Eternal Night.

Chapter 123: Demons and Spiritual Energy
(PS: Thanks to the leader FDTsubasa for the leader reward. I will add another chapter. Thank you again for your support.)
Wu Xianxiao stood in front of Jiujiu and Daphne.

This passage was the same as the one he entered through, a single passage with a wall at the back, so he only needed to guard the entrance in front.

Originally, Wu Xianxiao was planning to rush forward and kill these headless knights, but he always had an inexplicable feeling of being looked down upon, as if the coffins and corpses in the passage posed some kind of threat. This made him dare not leave for a moment, and he could only stand in front of Jiujiu and Daphne with a knife in his hand.

The headless knight drew his sword, but he did not enter the passage. Instead, he stood at the entrance of the passage silently.

Wu Xianxiao was silent for a few seconds, feeling more and more uneasy. He seemed to see some distorted shadows in the corner of his eyes, but when he looked carefully, he could not see anything. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the largest skeletons in the passage were looking at him and Jiujiu and the others.

As time passed, this strange feeling became stronger, especially the shadows in the corners of his eyes, the vision from his back, and the feeling that the skeleton seemed to be gradually coming alive. All of this made Wu Xianxiao's muscles tense.

At this time, there was a slight moan behind him, and it turned out that Daphne woke up.

Wu Xianxiao immediately said: "Daphne, wake up!"

This sound was made by using the sound attack from the Tiger Demon Art, but it was not filled with full energy. To Daphne it was like thunder. She was still a little confused at first, but she immediately shuddered all over and her mental consciousness immediately became clear.

Wu Xianxiao whispered, "Take good care of Jiujiu!"

"Wu Xianxiao? Where is Jiujiu?" Daphne was surprised to find Wu Xianxiao standing in front of her. She looked around quickly, but did not see any figure of Jiujiu. The next second, Wu Xianxiao rushed out of the passage, facing the oncoming swords and sabers, he chopped back with a knife.

Fighting one or two enemies face to face is very different from taking on a group of them.

Why three people are the crowd? Because this fucking reality is not a game, nor is it a turn-based system. As the saying goes, two fists cannot beat four hands. As long as it is not flesh and blood against Gundam, three adult strong men who are not afraid and do not dodge can beat Tyson to death on the spot face to face!
In reality, if there really is someone so strong who can defeat ten adults face to face, then as long as he has a large enough space to maneuver and basic weapons and protective gear, he can even kill a thousand people!
The reason why in ancient times there were so-called "one could defeat ten men or a hundred men" and "take the head of a general in the midst of ten thousand troops" was nothing more than fast horses and precious armor, and the fact that they did not encounter enemies who were fearless of death. Or, if it was not a novel, the kind of inhuman enemies who would wield weapons weighing hundreds or thousands of pounds at any time.

The strength of this headless knight is actually not that strong. He is basically slightly weaker than the first elite monster Wu Xianxiao encountered when he entered the Demon City, that is, the giant bear. However, they have no concept of life and death, and they have vaguely formed a battle formation, with a sense of advance and retreat, and they are holding swords and weapons. When Wu Xianxiao rushed out of the passage, all the swords stabbed and chopped at him from top to bottom, almost forming a net.

Wu Xianxiao rushed forward with only his sword, dodged two weapons with his speed, and then chopped upwards four times with the sword. But then a hammer hit his shoulder, a sword stabbed his lower ribs, and another sword cut off a piece of flesh from his back.

In an instant, Wu Xianxiao was covered in blood, but he continued to charge forward despite the attacks. With a bang, he directly smashed a headless knight to pieces. The big knife in his hand spun upwards, and two more headless knights were smashed into pieces.

In a second, the three headless knights were shattered, and Wu Xianxiao had already rushed into their formation with three wounds on his body. He stood up and walked away with a knife. The entrance of the passage flashed with jade color, and a series of knife lights flashed, and two more headless knights were cut into two.

The remaining headless knights rushed forward together, and Wu Xianxun was stabbed by another sword on the edge of his belly. However, at the same time, he chopped and cut with the sword in his hand, and at the same time, he slapped the headless knight who stabbed him. His palm was filled with wind and thunder, and the headless knight's chest armor was smashed into pieces with one palm.

In less than five seconds, all the headless knights blocking the entrance of the passage exploded and turned into powder on the ground. Wu Xianxiao was also covered in blood, and the wounds all over his body were very scary at first glance.

However, Wu Xianxiao didn't care at all. He just turned around and rushed into the passage immediately. He picked up the unconscious Jiujiu with one hand and lifted Daphne's neck with the other hand, and dragged the two women, one big and one small, out of the passage.

As soon as he came out of the passage, Wu Xianxiao saw that all the skeletons in the passage were shaking, but they only shook a few times and then stopped, and the sense of crisis that was following him like a shadow also disappeared immediately.

Only then did Wu Xianxiao finally breathe a sigh of relief, and Daphne immediately asked anxiously: "Where is Jiujiu? Didn't you ask me to protect Jiujiu?"

Wu Xianxiao took a deep breath and said as he breathed, "This is Jiujiu."

Daphne looked at the woman on the ground in astonishment. It was this woman who had taken her to escape before. They had escaped from the headless knight several times and finally hid in this dead end. However, she did not expect that many chains suddenly extended from the wall in this closed passage, piercing her and the woman's ankles, leaving them hanging in the air.

