Chapter 3952

Xia De originally thought that if the pursued enemy had left bloodstains in the sewer, his 【Blood Echo】 could also help track, but seeing the current appearance of the sewer, he completely gave up this idea.

But fortunately, the place where they came down might be the area with the strongest smell in the sewer in the nearby area. After Mr. Bernhardt led everyone to walk for more than ten minutes, although there was still a smell around, at least everyone was willing to open their mouths to communicate with each other.

"If it weren't for the 'Bubble Head Spell' affecting perception, I was worried that enemies would appear in the dark, I would have cast the spell just now."

Mr. Finch said. At this time, the three were at the center of the "crossroads" in the sewer. Behind the three was the direction they came from. The road to the left front extended downward to the deeper part, the right side was a dead end that could be seen at a glance, and the left side curved to an unknown place.

The smell Mr. Bernhardt smelled extended forward, but the three of them heard obvious sounds on the right side. Xia De's "Heart of Stone" also heard the heartbeat belonging to humans.

After the three stopped, they discussed and decided to go to the "wrong route" on the right side to see the situation first. Even Mr. Bernhardt, the weakest of the three, could rely on racial talent to perceive that the sound on the right came from ordinary humans.

And when they found the source of the sound, what they saw was indeed a family of five. This family lived in a shack built of old tents and abandoned building materials. They looked like refugees in the outer city, just choosing to live underground.

They cleverly found a location in the sewer that was just below the manhole cover, which not only ensured the convenience of entry and exit but also ensured a certain amount of sunshine and ventilation.

It's just that when they saw three strangers walking from the depths of the sewer, the family still shrank into a ball in horror. Finally, Xia De, who was the youngest and looked the friendliest, came forward to negotiate, and after giving candy to the two children in the family, they gained their basic trust.

The family consisted of two children, parents, and an old man. They arrived in this city in the middle of this month. They originally lived on the ground, but because of some things they offended the "gang" among the refugees, they hid here to live.

Although the smell here is very strong, at least it is warmer than the ground at night, and occasionally they can pick up some metal garbage that can be sold for money in the sewer. The family is quite satisfied with the life here.

And after Xia De asked "Have you heard strange sounds at night," the fearful expression on the faces of the five people explained everything. They were unwilling to talk more about this matter, and even Xia De offered money to buy news, they were unwilling to mention it.

The old man, little daughter, and mother in the family of five were all sick, and the healthy man and the seemingly healthy little boy were also not in very good condition. After mastering the strange spell of "Life Fire Seed," Xia De could perceive this very clearly.

So he didn't let Mr. Bernhardt hypnotize them, but asked:

"If I am willing to treat your illness, are you willing to tell me the news?"

"Sir, are you a doctor?"

The man who tried to block in front of the family asked, and Xia De nodded:

"I have some potions with me."

The potion he mentioned was actually diluted No. 5 holy water. This kind of holy water is very effective in treating some injuries and illnesses unrelated to physical damage. And as long as you don't drink too much at one time, even ordinary people can use it.

The man knelt down and wanted to kowtow to the Outlander, but was stopped by Xia De. He rummaged for cards from his pocket and gave different amounts of holy water according to the family's illness.

Although the liquid glowed slightly in the dark and looked suspicious, the sick people drank it without hesitation. Then the family told Xia De everything they knew, and even gave Xia De a handmade pendant that was not worth anything and a map of the nearby sewer pipes hand-drawn by the man as a thank you.

Although Xia De didn't need a map at all relying on "Strong Spatial Perception," he still accepted it.

"They said that at night, sometimes you can hear roaring sounds, sticky squirming sounds, and footsteps in the empty sewer. Although they dare not check what happened, most of the time when such sounds appear, you can always find traces of blood nearby the next day."

"There is more than one family living in the outer city sewer system. In fact, many people have disappeared recently. Their family also plans to leave soon. I'm afraid we won't see them next time we come."

