Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1186 - 126: Mermaids Take the Fall (Seeking Monthly Votes)

[Clearly, when you heard about the Scissors Ghost and the Clone Ghost, some past memories surfaced, making you feel quite familiar. You suspect they are entities you know, ones you have intimately encountered and slain with all your might.]

[You are not very sure, so you immediately inquire with the bride, Xie Xiaochan.]

["Qingshan Temple is one of the more famous secret realms in the Night Parade of Hundred Demons, triggered by a kind of temple incense scattered throughout the relics. Many have gone to conquer it, resulting in numerous casualties, and even Human List Experts have formed teams to enter, yet still couldn’t take it down."]

["However, thanks to this, the intelligence on this secret realm has been thoroughly explored. There are countless Ghost Soldiers and Corpses inside that seem endless and lack crystalline cores. Additionally, there are two third-tier peak deceitful monsters guarding, with a special barrier for protection, limiting entry to no more than six people at a time."]

["Actually, up to this point, it’s not too bad, not to the extent of causing the Human List teams to suffer setbacks - the problem lies with those two peak monsters."]

["They are special monsters, one of which is the ’Clone Ghost’, a third-tier Corpse Spirit, whose clones are never-ending no matter how many you kill. Even Mang Worms can’t completely devour them, and it has a trick called ’Corpse Ghost Rebirth Technique’, which can resurrect directly within the body of those who slay its true form!"]

["This ability is somewhat similar to the ’Possession’ technique of the Ancient Taoist Sect, entirely unresistable by external forces, leaving only the slayer to fend for themselves - failure means death."]

["Recently, the 300th on the Human List, the Assassin Alliance’s top assassin ’Dark Night Cat Girl Jin Miao Ke’, died at the hands of this monster."]

["And the other ’Scissors Ghost’ is also problematic, mastering a special curse-killing ability, elusive in its movements, and capable of disturbing the mind with speech!"]

["Remember the 150th on the Human List, Perfect Young Master, whom I’ve mentioned to you? He once tried to conquer Qingshan Temple but returned in defeat. According to him, when fighting the Scissors Ghost, one must never respond to its speech, or else suffer a deadly cut. Moreover, the longer the battle drags on, the deeper the curse becomes - the further into the fight, the tougher it gets."]

["Although Perfect Young Master is a Grandmaster, he is a well-known life extension master, skilled in the Mixed Yuan Qi Technique to withstand even more than the Dragon Elephant. Even he barely survived, imagining how strong the Scissors Ghost is."]

["Overall, although Qingshan Temple is one of the first-discovered secret realms within the Night Parade of Hundred Demons, it remains akin to a pariah in existence - high difficulty, yet the rewards seem lackluster, amounting mostly to materials from the two third-tier peak bodies at best."]

["Damn, so that’s it!"]

[After Xie Xiaochan’s lengthy explanation, you suddenly realize, and based on the description, confirm your suspicion - these so-called Scissors Ghost and Clone Ghost are indeed the legendary targets you once slew - the ’Split Mouth Woman’ and ’Infinite Fujiang’!]

[As the saying goes, East Emperor laments, who hasn’t faced defeat? Their resurgence is unknown! Back then, they were felled by you in battle, but now they are set to rise again, seeking vengeance! A promising future awaits them!]

"..."

"It’s really them!"

"Those two things aren’t dead after all."

Despite the confirmation of his suspicion, Xu Shu remains surprised.

Is it strange for deceased things to come back to life? Not really, whether it’s Zhuge Weiwo or the recently encountered Shinkai Haoye, both perished in legend before.

But these two monsters are different. Whether Zhuge or Haoye, they initially died as humans, then became ’deceitful monsters’ upon relic descent.

Humans dying and being tainted into grotesque revival - this is entirely plausible in the timeline logic.

Yet, Split Mouth Woman and Fujiang are different; at their legendary time, these two ’special-grade’ Curse Spirits were thoroughly slain by him (Arthur) and absorbed as nourishment.

Logically, they should have fully perished by now, reincarnated and moved on to new lives.

While the power that belonged to them in the relic should be embodied in the stronger ’Arthur’ post-devourment, right?

Yet it wasn’t.

On today’s relic descent, those supposed utterly dead entities have reappeared.

This makes Xu Shu feel quite unscientific.

So what about ’Arthur’?

Arthur grew by consuming deceitful monsters and devouring Curse Spirits; if previously devoured spirits are returning, wouldn’t Arthur’s power be absent?

This defies the logic of ’Mysticism’, doesn’t it?

Damn, can’t figure it out, feels a headache coming; this [Night Parade of Hundred Demons] is too damn bizarre...

Xu Shu furrows his brow.

This issue apparently challenges all humanity and isn’t something small like him can break through. So Xu Shu decisively gives up thinking, instead asking: "Hang on, why do you know so much?"

Xie Xiaochan snorted with disdain: "I told you, I’ve done my homework! Mainly because secret realms like Qingshan Temple have been out for so long without being conquered, so people are selling intelligence to recover costs. In the small circle, it’s something you can buy with money, not special, today’s your lucky day, I’m telling you for free."

"Thank you then." Xu Shu said sincerely.

"You’re welcome." Xie Xiaochan didn’t argue with Xu Shu further.

She immediately turned with an interrogating gaze towards Yan Huoxing and said: "But I have a question, the reputation of Qingshan Temple has almost become roadside trash, high risk, low return, the trigger item ’Reincarnation Incense’ even once fell to the threshold of third-tier relics at a thousand contribution points; what drives you to try it?"

With these words, everyone was a bit surprised.

Gu Yue Ming and others were surprised at Xie Xiaochan’s unreserved boldness.