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Chapter 284 - 56 Xu Shu: Invincible Within the First Rank! (4K for Monthly Votes)_2

Chapter 284: Chapter 56 Xu Shu: Invincible Within the First Rank! (4K for Monthly Votes)_2

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"What..."

Joel and Fisilia’s determined expressions simultaneously froze, turning into confusion.

At that moment, Xu Shu became light.

He glowed and radiated heat in the small room.

— Title "Chaser of Light (Excellent)", skill "Blessing from the Light Country"!

He seemed to have become a miniature human-shaped sun.

Hiss hiss hiss~

Under the sunlight of the miniature sun Xu Shu, the vampire’s skin, as if scalded by boiling water, first reddened and then blistered. The blisters burst open, spewing out yellow tissue fluid mixed with red blood, which rapidly smoked and evaporated.

"No, impossible, how could this be~..."

"What are you, to wield such an evil power!"

The Baron and the maid’s eyes widened once more, screaming in disbelief.

The human-shaped miniature sun before them made them suffer the unbearable torture of sunlight exposure once again.

Three minutes later.

Xu Shu stopped glowing.

Because titles below Epic did not have a cooldown, he could confidently switch back and forth with the "Enchanting Demon (Flawless)", conducting some experiments.

And the results were clear.

As a source of light, he indeed emitted light of the same essence as the sun, but the power must have been much less.

Nearly three minutes had passed, and although the Baron and his servant were battered by his "sunlight", barely alive, they didn’t seem to die directly from this degree of exposure.

"About the same killing power as the Blessing Holy Water prayed for by the nun. Does it need to strike a vital area, especially to chop off their heads?"

Having realized this, Xu Shu wasted no more time and decisively drew the curtains again.

By then, the two members of the Blood Clan had gone through the cycle of being ravaged by sunlight, recovering, and then being ravaged again twice.

Unlike restoring a chopped up body, the damage from sunlight was clearly greater, with an additional "psychological injury" typical of a vampire’s natural enemy.

Therefore, when Xu Shu drew the curtains once more, the Baron desperately said, "No, no, no, your Excellency, please wait! I concede, can we make peace? I will accept any terms, money, women, what do you want?"

"Wuu wuu wuu, Baron my lord..." the Vampire Maid sobbed wretchedly, her beauty tragic with missing limbs.

"Make peace? Ha." Xu Shu sneered and shook his head. With a formidable enemy at hand, he had no time for trial and error.

He couldn’t afford to keep these two monsters that might turn on him at any moment, adding an unnecessary risk.

"Go and seek peace with the souls you’ve devoured."

Having said that, Xu Shu drew back the curtains, allowing the sunlight to engulf the two vampires.

"Ah, no!"

"Spare me, aaaah~"

Amidst the piercing screams, within just a few breaths, these two murderous vampires on the verge of evolution vanished into ash and smoke.

Two Erosion Crystals clinked to the ground in their place, just as Xu Shu had foreseen in the Premonition mode. One was a purple Erosion Crystal with seventeen threads, and the other was a fully-leveled 16-grade blue crystal.

After collecting the two exceptionally dry and clean crystals, Xu Shu’s gaze fell as he pondered,

"The real sunlight, and the light I emit, the difference in power is huge! However, since both are effective against vampires, the essence must be the same."

"Just one function against vampires, this title’s utility is a bit limited."

"Perhaps in the future, when my own power has grown, I might make the title stronger as well."

But these were thoughts for another time. The pressing matter at hand was to deal with Jianqi’s Chosen One.

Judging from before, in just over an hour, Jianqi’s Chosen would come knocking.

"Hmph, always resorting to underhanded tricks and lacking martial virtue, a little brat ambushing a fully spirited eighteen-year-old adult."

"Let me see, just how many faces you really have."

Xu Shu’s expression tensed as he flipped open the Tai Chu Scroll, directly activating the journey mode—

[Currently assessing the situation...]

[Assessment complete!]

[Your current predicament is extremely dire, be aware that this world is perilous, with countless heroes crossing paths like carps swimming across the river, a slight misstep could lead to death and obliteration.]

[At this moment you already know, in the bustling Lighthouse Inn, a teeming den of dragons and snakes, a group of wicked Esoteric believers have infiltrated, and their sacrifice has been successful, summoning a Demon Chosen hailing from—Jianqi.]

[Worthy of note is that he has also sensed your presence and is attempting to locate you.]

[Will you confront the Demon Chosen or avoid the sharp edge for now?]

[Your choice is...]

[To battle him!]

[Excellent, as strong as you are, a Legendary Alien Species Warrior, possessing the strength of First Rank level sixteen, today you are to fight the Demon Chosen, not only to discern the superior but also to decide life and death.]

[You gripped the slightly bent blade of your Sword of Watery Lust, stepping forth with callous strides, exiting the room and descending, in search of the enemy.]

[Descending from the 12th floor you went, floor by floor: the 11th, no one; the 10th, no one; the 9th, 8th, 7th... no anomalies, all silent.]

[Except occasionally, cries of terror could be heard below, victims attacked by vampires, including traders, Scavengers, and Wasteland Wanderers.]

[This tranquility persisted until you came around again to the third floor, where you detected a faint fishy odor. In one of the rooms, you saw a familiar scene: bones strewn across the floor, a Sacrificial Array drawn in blood, Erosion Crystals devoid of luster from being drained, and disconcerting murals that were unsettling due to their irregularity.]

[Clearly, this was the site of a completed sacrifice.]

["Eh? Isn’t this Array similar to the one from the safe zone?" You had little expertise in sacrificial arrays, relying solely on recognition to compare them, deducing their striking similarities.]

[At that moment, you heard a childish yet sinister giggle echo from the end of the corridor: "Hehehe~ sacrificing lives for the birth of the Divine Son, hmm, you’re unwilling? It seems you lack true devotion."]

[Then there were several cries of agony: "Divine Chosen One, we are your people!", "You friggin’ can’t do this to us!", "Ah~ burp~ ah!"]

[The screams cut off abruptly, you knew something had transpired, you rushed out, and the source of the sound turned out to be precisely the room you had stayed in, and you approached the door.]

Inside the room, one could see three hooded men, their bodies reverse-hung and nailed to the wall.

Their intestines had been pulled out, tangled together, forming a bizarre &-like symbol.

Due to the immersive experience, the smell was overwhelmingly pungent, a nauseating combination of blood and innards assailed your senses.

Xu Shu saw that the one behind all this was a child-like freak, not even 1.2 meters tall.

It was the "Jianqi’s Chosen One" who had stealthily attacked and killed him in the previous round of the journey!

[Without moving his body, his neck rotated 180 degrees, he grinned and gazed at you: "So you’re here."]

[You confronted the Jianqi’s Chosen, gaining some information; his name was Magitelle, his occupation: Abyss·Spirit Eater Ghost.]

[Simultaneously, you triggered a gambling agreement: Abyss Descent! As you gaze into the Abyss, it also gazes back at you, the space here has been sealed, neither party can escape until one perishes.]

["Hmm?" You sense something amiss, why a Spirit Eater Ghost, not an Unclean?]

[You’re too uninformed, thankfully the Tai Chu Scroll enlightened you, it turns out that the second rank of Transcendents, known as "Unclean," is called "Spirit Eater Ghost."]

[Yes, you read that right, he is Second Rank.]

"..." Xu Shu’s face stiffened.

Second Rank?

You’re joking, right?

What about the Star Tower?

Aren’t you supposed to hit him with a basic attack now?

Crashed again?