Chapter 458: Chapter 253 The Chief Shrine Maiden ’Moon City Purple Leaf’, A Secret Hidden in Wuzhi Shrine_1
[The giant monster before you is so tall that its head almost touches the top of the main shrine. Its body and limbs are skinny and elongated, its arms so gaunt they almost touch the ground.]
[Sturdy chains are shackled around its ankles, each chain extending to two massive pillars within the hall.]
[Dark vapors coil around the monster, with pitch-black patterns spreading from its chest across its body.]
[Uncontrollably, your eyes are drawn to the patterns on the monster, you vaguely recognize the pattern style from somewhere.]
[You know that the ’Shrine Curator’ had you locked in the main shrine, then left alone. It must be confident in offing you here.]
[The weapon to kill you is this monstrous creature before your eyes!]
[You inhabit the ’shell’ of the ’direct view chairman of knowledge-seeking’!]
[You chant and cast a spell, immediately raising the ’Knowledge Grating’ to protect yourself.]
Lin Xun squinted his eyes.
He prepared to activate the ’Pleasure Smoke Vision’, trying to control and damage the monster.
[Suddenly, the monster lifted its gaunt arm, pointed a finger at you, and a burst of black energy shot out!]
[The black energy wasn’t material, it pierced through the grating without resistance and coiled around you.]
[A surge of Malice engulfed you. Your mind was filled with an insatiable desire for slaughter. You brandished your magic staff, your frail figure lunged forward, throwing yourself fearlessly into hand-to-hand combat with the monster ...]
"I’m screwed!"
Lin Xun hurriedly tried to switch shells, but realized this situation was just like when he first encountered the Inferno’s malice.
Under the control of Malice, his shell had lost control. He could only perform regular attacks, unable to use any skills or even switch shells.
It had been too long since he last encountered Malice’s control, which led to him being unprepared this time.
[The monster’s gaunt huge hand gripped you tightly. Its arm lifted, drawing you toward its gaping maw ...]
[Despite this, you ruthlessly attacked its large palm with your staff.]
"Damn! I wish I had switched to the shell of Little Dragon as soon as I came in. Or I could have kept the Valkyrie with me."
The shell of Little Dragon had the Dragon God Blessing ability, which could free him from the control of Malice.
The Valkyrie, after training, had become an autonomous summon that could immediately summon weakest little fiend to take hits in front of him, venting the Malice, when he was under the control of Malice.
Unfortunately, it was too late to say that now.
[As you fall into despair, about to be thrown into that monstrous open mouth...]
[A flashing, incisive blade gleamed!]
[The blade slashed across the monster’s wrist, causing it to roar in pain. Its grip loosened and you fell to the ground.]
[A graceful silhouette stood between you and the monster, her back to you, bearing a long and sharp weapon akin to a guan dao: a large naginata!]
[She carried a golden Kagura bell. She gently shook it and the black energy on your body quickly dissipated. The Malice retreated like a tide.]
[Without looking back, the woman instructed in a low voice for you to hide in the corner of the shrine. It would be safe there.]
[You discovered ’Moon City Purple Leaf, the Wuzhi Shrine’s Fire-Worshiping Miko’!]
"Big Sister?"
Lin Xun was surprised and finally found the person he was looking for.
However, the scene before him didn’t look like he was there to save her, but rather that she was here to save him ...
[You looked at the corner of the main shrine where the woman was pointing. A fallen miko lay motionless behind the large pillar.]
[Do you follow ’Moon City Purple Leaf’s’ instructions and hide in the corner?]
[But, while you hesitated, the silhouette before you had already begun fighting the monster ...]
[Bursts of black energy continuously shot out, while the woman managed to dodge each attack with ninja-like agility.]
[Between dodges, her sword cleaved through the air, leaving behind grievous wounds on the monster’s body.]
[With each wound inflicted, the monster roared in pain. The black energy swirled around its body, rapidly closing each bloody gash.]
[It seemed as if the woman was winning, but that was not really the case.]
[’Moon City Purple Leaf’s’ movements were gradually slowing down. She had come perilously close to being hit by the black energy several times, yet while the monster only grew stronger with each blow it received, swiftly healing from every wound inflicted by her blade.]
Lin Xun did not make a choice, but clicked on the skill ’Pleasure Smoke Vision’!
[You opened one of your pink eyes ...]
[Activated a special skill, ’Pleasure Smoke Vision’!]
[The monster’s body stiffened abruptly. ’Moon City Purple Leaf’ took this chance to swiftly turn around, and threw two kunai-style daggers at the monster’s eyes...]
[The dagger went straight into the monster’s eyes. The eyes burst at once, and the figure of ’Moon City Purple Leaf’ disappeared from the spot.]
[Just as you were about to chant and cast another spell to continue attacking the monster, you felt an invisible hand pulling you towards the corner of the shrine, behind a large pillar.]
[’Moon City Purple Leaf’ appeared and explained to you while shaking her head gently. It’s useless, no matter how you attack this monster, it will recover immediately.]
[It is safe here for now. The monster’s legs are chained. It can’t reach this far. Hide behind the pillar. The evil intent of the monster cannot penetrate through the pillar...]
[You notice numerous mysterious symbols engraved on the thick pillars supporting the main hall, seemingly radiating some formidable power.]
[In the fierce battle with the monster just now, nothing in the main hall was damaged, thanks to the protection of this power.]
