Chapter 484: The Body Chasing the Head

After Fu Lan Ka recovered from the dizziness brought by the terrifying roar, she sighed sincerely:

"Sure enough, the gray fog here can also provide protection."

If not, in that roar that clearly could damage their spirit bodies and affect their spirits, they only had two endings to choose from: losing control and becoming a monster, or dying directly.

"Praise the Fool!" Lu Mi no longer concealed his faith.

He immediately reminded in a tone like pouring ice water:

"But the danger hidden here might be more terrifying than the roar just now."

Fu Lan Ka was silent for a few seconds and encouraged herself:

"Hidden danger is better than one that has already erupted. We'll try not to touch it.

"If there are no other accidents, we'll stay in this corner, hide ourselves, go nowhere, and wait for rescue!"

Although Yu Jianna and Ma Ding felt that doing nothing and waiting for the opportunity to leave here to fall on their heads didn't seem like a good choice, in the current situation, they didn't dare to go deep into the Te Li Er of the Fourth Era, so they could only accept this method that wasn't a method.

In the dead silence of the surroundings, Ma Ding was the first to adjust his psychological state, pointing at the dark wooden small box and saying:

"I don't know what its function is, only that a simple, short-term touch won't have obvious negative effects."

As for those coins, there was no need for him to introduce them. Everyone just glanced at them and roughly counted the total amount:

312 Felkins and 26 Kopes.

"What exactly is this thing?" Fu Lan Ka leaned against the collapsed wall pillar in the shadows, looking at the dark wooden small box.

That didn't look like an ordinary wooden box for holding things; it clearly belonged to an item with mysterious power.

Lu Mi and Ma Ding turned their heads at the same time, casting their gazes toward this "Pleasure Witch".

"This should be something I ask you." Lu Mi laughed "Hehe".

Fu Lan Ka said "Aiya":

"I have no way either. I didn't have time to 'Spirit Medium' just now, and there's no connection to the real spirit world here, so I can't do 'Magic Mirror Divination'. To confirm the abilities, functions, states, and negative effects of these two items, I can only try them myself, try them one by one.

"Of course, if we could meet a 'Craftsman', then all problems wouldn't be problems."

She then pointed at Yu Jianna and said:

"Just like that black 'Primordial Witch' statue must also have other functions, for example, allowing the holder to create 'Mirror Substitute', while mine, besides providing a certain anti-divination and early warning effect, can only be used as a prayer object when performing rituals.

"They are both statues, at most the colors and orientations are different. Why would there be such a big difference?"

She didn't mention why she didn't use various methods to find out the intelligence of that black "Primordial Witch" statue. Everyone present could understand—in the current situation, one must ensure their own state is good and cannot risk the danger of being injured or affected. If there was really something wrong, perhaps they wouldn't need the dangers hidden in the Te Li Er of the Fourth Era to act, and they would die from the "experiment".

While Yu Jianna and the others were briefly silent, Fu Lan Ka sighed in her heart:

This black statue clearly has big problems, and its origin is even more mysterious. No wonder the Witch Sect wanted me to investigate what Gardner brought into the underground tunnel...

If I hand it over, will the Witch Sect reward me with a "Pain" potion on the spot, promise to help me complete the ritual, or kill me to silence me?

Lu Mi reached out and touched his chin, saying to Ma Ding:

"Since that's the case, you keep the Felkins, and the remaining spoils will be distributed after returning to the ground."

"Just wrap it with the cloak like this, put it on the ground, and take it when we leave?" Ma Ding asked further.

Lu Mi laughed, pointing at that charred "bone flute" and saying:

"Otherwise? You can also carry it with you, so we might have a chance to witness the abilities of the 'Sleeper'. Feli died too hurriedly just now, and didn't have time to show them to us.

"Of course, given the state he was in when he died, those abilities would likely be fed back to the holder of the item in the form of curses."

Ma Ding didn't feel annoyed by the mockery, pulling the tattered half-width black cloak stained with blood, re-wrapping the "bone flute" and the small wooden box.

Lu Mi thoughtfully poked his head out, looking diagonally at the unusually narrow street:

"If we encounter enemies that are difficult for us to deal with later, we can consider throwing these two things to him. Maybe there will be miraculous effects. Hehe, General Feli would definitely be gratified to know that he could still play such a role after death."

That might bring the curse of fate!

Clearly a bit nervous, and the atmosphere quite heavy, Yu Jianna was still amused by Lu Mi's behavior of not forgetting to mock General Feli in every sentence:

"Damn, General Feli is already dead; there's no need to keep holding onto him."

Lu Mi hadn't responded to Yu Jianna when he suddenly heard two shrill screams.

They seemed to come from the same place, carrying undisguised fear.

Not long after, two figures, one male and one female, ran into this narrow street one after another, as if chasing an unidentified flying object floating in mid-air.

Fu Lan Ka poked her head out from the shadows beside Lu Mi and looked over, her gaze suddenly solidifying.

