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In less than half a minute, the enormous sea monster, as large as a mountain, was frozen into countless fragments by the cold frost and scattered everywhere.

Xu Ming quickly noticed that some of the sea demon's shattered body tissues, after being freed from the frost's restraints, actually began to writhe wildly again, constantly growing new fleshy buds, showing a tendency to survive for another five hundred years.

Its vitality is so strong that it is frightening.

Xu Ming quickly picked up his phone and called to his sister to start cleaning up the remaining criminals.

The Beast of the End seemed to be well aware of just how tenacious its opponent's vitality was, and it continued to spray out more and more frost.

The Orochi clone, having just suffered a setback, was not to be outdone and charged forward, continuously spraying venom at the remaining body tissue of the sea demon.

With everyone working together, twenty minutes later, Xu Ming pressed the shutter button on the last piece of minced meat.

A purple-gold light swept across the entire area in an instant, turning the sea monster's last hope for resurrection into ashes.

Afterwards, Xu Ming led a group of thugs to search the surrounding area carefully to prevent the sea demon from regenerating itself again using the uncleaned flesh and blood tissue.

This kind of resilient, cockroach-like enemy can easily cause psychological trauma.

After a thorough search, nothing was found.

Xu Mingcai was finally certain that they had sent the disgusting giant squid back to its hometown.

Afterwards, Xu Ming led his men to the castle ruins and began to inspect them.

At this point, Giles had disappeared without a trace.

If Giles hadn't escaped, he would probably be crushed into mincemeat by now.

However, Xu Ming instinctively believed that with Giles's incredibly cunning mind, he would never die so easily in the aftermath of the battle.

So Xu Ming went to great lengths, having his Orochi clone and the Beast of the End turn over the castle ruins and examine them bit by bit.

After spending half a day turning the castle ruins upside down, Xu Ming finally found what he was looking for: an inconspicuous hidden door built in a corner.

Chapter 517 Underground Palace

It was an inconspicuous hidden door, concealed behind a bookshelf. When the entire castle was overrun by the sea monster, this hidden door was naturally exposed.

The hidden door leads to a narrow staircase leading downwards.

Standing at the entrance, Xu Ming could feel waves of dark, foul odor emanating from the passage.

This place feels like a gateway to hell.

After Xu Ming activated his spiritual vision, the corner of his eye twitched slightly.

He originally came to check whether the entrance to the secret passage had been set with a trap.

As a result, in the vision of the spirit, an extremely dense black resentment was churning in the passage and surging upwards.

The scene looked less like the entrance to a secret passage and more like a volcano about to erupt, billowing with thick smoke.

What kind of terrifying thing is inside?

Ordinary people would probably fall seriously ill if they stood at the entrance for even a short while.

Unfortunately, the entrance was too small. Xu Ming glanced regretfully at the enormous size of the Orochi clone and the Beast of the End.

The Beast of the End seemed to sense Xu Ming's worry, and actually lowered its head and approached Xu Ming. A huge voice with a buzzing echo rang in Xu Ming's ear.

"I can shrink, but my strength will be weakened."

"No problem."

Thinking that having another helper would be good, Xu Ming immediately agreed.

Then a flash of white light appeared, and the body of the Beast of the End quickly shrank into a gray and white cat.

"Parker?"

Xu Ming looked at the cat, which looked incredibly familiar, with some surprise.

"That's right, it's me."

Parker crossed his arms over his chest.

Xu Ming's expression immediately became somewhat strange.

“You…right, Emilia, she…”

Parker sighed.

"Thanks to you, she has broken free of her bonds and gone to another world."

Its eyes held an indescribable mix of sadness and joy, instead conveying a sense of adult weariness and vicissitude.

"Alright, let's not dwell on the past. I have half an hour left for the activity today, so you'd better hurry up."

Xu Ming was startled.

Thanks to Parker's reminder, he remembered that Parker was a summon of 'Ice Rose', and that her summoning time was limited.

"Come on, let's go down quickly!"

Xu Ming immediately waved his hand.

