My esoteric uncle Jules

Chapter 111: Persuading Surrender (6k)

Standing before this massive church, Jules felt his throat dry for the first time in a long time.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the past, when he was in the debris of the Titanic.

The stone door was ajar, with algae hanging down.

There is no light inside, only eternal darkness.

Since approaching the church, Lolita has been silent, and her expression changes from time to time, as if she remembered something.

She stood in front of the door, stroking the various blurred murals on the stone wall in a daze.

Until Jules gently pulled her hand.

"Let's go."

Jules's face was calm, but his palms were sweating.

If I say I'm not nervous, I'd be lying.

But no matter how hesitant you are, you have to face it eventually.

He gently pushed open the half-open stone door and walked in.

The stone door was not as heavy as he had imagined. He opened it with a light push, but it still made a loud noise.

After the two entered, the stone door closed with a bang.

The scene before my eyes gradually brightened.

A completely black skeleton was displayed on the altar in the center of the church, and several elements on the altar were placed with still-fresh human organs.

The most prominent thing is the stomach that is still wriggling inside the skeleton.

It is still alive.

Spots of blood spread out from the granulation flesh that rose from the stomach, clinging to the entire skeleton, devouring it from the inside out in a twisted way.

There were some deep divers lying around in a mess, their vital signs had completely disappeared, and some were even half covered by mud, obviously they had been dead for a long time.

"Is this the venue for the ascension ceremony..."

Yule took a deep breath and his eyes became more serious.

The granulation tissue seemed to sense his approach and began to grow at an unimaginable speed.

whoosh-

Several streams of blood shot out from his body like sharp arrows, easily tearing the granulation tissue.

However, more granulation tissue grew out again in an instant, wrapping the entire skeleton.

"Damn it..." Seeing this, Yule's eyes became much gloomier.

His attacks seemed to have no effect on the stomach - he didn't really need to use up the broken clock fragment now, did he?

Or, in other words, to channel the destructive power within the heart of one's own wave?

He pressed his palm lightly against his heart.

In that violently beating hot heart, a deep dark power is gradually being assimilated and absorbed by the heart.

That is the power of Hei Hai.

Although he was restrained by the wave symbol in his body at the moment, he did not dare to use this power at will before it was completely absorbed.

Just as he was thinking about what to do, Lolita suddenly whispered:
"Let me do it."

"You?" Yule turned his head suddenly, his eyes flashing.

Only then did he realize that there seemed to be some strange color flowing through Lolita's body.

Dark blue and deep red intertwined on her body, making her flesh crystal clear and revealing the crisscrossing blood vessels within.

"Let me do it." She whispered again, and there seemed to be a hint of divinity in her words.

"...Be careful." Yule knew that in this situation, there must be a wave intervention.

Perhaps the wave had brought her in just for this moment.

Lolita nodded, walked slowly up to the altar, reached out her hand, and touched the skeleton that had begun to grow flesh and blood.

Jules keenly noticed that the water level in the entire church seemed to be slowly decreasing.

"No, it's not decreasing. Something is absorbing the seawater."

He narrowed his eyes and stared at Lolita and the skeleton.

It seems that the skeleton is absorbing the sea water here.

Or to be more precise, it was the flesh and blood on the skeleton that was absorbed by the "stomach" inside its body.

Soon, all the sea water in the church was sucked away, and even the blood remaining on the ground was sucked away.

"A sign of satisfying thirst..."

At this moment, after absorbing all the moisture in the church, the skeleton had become fuller in flesh and blood, and even began to grow skin.

Seeing this, Jules took the broken bell fragments in his hands in advance, ready to activate them at any time.

However, facing the changes in the skeleton before her, Lolita remained calm, as if it had nothing to do with her.

When the flesh and blood began to grow and spread to the head of the skeleton, she gently pressed down with her palm, and the light suddenly became brighter.

The skeleton trembled violently, the growth of flesh and blood slowed down a lot, and the stomach growled as if its throat was being strangled.

"Quiet."

The voice was calm, yet it carried an irresistible pressure.

As she finished speaking, the blood vessels on the bones quickly shrank and the flesh began to shrivel, as if all the water had been drained out.

However, after seeing this scene, Yules couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Something is wrong, very wrong.

How could such a grand ascension ceremony, the product of the full efforts of a sixth-level being, and with Si Chen's influence behind it, be resolved so easily?
He suddenly felt something in his heart and turned around abruptly - a ferocious giant mouth had grown out of the mural next to him and was biting towards him!

stab-

Caught off guard, the animated mural actually tore off a large piece of flesh from his arm!

"Interesting." Yule took two steps back, covering his arm and sneering.