But she didn't know that the woman was actually Jiujiu.

“…No wonder.”

Daphne remembered that during the Chaos Storm, Jiji was dragged into the Demon Castle, and she was also implicated and dragged in.

Wu Xianxiao did not say anything. He was breathing deeply and moving the blood and qi throughout his body. After a few seconds, the wounds on his body stopped bleeding. At the same time, the slight movement of his muscles also reduced the size of the wound.

Only then did he open his eyes and look at Daphne and ask, "Any important information?"

Although Daphne looked like a little girl of only seven or eight years old, her age was probably much older than her appearance indicated, and her thinking was not childish. She immediately understood what Wu Xianxiao meant and told him about her and Jiujiu's experience.

"...The Headless Horsemen only patrol the large passages. They do not enter the small passages."

"...This is a maze. There are only big passages and small passages. There are headless knights in the big passages. The small passages seem safe, but they are actually very dangerous. She and I...Jiujiu and I were caught by those chains in the small passages. If you hadn't come, we would have died in there."

After listening to the information carefully, Wu Xianxiao nodded, took out a meatball from his leather pocket and handed it to Daphne, then ate one himself, took out another one, chewed it up, and fed it to Jiujiu mouth-to-mouth.

Daphne swallowed the meatballs in a few bites. With a slightly blushing face, she watched Wu Xianxiao feed the meatballs to Jiujiu. Then she heard Wu Xianxiao say, "There is no Headless Horseman nearby. Let's rest here for a while, and then search along the main passage." Daphne nodded, and sat down on the spot without caring about the wounds on her hands and ankles. But as soon as she sat down, she felt her eyelids heavy and her whole body weak.

Although she and Jiujiu were not dead, a lot of blood had been lost. After eating the pig demon meatballs and digesting the meat, the special ingredients in the pig demon meat began to slowly heal the body, which made her feel even more tired. In addition, the arrival of Wu Xianxiao made the tension in her heart relax all of a sudden. Only a few seconds passed, and Daphne fell asleep while sitting.

Seeing this scene, Wu Xianxiao would not blame anyone. He also sat down holding Jiujiu, and silently moved his qi and blood to quickly digest the pig demon meatballs in his stomach, replenishing his strength and recovering from his injuries.

Since entering Demon Castle, he has been running around looking for a way and fighting continuously, especially the battle with the Bronze Minotaur, which made him use almost all his means except for the trump card of being possessed by the devil.

At this point, he actually urgently needs rest.

As Wu Xianxiao fell silent, his flesh, muscles, and spirit were slowly changing.

His flesh and muscles were slowly getting stronger. The "experience points" fed back by Castlevania when he killed those commander-level monsters, especially the bronze minotaur, began to take effect. At the same time, negativity and pollution were also infecting his body. Fortunately, he had the sleepless aura burning all the time, so the negative impact on him was very slight.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

It was not until ten hours later that Jiujiu's body trembled slightly, her eyes opened, and she immediately looked up and around. The first thing she saw was Wu Xianxiao who was holding her. Immediately, her heart calmed down, and she just leaned on Wu Xianxiao's chest without moving.

"Goudan, get up when you wake up."

Wu Xianxiao said softly.

"Snapped!"

Jiujiu angrily hit Wu Xianxiao's forehead, leaving a bruise on it. Then she opened her mouth and bit Wu Xianxiao's arm.

Wu Xianxiao stood up and let Jiujiu hang on his arm. The noise also woke up Daphne, who was almost awake. She shuddered all over and immediately stood up from the ground.

Wu Xianxiao ignored the two women, one big and one small. He stood up and looked carefully at the two sides of the passage, the coffins, the dry bones, and some pictures and patterns on the wall.

Only then could he take his time.

"Daphne, can you understand the words above?" Wu Xianxiao asked, pointing to the words carved on a coffin.

Daphne immediately stepped forward to carefully identify it. As she read, she said, "I was hiding before and was chased by those headless knights. I didn't have time to check here... No, I can't understand it. I have never seen or heard of this text before."

Unexpectedly, Jiujiu beside him suddenly said in surprise: "These... I know a little bit about them."

Wu Xianxiao and Daphne looked at her in surprise. Jiujiu walked to the side of the coffin and looked at it carefully. She reached out and touched the pattern and said, "Yes, this is a demonic pattern."

"Evil writing?" Wu Xianxiao and Daphne asked in unison.

Jiujiu said with a confused and nostalgic look in his eyes: "This is a demon writing passed down by a great demon from the upper level to the descendants through blood. I have also obtained part of the inheritance, but I can't recognize it all... It says that Xuanniao and Qing... fought each other for the eighth year, and died in the battle... I can't recognize the rest."

As he was talking, Jiujiu went to look at other coffins and confirmed many strange characters. Seven out of ten coffins were engraved with this kind of characters.

Wu Xianxiao suddenly realized and looked at the skeletons with abnormal shapes, feeling surprised.

Is this Castlevania Dream World?
Why do monsters appear?

So... no wonder Jiujiu was brought to this cemetery, and this hall of death, where all the monsters are buried.

"...Spiritual energy continues to decline, Feng decided..."

"I have sealed a breath of pure spiritual energy deep in the Hall of Ten Thousand Monsters..."

Wu Xianxiao continued to listen to the chirping of the strange words on the coffin, and when he heard the word "spiritual energy", his heart moved.

Ironmaking Record! ?

(End of this chapter)