Chapter 112 The Collected "Heavenly Sheaths"

“These deceased… the ‘Heavenly Sheaths’ within their bodies have all been extracted.”

Mu Wanqiu asked, puzzled, “Who would collect such things?”

The vast majority of extraordinary individuals want to stay as far away as possible from the Heavenly Sheath.

They don't even want to touch the fragments.

After all, once touched, they might be infected by the power of the Heavenly Sheath—

“There is one type of person who would collect such things.”

Bai Xiu said calmly, “Those pierced by the Heavenly Sheath.”

“Right…”

Mu Wanqiu’s eyes lit up. “If they already carry the ‘Heavenly Sheath Curse,’ they naturally wouldn’t care about the power of these fragments…”

“Most of the criminals who escaped from the Snow Cage are unafraid of the ‘Heavenly Sheath Curse’ because they carry the curse themselves.” Gu Shen stood up and said slowly, “This is Han Dang's greatest confidence. He must have also been wounded by the Heavenly Sheath to be able to extract the fragments so recklessly.”

But the enforcers of the two continents did not.

That was the headache—

“If war breaks out, how do we deal with these ‘Heavenly Sheath Fragments’?”

Bai Xiu's expression became unusually grave.

With his strength, he could handle most ambushes and surprise attacks.

But the other enforcers were another matter.

Those who had been struck by the Heavenly Sheath were destined to face the dissipation of their Source Quality. If they wanted to survive, they would have to share the curse… If the criminals led by Han Dang mastered the technology to extract the “Heavenly Sheath,”

Then the price the enforcers would pay in a frontal war would probably be far more tragic than initially anticipated.

Gu Shen stood in the linden forest.

He looked at the bodies scattered on the ground, and a strange feeling slowly welled up in his heart.

This feeling…

He had felt it before in the Labyrinth.

At that time, looking at the mountain of corpses of explorers, under the spiritual resonance of the golden穗 (sui) flowers, he had strongly felt a thought.

Let these dead people stand up!

After being corroded by the Nether King's "toxin," these deceased extraordinary individuals… could usher in another form of "rebirth" in the Pure Land, but Gu Shen would have to pay a large amount of extraordinary Source Quality as the price.

At the time, he had chosen not to do so.

Because he had a premonition.

The "rebirth" within the Nether King's Pure Land was not a simple "resurrection." The iron law of life and death was difficult to reverse… If he really ordered with the Netherfire between his brows, then after these people stood up, they would most likely not possess self-awareness.

They… would become unconscious wraiths and worthless pawns.

That was the effect the Nether King wanted.

He didn't care what the beings who "stood up" in the Pure Land looked like, as long as these beings could unleash enough combat power and obey him absolutely, then the Pure Land could become an invincible divine domain.

But Gu Shen cared.

These explorers who had fallen in the Labyrinth, no matter where they came from, were all pioneers worthy of respect.

Their existence symbolized that humanity still dared to venture into the unknown, dared to yearn for freedom—

Such people should be laid to rest.

So Gu Shen finally chose to let them sleep in the snow, and then collapse the Labyrinth, burying this ancient event in the snow and dust of the old world.

This time.

A similar impulse arose in his heart again.

But today was very different from the Labyrinth.

These "departed ones" were not good people.

They deserved to die!

And using the power of the Netherfire to let them "live again" was to make them repay the sins they had not redeemed in their lives.

Gu Shen had little pity for these people.

So much so that when this thought emerged—

He felt it was natural and didn't notice anything wrong.

In that case… he would summon these corpses.

Let them stand up!

“Gu Shen.”

Just then, Bai Xiu's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting his thoughts.

Gu Shen suddenly came back to his senses.

“Leave this place to the enforcers of the Northern Continent. We should go back. Your camp has just escaped the ‘attack.’ There are still corpses of criminals there.”

Bai Xiu landed on the ground of the linden forest. He looked at Gu Shen and asked, puzzled, “What's wrong?”