Xia De summarized when they set off again. Mr. Finch didn't go to sigh about the many tragedies of the war years:

"This proves that our search direction is correct. Then let's speed up our pace. I think we are not far from the destination."

The group continued to move forward under the leadership of Mr. Bernhardt, moving towards the deeper part of the ancient sewer system. Observing the appearance of the wall along the way, Mr. Finch could tell the construction time of almost every section of the sewer based on this.

While walking, he compared the map he got from the City Hall, and determined that the map was useless, completely incomparable to the detailed sewer structure map that Xia De drew while walking using "Strong Spatial Perception."

At 10:30 in the morning, they entered a very deep position at the bottom of the sewer. On the way, they even jumped down some big pits and opened some iron fences locked by rusty chains. But fortunately, except for mice, they did not encounter things like water ghosts that easily appear in the depths of the sewer.

The three originally thought that when they were close to the destination, they would see a cruel and bloody scene. After all, most of the corpses of the missing persons were dragged away, and it was easy to imagine what would happen.

But in fact, when Mr. Bernhardt led everyone to the end, in a huge room deep underground in the outer city that Mr. Finch thought was a "reservoir," the lantern of Mr. Finch illuminated only a person wearing a black robe lying in the sewage.

The sewage was almost at the ankles of everyone. Mr. Bernhardt recognized at a glance that this was the object he encountered on Sunday night.

Although the other party was lying down and not moving, it was not dead. It was more like sleeping. Even at such a long distance, Xia De could still feel the extremely vigorous life force in the other party's body. Although it was not as good as his own, Xia De had never seen anything with such vigorous life force since he obtained the spell.

"Is this really a human?"

He blinked suspiciously, and then saw a dense long string of race marks on the top of the other party's head, humans, vampires, water ghosts, and even various animals. But immediately all the race marks collapsed and disappeared, and then jointly formed a brand new mark that Xia De could understand at a glance—

【Life Aberration】

This is not a race mark, but more like a title, a conclusion obtained after combining "race mark" and "seeing through true name."

The walls and ceiling were covered with slippery moss, and a faint fishy smell filled the place. For the three people who appeared on the ramp at the entrance of the reservoir, the thing lying down had no reaction, so the three looked at each other, temporarily withdrew from the entrance, and talked after dropping the mute spell.

"This is it. Don't look at it being very quiet now. Its movement speed is very fast after it becomes active."

Mr. Bernhardt warned, and Xia De stated his discovery:

"The other party's life force is extremely vigorous. Mr. Bernhardt guessed that the other party has immortality, probably because of this reason. And the other party's race has a problem. It is a 'Life Aberration.' It is hard to say what this is."

Mr. Finch is the oldest and his level is Eleven-Ring, which is also the highest. Seeing that the young people looked at him, the old man did not hesitate:

"No matter what the other party is, let's catch it first. If it can't be caught, kill it directly. Even if only body fragments are left, we have ways to get effective information later."

He was actually more worried about the 【Blood Spirit School】 mentioned by Xia De, and worried about whether there were people from the other party nearby. So Xia De stayed here to watch the thing that didn't move, and Mr. Finch and Mr. Bernhardt went around to investigate, confirming that there was indeed only this monster here.

"Then let's do it."

Since the other party didn't move, this gave the three a chance to strike first. This is deep underground. As long as the sewer is not knocked down, there is no need to worry about attracting too much attention. So Xia De suggested that he make a tentative attack:

"Just happened to learn an interesting ability recently—Bubble Spell · Dragon Breath!"

He threw the bubble pod into his mouth and chewed it a few times, then opened his mouth wide. Just when Mr. Bernhardt was about to cover his ears, he saw a blood-red bubble spit out by Xia De.

The inside of the bubble seemed to contain sticky rotten plasma. Xia De did not explain this, but controlled the bubble to fly towards the figure in the center of the reservoir.

Until the bubble reached directly above the head of that thing, it still had no movement. So Xia De asked Mr. Bernhardt and Mr. Finch to prepare to cast spells to block the sound, and he snapped his fingers.

