Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 579 Darkness
Very good, now I know why Yamu cursed directly in the communication channel.

Xin Lailai looked at the long introduction to the world in front of him, his eyelids twitched slightly, and a strong urge to greet him arose in his mind.

To be honest, he had anticipated a variety of scenarios, such as this world being on the verge of collapse, facing overwhelming abyssal creatures upon landing, or the abyssal creatures born in this world being so powerful that they were invincible, etc...

——But all this is based on the fact that the world has only been eroded by the abyss for a short period of twenty years, and that everything can still be saved.

As for the world that had been eroded by the abyss thousands of years ago, but inexplicably became stable and developed peacefully for a thousand years?
To put it bluntly, a thousand years is enough for the power of the abyss to turn this world upside down a dozen times. The so-called peace is nothing but an illusion that the natives of this world use to deceive themselves.

In this case, it can be said that there is no need to deal with any abnormalities. You must know that the premise of dealing with abnormalities is that the power of the abyss is an abnormality for this world. But in the current situation, this world has probably already become the shape of the abyss power called "filth". For this world, "filth" is the current rule, and the immortality of "filth" has been tightly integrated with this world.

As for handling it? They are so closely connected, what's the point of handling it? The best thing to do is to run away as soon as possible.

"This really is... I hit the grand prize."

Xin Lailai looked at the introduction in front of him, rubbed his temples, and couldn't help but swear.

——Who the hell could have imagined that in the ruins of the Dead Sea, which was only built 20 years ago, there was actually an "execution ground" that existed thousands of years ago? !

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Yamu: "@Black Sword, @Death Bearer, how is it? You should all be aware of the current situation. At least in my opinion, the situation in this world is completely hopeless. My personal suggestion is that we gather together and run away as soon as possible."

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When the message notification sounded, Xin Lailai looked up at the communication channel at the edge of his sight, looked at Yamu's proposal, was silent for a while, and then followed with a message:
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Black Sword: "Honestly, I don't have much of an opinion. I personally suggest that we first reunite and find the 'tiny white' mentioned in the introduction, then directly send a distress signal or find a way to destroy this world. What do you think, Death Bearer?"

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Yes, Xin Lailai, like Yamu, also does not believe that the world can be saved.

If the last paragraph in the introduction did not exist, it would be fine if they were still in the "Bright Calendar" period mentioned in the introduction when they entered this world. Although the situation of "White Frontier Star" at that time was already terminal, with the strength of the three of them, there was still hope that the root cause of the disease called "filth" could be eliminated.

But now, affected by falling into the "Dead Sea Ruins", this world has obviously fallen completely. Although the world introduction mentioned that there is still the so-called "tiny white" as the last hope, to be honest, neither Yamu nor Xinlailai is optimistic about this so-called hope.

It’s not that they are too negative, but judging from the information revealed in the world profile, this world really has no possibility of recovery.

White Saint? Purification? Hope?

Don't joke, those who can become pioneers are not fools. As for the situation in this world, anyone who has some understanding of the horror of the abyss and those worlds that have been eroded can see at a glance that the White Saint in the introduction is actually a "consumable" selected by this world. The "purification" mentioned in the introduction is most likely to let the so-called White Saint actively absorb the "filth" into her body for suppression.

Otherwise, given the lifespan of extraordinary beings, it would be impossible for the King to only be the fifth while the White Saint has already been replaced by fourteen generations.

Combined with the changes in the status of the "White Church" and the "White Saint" in the world introduction, as well as the seventh king's decision to commit suicide during the "Filth Outbreak" 20 years ago, they can guess with their eyes closed what has happened in this world in the past thousand years, and what has been done to the generations of White Saints who have silently endured everything.

Of course, the filth and ugliness hidden in these old stories don’t really have much to do with them now. After all, no matter whether the generations of White Saints in the past were voluntary or forced, no matter whether the truth of the world’s past was ugly or noble, all of this has nothing to do with them now.

——Because they came too late.

Calculated? Conspiratorial? Dirty? Noble? Beautiful? Great?
If they had come to this world 20 years ago or earlier, perhaps those things would still be here, but now, as stated in the world introduction, all that is left in this world... is the "filth" that engulfs everything.

