Chapter 199: Cross Slash (Extra chapter, please subscribe)

"Outsider..."

The voodoo priest Shaman Menbasa paced a few steps, a sinister look appearing on his aged face: "Perhaps... they also came to compete for faith. Otherwise, why would they kill a voodoo priest the moment they arrived?"

"One Bayi is certainly not enough."

He came before the altar, removed the pig's head, and gave a few instructions.

Before long, two burly men carried a massive deer head into the secret chamber.

This deer head must have come from a stag; its antlers were branched, resembling a crown, appearing exceptionally beautiful.

At this moment, it replaced the original pig's head, resting in the center of the altar.

Shaman Menbasa grabbed a handful of soil and sprinkled it over the altar: "Spirit of Nature... Deer-Headed Spirit... I offer you fresh blood, I offer you human souls, I offer you earth and water..."

He lifted a large bowl and filled it with clear water.

Through the clear water, one could vaguely see a dark jungle.

Within the thick fog, there seemed to be a shadow with a human body and a deer's head, its massive antlers particularly conspicuous.

"I summon you... follow the guidance of the voodoo corpse to kill the enemy of nature!"

In the Sadu Sect, there are specialized rituals that can use offerings to attract spirits of the wilderness to take action and eliminate enemies for them.

Of course, this is essentially no different from using raw meat to lure a tiger.

If one is not careful, it is possible to be bitten back, which is extremely dangerous.

However, Shaman Menbasa is a Great Voodoo Priest and has rich experience in how to drive the Deer-Headed Spirit.

Previously, it was he who deliberately lured the Deer-Headed Spirit near the Bayi village to first create chaos, then take advantage of the chaos to let the Sadu Sect's voodoo priests rise to power!

This is a secret that even Master Bayi does not know!

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Fang Xing was still on his way.

Suddenly, he stopped his steps, a thoughtful look appearing on his face: "The mental imprint I left behind has been wiped away... Was it discovered? Or did they die?"

After developing mental powers, a martial artist possesses all sorts of incredible abilities.

It is said that ancient martial arts masters could "lock onto souls from a thousand miles away," accurately finding people from thousands of miles apart; in reality, this is just leaving a mental imprint on the other person beforehand.

Fang Xing dealing with Bayi was naturally the same method.

As early as last night, he felt something was wrong, so he used Bayi's own hair to make the other party suffer the consequences.

Under the influence of his mental powers, Bayi could not see any flaws at all.

"The place where the imprint finally disappeared... I can go take a look."

"Now that I possess the Great Sun Tathagata Palm, even if I encounter an evil deity's offspring, I can at least land one palm strike before running..."

"And... as long as I am not afraid of the Great Sun Tathagata Mantra's level skyrocketing, this world can effectively replenish my divine nature."

Having experienced the experiment of devouring the spirit behind the scenes last time, Fang Xing knew that while the various "spirits" here could not compare to the divine nature contained in the essence of that Baxia, if the quantity was large enough, they could also replenish the consumption of the Great Sun divine nature.

Not to mention, what he devoured before was only the weakest spirit; what kind of richness and deliciousness would those great spirits, or even origin spirits, possess?

"Delicious? That's not right..."

Fang Xing touched his forehead, somewhat speechless: "Is it the influence of this world that has caused my subconscious to shift slightly?"

Blue Star martial artists possess an extremely strong martial will; those who are profound can even look directly at extraterrestrial evil deities!

But the premise of all this is that one must believe in oneself, reflecting on oneself three times a day.

Fang Xing immediately prepared to find a place to rest and, incidentally, thoroughly analyze his own inner heart.

"Actually, if a Blue Star martial artist encountered this situation, they might choose to find a psychologist..."

"But I have too many secrets, so that's clearly not suitable..."

Fang Xing crossed a hill and suddenly saw some commotion ahead.

A group of guys who looked like beggars, and also like mountain folk, were using weapons like pitchforks and clubs to rob a carriage.

The carriage looked relatively luxurious and was even engraved with a noble crest, clearly its owner was even more noble than Master Bayi.

But at this moment, as two guardian knights were beaten down, the group of robbers cheered and rushed into the carriage, first dragging out a nanny in her thirties or forties wearing a black robe.

Although the nanny covered her face, her veil was quickly torn off, and then she fell into the crowd, the sound of clothing tearing coming from within.

"No... let the Dragon take you all away!"

A voice of grief and indignation came from the carriage; the owner of the voice was very young, likely a young lady of sixteen or seventeen.

