The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 477: Journey from the Heart (asking for monthly ticket)

A few years ago, Xu Shu had heard that the ghost Qi Lixiang had a strange origin. She voluntarily became a monster for her lover and gained powerful strength.

He is so bold in love and action that he can be called a true "pure love warrior".

Unfortunately, today the pure love warriors encountered a minotaur in the duel arena. The mermaid was as strong as a monster. Five against one was not a moral principle, and they could not defeat him no matter how hard they tried.

Well, her lover died with only some weapon fragments left, and now she has gone with him too. Actually, this is a kind of relief. At least at the last moment, there are kind-hearted people like me who guard her real money... Xu Shu sighed silently in his heart and drew a picture for the human-ghost combination who were not friends at all.

[You better really help her keep it safe! ] Taichujuan ruthlessly complained.

There wasn't even a moment to mourn the fall of the pure love warrior.

As Xie Xiaochan took it for granted as the "big sister", she put away the three flawless crystals in full view of everyone.

The next thing that changed was the huge white ball of light on the torch stand which turned into six rings.

They twisted slightly, as if controlled by a mysterious force, and came to the duel arena, lined up in front of everyone.

Then, amid the cheers that rose to the sky, the dome began to hum and vibrate, and a whisper that sounded like some kind of Morse code was heard accurately and loudly by everyone.

"OO, 000, OO!!"

"oOoooG, oOoOoO?"

"oGO? oGO? oGO..."

"oGO!!!"

This is a very rhythmic syllable, which is relatively gentle at the beginning.

But after ringing for a while, it seemed to become a little hurried.

Within seconds, it turned into a pretty loud bang.

Buzz! Buzz!
"Eh? What's going on? Declaring our victory?" Yan Huoxing asked confusedly.

Ai Li's expression was stiff. Her charming face became solemn and a little saintly. She said, "No, my intuition tells me that the referee's mood seems to be turning towards anger... Did we violate the rules?"

Even Lu Bingwei, who had been confident and seemed to know everything since entering the Death Ridge, changed her expression slightly.

"Hey, what's going on here? The triggers are all used up, so why is the secret realm still there?"

Lu Bingwei had a solemn expression and was extremely confused.

According to the rules of general secret realms, a secret realm opened with a trigger must either kill all the "bosses" to cause the secret realm to collapse directly, like the Kiyomizu Temple before; or it will automatically exit after interacting with the monster corresponding to the trigger.

What is going on in this situation?

This inexplicable change made the expressions of the people in the team that had just won the victory look stunned.

They looked around, and finally, they all turned their questioning gazes to the leader, Xie Xiaochan.

The meaning is obvious.

You brought the trigger, so why don't you give me an explanation?

Little did they know that Xie Xiaochan, who was being held in high regard by everyone at this moment, was also confused.

"Look, why are you looking at me? There's no point looking at me! No one has ever passed the sixth stage of this secret duel arena before!"

The cute twin ponytails bounced again and again, and the dull expression changed again and again. Xie Xiaochan muttered softly, not understanding what was going on.

You know, this is the "Evil God's whisper"! How many people in this world can understand the language of God?

Coincidentally, Xu Shu could understand it.

[Boasting! Do you understand? This is called oracle! The way of the world! What's wrong with the legendary dragon elephant? You can't understand the legendary dragon elephant! Bragging, you can only watch your Taichu volume translation, this is called strength, understand? ]

"..."

Xu Shu's eyelids twitched.

His eyes were calm and confident as he looked into the void.

Stop talking nonsense!
[Taichujuan translated the conversation for the master. The will of the master of the secret realm said: "Congratulations to all challengers for winning! According to the rules, you can choose to terminate the challenge and choose the reward; you can also choose to obtain an additional challenge plan and proceed to the seventh round until you become the strongest. Do you want to continue? Do you want to continue? Do you want to continue... TNND do you want to continue!"]