“???”

Gu Shen’s mind instantly cleared, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.

What was happening to him?

If it weren't for Bai Xiu's voice bringing him back to clarity… was he really going to "summon" these dead people in public?

As soon as he made a move.

The secret of the "Netherfire" would be impossible to hide.

This would undoubtedly attract huge trouble. Even if these dead people had no value, their extraordinary Source Quality had already been drained by the Heavenly Sheath—

Even if they stood up.

They would have no combat power to speak of.

“How could I have such thoughts?”

Gu Shen felt a wave of fear.

The stronger his strength, the closer the interaction between him and the Netherfire in the mausoleum.

In other words.

The power of the "Nether King" was permeating him.

On the road to the throne of God, what you need to inherit is not only power, authority… but also thought.

“Am I being influenced by the ‘Nether King’s’ spirit?”

Gu Shen immediately calmed down, “If I’m not mistaken, this is likely one of the traits of the ‘Netherfire.’ The Nether King's authority is to ‘control life and death.’ On the road to fusing the Fire Seed, the stronger you are, the more you desire to possess a Pure Land and an immortal army.”

He took a deep breath.

“Sorry, I was just thinking about something and got distracted.”

Gu Shen said seriously, “Xiao Qiu, I'll leave this place to you.”

Bai Xiu looked at Gu Shen suspiciously, not asking any further questions, but floated into the air with Gu Shen and flew towards the direction of the camp.

Although he and Gu Shen had met very few times.

But the two of them… could be said to understand each other very well. It was like some kind of tacit understanding chosen by fate.

The reason why Bai Xiu spoke earlier was because he had keenly captured the fluctuations in Gu Shen's mental aura.

“Your mental aura was a little strange earlier.”

Flying in the air, Bai Xiu thought for a long time and decided to remind him, “With your level of Breathing Technique cultivation, it shouldn’t be like this.”

Gu Shen was slightly stunned.

Xiao Xiu… was taking his performance just now as “mental instability.”

Bai Xiu was indeed very perceptive.

Generally speaking, mental instability meant that the extraordinary individual's "Breathing Technique" was not strong enough to suppress the heart lake—

His reminder was not without reason.

Being eroded by the Netherfire was equivalent to a kind of loss of control.

This thing was like a snowball. It started small and then got bigger and bigger. Eventually, you couldn't stop it, and the extraordinary individual was dominated by the out-of-control spirit, and then completely lost!

“I…”

Gu Shen smiled wryly. He couldn't say that he was being invaded by the Netherfire, could he?

“Collect your spirit, and the heart lake will be clear and peaceful.” Bai Xiu didn't say much, just said this sentence seriously, and then stopped.

Gu Shen nodded solemnly.

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The two landed in front of the camp.

As soon as Gu Shen landed, a spear poked over.

Bai Xiu reacted extremely quickly. The moment the tip of the spear stabbed over with a gust of wind, he floated to the side.

A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Xiao Xiu's lips.

How did this scene seem familiar?

It was just that this time, it was Gu Shen’s turn.

"Swish!"

The spear wasn't really meant to kill, but the red tassel swayed, mixed with bursts of righteous anger!

Gu Shen moved instantly, dodging the poke.

Mu Qingyang stood firm in his horse stance and thrust his spear more than twenty times. Gu Shen replicated Bai Xiu's previous action of blocking the knife with his fingers, and also stretched out two fingers, gathering them into metal, and tapped more than twenty times.

Each tap hit the end of the spear's collapsing force.

A series of crisp sounds were very pleasant to hear.

It even brought out several sonic booms.

Gu Shen's sideburns and windbreaker flew together. The scene was very elegant. He finally came to no harm, wiped his two fingers, and gently pressed down on the spear.

“Brother Qingyang, why is this necessary?”

Gu Shen said helplessly. In fact, he knew better than anyone the reason for Mu Qingyang's anger.

