asked, "Stranger, are you also here to look for the Left Hand of God? I see you are very capable, do you want to join us?"

"Hmm?" Xu Shu was stunned at first, thinking that the person looked and sounded familiar, and then his eyes lit up.

It’s this group of people again!
He had an impression of this group of people. When he followed Xie Xiaochan into this "Death Ridge" for the first time, he also encountered this group of "personifications" playing the role of treasure hunters.

I didn't expect to meet them again when I came in today.

It’s still the same rhetoric, the same flavor, and even the team is the same group of people.

Xu Shu suspected that they performed here every night and extended invitations to the extraordinary people who entered Death Ridge.

These guys are so dedicated!

and many more……

What did he just say?
God's Left Hand?

What he was talking about was actually the Left Hand of God?

This... isn't this the thing deep in the blood-red moon cave in "The Four Bitter Mysterious Gates of the Ageless Mysterious Gate"?
Could it be that this Sigaoling Ridge is also related to the Wu Lao Xuan Sect?
Not necessarily. "The Left Hand of God" refers to the left hand of a god-level being, but there are many god-level beings, and each god-level being has a left hand, or even more than one, so it may not be the same person...

For a moment, Xu Shu was surprised, yet a little uncertain.

Noticing Xu Shu's hesitation, the leading man suddenly became interested and said, "Look, our team is very strong. We have men, women, old people, and children. Come on this adventure with us. Let's become bigger and stronger together and create greater glory. Do you want to come?"

As he spoke, the men and women he mentioned raised their hoods one after another, revealing fanatical and strange eyes, and stared at Xu Shu quietly.

Quietly, watching.

"I……"

Xu Shu was about to speak.

However, at this moment, Xie Xiaochan suddenly appeared from the side.

She was like a mother hen protecting her chicks, and immediately protected Xu Shu behind her - even though Xu Shu and she looked like Beauty and the Beast when they stood together - and said coldly: "We don't need it, go find someone else."

As they were talking, Yan Huoxing and others came up and surrounded these "anthropomorphic treasure hunters".

Surrounded by the piercing gazes of a group of third-level masters, the leading man first looked around with a strange and cold expression, then suddenly forced a friendly smile on his face and said, "Okay, okay, we'll leave right away."

As he spoke, he backed away, and finally turned around and ran, trying to leave here with his teammates.

However, this group of guys failed to leave successfully.

Because Xu Shu was blocking their way, like a thick city wall, pushing everyone back.

The leading man said hurriedly: "We just want to form a team, it's well-intentioned..."

Xu Shu said with a half-smile: "I also have good intentions. I will join."

"This..." The leading man was stunned for a moment. He looked at Xu Shu, then at Xu Shu's other teammates. For a moment, he didn't know whether to nod or shake his head.

Xie Xiaochan frowned, gave Xu Shu a look, and whispered, "What do you want to do now? I'm telling you, these guys are not normal. I met them before when I entered Death Ridge. The words they spoke then were exactly the same as they are now."

Xu Shu nodded and said in the same voice transmission: "I understand, but that was something that Xie Xiaochan, who was at the second level, didn't dare to explore. If she still doesn't dare to take a look at it now that she's at the third level, then wouldn't our breakthrough be in vain? Besides, we're not forcing our way into the church."

"Uh." Xie Xiaochan was speechless.

After a while, she smiled and said, "That makes sense. Let's go and take a look. What do you think?"

She said looking back at the others.

Lu Bingwei's eyes flashed, and she said coldly, "There's nothing else to do, let's go and take a look together."

Gu Yueming stood on Xu Shu without saying a word and expressed her attitude with actions - she put a "Gift from Queen Wa" on Xu Shu, making Xu Shu's head glow and look green.

Yan Huoxing also said: "That's right, I'm actually curious too and want to go and take a look."

Seeing this, the others nodded and followed.

A group of third-level masters surrounded the anthropomorphic treasure hunting team like a group of lions watching a group of lambs.

"Well, that's fine."

A few drops of cold sweat appeared on the man's forehead. Things had come to this point, and he had to agree whether he wanted to or not.

But he seemed very smart and quickly said, "A few friends over here have decided to join us, so please, follow me!"

After saying this, he took the lead, half running and half walking, leading the way.

After a while, Xu Shu and others, led by this group of anthropomorphic treasure hunters, walked from the leftmost corner of the courtyard to a garden at the rear right.

The place is filled with flowers and looks quite gorgeous, and is dotted with medieval Roman-style dome-shaped arch pavilions carved from white jade.

In one of the pavilions, a group of men and women were sitting and waiting.

These people look powerful and sharp, out of tune with other anthropomorphic figures, and carry a strong aura of murderous intent.

With just one glance, Xu Shu could recognize that this was a team of extraordinary people who had also come to explore the Death Ridge. Moreover, their strength was not low. They were not rookies of the first or second level, but mid-sequence extraordinary people of the third level!
"Are these the people this personification is referring to?"

"It's really a large ruins. There are third-level masters everywhere, more than radishes in the field!"

Seeing the man walking towards the pavilion as if asking for help, Xu Shu silently complained, then moved his eyes over and quickly scanned the six people inside to identify them:
The one on the left is tall and has such exaggerated muscles. Needless to say, he must be a "dragon elephant". It's a bit careless for him to not bring a mermaid with him...

The woman behind the “dragon elephant” is very pretty, wearing a Taoist robe. She seems to be a “celestial master”? Or maybe the “Heavenly Lady”.

That enchanting woman dressed like a black widow with a trap on her waist must be the "Evil Apostle", damn it.

This foreign girl is pretty good. Carrying a paddle on her back, she looks like a "ferryman" at first glance, needless to say.

This man has a face full of flesh, and it's hard to tell what kind of skills he has, but his aura is very dangerous, and he is also a third-level expert.

And this skinny guy is carrying a sword on his back, obviously he is a master, haha...

What the hell, Gu Qian?
Xu Shu's scrutinizing gaze suddenly froze on the thin man's face.

This face is so familiar, this is exactly what Gu Pan looks like in man’s clothing!
She actually came to report her death?
Xu Shu's eyes froze on Gu Pan's face.

At the same time, Gu Pan was also looking at the new arrivals.

She first looked at Xu Shu, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes, which suddenly froze and moved behind Xu Shu and to Gu Yueming.

"?" Gu Pan's eyes fixed and he met Gu Yueming's gaze, locking onto them from afar!
next second.

Xu Shu saw Gu Pan take a step towards him.

He was originally thinking about whether he should not reveal Gu Pan's identity, but seeing that the other party didn't seem to have that intention, he smiled knowingly and wanted to say hello.

As a result, he saw Gu Pan instantly transformed into a black lightning, holding a long sword and slashing towards him, shouting:
"Witch! Give me back my aunt!"

Brush brush!
Wherever the sword pointed, the space seemed to be torn apart, making a sharp whistling sound, and the tip of the sword was infinitely magnified in the sight!
Xu Shu: ???
(End of this chapter)