Heavenly Official Sends Evil

Chapter 891 The Game of the Evil God
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The moment he gained his new ability, the flaming dagger in Wu Xian's hand went out like a candle burning out, and the spiral staircase turned pitch black, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.

This startled Wu Xian. He quickly swung the Burning Dream Dagger, and the flames reignited. Wu Xian hurriedly used the flames to check the effects of his new ability.

Good Words Sacred Fire - Carbonization: Gives the Burning Dream Dagger the properties of coal, with flames and heat concentrated within, only erupting when needed, and the power of the flame at the moment of eruption will be increased compared to the normal state.

Wu Xian didn't know whether this ability was good or bad, since he hadn't seen the abilities of other Sacred Flames of Benevolent Words, but this ability could indeed solve some of Wu Xian's pain points.

With each enhancement, the Burning Dream Dagger became more powerful than before, but the flames on its blade also grew stronger.

Although wielding this dagger made Wu Xian the most eye-catching guy in the blessed land, he didn't want to always be so conspicuous. Besides, the dagger burned his hands, could easily burn things, and putting it away in its sheath was a hassle...

This carbonization property enhances the dagger's practicality.

Wu Xian quickly learned how to control the size of the flame. He gradually weakened the flame and discovered that the dagger was charcoal-colored with small markings on it, one of which looked like the sun and the other two like flames.

This means that the True Fire of the Sun can erupt once more, and the Burning Dream Dagger can kill two more evil spirits.

Besides the changes to the Burning Dream Dagger, Wu Xian also gained other benefits.

Using the 'Sacred Fire Talisman' is equivalent to using a normal talisman. Combined with the True Sun Fire Talisman used earlier, Wu Xian has essentially used four talismans.

Therefore, the blessings of "surrounded by stars" and "three begets one" were also triggered, bringing Wu Xian many benefits.

There are four more crescent moon marks now, bringing the total to five, including the one that was already there.

Wu Xian originally used two talismans, and with the four he used this time, he had a total of six talismans, which was just enough to trigger the "Three Become One" talisman twice, thus obtaining two more talismans.

These two talismans are the "Sword-to-Plowshare Technique" and the "Hundred-Step Piercing Willow Spell".

The effect of the "Sword-to-Plow" technique is that when Wu Xian is in close contact with a weapon for a period of time, he can turn the weapon into a wooden plow. The transformation time is related to the strength of the weapon. This technique can be used three times.

The Hundred-Pace Piercing Spell: The forest is dark, the grass rustles in the wind, the general draws his bow at night... When this spell is used, the attendant will receive a bow and an arrow. After drawing the bow and shooting the arrow, this arrow can accurately hit any unobstructed target within a hundred paces. It can be used three times.

Both of these talismans are only barely satisfactory.

The technique of turning swords into plowshares can disable the enemy's weapons, but there are currently no evil spirits using weapons in this blessed land.

Although the Hundred-Step Piercing Spell is accurate, the evil spirits in this blessed land are inherently difficult to kill. With the limited power of the arrows, even three shots would probably not be enough to kill an empty-bellied hanging corpse.

However, the effects of 'change' and 'guaranteed hit' could perhaps have other uses if carefully considered.

After sorting through all his gains, Wu Xian adjusted the flame of the Cursed Dream Dagger to a level just right for illumination, and continued down the spiral staircase.

Walking down another two or three meters, the stone bricks become cleaner, and some bricks still have writing on them. Judging from the handwriting, they were probably left by Su Xianqing of the Su family.
"Wonderful! Day and night are reversed, time is reversed, the magic is etched into his body, and the magic is activated when he dies..."

"How could such a great skill exist in this world?"

"With this skill, wouldn't all my years of painstaking study of divination have been in vain?"

The only trace Su Xianqing left behind were these three sentences. He came to the water dungeon to investigate, which clearly showed that he had discovered something. At first, he was extremely fascinated by the so-called 'great art,' but later, because this great art erased his years of hard work, he became resentful and bitter.

It's like a working person who marvels at a new technology only to find that the new technology has taken their job...

Further down was a cell door that was almost rusted. Wu Xian opened the cell door and saw the main body of the water prison.

The water dungeon was much smaller than Wu Xian had imagined. The walls were covered with all sorts of horrifying instruments of torture, and in the center was a pool of water two meters in diameter, in which seven people were crammed and suspended.

The seven people, both men and women, had distinct appearances. Some possessed beastly characteristics, some had demonic markings on their faces, and one woman wore an antique mask. The water was up to their waists, and they were covered in wounds, lying unconscious with their heads down. The blood flowing from their bodies stained the pool red.

Wu Xian recognized them at a glance, and his eyes widened.

All seven of them were dressed in modern clothing, some even wearing religious items; they were all...

They are all family members!

Wu Xian lowered his head and slowly uttered a few words:
"The annual fortune and misfortune of the Grand Duke Jupiter!"

In that instant, many of his questions about this blessed land were answered.

Why is this blessed land so strange, unlike other blessed lands? It seems more like it's letting the bereaved participate in a game.

This is, of course, because this blessed land itself is a gamble!
A general story took shape in Wu Xian's mind.

Several hundred years ago, in the era when Su Xianqing lived, a large-scale evil event occurred in a town outside the county seat.

In the incident, the relatives and evil spirits fought each other, eventually destroying the town completely and also wiping out the entire wedding procession.

The outcome of this struggle was that the family lost.

But the evil forces probably didn't win either, because the world still survived.

The gods and immortals who watch over this world have cast a spell to reset time on the people who are trapped in this world. As long as they die, time will be reset, which makes it impossible for evil spirits to kill them.

The evil spirits took their followers to the water dungeon in a prison cart and have imprisoned them ever since.

When the spirits were first captured, the evil spirits were unwilling to let them live, so they tried many times to kill them. This caused chaos in the heavenly secrets, and Su Xianqing was no longer able to perform divination normally, which led to the tragedy of the Su family.

After that, the followers were imprisoned for an unknown period of time. The world successfully developed into modern society, but was eventually destroyed by evil spirits. Only the seven followers in the water dungeon survived.

In order to rescue these seven people, the God of Fortune and Misfortune of the Year created this blessed land, and he made a bet with something.

If Wu Xian can live to see the dawn with the new recruits, the seven dependents in the water prison can be released.

If Wu Xian cannot do it, then there may not be a place for him in the water prison.

What could be more capable than a 'fierce god' that can gamble against the Tai Sui god and meticulously design such a blessed place?

Wu Xian felt a little awkward.

As a member of the celestial family, he was naturally pleased to see the gods take action to save them.

But he didn't want to become a pawn in this gamble.

After a moment, Wu Xian stopped his random thoughts, took a knife from the torture instruments on the wall, and walked to the edge of the pool.

"The spell is inscribed on his body, and the spell is activated when he dies, so the conditions for resetting time are self-evident."

"Seniors, I apologize for any offense."

After saying this, Wu Xian plunged his knife into the neck of one of the servants.

(End of this chapter)