The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 458: Distorted History (asking for monthly ticket)
"Is this me?"

"Even though I was not in human form at that time, and often appeared in every corner of the world in the form of a purple stick to kill innocent girls, but..."

"Is it a bit too much to say that I look like an octopus?"

"I'd say this isn't me at all!"

Xu Shu imagined the statue with several faces in his mind. After some self-reflection, he came to a firm conclusion in his heart.

Judging from the image of that statue, if there is any connection between it and the "Soul King", it should be Bahamut, who is known as the "Son of the Soul King".

The giant octopus man who once caused a big trouble for Arthur and later appeared in the illusionary ruins fragments carried by "Urobot Jizo" was suspected to be appreciated by the latter, but in the end he was inexplicably beaten to death by someone! (Note 1)

Xu Shu now has a preliminary suspicion that the other octopus people of the "Herrera Family" of the Black Zhennan School have confused the legendary "Spirit King" with the appearance of "Bahamut, the Son of the Spirit King"!

After all, after Soul King Arthur initially gained power, he hardly ever revealed his true self to anyone;
However, Bahamut often showed off everywhere, and his image as the "Son of the Soul King" was well-known throughout the legendary supernatural world of the time (Soul Society, Jujutsu World, etc.).

Therefore, it is only natural that the "Spirit King" and the "Son of the Spirit King" look very similar!

When the "Herrera" family of the Black Zhennan School created the statue for the Soul King Arthur, they would definitely refer to the appearance of the "Son of the Soul King", that is, their own appearance characteristics.

It makes perfect sense when you think about it this way.

This is a typical phenomenon of "father resembles son" when one infers the cause from the result...

Of course, that idiot Bahamut is not my son at all!

Xu Shu suddenly complained.

As "Soul King Arthur" himself, he knew very well that he was not a true Soul King at all.

It's just that Jing Xiaohua and he were both very popular at the time, which led to everyone making such speculations. After the rumor spread, it became a fact that Arthur was the Spirit King.

In fact, the only true information among them is probably that "Death's Blessing" is real. Arthur's power did originally come from "Arthas", and it is not wrong to say that he is the direct descendant of Death.

Rumors can kill people, but this doesn’t necessarily seem to be a bad thing?

Xu Shu stroked his chin, thinking about this with emotion.

After Orianna finished speaking, she didn't dare to say anything more and waited quietly for Xu Shu to speak.

One man and one monster, one was high above the "sky" and the other was kneeling on the ground, looking at each other.

The difference is that Xu Shu's eyes are full of scrutiny, constantly scanning every corner of Orianna's body, as if looking for flaws.

Orianna tilted her head back, the thin octopus tentacles around her mouth twisting restlessly, and her six fleshy wings seemed to have nowhere to put. She looked like a shy little beauty.

After the strange silence lasted for a while, Orianna finally couldn't stand being stared at anymore.

Under the other party's scorching gaze, she felt like a naked prisoner waiting for approval!
Of course, I didn't actually wear any.

She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you...do you have anything else to ask?"

"Yes." Xu Shu nodded, "Is there any danger below?"

"Ah? What do you mean?" Orianna seemed unable to understand what he meant at once.

Xu Shu said: "I'm just asking you what's under the church. Didn't you say this is a secret base? So is there something in the base that you need to guard?"

Now Orianna understood.

She quickly replied, "I don't know."

"Ok?"

Are you kidding? You're a security guard here and you tell me you don't know about this?

You seemed quite honest just now, but now you are suddenly being stubborn and refusing to say anything, right?
Xu Shu immediately revealed an evil smile and winked at the little jade Buddha.

In an instant, the scarlet or dark eyes around Orianna lit up again, staring at it intently, full of threats - the evil spirit legions after surrendering were obviously more xenophobic, especially towards this guy who seemed to be a great threat to them.

At the same time, a circle of chains composed of Buddhist mantras appeared on Orianna's body, binding her like a python, and stretched and contracted, tightly encircling her rather large body, getting tighter and tighter.

Pfft!
Orianna immediately felt the intense pain in her body, as well as the crazy hunger from the other evil spirits that were forcing her into her face, as if they wanted to tear her into pieces.
In less than three seconds, the sword-wielding angel knelt down on his other leg in extreme fear, shouting, "Master! I did not deceive you!
“At the beginning, the high priest told us that this was the holy place where the Lord practiced meditation, and asked us to guard it. No one was allowed to approach, and we were not allowed to leave the altar.