[Because none of you have managed Him financially, He feels humiliated by you. After the countdown of 10, you will get a little colour to see.]

【9! 8! 7……】

"???"

Seeing the countdown on the Taichu Scroll turn into a blood-red color and flicker, Xu Shu was so frightened that his face was filled with question marks.

Why didn’t you tell me such an important thing earlier?

You really want to kill me!

Xu Shu was quite speechless and glared at the Taichu Volume - this made Yan Huoxing, who happened to be standing opposite Xu Shu across from the Taichu Volume, feel a little uneasy, wondering how he had offended him.

At this time, Xu Shu had already made his thoughts and conclusions.

I just arrived at the sixth arena and I encountered a third-order evil spirit at the peak of perfection. If I fight again, I might get better spoils, but who can guarantee that a fourth-order demigod monster will not be brought out directly to defend the arena?
After all, in the field of mysticism, "6" and "7" are two numbers with very special meanings, and they are used as watershed signs in many places. This situation must be prevented!
Treasures are good, but you have to be alive to get them. Knowing when to quit is the best virtue in adventure stories.

Negative examples usually die from greed!
Therefore, Xu Shu immediately decided to quit while he was ahead, waved his hand toward the sky, and shouted loudly:

"No more fighting." "It's over, it's over!" "Thank you for your fair judgment, see you next time!"

He shouted quite loudly, and didn't care at all that there were people watching him. He performed a full set of combos without any ambiguity.

This caused the teammates who were originally discussing to be puzzled: "Brother Xu, what are you doing?"

Xu Shu's smile disappeared, and he said seriously: "Don't you think this 'referee' is very powerful? After the duel, it is basic courtesy to salute the referee!"

Having said this, he bowed very sincerely, like a gentleman of great manners.

Almost instantly, a "sizzle" sounded from the dome again. The translation Xu Shu saw was: [Challenger selection is over, the loot has been selected and left! The rest of the challengers please make your choice as soon as possible, and you will be punished if you exceed the time limit! 10, 9, 8...]

The next second, with a click, two of the six light balls floated over and wrapped around Xu Shu.

Feeling soft, slippery, and as if being kissed and wrapped in the sweet tongue of an extra-large-cup gentle sister, Xu Shu lifted his feet off the ground, floated up, and got back on the cable car.

And there was something extra in his hand, a bone mask that looked quite strange and twisted.

At first glance, it seems to be quite similar to the white-bone snake spirit statue that Qi Lixiang had condensed before, and there are obviously more complex and obscure inscriptions engraved on the top of its head, making it seem very evil at first glance.

Without taking the time to observe this "trophy bestowed by the gods" in detail, Xu Shu hurriedly stuffed the mask into his pocket, and his body followed the light cable car and flew to the back like a meteor, flying towards the honeycomb compartment where he had originally stopped.

The space behind the compartment began to wriggle and dissolve, and the same rotating wormhole as before appeared!

Xu Shu immediately understood that he was "teleported" out after the fight and there was no time to stay.

Seeing that the countdown was still going on and his teammates were still staring at him in a daze, he hurriedly shouted: "Snapshot! Just like I did just now--"

Before he could finish his words, Xu Shu's body was rushed into a long and narrow tunnel that looked like a crack in the sky.

It is worth mentioning that the mermaid was probably also considered to have "chosen to end the challenge" because of Xu Shu's actions, so her story was spread out along with the others.

The trophy she obtained was an icy blue and white ball, the size of a fist, with an ice blue earthworm curled up inside, emitting bursts of cold air.

It was not until Xu Shu completely disappeared and his roar exploded in the sky that the rest of the people suddenly realized what had happened.

"So this is the response? Brother Xu is truly a god!" Yan Huoxing exclaimed in admiration, and imitated Xu Shu, shouting "No more fighting" and "See you next time" and bowing. He was then also wrapped in a ball of white light and sent to the entrance through which they came in.

Seeing this, the others did the same without hesitation.

