Chapter 747

After confirming his physical state and pondering for a while, Lu Mian moved slowly along the wall of the spacious corridor.

During this process, he nearly emptied his brain, not thinking, not analyzing, only focusing on whether he would be reflected by the silver full-length mirror at the end of the deep corridor.

Finally, Lu Mian stopped, following his instinct.

He hoped to use the Law of Beyonder Characteristic Convergence and the 'Fate Appropriator's' sensitivity to fate to help himself find the room most "suitable" for him from those Gates of Starlight.

There might be high-status items of the 'Hunter' pathway, or even the main ingredients for the 'Iron-Blooded Knight' potion!

Looking at the translucent door condensed from brilliant starlight beside him, Lu Mian lowered his voice and asked in a low tone:

"Termiboros, do you think there will be great danger inside?"

Having experienced the incident with the "School of Truth," Lu Mian was increasingly guarded and vigilant against this Angel of the Fate domain, but this didn't mean he wouldn't consult the other party's opinion at all; as long as the occasion was right and the prerequisites were met, Termiboros could still provide effective opinions.

Just like now, Ms. 'Magician' was outside, Termiboros had almost no hope of breaking free from the seal, and his own death or mutation would only lead him to slide into a worse situation; under such circumstances, he would likely provide certain warnings about danger.

Lu Mian couldn't see the changes in his own fate, but Termiboros could see his!

Termiboros remained silent, not answering Lu Mian's question.

Lu Mian wasn't disappointed either; he pressed his right palm, which still had the 'Blood Emperor's' residual aura in an activated state, onto the handle of the Gate of Starlight in front of him.

He turned the handle bit by bit, posing to push open the door, waiting for Termiboros to give a certain reaction.

The Gate of Starlight gradually opened, and Termiboros didn't give any warning.

"No reaction is also a reaction! This means the danger inside the room is something I can bear, or I have a high probability of receiving help..." Lu Mian calmly pushed open the Gate of Starlight completely and walked into the room ruled by darkness behind it.

Suddenly, a flash of scorching white and blue firelight lit up, and an iron-black straight sword burning with terrifying flames slashed down toward his head.

Lu Mian, who had long prepared to prevent accidents, quickly activated the black mark on his right shoulder and flashed to the side of the room.

Bang!

That black straight sword covered in scorching white and blue flames slashed heavily onto the translucent starlight ground, carving out a deep crack.

Inside the crack, part of the starlight melted, presenting a state like flowing magma.

With the help of the splashing sparks, Lu Mian saw who was attacking him.

It was an iron-black full-body armor nearly 2.5 meters tall; under the armor's visor, there was nothing like the firelight in the eyes of undead creatures, just pitch darkness, as if no one was wearing it at all.

With a swish, this iron-black full-body armor turned its body, looked at Lu Mian, and raised the large straight sword covered in scorching white and blue flames again.

And before this, Lu Mian's blue eyes had already turned iron-black.

He saw the weakness of that semi-giant full-body armor—those pale spots located at several joints of the armor.

When the black straight sword slashed over with firelight, Lu Mian used "Teleport" again and disappeared from the spot.

A bang sounded, scorching white and blue flames flew in all directions, and Lu Mian's figure was outlined behind the iron-black full-body armor.

He jumped up suddenly, his right fist burning with scorching white flames.

A clanging sound echoed, and Lu Mian punched the connection between the helmet and body armor of the iron-black full-body armor.

"Reap"!

Having succeeded with one punch, Lu Mian immediately "Teleported" away, avoiding a waist-level swing from the iron-black full-body armor as it half-turned its body.

Just like this, relying on the high mobility of "Teleport," he constantly appeared behind the target, striking the same position with "Reap," and never being greedy, completing only one strike each time he flashed.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

After five consecutive "Reaps," the iron-black full-body armor stood stiffly on the spot.

Hideous cracks spread rapidly from the connection between its helmet and body armor to various places, soon covering its entire body.

Crack!

This iron-black full-body armor cracked completely, smashing onto the ground condensed from starlight piece by piece in the form of metal fragments, making a pattering sound like raindrops.

Clang, that large straight sword covered in scorching white and blue flames fell to the ground along with it.

"It has no intelligence itself, its movements are stiff, only stronger than Sequence 6 but weaker than Sequence 5, but the attack power of that straight sword is very high; if I were slashed, unless I used an animated shadow to replace myself, I would definitely die on the spot, or lose my hands and feet—and that's only because the opponent didn't hit my torso; hmm, it is also very hard, harder than the 'Guardians' I encountered at the Dream Festival..." Lu Mian examined the state of the broken armor with the corner of his eye while observing the entire room with the help of the residual firelight on the black straight sword, to guard against other accidents.

It was quite empty here, with only an altar-like stone platform, on which was placed a small transparent glass bottle, inside which was a light yellow and red semi-solid substance, with a thicker black wick inserted at the top.

