Chapter 1304

The steam whistle blew long, and the black shadow approached in the depths of the steam mist behind Xia De until it formed that huge brass wheel ring.

The dazzling spiritual light radiated by the life ring completely dispelled that black and white world. The frantically rotating life ring was simultaneously absorbing the power of the evil god statue and the ancient evil spirit demon, and even the power remaining in the palm print on his chest.

The silver blasphemous elements almost turned the entire life ring into a silver halo, and the great sin chains dancing wantonly around Xia De also underwent brand-new changes at this moment.

Disrespecting gods, and even wantonly changing the world he perceived. Compared with most people in this world, the outsider who came from afar was indeed very arrogant.

【Outsider, you have touched blasphemy.】

【Disrespecting gods, twisting fate, interfering with time, despising all living beings. When your sword pierced the statue of the god and glimpsed the stone heart shadow hidden deep in the earth; when you glimpsed yourself again in front of the demon's stone mirror and saw your own appearance, the great sin of arrogance had long entangled your soul and spirit.】

"Then do you like my arrogance?"

【Of course.】

Above the thick great sin chains, the fifth rune of sin was born. Above the rotating life ring, the power of the evil god and the demon jointly engraved the third spirit rune of the fifth ring for Xia De.

【You have witnessed your own sin, and you have absorbed the power of the evil spirit stone-mirror demon Gothe.】

【Outsider, you have engraved the silver blasphemous spirit rune - Arrogance.】

"I still underestimated you."

The demon disappeared into thin air in front of Xia De and appeared intact not far in front of him again, at least it looked intact.

The black and white world completely faded away. Xia De stood in the snow with his upper body bare. The two looked at each other in the forest in the heavy snow. The demon walked backward towards the distance while clapping:

"Very good, very not bad, it seems you indeed have a chance to complete my task. I will wait for you at the end."

The oily smile showed no sign of the battle that had just taken place with Xia De.

"However, I want to remind you that you destroyed the statue of that great one. You are probably going to have big trouble next."

"Statues of gods with power are not something you can find casually. You are indeed cooperating with the Stone Heart Demon's cult. What kind of conspiracy are you planning?"

But Xia De did not get an answer, only watching the stone-mirror demon Gothe clap his hands and retreat, then disappear into the shadows of the forest.

【It really left.】

"Oh!"

Until this moment, Xia De, whose potion effect had faded, sat directly in the snow regardless of his dignity, clutching his chest and panting loudly. Although the confrontation just now looked like he had the upper hand, in reality, he had never posed a fatal threat to that evil spirit, and he himself felt great discomfort due to the invasion of the demon's power.

Fortunately, after the demon left, Xia De found another coat to wear and drank holy water and the potion prepared by Priest Ao Gu Si, which barely allowed him to recover:

"Prepared so well, yet I didn't take much advantage in the first confrontation. It truly deserves to be an ancient evil spirit."

He closed the suitcase and turned to look at the life ring that had not yet disappeared:

"Arrogance, is it? A brand-new power. Miracle - Moon Thorn, Blasphemy - Arrogance, Whisper - Puppet. Miss Danister will definitely be surprised when she sees me next time."

He chuckled, hid the life ring, stood up again, and looked at the dilapidated manor in the snow not far away.

"Sure enough, without Doctor Schneider, relying only on myself, I am still no match for this kind of ancient evil spirit."

He stepped into the snow and walked towards the manor:

"However, I probably guessed who the intruders in the manor are... It really used everyone."

Although the unexpected encounter just now caused Xia De some consumption, because the impact was not great, he acted as if nothing had happened. Facing the increasingly gloomy sky, after a short uphill road in the forest, he arrived in front of the abandoned manor.

Xia De was actually very curious about how the local parish's

Orthodox Church could not have discovered such an obviously problematic place. But later he understood that the stone-mirror demon Gothe's hiding ability was very strong. Although it did not dare to expose itself to the church, if it just hid, it was no problem for this ancient evil spirit.

Unlike Ossenfort Manor, Watson Manor, which was closer to the city, did not use high walls to protect itself. Standing outside the manor was a circle of iron fences. Three years of time was enough for the iron fence to rust and deform, and even holes appeared in some places. Xia De hoped that those thieves who broke into it were fine.

At the end of the uphill road stood a road sign, indicating the location here and the names of the villages the fork road led to. On the road sign, someone had written the sentence "We will all die" in the Karsenrik language with red paint, which looked very consistent with the eerie atmosphere here.