Those two figures, one male and one female, had no heads, their necks bloody and blurred, with no traces of white bone.

And what was being chased by them were two heads, the common point being that their expressions were unusually vivid, showing the purest fear, and dragging bloody, tail-like spines!

One head was male, with cheeks bulging like a squirrel, still chewing on thick black hair in his mouth. Around his dark brown eyes, from his nostrils, and inside his ears, similar hair was growing out, while the headless body chasing him had similar black hair growing from the broken neck, denser and more exaggerated, like water grass;

The other head belonged to a female with black hair and brown eyes. She was flying forward crazily, coughing constantly, shaking out brilliant starlight, and the rubble flying up due to this chase was swaying, as if doing slow motion.

Suddenly, the two heads and two bodies that were about to climb over the collapsed building and leave this narrow street froze at the same time.

The former two had bewildered expressions, shaking their heads, as if wanting to throw away some discomfort, while the headless corpses reached out and pinched their left chests.

A few seconds later, the two heads dragging bloody spines fell into the collapsed black house with a bang, and the headless bodies chasing them fell onto the piled stones.

This made Lu Mi and the others silent.

After a few seconds, Lu Mi sneered:

"Look, this is the end of going deep into the Te Li Er of the Fourth Era."

"You suspect they are guests of the 'Hostel'?" Yu Jianna asked thoughtfully.

Lu Mi laughed and said:

"Otherwise? Where else can you find such fresh heads and bodies in an ancient ruin buried for one or two thousand years?"

This reminded him of the "Supervisor" Ao Er Sen. When he first appeared, he was in this state.

Looking at it now, Lu Mi was almost certain that Ao Er Sen was a true monster whose head and body could be separated.

Fu Lan Ka also remembered the servants in Gardner Ma Ding's house. She withdrew her gaze, thinking and saying:

"The head without a body still coughs, as if it's sick... They finally looked like they had a stroke? Those two headless bodies had a hint of cardiac arrest...

"Is this done by the evil god's gift-receiver of the Disease Sect, or is there another murderer?

"Hmm, the Sequence 5 of the 'Witch' pathway is called 'Pain', which can spread various diseases, and I can enter here by relying on the 'Primordial Witch' statue and that ancient silver mirror...

"This place clearly also has a great relationship with the 'Witch' pathway. Does the high-level power leaked out cause even monsters to get sick and die?"

"Not bad, still have intelligence at a critical moment." Lu Mi praised in a mocking way.

Yu Jianna said quite fortunately:

"Fortunately, we didn't go deep, otherwise we don't know when we would get sick, until death."

Lu Mi looked at her with a smile:

"Why do you think we aren't surrounded by diseases now?"

"But, but we aren't coughing..." Yu Jianna's voice got lower and lower, casting her gaze toward the dark pocket of her clothing.

That was where the pitch-black "Primordial Witch" statue was kept.

Similarly, Fu Lan Ka also looked at her pocket, as if seeing the "Primordial Witch" statue carved from white bone through the fabric.

Ma Ding looked at Lu Mi, asking for confirmation:

"You mean, the Te Li Er of the Fourth Era is full of diseases, and the reason we aren't affected is because we are carrying those two statues?"

Lu Mi spread his hands and said:

"I think this explanation is more reasonable."

Outside the gray fog, at the edge of the ruins extending from the Te Li Er of the Fourth Era.

The "Gardner Ma Ding" head, which was full of blood and gore and packed in a small brown suitcase, suddenly opened its eyes, and the silver-white full-body armor-clad Gardner Ma Ding was reflected in its pupils.

Its mouth opened, spitting out a ball of scorching white fire.

The distance between the two sides was so close that Gardner Ma Ding couldn't dodge at all, only able to lean his body back violently, trying to avoid the part originally targeted by the opponent.

Boom, Gardner Ma Ding was blown away by the huge explosion.

The spiderweb-like cracks on the chest of the silver-white armor shattered completely, tearing open the skin and flesh underneath.

This strike was equivalent to hitting Gardner Ma Ding's vital point. If it weren't for the "Armor of Pride" bearing most of the damage, he would have died on the spot.

But in this way, the "Armor of Pride" also lost its protection for the chest for a certain period of time.

That head, full of blood and gore and looking like Gardner Ma Ding's, flew up, dragging a bloody spine.

On the other side, the severely damaged Ao Er Sen's headless corpse stood up again.

The "Gardner Ma Ding" head aimed at the empty neck broken opening, putting the white-as-bone spine inside.

Amidst the cracking sounds, this "Gardner Ma Ding", who seemed to come from hell, twisted his neck, and smiled sinisterly at Gardner Ma Ding, who had already changed positions and condensed a large amount of crimson-near-white fire crows:

"Ao Er Sen died long ago; it has always been me controlling his head and body.

"Afterward, I will replace you."

On the wilderness, the earth trembled violently, and one burning crack after another swam rapidly toward the distance like fire snakes.

The figures of "Magician" and "Justice" outlined themselves.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 485 =====