Chapter 165: The Kingdom of God, the Death of Asura (4k)

Bai Cangshu noticed that the Marine who had been punched in the bridge of his nose did not pursue; the other party simply slumped over in a dejected posture, and even sat down in the sewage in despair after hearing the little girl mention Captain Kori.

Following this little girl who called herself 【Cindy】, the two wound through the dark underground tunnels for several minutes before arriving at a relatively dry and spacious passage.

The terrain here was higher, blocked off from above so no sewage came down, and quite a few people were hiding in this passage at the moment.

Cindy said to Bai Cangshu,

"Big guy, we can talk here. It's a marketplace above, usually very noisy, and that lord won't hear the sounds from here!"

Afterwards, she raised a finger with lingering fear and added,

"But you'd better not mention that lord's name, just in case... heh."

Bai Cangshu tested it; his carbonized right hand was beginning to feel pain now. This was a good thing, indicating that his Bloodline was taking effect.

The Bloodline adjustment of 【Secret Treasure: Curse Blood Homology】 had not yet finished, and that kind of High-Speed Healing and Immortality had not been fully acquired, but Bai Cangshu's body was not so easily killed either.

Even if he suffered a full lightning strike from Enel head-on, as long as he wasn't targeted for follow-up processing, Bai Cangshu would likely recover after the Bloodline adjustment was complete; even if he were hacked into pieces, as long as he wasn't completely carbonized and all cellular tissue destroyed, it would be difficult for Bai Cangshu to die.

At this moment, among the various abilities within Bai Cangshu, his survival ability was actually the strongest.

The charred appearance of his right arm immediately drew the attention of others in the passage.

"Ah, another unlucky bastard angered that guy?"

"It's fine, only the right hand is charred. You can still use your left hand to go to the bathroom later, unlike Lao Hanke."

Someone spoke up, and the others all burst into loud laughter.

Among this group, almost everyone had some parts of their bodies missing; some had lost hands, some legs, and others had a portion of their heads blackened.

It was a mystery how such people had managed to survive at all.

It seemed that in the Pirate World, the thing least in short supply was these guys whose vitality and Constitution were different from ordinary people.

The guy being teased by the crowd had lost both hands; his hair and beard were messy, he was barely recognizable as human, and his clothes were tattered. Standing at the lowest point of the passage, he heard the teasing, stood up, walked onto the dirty water, and wiggled his buttocks.

"No hands, so I don't wipe, I just wash it!"

The crowd laughed so hard they slapped the floor.

This chaotic, foul-smelling environment seemed to have no effect on the mood of these few.

The little girl also laughed along, clutching her stomach and patting Bai Cangshu's leg, saying through tears,

"Big guy, see that? You have to be optimistic; don't keep such a straight face."

Bai Cangshu stepped back in disgust; the girl was covered in quite a bit of sewage, and he still wasn't used to this kind of groundless goodwill.

After the crowd had finished their laughter, the man sitting above the two-meter-square sewage outlet stood up and walked toward Bai Cangshu.

The girl was somewhat afraid of him, standing by Bai Cangshu's feet and covering her mouth with her hand, whispering,

"This is Captain Orgins. It's said he used to be a Bounty Criminal with a bounty of over 80 million Beli. He's very strong... and very fierce..."

"And very smelly..."

Cindy muttered under her breath, and Bai Cangshu clearly saw the man with the messy blonde hair twitch his brow.

"Cindy, if you want to speak ill of others, you must... be a little quieter."

Orgins' voice was low, like two stones rubbing against each other.

His right hand was missing from the wrist down; the end of his forearm still had charred marks, likely hit by the shockwave of Enel's attack, though it wasn't a very serious injury.

Cindy was startled and instinctively hid behind Bai Cangshu. The little girl was petite, forming a sharp contrast with Orgins' nearly three-meter-tall, massive frame.

As soon as Orgins stood up, the underground space immediately became crowded.

"Kid, who are you? Navy, or Pirate?"

Bai Cangshu noticed at this moment that the movements of the others laughing and playing had unconsciously quieted down a lot; it was clear that Orgins was the order-controller of this narrow underground space.

"Navy?"

"Pirate?"

Bai Cangshu's tone rose, his words heavy with sarcasm. He merely glanced at the people present and found that, aside from Orgins before him, the muscle levels of the others were quite average.

By Bai Cangshu's estimation, they were all only at about 2-3 times the level of an ordinary person in the real world—that is to say, even slightly lower than Bai Cangshu when he had just entered this space.

To put it more intuitively, if Bai Cangshu were willing, he could kill everyone present except Orgins within 10 seconds.

Bai Cangshu's lowered gaze and the faint, lingering killing intent were captured by Orgins in an instant. He sneered, took another step forward, and slightly raised his left hand.

