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Chapter 394: One Man Guards the Pass, and the Enemies Come in droves (6k monthly tickets requested)
In the deep midnight, a strange woman with a beautiful face and Xu Shu stared at each other quietly through the peephole of the door.

"Ok?"

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes.

Seeing that she was wearing a black cloak very similar to the lantern man in the security booth, perhaps she was the “fake security guard” mentioned in the rules!
Although she doesn't look like she fits the description of "over fifty".

But as we all know, if your makeup skills are good enough, concealing your age is not a problem.

Well, can't respond to her!
After considering it again and again, Xu Shu's eyes rolled and he immediately took a few steps back and moved away from the door.

The enemy is quite powerful. Even if you are good at fighting against enemies of higher levels, you still have to be careful.

He decided to follow the rules of this small town: don't open the door to strangers!
However, Xu Shu stepped back, but the woman outside the door was unwilling to give up.

"Why don't you open the door? Why don't you open the door!"

"I see you!"

She screamed and threw herself against the door, scratching and kicking.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Wood chips were flying, and the door frame was clanging as the woman banged against it, shaking off clouds of dust.

After just a few tortures, this seemingly sturdy wooden door was broken into pieces, rolling all over the floor in a pitiful manner.

Seeing that the door was easily broken by herself, the woman's face showed obvious changes of emotions such as "surprise and realization".

Finally, the corners of her mouth split open to the back of her head, revealing an extremely exaggerated smile. Her bloodshot eyeballs bulged apart, and she spoke distortedly:

"It turns out your door can't protect me!"

“Hahahaha, hahahaha, hahahahaha!”

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The laughter that could not be described rationally instantly drowned out the entire corridor, sharp and loud.

The cloaked woman used her hands and feet to break into the room and pounced on Xu Shu.

"What the hell?"

Xu Shu was also stunned.

Did something go wrong?
Can't you just say you won't go out?
Why the breaking and entering?
There's something wrong with this rule! Fuck you!

Xu Shu cursed inwardly and raised his hand to slap her.

However, just as he was about to make his move, an extremely powerful aura suddenly pressed down on Xu Shu's heart out of nowhere.

This made him distracted, his hands and feet stiff, and he had no will to fight at all, and couldn't use any strength.

After the door was broken open, the terrifying aura from this crazy woman could no longer be concealed. It suddenly doubled and revealed her demigod level of cultivation!
"What the hell... a demigod?"

"How the hell is this possible?!"

Xu Shu's eyes almost popped out of his head.

The woman in front of him suddenly turned into a demon that could devour the abyss, making it hard for him to breathe!

My mind clearly told me to run away, but my heart was overwhelmed by extreme fear.

At this moment, the first thought that popped into Xu Shu's mind was not to resist, but to kneel on the ground and cry, begging the other party to give him a way out!
"how come……"

There was no room for any thinking. With his hands and feet trembling and about to give up, Xu Shu did what everyone would do and started to retreat.

But when he retreated, the woman was relentless and kept chasing him.

With a series of advances and retreats, Xu Shu was soon forced into a corner, and Shui Longyin was almost suffocated by him.

He has nowhere to hide!

"caught you!!!"

The woman was extremely excited when she saw this. A terrifying smile appeared on her face, and her dry hands like eagle claws grabbed her right shoulder.

“Ahhh~!!!” Xu Shu was so terrified that his breathing almost froze.

In his sight, time seemed to have stopped, leaving only the woman's distorted facial features, moving closer to him!
The moment when he was about to be caught.

"Hey, what are you doing? Are you beating someone up?" Shui Longyin's breathing stagnated, and he squeezed out from behind Xu Shu in surprise and shock, screaming with difficulty.

This scream made Xu Shu's brain suddenly clear for a very brief moment.

'What am I doing? Yeah, fighting back!

"Even if the enemy is a demigod, what's the use of it? I'm not afraid of her. A person dies and a bird flies to the sky. If he doesn't die, he will live for thousands of years!"

"Fuck, let's fight her!"

Xu Shu gritted his teeth.

The oppressive feeling of extreme panic looming in his heart made him give up resistance and accept death.

However, "Elephant's Spine" started at this moment!

Unyielding will! Unyielding!
The blood seemed to flow back to his limbs and bones, overcoming Xu Shu's inner fear.

He no longer retreated or escaped. He suddenly stretched out his hand, seized the opportunity and grabbed the crazy woman's neck with lightning speed.

"Even if I, Xu Shu, am destined to die today, at least I once resisted!!"

