Chapter 399

"Want to die? How could it be so easy?"

The card in front of his eyes fell, and the yellow-haired middle-aged man whose heart had been pierced looked at Xia De in front of him in astonishment. The life ring behind the man dissipated, but before he breathed his last, Xia De's hand touched him:

"False Immortality!"

Then he pushed hard, making the man lie on the ground. Xia De gritted his teeth and held the sword with both hands, chopping off the other party's left palm. Without both hands, the seriously injured Ringed Shushi had no possibility of turning the tables.

Looking at those two hands, the outsider who was doing this kind of thing for the first time felt very disgusted. He turned around, picked up the water cup on the table, and tapped it lightly; silver spiritual light appeared on the surface of the water. Xia De splashed the hot tea onto the man's wound to prevent him from losing the state of 【False Immortality】 due to excessive blood loss:

"I ask, you answer."

"You... don't even think about getting any answers from me! Everything for the Lord of the Scarlet Spiral! Kill me."

A meager vitality remained in his body, and his voice was very weak.

"Kill you? Even if I kill you, I can still channel your soul. Whether you are alive or dead, don't even think about keeping secrets."

"Then kill me, my soul is favored by my Lord, don't even think about getting any information!"

Although weak, he still stared at Xia De with hateful eyes.

"Dead?"

The corner of Xia De's mouth twitched. If he wasn't afraid that something would happen to Lei Qianya, he would never do such a cruel thing:

"Do you know what it feels like to be bloated to death by drinking water?"

Xia De shook the water cup in his hand, and more and more clear water appeared under the power of the incantation.

"You devil!"

The weak voice cursed.

"I don't want to torture you, this is meaningless. I want you to realize one thing."

Xia De had already squatted down. He had his back to the gas lamp on the wall, which made his face in the shadows particularly terrifying:

"You are a believer of the 【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】, the guardian of the mermen. If you, as a kin of this great being, end up being choked to death or even bloated to death by water, do you think that god will acknowledge your identity after you die?"

For the first time, a look of horror appeared on the man's face:

"You, you..."

"Will He still protect your soul for eternity?"

"You devil!"

"No, at least judging by my mortal thinking, I don't think so."

There was no smile on Xia De's face:

"But the 【God of the Drowned Abyss】 would be very willing to take your soul, sir. Since you are a believer of the evil god in Lengshuigang, you should also know that great being. He is very interested in drowned mermen... especially the drowned mermen of Lengshuigang."

"No, no!"

Because of the talisman left at the door, no one knew what happened in the room next. When Xia De opened the door and walked out, he was holding the severed-hand corpse doll. In the room behind him, the carpet had been rolled up and put aside to prevent the bloodstains from scaring the maids who would come to clean the room.

Xia De walked quickly along the corridor:

"The Scarlet Secret Sect wants the sect to make a sacrifice to the sea when the red ocean appears tomorrow. In addition to the human believers who volunteered to dedicate themselves in the sect and the citizens they captured, there must also be a noblewoman as the final prelude to the 'Sea Sending-Back' ritual."

This was the information Xia De had just obtained. Under the fear of his soul being snatched by a strange god, the other party still revealed some information. But before he could finish speaking, he died. It wasn't because of the injury; he was scared to death.

The attitude of people in this world toward faith is completely different from that of an outsider.

In the violent night rain outside the window, Xia De walked through the corridor with windows on one side:

"This kind of sacrifice is not a necessary step for the 'Sea Sending-Back', but a ceremony similar to praying for blessings... The Sea Sending-Back ritual begins when the first ray of sunlight shines on Lengshuigang tomorrow, and the sacrifice will also begin at that moment. Besides Lei Qianya, the Scarlet Secret Sect has five or six other targets, one of which is..."

Xia De looked in the direction of the city:

"Xiwei Afuluola."

He called the servants to clean up the messy study, while he stood in the corridor, watching the heavy rain outside the window:

"Things are getting more and more interesting."

Although the rainstorm lasted all night, the small-scale battle that occurred around the Sophia Mansion only lasted for half an hour before it ended.

