Chapter 83.3

Editor: Kat

Proofreader: Junyans

‘Master, save me, master, please save me!’

Dog IV-1’s terrified voice sounded in Wei Xun’s mind. At this moment, Wei Xun had left the dangerous and narrow stone steps where the gravel was falling, and had arrived at the more open underground lake.

Behind him, one could hear the sound of heavy objects falling into the water. It was those black stone chains that had been hanging on the rock wall for thousands of years! The quaking had finally made them fall into the turbulent dark river water. A chill crept from behind, as if something terrifying had woken up. Wei Xun looked back and saw that there were countless scarlet pupils in the boundless darkness, all appearing malicious.

Boom, boom, bang!

There seemed to be a muffled sound from the depths of the earth ahead, and a more violent tremor struck, shaking the sky as if the entire underground ruins would collapse and be destroyed in the earthquake. The loud bang was deafening. Wei Xun saw the rock wall cracking, the boulders collapsing, and the stone steps leading to the dark river buried and blocking the pathway.

Although it blocked the gaze of those scarlet eyes, it also blocked the passageway, and it was impossible to return to his original path.

However, Wei Xun was in no hurry. He quickly avoided the rubble that fell like a hurricane and walked all the way to the lake. The originally clear lake water had become turbid, and it looked black. Wei Xun circled around the underground lake. After he encountered a collapsed path with no way around, he threw out the spider silk climbing rope and swung through a hole. Soon he arrived across the lake.

The miserable howl of Dog IV-1 came from the side of the lake, in the side hall with the nine-story 卍 crystal tower on the mural that the fox cub had explored. It was just that the entrance to the side hall was blocked by stones due to the earthquake. However, the blocked path leading further into the ruins now had a gap due to the tremors.

Did this count as switching easy mode off and switching hard mode on?

Could the Travel Services control the earthquake, thereby changing the difficulty of the tour. Or did Dog IV-1, as a tour guide in the Travel Services, have some kind of energy emissions on his body. After entering the ruins, did its resonance cause the earthquake?

Wei Xun kept on thinking, but his movements were smooth. He let the young fox control his body for a while as his consciousness sank, and he took control of Dog IV-1’s body. It was extremely dangerous to hand over control of one’s body to others, and IV-1 was unwilling to do so, but the crisis at this time caused him to have no time to think about it, and he could only trust Wei Xun.

If one could describe the scene as IV-1 begging for mercy in the face of the swarm previously, it was because IV-1 was keeping a low profile. But this time, IV-1 had really fallen into a tricky and dangerous situation. As soon as Wei Xun took control of IV-1’s body, he felt killing intent coming from three directions, and he was covered in bruises and wounds. There was a rocky rock wall behind him, and there was no way to go back to the original path. From Wei Xun’s point of view, it looked like a bloody slaughter was about to take place!

But in the next moment, the limbs of the thin demonic dog suddenly ignited in black flames. Unlike the bone-white flame of a normal inferior demonic dog, this black flame almost seemed like one with the miscellaneous hairs on its body. Unless one looked closely, one would not notice it at all but after the black fire was ignited, the dog escaped from the encirclement at an incredible speed, several times faster than before.

How fun.

Wei Xun sighed silently. The demonic dog’s body reminded him of the joy of mutation. The manic, bloodthirsty killing intent concealed by his identity as a “Tourist” and his unscrupulous and profligate powers were all released at this moment, making him tremble with pleasure.

All kinds of frescoes and sculptures in the side hall were destroyed by the earthquake. Those expensive jewelry had survived for thousands of years, but were destroyed in the earthquake. Several luminous pearls rolled to the ground, and the faint light reflected the shadow of the demonic dog.

It was a slender demonic dog the size of an average person’s palm, but behind it was a tall and terrifying shadow, appearing like a devil. The terrifying aura in the shadow made the dog whimper in pain and quiver. It couldn’t bear the arrival of high-ranking demons, even if the other party was its master. The mysterious and powerful force represented distortion and pollution, and the demonic dog would be inflicted with festering wounds and die within two minutes, becoming an ignorant and emotionless demonic shadow who only knew how to kill and destroy.

But in reality, the fight was over in two minutes. The three mummified corpses surrounding Dog IV-1 were as hard as iron, but they could not resist the black fire that eroded everything. Their claws were sharp, but they couldn’t shred the shadows. They were covered with black fur like the Insects of Evil, and they would infect others with corpse poison when they touched them, but they were unable to get close due to Dog IV-1’s extremely fast speed.

Wei Xun possessed Dog IV-1, and didn’t waste much effort while killing them. He felt that he was stronger, especially after mutating. In fact, he felt even stronger than when he’d been in Intoxicating Xiangxi, and he knew how to control the tyrannical power even more now.

Was this the benefit of conquering the swarm?

No wonder Xiaojin had said that invasion and control were a demon’s nature, because conquest could bring a demon more power and a stronger ability to control others.

After killing the three mummified corpses, Wei Xun’s consciousness became paralyzed, and he felt like he was a puddle of mud. He was almost pulled away from possessing Dog IV-1, who had lost self-consciousness, but he ordered it to leave here and return aboveground.

The subsequent situation would be very tense, and Wei Xun had no time to deal with the dog.

As Wei Xun’s consciousness returned, he opened his eyes and he was almost blinded by a bright golden light.

What, what a bright light!

