Chapter 177: Osiris's Judgment Scale

Mu Yi crossed his swords to block in front of his chest, and the black cat's claws, carrying the sound of wind and thunder, struck down.

The heavy force sent the weakened Mu Yi flying directly.

——Hungry Ghost Path

Mu Yi, flying in midair, dared not hold back any longer; the Reincarnation Barrier fully unfolded, and countless hungry ghosts flew out from around him, sweeping toward the black cat.

——Hell Path

The curse on his body was ignited and purified by the blazing fire, and fierce flames began to burn on Mu Yi, his heavy, weakened body gradually returning to normal.

"Meow!"

The black cat emitted a shrill cry; this scream was like a cold dagger piercing the flesh, stabbing deep into the soul, as if digging out a piece.

The hungry ghosts originally surrounding Black Cat Bastet were instantly scattered, turning into particles that returned to the barrier.

The power they had taken from the black cat was entirely converted into reserve power, flowing into the Reincarnation Barrier, becoming nourishment for the growth of the Hungry Ghost Path.

At this moment, the black cat's aura was listless, clearly having lost a significant amount of power to the hungry ghosts' tearing bites.

"It's you who forced me!" Black Cat Bastet howled shrilly.

"A draw will result in nothing happening!"

Mu Yi felt an extremely strange sense of oppression, as if his soul were being grabbed and bound by something.

Immediately after the black cat's claw swung, hundreds of cards appeared on one side of the scale; though they hovered in the air, they seemed to have weight.

A flash of light shimmered on the scale, finally settling into a pure feather.

"You will become my eternal slave, offering everything you have to me!"

A card flew out from Black Cat Bastet's body, a crimson magic card; the moment it stood upright, its image released a blinding divine light that could not be gazed upon.

Immediately afterward, Mu Yi discovered that he and the black cat were being pulled by a force, directly landing before the scale.

Only when the scale began to tilt again toward him did the black cat let out a sigh of relief.

"The judged one needs to pay no price; everything of the loser will be seized by the victor!"

When the last 【Frost Bone Dragon Safirion】 card was placed on the scale, the scale stopped tilting and even began to move in the opposite direction toward Mu Yi.

"Osiris's Judgment Scale!"

"Just wait to die! Everything you have will belong to me!"

Having said that, the black cat's body began to swell, and a strange power seemed to emanate from its body.

Given the black cat's insecure behavior, it should have dumped everything onto the scale at once, yet now it acts strangely miserly.

Mu Yi glanced at the black cat, then waved his hand and took out all the cards on his body, placing them on the scale.

"No matter the judgment's outcome, the one who summons the judgment shall pay half of the judgment's harvest!" a majestic voice explained.

"You seem nervous? Why not just put everything on the scale?" Mu Yi asked somewhat puzzled; the black cat's behavior seemed off, arousing a hint of curiosity in him.

"If you leave now, I can let you go!" Black Cat Bastet looked at Mu Yi's body with a wary gaze.

Mu Yi sensed, in the depths of his mind, a completely sealed-off space; before the outcome is decided, no one can leave this place.

"So, in the end, it's a comparison of value?"

Black Cat Bastet gazed at Mu Yi with resentment; it was unsure whether it could surpass Mu Yi in a power judgment, but it was certain it could win in a value judgment, for it had once been a divine spirit, having accumulated countless riches.

Even after being stripped of all its past and cast down to the mortal realm, it still retained a trace of divinity and still held those riches.

The scale began to tilt toward the black cat's side; as it tilted, Mu Yi's intuition told him that once the scale fully toppled toward the black cat, something quite unfavorable would happen.

Mu Yi hesitated a moment, then directly threw various miscellaneous items from his backpack onto the scale; he originally had considerable reserves, but unfortunately the previous Heaven‑Worshipping Ceremony had nearly emptied his stockpile.

In the depths of his mind, a majestic voice sounded.

"Value Judgment! Hahaha!"

Mu Yi tried to break free of the bonds, but even employing sword intent was futile; the power gap was too obvious, making resistance a mere luxury.