Clip-clop!

Fang Xing watched with interest and saw a horse rushing over.

The knight on horseback wore leather armor, and his martial skills were far superior to the two knights who had been guarding the carriage earlier.

He held a long sword in its scabbard, and with just a light tap, the pitchforks and clubs of those farmers flew back at an even faster speed, many of them bleeding and screaming:

"It's a knight!"

"A real knight, run!"

They abandoned the exposed nanny and quickly fled with their spoils.

The knight did not pursue them either, just guarding the carriage.

"Thank you, I am Sophia of Baron Solon's house... The Solon family is a vassal of the Grand Duke of Tulip, and we are on our way to respond to the Duke's call, heading to the City of Gold to participate in the selection of the Saintess for the Radiant Church..."

The carriage door opened, and a golden-haired young lady stepped out.

Her skin was fair and delicate, like milk, her golden hair was like fire, yet her eyes were as clear as mountain springs, making one involuntarily calm down.

Coupled with her exquisite features and beautiful appearance, she was indeed a great beauty.

"You are welcome; fighting to protect the weak is my knight's motto."

The knight replied politely: "Wandering Knight Woll, greetings to you, beautiful lady!"

"Woll... you should be a powerful knight who has already condensed a seed of battle energy; how come you haven't received recognition from a liege lord and been granted a fief?"

Sophia was somewhat surprised.

There are many types of knights; for example, her two guards actually couldn't even be considered knight squires.

A true knight must practice a breathing technique and then condense a seed of battle energy to be able to fight in heavy armor; they are a match for ten thousand on the battlefield.

Facing such a killing machine, even if ordinary farmers rebelled, a thousand of them would not be a match for one knight.

"That's not the case; I just like wandering..."

A cynical smile appeared on Woll's face, yet it seemed to hide a deep sadness.

At this time, they saw a young man walking over: "What a scene of a hero saving a beauty..."

Fang Xing was just expressing his feelings, while also having some thoughts about this knight.

Hmm, if it were someone else, they would certainly hope to have something happen with the beautiful noble lady.

But he was interested in Woll's knight cultivation technique.

After all, everything this world could give him required him to explore it himself.

"Who are you?"

Woll looked at Fang Xing, inexplicably somewhat vigilant.

"A traveler from afar."

Fang Xing nodded in greeting: "Also... I would like to learn some knightly techniques; I wonder if you could teach me? I can pay tuition!"

"The technique I practice is not taught to outsiders."

Woll refused as a matter of course.

He was actually very vigilant toward this person who had suddenly appeared on the road.

"Then there's nothing to be done..."

Fang Xing scratched his head; the other party wasn't a bad person, and if he were to directly take action, injure the other party, and search their soul, he would seem to have become a villain.

Although becoming a villain was nothing, if he lost his inner morality, he would certainly also lose his inner bottom line.

By then, when the evil deity's pollution arrived again, he might not necessarily have such a pure martial will.

"Forget it, there must be knights who have committed many evils; I'll just go find one of those..."

Fang Xing waved his hand, preparing to take his leave.

At this time, Sophia bit her lip and made a request to Woll: "Although it is presumptuous, could I ask Lord Woll to escort me to the nearest city, Duncan City."

"It is my honor..."

Woll smiled slightly and agreed.

Suddenly, both he and Fang Xing frowned at the same time, looking at their surroundings.

Whoosh whoosh!

A breeze blew by, bringing a smell of decay.

The sky was dim, as if the night where one could not see one's fingers was about to arrive.

"This is..."

Woll's eyes were full of solemnity; he immediately drew the cross sword in his hand and blocked in front of the carriage: "There is a spirit of the wilderness wandering about; Miss Sophia, please stay in the carriage and do not come out..."

He scratched his head again: "May I ask presumptuously, has your Baron offended anyone?"

Among the three people present, this noble young lady had the highest probability of attracting an attack.

Of course, it was also possible that they were just having bad luck and had encountered a wandering spirit of the wilderness.

"This is... evil deity pollution?"

"As expected of the people of this world, their use of evil deity pollution is truly masterful, even reaching a point of perfection..."

Fang Xing glanced at Woll.

He could perceive that the other party's so-called "seed of battle energy" was also a type of evil deity pollution, only it had been completely tamed.

It had even generated brand-new evil deity organs and tissues within the body!

"If those research fanatics at the university knew about this, they would definitely go crazy..."

"Especially the Nine Swords Academy... the world's development here seems somewhat similar to some of the cutting-edge research at the Nine Swords Academy."