The snapping sound of "Pop~" did not reach the ears, because the dragon roar that was about to penetrate the thick earth and spread to the ground completely drowned out other sounds.

The power of the "Rotten Blood Mist" was completely released in the closed space. If Xia De didn't use "Earth Power · Healing Aura" to clean it up afterwards, I'm afraid it would permanently pollute the land in the outer city.

The eruption of the toxic mist with a fishy smell even affected the line of sight of the three looking inside the reservoir, but the perception of the Ring Mages did not rely entirely on vision.

"Be careful, the other party is coming!"

Mr. Bernhardt reminded loudly, and in Xia De's perception, that vigorous fire of life smashed towards the three at the entrance like a cannonball.

Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt scattered into butterflies and bats to dodge, and old Mr. Finch blocked the entrance alone. The Eleven-Ring old gentleman took out the equipment design drawings that had been prepared long ago, activated the 【Creation】 spiritual rune while it was automatically floating, and then slammed his palms together in front of his chest:

"Strange Art - Creation of All Things!"

The equipment drawing turned into a giant shield between the spiritual weapon and the entity, blocking the blow of the red light in the sound of heavy impact.

Mr. Finch's ability is similar to Dorothy and the others, all specializing in enlightenment elements and extracting power from the records of civilization. It's just that Dorothy and Princess Lei Qianya use words and fairy tales, while Mr. Finch uses lines and drawings.

As for the strange strange art of 【Creation of All Things】, Vigo said that members of the 【Emerald Alchemy Association】 are also very good at it.

The blood-red light turned into by the monster could not break the giant shield blocking the entrance, but was bounced back into the reservoir after the light appeared on the surface of the giant shield.

It revealed its appearance in the red light. The black hood had been completely corroded by the "Rotten Blood Mist," revealing the monster's body. This looked like a humanoid creature, and even the appearance was a normal middle-aged human male.

It's just that the flesh and blood on its body surface that was constantly being corroded by the blood mist was slowly recovering. While Mr. Bernhardt slashed a blood light, it melted like a whole person and turned into a pile of flesh and blood mud from human form.

It flattened its whole body and hid in the shallow sewage, but it was not trying to escape through the water outlet at the bottom of the reservoir, but approached Xia De rapidly under the water. After bypassing behind Xia De, it drilled out of the water suddenly.

At this moment, it turned its body into a blood-colored giant mouth, as if it wanted to swallow Xia De in one bite. But with a crisp snapping sound, the giant mouth completely solidified, and the deformed flesh and blood and the sewage splashed beside the flesh and blood stopped at the same time, like a strange static sculpture.

Xia De, who cast the spell, turned around in surprise:

"This thing, actually doesn't even have a little time resistance?"

Mr. Bernhardt, who originally thought there would be a big battle, breathed a sigh of relief, and Mr. Finch, who was blocking the entrance to prevent the other party from escaping, also looked over:

"This time stop is very powerful."

This thing called "Life Aberration" by Xia De is not completely without time resistance. After careful observation, Xia De felt a very familiar power in its essence.

However, Mr. Bernhardt said that this thing has a passive "life force devouring" characteristic, which Xia De and Mr. Finch felt quite clearly. Even if it was solidified in the air in the posture of jumping out of the water, the three could still feel the feeling of that strong life force being absorbed by the other party.

Of course, everyone also has ways to prevent their life force from flowing away.

"So, what exactly is this thing?"

Mr. Bernhardt stepped on the sewage and walked around the thing twice. Mr. Finch took out his glasses case methodically, put on special monocles and observed carefully:

"After the time is paused, this is really a terrifying but perfect work of art... The flesh and blood still belongs to pure human beings, but the life force is too vigorous, so that it can control flesh and blood to achieve such deformation."

"It probably devoured a lot of life force, and from the life source of the devoured, it snatched the power belonging to other races."

"No, strong life force is probably not enough to let it deform and snatch the power of other races. It probably snatched the power of high-level vampires in the first step, and then it could use this huge life force to this extent."