Then, the blood tide was aroused, and the blood contained in the flesh and blood directly pierced the entire mural, breaking it into pathetic pieces of rubble.

But he didn't relax much.

Because he saw that more things were coming alive.

Even some of the dead deep divers over there staggered to their feet, turned into zombies, and began to tear apart the bodies of their companions.

Jules knew that they were craving flesh and blood.

And what holds the most fatal attraction for them is Lolita on the altar!
The atmosphere in the church suddenly became tense, and the smell of blood was so strong that it was choking.

Lolita stood on the altar, pressing the bones with her palms. The dark blue and deep red light intertwined, suppressing the revival of flesh and blood.

The skeleton growled, its stomach twitched, and the blood struggled to spread again, but was locked tightly by her.

"Uncle, can you protect me for a while?" Her voice was gentle, but her eyes were fixed on the skeleton.

Yule nodded and said with a faint smile:

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

He stood in front of her, holding the staff in his hand, and glanced around.

All around, the twisted appetite had spread throughout the entire church.

On the walls, murals came alive one after another, with huge mouths opened, fangs dripping with saliva, biting everything they could.

The corpses of the Deep Divers on the ground also stood up, their eye sockets empty, and they pounced on each other with hungry roars.

When the flesh and blood of their companions were eaten up, they looked at the two people on the altar with empty eyes.

Jules pursed his lips and asked in a low voice:
"how long will it takes?"

After waiting for a long time and seeing no response from Lolita, he turned around in confusion.

However, it was found that the skeleton had stopped shrinking and even began to grow flesh and blood again.

Lolita's forehead was covered with sweat, and her little face was shaking uncontrollably. It seemed that she didn't even have time to speak.

"This isn't good..." Yule's heart sank as he looked at the animated monsters around him, murderous intent surging in his heart.

He didn't know how to help Lolita here, but one thing was certain -

Killing these monsters, even if it’s useless, at least they won’t come and cause trouble!
The stone pillar beside the altar suddenly bent into a spiral, and the big mouth twisted in the stone reached out greedily towards Lolita, wanting to devour her flesh and blood.

Yule snorted coldly, and casually swung the staff in his hand. The sharp concept directly cut the stone pillar in half.

Immediately afterwards, the wound on his wrist exploded, and a stream of blood shot out, piercing the head of the zombie that was rushing towards him.

Although the corpse fell to the ground, it was still twitching, as if trying to get up and pounce.

He crushed its head with one foot, and blood splattered on his face, but it didn't make him want to clean it up.

Because at this moment, two more candlesticks leaped up, their mouths like lampreys, trying to drill into his body and suck his flesh and blood.

"Damn, why are there so many..."

After dealing with the candlestick, before he could even catch his breath, two zombies pounced on him from behind, grabbing his shoulders with their rotten claws.

He swung his hand back, and the staff drew a sharp arc of light. The head rolled down and dirty blood splattered all over the ground.

"It's endless..."

He gritted his teeth and glanced around.

The murals on the walls have all come alive, their giant mouths opening and closing, saliva dripping onto the ground and corroding out wisps of white smoke.

Even the mud on the ground began to come alive, and strange mud hands stretched out from it, with the mouths in the palms dragging rubble and corpses, trying to approach the altar.

Some of them were even just one step away from Lolita beside him!
Faced with this scene, Jules no longer hesitated and cut a hideous wound on his arm.

Blood spurted out directly from the wound, turning into countless sharp blades that swept out.

The murals were torn, the silt was cut, the zombies were pierced, and blood and flesh flew everywhere in the church in an instant - but it was made of stone or mud, and there was very little real flesh and blood.

However, the destroyed monsters did not stop. Their broken limbs squirmed and reassembled, and their appetite drove them to pounce again.

Jules's face looked a little ugly.

How to fight this? His regeneration ability is strong, but not infinite.

And, most importantly, he has to protect Lolita!

Protecting others in the chaos is much more troublesome than protecting your own safety.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and slowly raised the staff in his hand.

If that's the case, then we can only try to guide the power of Hei Kai.

He wanted to leave the broken bell fragment to the Blood Cup Sect Leader - although the scene before him was terrifying, it was not yet necessary to use it!
The intact part of his arm began to bleed slightly, but Jules remained unmoved and just held the staff tightly.

No one knows what the gem on this staff is, but in any case, he can use it to guide the power of Hei Hai.

Every beat of the Heart of the Wave seemed to resonate the power within him with the staff before him. This process felt incredibly long to him, but to the outside world, it seemed like a fleeting moment.

The dark light began to spread from his staff, enveloping all living things around it.