Naturally, Lu Bingwei was the most confused here. She was wondering why Xu Shu knew this little detail. Wasn't this the first time that the little boss of the sixth level of the secret realm was killed?
She was extremely puzzled, but couldn't figure out what was wrong for a moment, so she stopped thinking about it and was the last one to enter the aperture, following closely behind Ai Li and Xie Xiaochan, and soared into the sky.

At this time, their attention was attracted by the "challenge reward" that suddenly appeared in their hands.

After all the people on the duel arena had evacuated, a few balls of light lazily dropped from the huge and lofty dome, snatching up Gu Pan and the others on the "bench", including the biological mother, and throwing them all into the space wormhole.

Click!

The spatial rift then began to slowly close, at a very slow speed, just like the door of a vertebrate slowly closing after pooping after being squeezed for five days.

Perhaps, the speed at which it closes is equivalent to the speed at which the people in the passage leave this place completely. It will only be truly closed after everyone has left. Otherwise, it will not be able to be closed because there are things stuck inside.

But in contrast, the cheers around the duel arena that were originally like a tsunami-like wave suddenly stopped, as if an electric wire was suddenly cut.

The change from extreme bustle to extreme silence was so jarring that the entire huge secret realm of the honeycomb duel field was suddenly plunged into an extremely weird and silent atmosphere.

It was as if the excitement just now had never happened.

The only devastated duel arena that could prove its existence was also rapidly returning to its original state, spotless.

The only things moving were the countless pairs of eyes in the densely packed honeycomb compartments, which contained either resentment, fear, submission, or despair.

They are quietly isolated within the amber film, just like little spiders that have hatched from huge spider eggs.

Watching quietly...

at this time.

Just when the rotating space door was about to close completely, there was only a tiny gap left, which was smaller than the Planck length and could not be observed by normal humans.

Above the dome, there suddenly appeared an extremely sharp existence, as if waking up from a dream, and it released an angry will.

"It's actually... you?"

"You lowly bitch, you don't follow the rules!"

This will condensed into a black water droplet that exceeded the speed of light!

This is entirely condensed from the Yellow Spring water that is filled with the breath of death. It looks like water droplets, but it also looks like condensed black fog. There are countless wails and screams in it, as if hundreds of millions of resentful souls that could cover the entire planet are suppressed inside. They instantly shot towards the closed space tunnel, as if trying to get out!

It seemed to have locked onto one of its targets - Gu Pan!

It was Gu Pan who volunteered to be the last one on the 'bench', so he was walking at the back!
"?"

Almost at the same time, Gu Pan, who was squeezing his pink cavity to move outward in the tunnel, felt a trace of fear in his heart.

She felt like a thorn in her back, that a disaster was about to happen, and that the end of the world was coming!
But the next moment, snap.

A dark yellow water droplet filled with black mist flashed.

An extremely deep black aura that blocked out all light also lit up.

As soon as the yellow-black water droplets and the pure black air touched each other, they immediately entangled with each other, as if they were wrestling and fighting in the space tunnel, and finally perished together, but the remaining black air filled the tunnel exit, isolating the subsequent yellow-black water droplets from outside.

——All this happens in an unobservable moment, at a time that ordinary people cannot perceive.

"Um, what happened? What's going on?"

Gu Pan's eyes widened, not knowing what was going on. He only saw that several pieces of debris on the wall of the space tunnel were corroded and fell off, turning into ashes.

"Um...this..."

Gu Pan swallowed.

For some reason, she vaguely felt that she seemed to be locked by something familiar just now.

What is it?

It seems... it seems to be the same atmosphere as when night fell in Death Ridge before?
Not exactly the same?
For a moment, Gu Pan was afraid and hesitant, not knowing what was going on.

Until in her mind, the new guy with nine tails was trembling and yelling: "Idiot, why are you stopping? Go, go! Hey, tell your kid to stop standing there!"

