Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!
Chapter 417 - 99 The Gift from the Evil Spirit (Seeking Monthly Votes) _3

Chapter 417: Chapter 99 The Gift from the Evil Spirit (Seeking Monthly Votes) _3

Holding the scepter in that arm!

To be precise, he saw the scepter.

It was a white jade scepter with the circumference of a child’s arm and a round, distinctively clear spherical bulge at the top. At first glance, it looked like a generic cinnabar staff.

Yet, though it should have appeared sacred, its indecent design invasively triggered Xu Shu’s dead memories.

"Damn, this looks like me!"

"No, not looks like, this really is me?"

Xu Shu’s eyes widened.

There was no doubt.

The scepter in the hands of Tailed Ksitigarbha was indeed the Zero-grade sealed item that Xu Shu had just used in the legendary "ruins of the dead," which "Arthur" and his mother "Christina" shared as a shell after they turned into spirits!

That very same item had triggered the explosion of the entire sanctuary on the map of Raccoon City!

"Yes, in the legend, after I met the Ksitigarbha, He took my stepmother and the scepter to fight Althias."

"And this Tailed Ksitigarbha is exactly what remained after the clash between Althias and Ksitigarbha, the two divine beings!"

"I wonder if Christina is still there, could she still be inside that scepter?"

"Sadly, I can’t recognize her now..."

"Moreover, this means that the entrance to my ruins is likely nearby... Is it the eerie place I was expelled from after entering?"

"If I could find the entrance, I might have hope to reunite with my Dao Mark [Arthur]!"

"If I were to directly ask Tailed Ksitigarbha, I could mostly likely get an answer, as He always hides in the crevices between the ruins and reality, avoiding the gaze and attacks of Star Tower."

"Sadly, I can’t ask..."

At this moment, Xu Shu almost covered his face.

Really, it was too coincidental.

However, he couldn’t disclose this to anyone else, so he glanced at Wuxin and noticed that Wuxin was focused on Tailed Ksitigarbha, oblivious to Xu Shu’s brief disturbance. Xu Shu let out a sigh of relief and silently continued to watch how Tailed Ksitigarbha slaughtered the Black Widow Count.

At this moment, a cold wind blew outside the border line, and the Earl lamented hidden away!

Perhaps Tailed Ksitigarbha was not yet at his peak state of "Sixth Rank".

But even having revived only a part of his power, his stature and strength were not something Lance, a mere Third Rank, could resist.

At this moment, Lance couldn’t do anything.

He felt his body was about to explode.

A powerful aura was depriving him of his being, invading his body; he knew he was about to die!

"Damn... why... does it have to be like this..."

Lance despairingly looked up, gazing at the "audience" ahead, looking straight at Xu Shu in the front of the crowd, his eyes filled with reluctance.

He was reluctant!

Why was it him that died, not the criminal who dared to defile their Empress?

Why?

"I can’t accept this, I can’t accept it!"

Suddenly, Lance exerted all his strength and made a sound.

Realizing he could speak, he was shocked for a moment, then completely lost the dignity of nobility, and cursed wildly:

"You damned whore, despicable vermin, may you never die a good death, may you never die a good death!"

"I won’t let you go even if I become a ghost! Ugh!"

His cursing thundered.

However, Xu Shu sighed.

"You guys who turn into aliens, are really too sentimental."

"Even in death you won’t let me be?"

"Using human jokes now, are you?"

"Besides, even though it’s an era full of strangeness and aliens can become ’Yin Spirits’ after death."

"But the two entities making up Tailed Ksitigarbha, whether it be ’King of Ksitigarbha’ or ’Death God’ Althias, are gods in the realm of death."

"Being killed by him, Lance probably won’t have the chance to linger with resentment after death and turn into an evil spirit!"

"So, Xu Shu initially wanted to scoff, but after thinking it over, it seemed pointless to declare any kind of victory at this moment."

"After all, he couldn’t actually go out and punch Lance a couple of times to vent his frustration."

"But being constantly cursed at was somewhat irritating."

"So, after holding back for a while, Xu Shu eventually waved at Lance, showing a bright and sunny smile, and said:"

"Hey, Earl!"

"Merry Christmas!"

—Lance, who was in the midst of cursing, suddenly stopped, his expression freezing on his face.

"Merry Christmas?"

"Today is still the last day of November, not yet December; this is some crappy Christmas!"

This thought flashed by in an instant, Lance’s body began to swell rapidly as if inflating.

"From the initial gradual invasion to now having completed the preparatory arrangements, the all-out devouring action was unstoppable, and a tremendous fear immediately flooded Lance’s brain."

"He uncontrollably screamed out, ’No! Wait! Your Excellency! Spare me, I don’t want to die yet! I am a noble of the Black Widow Clan, I can promise you uuugh...’"

"The scream abruptly ceased, Lance’s whole head suddenly flew up, along with the elongated esophagus, flying out, intact and bloody."

"In its place, numerous fleshy tentacles, very much alive and flailing, emerged."

"These tentacles burst out from the base of Tailed Ksitigarbha, all extending into the cavity of Lance’s chest, sucking noisily."

"In a short moment, Lance’s plump body was completely shriveled, his robust vitality entirely absorbed, leaving a dried-out corpse."

"A strong Third Rank existence, who could have become a Fourth-order Demigod, perished just like that."

"His remaining shell crumbled upon touch, dissolving inch by inch; his seemingly less-than-two-meter-tall form unexpectedly piled into a three-meter-plus-high mound of ashes at his death, astonishing to behold."

"Simultaneously, three Erosion Crystals interlocked perfectly, forming an equilateral triangle with a smooth, complete, transparent mirror-like surface in the middle, were exposed to the air."

"Xu Shu’s pupils constricted, shockingly observing the three Erosion Crystals emitting an enticing purple glow, each containing eighteen spiral filamentous objects, floating and rotating elegantly."

"Three of level 18, totaling up to 54... At the purple flawless level, Lance was actually a full-level monster, just a bit short of becoming a Fourth-order Alien Species Duke!"

"Xu Shu felt a surge of envy."

"Within these, there was one Second-order Erosion Crystal that he needed the most!"

"Unfortunately, the monster was killed by Tailed Ksitigarbha, so naturally, the spoils belonged to Him."

"Xu Shu could only watch as He monopolized the experience."

"However, the next moment."

"Xu Shu saw Tailed Ksitigarbha clearly shift in his direction."

"Clearly, a gaze swept over his body."

"Then, he heard a familiar voice sigh from the void."

"Such is fate, ultimately inescapable..."

"The next second, a whirlwind of sand swept by, dispersing Lance’s pile of ashes."

"The terrifyingly powerful six-armed Evil Buddha was gone."

"In the howling wind, the triangular necklace, from line to surface, the three Erosion Crystals appropriately rolled, disobeying all logic, rolling inward toward the boundary line, coming to a stop at Xu Shu’s feet.