novelraw Chapter 398-1: Starlight Priest, Time Prison (1)
Chapter 398-1: Starlight Priest, Time Prison (1)
[You have Possessed the Shell of Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil.]
[You twist your waist and swing your arms, brandishing the Scarlet King’s Sword. Before you, the thick, solid wall is as fragile as tofu, shattering into pieces in an instant.]
[Even the thunderous crash of the collapsing wall cannot drown out the horrified voice behind the smoke and dust…]
[Y-you, who are you really? You are not a transplant doctor, you are not even a Scholar. How can such crude, feeble martial skill possess such destructive power?]
[You step forward. Your figure, giant sword in hand, pushes through the dim smoke and dust and slowly becomes clear…]
[The prisoner is so terrified he staggers back again and again until his spine hits the wall with nowhere left to retreat. Panicking, he cries, What are you going to do? You cannot kill me! I can recommend you to join the organization. This is your only chance to live…]
[Before he can finish his words, the scarlet greatsword has already swept out in a curtain of bloody light.]
[A clear line of blood appears around his neck, blocking all the remaining words in his throat…]
[You have defeated Elite Scholar Who Gazes Upward. EXP has slightly increased.]
[You look at the corpse collapsed on the ground with its hands clutching its throat…][Shell of Elite Scholar Who Gazes Upward: A Scholar who betrayed his faith to chase the stars, secretly joined a hidden organization known as the Polar Star Society. After exposing some flaws, he was locked in Blackwater Prison and subjected to cruel torture. Compatibility: 137% (+65%).]
[Do you wish to Possess this Shell?]
In the World of Omniscience, spells had been developed to their utmost limit. Aside from some low-level guards, the vast majority of human powerhouses were mage-type Shells. Examples like the Dark Dragon Knight were exceedingly rare.
Even those human heretics who defected to the radiant stars used star magic. Only non-human monsters such as starborn beings, subterranean demons, and legendary creatures fell outside the category of mages.
[You have Possessed the Shell of Elite Scholar Who Gazes Upward.]
[Fragmentary memories within the Shell gradually revive…]
[…]
[You decisively accepted the organization’s mission and, after many twists and turns, finally managed to enter Blackwater Prison as you wished.]
[You have only one objective, and that is to confirm whether the Starlight Priest imprisoned in the deepest part of the prison is still alive.]
[If the Starlight Priest is still alive, the Executor Lord will dispatch powerful members of the organization to carry out a rescue. If the Starlight Priest is already dead…]
[Blackwater Prison was built specifically for those Who Gaze Upward. On the walls and gates of every cell are carved anti-magic runes. Whether it is knowledge-based spells or starlight-based skills, they will all be greatly weakened, and spells of slightly lower grade cannot even be cast.]
[You infiltrated the prison and finally confirmed that the Starlight Priest is indeed still alive. However, the level of security around the Starlight Priest far exceeds that of ordinary prisoners.]
[He wears heavy shackles, his skin carved all over with anti-magic runes that pierce deep into flesh and blood. His eyeballs have also been gouged out, leaving him unable to cast spells. No matter how powerful the Starlight Priest was before, he is now no different from a cripple.]
[You do not know what purpose the organization has in rescuing the Starlight Priest. Spending manpower and resources just to save such a cripple?]
[You shake your head. The Executor Lord must have deeper intentions behind this. Perhaps the important part is not the Starlight Priest himself but something inside his mind…]
[…]
[The time for tonight’s rescue is almost here. The transplant doctor in the neighboring cell has just suffered another round of flogging and now seems to hate the erudite Scholars to the bone.]
[This fellow’s craftsmanship has some utility value. If you can bring him into the organization, you might be able to make some extra income outside of missions…]
[…]
[The fragmentary memories end here.]
[You have learned the exact location of the deepest cell in Blackwater Prison.]
[You have obtained Knowledge. Your Knowledge stat has increased by 200. Current Knowledge: 22800/37800.]
