Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game
Chapter 520 - 277: The Method to Defeat the General, Ishimaru Sword Furnace_1
"...This is simply unplayable!"
The prefix ’Extreme Evil’s’ before Da General’s name hit Lin Xun like a sledgehammer, making him doubt his life choices.
"Isn’t it said that Da General is an incarnation of the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden,’ a representative of gods walking among mortals?"
"How did he become a character of the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’ pledge organization?"
Lin Xun seriously suspected that the underworld game thought he had been advancing too smoothly, so it had ramped up the game’s difficulty, letting him experience what it feels like to be held back.
But thinking about it, even if the underworld game wanted to increase its difficulty, it would let the Apostle choose whether to add difficulty like the ’Heavenly Demon Invasion’ easter egg Chapter, rather than silently raising the difficulty bar.
Besides, the difficulty of hell has already peaked, what should an increased difficulty be called... Eighteen Layers of Hell difficulty?
After carefully reviewing and pondering the previous storyline script, Lin Xun indeed discovered some clues.
When he first entered the Chapter, he found a statue of the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ underground in the ’Fairyland Pleasure Quarters.’
According to the memories of the dockman and the landlord...
[The Pleasure Quarters is not only a place where Lord General collects information, but also a gathering place of malice. The ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ statue at the bottom is a receptacle for accumulating malice.]
[Many people vent their malice in the Pleasure Quarters every day, so it is not surprising that malice gathers here.]
[As the manager of the courtesan house, the dockman knows that the statue has been there since the establishment of the Pleasure Quarters.]
[Every few years, the malice absorbed by the statue materializes. They are commanded to guard the statue, and when the malice matures, they will pluck the fruit and present it to the Lord General...]
The script at that time was hinting at him that Da General had fallen into ’Extreme Evil’ for a long time...
Not only that, but he had also discovered the existence of ’Malice Tattoos’ a long time ago. According to the growth rules of the tattoo branches and leaves, the stronger the shell, the more lush the branches and leaves of malice.
If you say who is the most powerful person in the world, that is undoubtedly ’Da General.’
After the branches and leaves of malice bloomed and bore fruit, it stood to reason that ’Da General’ would fall into extreme evil.
The Snow Woman also told him that there was a custom in the capital, where powerful people often bare their chests, revealing their black tattoos to demonstrate their strength.
Looking back now, this custom was most likely started by Da General himself.
Da General has been subtly influencing people’s thinking, making them believe that bearing the fruit of ’branches and leaves of malice’ is a sign of their strength. Little did they know that once they bore fruit... they might become slaves to the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’.
But knowing all this, how can he break free?
Originally, Lin Xun thought that the main line of this Chapter was to unite with Da General to resist the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit.’ But resisting gods, especially main gods, is not something that can be accomplished at the current difficulty level, is it?
The final boss is probably Da General himself!
[The strong Wandering Soul is reborn in the treasure chamber of the Castle Tower...]
Lin Xun consumes a bit of soul strength to reshape the Little Dragon.
If he wants to defeat Da General, by looking at the strength, the hint of the underworld game that ’you feel an extremely heavy pressure’ indicates that defeating him is not a possibility.
The Little Dragon was beheaded without any resistance. If the shell of Star Lord Canis were to face off against him, withstanding a single blow from Da General would be considered a victory.
From what he learned earlier from the ’Deputy Palace Lord of Yiye Palace,’ even the most powerful Yokai ’Nine-tailed Fox’ could only seduce the general, dare not face him directly; Everyone can tell how fierce Da General is from this. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
In the end, Da General killed the ’Nine-tailed Fox’ with one blow. Its body turned into a ’Stone of Killing’, a suppressing object.
So if you can resist a blow from Da General, your strength can be considered extremely formidable.
As for things like tools, the Crimson Army is a very powerful force, but compared to the vast number of troops under Da General, his army greatly outnumbers the city lord’s.
Even if they were to conscript soldiers for war, and exceed the conscription limit several times over, they would absolutely not be able to beat Da General... Maybe they would just break through the conscription limit and be surrounded by Da General, and in the end, the commander’s head would be cut off and hung on the city gate.
The ’Dragon Pond Temple Yokai Shrine’ is also a very powerful tool that can summon the past temple Yokai for assistance in battle.
But if the opponent is Da General...
Da General has killed countless ’Evil Demon Remnants,’ including legendary Yokai like the ’Nine-tailed Fox.’
Remember that the ’Nine-tailed Fox,’ ’Shuten-doji,’ ’Great Tengu’ and others are the top beings among Yokai, their strength far surpasses the previous Sly Ghost BOSS.
As such, it doesn’t matter if it’s just one temple manager or a group of them; they’re probably no match for Da General.
Moreover, if Lin Xun can summon helpers, wouldn’t Da General do the same? Outside the gate of the treasure palace, there is a top combat power ’Banner Samurai.’ When it comes to minions, Da General could leave him in the dust.
"Could defeating Da General’s vital clue still remain hidden in the Capital, and since I haven’t finished exploring the Capital yet, I can’t defeat the general with my current strength..."
With that thought, Lin Xun finally clarified his thoughts.
He decided to continue heading to the Capital, thoroughly explore every corner of the Capital, until he finds a way to defeat Da General!
Leaving Thousand Hui City once again, he switched to the shell of Star Lord Canis and took off on his sword.
Luckily, with the shell of the sword fairy, traveling wouldn’t take up half a day’s time.
The flight speed of the Valkyrie was slow, and the flight altitude was too low, making it easy to be discovered.