Except for Lolita who was shrouded in dark blue and crimson light.

This black light instantly engulfed all the distortions in the church, and the air became much heavier wherever it passed.

The light spread like a tide, and wherever it touched, the animated monsters collapsed.

The murals shattered into dust, the muddy palms dried up and cracked, and the corpses' rotting flesh quickly shrank and turned into pools of black ash.

The entire space seemed to be frozen, only Lolita's dark blue and crimson light on the altar was still flickering.

Jules felt sweat mixed with blood sliding down his cheek, and the wound on his arm was still bleeding.

He was breathing heavily, and the staff in his hand was shaking slightly.

Hei Hai's power surged within his body, and every beat brought a piercing pain, as if he were being slammed hard onto the shore by an icy tide.

This was originally the power that the Heart of the Wave used to absorb and strengthen itself. It was the destructive power of Black Skeleton, but now he was just using a trick to call it out.

The Heart of the Wave could withstand the onslaught of this destructive force, but he might not.

Fortunately, the results look good, at least all the activated monsters have been temporarily eliminated.

Suddenly, Jules heard Lolita groan beside him.

"What's wrong?" He turned his head and saw Lolita lying limply on the ground.

He quickly reached out to hold it up. Lolita coughed and said weakly:
"It's going to live."

The words are brief, but they convey a great deal of information.

Yule frowned and said:

"what should I do?"

There was no response, and Lolita fainted.

Seeing this scene, his face instantly turned ugly.

"The wave is all your fault!"

At this moment, he naturally vented all his anger on Langchao.

It would be fine if Lolita could easily handle everything here, but since even Wave is not sure about himself, how could He have the nerve to send someone in?

I bother!

No matter how angry you are, the current danger must be resolved first.

At this moment, the skeleton had even slowly stood up with the support of flesh and blood, and the body had been repaired more and more perfectly.

The newly grown skin looks smooth and elastic, and just one look at it can arouse all the complex desires of human beings - even appetite.

Jules gently placed Lolita on the ground, holding the staff in his hand, and slowly approached the skeleton with a resolute look in his eyes.

At worst, I can guide all the remaining power of the black skeleton in my body and see if I can die together with this thing!
His left hand also held the broken piece of the bell.

Although this thing is very valuable, if Hei Hai's power is ineffective, then he can only use the fragment made of mountain copper.

The flesh and blood gradually solidified, and only then did Yule discover with surprise that the skeleton in front of him seemed to be... a woman?
That’s right, it was a woman. Although she was shrouded in a crimson light, making it difficult to see clearly, she was indeed a woman.

Just as he was about to take action, the newly formed red lips on the skeleton spoke softly:

"My dear, are you really going to kill me?"

Huh? Jules was startled.

This was not because he had any other ideas, but because the voice was almost exactly the same as Lolita's!
In just this moment of distraction, the flesh and blood had grown completely, and the face that appeared before him made him dazed for a moment.

Her light golden hair hung down, and even through the light, her graceful body curves could still be seen.

What surprised Jules the most was that he had never seen that stunning face before, but it felt strangely familiar.

He blinked and subconsciously looked at Lolita beside him, then looked up at the face that had just grown on the skeleton.

Why does it feel like... a grown-up Lolita?
"Dear, you see that too, don't you?"

The skeleton chuckled softly, his words filled with endless temptation:
"She and I are essentially the same being. All of her characteristics can be found in me."

"Why not abandon the past that has passed away and embrace the new things?"

She opened her arms gently, her eyes full of tenderness, love and sacred motherhood.

stab-

Jules simply stretched out his staff with an indifferent expression and pierced the brain of the beauty in front of him.

"Are you Chibei?"

Even though its brain was smashed to pieces, the skeleton with the face of a mature Lolita still just chuckled:

"Why should we distinguish so clearly between what is and what is not? Certain concepts, once they exist, will never fade away. No matter how we subdivide them, their essence remains unchanged."

"Tsk, just open the trumpet, why make it so mysterious." Yule curled his lips.

He understood that although what the other party said was mysterious, the core idea was nothing more than expressing that he was not a red cup, but he was also a red cup.

The woman was not angry at Yule's words, but just smiled lightly and said:
"I can give you ample time to consider this. For mortals, their long years are but a fleeting moment. I can afford to wait."

Jules pulled his face and showed a stiff smile:
"I'm actually quite curious as to why you suddenly wanted to persuade me to surrender."

"Haha..." The woman doubled over with laughter. "What do you mean by persuading me to surrender? Are you truly dedicating yourself to the great cause of the vast ocean?"

Hearing this, Yule's eyes flashed.

