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Chapter 30: Guardian

The green ball of light contorted several times and the outline of something that resembled a human face emerged.

However, the human face rapidly disappeared as the ball of light continued contorting and it became a monster.

The head of a crow, the body of a human.

When Chen Xiaolian saw the shape it took, he froze for a moment. He then coughed out with exertion and laughed out bitterly. “As expected… as expected, I got it right again.”

“What did you get right?” The crow headed monster asked.

“You are a Guardian,” Chen Xiaolian wiped his bloodied mouth. He could feel his strength diminishing and his body becoming increasingly colder. He shivered a little before slowly continuing. “A Guardian… and also… one of King Solomon’s 72 Demons, right?”

The crow headed Guardian issued out a “jie jie” sound of laughter. The ball of light then drifted before Chen Xiaolian’s face. “You got it right. Unfortunately, you are on death’s door. What is the point in that?”

Chen Xiaolian blinked, then he suddenly took on a peculiar tone of voice. “Correct, I am about to die, I am losing too much blood and my injuries are too serious… But since I am dying anyways, why did you have to appear and spout all these nonsense with me?”

The Guardian seemed momentarily stunned.

“Thus… I surmise that you must have a purpose, right?” Chen Xiaolian continued. “Could it be… all of us dying here is not what you have in mind?”

He had caught on to a crucial detail!

And this crucial detail is: Since all ‘Players’ are dead, why would a Guardian show itself at the last moment? Could it be trying to fulfil the traditional stereotype image of a villain by appearing to spout off a few nonsensical lines?

“…” The Guardian fixed its pair of crow eyes upon Chen Xiaolian for a moment. It then flicked its fingers.

With a snapping sound, a ball of green light landed on Chen Xiaolian’s chest.

Chen Xiaolian’s chest had Snow Edge piercing right through it. However, after being struck by the green ball of light, Snow Edge was seemingly pulled out by some type of force!

In addition, the green ball of light made it so that the wound on his chest did not bleed out at all!

“Just stopping the bleeding for you,” The Guardian laughed coldly.

Chen Xiaolian coughed out twice, his face set in a sneer – in his heart, he knew that he had won the bet once again.

The Guardian said with indifference. “Ever since all of you entered this cave, I have been watching all of you, each and every one… your every team, all of them were within my watchful eyes. As for you, you happen to be a candidate of interest for me.”

“Oh?”

“Although you are very weak, you are the one who found the ‘Passage of Death’ in the Hexagram Hall. The few people who manage to reach this place only did so by relying on your wisdom to find the correct path.”

Hearing that, Chen Xiaolian smiled with resentment. “The correct path? It is indeed correct. The Passage of Death… what a fitting name. As of now, they have truly died here.”

Chen Xiaolian narrowed his eyes and stared at the crow headed monster before speaking out slowly. “You used some method to confuse Newton’s mind, causing him to start a massacre, killing off his own team mates… en, that is right. Back then, he assumed everyone to be Awakened ones… the reason for that, I heard that he had once fallen in love with an Awakened… in the end, he personally killed the one he loved.

“That being said, I do not know the specifics. I do not even understand what an Awakened is.

“However, I suspect… an experience like this would certainly end up becoming a mental issue for Newton.

“A more general description of it would be that it had become a demon in his heart. And you must have taken advantage of this factor, confusing his mind!

“You can pry open the secrets of the heart… this meant that, as a demon, you possess the mind-reading ability.

“I believe… the 72 Demons; each of these Demons would have its own special abilities.

“En, the ability to read the mind of others, the name of this ability is ‘Astute Comprehension’.

“As for the ability that could cause teammates to kill one another, the name of that ability is ‘Falling Out’.

“And so…”

Chen Xiaolian’s expression flickered. “If I am not mistaken, there happen to be one amongst the 72 Demons with the same specifications as you. That is why… you are the one ranked seventh among the 72 Demons, Marquis of the Blaze. Your name is… Marquis Amon!”

The Guardian fixed its pair of crow eyes at Chen Xiaolian. After a while, he nodded his head. “Very good, it seems you really do have some understanding of us.”