"A candle with magical effects?" Lu Mian made a rough judgment, "Don't know what it's used for..."

At this time, he had basically confirmed there were no other accidents and cast his gaze back to the pile of fragments that the iron-black full-body armor had collapsed into.

He found a strange piece of leather among the fragments.

That leather seemed to be the size of half a towel, with fair skin, delicate texture; even just looking at it from afar, it gave Lu Mian a feeling that it was charming and should have originally grown on a beautiful woman.

"Human skin?" Muttering, Lu Mian frowned slightly and walked over.

He didn't immediately pick up the black straight sword whose surface flames had mostly extinguished and that fair, alluring piece of leather, first taking out a dagger from the "Traveler's Bag."

Relying on this dagger, Lu Mian picked out that piece of leather and displayed it before his eyes.

First to enter his eyes were several black Ancient Hermes words:

"Despair...

"Sequence 4..."

Suddenly, Lu Mian felt his breathing become heavy, his head a bit dizzy, and his physical state worsening visibly.

He hurriedly shifted his gaze and used the dagger to pick up that fair, delicate piece of leather, stuffing them together into the "Traveler's Bag."

His discomfort slowly receded.

"'Despair Witch' potion formula?" Lu Mian recalled what he had just seen and had a certain inference, "And the leather the formula is written on was peeled directly from a 'Despair Witch,' so it carries special and dangerous traits? Worthy of being treasure left behind by the Tudor Dynasty, even this kind of thing exists..."

As thoughts swirled, Lu Mian's gaze shifted to the black straight sword whose scorching white and blue flames were increasingly dim and not as magnificent as just now.

He pondered for a moment, not risking confirming the item's abilities, effects, and negative effects right now, but took off the "Traveler's Bag," actively put it inside, and placed it in a corner where there were no other items.

Using the same method, Lu Mian also collected the strange candle contained in the glass bottle into the "Traveler's Bag."

He planned to consult Ms. 'Magician' about these items after going out, rather than trying them out randomly himself!

Confirming there was nothing else in this room, Lu Mian returned to that deep and spacious corridor through the Gate of Starlight.

He was about to continue relying on the Law of Beyonder Characteristic Convergence and the 'Fate Appropriator's' sensitivity to fate to pick the next room to explore when a faint voice that seemed to come from the edge of the sky suddenly rang in his ears:

"For you, the other rooms are too dangerous..."

This was Ms. 'Magician's' voice.

She and Mr. 'Hanged Man' were indeed watching... Does that sentence just now mean the exploration stops here for now? Lu Mian's heart instantly became much more certain.

He thought for a few seconds and decided to do one more thing before leaving this different-dimensional space.

He slowly, bit by bit, circled from the side toward the silver full-length mirror at the end of the corridor, his spirit highly concentrated, planning to turn around and leave as soon as he heard Ms. 'Magician's' dissuasion.

Until he arrived at the side of the silver full-length mirror, Ms. 'Magician' hadn't spoken to stop him.

Lu Mian took a deep breath and carefully moved his right palm toward the front of the silver full-length mirror.

He didn't know if the silver full-length mirror would trigger abnormalities again if only a palm was reflected.

As his palm moved slowly, Lu Mian's nerves were always tense.

Finally, he pressed onto the surface of the mirror, feeling the coldness that was both fragile and hard.

Immediately after, Lu Mian activated the contract ability from "Bloody Jack," "Mirror Image Mark"!

He wanted to try if he could still sense the mark left in this hidden space after returning to the outside world.

Blood color seeped from his palm into the mirror surface, forming an inverted image.

While waiting, Lu Mian suddenly had a thought:

"Did my encounter just now stack the negative effects brought by the 'Mirror Image Mark' contract? This indeed belongs to mirror-related abnormal events and eerie dangers..."

In the blink of an eye, Lu Mian had left the "Mirror Image Mark."

After finishing this, he began to return along the path he came, avoiding areas that could be reflected by the silver full-length mirror along the way, and walked step by step onto the wooden stairs.

Not long after, Lu Mian's eyes lit up, and he saw the wall lamps and dim firelight on the walls on both sides of the cabin.

He had "returned" to the "Blue Avenger."

Arriving at the front of the deck, before Lu Mian could ask Ms. 'Magician' to help him take out the three items he had harvested from the "Traveler's Bag" and perform corresponding "appraisal," he heard this holder of a Major Arcana card say with a smile:

"Worthy of being a 'Hunter' with the status of a false Angel and the residual aura of the 'Blood Emperor,' you obtained three items closely related to 'Hunter' and 'Witch' all at once.

"That straight sword is what you were looking forward to; it is crafted from an 'Iron-Blooded Knight' Beyonder characteristic."

ps: Second to last day to ask for double monthly tickets~

(End of chapter)