Free Web NovelInside Wu Yuhui’s office at the Night Watch Headquarters.
Wu Yuhui paced anxiously back and forth in the room. Suddenly, another Clerk entered, pushing open the door with documents in her arms. Her eyes trembled, and she quickly leaned forward to ask, “How is it? How is it? Did you find it?”
In a desert of about 50,000 square kilometers, the earth vein aura showed abnormally strong fluctuations. If left unchecked, it would cause immense environmental damage. For the Night Watch, this was an absolute emergency, and it was crucial to find the urban legend causing the abnormal earth vein aura.
The other Clerk hesitated, then shook her head, sighing deeply, “Alas! Still nothing...”
“The monitoring room has already activated the highest-level detection methods, searching the area with abnormal earth vein aura several times, but they haven’t found any urban legend that fit the criteria.”
“It’s as if... as if the source of the abnormal earth vein aura doesn’t exist in this world at all.”
Listening to her colleague’s words, Wu Yuhui’s expression gradually became blank.
“How can this be? Such a large-scale earth vein aura anomaly, and the source can’t be found? This is too strange!”
At this moment, the office door was pushed open again.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Wu Yuhui and her colleague both looked towards the door. When they saw that the person who appeared at the doorway was the Night Watch operative who had brought the “bad news” earlier, their faces darkened, and they said in unison, “You’d better be here to tell us good news!”
“Uh...” The Night Watch operative opened his mouth, then nodded and said, “The latest data, captured within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, shows that the Spiritual Energy sources have increased... ”
“You call this good news?!”
The sudden rise in their voices made the Night Watch operative tremble. He stammered for a long time before finally speaking, “But, but, this is indeed good news. The night erosion level, which has been continuously rising from within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate... has finally decreased. It has already dropped from 22.34 to 17.12.”
Wu Yuhui, “...” Good news is indeed good news, but the number 17.12 still makes it impossible to be truly happy!
In other words, it’s just like climbing from the eighteenth layer of hell to the Bridge of Helplessness. All in all, it’s still very much a netherworld.
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Inside Lan Yue Cave, Da Chunyang Palace.
Zhang Huainan leaned by the window, gazing at the compass in his hand, illuminated by the moonlight outside.
The bright moonlight poured down, illuminating the trigrams on the compass.
Lower Qian, upper Xun, Wind over Heaven, Lesser Accumulation, meaning limited strength, needing to develop to a certain extent before great things can be achieved.
Immediately after, as if influenced by some force, the compass needle suddenly trembled slightly and began to spin, finally settling on the trigram of Lower Kan, upper Kun. free𝑤ebnovel.com
Earth over Water, Army, meaning to follow the situation, to have a just cause for action, thus turning misfortune into good fortune.
“Good, good, the time is finally nearing...” A smile appeared on Zhang Huainan’s face. He then put down the compass, took out the bao sang cang xiao badge from his Pregnant, and infused a wisp of Spiritual Energy into it.
“Is Master Bixuzi here?”
“Sect Leader, your disciple is here!”
“Call your senior and junior brothers, and that girl Hua Sang. Tell them to come with this old man... to Zixiao Platform!”
As his voice faded, Zhang Huainan put away the bao sang cang xiao badge, stood up, picked up a robe from beside him, draped it over his shoulders, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked out.
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Outside Yumen Pass, in the desert near Sanlongsha.
The increasingly fierce battle between high-level Psychic from various forces seemed to grant special power to the Shaman King, who had just awakened from his slumber, causing his Spiritual Energy fluctuations to surge even higher.
Under heavy encirclement, he roared, breaking through Doji Ten’s blockade, and stomped fiercely onto the body of the 【Shikigami·Ootakemaru】 summoned by Fujiwara no Shoguuji. A mournful cry rang out, followed by a booming of the earth and a swirling of air currents.
Within the swirling air currents, countless tribal warriors, returned from death, climbed onto Ootakemaru’s body, hacking, pulling, biting... using every means to restrict its movements.
Immediately after, the Shaman King raised [N O V E L I G H T] his arms.