The second half of the sentence was directed to the Gu family's Kuiniu ancestor, who had already shrunk his head.

Kuiniu ignored her and just kept shrinking its head, acting like her sword tomb, like a dead object.

"Ah this..."

Gu Pan was stunned.

She knew that this new ancient remnant soul in front of her, who called himself "Xiao Jiu" after a friendly exchange, was incredibly powerful.

It is definitely at the same level as the monster that attacked him and others in the underground bronze temple before.

In other words, this is a demigod-level guy!
Even it seemed so frightened. What on earth had it just experienced?
Gu Pan shuddered inexplicably and no longer dared to stop for even a second. He used all his might to crawl out.

Finally, she saw a light ahead and hurriedly used her hands and feet.

Pfft!
Gu Pan fell to the ground.

She jumped up smoothly, looked around, and found that this was the underground entrance that looked like the upper and lower passages of a battleship when she entered before.

The only difference is that the underground passage that was originally open has now been closed and covered with sand, leaving only a "keyhole" of the manhole cover, which is dark and exposed.

Looking again, Gu Pan was even more surprised to find that, besides himself, the only person at the scene was Ning Xin, who was sitting on the ground wiping the copper coin sword.

As for the others, whether it was Xu Shu, Lu Bingwei and others, they all disappeared.

"This..." Gu Pan was surprised at first, then he went over in his mind the knowledge that he had learned but used for the first time, and he understood it all at once.

They were "excluded" from the Death Ridge!

This was because the trigger used by Xu Shu and others when they entered the Death Ridge was a broken sword handle that was almost as thick as a baby's arm.

Therefore, when this trigger completed its mission, Xu Shu and others no longer had the "support" to continue to gain a foothold in Sigaoling, and would naturally be excluded.

However, this did not mean leaving the ruins directly and returning to the real world outside, but rather being excluded from the secret realm of Death Ridge and pushed back into the ruins of the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons".

On the contrary, it was she and Ning Xin who, because when they entered the Death Ridge, the trigger they used was the "Silver Key of the Mother Goddess Church", and after this secret realm was opened, they failed to complete the "trigger commission" and instead fled.

Therefore, she and Ning Xin will continue to stay in the Death Ridge until the "Heart Fire Incense Burner" outside is completely burned out, and then they will be directly teleported out of the ruins.

"Huh! Those who have successfully returned to Japan after completing the plot at the Death Report Ridge shared that after returning, they will not land in the original place, but will randomly land in some areas with dense monsters. I hope he will not encounter any danger~"

"Damn it, I haven't explained the matter of my aunt to him yet! Will this guy let that woman run away after he leaves?"

After figuring it all out, Gu Pan let out a sigh of relief, and muttered to himself a few words, feeling a little scared and annoyed.

woohoo~
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Ning Xin, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Gu Pan and said, "Jun Moxiao, he asked me to tell you that he will look for you when he gets out."

"What?" Gu Pan didn't react for a moment.

Ning Xin closed her eyes and said, "Xu Shu asked me to tell you. When I came out, he was stuck at the entrance of the tunnel and was sucked in."

"Oh, that's right, I understand."

Gu Pan had a blank expression on his face, remaining stern. He looked at the passage that could no longer be opened and sighed, "What a shame! We came here in vain and gained nothing. It's just you and me now. Let's find a place to hide. We can leave before it gets dark."

Their original purpose in coming to the Mother Goddess Church was naturally not of high quality, so in order to save money, they purchased a furnace that was only slightly higher than the lowest grade of the third level and could last for 18 hours.

The selling price is 1500 contribution points, which is not cheap. But for an average team, as long as they can successfully hunt three or more Yin Kings and Corpse Kings in the ruins, they can make their money back, and the rest is profit, and there is a greater chance of making money.

It's just that the situation this time is special.

Moreover, when he thought about the fact that his secret key worth tens of thousands was almost wasted, although he had entered the duel just now, he was just watching the show and didn't get any soup. This means that he lost more than 10,000 contributions.