[Besides you and ’Moon City Purple Leaf’, there is another unconscious beautiful priestess lying behind the pillar. Her face is streaked with tears and pale.]
[However, the beauty of this priestess seems ordinary compared to ’Moon City Purple Leaf’.]
[Rumor has it, the third priestess of Chinese Heavenly Fragrance is rightfully renowned. The woman in front of you is like a blossoming cherry blossom, her delicate beauty is exceptional, making it hard to stare directly at her.]
[The sound of chain tugging emanates from behind the giant pillar, the monster continues to roar but fails to break free from the chain and attack the corner of the main hall.]
[You interpret ’Moon City Purple Leaf’s question, and start to explain your origins.]
[You are a foreign mage who came here to Sakura Fall to exorcise demons, and you happened to meet a ninja...]
[...]
[...]
[Now your close friend, the ninja, has returned to ’Tisi Island’ at your urging. The ’ninja master’ is healing his wounds in the ’Turtle Maru House’ inn at the foot of the mountain, waiting for your signal to storm the mountain.]
[You thought that ’Moon City Purple leaf’ would be overjoyed to hear this, but to your surprise, she sighed deeply, blamed herself for you and your master getting involved.]
[From the tale of ’Moon City Purple leaf’, you understood the whole story...]
[Just as she mentioned in the letter sent to the Ninja Master, she was chosen by the head priest of the shrine, despite not being adept at priestess magic but being proficient in the art of Ninja combat, she was chosen over other priestesses to be one of the three ’main priestesses’.]
[Being a ’main priestess’ is a supreme honor for a devout follower of the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’... but reality is not so.]
[The head priest, whom she always respected, secretly betrayed the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’, became a minion of ’Demon God’, and as a result, he obtained the powerful form of a monster.]
[If she hadn’t accidentally discovered the true form of the head priest, she would have been clueless that she was about to become the wife of the ’Demon God’ in the ceremony.]
[In a hurry, she sent a letter to the Master seeking help, and since then she was confined in the main hall by the head priest under the pretext of purifying herself for the upcoming ceremony. He gave her weakening potions and put her into a coma, preventing her from escaping.]
[Luckily, she isn’t as physically weak as an ordinary priestess. Years of ninja training made her tolerant to various sleeping potions and poisons, allowing her to wake up prematurely.]
[Then... she saw the strong monster that the head priest had created in the main hall. She tried to fight it with her weakened body, but she couldn’t defeat the monster. Its strange power allows it to recover from its injuries indefinitely.]
[She also tried to escape, but the main entrance - just like everything else in the hall - couldn’t be opened or destroyed.]
[She realizes... even if her master comes, he will likely be of little help.]
[The head priest who created such a terrifying monster would be even stronger, and human force isn’t enough to oppose him.]
[Her letter resulted in not only her master but also you, the foreign mage, getting involved.]
[’Moon City Purple Leaf’ bit her lip when she spoke this, the misty tears in her eyes and the guilt it brings were more than clear in her words...]
Lin Xun twitched the corner of his mouth.
The elder head priest became a member of the ’Demon God’ faction? Isn’t that one of our own?
If he meets the elder using the Shell of the Little Dragon, wouldn’t the BOSS become an ally?
About the part of marrying ’Moon City Purple Leaf’ to the Demon God... The elder only wants to please the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’, right?
But since the father god’s intentions are unable to follow through, as a Dragon Man, it is his duty to lessen any burden on the parents... He will have to take over the duty and marry ’Moon City Purple Leaf’ himself.
By doing this, he could keep her alive, fulfilling the last wishes of the master ninja, and also casually gain a powerful ally.
’The shipwrecked magician’ was seriously injured and in need of a stronger ally as a trump card.
"...This plot is damn amazing!"
Lin Xun radiates energy from his eyes, he feels the plan is flawless, killing two birds with one stone...
When Lin Xun was marveling at the user-friendliness of the underworld game, he suddenly felt something was not right.
"Wait!"
Lin Xun looked through the text again. When he saw the counterfeit head priest, from beginning to end, the underworld game never showed the text[You found the ’fake Wuzhi Shrine Head Priest’].
The real head priest inside the main hall has turned into a monster, who is the fake head priest who betrayed his camp and sided with the ’Demon God’ on the outside?
Why did he, clearly a follower of the ’Chaos Origin Dragon’, turn the real head priest into an ’Extremely Evil’ monster?
Lin Xun had a vague feeling that the plot might not be as straightforward as he thought.
[You were hiding in the deepest corner of the main hall, covered behind two giant statues of gods.]
[The two god statues can be easily recognized as male and female, but their faces are blurred, making it impossible to make out their features.]
[The paint on the statues of ’High Divine Spirit Command’ and ’God-born Inari’ is peeling, revealing a highly intriguing dark black color.]
[’Moon City Purple Leaf’ suddenly stated determinedly: After the first priestess finishes her offerings in the worship hall, she will be carried to our location by a divine palanquin.]
[Because there is a horrendous monster hidden within this main hall, the head priest will certainly drive away the others and bring the priestess into the main hall alone... At that time, she will sacrifice herself to create a chance for you to escape.]
[If all goes well, explain everything to your master after you go down the mountain, and then... never come back!]
[The woman gripped her Large Naginata tightly, her eyes full of resolve.]