A dark spear materialized between his fingers, then burst forth with dazzling crimson light. Under the surging Spiritual Energy infusion, the dark spear seemed to burn violently, emitting a low hum.
Accompanying the Shaman King’s movements, a chaotic glow appeared above his head, deflecting all of Doji Ten’s attacks amidst the sound of clashing metal and stone. Then, it swept downwards, whistling towards Ootakemaru’s head, breaking through everything in its path.
In that instant, it was as if space itself was torn, and a grotesque scar slowly bloomed, the crimson trail lingering for a long time.
A thousand years ago, he had used a similar method to pierce Dragon Xiang’s chest.
Just then, an anonymous Assassin, as if leaping from the Void, wielded two blades, attempting to intercept the Shaman King’s attack. The layers of light arcs he unleashed were pierced through by the dark spear, and even his body was instantly crushed by the Spiritual Energy that surged to its peak.
Blood, before it could splatter, turned into crimson mist, spreading out...
Seeing the various forces gradually showing signs of decline in their confrontation with the Shaman King, Nameless Book, hidden within a wind-eroded mound, had already taken out her bao sang cang xiao badge, ready to issue commands to the Night Watch operatives ambushing tens of kilometers away.
Just then, her eyes, constantly fixed on the Shaman King, suddenly trembled.
In her line of sight, the Shaman King’s figure, as if influenced by some force, suddenly paused without warning.
It was like a large machine operating at high speed, when a tiny part suddenly malfunctioned, causing its operation to become jerky and produce abnormal noises.
The next moment, his surging momentum and Spiritual Energy fluctuations plummeted as if cold water had been poured over his head.
Seizing this momentary opportunity, Ootakemaru’s dark, burly body violently shook, and accompanied by the surging earth waves around it, broke free from the Shaman King’s suppression.
The moment it landed, countless Ghost Faces quietly emerged beside it, letting out terrifying roars, tearing open a bloody path amidst the surging tribal warriors.
The sudden change in the situation caused Nameless Book to be momentarily stunned, and doubts gradually arose in her heart.
Just then, the bao sang cang xiao badge in her hand suddenly trembled, and Zhang Huainan’s voice echoed in her mind.
“Old friend, did you see? Disaster and her companion seem to have started to exert their power...”
“...”
Nameless Book was silent for a few seconds, then looked down at the bao sang cang xiao badge she was caressing with her fingertips, murmuring thoughtfully, “Disaster and her companion, huh...”
Before this, she had never considered placing her hope in Disaster and her companion. Now, she suddenly felt that it seemed... it might actually be useful? freeweɓnøvel.com
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Deep within Yumen Pass, in the dungeon of the Lords Manor.
The strange man joyfully shouted, “They’re back!” After he ran away, gesticulating wildly, the four people and one urban legend in the dungeon fell into a brief, stunned silence.
A moment later, Bai Kai, who was the first to recover from his shock, cleared his throat and asked softly, “Ahem, that guy’s finally gone. Should we... do something?”
Although he didn’t know why the strange man said, “They’re finally back,” after seeing the portrait that presumably depicted Lu Yibei, Bai Kai vaguely felt that after this departure, the strange man probably wouldn’t be back for a while.
Listening to Bai Kai’s words, the system, using the faint light, observed the expressions of everyone present and bravely said, “Uh, esteemed sirs, I have an immature suggestion, I don’t know if I should speak it or not?”
Nanling Qifeng glanced at the system and said coldly, “Speak!”
“I mean, if that strange man really isn’t coming back for a while, as Boss Bai said, isn’t now a good opportunity for everyone to escape?” the system said, “Uh, this is my master’s intention, right, Master?”
Upon hearing this, Gu Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to her senses and nodded repeatedly, “Yes, that’s right, that’s what I meant!”
Seeing Gu Qianqian react so quickly for once, the system secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it didn’t know how that strange man knew Disaster, judging by his ecstatic appearance, he was most likely with Disaster...
Now that there’s an opportunity, why not leave quickly? Do they want to wait for Disaster to return and then make a dying struggle?
Disaster plus that strange man of unfathomable strength, everyone present except Bai Kai, one and all, would probably perish here!