"Missing an arm, and you still haven't recognized reality?"

Cindy realized the tense, sword-drawn atmosphere between the two and, forgetting her fear, hurriedly blocked the space between them.

"Fighting is forbidden here!"

"This is the secret base of G51 Fenbu temporary task force member Cindy; no one is allowed to fight here!"

The girl glared at Bai Cangshu, and after finding that Bai Cangshu didn't react, she turned to glare at Orgins.

Orgins saw the girl trying to hold back her fear to stand in front of him, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the few Marines and Pirates he usually disciplined were also focusing their gazes on him.

Finally, he sighed and turned to sit down.

Cindy breathed a sigh of relief. She firmly remembered the instructions Captain Kori gave before leaving: to rescue as many people as possible and save more people from that guy's hands.

That way, one day, when he arrived with reinforcements, everyone could swarm him together and defeat that... god...

Seeing that Orgins did not move against him, Bai Cangshu felt a bit disappointed, but the girl seemed not to have noticed his terrifying thoughts; instead, she breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Bai Cangshu to the other side of the wall.

"Luckily, Captain Orgins didn't go crazy today. Big guy, you're quite lucky."

She then introduced the group of people hiding in her base to Bai Cangshu one by one.

There were Bounty Criminals like Orgins who once had a famous reputation, rascals with sticky fingers like Lao Hanke, and Marines from different branches like Master Sergeant Lieao and Corporal Banabi.

Yes, when Cindy spoke, she always defined her own identity as a Marine.

Bai Cangshu had actually already seen that the Captain Kori this person spoke of likely didn't have a good ending. Judging by the reaction of that dejected Marine when he heard the name, Bai Cangshu was inclined to believe that the other party had already died in an operation unknown to the girl.

But regarding this outcome, some had lost their courage and will, while others had begun to laugh, curse, and just get by. Among those present, only the Bounty Criminal Orgins and this little girl Cindy still wanted to resist.

The difference was that Cindy pinned her hopes on the reinforcements brought by Captain Kori, and she had been secretly bringing those who were lucky enough not to die from the lightning strikes to hide here, while Orgins, perhaps, preferred to rely on himself.

Amidst the young girl's chattering, Bai Cangshu learned the general development of this world.

At a certain point two years ago, an island fell from the sky, causing a terrifying tsunami that resulted in the deaths of over several thousand people.

Subsequently, a golden ark descended from the sky, and this place, originally named Skuld Island, was forcibly renamed 【God's Kingdom】 from then on.

In the first month, the island's magistrates, along with any passing Pirates, were all killed;

From then on, almost every day, terrifying thunder could be seen descending from the sky. Stimulated by the massive death toll, the islanders began to accept their status as citizens of 【God's Kingdom】 and treated those fellows with white wings on their backs as God's Envoy.

The entire nation fell into a reign of terror.

Some secretly contacted the nearby Navy, but as one warship after another sank in the nearby waters, everything here became mysterious, and no one knew when higher-level Navy forces would arrive.

But the impoverished Skuld Island was never a member of the World Government to begin with, and now it would be even less likely to join; even merchant ships arriving in this region were extremely rare.

Most of the citizens began to fall silent.

But a year ago, a new Navy unit used sampans to infiltrate the island in batches. That Captain Kori, after learning of the local situation, promised to return with reinforcements and granted the young girl Cindy, who had lost all her family in the divine punishment, the status of 【Temporary Task Force Member】.

Over this past year, Cindy saved the lives of over ten people, secretly hiding them in this sewer, and cleverly utilized the characteristic of the market above and the underground space overlapping in coordinates to truly keep these people hidden.

As long as no one was stupid enough to say keywords like 【God】 or 【Enel】 here, they would likely be able to survive safely. Moreover, with Enel's mindset of viewing himself as a god, he would not spend time looking for these small fries, likely leaving it to his subordinate God's Guard or lower-level soldiers to handle.

Bai Cangshu looked at Cindy, understanding that she was likely the arrangement provided by the space for the Reincarnators.

The normal mission flow for this world should have been for the Reincarnators, who appeared suddenly near the island, to realize they must unite after a short period of information gathering and assessing the Main Mission, followed by a conflict with the God's Guard on the island.

Finally, they would successfully enter the town and receive help from the young girl Cindy, who was always watching for outsiders, to obtain a hiding place.

It is just a pity that, due to the arrangements of certain Reincarnators, a group of Reincarnators went all out directly on the beach, unleashing high-powered weapons and abilities. The excessive noise directly attracted the attention of 【Enel】, leading to a tragic encounter battle where this batch of Reincarnators was almost wiped out instantly.

"Alright, big guy, you rest here. That arm... I'll find a way to steal some medicine!"

Cindy clenched her fists, not knowing if she was cheering herself on or comforting Bai Cangshu.