If there is anything else they can do, it is not to deal with any abnormalities when the whole world has become "filthy", but to leave this world directly with the "tiny white" who is most likely the last survivor in this world, as mentioned in his introduction.

As for the problem of wasting a world's progress? There was no need to worry about that. The regulations in Paradise were very detailed. As long as they could upload the world information extracted by Yamu, Paradise would not punish them for failing to save the world. Instead, they would be given an extremely generous reward as a reward for exploring the internal situation of this shitty world.

——After all, it is not uncommon for the pioneers of this era to find out that the entire world is hopeless after entering it.

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The Death Bearer: "I personally have no objection to retreating, but I just used a divination tool to do some divination and found some interesting things."

Yamu: “?”

The Holder of the Dead: "From the results of the divination, this world is indeed beyond salvation, but the 'Last White Saint' mentioned in the world information seems to be related to the person we are looking for."

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Is 'The Last White Saint' related to the person they are looking for?

Xin Lailai looked at the information in front of her, was slightly stunned, and then quickly realized something.

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Black Sword: "Are you saying that 'Lena' is in this world?!"

The Holder of the Dead: "I can't be sure yet, but at least from the results of the divination, she does have a very deep connection with the 'Last White Saint'. As for how to interpret it specifically, it's up to you (Appendix. "Sharing of Branded Image Information")."

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[Tip: The Pioneer of the Dead has initiated "Sharing of Branded Image Information" to you. This function will share part of the designated branded image information. Do you want to check it? ]

"confirm."

This time, Xin Lailai agreed without any hesitation. The next second, an image instantly appeared in his mind, causing his pupils to shrink slightly:
In the image, the first thing that catches the eye is a dark scene. A pitch-black rainstorm gushes from the ground, echoing with the foul clouds in the sky. An overwhelming mass of rotten and foul ghosts surges in from all directions across the screen, giving people a suffocating feeling of oppression at first glance.

But at the same time, after seeing the whole picture clearly, the sight will unconsciously move towards the center of the picture, because... there, a female figure who is completely pure white, as if outlined by white lines, is surrounded by nine figures, and is looking at the army of evil spirits in front of her with sad eyes.

Without any explanation, Xin Lailai already understood that this picture depicted the last White Saint mentioned in the world information. However, at this moment, his focus was not on the identity of the White Saint, but on her face that was so sad that it made people feel distressed, because...

——That face was exactly the same as the face of the 'Valkyrie' Lena, the pioneer of the Sanctuary who disappeared in the ruins of the Dead Sea twenty years ago, who they were promised to find!
"..."

For a moment, Xin Lailai fell silent.

The picture shown by the Death Prisoner was very clear, so as long as one was not blind, one could basically see that there must be a very deep connection between the 'Last White Saint' in the picture and 'Lena', the promised fiancée, and it was even possible that the two were the same person.

Therefore, even without explanation, Xin Lailai knew very well that their previous retreat plan could no longer continue.

After all, it's okay for the Dead Man and Yamu, but for Xin Lailai, the help he promised to give him along the way has far exceeded the scope of human feelings. In this case, he finally found out the news about the other party's fiancée, and it is impossible for him to sit idly by and do nothing for both emotional and logical reasons.

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Yamu: “…”

Yamu: "Tsk, it seems like I can't just walk away. After all, I took someone else's good stuff, I can't just sit there and do nothing."

Black Sword: "@The Death Keeper, is there anything else in your divination? I want to know the more detailed results." The Death Keeper: "Except for the fact that in order to save the 'Last White Saint', we must first find the 'Tiny Whiteness', that's all."

The Death Bearer: "I am now divining the whereabouts of 'Tiny Whiteness', waiting for someone... behind you."

Death Bearer: "@Black Sword."

Yamu: “Puff!”

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"?!"

Almost at the moment when he saw the message pop-up on the communication channel, Xin Lailai's pupils suddenly shrank, and without any hesitation, he turned around and raised his sword to block!
call out--! !

The next moment, a pitch-black meteorite crossed a distance of thousands of meters in an instant, broke through the barrier formed by the dark pressure, and passed by him about a hundred meters away with a sharp explosion, and smashed into the ground with an extremely terrifying power.

boom!
In an instant, the entire earth was lifted up little by little like a carpet by this loud noise, forming layers of rock waves dozens of meters high. The rotten creatures crawling on the ground were like ants on a carpet. They were swept into the rock waves without any resistance, and were crushed into balls of rotten meat under the influence of the rocks and the shock wave that was enough to shatter mountains.