The fence gate was locked, but the fence itself had holes, so he could just drill in. Xia De stood outside the fence and looked inside, wanting to observe the specific situation first, but immediately discovered figures running fast inside the manor.

"Have they already entered?"

The fast-running figures seemed to be chased by something terrible. After appearing at the second-floor window, they soon arrived at the third floor. After a long time, they actually appeared on the roof of the manor mansion.

The three crows circling in the snowy weather were cawing excitedly, and the people on the roof jumped down directly without surprise. After rolling to the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner, they met up with two others who had escaped from the first-floor gate and the backyard, and then ran towards the entrance of the manor together.

Xia De did not see anything chasing them, but he thoughtfully released a spell at the fence gate after the three bypassed the dry fountain piled with fallen leaves and snow in the center of the courtyard:

"Moon Thorn."

Red thorn bushes drilled out of the snow, clinging to the fence gate, and then spread to the outer fence of the entire courtyard. Although doing this consumed a lot, it was much less than the consumption of spells like "Earth Power · Healing Aura."

He changed hands to carry his suitcase, watching the three people who escaped in the courtyard reach the entrance with all their might, and then looked at the fence at the entrance in despair.

"I advise you, it's best not to attack my thorn bushes."

Xia De kindly advised, but the three people with injuries could not listen at all. The five-ringed Shushi among them stomped on the ground fiercely, and the stones protruding from the ground hit the fence gate directly, and then those stones were directly entangled by the blood-colored thorns, while the man who released the spell turned pale and almost fell into the snow.

His two companions hurriedly looked behind them where there was nothing, and the bearded man said in panic:

"Friend, we have no malice towards you. Tell us, what do you want to let us out?"

"Identity, purpose, situation inside."

Xia De said very concisely and understood that it was not unreasonable for the demon to mock these people just now.

"We can't say."

The bearded man immediately stated, so Xia De showed an expression of being unable to help. The bearded man's companion with many freckles on his face wanted to speak in a panic, but was also stopped by the bearded man.

"I actually know who you are."

Xia De said:

"You are believers of that god 【Stone Heart Demon】, right?"

The bearded man was startled, so he immediately pleaded:

"Yes, we are. Since you know, I will not deny my faith."

"What did you come here for?"

The bearded man hesitated this time, but after looking back again, he still spoke in terror:

"We are cooperating with a very dangerous guy, but that guy is really too dangerous. Our other allies and the cult's high priest discussed it and thought we should find something to constrain the other party, so they sent us here to look for a weapon."

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he thought, the Stone Heart Demon's cult and the Blood Spirit School, even if they had unknown deals with demons, could never not be vigilant against demons. After all, "cannot make deals with demons" was not just common knowledge for the academic school; all Ringed Shushi

knew how dangerous demons were.

"What's the situation inside?"

"The demon corrupted some souls, and at the same time, a relic and this manor have merged into one... Let us out, let us out quickly! Oh, for the sake of us all being human, let us out quickly!"

He suddenly became panicked. Even knowing that those blood-colored thorns were dangerous, the three of them rushed towards the thorn bushes without hesitation.

Xia De still did not see anything else in the courtyard, but this did not look like an illusion:

"Tell me carefully in a while what kind of relic it is."

"No problem, you can know whatever you want, let us out quickly!"

So Xia De snapped his fingers, and the blood-colored thorns disappeared like a phantom. He reached out to push open the courtyard gate, but his eyes widened suddenly:

"Crazy Earth? How many powers have eroded this place?"

【Key of the Gate】 forcibly unlocked it. When he pushed the door open, an extremely cold yin wind almost made Xia De's right hand lose sensation.

And taking this opportunity, the three people inside filed out, and the fence gate closed again with a huge force that Xia De could not resist at all.

The three of them sat in the snow regardless of their dignity and panted heavily. The guy who was hurt by Xia De's "Moon Thorn Red Moon" even coughed up blood while supporting the snow surface, making Xia De wonder if he had contracted pneumonia or something.

Three moonlight rings were put on their necks before the three could react, and then the great sin chains with a newly added rune drilled out from under the snow like a long snake. Xia De used the "Living Rope Trick" he practiced very skillfully to manipulate the chains and tied the feet of the three.

"What exactly is the situation?"

Xia De asked, and took out the 【Blasphemous Cross】 again, scanning each of the three in front of him to confirm that they had no abnormal reactions, to prevent them from being transformed by the demon to deceive him.