“All right, we have been spouting enough nonsense, time to add spice to the topic.” Chen Xiaolian slowly continued. “You did not kill me, rather you were unwilling to see me die and helped me to stop my bleeding… in the end, what is it that you want?”

Peng!

A metal rod landed before Chen Xiaolian.

“In this square, there are a total of 72 pillars,” Amon’s voice seemed laced with traces of ferocity. “One of them has sealed my core spirit.”

“En, and then what?” Chen Xiaolian curled his lips in a grin. “Could it be that you want me to find it, then release you?”

Amon slowly nodded his head.

“I am not going to ask you why you cannot do it yourself. Considering the fact that you are sealed here, there must be some kind of prohibition that stops you from doing so yourself,” Chen Xiaolian gave a bitter smile. “How is the seal lifted? By using this rod to break the pillar?”

“You only have one chance. This rod could only break one pillar. If you choose the wrong one, then… this place will completely collapse.”

“It is not… wait, what do you mean… choose the wrong one?” Chen Xiaolian’s eyes suddenly bulged out. “You own seal… your own… you are telling me you do not even know which pillar to break?”

Amon shook his head. “I do not know.”

Chen Xiaolian became dumbfounded.

He turned and looked around. Within this square were tens of those pillars!

All of them looked completely identical!

Probability of success was one out of tens, it was necessary for him to find and break the correct one on his first try… if he made the wrong choice, then this cave will collapse and… everyone will be buried alive…

Chen Xiaolian picked up the metal rod and appraised it for a while… the rod was covered with patterns of indeterminable significance.

“Are there no tips?”

“There is only one,” Amon slowly replied. “I need to personally touch the pillar, then my spirit will give off a reaction.”

“Personally… touch?”

Chen Xiaolian looked at Amon… his body was a mass of illusory green light. It was clear that he did not have a real body.

Then… personally touch?

Chen Xiaolian’s heart suddenly palpitated. “You… you can’t be thinking of…”

“I need to borrow your body,” Amon grinned, uttering his “jie jie” laugh. “I had previously chosen the one called Newton. Unfortunately, he was killed by you all. Thus…”

Chen Xiaolian’s face changed, he abruptly pounced towards the ground and grabbed Snow Edge! With a backhand, he directed it towards the sphere of green light that was Amon!

The scimitar’s edge swung through Amon’s body of light. However, Amon only let out a contemptuous sneer!

“Fool! I am a spiritual body, how can you hurt me?”

After his scimitar swept through empty air, Chen Xiaolian’s eyes flashed with determination. He reversed the blade to cut towards his own neck!

This senior would rather die than allow my body to be taken over!

Pu!

The scimitar landed upon his neck, but a mass of green light lightly bounced off the scimitar!

Chen Xiaolian plopped down onto the ground. His arms became weak, bereft of energy.

After all, he just had all his attributes purified. As of now, his Physique and Endurance were at the critical low point of [E].

“It is useless,” Amon sneered. “If I do not want you to die, I have methods to ensure that. Besides… even if you die, there are three people here… your fellow friend here, the little girl who released the fire phoenix… oh, I nearly forgot, there is also the woman at the cliff of the other side of the iron chain bridge. Even if you end up dying, I can still choose someone else.”

Chen Xiaolian smiled resentfully. “If that is the case, why did you not let me commit suicide…”

“Unless as a last resort, I do not want to possess a woman,” Amon shook his head and sighed. He then cast a glance at Han Bi. “As for this fellow… his looks is too ugly.”

“Hey! Who are you calling ugly!” Han Bi coughed out violently to the point of spitting out blood. Still, he could not help but shout. “I can be killed but never humiliated! This senior will fight you to the death!”

Han Bi moved his hands and legs in an attempt to get up. However, Amon only let out a sneer as he continued standing at the same spot.

Chen Xiaolian moved over to help support Han Bi. Then, he turned his head to look at Amon. “So, you want me to offer my body as contribution?”

“Even though your strength is weak, it is at least stronger than the other three who are alive. In addition, that sunlight magic you used at the end against Newton seemed very good. Thus… I have decided to make your body mine. As for the fellow beside you… I saw his magic before, he actually turned himself into stone. That magic would only allow oneself to be beaten senseless. If I were to possess his body, that would be an insult to a demon’s intellect.”