“Starlight Priest?”
The prisoner’s memories contained no detailed description of the Starlight Priest’s strength or his position within the Polar Star Society.
However, now that he knew the location, Lin Xun could simply shoulder his greatsword and push his way through.
It was still the early stage of the chapter. The difficulty would not be too high, which made brute force tactics all the more suitable.
[Hurried, dense footsteps sound outside the refined copper gate. Judging by the noise, at least three or four people are approaching.]
[You know that the noise from breaking the wall just now was too loud and has attracted the guards of the prison.]
[The footsteps quickly stop outside the refined copper gate. Through the viewing slit in the gate, several pairs of eyes stare at you in shock…]
[You have Possessed the Shell of Desire Primordial Fire Child of Evil.]
[You swing the Scarlet King’s Sword. One stroke cleaves open the refined copper gate and, in the same motion, slices the four guards outside into two halves.]
[Blood jets out in torrents like waterfalls. The guards do not even have time to scream before they are decapitated on the spot…]
[You have defeated Knowledge-Seeking Blackwater Prison Guard. EXP has slightly increased.]
[You have defeated…]
[You have obtained Ordinary Cell Gate Key (key).]
[Stepping over the blood, you emerge into the dim corridor outside the cells. From the narrow viewing slits in the cell doors, pairs of strange eyes are fixed on you…]
Lin Xun summoned Valkyrie and the Nine-Tailed Fox, handed them the key he had just obtained, and ordered the two to move quickly and leave as few traces as possible.
He himself followed the position in his memories and delved deeper into the prison.
Soon, terrified screams from prisoners echoed behind him, and system prompts reporting EXP gains popped up one after another.
These low-level mobs gave very little EXP and had a poor drop rate for Spirit Essence. If it were not to accumulate malice, he would not even bother with them.
Even with the effect of Flesh Growth, which doubled the accumulation rate of several resources, the Bloodshed Points, malice, and other energies from small fry were still pitifully scant.
Only when facing certain powerful bosses could he visibly boost those related stats.
After handing the mowing work to his two summons, Lin Xun freed up his hands and headed straight for the deepest part of the prison.
As a watcher-type summon, Valkyrie could grow her Shell level along with her master’s, and her level had always kept pace with Lin Xun’s.
Valkyrie’s Shell level was quite high, but the Epic+ grade quality had already fallen quite a bit behind.
The refined copper doll came from the World of Omniscience. In this seventh chapter of the World of Omniscience, Lin Xun might be able to find a way to further modify and upgrade Valkyrie.
The other summon, the Nine-Tailed Fox, had a Legendary+ grade quality that was decent enough to be worth spending Spirit Essence to raise her level.
As for the remaining two shikigami, Nurarihyon and the Snow Woman, they appeared less and less often now. If they wanted to raise their own grades, their only chance was probably the next time he entered the Evil God world.
“Sigh, perhaps the master becoming stronger too quickly is a kind of trouble for his summons as well. Do you not agree, Three-Headed Lion…”
Lost in his thoughts, Lin Xun sent the two guards blocking his path to the afterlife and had already arrived near the deepest part of the prison.
[…]
[The refined copper gate before you far surpasses the other cell doors in both material and thickness. A closer look reveals many twisted runes carved into it.]
[This combination of runes on the refined copper gate possesses extremely strong resistance to both knowledge-based and starlight-based skills. Ordinary spells cannot break the gate.]
[The strange sheen covering the entire gate comes from refined copper that has been purified to a certain extent. It possesses an extremely sturdy texture, and normal physical power cannot violently force it open.]
[From the cell door alone, you can imagine that the identity of the prisoner held here is anything but ordinary.]
[There is no narrow, horizontal viewing slit on the gate, so you cannot see what lies within…]
[You do not possess the Special Cell Key and cannot open the refined copper gate.]
[Do you wish to attempt to destroy the gate?]