“That’s a pretty good idea!” Lord Huaiyuan pouted, “But escaping isn’t as easy as it sounds, is it?”
As she spoke, she forcefully struggled against the chains on her body, and after a series of grating clangs, she spoke again, “With this ghostly thing here, even without that strange man watching, it won’t be easy to get away, will it?”
“Is that so? What if there’s an energy bar to help?” The questioning voice, originating from an unknown place, reached Lord Huaiyuan’s ears.
"Of course, no problem!" Lord Huaiyuan blurted out. "I'm not bragging, but if I hadn't lost my energy bar, let alone one chain, even a hundred wouldn't be able to trap me!"
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"Wait!" After finishing her self-praise, she realized something was wrong and widened her eyes. "Who was talking just now?"
She looked around, examining everyone.
Nanling Qifeng remained silent, while the outlines of Gu Qianqian and that Little Freak shook their heads continuously. Only Bai Kai looked into the darkness, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.
"Tsk tsk, you finally showed up? I thought you'd snuck off!"
"Sorry, this place was a bit hard to find, so it took a little more time."
A voice came from the darkness, followed by a tall, burly figure entering their view.
The person was none other than Lord Bing.
"It's you?" Lord Huaiyuan recognized Lord Bing and asked in surprise, "Did you pick up my energy bar?"
Lord Bing looked at Lord Huaiyuan and gently shook his head. "It wasn't me who picked it up. On my way to find you all, I encountered... let's call it a urban legend bribed by Nameless Book? It delivered it."
As he spoke, a small, plump, white worm appeared on his shoulder, firmly holding the energy bar that Nanling Yaohua had given it in its mouth.
The moment the system noticed the little worm, it felt as if it had fallen into an ice cave.
It was certain that it was the Void, even if not its true form, then a clone!
Although in countless experiences dealing with world-destroying factors, it had never even seen the true body of the Void, it had come into contact with the Void's Spiritual Energy fluctuations countless times and was already extremely familiar with them.
After all, those were memories deeply ingrained, earned with its life.
"......"
Just when it finally had a chance to escape the ravages of the Disaster, an even more terrifying Void appeared...
And it was a Void that had gained the trust of the Night Watch members!
What should it do now? If it told them that the seemingly harmless little worm was a world-destroying factor, would they believe it?
As the system was thinking with mixed emotions, the Void's call suddenly rang in its ear, "You, that urban legend over there, can you come and help me? Can you send this thing over and feed it to Lord Huaiyuan?"
The system looked at the little worm wagging its tail at it and instantly froze.
In that instant, it felt death approaching.
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Meanwhile, inside Daimu Courtyard.
After Shen Baiwei revealed her identity as the Miracle Saint, Soldier Chen Long, the Longxiang Army Armored Soldier acting as a "foil" beside her, immediately raised a challenge before the growing crowd of onlookers could react.
"Wait! To say that the Miracle Order and the miracle flower are gifts left by Holy Monk Hongbian, and are key to eliminating the Disaster about to descend upon Yumen Pass, I believe that..."
"But, you say you are the Holy Child of the Miracle Order... I will not believe that!"
He paused, turned to look at the surrounding onlookers, and raised his chin slightly, saying, "I think everyone feels the same way as I do, right?"
"Yes! That's right!"
"Sounds somewhat reasonable?"
"......"
Most of the onlookers gathered at this moment had only heard rumors of "Demoness Shen Baiwei" and had always held Hong Bian Monk in high regard. Under Soldier Chen Long's intentional guidance, following the words instructed by Big Shen, they subconsciously gave affirmative answers.
Xie Erlang, hidden in the crowd, saw the situation and curled his lips. He silently took half a step back, continuing to conceal himself.
He had come to Daimu Courtyard precisely to find an opportunity to inform everyone about the "secret of the miracle," but he hadn't expected "Fang Ji" to get there first, usurping his position!
After listening to "Fang Ji's" speech and confirming that "Fang Ji" was not one of their own, but a troublemaker who had appeared out of nowhere, he almost couldn't restrain his anger and rushed forward to kill him on the spot.
But now...