Back then it was also a member of the divine spirits; it was only because it randomly drew a Sin Judgment that it was stripped of everything and cast down to the mortal realm, forced to parasitize in the pyramid, accepting offerings to regain power—but correspondingly, it must test the trial‑takers and grant them rewards.

The scale's tilting seemed to trigger a very bad memory in Black Cat Bastet; seeing the scale tilt, the black cat instantly panicked.

A scale fell from the void onto the ground, its holy light instantly encompassing the entire hall's area; the outside world was cut off, even sound was isolated, and Mu Yi heard not a whisper from outside.

"Meow!"

"Give it up! Here you can't do anything!" Black Cat Bastet looked at Mu Yi, who was trying to attack, with a mocking expression.

Mu Yi's mouth twitched; what a ruthless judgment—no wonder the black cat looks reluctant; if not for being driven to desperation by himself, he would probably hate to use this.

Black Cat Bastet's eyes were full of surprise; although the judgment was initiated by it, the judgment comes in many forms—power judgment, order judgment, sin judgment… a series of judgment methods.

This is the judgment's domain, the scale of judgment held by the underworld judge Osiris.

"Judgment! Begin!"

"Once a fight starts, only one person can stay standing!" Mu Yi gave a slight smile, then charged forward toward Bastet.

When narrow roads meet, the brave prevail; but now Bastet is afraid, so its defeat is destined.

The hall's space began to tremble, rubble and dust started falling from the ceiling, the whole hall emitted groans of being overburdened, as if an invisible balloon were rapidly inflating, about to burst the hall apart.

Although the opponent clearly looked like an ant, the damage it inflicted was nearly fatal; unwilling to fight Mu Yi to the death, it began to retreat.

With a swipe of the claw, countless golden vessels and diamond jewelry surged from the void onto the scale, even including a golden statue of Black Cat Bastet; these items piled on the scale glittered with dazzling light.

Seeing that the scale showed no sign of stopping, Mu Yi simply slipped off his protective ring and tossed it onto the scale; the ring's protection was growing weaker, even useless in battle, so he might as well discard it.

Anyway, losing the judgment meant he couldn't keep it; thinking this, Mu Yi simply threw all his equipment onto the scale.

The quality of those few legendary pieces of equipment was obviously far beyond mere gold and jewels; the scale decisively began to tilt toward Mu Yi.

The black cat grew frantic, its claw waving continuously, countless equipment items flowing out of the void; although numerous, they were obviously unable to match the quality of Mu Yi's gear.

Even at the end, the scale continued to tilt toward Mu Yi at an extremely slow pace.

"Meow!"

The black cat leapt straight up onto the scale, but in an instant the scale tilted toward the black cat's direction and began to descend at an extremely slow speed.

The black cat glared at Mu Yi with spite; even if it won the judgment, Osiris would take half of everything from it, and Osiris would absolutely make Mu Yi pay the price.

Why is this necessary!

Mu Yi scratched his head, then simply imitated the black cat and jumped onto the scale; the scale began to balance, falling into stillness.

"I never expected it to end in a tie!"

Mu Yi stroked his chin, it seemed his life value still differed from the black cat's; his professional level took a big loss—should he first quit the activity to level up? Though that sounded a bit backwards.

"Kid, you're dead!" the black cat sneered.

He waved at the altar, pulled out a black cat statue from it, and Mu Yi sensed divinity from it.

"Always keep a stake, don't put everything on the table!" the black cat said, placing his own statue on the scale.

The black cat grinned ferociously, wanting to see fear and despair on Mu Yi's face.

However, what he saw was Mu Yi's ambiguous half-smile.

"Also, here's a word for you: everything you think is merely your illusion."

Mu Yi reached out, opened the Six Paths Barrier; as the Hell, Asura, Human, and Hungry Ghost fourfold barriers appeared, the scale plummeted at an immeasurable speed.

By the time the black cat reacted, the scale had already tilted completely toward Mu Yi.

