Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1188 - 126: The Mermaid Takes the Fall

"Guh!?" The mermaid, who was about to fall asleep, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu, with a blank expression, fiercely covered her little mouth — damn it, don’t talk, just eat this thing!

Slurp! Slurp!

The mermaid’s eyes welled up with tears, but she had no choice but to lower her head under the circumstances, unable to resist.

After a few rubs, the blood light in Xu Shu’s hand had nowhere to hide and was eventually absorbed entirely by the mermaid.

Almost at the same time, the light sphere in front of him began filling with a strange three-color pattern.

Crack!

The 11-sphere ring structure slowly dissipated into thin air, and as everyone closed their eyes, they all opened their eyes again.

Yan Huoxing smiled broadly and said, "The alliance is formed, now we are in the same boat, everyone please take care of each other!"

"Yes, yes." Everyone nodded, feeling much more relaxed as they spoke.

It seems that the contract gave everyone a bit of confidence.

Xu Shu hesitated for a moment, then softly asked Xie Xiaochan, "Um... did you notice any issues with this contract?"

"Issues? None, it was completed quite well, rest assured, I’ve checked it." Xie Xiaochan said.

"Oh. Well, okay then." Seeing this, Xu Shu felt embarrassed to say more and awkwardly smiled, though internally he rolled his eyes.

Damn it, someone please tell me what’s wrong with this contract, damn it!

He decided that once he returned, he would definitely brush up on this kind of rarely used knowledge.

Next, with their direction set, everyone immediately set off towards the Qingshan Temple.

Of course, Xu Shu knew that the actual name of that place should be "Shimizu Temple," located on the east side of Capital City.

With the "Butcher" Zhang Runzhi in front leading the way using his bloodthirsty technique to navigate safely, they managed to avoid any troublesome individuals smoothly.

In just about an hour, they arrived at the foot of the Dead Volcano, passing by another famous secret realm, Nagoya.

Xie Xiaochan looked at Xu Shu and proactively explained, "Ahem, this secret realm’s information was confirmed a long time ago, and it’s in a similar situation to Qingshan Temple, also limiting entry to six people at a time. Inside, there’s a special third-stage Ghost King guarding it, and there’s a relic which is a flawless-grade curse tool, which is actually quite valuable.

"But unfortunately, this secret realm has stricter restrictions, only allowing second-order Transcendents inside, not third-order, so it’s also considered a death trap where countless people have perished!

"Oh, and the Ghost King inside is quite unique, attacking people with poetry, and the curse tool is a script, very suitable for Transcendents on the ’Scholar’ path, so many ’Chess Masters’ have tried to claim this treasure, but all have returned defeated.

"What’s the name of that flawless curse tool again... oh right, remembered, it’s called ’Injury to Zhong Yong!’ "

"Hmm? Oh, oh, that’s how it is!"

Xu Shu kept a normal expression, but was momentarily stunned inside.

Injury to Zhong Yong?

Hiss... could it be that the one in Nagoya is the female principal from back then who secretly gave private lessons (Shen Valley First-class)?

This seems quite possible, especially with the mention of the difficult handwriting.

After all, her writing brush was always unused, with the hairs almost bare, how could the handwriting not look bad?

A flawless curse tool, with high quality and valued nearly at ten thousand contributions, no wonder even with the second-order restriction, people would risk death to enter, alas, man’s greed knows no bounds, birds die for food.

Too bad, can’t secretly visit old friends there~

Xu Shu felt quite nostalgic.

The "Butcher" Zhang Runzhi in front suddenly gestured, mentioning, "Shall we take it?"

"What?"

Zhang Runzhi pointed to a dense forest at Nagoya’s entrance, saying coldly, "There are five third-stage auras hidden there, concealed very well, but can’t escape my eyes. From their stance, I guess the second-order inside was brought by them as a henchman, and they’re likely close to succeeding, otherwise..."

At this, Zhang Runzhi mimicked a throat-cutting motion, the meaning was clear — seize the wealth.

"..." Seeing the situation, everyone fell silent, frowning slightly.

As the team’s highest ranked by strength, 274th on the human rank, Zhang Runzhi’s words carried weight, and for a moment, no one refuted him.

Finally, Yan Huoxing slightly awkwardly said, "Brother Zhang, I think it’s unnecessary, let’s finish our own business first."

Lu Bingwei coldly said, "Don’t complicate matters."

"Hey, alright, I was just saying, didn’t really want to kill them, just that treasures belong to the capable, and the flawless curse tool is quite valuable, just five early third-stage, they can’t handle it, if we don’t take it, others will, haha." As both captains opposed, Zhang Runzhi shrugged, saying nothing more.

Everyone continued their journey, this seemed to just be a minor episode.

Xu Shu gave Zhang Runzhi another look.

This guy, coming from the Killing Life Sect, has quite a bloodthirsty nature, not a good person...

It’s not that Xu Shu sees himself as a saint, he’s done plenty of killing and deceit, but mostly in self-defense when others courted death first.

Sometimes he picked fights, usually just messing with deceitful servants kept by others out of lust, not excessive, right? After all, deceitful servants are monsters, not humans, they don’t care about "purity."

But actively killing for treasure, Xu Shu hasn’t done that.

When he lacked treasures, he’d trade with others, exchange goods.

Robbing the weak?

Such acts, even in the wasteland, Xu Shu despises.

Especially in these ruins surrounded by deceitful monsters?

In such places, even if the Human Clan can’t stand as one, at least don’t kick each other when they’re down.

However, perhaps survival of the fittest is the truth of the Extraordinary Realm, where the weak are but pigs for the strong to exploit at will~

Xu Shu squinted, cautiously keeping an eye on Zhang Runzhi, prepared for any move he might make.

The journey continued smoothly, and before long, they passed by Qingshui Village.

"That ancient temple that vanishes upon close observation is Qingshan Temple!"

Yan Huoxing heaved a sigh of relief, walking towards the temple in sight.

Upon reaching halfway up the mountain, the temple was indeed gone, the surroundings desolate, with dead trees.

He stopped, took out a small package, and looked at Xu Shu:

"Brother Xu, only six people can enter, who do you think should join us?"