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Chapter 699 - 699 370 Is this goddamn Illusion Art (4200)_1

Chapter 699: 370 Is this goddamn Illusion Art?! (4200)_1 Chapter 699: 370 Is this goddamn Illusion Art?! (4200)_1 In the end, Rose still went up the mountain with Casio.

She said: It is a hunter’s duty to complete a task without retreating. Besides, she was a white-luminance level hunter. Helping Casio deal with a few small fry would not be a problem.

Casio trusted her, and didn’t care whether Rose was with him or not. Although he had just arrived in the Era of Retrospection, his Qi was already able to unleash power through a special method. According to his own estimation, he was proficient enough to match the skill of a great fighter, comparable to a peak white-luminance level hunter or an ordinary dark-gold level hunter, putting him just below the top six hunters.

If he, as the seventh-ranked hunter in the Dark Hunt organization, couldn’t handle such a minor task, then he might as well end his retrospective journey now. Moreover, he still had an ace up his sleeve. If he encountered any real danger, Casio could burst all his Qi once, restoring his peak condition momentarily.

The strength of a top fighter was enough to wipe out all forms of danger that seemed unsolvable. But using that strength might result in severe damage to Bai Kui’s body, bringing it to the brink of failure.

Unless absolutely necessary, Casio wouldn’t use this power.

At 5:10 PM, the sun dipped below the horizon, leaving only orange afterglow filtering through the atmosphere, dying the clouds. A row of flying birds passed by, foretelling the imminent arrival of dusk.

On the small path up the mountain, two silhouettes gradually disappeared into the woods. Five minutes later, the contours of the castle appeared before their eyes.

It was a typical old castle, with a common dome and spire structure. However, weathered and deteriorated with age, many tiles were damaged or fallen off, and moss was everywhere. The whole castle seemed tinged with darkness, some of the paint already faded.

At the entrance, Casio withdrew his gaze. Rose, by his side, reminded him, “Master Bai Kui, it’s now the twilight hour of both day and night. If there are dark creature tribes inside, they might be close to waking up…”

“They might have sensed our approach.”

“Hm?” Casio’s brows furrowed upon hearing this. He was quick to catch the key information in Rose’s words.

“Day, night, awaken?”

Bai Kui’s memories, which Casio had inherited, did not contain these details. During each of his retrospective journeys, he only had access to some vague fragments of the former host’s memories.

He was aware of some major events and some deeply ingrained memories. But the rest was like a dream, impossible to recall no matter hard he tried.

As if covered by a thick layer of black gauze.

They didn’t enter the castle directly. It took Casio a minute of indirect conversation to understand what Rose had said. During the period of the Hong Li Empire, dark creatures didn’t go out in daylight! They were only active at night!

This was entirely different from the period of the Hong Li Federation.

In his time, the dark creatures could move freely under the sunlight, even though they disliked sunlight, they were not bound by the restriction of not being exposed to the sunlight or weakened by daytime.

He initially thought he had heard Rose wrong and assumed that this characteristic of only being active at night belonged to a specific dark creature species only. But after understanding in depth, he realized every dark creature was like this!

Fearful and drawing back in the presence of light, they were seriously weakened in the daytime.

Some were even turned to ash with a single touch of sunlight.

This was the case for the Blood Clan!

Why did such a drastic change occur in the dark creatures within a span of about two hundred years? According to the records of the Hong Li Empire, for nearly a thousand years, all dark creatures were afraid of light and feared the daytime! There must have been an event that led to such a drastic change.

Was it the downfall of the Hong Li Empire?!

Or was it due to a major event that transpired in an unknown place?

Casio immediately became alert. He thought that this retrospective era might not be simple, he might experience a world-changing historical process in the transcendental realm. Not just the Hong Li Empire, the change in the characteristics of the dark creatures would affect the entire world.

His thoughts were fickle, only taking a moment. Casio quickly snapped out of it, striding towards the archway with Rose.

The towering archway was the entrance to the castle. It was formed by the adjoining of two buildings, similar to arrow towers, on the left and right. Not only was there an archway at the top, but there was also a corridor between the two buildings, with three windows.

Due to abandonment, there was an inexplicably eerie atmosphere.

Crossing the archway, they entered the castle. The space inside was larger than they had imagined. The castle was not just a single building, but a small group of buildings with simple and narrow passages in between.

The lifeless, decayed trees lost their vitality, their dry branches looked like black claws.

Despite it being a vibrant summer, the wild grass in the open ground within the castle was a lifeless yellow, lacking any vibrant color.

Casio stood in front of a bunch of broken stones, his gaze slowly sweeping across the surroundings, he could see some clear signs of fighting and blood. These were remnants from half a month ago, the last mission had ended in failure.

Only Bai Kui and an old hunter were left out of the seven-man squad.

After escaping with their lives, they gathered some useful information.

One: The strength of the dark creatures in the castle was underestimated.

Two: This was a rare type of dark creature that had never appeared before: the Abyss Knights, each one clad in plate armor.

Three: What were these dark creatures, simply termed as Abyss Knights, guarding? They would not leave in a short period of time.

It just so happened that Casio had stumbled upon the mission that had caused the original host to be severely injured and bedridden for half a month. Conveniently, he could finish this matter once and for all, signifying a brand new beginning for Bai Kui.