The roar in his heart completely erupted in the silence, and his brain was no longer able to think rationally. Xu Shu's face was ferocious, and he had only one thought, which was to gamble all his strength and launch a counterattack!

iron!
Mountain!
Depend on!
Boom~
The extremely violent force, like a volcanic eruption, poured onto the heavy beam behind the wall, and then penetrated through it, stretching for dozens of meters and rushing out of the wall.

A shockingly huge hole runs across the entire building, like a cracked egg. It is transparent from front to back, and you can see the red moonlight outside.

But, the hit was in vain.

Because at the moment when Xu Shu pinched the crazy woman's neck, her neck was crushed at once, and her whole head snapped and bent backwards, luckily avoiding this devastating elbow strike.

"Ugh...let me go, ouch~ cough cough!"

The woman was held in the air by Xu Shu's neck, wailing and crying.

The original destructive posture of the powerful man is gone.

"..."

The expression on Xu Shu's face froze for a moment.

Dead silence.

There was a dead silence where one could hear a pin drop.

Amid the billowing smoke and dust, Xu Shu looked at the cloaked woman who was being held by him like a chicken, then turned back to look at Shui Longyin, who also had an expression as if she had seen a ghost, and was stunned for a moment.

This... isn't this a demigod?
I captured a demigod with just one slap?
How is this possible?

Unable to figure it out, he licked his lips and turned back to ask Shui Longyin: "What happened just now?"

Shui Longyin wiped the dust off his face: "You ask me? I still want to ask you? What are you doing?"

"I……"

Xu Shu seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

As the strange feeling of panic that weighed on his heart subsided, his sanity instantly returned.

He raised the crazy woman whose neck was broken but not dead in his hand and looked at her carefully for a moment: "Did you do it?"

The woman straightened her head with all her strength, and forced a flattering smile on her face: "Um... Sir, I was wrong, I'm sorry, please let me go, wuwuwu... I didn't expect you to be so powerful~"

"……Grass."

The corner of Xu Shu's mouth twitched.

Just now I clearly felt that the other party was as strong as a demigod, and there was no way I could fight him.

The result is so weak.

Now looking back and thinking carefully, I found that there were many problems just now.

Although realm is invisible, many things, such as her ability to break through a door, speed of movement, etc., can be used to roughly judge her strength.

But just now, my mind was in a mess and I was shaking with fear. Although I resisted later with my "unyielding will", it was an outburst after being suppressed to the extreme. It was very irrational and abnormal.

and so……

Is this a skill of mental deterrence?
At the moment, it seems that the real strength of this crazy woman is no more than the first level.

But it can actually intimidate this third-level "Dragon Elephant"!
This is much more abnormal than the "domineering" and inherent pressure of his own [Iron Armor] curse!

If it weren't for the unyielding will of his gifted "elephant spine" to resist, Xu Shu thought, he would be hiding in the corner right now, and that woman would be scratching his back muscles frantically.

Well, judging from her actual combat performance, she probably can't break my defense, and fighting her won't be much different from giving me a massage...

Wait, why does this ability to intimidate, intimidate, and make people afraid to resist give me a strong sense of déjà vu?

Have I seen this somewhere before?

Where did it come from...

As he was thinking, Xu Shu suddenly became alert, frowned, and began to think.

After a moment, his frown gradually relaxed.

He remembered!
Back in the legendary [Alone in the Abyss], he encountered this kind of monster with average strength, but the oppressive feeling was so strong that it was terrifying.

That was the "Beggar Demon" who once lived on the 18th layer of the Abyss.

Their true strength is very, very poor, but they possess a strangely powerful aura. Relying solely on this pressure, they can firmly occupy the bottom of the abyss and suppress all other demon races.

The strange ability that this crazy woman just displayed is the damn "Emperor Engine"! (Note: Volume 2, Chapter 157)
Of course, there are some differences, such as there is no "boom boom boom" heartbeat to drive it, but it chooses to use weird laughter instead, but in fact it is essentially the same...

As the speculation progressed, Xu Shu gradually relaxed.

I thought there really was a demigod-level monster that was going to attack me!
Damn, the early stage little dragon elephant was scared to death!
It was not until this moment that Xu Shu noticed that a line of subtitles had already appeared in the void next to him.

It's just that I was too nervous just now and didn't notice it.

The above content is:

[It's bad! The one who appeared before you is a follower of the God of Fear who is at the level of the first stage of mid-term perfection! ]

[What should I do? Should I run away? Can I escape?]