When everything calmed down, all the rotten creatures within a mile radius centered on the point where the dark meteorite landed disappeared. Only Xin Lailai was left standing on a rock pillar with a sword in his hand, staring calmly at the haze that obscured everything in front of him.

Boom, boom, boom…!
The next second, a heavy roar sounded from the dust haze, and the faint sound of armor shaking and chains dragging on the ground could be heard. In the thick dust haze, a tall figure gradually emerged, and finally...

Boom!
It was like the sound of a heavy drum at the end of a drumbeat, or like the roar when a mountain collapses. As the tall figure took a heavy step forward, an invisible storm instantly spread out, blowing away all the dust and haze around, causing Xin Lailai's clothes to rustle, revealing the full appearance of the tall figure.

It was a mountain, or rather, a figure as indestructible as a mountain.

The pitch-black armor, which is more than one meter wide, is tightly integrated with his body like skin. Scarlet blood trails replace the pupils under the visor. Chains as thick as an adult's fist are wrapped around his limbs and neck. Combined with his more than three-meter-tall body and the thirty-centimeter-wide rusty giant sword behind him, at first glance, it gives people an unshakable sense of heaviness.

Wow!

The harsh sound of chains dragging across rocks and armor was heard, and the tall, black, heavily armored knight in front of him slowly raised his armored arm that was full of corrosion marks, and slowly grasped the rusty giant sword behind him that was much taller than Xin Lailai himself.

Xin Lailai looked at this scene with his eyes slightly fixed, sensing the tyrannical aura emanating from the other party. He said nothing, but took a step forward silently. A pure white shadow floated behind him, and he stood with a sword in his hand. The sword power on his body accumulated rapidly, and the Lord's Eye on his waist emitted a scarlet light.

[Hint: The charm attributes of both parties are being compared. The comparison is completed. Since the current charm attribute of the pioneer is 1.03 times that of the detection unit, 86.3% of the information of the detection unit can be obtained in this detection.]

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Name: Black Knight (Erosion)
Category: Lord-level unit (falling)/Immortal Heroic Spirit/Ninth Guardian

HP: 78.9% (corroded)
Mana: 5534/7800
Soul Energy: 6342/7670
Filthy Power: 11527/11527
Strength: 99 (Realistic attribute, corroded)
Stamina: 95 (real attribute, corroded)
Agility: 96 (real attribute, eroding)
Intelligence: 92 (real attribute, eroding)
Charm: 81 (Realistic attribute, eroding)
Luck: 10
Soul Strength: 89 (Erosion)
Skill 1, Body of Heroic Spirit (Special Passive, LV.MAX): The Black Knight is an undead warrior forged by the White Church using ancient tribal secrets and the laws of heroic spirits, combined with a huge amount of faith. This unit has no "death" judgment. When its health reaches 0, it will temporarily enter a state of collapse, waiting for its strength to recover before reorganizing. It can only be killed completely by soul-slaying abilities or by killing its contracted White Saint.

Skill 2, Undying Will (Passive, LV.EX): This unit's willpower has exceeded the normal limit and resonates with its own heroic spirit. It will be exempt from the negative effects of the "dying" status in battle, and will not immediately enter the collapsed state after its health value drops to 0%. Instead, it will continue to consume soul energy to continue fighting until the soul energy is exhausted.

Skill 3, Ancient Body (Overlord Passive, LV.EX): The ancient power from the gods flows through its body, HP +10000 points, Mana +5000 points, Soul Energy +5000 points, Body Defense +30 points, all damage received is reduced by 30%, and the "Overlord" effect is obtained.

Skill 4,? ? ?
Skill 5, Heavy Sword Master (Technique·Passive, LV.20): Heavy sword weapon attack power +410%, dynamic vision +80%. When affected by energy erosion effects, you can consume sword power to exempt and weaken the energy erosion effects.

Initial additional ability 1, Unstoppable (Passive, LV.MAX): can consume one's own soul energy to accumulate sword power. The upper limit of sword power accumulation is 300%. When using sword power to attack, you will gain effects ranging from "Weak Domination" to "Strong Domination" according to the consumed sword power.