Mr. Bernhardt corrected.

Xia De closed his eyes and felt it, then reached out to the thing he had stopped:

"I probably understand what this is, look."

He cast the spell again:

"Spell · Life Fire Seed."

So Mr. Bernhardt and Mr. Finch saw Xia De's hand reaching directly into the inside of the flesh and blood, but this "deep" did not happen at the physical level, because there was a ripple at the position where Xia De's hand touched the other party's flesh and blood.

After a while, a dark red fire seed was dug out of the other party's flesh and blood by Xia De.

The moment they saw that fire seed, both the vampire viscount and the old gentleman of the Order gave birth to a strong desire to take it as their own.

The two took a deep breath at the same time to suppress this feeling. At this moment, the amount of "Life Fire Seed" appearing in Xia De's hand was much more powerful than the fish in the experiment last night. Even Xia De himself gave birth to the feeling of wanting to accept it as a part of himself, but this feeling was not strong.

Xia De didn't speak. As he continued to use his own spirit to interfere with the burning fire seed, the fire seed gradually changed color until it turned into a charming bright red.

The originally seemingly normal "Life Fire Seed" now presented an extreme sense of distortion, just as if the seemingly normal small cake was cut open and the inside covered with maggots was exposed.

So the three could no longer feel that strong attraction, and Mr. Finch, who had experienced mechanical activation with Xia De, recognized this at a glance:

"Distorted Life Fire Seed?"

Xia De had just talked about this with Mr. Bernhardt not long ago, so he also understood:

"This strange life appeared because of the fire seed? Distorted Life Fire Seed, plus our high-level vampire's control over blood power, led to the appearance of this thing?"

"It should be like this. Not long ago, I was thinking, since I have seen 'Life Fire Seed' appear on machines and corpses, what would happen if it appeared in flesh and blood that originally had life? Now it seems the answer has appeared."

Xia De said in a deep voice, and Mr. Finch frowned:

"Is this an experiment of the 【Blood Spirit School】? Or is it that Life Fire Seed originally has a probability of appearing in normal living bodies, and the 【Blood Spirit School】 just discovered it and experimented with it?"

The old gentleman said, looking around vigilantly again:

"And, why did it appear here? Even if that group of illegal Ring Mages wanted it to hunt on its own, it is impossible not to arrange for someone to watch it, right?"

Xia De stared at the fire seed in his palm. All the normal life force absorbed by the aberration was contaminated by the "Calamity of Creation," which is also the characteristic of the calamity:

"I think I know the answer. Guess how many people's amount of life force is in this life fire seed in my hand?"

Mr. Finch guessed Xia De's meaning:

"From the end of last year to now, the number of missing persons is conservatively estimated to be more than two hundred, most of whom are nameless refugees."

"But the life force here, in my opinion, is only equivalent to less than twenty people (Note). Even if the 'Life Aberration' has life force loss for activity, it failed to fully extract all the amount when extracting the life force of living people, but the life that this thing has 'eaten' will definitely not exceed fifty."

Xia De said, and Mr. Bernhardt showed a stunned expression:

"So, there is more than one 'Life Aberration'?"

"Precisely because of the large number, if this thing is really created by the 【Blood Spirit School】, they did not watch a single individual."

"If it is just distorted life, maybe it was naturally produced because of the calamity. But involving the ability of high-level vampires, I am afraid this matter has something to do with the 【Blood Spirit School】."

"The technology to create this thing might be simpler than we thought. The 【Blood Spirit School】 is probably like the 【Creation Sect】, having long known about the existence of 'Life Fire Seed'."

?? PS: It was mentioned earlier that the life vigor of "Life Aberration" is not as good as Xia De, but it is considered very strong except for Xia De. Here it is said that the aberration only has the life force of 20 people.

? What was mentioned earlier is "life vigor degree," not the total amount, so it does not mean that the total amount of life force of the high-level witches is not as good as 20 ordinary people.