Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!
Chapter 453 - 111 Iron Wall Blood Dome (Vote for Monthly Ticket)_3

Chapter 453: Chapter 111 Iron Wall Blood Dome (Vote for Monthly Ticket)_3

The night was Xu Shu’s most "vulnerable" moment, without the Tai Chu Scroll to use, such Spiritual Perception abilities might allow him to timely avoid some powerful beings.

From a certain angle, this talent, like the "rascal" route’s most popular skill among teammates, "Bloodthirst," held the same ingenious trick, only with different emphases.

But setting that aside, the second talent of "Yang God," "Blood Dome," was what thrilled Xu Shu.

Just like "Eight Spider Spears," this skill, belonging to the Three Deceit Families, no, the Deceit Five Families, was a "transformation technique."

"Blood Dome" required blood as the trigger, and the skill needed vital blood to activate; once activated, it continuously consumed blood every moment. However, during this period, his physique could enter a liquefied state, just like liquid metal!

It could be said that in this state, Xu Shu could be immune to many physical types of damage, including explosions, edged weapons, blunt instruments, and so on.

Transforming directly into a liquefied person in battle could make many skills of professions on the more realistic side cower in fear.

Once upon a time, Xu Shu had been disgusted by the "criminal" route’s shadow stealth skill, leaving him beaten and battered, narrowly escaping death.

And now, he possessed a similar skill of the mysterious kind, which meant that in future unexpected encounters with enemies, he too could, like those guys, simply play dirty and run away if he couldn’t win!

This skill, it could be said, greatly enhanced Xu Shu’s ability to survive in combat.

It could only be lamented that in a liquefied state, becoming a pool of person meant he couldn’t do [sit-ups]; otherwise, this skill would be directly invincible! Too bad it couldn’t be changed.

Another one, "Iron Clothes·Madman," as a higher tier Legendary Curse Seal like the First Rank Heart of Steel, comes with a full three initial talents at the start.

Among them, "Iron Bone Clank" and "Iron Wall," belong to most Iron Armor Profession’s talents.

"Iron Bone Clank" is a passive talent; as the name implies, every Iron Armor is a true man of iron blood, taking the Warrior route to another level of "physical sturdiness."

A First Rank Warrior essentially has "thick skin and flesh," and by the Second Rank, they all carry "Iron Bone Clank," a progressive sense of first toughening the flesh then forging the bones.

And the skill "Iron Wall," also a signature skill of the Iron Armor Profession, Xu Shu had seen Li Fengtian use it when they had entered the ruins of the Storm Manor; it could gather the power inside one’s body and form it into a tangible, colossal shield, protecting oneself and teammates, with extremely high team value.

Both of these skills are common within the Iron Armor Profession, possessed by any Iron Armor.

The third skill, "domineering," was a bit different.

The saying "Looking down upon all, exuding domineering presence," was meant for the Madman!

This skill would allow Xu Shu to inherently possess a very strong pressure; the higher the level when used against lower levels, the stronger this pressure would be, directly affecting the enemy’s Momentum and even the strength they could display.

Moreover, if the level disparity was big enough, he could simply release his domineering presence to make the enemy so afraid they would kneel and beg for mercy, defeat without a fight.

And the intensity of the pressure was based on the level difference.

Yes, it only looked at the level difference!

This made Xu Shu see great potential.

With his own Second Rank, two Legendary Curse Seals added together would make a full level 40.

Some Third Tier players might only add up to level 33, 35, etc. with three Curse Seals, due to bottlenecks, many Transcendents had issues with not being able to fully upgrade their third Curse Seal, never able to level up further.

Normally, even if the opponent’s level was lower than one’s own, but Third Tier was after all Third Tier, Xu Shu himself had experienced the Third Tier advancement, completed the leap from "line to plane" in strength and knew the unique chasm that existed within it.

Logically, it was almost impossible to win head-on.

But now with "domineering," there was that one chance.

