Chapter 356: Chapter 213: The Fruit of Malice, Rare Seafood Stall _2
Lin Xun was halfway through his journey when he ran into another crowd of burning Inferno spectating Wandering Souls.
Even if the Medium Ninja’s Shell couldn’t manipulate Inferno, it was more than enough to deal with these trivial creatures.
The Medium Ninja controlled by Malice slaughtered all the Wandering Souls, finally venting all its Malice.
[The Inferno in the corner is still burning fiercely, do you want to leave directly or attempt to extinguish the Inferno?]
"If the Inferno is not extinguished, every time passing by here will require monster killing to vent Malice."
Killing monsters yielded experience and spiritual essence, a good thing. However, these trivial monsters can be killed at most three times before they stop respawning.
When passing by and encountering Inferno in the future, if there are no targets to vent Malice on, won’t it lead to suicide?
If he has to commit suicide every time he passes by Inferno, it would be the same as getting stuck in a game stage.
"Hiss... So this is where the pitfall of the Underworld Game lies!"
Lin Xun had a sudden realization and chose the option to extinguish the Inferno.
[The burning pitch-black flames firmly captivated your vision, making you unable to look away.]
[You even tried to close your eyes, not to look directly at the Inferno, yet you could not prevent Malice from growing. It was as if you will fall into the quagmire of Malice as long as you are illuminated by the flames.]
[You opened your eyes and spotted the corpse of a Wandering Soul, lifting your foot to kick the corpse into the fire...]
[The flames dimmed momentarily. Just when you thought you’d extinguished the Inferno, the flames suddenly roared back into life!]
[Using the corpse as kindling, the Inferno blazed even more intensely!]
[Endless Malice surged up from the bottom of your heart...]
[You searched uncontrollably all around, but you couldn’t find an outlet to vent your Malice...]
[You raised your raptor claw...]
"Damn it, am I going to die again?"
Lin Xun continually attempted to switch Shells, but the Underworld Game still displayed that it was impossible to switch.
[...]
[You have died!]
He took a deep breath, feeling a vague rise in blood pressure.
The Underworld Game was still just as shady.
After remolding the Medium Ninja Shell, this time he chose to attempt using the Dock’s Shell.
He didn’t choose the route of the ’Fish Market,’ instead opting for the path to the Immortal Village.
The Inferno on these two different paths were not the same. If he fell into a death loop while testing on the Immortal Village route, he could still take the other route.
However, the action of monster killing this time was very smooth, but still, he was unable to extinguish the Inferno.
He tried various methods, but found that the pitch-black flames could not be extinguished through ordinary means.
The only method currently was to vent Malice by killing monsters. Then, before new Malice could gather again, leave hastily.
The longer he observed the fire, the more the Malice would surge like a tide.
[The powerful Wandering Soul rebirths at the Dead Silent Harbor...]
"This is equivalent to the challenge frequency that the Underworld Game sets."
If every path is intersected by Inferno in the middle, then there are only three challenge opportunities at each location.
Because after the fourth time, he’d fall into a situation where there are no more monsters to kill, hence he could only commit suicide.
The Underworld Game once gave a hint that he couldn’t resist Malice because his own level of Inferno was too low.
At the moment, his level of Inferno was growing slowly and he still didn’t master the way to manipulate the Inferno.
"How can I manipulate Inferno?"
For a while, he thought of the giant Inferno statue at the bottom of the Immortal Village, that is, the statue of the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden.’
The second option he encountered with the statue was to pledge and join the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ covenant.
He suspected that in order to gain the way to manipulate Inferno, he might first have to join the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ covenant faction.
"The Underworld Game is forcibly making the Apostles take sides."
Lin Xun shook his head, he didn’t want to be manipulated by the Underworld Game.
Besides, he hadn’t determined the specifics of the ’Demon God’ faction yet. If he hastily jumped factions and then betrayed them, he’d probably end up becoming a hunted oathbreaker.
"Heh... Underworld Game, do you think you can restrict me like this?"
Within his thoughts, he already figured out a way to bypass the challenge frequency.
He stepped on the road to the ’Fish Market’ for the second time.
This time he killed the Wandering Souls without dealing with the Inferno. Taking advantage of when new Malice hadn’t gathered yet, he left directly.
[...]
[The gloomy alley suddenly opened up, and a heavy fishy smell rushed into your nostrils...]
[In front of you is a packed market stall. It is a simple temporary stall built with a dilapidated canvas as the rooftop and four rotten wooden stakes as the pillar.]
[It is deep at night, and only a few stalls still have people.]
[You stepped forward and came to a stall.]
[This stall is somewhat unusual. To say it is a stall is not accurate; precisely it is a small wooden cart. On it hung a sign unseen on other stalls - ’Exotic Seafood Cart.’]
[The cart’s goods were covered with a layer of greasy canvas, obscuring whatever treasures lay beneath.]
[The ’Fire-Worshiping Special Fish Dealer’ lifted his pitch-black eyes, seeing the two Magatama drawn on your face mask, he immediately brightened.]
[It hastily lifted the canvas to reveal a pile of stinky fish and bad shrimp and began introducing each to you.]
[Saber-toothed Tiger Fish: A type of deep-sea carnivorous fish that has sharp saber teeth. Though small, they are ferocious. Consuming this can temporarily slightly boost the Shell’s strength attribute. Spirit Essence value: 1000, Remaining quantity: 5]
[Brackish Water Eelpig: A type of shallow sea carnivorous fish with highly developed fins that allow it to swim swiftly. Consuming this can temporarily slightly boost the Shell’s agility attribute. Spirit Essence value: 1000, Remaining quantity: 5]
[Segmented Shieldskin Fish: A deep-sea predatory fish type with a torpedo-shaped head shield. The skeleton is exceptionally hard. Consuming this can temporarily slightly boost the Shell’s defense attribute. Spirit Essence value: 1000, Remaining quantity: 5]