“Brother Gu, you hid it from me so well…”

Although Mu Qingyang's spear intent vaguely carried anger, after a series of moves were easily blocked by Gu Shen, there was no hint of blame in his eyes. He pretended to gnash his teeth and question, “You clearly have Fourth Order strength, and you have even comprehended the domain, but you pretended to be the eighth level of the Deep Sea… I was really fighting the White-Haired Ghost with all my might earlier!”

Gu Shen laughed when he heard this.

With Mu Qingyang's honest personality, wasn't he fighting with his life no matter who he fought?

“Sorry… I didn't mean to.”

Gu Shen felt Bai Xiu's playful gaze from the side. He had never really hidden his strength.

Who would believe him if he said he wasn't at the eighth level of the Deep Sea?

One person killed the Poison Ghost, Silver Eyes, and White-Haired Ghost…

Was this really Third Order?

Gu Shen simply "confessed" and admitted, "I am indeed Fourth Order."

Seeing this scene, Bai Xiu, who knew the truth about the "Ultra-Three Realm," couldn't help but smile and shake his head.

“That’s more like it,” Mu Qingyang put away his spear and stood upright, saying seriously, “But I still can’t forgive you for forcibly pulling me into a dream at the end… I'm actually quite willing to listen to advice. You could have advised me to leave.”

Everyone in the camp was awake.

Only he was still asleep.

As a leader, he should lead by example… When Mu Qingyang opened his eyes and found himself sound asleep in the camp tent, covered in a cotton blanket, that was what he couldn't accept the most!

During the fight against 間切 (Ma-gire), Gu Shen had directly hypnotized him and taken him away!

“You listen to advice my ass…”

Gu Shen silently complained in his heart. Without his intervention, this stubborn donkey would really fight 間切 (Ma-gire) to the death.

He said helplessly, "Next time, definitely next time…"

After revealing his true strength—

Mu Qingyang's attitude towards him had changed drastically.

Earlier, he had ignored him in the camp tent, but now it was different.

This 江北 (Jiangbei) man was straightforward. After experiencing the battle just now, his eyes were practically shining as he looked at Gu Shen, "I heard you went to hunt down Yuan Zhong. Did you kill him in the end?"

"I did kill him."

Gu Shen quickly shifted Mu Qingyang's attention and pulled Xiao Xiu over, "But this person took him down."

“This person is… Bai Xiu?”

Mu Qingyang was slightly stunned. He had actually ignored that there was someone else beside Mr. Gu!

He became even more excited.

Who in Nagano didn't know the name of Bai Xiu?

Every warmonger wanted to spar with Bai Xiu and experience the real strength of the 雷界行者 (Lei Jie Xing Zhe) (Thunder Realm Walker).

Mu Qingyang said sincerely, "I originally wanted to ask Mr. Gu for advice, but I didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly… The legendary Bai Xiu of the Bai family has also come. Then I will ask the two of you—"

“Snap.”

Gu Shen snapped his fingers.

The blazing fire at close range swept out rapidly, still launched when Mu Qingyang was completely unprepared.

This time, it was still very easy to succeed.

In just an instant, Mu Qingyang was forcibly pulled into a dream.

His "advice" that he hadn't finished speaking also stopped abruptly.

“Brother Qingyang still needs to sleep for a while,” Gu Shen beckoned Ji Mo over, and he seriously instructed, “Send someone to take good care of him.”

Ji Mo looked strange.

Why did he still need to sleep?

If he remembered correctly… Mu Qingyang had just woken up, right?

After carrying Mu Qingyang away, Gu Shen opened the camp tent, where three frozen headless corpses were lying.

It was the Poison Ghost, Silver Eyes, and White-Haired Ghost.

“Alright, Xiao Xiu, let's go inside and talk.”

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(ps: This chapter doesn't count as an extra. The previous update had a little less words. This chapter is a supplement.)

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