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Chapter 336 - 74: Half a Lifetime in Battle, in the Jingling Court (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Chapter 336: Chapter 74: Half a Lifetime in Battle, in the Jingling Court (Requesting Monthly Votes)

"Well done, you heart of greed, Tailed Ksitigarbha!"

Xu Shu watched as cultists had their hearts extracted on the screen and clenched his fist tightly.

In reality, he had been sneakily killed twice by this sinister Evil Spirit, but in the legend, he had managed to counter-kill with the other’s help.

It seemed that Althias was the Tailed Ksitigarbha he had encountered?

If Tailed Ksitigarbha was so bizarre and powerful, Xu Shu had to reconsider if he really wanted to fight head-on.

Although he felt that the real-life Tailed Ksitigarbha wasn’t as powerful as "Althias" at the moment, and since it was within the border, its power should be only First Rank.

But who knows if this thing could evade detection by Star Tower like a Chosen One?

Moreover, perhaps its true body was hiding outside the border, and Tailed Ksitigarbha was just a ’Corpse Valley Body’ split from itself to lure prey within the border?

That wasn’t impossible either.

Otherwise, should he try reporting it?

But if it’s not a Chosen One, it’s unlikely to stir the Archbishop, right?

And if it’s only First Rank, wouldn’t it be embarrassing for me, a Legendary Warrior, to lose 1v1 to it?

Xu Shu began to seriously consider the feasibility of this action.

While thinking this, as the legend continued, Xu Shu found that the situation wasn’t exactly as he had imagined.

He saw, in the middle of the altar array, the six-armed silhouette that emerged was suddenly wrapped up by a tentacle, crushed into a very clear scroll.

Next, from the center of countless sticky tentacles, a pair of horrifyingly large eyes lit up and a cold voice came through:

["Human, do you know where Ksitigarbha is?" The Evil God summoned by you—King of Infinity, Arthas, asks you.]

["Eh?" This sudden question made you sense trouble.]

[Clearly, the situation was somewhat out of your control now, your attempt was only half successful, the will belonging to Evil God Arthas in front of you is not the same being as the Tailed Ksitigarbha you thought!]

["What the hell? This Arthas, isn’t the Tailed Ksitigarbha? Not only that, but rather the opposite, it seems they are enemies? So I’ve been fooled, using the prayer to summon Ksitigarbha, I actually summoned its foe? Why would it then help me kill its own followers? Ah, is it truly that whoever offers more sacrifices is the better believer to it?" Even you, with world-class intelligence, got dizzy thinking about it.]

["Human, why not answer? Tell me, where is Ksitigarbha!" The grand voice echoed like a loudspeaker in the cave.]

[Faced with this supreme being’s questioning, ordinary people would kneel in fright, loudly begging for forgiveness. However, you, immensely courageous, calmly replied in that critical moment: "I occasionally learned of Tailed Ksitigarbha’s news, and am in search of it. It shouldn’t be long before I find it."]

[As the words fell, the eyes in the tentacle mass showed a peculiar expression, muttering to itself: "I see... No wonder I haven’t heard your incantations before... Tailed Ksitigarbha? Could it be, this is Ksitigarbha’s new incarnation, trying to deceive me, escaping from me? Humans are interesting, always creating unexpected surprises."]

Ah?

So the Ksitigarbha mentioned by Arthas wasn’t the same as the "Tailed Ksitigarbha" Xu Shu had encountered?

What on earth was going on?

After gaining more information, Xu Shu didn’t feel enlightened at all but found the mystery deepening.

An old saying goes: Knowledge is a circle, beyond which lies the unknown;

The more you know, the larger your ’circle of knowledge’ becomes, and thus, you touch upon even more unknowns.

Thus, those truly learned always feel they know too little, only those with limited insight are blindly confident, believing there is almost nothing in the world they don’t understand.

Xu Shu truly resonated with this at the moment.

These two beings’ relationship was overly complicated!

[What the heck is going on? Your soul cried out inwardly, but clearly, now was not the time to inquire, though you could ask him, exposing your ignorance might cause Arthas to take your soul.]

[But if you maintain a sense of mystery, then Arthas, already considerably interested in you, maybe could become your aide.]

[Your choice is...]

[Clearly, you’re not a reckless person, following your inner choice, you pretended to be profound, yet skillfully maintained a balance: "Give me time, I will definitely find Tailed Ksitigarbha!"]

[Arthas’s large eyes sized you up and ultimately, a smile appeared, He obviously had a scheme, thus He turned to express goodwill to you: "Very well, human, I am pleased with the thirty-six sacrifices you have just offered; in exchange, you shall receive my blessing."]

[He finished speaking, a grey fog enveloped you, you felt every cell inside your body infused with strange power, as if something was about to emerge from within.]

[But the next second, Arthas expressed confusion: "Strange, you human, why don’t you show any signs of pollution... The plan should have started by now... It’s difficult for me without pollution... Anyway, let me give you a divine blessing instead, consider yourself lucky."]