Chapter 975: Chapter 973: The Altar Beneath the Cave
Upon hearing about a special task.
Chu Hao’s eyes lit up instinctively, and he quickly asked, "Where can I find the Dead Man’s Fruit?"
System: "The task exceeds the host’s normal level range. The system provides one hint, the Dead Man’s Fruit is below the cave."
Chu Hao arrived at the edge of the cave, looked down, and it was pitch black abyss below, with nothing visible.
Chu Hao asked again, "System, are you sure it’s down there?"
System: "Absolutely sure."
Chu Hao put down the corpse. This task felt very unusual, with great rewards and presumably high difficulty.
However, he wanted to try.
Flying down with his sword, he thought insurance would be better with a rope tied up; if anything went wrong, at least he’d be prepared. He didn’t want to fall down.
Chu Hao purchased a rope from the system store, a full thousand meters long, securely tying himself up.
Then, he tied the rope to the stele.
"Hmm, very solid." Chu Hao was satisfied.
Then, he flew downward with his sword.
Entering the cave, he immediately felt the cold, chilling breath coming at him. This chill almost put him in an ice abyss situation.
Above the cave, there were people jumping down constantly.
He flew at a moderate pace and finally saw something around the cave wall.
It was an altar!
The altar on the stone wall looked like someone had deliberately carved it out.
Chu Hao landed on the stone wall, observing the altar, finding it offering a dry fruit, with a solemn mud statue behind it, showing no peculiar features.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
What are these altars for?
Also, the offering is too shabby.
Chu Hao landed, carefully walked towards the altar, confirmed there was no threat, and reached out to grab the dry fruit.
"Ding... Dead Man’s Fruit discovered, do you want to collect it?"
Chu Hao was pleasantly surprised, saying, "Collect."
"Ding... Obtained one Dead Man’s Fruit."
Unexpectedly, this dry fruit was actually Dead Man’s Fruit.
Just after the Dead Man’s Fruit disappeared, the mud statue’s eyes suddenly moved, looking at Chu Hao.
Alive?
Chu Hao was startled, without saying a word, he turned and flew off swiftly with his sword.
Turning back, he saw a pitch-black coffin emerging at the altar’s center.
The things inside the coffin seemed agitated, shaking continuously.
However, the things inside probably couldn’t catch up with him.
Chu Hao wiped the sweat off his forehead, saying, "Luckily, I can fly with my sword."
Following that, he found other altars, identical to the previous ones.
Chu Hao grabbed the Dead Man’s Fruit and ran.
Sure enough, like before, the altar vibrated violently, and a coffin floated up.
"Not too difficult."
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Chu Hao kept grabbing the Dead Man’s Fruit and running, getting quicker and more skillful with it.
Finally, on finding the fifth altar, he discovered it had two Dead Man’s Fruits on it.
"An extra fruit, nice."
Chu Hao went over, picked one Dead Man’s Fruit, then grabbed the second one.
However, his body instantly froze.
A pitch-black silhouette stood beside the altar, staring straight at him.
Though he couldn’t see the figure clearly, it made Chu Hao’s scalp numb as if he fell into an abyss, never feeling death so close to him.
The silhouette stepped out, making Chu Hao’s scalp even more tense.
It was a person, or a woman.
Wearing ancient clothing, without eyes, yet her skin was unusually pale, indistinguishable from a living person.
System notification: "Danger! Danger! Host, take care! Run quickly!"
Chu Hao cursed inwardly, "Damn it! System, think of a way, she’s coming!"
System: "Suggesting host to purchase Three Divine Incense, costing 200,000 Pretentiousness Points."
Damn it, where am I supposed to get 200,000 Pretentiousness Points?
Chu Hao couldn’t bother anymore, he released all his Yang Energy, diminishing some fear, finally able to move, flying off with his sword.
But suddenly, his body halted.
Turning his head to glance, he almost fainted in fear.
That eyeless woman’s pale hand held the sword’s hilt tightly, he couldn’t fly away.
Chu Hao kicked off, abandoning the sword, and released another Endless Sword, flying directly away.
He was too fast to dare look back.
Racing upwards.
However, Chu Hao suddenly noticed the rope falling from above.
The rope he tied before had been cut by someone?
Returning to the cave entrance, he found the rope indeed cut.
Who cut this?
Chu Hao looked perplexed, who else could be here besides him?
His eyes involuntarily fell on the dry corpse.
No way!
This guy wasn’t already dead?
Ignoring it, he carried the corpse and left swiftly.
Finally, returning to the edge of Hell Gate, he hid the corpse away, cautiously evading the Netherworld Officer Escorters.
Returned to where Li Yin was, took off the Skinning Mask.
"Done."
Chu Hao chuckled.
Li Yin excitedly asked, "What’s inside?"
"Nothing much, just a cave, dead people are jumping into it." Chu Hao said.
The guide looked somewhat excited and spoke, "You actually succeeded."
Chu Hao casually said, "Is it that difficult? Just child’s play."
"Ding... Host’s casual pretending succeeded, earned 9000 Pretentiousness Points."
The guide was speechless.
Not difficult?
They’ve guarded the Rebirth Realm for countless years?
In short, many people were sent, none succeeded.
Chu Hao said, "Now, can you send us back?"
The guide didn’t speak, just then, the dry corpse suddenly moved, startling both of them, and Chu Hao had already pulled out the Reincarnation Blade.
"Don’t be afraid, it’s me."
The dry corpse spoke again, how it made a sound was unknown.
Chu Hao and Li Yin looked amazed, this corpse was actually the guide’s true form?
What kind of ghost is this, even this can live?
The dry corpse seemed somewhat excited, stood up and looked at the Reincarnation Blade in Chu Hao’s hand.
"Is this the Reincarnation Blade? How did you get it?" the guide asked with astonishment.
Chu Hao waved the Reincarnation Blade, saying, "Simple, killed a Netherworld Officer Escorter and took it from him."
"Ding... Host’s shocking pretense, stunned the guide, earned 9000 Pretentiousness Points."
My god!
Saying it so lightly, are you even human?
He could kill a Netherworld Officer Escorter.
The guide seemed dazed, apparently wary of the Reincarnation Blade, involuntarily stepping back.
"You, you’re amazing."
Chu Hao played with the Reincarnation Blade, very satisfied with his gains, saying, "Now, send us back."
"Alright, but we have to wait." The guide said.
Chu Hao frowned, saying, "Hurry up, don’t play me."
The dry guide said, "How about we make another deal?"
Chu Hao raised an eyebrow, the Reincarnation Blade flashed, slicing the stone beside the guide into two halves.
"You’re playing me?" Chu Hao said coldly.
The guide felt a headache, Chu Hao actually got his hands on the Reincarnation Blade. Without it, he wouldn’t fear him, but now it’s different.
The guide said, "Listen to me first. The deal has returns."
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