Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1268 - 151: Authentic Intel

[Gwa! You sent out two bloodline enhancements, two whole enhancements!]

[But that’s nothing, because the teacher’s benevolence is like the sun hanging in the sky for three days, and it can never be repaid, never be repaid!]

[However, you’re definitely up to no good, I suggest you wrap the mysterious Chapters behind her too, so that your gratitude will exceed hers, and make her repay you with her body in the future!] The Tai Chu scroll roared from the side.

Xu Shu smiled without speaking.

After finishing all this, he stood up with a smile, patting Gu Pan’s head: "It’s done, teacher, you’ve been enhanced again, now don’t cry anymore, okay?"

After speaking, he left with big steps, giving the other party ample time to digest.

"I!!" Gu Pan stood alone in the same place, opened her mouth to speak but stopped.

She did indeed need enough time to digest.

But what she was digesting was not the issue of being injected with two warm currents again, but something else!

Because she couldn’t activate the upgrade drive to scan herself within the ruins, Gu Pan couldn’t intuitively display which new entries were added to the Curse Seal as before.

However, Gu Pan sat in meditation, viewed within herself.

She saw three seemingly virtual yet real golden Curse Seals connecting to each other, stable in posture, originally laid upon them a strangely postured, small bull sitting and holding a lyre.

And almost at the same time those two warm currents entered and melted into the body, this little bull shivered suddenly, then got up and moved its position.

Pop! Pop!

Two sounds like a yellow dragon emerging from a cave, two more "animals" came out from inside.

One of them had a wolf’s body and a dragon’s head, its eyes full of brutal and bloodthirsty evil aura, looking fierce; the other was a plump, white little horse with a fish tail, born with a pair of translucent little wings, appearing cute and naive.

These three little beasts stood within the Curse Seal, seemingly treating the space between the seals as their home, in the middle was a flesh-like cauldron, slightly surfacing, dimly visible!

"Shua!"

Deep in the mental sea, Mao Qiu and Gu Zu, originally confronting and somewhat eased by Gu Pan’s intervention, suddenly stopped.

Such undisguised abnormal change, how could it be hidden from them?

Their ancient, residual souls immediately lifted their heads, staring at Gu Pan’s face—on the consciousness level.

A long time.

"What happened just now?"

"What kind of aura is that?"

Both ancient residual souls asked simultaneously.

Gu Pan swallowed, cold sweat almost pouring, yet she knew absolutely she couldn’t falter now.

So, with an awkward smile, she braced herself and said: "You saw, I truly have the demeanor of the Celestial, given time my achievements are immeasurable! The saying goes, once one person ascends, even their chickens and dogs ascend. Don’t hesitate, assist me now, you shall have countless benefits in the future, kwa!"

"..."

"..."

Both residual souls remained silent for a long time.

Suddenly, they shook violently, each emitting either sinister or arrogant aura.

Implied, Gu Pan seemed to see two vague human figures.

One stood in a black mire, seemingly having three Golden Crows atop its brows; the other arrogantly looked up, nine enormous white tails spewed up behind, obscuring the sky!

"Gu!"

The terrifying pressure seemingly traveling through time from ancient enveloped her, Gu Pan felt her spirit trembling!

But with things this far gone, she knew there was no turning back.

To keep the two clearly sinister ancient beings from knowing the source of the internal anomaly, to protect Xu Shu from being targeted by them, Gu Pan decided to bear everything alone.

Even though her inner fear had reached the extreme, she gritted her teeth and remained silent.

In the seeming eternal dead silence, the two ancient souls and Gu Pan stared at each other for a long time...

...

Xu Shu walked a few steps, turned around, and saw Gu Pan sitting on the ground, her body surprisingly trembling slightly, and vaguely seemed to hear the sound of her shallow breathing?

"Uh... It was just a little benefit, is it enough to warrant crying? Women are truly melodramatic~"

Xu Shu shook his head, quickly walked to the other end of the corridor.