[You lament the injustice of fate, release all your energy and throw a domineering punch. ]

[Oops! You accidentally broke her neck, but she bent her head backwards and escaped.]

[Your powerful display frightened her so much that she quickly surrendered to you. You are indeed a Level 3 Xu Longxiang, the master of fighting against opponents of higher levels!]

Ok?
Fear of God's followers?
Isn't it called XX Devil or something like that?

But if you just look at the name, it means both "horror" and "fear", which is quite appropriate...

Xu Shu felt a little confused, but now was not the time to think about these things.

He looked at the crazy woman with a sharp gaze and asked, "Tell me quickly, where is the treasure house you are guarding? If you don't tell me, I will kill you!"

According to Shui Longyin, the boatman with the lantern is the guardian of this [Wulao Xuanmen], guarding the treasure house of this relic.

When Xu Shu thought about the treasure house that contained at least a "complete divinity" and even more advanced treasures, his heart became excited.

however.

He asked me this question.

The woman asked blankly, "Sir, what treasure house are you talking about?"

Xu Shu was stunned: "You don't know? Bullshit, you don't know, aren't you just the boatman holding the lantern?"

The woman was afraid and confused: "The boatman holding the lantern? What boatman... Could you explain it more clearly, sir?"

"If you weren't a lantern boatman, would you wear this outfit? You're pretending to be stupid and not telling me anything, right?" Xu Shu got angry and pinched her neck hard, but he didn't dare to pinch too hard for fear of strangling her to death.

"No, I, I don't know, I really don't know~" The woman cried out in grievance, but she didn't seem to be afraid of the pain.

After torturing her for a while, Xu Shu sneered: "You're being tough, eh? I want to see how tight your mouth is! Sister Yaoyao, wait a moment, I'll go next door and teach her a lesson!"

With a piece of shit like this, you have to get to the bottom of it before she'll tell the truth!

He was about to take out his long whip and teach this woman a lesson, interrogate her and tell her she was so ignorant! However, Shui Longyin pulled Xu Shu's sleeve and said, "Wait a minute, she really doesn't know."

"Oh... if you don't force her, how do you know she definitely doesn't know?" Xu Shu was a little unhappy, but still decided to give Sister Yaoyao some face and zipped up his pants which he didn't have time to pull down.

Shui Longyin signaled Xu Shu to let the woman go. After observing her for a moment, he asked carefully, "Hmm~Are you a person favored by God?"

Ok?
What?
Xu Shu pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

When the cloaked woman heard this, she looked at Shui Longyin with a surprised look in her eyes: "Madam, do you know about us?"

"I know a little bit about it."

Shui Longyin nodded, looked at Xu Shu who was staring at him with eyes wide open, suppressed his smile, and pretended to talk to himself, but actually explained to him:
"The Ageless are those who have received the grace of the gods, while the God-favored are those who have gained some power from the gods on top of the Ageless."

"So that's how it is..." Xu Shu looked thoughtfully at the crazy woman, a little puzzled.

Can someone like this still be considered a human being?

Perhaps sensing Xu Shu's strange gaze, the crazy woman suddenly revealed a miserable expression and said:

"Oh, what is God's favored one? We have all been deceived!

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"We were originally fishermen living on the seashore. Although our lives were hard, we had hope."

"Until one day, a strange man came to the town. He could cure all diseases with just a wave of his hand and decide life and death with just a word, just like a god.

"Everyone was afraid and respected him, and they all offered him sacrifices. This went on for several years, and there was no trouble.

“But before that being left, he told us that he had brought us good news and happiness, and that we would never feel tired again and could enjoy the joy of life.

“From then on, none of us will age.

“At first, everyone was happy because we had become an ageless race, enjoying the most wonderful gift in the world.

“But later we found out we were wrong, because every gift has a price!”

She suddenly lifted up her black robe and unbuttoned her shirt, revealing her body.

On her neck is a beautiful head of eternal youth, but below her neck is a broken body twisted together like dry firewood!

There seemed to be sadness in her eyes, but she couldn't shed tears at all. She could only tremble and said in a hoarse voice:

“This is not only a gift from God, but also…”

"A curse!"

"That damn God, he cursed us! Wuuwuwu~"

"We are trapped in this dilemma that we can never get out of. We have been tortured for generations. I can't remember how many years have passed. I even want to die, but I can't!"

When she said this, the woman suddenly became overcome with grief and began to sob in a mournful voice.

Alas, it’s all fate… I’m sorry…

Shui Longyin lowered his eyes slightly, as if whispering.