Fang Xing thought to himself.

As a martial artist, the research groups he could participate in naturally did not involve any profound technology, mainly focusing on ancient martial arts.

For example, the research group he participated in before was exploring the possibility of merging two S-rank martial arts.

As a researcher, one needs to practice it personally while also making suggestions for improvement.

Strictly speaking, he, this graduate student, was more like a tool person being studied.

Just at this moment, in the darkness ahead, a figure gradually walked out.

The other party seemed neither alive nor dead, their body wreathed in terrifying evil deity pollution, and Fang Xing was actually quite familiar with their appearance.

"It's Bayi... what kind of ghost thing has he been transformed into?"

"A voodoo corpse of the Sadu Sect?!"

Woll's whole body burned with a layer of translucent battle energy, and all his physical qualities received a terrifying boost: "Evil thing, you should be purified... Radiant Cross Slash!"

His figure rushed forward, arriving before Bayi's voodoo corpse, and a holy radiance flashed on the cross sword.

In mid-air, it seemed as if a white cross sword light flashed past.

Slash!

The cross sword in Woll's hand cut down, as if a hot knife cutting through solid oil, splitting Bayi's voodoo corpse in two.

This voodoo corpse, which Shaman Menbasa had spent a large amount of materials to create, had not even exerted its power before being slashed into two pieces.

"Not just body battle energy... that cross sword, according to the Sadu Sect's classification, should have had a 'spirit' sealed within it, which is why it can cut evil objects?"

Fang Xing saw this scene and nodded to himself: "It seems that the extraordinary paths of this world are inseparable from spirits... is it only evil deity pollution itself that can restrain evil deity pollution?"

"This is... a cross sword?! A Cross Slash?!"

Miss Sophia saw this scene and seemed to have seen an idol: "Could you be someone from the legendary Saint Knight Order of the Church?"

There are many knight cultivation techniques in the world.

But there are very few people who can perform the "Radiant Cross Slash"!

Moreover, every one of them is famous; this set of sword techniques comes from the Radiant Church and is the standard equipment for the most famous Saint Knight Order under the Church!

"A wandering big shot, there must be a story on him..."

"And a noble young lady who is all chest and no brain..."

Fang Xing glanced at Woll, then glanced at Sophia, feeling as if they were about to gather the standard configuration for an adventure story.

"Be careful... although the voodoo corpse is dead, the anomaly in the surroundings has not been resolved..."

Woll looked at the still-dim night sky, holding his sword with both hands, watching the surroundings vigilantly.

"Because the voodoo corpse is just an appetizer, the main course is coming next..."

Fang Xing's eyes were deep, as if he saw the figure slowly walking out of the darkness.

A radiance emerged from the cross sword in Woll's hand, causing his expression to change slightly: "A real evil spirit is approaching..."

Cold sweat couldn't help but seep from his forehead; he knew that his sword had been blessed by God and could warn of powerful evil spirits nearby.

Now, this radiance represented that the evil spirit coming was very terrifying!

It had already exceeded the scope of what he could handle.

"Lord... am I to abandon the oath I once made before God and flee for my life alone again? No! Absolutely not!"

Woll seemed to remember something, his expression becoming firm; he took out a silver jewelry box from his bosom, and after opening it, inside was a layer of pitch-black, foul-smelling grease.

He picked up a silk handkerchief and carefully applied the sword oil to the cross sword.

"Hey, outsider..."

Woll called out to Fang Xing while doing his work: "It's very dangerous around here now; if you don't want to die, hurry back to the carriage..."

"Ah!"

Just at this moment, a scream rang out.

It was the nanny who had been following Sophia!

She didn't know when she had been lifted high by a pair of antlers, her limbs pierced, blood dripping down continuously...

"It's the Deer-Headed Spirit!"

Woll, who had finished applying the holy oil, also saw the spirit looming in the fog.

"I'll hold it off, you guys go!"

He reached out and wiped, and the blade of the cross sword actually ignited directly.

Moreover, that flame was not an ordinary flame; it directly dispelled the darkness, causing the original thick fog to retreat...

"Radiant Cross Slash!"

Woll began to charge toward the Deer-Headed Spirit.

In reality, he knew very well that he was no match for the Deer-Headed Spirit.

What's more, spirits simply cannot be killed; without the cooperation of a divine priest, even if he could severely injure the other party, he could not seal the spirit.

It could be said that staying behind was a certain death outcome.

But for the sake of the oath he had once made in his heart, he still chose to block in front of the civilians!