Chapter 243

【■■■■, ■■■■■!】

Roaring in her ears were incomprehensible syllables, and countless emotions of madness, pain, torment, darkness, and loneliness came one after another, continuously washing over Yun Mu's mind.

She saw the ebb and flow of the tide, saw crowds coming and going, kneeling before her, saw ancient trees of the firmament wither, eventually breeding vast forests, lakes, high mountains, oceans, and the rise and fall of dynasties. In this massive flow of information, the existence named Yun Mu was extremely insignificant; the memories she cherished were squeezed into the depths of a forgotten corner in the blink of an eye.

The Game Panel popped up notifications frantically, and a large number of skill icons flickered, emitting the glow of leveling up.

【Received information wash from 【■■■■】, your passive skill 【Pickpocketing lv7】 has increased to 【Pickpocketing lv8】】 【【Lockpicking lv3】 increased to 【Lockpicking lv5】】 【【Deception lv2】 increased to 【Deception lv3】】 【【Dance lv1】 increased to 【Dance lv6】, you have gained the trait 【Dance Mastery】】 【You are proficient in the art of dance and know very well how to please the gods. The success rate of sacrificial dances led by you is +15%. Effect +10%.】

【【Blood Hunting lv1】 increased to 【Blood Hunting lv7】, you have gained the trait 【Blood Hunter】】 【You are a mature and experienced hunter. When tracking prey, speed +5%; if the prey is injured, this effect doubles.】

【【Social Etiquette lv3】 increased to 【Social Etiquette lv5】】 【【High Heels lv1】 increased to 【High Heels lv4】】 【【Swordsmanship lv2】 increased to 【Swordsmanship lv5】】 【【Mysticism lv1】 increased to 【Mysticism lv8】, you have gained the trait 【Mysticism Expert】】 【Most of the mysteries of this world are already known to you. When you are learning new mystical knowledge, speed +35%; when facing pollution that cannot be understood, mental resistance +10%.】

【Your active skill 【Evil Mark lv2】 increased to 【Evil Mark lv4】】 【Your maximum HP +2, Attack +10, Spell Strength +10, Defense +2, Resilience +1, Dodge +12, Speed +3, Precision Correction +15, Critical Hit +4%, Charm +5.】 Yun Mu's brain could not absorb that massive amount of information; only the knowledge that had some connection to her flowed into her mind as nourishment.

This was also the reason why she did not gain any new skills. 【Your Path 【Scarlet】 points +150!】 【Your Path 【Civilization】 points +50!】 【Current Path levels: Scarlet lv4 (197/300), Cat lv3 (5/80), Oil Painting/Manga lv2 (18/30), Civilization lv3 (54/80), Desire lv2 (1/30), Nuclear Fusion lv1 (cannot be upgraded)】 "Alright, that's about enough."

A mysterious female voice rang out beside Yun Mu's ear. In an instant, the noise in her mind dissipated, and her hollow eyes gradually regained clarity.

The next second, a ghostly blue night sky suddenly appeared in the originally scarlet sky, and that scarlet Moon made of flesh and blood was swallowed by it in the blink of an eye, disappearing from Yun Mu's sight.

"This is..."

Before Yun Mu could react, a feeling of repulsion enveloped her.

At the very last moment before she exited the dream, that female voice rang out beside her ear once again.

"Thank you for bringing me here. Leave the rest to me."

As soon as the words fell, Yun Mu's consciousness fell into a coma once more.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself lying on Brenna's back, and beside them was Dunn, who was wearing a Stone Mask on his face.

And those Scarlet Parasites flying all over the sky... "What is the situation?" Yun Mu looked at the surrounding environment, looking blank.

"Oh, Miss Yun, you're awake?"

Brenna, who was carrying her, saw her eyes light up after hearing her voice.

"Brenna, Dunn, what is the situation now?" Yun Mu looked up at the swarm of insects obscuring the sky, and... "Where is Natavia?" She suddenly recalled the scene she had seen before falling unconscious.

"Don't be anxious, let's talk slowly." Seeing her like this, Brenna sighed slightly.

She put away the expression on her face: "Miss Yun, can you walk on your own now?"

"Of course."

She was only hypnotized by Natavia's Word Spirit, not having her legs amputated.

Jumping down from Brenna's back, the three hid in a small alley and briefly explained what had happened during the time she was asleep.