"No……"

In the black cat's despairing howl, one end of the scale crashed completely to the bottom.

"Judgment ended!"

"You are guilty!"

A solemn figure appeared beside the black cat—it was Anubis; the black cat frantically swung its claws to repel Anubis, but to no effect.

Anubis silently plunged his hand into the black cat's heart, grasping a phantom heart and the half of everything the black cat had placed, and they vanished together.

"Zongwang Prompt: The scale judgment is over; all of Bastet the black cat's belongings now belong to you!"

Mu Yi stared for a moment, then ecstatically reached out, turned the despairing Bastet into a card, and tossed it into the Six Paths Reincarnation Barrier.

In the Blazing Fire's blaze, the card representing Bastet began to melt rapidly, turning into streams of divine power that flowed into the barrier; since everything belonged to Mu Yi, there was no resistance, and the speed far surpassed that of the previous mortal remains.

"Zongwang Prompt: The Animal Realm prototype is forming, current progress 31%……"

"Zongwang Prompt: 1 point of divinity merges into the Human Path; Human Path LV1 is growing, current progress 20%……"

"Zongwang Prompt: Divine power merges into the Hell Path; Hell Path LV2 is growing, current progress 3%……"

"The worst, and also the best…… So that's what it means?"

Mu Yi pondered the Fate Inspiration; he didn't know whether the so-called Fate Inspiration truly observed his future and gave enlightenment, or if it was merely a hint guiding him.

This feeling of being controlled by fate made Mu Yi a bit unhappy, but he was still far from breaking fate.

After adjusting his mood, Mu Yi began gathering the scattered black cat memorabilia on the ground.

Most of the items were ordinary; aside from the magic card representing the judgment scale, only a scepter remained that barely caught Mu Yi's eye.

A scepter entirely of gold, this golden scepter is 1.5 meters long; the scepter head begins fifty centimeters above the shaft, formed by three exquisite cobras coiled together; the three cobras intertwine, and finally their mouths all face the same spot—a cat's-eye stone the size of a fist.

Strangely, the cat's-eye stone is not set into the scepter but is held in place by a force at the exact center of the three serpent mouths, making the scepter look more like a magic wand.

【Mausoleum Scepter】

Category: Magic Weapon

Item Level: 20

Quality: Purple Epic

Special Effects:

Royal Summon: Each use summons a squad of Level 15 Mausoleum Guardians to fight for ten minutes, usable only once per day.

Malicious Spirit Cat: Summons a spirit cat with magical detection ability, lasting sixty minutes per summon, usable only once per day.

After the black cat's death, the hall doors burst open; Mu Yi retraced his original path, then proceeded toward the secret passage on the other side.

Although it was a bit thrilling, the harvest still left people quite satisfied.

A hall almost identical to the previous one, but this time the hall was not empty; it was packed full.

The hall's ceiling was hung with cocoons the size of human heads, while the floor was piled with dozens of heaps of holy beetle shells; at the very center stood an altar made of stacked holy beetle shells, upon which a three-meter-tall yellowish-brown monster stared at Mu Yi with six scarlet eyes.

The monster had a bee-like body, beetle-like wings and a scorpion-like stinger, and a pair of mantis-like forelegs flashing with green light.

As Mu Yi stepped into the hall, he only heard a rustling sound, after which countless holy beetles emerged from the ground before him.

——Hell Path

Seeing tens of thousands of insects appear before him, Mu Yi unhesitatingly chose to set fire.

He could tell these holy beetles were merely level 0 to 1 trifles, not even worth calling combat strength; they were probably used for scouting and communication.

But when he saw countless insects crawling toward him all at once, he couldn't help but feel his hairs stand on end, and directly expanded the Hell Path.

"Trialist, cease your actions!" the giant monster emitted a sharp screech to stop Mu Yi.

A crackling sound rang out in the hall; under the scorching of the Blazing Fire, all the holy beetles turned charred and lay motionless on the ground, emitting a certain tempting fragrance.

Although the Blazing Fire's damage is not high, it is more than enough to kill the insects.