Clearly, that Longxiang Army Armored Soldier was one of their own. Since he was exerting effort, it might not be a bad idea to observe the situation first? Xie Erlang thought. The next scene quickly plunged him into contemplation.
"Unless you can prove you are the Miracle Saint!" Soldier Chen Long shouted, pointing at "Fang Ji" who was standing on a higher platform.
"Proof? Interesting!" Seeing everything going according to the "script," Shen Baiwei didn't even have to act, and a "wicked charm" unconsciously appeared at the corner of her mouth. "Then tell me, how should I prove it?"
"Let me think..." Soldier Chen Long stroked his chin, feigning hesitation and pondering for a few seconds, then his eyes lit up. "According to my understanding, creating something from nothing is a miracle. I wonder if Fang Ji can do that?"
"Creating something from nothing?" Shen Baiwei tilted her head. "Are you saying like this? Or like this? Or even like this?"
As she spoke, a wisp of flame appeared at her fingertips, flickered a few times, then transformed into flowing water, and in the blink of an eye, solidified into a heavy gold ingot, drawing gasps of amazement from the onlookers.
This was a common trick used by some Miracle Order members when recruiting people to join the Miracle Order. As a former core member of the Miracle Order, Shen Baiwei's execution was not only flawless but also highly skilled.
It was more than enough to fool the unsuspecting onlookers!
In the crowd nearby, Xie Erlang noticed the anomaly, realizing things were going awry. His expression gradually darkened, and he finally couldn't help but rush out from the crowd, roaring at "Fang Ji."
"Enough! This is not a miracle at all!"
"Oh?" Shen Baiwei suppressed the unease in her heart, narrowed her eyes slightly, and scrutinized the "big fish" that had taken the bait before her. She asked with a hint of disdain, "This friend seems to have a different opinion? If so, why don't you tell everyone what a true miracle is?"
"A true miracle is resurrection from the dead!" Xie Erlang said sinisterly. "Coincidentally, I can do that. I just don't know if you can... Do you dare to compete with me?"
After speaking, he stared directly into "Fang Ji's" eyes, as if forcing her to answer, or to retreat if she knew what was good for her.
In his perception, he was blessed with the power of the miracle and could naturally resurrect from the dead. The impostor before him, lacking the blessing of the miracle, would surely not dare to compete with him?
If this impostor really couldn't save face and stubbornly competed, she would surely die!
If the impostor showed fear because of this, then the truth would be self-evident.
However, to Xie Erlang's surprise, the impostor scoffed after hearing his words. "Good, then I'll compete with you!"
Saying that, she turned to Soldier Chen Long, who was standing nearby, and cupped her hands, saying, "Officer, may I borrow your saber?"
"Of course!" Soldier Chen Long readily agreed, unbuckled the saber from his waist, and handed it to Shen Baiwei.
Shen Baiwei took the saber, nimbly jumped off the table, and in a few steps, walked over to Xie Erlang's side. Her eyebrows arched slightly as she said, "Since you set the terms of the competition, I'll decide who goes first. No problem, right?"
As she spoke, she drew the battle saber and held it out to Xie Erlang. "Then, please, you first?"
Looking at the gleaming white blade Shen Baiwei offered, Xie Erlang's Adam's apple slowly bobbed.
"Gulp—!"
He didn't understand why the other party dared to agree to such a life-or-death competition.
This situation, beyond his comprehension, filled him with a strong sense of unease.
Could it be... she can also resurrect from the dead? Xie Erlang thought.
Soldier Chen Long, standing nearby, secretly observed Shen Baiwei's expression. Seeing her calm as usual, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
He used to doubt the identities of the two Misses Shen because their appearances were so different.
How could real sisters look completely unlike each other?
But now, having witnessed Little Shen's and Big Shen's identical sharp tongues, and the aggressive aura of someone holding a saber and telling others to go to their deaths, all his doubts vanished.
They are definitely real sisters! Soldier Chen Long thought with certainty.
At the same time, watching Xie Erlang shakily take the unsheathed battle saber, Shen Baiwei's heart began to pound.
Disaster, you'd better be reliable this time!
Otherwise, if he really resurrects after cutting himself, I'll be in trouble... Shen Baiwei thought anxiously.