The possibility to overpower the strong, to rise above one’s betters!

So why did Xu Shu suddenly have so much self-assurance upon advancing?

No way around it, the skills given by the Curse Seal were just too splendid.

This was the confidence that the Legendary Curse Seal brought to Xu Shu!

"Speaking of which, Second Rank is really different from First Rank! There’s a different feel in the tier of skills..."

"As a First Rank, I felt like a mini excavator; even with great strength, something seemed off, and it was difficult to fully harness it. I possessed the power of an excavator, but I was ultimately still of mortal flesh. If my shield broke, I would die; if I were attacked while doing sit-ups, I would also die!"

"But now, even if I were killed, it doesn’t necessarily mean I would die! And my power is easier to release, to bring into play!"

Xu Shu silently withdrew his gaze, looking outward, feeling a sense of exhilarating liberation within. As the ancients often said, ’an enlightened heart,’ nothing more than that.

In the blink of an eye, the moonlight surrounding them was blocked out for a considerable length of time, and they inexplicably entered a narrow path along the mountain.

Soon, when the moonlight shone down once more, a series of whirling winds appeared not far ahead, howling across the golden slopes, knocking the bushes askew and sprawled on the ground, with a wailing sound that gave a startling impression.

In the car, Xu Shu and the others could clearly feel the resistance coming from outside.

Outside the car window, the nuns looked even more exaggerated, their robes fluttering wildly, rustling in the wind, and the dim green lanterns looked as if they would be extinguished at any moment, resembling nothing so much as spirits enclosed in robes.

Further up, at the top of the slope, a massive castle stood proud, occupying a vast area, with walls over a dozen meters high, and enormous iron gates that looked impregnable.

On its walls, there was a string of elegant, flowing script-like characters that were incomprehensible.

Xu Shu discovered that these characters didn’t belong to any known human society or past civilization.

But he had seen them before.

These were the characters from the "Demon’s Book"!

Storm Manor, belonging to Su Ji Herrera, they had finally arrived.

The vehicle continued, struggling through the furious tempest on the slope, until they reached the gates of the castle that resembled an ancient medieval complex.

The heavy wooden gate, reinforced with iron bars, was firmly shut.

Inside, one could see a grotesque creature locked with a giant chain, nearly three meters tall, with a huge and corpulent body dressed in tattered clothes, emanating a foul stench, simply lying on the ground.

It was less a person and more a giant lump of flesh with a human shape.

This bloated mass had a distended belly studded with freely waving, slender fingers that resembled shaking glowing grass, grotesque and eerie.

"Ew,"

Seeing such a thing, Gu Yue Ming and Gu Pan both felt a bit sick, with Gu Pan quickly pressing the controls in the car, switching the air circulation from "external" to "internal."

Outside, two nuns approached to call at the gate.

The car waited outside for a while.

However, the monstrous creature seemed oblivious, acting as if it couldn’t see the visitors at all and even snorted like an elephant, munching on the hind leg of an unidentifiable animal with blood dripping down its mouth.

The two nuns walked back, bending over, and whispered something to the Chief Maid.

The Chief Maid nodded, then suddenly said to Xu Shu inside the car, "Sir, if you would please wait here, I will go and ask Lord Spider to open the gate."

Huh?

Xu Shu was clearly taken aback.

What was this? A cold reception? Weren’t they the ones who invited me?

For some reason, Xu Shu could distinctly sense a change in the Chief Maid’s attitude, and the other nuns seemed shrunken back, as if afraid.

Were they afraid of that pig... oh no, the spider?

I remember a woman mentioning something about fingers growing on a spider, so this grotesque creature must be it, right?

Xu Shu glanced at the Chief Maid and others’ timid expressions and couldn’t help but frown.

Then, all of a sudden, he swung open the car door, stepped out, and showed a kind smile to the group of nuns:

"No trouble at all, let me personally ask him to open the door!"