Legend had it that the Garuda had an iron-like beak and claws, a flawless shining orb on the top of its forehead, and a diamond-like horn. Its bird horn was made of diamond, and the crown of the garuda was naturally inlaid with countless diamonds, ivory, carnelians, and crystal pearls, which were extremely luxurious and shiny.

And now, this crown was in front of Wei Xun. It seemed that the earthquake had cracked open the rock wall, revealing a stern Buddha statue. The Buddha statue was surrounded by gold and silver leaves, pearl crystals, and countless treasures lay in front of it.

Anyone who saw so many precious treasures would probably fall into obsession. The sight would arouse greed in their hearts, and they would desperately want to take them for their own.

Wei Xun showed a smile with a slightly deep meaning. .

He had just recovered from the fierce battle, and his turbulent fighting spirit had not yet retreated. He had no interest in gold and silver jewelry at all, and without greed, it was easy to discover that everything in front of him was actually an illusion.

The gusin skin thangka that he carried with him was turning hot one moment and cold another, and it grew heavier as it clung to Wei Xun’s back, like a resurrected human skin, wanting to completely wrap him. Wei Xun felt a cold and terrifying touch at his waist, which continued to creep towards his inner pocket containing the gusin thangka.

The culprit thought that Wei Xun was still immersed in the illusion, but Wei Xun had never been affected by the illusion, and the previous absent look in his eyes was just because he was manipulating the dog’s body to fight.

The culprit’s cognitive biases led the situation to reverse in an instant.

“You finally came.”

Wei Xun sighed, a strange sense of mirth flashing within his eyes. He seemed to be reaching for the illusory Garuda horned crown. However, his hand was fluttering, pressing down on the cold human skin thangka that protruded at his chest.

In an instant, his hands had turned into pitch-black insect-like claws adorned with emerald nails. The sharp nails pierced his gloves and penetrated deeply into the opponent’s thick and tough skin.

Rip——

It was as if the whole skin was torn off. The tearing sound was particularly clear. Surprisingly, Wei Xun peeled off the gray skin from his back! The back of Wei Xun’s jacket, as well as the cashmere sweater and other layers inside, were all torn and dripping red fluid, as if he had torn off the skin on his own back.

Skinning a human being alive should make them feel a heart-wrenching pain that no one could endure, but Wei Xun’s eyelashes were drooping, and he merely had a look of regret.

“It’s a pity……”

The skin was struggling and squirming in his hands like it was alive, and the black hairs on the skin were unlike what a human would have. They sucked onto his fingertips and arms as if they were alive. However, Wei Xun’s expression didn’t change as he tore the skin off several times. His sharp fingernails tore the skin to pieces. Finally, Wei Xun took out the gusin’s human skin thangka and covered it.

That stubborn, still wriggling broken human skin instantly turned as black as charcoal, disintegrated into a powder-like substance, and it did not move again. Wei Xun’s eyes were slightly closed. In fact, he could have taken out the gusin skin thangka to restrain the grayish-white skin, but it was difficult for Wei Xun to suppress the tyrannical fighting spirit surging in his heart without tearing this skin to pieces.

“It’s a pity—”

As soon as Wei Xun let go, the human skin debris fell like it was dust. The dazzling Buddha statue and Garuda crown in front of him disappeared, and the bloody wound on his back also disappeared. Only his jacket was indeed somewhat damaged.

Everything was just an illusion. From a scientific point of view, it might be due to the unique radiation environment in the depths of the ruins that had given birth to some kind of weird parasitic creatures. They lived in groups, looked like gray human skins when gathered together, and emitted hallucinogenic gasses. Those black hairs were the tentacles of the parasites, and their way of hunting was to lure their prey, wrap them up, and then use their tentacles to devour their flesh and blood.

Wei Xun could easily make up a lot of “normal” reasons, so he said it was a pity.

It was not a human skin possessed by a demon, as the real supernatural power was still hidden in Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring.

It was a pity.

“It seems that I can only go inside to find you.”

After Wei Xun walked towards the shattered ruins, he saw a crack that had been revealed thanks to the earthquake. It was big enough for one person to pass through. His eyes were slightly red, and he was walking on the ground amid the aftershocks.

If those experienced tourists and tour guides outside the tour could see Wei Xun’s state at the moment, they would definitely be able to notice his strangeness. But unfortunately, they could only hear audio and couldn’t see anything on the dark livestream screen.

Both Xiaocui and the young fox were silent at this moment, not daring to disturb Wei Xun.

It might be because when he had possessed Dog IV-1, he’d released the repressed demon in his heart, or the influence of the Demonic Insect Dominator title, or the uncapped difficulty of the tour. In any case, the Travel Services would not leave this “newcomer” to die, so it gave Wei Xun some conveniences.

Or, was it because demons mutually attracted each other?

This made Wei Xun even more excited, but the more excited he became, the calmer his expression, and there was even a slight smile at the corners of his mouth.

He was a little hungry.

Wei Xun no longer cared about the task progress of the Treasure Hunter task series, which had been increasing. He walked into the crack with a smile, sighing with curiosity and eagerness. Greed was also hidden in his sigh.

‘Are you…delicious?’

[Your esteemed self has discovered the Little Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring of Xikang Temple!]

The author has something to say:

Wei Xun: Let me confidently and straightforwardly send my greetings to the devil. Hi, Food!

The devil possessing the human skin thangka: ???

There will be an extra update before 11:30 tonight, mua, mua!

Humanoids refer to non-humans! (Creatures/organisms that are other than humans)