Orgins and the others did not speak upon hearing the little girl's words. A group of men who once had their own identities were now being kept alive by a little girl in her early teens stealing things; it was truly absurd and pathetic.

Watching Cindy disappear at the end of the sewer, Orgins stood up again.

Bai Cangshu also curled his lips, leaning against the wall, looking at this fellow whose physique and flesh far exceeded normal humans.

The Pirate World produced these types of fellows with abnormal Constitution. In this world, a height of two meters did not count as tall at all; non-Giants could grow to over three meters, and those with extraordinary talent could even exceed six meters.

Special races were even more exaggerated.

Furthermore, after people in this world exercised, the growth of their attributes was not something ordinary humans could compare to. Bai Cangshu guessed that, in the space's assessment, the humans of this world were definitely not any 【Native Species, Black Iron Species】.

"Hey, forget it, Orgins, everyone has fallen into this state..."

The former Navy Chief Petty Officer Lieao spoke up to dissuade him. His right leg was completely gone from the thigh down; his condition was likely the worst of them all. The Corporal Banabi, whose head was somewhat charred, had been guarding his side.

Orgins turned his head, his eyes revealing a fierce look.

"Idiot!"

"Have you guys been hiding in this sewer for so long that you really can't tell?!"

"This guy... the bloodthirst on his body is almost enough to make me feel pungent."

His massive body took a step forward. Bai Cangshu looked at the 【Rakshasa Ghost】 Milestone he was currently wearing, and looking at the fierce-looking Orgins, he did not expect this fellow's performance to actually be that of an Orderly Faction existence.

【Rakshasa Ghost】 simultaneously inherited the effects of 【Villain】 and 【Killer Species】, causing Bai Cangshu to emit killing intent and gain extra favorability with the villain faction.

This Orgins was clearly a Bounty Criminal, yet he was the most sensitive to this kind of performance.

Now it seemed that his performance just now actually included the intention to protect Cindy and the others.

The others also noticed this young man who had not spoken much all this time. The other party had indeed never backed down in front of Orgins, his eyes defiant and cold.

Lieao, Banabi, and the others also sensed danger at this moment and stood up against the wall.

"Look out!"

A sharp warning sound rang out, followed by the young girl's cry of pain. A long spear pierced through the air. Old Hank, standing in the dirty water, cried out in pain as his shoulder was pierced by the silver spear. The spear's momentum did not cease, heading straight for Bai Cangshu's back.

Orgins, standing in front of Bai Cangshu, had his pupils shrink. He subconsciously reached out to grab Bai Cangshu's shoulder, wanting to push him away, but as he exerted force with his left hand, the other party did not budge at all.

Pfft!

Orgins's pupils shrank as he saw this young man, who was exuding a dangerous aura, extend his arm behind him at an incredible angle and grab the silver spear that had pierced through the air with one hand.

Bai Cangshu's hearing was extremely sharp. After the little girl pushed open the sewer cover, there was no sound of it being closed again, followed by the sound of heavy Footwork.

Bai Cangshu guessed that someone had discovered this place.

But precisely because this place was dirty and dilapidated, Bai Cangshu knew Enel would not appear directly, so he waited here very calmly.

"Careful, it's the God's Envoy 【Shura】! That spear can spray fire!"

Lieao, who was standing against the wall on one leg, warned. His basic combat instincts remained, and he reported the information extremely quickly. Banabi below also raised his gun barrel to aim at the intruder, but hesitated for a moment and did not dare to fire.

Wearing a flight suit, goggles, and with two white wings growing on his back, the God's Envoy 【Shura】 grabbed Cindy with one hand, sneered, and pulled his right hand backward imperceptibly.

The tip of the spear Bai Cangshu was holding immediately emitted high heat, and flames sprayed out.

But Bai Cangshu squeezed with his left hand.

Creak~ Bang!

Amidst the unpleasant sound of metal Transformation, the 【Reshen】 hidden in the spearhead was instantly damaged. As the flames extinguished, the smile on Shura's face had not yet completely dissipated. The next moment, the air in front of him was rapidly displaced, and the intense air pressure made Shura's face twitch.

His vision went blank, and his pupils trembled a few times before refocusing. A figure had already appeared in front of him, and a slender left hand was gently placed on his chest as if caressing him.

The next moment, a terrifying, massive Force erupted instantly.

Pfft!

The spiraling Force instantly pierced through Shura's body. The intense Xuanlili twisted and tore his chest muscles, but before he could feel the pain, the terrifying, surging Force instantly shattered his heart.

Blood sprayed out from all the Aperture on his face.

【You killed God's Envoy Shura, gained 500 Dimension Point】

【You triggered the Side Mission: The Destruction of the God's Guard】

(End of chapter)