"Bishop Land is dead?" After hearing their account, Yun Mu raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

For some reason, she always felt that Bishop Land wouldn't die so easily.

In Brenna's description, the other party had not used any non-Apostle skill methods... This made her feel somewhat strange.

"Shall we go back to the Church and take a look?" she suggested.

At the end, she added with a serious expression: "I'm not joking."

"Although with my and Brenna's strength we can't help much, that Scarlet Anchor Point is Lucy's body after all. I think bringing her over might have some effect..."

"What you say is not unreasonable." Dunn pondered for a moment and said: "But you and the Princess cannot go; it is very dangerous there now."

"Why?" Yun Mu was slightly stunned.

Although Natavia was a Champion-rank Transcendental now, wasn't there still Bishop Muse?

As a fellow Champion-rank, Bishop Muse had more experience, and with the assistance of several other Masters, it shouldn't take much effort to deal with Natavia.

"At the Church, there are three Champion-rank Transcendentals. I recognize the aura of two of them, but the one who appeared last..." Dunn paused, his tone serious: "It must be the avatar of Scarlet."

"The avatar of Scarlet..."

Yun Mu recalled the scene she had just seen in the dream, and her heart was shocked.

That female voice that appeared beside her ear must be the Lady of Dark Night!

The other party had already fought their way into Scarlet's lair!

They should be able to win.

The sky in the dream at that time had been dyed pitch black; she figured the Lady of Dark Night must have had the upper hand.

If the Lady of Dark Night won, would that avatar of Scarlet also be affected? She hurriedly told the two of them her thoughts and the scenes she had seen in the dream in full detail.

"It can't be wrong, it was the Lady of Dark Night who made a move." After hearing her description, Brenna said quite affirmatively.

On the side, Dunn rested his chin on his fingers, posing in a contemplative manner.

After thinking for a while, he said: "The Lady of Dark Night will definitely win."

"Why?" Yun Mu looked at his certain appearance; it didn't seem to be out of faith, so she asked.

As soon as the words left her mouth, she couldn't help but be stunned, because a lot of knowledge about Mysticism suddenly surged into her mind.

She knew this was the knowledge she had gained after being washed by the memories of 'Scarlet' in the dream just now.

Thanks to this, her 【Mysticism lv1】 had increased to the level of 【Mysticism lv8】 in one go.

"Is it a mental space?"

"Hmm?" Dunn looked at her with some surprise and nodded: "That's right."

"According to the information you provided earlier, that space filled with red roses should be the consciousness world of 'Scarlet'." He looked at her with a complex expression and continued:

"Although I don't know why you were pulled in, the Lady of Dark Night seems to have used your consciousness as a springboard to project her power into Scarlet's consciousness space."

"And that Outer God of Scarlet, He is probably crazy... His consciousness is divided into two halves, his reason is buried deep in the quiet lake, nourishing the red roses on the water, while the appearance of madness hangs in the sky, forming a full moon." "What kind of world the interior of a human's consciousness space is usually reflects their mental state. Although I don't know what a god's consciousness world is like, I think it should be about the same."

"According to myths and legends, when the ancient God War broke out, the Lady of Dark Night once sneaked into the consciousness space of the God of War and Thunder and turned Him into a lady wearing a pink dress..."

"This is enough to show the Lady of Dark Night's attainments in the mental world, and that Outer God of 'Scarlet'... I think, in a state of madness, with his consciousness body divided into two sides, there is absolutely no possibility of defeating the Lady of Dark Night."

"Of course, this is all my speculation."

Dunn stood up and walked toward the outside of the alley. He waved his hand: "You two stay here, I will go to support Bishop Muse. As for those bugs, they won't notice this place."

"Wait a moment, let Lucy go with you!" Yun Mu called out to him, raising her hand to summon Lucy from the Game Panel.

She informed the other party of the current situation as concisely as possible, and upon hearing that it was related to the Scarlet Anchor Point, the latter agreed without hesitation.

"Going to see my own corpse, it really is..." She looked somewhat conflicted.

"After all, it was a Pandora's box opened by my own hands." Shaking her head with a sigh, she and Dunn headed toward the Church.

The final whisper before leaving was heard by no one but herself.

"Hehehehe, you two have successfully angered me."

Blood-red tentacles squirmed and stitched together at the wound as Bishop Land watched Edward and Sixin, who were blocking his path, with a cold expression.