Amon shook his head and sneered. “After my core spirit is released, I will need a suitable body for long-term use. The suitability of this body is very important for me before I fully recover my strength. You are quite good… that is why I chose you.”

“When you put it that way, I should actually feel honoured?” A strange look flashed through Chen Xiaolian’s face. He then let out a derisive smile. “It seems I have no other choice. In that case, bring it on!”

He threw the Snow Edge within his hand onto the ground – unexpectedly, it happened to fall onto the ground beneath Han Bi.

Han Bi had wanted to say something; but when he turned to look at Chen Xiaolian, he saw Chen Xiaolian throwing a cue at him, looking down at the Snow Edge that fell down.

Without waiting for Han Bi to understand, Chen Xiaolian turned back to look at Amon.

“Then bring it on, since I cannot resist…” Chen Xiaolian smiled bitterly. “How unexpected… today had been a truly remarkable one.”

Having said that, he closed his eyes.

Amon laughed out with his “jie jie” as his body transformed into a ball of green light which slowly entered Chen Xiaolian’s body.

Chen Xiaolian felt a chill through his body, as though a stream of icy water had been injected into his blood stream. Soon, it flowed through his entire body…


Chapter 31: Quest Complete

It was not as he had imagined. The feeling of his consciousness being deprived did not occur.

Rather, it was as though he had become drunk. His mind turned faint and blurry and his body reaction became slow. Chen Xiaolian was barely able to stand up. However, after taking just one step, he felt himself tilting.

“This, what is going on?”

Chen Xiaolian muttered.

Then, he heard his own mouth uttering another sentence. “Stop talking nonsense. Move forward and find the pillar.”

At this moment, Chen Xiaolian felt extremely fragile. It was as though he was drunk and his mind was increasingly drowsy, about to fall asleep at any moment. However, a trace of consciousness remained within him. He gritted his teeth tightly to maintain the last vestige of his consciousness!

Apparently… even when taking over another’s body, this Amon was unable to instantly devour his consciousness. Some amount of time was required to complete this process.

Probably… because his core spirit had been sealed, this Guardian spirit who is on the outside could only utilize a small fraction of its power.

At that moment, Chen Xiaolian’s heart pounded. Perhaps… he is not as powerful as I imagined!

Both his hands came in contact with one of the stone pillars, but the cold stone pillar showed no reaction.

Chen Xiaolian forcibly shook his head and heard a strange voice coming out from his own mouth. “Go to the next pillar, hurry up!”

Chen Xiaolian looked at his own legs as it stepped forward… this time, he almost lost control of both his legs. Although their movements were a little tilted, it was obviously more coordinated compared to earlier.

This was a bad sign.

Clearly, Amon was gradually gaining control over his body. As for his own consciousness, it was becoming increasingly incapable of controlling his body.

Perhaps… it was about to be completely devoured.

“Stop resisting,” Chen Xiaolian seemed to be talking to himself. Although it was his own voice, the tone obviously belonged to Amon. “The more you resist, the more you provoke me. If you obey me, then I can consider sparing your three companions.”

“Really?” Chen Xiaolian laughed bitterly. He struggled to raise his hand, extending it towards one of the nearest pillar.

His cooperative attitude seemed to be satisfying Amon. Unfortunately, this pillar also did not give any reaction.

Finally, after they have checked more than ten pillars…

When Chen Xiaolian came in contact with one of the pillars, he suddenly felt a sense of iciness! A trace of coldness spread out from the pillar, seemingly spreading through his hand and arm. In an instant, it had penetrated deep into his soul, causing him to shiver uncontrollably.

“It is here!”

Amon’s shout of joy emanated out from Chen Xiaolian’s mouth. “Hurry! The rod!”

Chen Xiaolian turned his head and spoke resentfully towards Han Bi. “Bring the rod over.”

Han Bi was momentarily stunned; he had seen that cue from Chen Xiaolian’s face again.

Han Bi noted that Chen Xiaolian’s gaze was directed upon Snow Edge for a moment. Even though it was only a moment, it did not go unnoticed by Han Bi.