However, Xu Shu noticed the other half of the woman's sentence.

He looked at her seriously and asked, "Do you really want to die? I can help you."

"...I don't want to." The woman's crying stopped suddenly.

Shui Longyin's expression froze slightly.

The woman wiped her eyes, looked at Xu Shu fearfully and said, "Sir, I was blind and offended you just now. I really know I was wrong, but this is what our supervisor told us to do, and we dare not disobey him!"

"Translator, please tell me in detail, what did he ask you to do? I saw you came here late at night to deliver some store anniversary gifts. I'm afraid there is some conspiracy?" Xu Shu said.

The woman said quickly, "Sir, our supervisor is a very powerful and cruel man! Since he turned into this horrible appearance, he likes to eat people for fun. The residents of the town are very afraid of him, and we have to listen to him.

"After you came here today, the supervisor has taken a fancy to your flesh and blood, so he asked us to test you. Sir, you'd better leave quickly. Once the supervisor finds out, you won't be able to leave!"

Xu Shu touched his chin: "Oh, really?"

"I was forced to do all this, sir, I really didn't lie to you!" the woman swore.

Xu Shu did not comment.

He looked at Shui Longyin and asked, "What do you think?"

Shui Longyin spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. I only know a small part of the information. The Four Bitterness Mysterious Gate is the most mysterious relic in Penglai. Occasionally, someone gets lucky enough to enter it, but there is not much specific information. Not to mention whether everyone can survive. Even if they survive, they are very tight-lipped and are unwilling to pass on the information they know."

"That's it..."

Xu Shu nodded.

According to what this woman said, there might be several categories of people in this relic town.

The first type is ordinary civilians, the "old men without age", which are the red-eyed monsters that Xu Shu saw in the window.

The second type is the "God's Favored Ones" who possess some special abilities and have terrifyingly powerful aura, also known as the "Terrible God's Favored Ones."

The third type is the ruins guard "lantern boatman", who is responsible for enforcing curfew security.

Of course, these are only the monsters we have seen so far, and there may be more monsters that we have not seen yet.

These people will only transform into strange and terrifying monsters during the second half of the night from midnight to six o'clock the next morning.

In the first half of the night, they all behaved very normally and there seemed to be nothing wrong.

but……

Xu Shu's mind flashed back to the red-eyed monsters who came out to "fish out corpses" after the garrison team was killed on the street just now. He felt that things were definitely not as simple as this woman said.

At least, it's definitely false that she doesn't eat people.

Her strength may be fake, but the crazy and bloodthirsty look in her eyes just now cannot be faked. She really wants to eat me!
To put it bluntly, this woman had long since accepted the fact that she had become a 'God-favored One'. In the past, she might have eaten countless 'lucky children' who were shrouded in the ruins.

But she probably doesn't know much.

Otherwise, go find the so-called "supervisor" she mentioned and ask about the situation?

Xu Shu couldn't help but have this idea.

It was not that he was reckless, but he really felt that although the ruins were mysterious, the monsters inside were not very powerful.

The so-called "guardian" lantern boatman is only at the first or second level.

The problem is that Wu Liuzhi, Xiang Jianhuan, Nanazawa Mia and the others must be trying to search for the treasure here, and they are also searching themselves at the same time.

For Xu Shu, after making a preliminary assessment of the situation of this "ruin", he naturally had a very clear idea in his mind.

Those people are the real threat to me here!

The ruins that have already been destroyed are actually of little value in themselves. If it weren't for the legend of some treasure trove, Xu Shu would not even bother to take a second look at such ruins.

Do you want to explore?
After all, that was a "divinity" that was enough to cause a bloody storm and make countless people fight for it...

Xu Shu frowned and looked at Shui Longyin next to him.

After pondering for a while, he sighed and made a decision.

He decided to give up this so-called "great opportunity"!
After all, I came here to escape.

Instead of taking risks to fight for the divine crystal that is nowhere to be found, it is better to find a place to hide and wait until tomorrow morning.

"Haha, it's not like we've given up! As long as Shui Longyin's strength is restored, then even if they find the divine crystal, what does it matter?"

"When the enemy stores food, I store guns. The enemy is my food!"

Thinking of this, Xu Shu's lips curled up into a smile, and he felt at ease.

"What are you laughing at?" Shui Longyin was quick-witted and immediately sensed Xu Shu's emotional changes, and was quite surprised.

Why is this guy always so weird?
Xu Shu smiled but said nothing.

Would I tell you that I'm waiting for you to take me to kill people?