He was about to rush ahead when Kasumigaoka Utaha grabbed him.

"sister?"

Xu Ming looked at her with a puzzled expression. Just as he was about to ask a question, Kasumigaoka Utaha grabbed Puck by the back of the neck and threw him down before turning to look at Xu Ming.

"Sister, what are you doing?!"

Xu Ming was immediately left speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"It's a summoned creature; just send it down to scout ahead."

Kasumigaoka Utaha calmly tossed her hair, the movement graceful and clean.

Once the two of them reached the bottom of the slippery stairs, Parker looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha with a resentful expression.

"Even though I'm a pet, I hope to be treated more gently."

"Really? I'll be gentler next time."

Kasumigaoka Utaha casually remarked without any sincerity, while fiddling with the ends of her hair.

Parker couldn't help but look at Xu Ming.

Xu Ming spread his hands with a wry smile.

Parker's face immediately showed a very human-like helpless expression, and he sighed:

"As expected, our Liya is still the cutest and gentlest..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately looked at Puck with a smile.

"What did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly."

Xu Ming clearly saw Parker shudder, his gray fur twitching violently as if he had been electrocuted.

"I said you are the most beautiful person in the world, and you are a perfect match for your owner."

As Parker spoke, he kept rubbing his front paws, looking like a sycophant, which made Xu Ming cover his face.

Aren't cats supposed to be aloof? Why would they act like lapdogs?

After some laughter and commotion, the group followed the secret passage underground.

After walking through a corridor, a large iron gate appeared at the end.

Pushing open the door, a huge underground palace immediately appeared before everyone.

The floor is about five or six meters high, supported by thick stone pillars that require three or four people to encircle.

The walls on both sides are covered with murals depicting classic scenes from the Bible. The floor is marked with obscure ancient Hebrew text and numerous cross symbols.

This underground palace looks very old, and it is unknown who built it. We can only infer from some details that it should be closely related to Catholicism.

It seems that Giles didn't blindly choose to exchange territory with others.

That's right, this guy is so cunning, he doesn't seem like the type to suffer a loss.

Inside the underground palace, torches were faintly burning on both sides, but the space was too vast, and the dim light from the torches not only failed to illuminate the surroundings, but also made the areas not reached by the firelight appear even darker.

Xu Mingzheng looked around curiously when Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly pulled him aside.

The next second, a crescent-shaped flash of cold light disappeared from where he had been standing.

Click! Click!

Then a screeching sound rang out, as if gears that hadn't been lubricated for a long time were being forced to rub together.

A knight wearing a full helmet and plate armor slowly emerged from the darkness, grabbed a longsword, and slashed at Xu Ming.

"what?"

Xu Ming immediately noticed that the knight's armor was covered by a white overcoat with a large red cross painted in the center of the chest, which seemed to be the symbol of the legendary Knights Templar.

The Templar Knight who suddenly appeared moved very stiffly. His armor was rusty, and his white tunic was yellowed and tattered, almost indistinguishable from a beggar's clothes.

He kept emitting inhuman roars, and his sword-wielding movements were completely chaotic.

Just as Xu Ming raised his phone, Kasumigaoka Utaha 'gently' waved her hand.

An inconspicuous red thread immediately flew from her fingertips, forming a net in mid-air, and gently passed through the Templar Knight.

Whoosh!

The next second, accompanied by a dim spark, the Templar Knight and his armor instantly turned into a pile of tiny pieces of flesh, and then turned to ashes.

Seeing this, Xu Ming understood.

If he was right, this underground palace should be the Templars' control, and the dead who linger in the underground palace are all deceased Templars.

One of the most famous treasures in the world is the Templar treasure.

This may be one of the Templars' secret hideouts where they hid their treasure.

Just then, a dozen Templar Knights emerged from various corners of the palace, subtly surrounding Xu Ming and his companions.

Xu Ming immediately pointed the camera at them and pressed the shutter button.

Click!

A dazzling purple-gold flash instantly illuminated the entire underground palace, and all the Templar Knights in front of it were instantly reduced to ashes in the light.