Han Bi struggled for a moment. He crawled as he picked up Snow Edge, then the metal rod before moving towards Chen Xiaolian. As he handed the metal rod to Chen Xiaolian, Chen Xiaolian could feel that he could no longer control his own hands – Amon had already gained control over them.

The metal rod was lifted up, then…

It lightly tapped the stone pillar.

Suddenly, a green radiance shone out! The green radiance burst out of the stone pillar and enveloped Chen Xiaolian. After that, a clear cracking sound…

Like a glass that was smashed to pieces, a crack appeared on the surface of the stone pillar and extended rapidly…

Bang!

As the stone pillar collapsed, Chen Xiaolian gaped at the countless green lights that entered his body at an insane rate!

“Life! The feeling of life! This is the feeling of a fresh new life!”

Chen Xiaolian raised his head and opened his mouth to let out a loud laugh. Amon’s shrill voice was channelled out as laughter using Chen Xiaolian’s mouth. “I am alive! I am finally alive again! The taste of that detestable and damnable stone is finally cast far away from me! Hahahaha! This fresh new life, this flesh… these blood vessels, this palpitating heart! Hahahahahahaha! I am finally alive again!”

Chen Xiaolian’s consciousness gradually weakened, he could feel his control over his body diminishing. It was as though he could barely sense his whole body anymore!

A chilling flow instantly occupied several positions within his own body, leading to a loss of perception there.

“Are you… satisfied?” Chen Xiaolian bit his lips.

“Hahahaha! I am very satisfied,” Amon gave a triumphant and joyous laughter.

“Satisfied? In that case…” Chen Xiaolian suddenly took a deep breath – one of the last few movements that he was capable of at this moment. “… then… die!”

At that moment, Chen Xiaolian suddenly gathered up the remnants of his consciousness with fervour. In that instant, he managed to seize back control of one of his legs. He then vigorously moved it to let him fall towards Han Bi’s location!

“Han Bi! Kill me!”

Han Bi was shocked; he instinctively raised up the Snow Edge in his hand…

Chen Xiaolian directed his body to charge straight towards the scimitar!

Amon shrieked out. “What are you doing?”

Chen Xiaolian’s body twisted itself, seemingly trying to stand straight. However, under the directions of two consciousness, the body continued moving towards the scimitar!

Ca!

Chen Xiaolian witnessed with his own eyes… as his own right wrist fell upon the scimitar’s blade! The momentum of his body in addition to the sharpness of Snow Edge caused his right wrist to be instantly cut off!

With a “bang”, Chen Xiaolian fell heavily onto the ground!

Amon miserably screamed out in pain!

What an absurd feeling.

It was clear that his own hand had been cut off, it was also clear that his own mouth had screamed out in misery… yet, Chen Xiaolian’s consciousness was unable to feel any shred of pain.

Not being able to do anything more, Chen Xiaolian shouted out. “Han Bi! Act quickly! Kill me! He can no longer leave my body!”

Han Bi abruptly woke up. He gave Chen Xiaolian a deep stare… he could see that Chen Xiaolian’s eyes were filled with absolute determination!

Han Bi raised his hand and slashed down!

Ding!

Chen Xiaolian’s body acted by lifting the metal rod to block off Han Bi’s slash!

Amon screamed in horror. “This is wrong! This is wrong! Why is your body so weak?”

Although Chen Xiaolian’s consciousness was becoming increasingly faint, he laughed out. “You fool… all my attributes have been combusted and purified… the current me, my current body’s strength is no better than that of a dying patient. Han Bi! What are you waiting for! Kill me! This instance dungeon can be completed! Kill the Guardian!”

Han Bi’s face was flowing with tears. He raised the scimitar with both his hands and shouted. “I am sorry! Chen Xiaolian!”

The bright edge of the Snow Edge swept down!

Amon struggled for life, attempting to lift the metal rod to block it off…

Unfortunately, the strength of Chen Xiaolian’s body was simply… too weak!

All his attribute points have been combusted to become the Goddess of Dawn’s Overwhelming Sunlight attack… although the current Chen Xiaolian seemed normal, the truth was his Physique, Endurance and Agility… all of his attributes have plummeted to the lowest of the low!