Here, Xie Xiaochan was eating the carried food in big bites, oil flowing from her mouth.

As the only one in the team with an appetite and a strong one, the previous encounter seemed not to have much impact on her.

Seeing Xu Shu approaching, Xie Xiaochan slightly restrained her action of biting into the chicken leg, asked him quietly and elegantly: "Do you want some too?"

"No, the day is about to break, let’s see how we proceed tomorrow."

Xu Shu declined and invited the "bride" to study the route for the next day carefully.

In this regard, Xie Xiaochan didn’t disappoint him.

She indeed prepared thoroughly, even carrying a map of the known explored areas around Death Report Ridge.

According to Xie Xiaochan’s explanation, her trigger item "Famous Blade Instant Stop" corresponding to the secret realm entrance is on the direction west of the church.

The specific distance is about two hundred kilometers, surrounded by quite obvious landmark buildings, some broken bridges, and a huge statue, and so forth.

It’s worth mentioning, all of Death Report Ridge’s maps are centered around the church, with distances and directions from inside to outside being reasonably accurate.

Of course, this excludes the hour after the bell rings before nightfall.

During that period, the space seems to be twisted, rendering any map invalid.

And all this would return to normal after night ends and daytime arrives again.

Xu Shu asked a few more questions, like what specific enemies there are within the secret realm, whether there are inexplicable mysterious presences like those under the church floor, and so forth, all quite critical information.

To which Xie Xiaochan responded fluently.

According to intelligence obtained through continuous exploration by enthusiasts, the place seems set up like a monster duel arena, with many Corpse Evils and Yin Spirits vying there.

The winner among them may receive rewards given by secret realm rules, and if challenging boss Qi Lixiang successfully, they could further receive a special Curse tool material. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Due to the special environment, the secret realm was even named in small circles as "Challenger Arena."

The single, Evil Spirit "arena master" boasts third-tier peak strength, multiple experts have entered, resulting in a tie, hence more leaked information.

The nickname "Qi Lixiang" gradually emerged due to its battle-time habit of singing the song "Crooked sparrow stomps mouth on antenna pole."

Overall, the secret realm info described by everyone was quite consistent, fairly complete, with high authenticity.

Yet this secret realm has still not been conquered due mostly to its own restrictive rules.

The number of trigger items allowing entry isn’t particularly few, yet surprisingly limits opponent and time.

A monster can be drawn out using a trigger, starting a duel, while "Qi Lixiang" determines the time left for Transcendents to challenge based on their win duration in arena matches.

That means, depending on the trigger, only specific monster "hands" available can be summoned, hence strength fully relies on luck.

This leads most people only to watch "Qi Lixiang" brutally defeat their opponent, failing to even secure a chance to appear, quite exasperating.

Even if one ends up on stage, likely, little time remains; some even barely have a dozen seconds.

Such brief time makes combat against third-tier peak monsters nearly impossible.

This explains why the secret realm hasn’t been defeated yet.

At this point, Xie Xiaochan pats her chest confidently saying: "But don’t worry, my trigger item isn’t ordinary! Just watch me, hehe!"

"Was it indeed her~"

Xu Shu seemed thoughtful.

This "Qi Lixiang" was confirmed to be the same "Qi Lixiang" from the Curse Spirit with "Jia Gu Youta" from his legendary battle.

Her trigger item was left by the old strong fighter who drew with "Arthur," could it possibly summon the deceased Jia Gu to beat Qi Lixiang?

This... If that’s the case, it really explains Xie Xiaochan’s bursting confidence...

Xu Shu touched his chin, feeling settled on this.

Just then, as a pale beam swept across the cobweb-filled corridor vault, Xie Xiaochan suddenly held his gun-wielding wrist, both holding their breath—the mottled wall revealed a dark red liquid flowing down the Gothic eaves, forming streams under the beams.

The glass depicting saints’ suffering had already shattered, only remaining incomplete parts, reflecting not a few pupils, but quietly watching them.

Quietly, watching them...