LV.10 Ultimate Ability, Overcoming Cleverness with Force (Passive): The upper limit of sword force accumulation is increased by 100%, and sword force attacks will have an "armor-breaking" effect, causing additional damage to the armor durability of the hit unit.

LV.20 Ultimate Ability, Unyielding Sword (Passive): All slashes will have an "impact" effect, causing shock damage to nearby targets equal to 20% of the current slash, and for every 1% of health lost, the slash strength will increase by 0.5% and the shock damage ratio will increase by 0.5%.

*Tip: This ability can develop 17 moves, 9 of which cannot be used normally due to the erosion of the Black Knight.

Skill 6,? ? ?
Skill 7, Rusted Heavy Sword (Weapon·Passive, LV.MAX): This is a heavy weapon manifested by the will of the Black Knight, which contains indestructible power. Weapon attack power +240, sharpness +24, and each attack will have a "heavy pressure" effect.

Skill 8, Black Heavy Armor (Defense Gear·Passive, LV.MAX): This is a heavy armor manifested according to the will of the Black Knight, symbolizing his unshakable will. Armor defense +80, physical damage received reduced by 25%, knockback resistance +40, erosion resistance +30, abnormal resistance to burning, poison, cold, etc. +25.

Skill 9, Pure White Shackles (World Passive, LV.7): This is a relic given to the Black Knight by the last White Saint to protect him. The world power on it can greatly suppress the power of "filth". Now it is gradually damaged due to years of erosion.

Skill 10, Filthy Body (Filthy·Passive, LV.17): The power of filth is corroding the body of the Black Knight, causing him to have an uncontrolled bloodlust. His sanity is reduced by 57.63%, his body's self-healing ability is increased by 115.27%, and his power of filth is increased by 11527 points. His body can devour flesh and energy and convert them into "Filthy Power", and he can call upon "Filthy Power" to recover from his injuries to a certain extent.

*Note: Due to the effect of "Pure White Shackles", the reduced sanity and ability effect of this ability has been reduced by 67.8%.

Skill 11,? ? ?
*Tip: Due to the effect of "Pure White Shackles", this ability is currently in the "unusable" state.

Skill 12, Filthy Origin (Filthy·Active, LV.MAX): Years of fighting against the Filthy Ghosts have already caused the power of filth to erode the Black Knight's deep essence. When the Black Knight can no longer bear the pain, he will fall into the body of the Filthy Ghost and become an immortal cursed creature.

*Tip: Due to the effect of "Pure White Shackles", this ability is currently in the "unusable" state.

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Lines of light blue text passed by the edge of Xin Lailai's sight, silently revealing the identity of the black heavily armored knight in front of him.

The howling wind blew across the plateau filled with the stench of decay, slightly stirring the white chains on the Black Knight's body that were disintegrating at an extremely slow speed.

“Gah! Gah! Gah!”

The unpleasant crow's cry came from afar. Under the gray sky, Xin Lailai and the dark knight confronted each other. Two completely different black auras rose from them and collided with each other in mid-air under the push of the sword, causing the surrounding ground to tremble slightly. When a piece of gravel at Xin Lailai's feet accidentally rolled down in the vibration and disappeared in the dark crack, the black-haired young man and the dark knight who were standing in place moved.

boom!
Without holding back at all, both sides stepped forward at the same time like a mirror image, and the pitch-black sword light and the slashing blow burning with dark purple flames collided heavily. The horrific collision turned into a storm, shattering the ground beneath the feet of the two men, which was already almost unable to support it. The crows' cries in the sky were instantly silenced by the collision between the heavy swords.

Boom! !
The friction that should have been like sparks instead burst into a thunderous roar. The dark purple flame twisted the air, igniting the hair of the black-haired young man and the blood on the black knight's armor, illuminating the figures of the two.

There is no explanation.

There is no explanation.

The knight who was in charge of guarding but was about to succumb to the erosion, the pioneer who descended from the sky and showed enough powerful strength, everything was self-evident.

This is not a battle of enemies.

It is not a battle of beliefs.

It is a battle of proof to prove whether the newcomer is qualified to bear everything.

——Only the winner is qualified to take over the last "pure white" in this world full of "filth".

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(End of this chapter)