On the way to the Painter Association, he had sensed Edward and Sixin, as well as the group of Survivors they were escorting, through the feedback from the Parasites.

Originally, upon noticing there were two Master-level Transcendents, he hadn't really wanted to chew on such a tough bone.

But their goal was actually the Painter Association as well, and there were no other crowded places nearby; those mindless Parasites, the humans they attacked were either parasitized and controlled, or gnawed until nothing was left.

It made it so he didn't know where to go to find some blood-food to recover his strength.

Those Mecha Units could communicate internally, and if he provoked them and was surrounded and suppressed, it would be quite troublesome.

As for the two Master-level Transcendents... Hmph, at the end of the day, they were just a bunch of wild cards, and he believed he could still handle them.

Yet reality slapped him hard; that guy holding a long sword was actually a Wave-Treading Knight from the Shattered Star Sea.

His unknown sword technique was clearly trained and extremely skillful, his combat experience was quite rich, and he was on par with the sword masters he knew.

That Fourth Order Master, the Qi Painter... Bishop Land frowned just thinking about that guy's methods; too insidious, too cautious, too cunning.

A Painted World with ring after ring, attacks that were true and false, and just when he finally closed the distance, it was actually a damn clone!

Thinking of this, Bishop Land was full of suppressed anger; his arm had just been severed by Edward and had only now reattached.

There was no other way; he had originally intended to swallow these people alone, so he had specifically not let the Scarlet Parasites take action.

If this stalemate continued, let alone recovering his strength, he might even end up folding here himself.

Didn't the two of them want to protect those Survivors?

He wanted to see how these two Master-level Transcendents would simultaneously protect those hundred-plus people under the siege of the Parasites and himself!

"Sixin, can't your Painted World store those ordinary people?"

Watching those Scarlet Parasites acting restlessly, Edward immediately guessed what the other party wanted to do and hurriedly asked Sixin beside him.

"Do you think I don't want to?" Sixin replied immediately upon hearing Edward's question: "The Painted World has a load, and the load of living creatures entering it is very great."

"I can store at most 30 people, and my combat ability will be greatly reduced."

"Damn it." Edward felt a faint sense of regret; he shouldn't have tried to transport everyone at once for the sake of speed.

If they had been escorted in batches... No, that might have led to them being picked off one by one by this Old Man; now was not the time for regret.

"Hoo." Edward took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with a sharp gaze.

"Send the children and their parents into the Painted World, then you escort the others and retreat to the Painter Association together."

"What about you?" Sixin looked at the man beside him, who stood like a rock.

"I will ensure he and those damn bugs have no energy to bother you."

"... Alright." Without asking how the other party intended to do it, Sixin looked at Edward's determined gaze and chose to trust him.

He summoned his Supernatural Painting and sent all the crying children and their parents beside them into the Painted World.

Afterward, he headed toward the Painter Association with the remaining people without looking back.

Fortunately, after the previous few experiences of being attacked by Scarlet Parasites, there were no Survivors in the group who were too scared to walk; otherwise, at such a critical moment, Sixin would have had no choice but to abandon them.

"..." Lita in the group pursed her lips, her expression very unwilling, but she didn't say anything.

She knew clearly that she couldn't do anything, and even exposing herself as Edward's daughter would only attract Bishop Land's attention.

Powerlessly loosening her clenched fists, she prayed silently in her heart.

You must win, stinky Dad!

"Finished discussing?" Bishop Land's arm was now completely healed; he squeezed his palm and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"I know a thing or two about the abilities of a Wave-Treading Knight; what gives you the confidence to think you can stop me and my army alone?"

"Pfft." Edward let out a disdainful scoff upon hearing his words: "Just a bunch of ugly beasts, and the clown who feeds them."

"This can also be called an army?"

"Hmph!" Bishop Land let out a cold snort, and just as he was about to say something, his expression changed abruptly.

In the distance, at the edge of the harbor on the west side of Frostfall City, accompanied by the sound of flowing seawater, a massive ship with a hull burning with ghostly green Ghost Fire and a tattered body rose from the seabed.

"Boom!!!!"

As an unknown sea shanty began to play, the Mortars that had long since aimed their coordinates let out a deafening roar.

After more than twenty years, the Sunset, which had sunk to the bottom of the sea, once again let out her voice! (End of chapter)