We also have to take into account the lives of four teammates.

This is the unspoken rule of the extraordinary world. Since you came out together to conquer the ruins, and a teammate sacrificed his life, you would definitely feel bad if the survivors did not give the other party's family some compensation, right?
Adding all these together, the losses are even greater.

Gu! This makes me, who is already poor, even worse. If I had known that the fucker would not come, I would have sold the key directly. I shouldn't have been greedy! I shouldn't have been greedy! Gu!
...Gu Pan couldn't help but feel his heart bleeding.

At this moment, she saw Ning Xin stand up lightly and suddenly throw over a small purple gem.

"What is this..." Gu Pan took it casually, lowered his head slightly, and suddenly widened his eyes after seeing it clearly.

This is actually a third-order erosion crystal! And it has eighteen strands, a full-level third-order crystal!
As the saying goes, scarcity makes things valuable. The price of this thing on the upgraded network is definitely over 4000.

Before Gu Pan could ask, Ning Xin took the initiative to explain: "This was given by Xu Shu. He said it was to compensate for our previous losses."

"okay."

Gu Pan's expression didn't change at all, but he felt a little happy in his heart.

Ha! Xu Shu is a thoughtful guy. He didn't really betray his master or his ancestors. Otherwise, I would never let him off easily in the future!

Thinking of this, Gu Pan said, "It is not advisable to stay here for long. Let's find a suitable place and then stop making trouble. Let's wait quietly to leave the ruins."

"Yeah." Ning Xin did not refute and nodded gently, "Haha, he is quite loyal to you."

"That's right, we are, um, classmates." Gu Pan said after thinking for a while.

Ning Xin did not comment, and the two set off immediately, with Ning Xin leading the way with the help of "Bloodthirsty" to find a safe refuge.

During this time, she kept looking at Gu Pan with a thoughtful look.

Gu Pan felt as if ants were crawling on his body when he was stared at by her, and he always felt that Ning Xin's eyes seemed to hint at something.

Gradually, Gu Pan couldn't stand it anymore, and he got straight to the point: "Ahem, we are normal men, brothers, there is no such mess, don't think too much."

"Oh."

Ning Xin nodded easily, but continued to look at Gu Pan.

Looking back, I felt like I was being stabbed in the back.

After traveling dozens of kilometers, she couldn't help but remind Ning Xin not to guess randomly: "That Ning..."

Without waiting for Gu Pan to finish.

The "butcher" Ning Xin, who was wearing a Taoist robe, suddenly exhaled and said lightly: "Jun Moxiao, you are actually a woman, right?"

"!!!"

Gu Pan was struck by lightning and suddenly froze in place.

Quack! I've been caught! What...when?
Or are you cheating me?

Her face was stiff, and she wondered if the other party had really seen through her.

But the next moment, Ning Xin turned her head and said lightly, "My brother is dead, but I won't let you. Let's compete fairly from now on."

After saying that, her pace suddenly increased, almost leaving Gu Pan behind.

"Ah?" Gu Pan opened his mouth.

what?
What is she saying?
Why do I recognize every word she said, but when they are put together, I don’t understand her?

What the hell, your brother died and you don’t let me do it, but you’re competing with me?

What are you competing for? Your brother's ashes?
Why the hell do I need that thing!
Gu Pan's whole face was filled with question marks.

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at the same time.

In the secret realm of the duel arena where no one exists.

In every honeycomb compartment, the imprisoned "evil spirit" creatures were all crawling on the ground.

At this moment, all these massive ghosts that had originally expected to escape had lost their previous fighting spirit or hatred. They were all so terrified that they were speechless, and no longer lay on the window and watched like little spiders as before.

Because the whole world is shaking under the angry and roaring will.

No one can understand His will.

He faced the darkness, roaring as if carrying countless souls of the dead, and said:
"Bitch! I will kill you tonight!!!"

……

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(End of this chapter)