"For many years, apart from the servant who called himself the Lord coming to accept offerings and food regularly, we have never had any contact or communication with the underground beings.

"What exactly is down there? I really don't know! Ahhhh~~"

Orianna seemed to be in great pain and began to roll on the ground and wail.

She doesn't look like she's lying... Xu Shu silently winked at the little jade Buddha, who immediately understood and withdrew her magical powers. The Buddhist chains on Orianna's body disappeared.

The little jade Buddha seemed to be able to easily deal with the evil spirits that had been absorbed by it.

Orianna coughed a few times, looked at Xu Shu with some fear, and said with a gasp, "But, Master, I, no, we initially guessed that the Spirit King we followed was in the base, but we soon discovered that this might not be the case."

"What do you mean?" Xu Shu asked.

"About twenty years ago? Anyway, not long after we became guards, there was a tremor in the sanctuary. That time, when the Lord's servant came out, there were several claw marks on his body, claw marks of animals. Master, you know that we, the Herrera tribe, do not have claws. Obviously, there are beings in the base who are not of the same tribe as us..."

Orianna spread her hand and revealed her index finger. Although it looked very similar to a human's, it had a distinct difference in that it lacked nails and was instead a soft tentacle.

20 years ago?

Speaking of which, if we calculate the time, the time when Orianna entered this place and was isolated from the world was probably the time period after "Arthur" and "Aizen Kagami-chan" had just betrayed Soul Society and began to be hunted down by all the "Death God Agents", and before Arthur entered the Shibuya decisive battle.

Therefore, she was most likely unaware of the subsequent destruction of the world by a cataclysm.

In other words, the "Black Virgin School believes in the Dark Mother Goddess" is fake news that has been spread in the past twenty years or so?
But this cannot be completely counted. After all, there is still a big difference between the ruins and the legend. The existence of the ruins alone is the biggest difference. After all, according to the progress of the legend, Japan should have sunk...

Xu Shu muttered a few words to himself, not dwelling on this lack of information and the inability to sort things out. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and asked without comment: "Who is the Lord's waiter?"

"It was the shark spirit you killed."

"Oh."

It turned out to be the land shark that didn’t even drop its crystals…Xu Shu’s mouth twitched slightly, and he asked, “What happened next?”

“That never happened again,” Orianna said.

"You, as a gatekeeper, know very little." Xu Shu frowned unhappily, even feeling a little regretful.

If I had known there would be such explosive news, I should have examined the other two as well.

But it sounds like the information these three know is pretty much the same.

Upon seeing this, Orianna seemed to have made up her mind. She shook her tentacles and said, "Master, I didn't lie. I told you everything I knew. Master, I... I want to live! I am willing to be loyal to you from now on!" "..." Xu Shu's mouth twitched slightly.

This doesn't look like some kind of fanatic, does it?
Compared to the octopus monsters he had seen before that would rather die than surrender, this one gave him the feeling that it would easily betray the group.

Thinking back to some of the Squidwards I met in the wasteland, they would rather be beaten to death than shout out words like "glory", "justice", "The Lord is with me" before they died.

Although this Orianna is the strongest among them so far,...

Well, how should I put it, it’s a bit hard to evaluate Xu Shu.

In short, its desire to survive seemed a little too strong. It surrendered too easily and licked his boots too actively, which made Xu Shu feel that he no longer had the pleasure of conquering the enemy as before.

In comparison, even the little tiger An Lan took a long time to be convinced. As a member of a cult like the "Black Zhen School" and a third-stage corpse king, you should at least resist a little longer before giving in...

Xu Shu glanced at the "sword-wielding angel" Orianna with displeasure, who was about to stick out her tongue to imitate a pug. After thinking for a moment, he said "hmm" casually and turned off the narrow-sleeved Guanyin.

The time is almost up. If we delay too long, my teammates might become suspicious.

He quickly ignited a layer of "murderous intent" and quickly dried the wet water on his clothes under the mermaid's slightly resentful eyes.

Then he took a few steps back to the entrance of the passage and returned to the platform he had just been on.

Although the main body had been used as nourishment for the little jade Buddha, the remaining body parts were still like mad dogs, surrounding and biting everyone, as densely packed as a swarm of locusts.

Without saying a word, Xu Shu maintained a good rhythm and used the "Mang Chong" to clear out the remaining corpses. He then removed the fortress-like iron wall and released his teammates.

"Are you OK?"

"Where are the three corpse spirits?"