What the other party said was indeed correct. From the beginning to the end, he never explicitly expressed his intention to invest in Inspur.

Even though the wave had a close relationship with him and had helped him many times, there were also many times when he would not have been in danger at all if it had not been for the wave.

The woman seemed to see Yule's hesitation, and she opened her red lips slightly, her tone extremely seductive:

"Are you worried about the little girl beside you? Don't be afraid. She and I are one. I will merge with her to become a brand new person, and we will live happily together from now on."

As she spoke, she twisted her body and looked teasingly:
"I think you must have had similar thoughts before. Don't be afraid, face your inner desires bravely. Some things cannot be solved by suppressing them, they must be released..."

Jules remained expressionless in the face of the temptation from the woman in front of him:

"What bullshit are you talking about!"

He stabbed again fiercely, this time destroying the heart of the woman in front of him.

But it still seems to be of no avail.

"Oh, dear, don't be impatient. We still have a long, long time to talk..." The woman laughed so hard that she didn't care about Jules's threat at all.

"What conditions did that person offer you to make you so devoted? You have to know that he is just a dead man, what kind of price can he offer..."

Yule stared at the woman in front of him and said word by word:
"I don't like you guys."

Finally, he added:
"Especially you!"

He slashed his body with a knife, leaving an extremely hideous wound from the shoulder to the waist, blood spurting out, and directly cut the woman in front of him into pieces.

"What a pity..."

Even though she was cut into pieces, the woman did not fall down, but just looked at Jules with a smile and sigh.

"It doesn't matter. I love taking away what others want. The more they resist, the more excited I am, because it means that when they indulge in their desires, the picture will be even more wonderful..."

Her chest suddenly split open, and her entire stomach turned into a bloody mouth, swallowing him whole at an astonishing speed!
He didn't even have time to react before he was plunged into darkness.

When he regained consciousness, what appeared before his eyes was a bloody wall of flesh.

It enveloped the entire world, with some blood and burning mucus on the floor, making people feel extremely disgusted.

"Is this... inside the stomach?"

Jules hesitated.

Could it be that it is some kind of technique similar to space distortion, and that the stomach actually creates its own space?
"I wonder what tricks Chibei will play next..." His eyes became a little cautious.

At the same time, he felt a little annoyed again.

Chibei unexpectedly came out again and attacked himself.

Moreover, do you really think he is a three-year-old child who believes everything he says?
Judging from Chibei's previous performance, he estimated that even if he was stupid enough to switch to Chibei, he would most likely become a half-human, half-ghost, forever indulging in desires and unable to extricate himself.

Yule was alert for a while, but did not find any danger. He frowned slightly and tried to attack the flesh wall.

The flesh wall bounced a little, showing amazing toughness, without any damage at all.

The invincible "Sharp Words" felt so helpless for the first time.

"There must be another way out..." He looked around.

At this moment, a tempting whisper suddenly sounded in his ears:

"Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Are you eager to reproduce?"

The voice was soft and cold, carrying a certain invisible sense of oppression.

These discordant whispers are crude in their linguistic technique, but they are strangely able to tug at the heartstrings.

"Stop talking nonsense." Yule snorted coldly and stabbed the flesh wall with his staff again.

The power of the black skeleton surged out, and the deep black light cut through the blood, but only left a shallow mark on the flesh wall, which was soon filled with wriggling flesh and blood.

At the same time, the wound on his arm exploded, and blood turned into a sharp blade and swept out.

The flesh wall trembled and mucus splashed, but it remained intact.

"It's still useless..."

Jules's eyes darkened, and his whispers grew louder, like a mocking sound, entering his ears:

"Hungry, thirsty, released."

The flesh began to tighten, and blood threads emerged like tentacles, wrapping around his ankles.

He swung his staff to cut off the tentacles, blood splattering everywhere, but more tentacles came from all directions at an astonishing speed.

After a while, he cut off all the tentacles, but still no new changes appeared.

"Could it be that Chibei intends to trap me in this world for the rest of my life?" Yule had a bad feeling.

Damn, with this guy's personality, who knows if he would really do that?

"Desire it, release it..."

It was as if Chibei himself was breathing orchid-sweet air into his ear, and it even really aroused some of the anger in his body.

Jules forcibly suppressed it and continued to look for possible weak points.

Even if Chibei did not abide by the ethics of martial arts, causing the difficulty of the mission to have undergone some subtle changes, he would not give up any hope.

He turned his head and was stunned by the sudden appearance of white in front of him.

It was a mature and slender figure with graceful curves.

He saw that she was looking at him and said timidly:
"Uncle Jules..."

(End of this chapter)