Seeing the descending scimitar, Amon howled loudly and sent out a green light… he was attempting to break away from Chen Xiaolian’s body…

However, the green coloured light was only able to partially fly out. It appeared that a certain force was pulling it back, leading to its inability to free itself from Chen Xiaolian’s body!

Chen Xiaolian… won his bet yet again!

Back then, Amon was able to possess and confuse Newton, leading to an uphill battle in which they finally killed Newton. However, due to the nature of his spiritual body, Amon was able to break away…

Now though, Chen Xiaolian had unsealed Amon’s core spirit, allowing Amon to resurrect himself within Chen Xiaolian’s body…

This resurrection meant that Amon is no longer a spiritual body… he is no longer an unkillable entity!

That meant… Amon could now be killed!

As for Amon… his biggest mistake was… to choose Chen Xiaolian’s body to take over.

Chen Xiaolian had utilized the Goddess of Dawn’s Overwhelming Sunlight Purification skill, combusting all his attributes away!

Thus, at that moment Chen Xiaolian was even weaker than the seriously injured Han Bi!

Han Bi’s scimitar viciously slashed onto Chen Xiaolian’s chest!

Followed by… a horizontal slash…

After spurting out a spray of blood, Chen Xiaolian slumped onto the ground and looked blankly at the scimitar blade stuck on his chest.

This slash… was absolutely fatal!

Chen Xiaolian’s face broke into a mournful smile. “Good… good blade, one, one more slash!”

Amon shrieked out miserably as he attempted to emit more green light. He tried to seal the wound and blood flow… unfortunately…

As mentioned before, he is no longer an unkillable entity!

Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Chen Xiaolian is not unkillable!

Han Bi extracted the scimitar and waved it forward again!

This time, the scimitar drew a mark across his neck…

Chen Xiaolian could hear the sounds of “chi chi”… followed by a spray of blood leaking out from his windpipe!

His mouth was opened as Amon seemed to be attempting to shout something. However, with his neck cut off, he could only emit the sounds of “ge ge”.

Chen Xiaolian’s consciousness looked towards Han Bi; traces of tranquillity and delight flickering out from his eyes.

Han Bi’s grip loosened and the scimitar was thrown onto the ground. He then knelt down.

“Xiaolian, I am sorry!”

Chen Xiaolian could sense he was beginning to slowly feel pain again… it appeared that Amon’s soul was losing its strength as it died… slowly fading away…

His ability to sense his own body gradually returned…

His body fell down face first, his one good hand gave Han Bi the thumbs up…

Plop!

Chen Xiaolian’s face fell onto the ground.

Han Bi watched as a green light rapidly flowed out of Chen Xiaolian’s body before dissipating in the air…

Suddenly, he felt the ground underneath shaking!

Han Bi raised his head upwards to see a silver screen of light descending from the ceiling… just like… a curtain had been spread down on them… the entire square and underground valley… they were all enveloped within it.

Han Bi was shocked to observe that once the curtain of light had reached a certain altitude, some of the stone pillars crown area that had been broken would be rapidly repaired.

Han Bi suddenly found that his body was feeling cold.

Lowering his head, he saw both his hands and arms… rapidly disappearing!

On a flat area of the cliff, Takashimoto Shizuka was in a kneeling position. She stared foolishly into the distance, her eyes blank.

From above her head, the silver curtain of light descended. However, she did not appear to notice at all, as she continued staring ahead foolishly.

There was only darkness before the eyes.

The remaining scene resembled a screen that was about to receive a transmission broadcast from the station but had its switch suddenly flipped. The screen flashed and all that was left was utter darkness…

Chen Xiaolian could sense his consciousness becoming increasingly faint and weak…

At that moment…

A tiny dot of light suddenly flashed out from within the darkness.

“.”

“..”

“…”

“….”

“….. Prompt, Instance Dungeon Quest Complete, Guardian is dead, Instance Dungeon Reward acquired.”

“… Instance Dungeon refresh launched…”

The prompt disappeared… next, the only thing within his line of sight was that blinking ‘.’(dot).


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