As soon as they left the shelter, Gu Pan, Xie Xiaochan and others hurriedly walked to Xu Shu and asked about their teammates' situation with concern.

“He was beaten to death, and then disappeared, leaving nothing behind.” Xu Shu spread his hands, not feeling the slightest bit guilty about stealing three servings of “Yang Shen Que Yin”.

After all, it is a common perception that corpse spirits = unkillable split monsters = must be restrained by mermaids = there is no gain from defeating them.

Who would have known that in a corner where no one cared, Xu Shu had fed two of them to Little Jade Buddha as tonics and even recruited one as a thug?

After hearing this, the rest of the people breathed a sigh of relief, and Shen Chongyang and his companions looked at Xu Shu, their "strange teammate", with even more awe and respect in their eyes.

There had been a terrible crash on the stairs below, but it had lasted for several minutes.

It is conceivable that Xu Shu had to fight one against three and it was a difficult life-and-death battle.

This level of strength is completely different from the previous evenly matched fight between him and Jun Moxiao.

Ning Xin even supported Ning Ze, whose skull had already closed, and bowed deeply together, saying, "Brother Xu! I cannot repay you for saving my life. If you need anything in the future, just tell me, and we will never disagree!"

"Haha, great, I'll definitely bother you guys when I have the chance in the future!"

Xu Shu smiled, being considerate of their faces, and did not say anything like "How can you help me with just these few things you have?"

Gu Pan whispered, "Why are you still so reckless? Don't rush forward alone next time. We can fight side by side."

Her tone contained nine parts of concern, and the remaining part seemed a bit blaming and angry.

"No problem, I'll definitely take you with me next time!" Xu Shu didn't care about this and just casually ignored it.

It’s impossible to bring it with you. It’s difficult to do it if Gu Pan is watching beside you!

At this time, Lu Bingwei walked over and checked the original platform with a look of deep confusion on her face.

After muttering to herself for a few words, she said coldly: "Three corpse kings are sealed here as guardians. It seems that there is something unusual down there. Perhaps there are treasures collected by the Black Zhen School, but it also means extremely high danger."

"yes……"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly became a little afraid.

Especially Qianfa, Huang Lili and others, their hearts were beating in their throats.

To be honest, before they actually entered, they never thought they would encounter something so powerful and terrifying.

There is obviously a lot of information and strategies about using the key to enter the church that can be found on the Internet.

But no one of them ever mentioned that we would encounter three, no, four late-stage third-order guard monsters!

Even the people guarding the door are so scary and powerful, could there be more dangerous places down there?

If they had known this would happen, they would never have dared to explore like this.

The strength gap is too big!
For a time, everyone was in danger.

However, Xu Shu narrowed his eyes and secretly glanced at the back of Lu Bingwei's head.

When she saw the "Spirit King" statue just now, she mentioned Leo, so this is what she meant... Compared with her aunt, she felt more like she was possessed by the people of the Black Zhen School. After all, her aunt was completely in the dark when she entered here, but she felt as familiar as if she had returned home...

Of course, it seems that this is limited to the situation before the secret room door is opened. Lu Bingwei does not seem to know the location of this secret door, but this does not necessarily mean that she is completely unaware of the situation below...

Xu Shu muttered a few words silently, thought for a while, and then went over to the "Heavenly Master" and asked, "Senior Sister Lu, how do you feel about this place?"

"Feeling?" Lu Bingwei hesitated for a moment, and seemed a little uncomfortable with Xu Shu's sudden closeness. She took a small step away and kept a distance of ten centimeters between them.

"Or a suggestion." Xu Shu smiled.

Since the Taichu Volume did not provide any corresponding hints, Xu Shu was actually quite wary of the subsequent exploration.

In a sense, he was even more vigilant than anyone else in the team.

After all, this might involve some secrets about "gods" that he didn't know about.

If it was just some relics left by the God of Death or the Mother Goddess, such as the fragrant chamber pot used by the Mother Goddess, or the cup that the God of Death drank water from, Xu Shu would naturally be very interested in looking for it.

But what if there really is something incredible hidden underneath, such as an "eyeball of the Mother Goddess" or something like that, Xu Shu doesn't want to go and die there.

Even if everyone present is a third-level master, facing that kind of thing, they will definitely explode and be destroyed if they look at it for even a second.

In this situation, Lu Bingwei, who obviously came prepared with a secret, was naturally a relatively reliable source of advice.

After all, judging from her performance, she doesn't seem like a lunatic who is willing to die for a great existence.

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(End of this chapter)