He then touched the crazy woman's head, ready to put an end to her and fulfill her wish of "not wanting to continue suffering."

But at this moment.

The woman's eyes suddenly widened, and she looked towards the end of the corridor not far away, and shouted in surprise and joy: "Master, Boss!"

A relatively tall cloaked man, who was over 1.6 meters tall, appeared in Xu Shu's sight.

He was covered in a black cloak, with intimidating red eyes and a powerful aura, and he walked towards them step by step.

Xu Shu's eyes suddenly fixed, and Shui Longyin opened his mouth, and without saying a word, retreated behind Xu Shu.

As the "supervisor" approached, the crazy woman looked at Xu Shu hesitantly, and for a moment seemed unsure which side to side with.

After a moment, her deep obedience and fear of her supervisor overcame her judgment of Xu Shu's strength, and she shouted decisively: "Supervisor! These two are very powerful. I tried my best to hold them back! Come and help!"

While shouting, she took the opportunity to chase after her supervisor and seek protection. She had no intention of helping her supervisor to delay Xu Shu any further.

Are you kidding? My supervisor is so strong, he should be able to handle them. But I can’t handle it!

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, became extremely alert, and did not try to stop her.

Although he already knew that the "momentum" of these monsters was fake, he still had to be prepared for anything. Unsure of the supervisor's true level, Xu Shu didn't want to be too radical.

As the woman screamed, the supervisor's pace gradually quickened. He soon came close to her and quickly became weak.

"Boss, I..." the woman started, just about to take credit again.

However, before she could finish her words, a strange crackling sound was heard.

The body of the "supervisor" was torn into pieces and shattered into neat and uniform blocks, which fell in front of the woman and scattered all over the ground, one piece here and one piece there, with a look of despair and fear in his eyes.

"Eh?"

The woman's expression froze, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.

She turned her head slightly and looked at Xu Shu behind her, with a miserable smile on her face.

The next second, a "hook" broke through her body and drilled out violently!
Susu~
The woman's body was torn into pieces, completely ending her painful "immortal" life.

At the same time, Xu Shu's eyes fixed, and he blurted out: "I went up to the west tower alone without saying a word, the moon was like a hook!"

"Oh, you recognize me? Interesting!"

A long sigh was heard from the darkness, and a thin scholar in white clothes walked out quietly, holding a gray brush.

It was the director of "Xiang Jian Huan", Fan Nansheng!

"It's really a narrow road for enemies to meet like this!"

Xu Shu was quite annoyed and used his "spiritual perception" to explore the surroundings.

Xiang Jianhuan is here, but where are the others? Wu Liuzhi, and his two evil servants, the demon girl and the tiger demon, are they here?
"The monsters here are quite strange, and it was surprising when I first saw them, but that doesn't matter anymore. It turns out you were hiding here, and I really couldn't find you even after searching everywhere!"

Fan Nansheng chuckled, and with a flourish of his brush, several large characters of "Wu Mi Chu" flew out, and without saying a word, he hit Xu Shu.

This "No Place to Find" is also a move for sealing off the venue. As the name suggests, it leaves people with no place to stand.

However, Xu Shu had killed Xiang Jianhuan countless times and was very clear about his opponent's level, so he remained motionless and took the attack.

when!
As soon as Xu Shu Jingwei opened his mouth, his golden body shone, and he directly shattered the "Wu Mi Chu".

At the same time, through spiritual perception, he did not see anyone else here.

In other words, Xiang Jianhuan came alone?

If so...

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes and suddenly felt murderous.

I'm not afraid of him at all if we fight him alone, but this guy actually dares to come to me alone. This is a good opportunity to kill him while he is alone!

Thinking of this, Xu Shu no longer hesitated and punched Xiang Jianhuan head-on!

As his fists whistled, the floor tiles in the corridor were blown back one after another. He seemed to have turned into a tornado, sweeping up with tremendous force like a mountain pressing down on people.

However, just as the two sides were about to engage in close combat, a charming laugh sounded from outside the window:
"Hehe, good brother, I won't compete with you for this credit~"

brush!
Xu Shu took a quick glance and saw a fatal beauty with a slender waist, a round butt, a big body, and beautiful features on her face, appearing on the windowsill with her legs crossed.

It is Mia Nanazawa, the unfathomable demon commander of Slaanesh!

These two people actually came together again!
Seeing this, Xu Shu said nothing, turned around quickly, picked up Shui Longyin and jumped out of the broken window.

Thirty-six strategies are the best!
(End of this chapter)