The continuous arrival of reinforcements forced the attackers to give up their target. In particular, the attackers who entered the Sophia Mansion had not sent any news for a long time, which made the mansion with lights on in the night rain and sea breeze look particularly eerie.

With the twelve-ring great witch together with Lei Qianya, Xia De's worry was reduced a lot, so he didn't go out in the rain.

He originally wanted to wait for Lei Qianya to return before resting, but after midnight, when time came to Wednesday, the princess's carriage still didn't appear at the manor gate. And the servants sent to inquire about the news brought back the news from the rain that the city was under martial law, and carriages could leave the city but were not allowed to enter.

The Sophia Mansion had encountered a crazy attack by mermen, and the same accident had probably broken out in the city. And not being able to get news about Lei Qianya made the anxiety in the heart of Xia De, who originally thought there would be no problem, rise again:

"Even if the mermen's attack didn't hurt Lei Qianya before dawn. But if she doesn't come back all night, then when the ritual begins, I won't be able to be by her side."

After midnight, Xia De rested in the room for two hours. After waking up and saying hello to the maid left by Lei Qianya, he left the mansion by carriage.

But he didn't enter the city, but asked the carriage to take him to the Sea Cliff Lighthouse, which was also located in the north of the city. When Lei Qianya used the pseudonym Miss Princess, she had brought Xia De here once. The keeper here is Mr. Edmund, a folklorist.

Holding an umbrella and struggling to look at the light of the lighthouse in the rain, he climbed to the top of the sea cliff all the way. After knocking on the door wearing a mask for a long time, Mr. Edmund's vigilant voice appeared behind the door:

"Who is it?"

"Introduced by Old John from Tobesk!"

Xia De said.

When he came with Lei Qianya last time, Lei Qianya mentioned half of Old Daddy John's name. At that time, Xia De didn't know the secret between the writer and the princess, so he didn't think much, but later he understood.

"Don't lie to me! Hmph, on a rainy day like this, even if he introduced it, no one would come to knock on the door so late in the rain!"

The old man behind the door said with dissatisfaction.

"It was really introduced by him. I came here last time, remember? That day you came back from fishing, but there was only a small fish in the bucket. My companion bought a Saint Laurent ring, and I sold you a book."

Xia De shouted loudly; the rain here was really too heavy.

"Oh? Is there such a thing..."

The old man inside was hesitant.

"Old John! Daddy John, that stingy guy, oh, I've never seen such a stingy person in my life."

The door was pushed open violently. Before Xia De could react, the old man's powerful hand dragged Xia De in.

Although the lighthouse was dilapidated, the interior, just separated by a wooden door, was incomparably dry and warm.

Old man Edmund was wearing pajamas, with a coat draped over his shoulders, and holding a kerosene lamp in his hand. He frowned slightly and looked at Xia De under the lamp:

"Yes, he is indeed the stingiest guy in the world. It seems you are indeed his friend, young man. What on earth are you doing so late? Do you think I am as young as you?"

The old man complained, but still let Xia De find a place to sit down and found a dry towel for him.

The bottom area of the lighthouse is the living area of the lighthouse keeper. Although the area is not large, it can meet the necessities of life.

Xia De took the towel to dry his hair:

"Sorry to disturb you so late. Sea Sending-Back, the red sea, will appear at dawn today."

"Oh? So what?"

The old man asked while sitting on the chair in front of the desk. The lighthouse was actually connected to the gas pipeline, and the gas lamp on the desk was turned on by him.

Xia De took a deep breath and draped the towel on the back of the chair:

"You must know more about the Sea Sending-Back ritual. Last time when that lady and I came, you didn't say it completely."

Edmund looked at him quietly. His eyes were not as turbid as ordinary old people:

"So what?"

"I have money."

"But you need to convince me to agree to this deal."

"Light-Guiding Yinxiu Society."

In the sound of the terrifying waves outside the lighthouse hitting the cliff, Xia De gave the answer. Mr. Edmund subconsciously squinted his eyes and then relaxed:

"John shouldn't have told you this."

Through the deal about the "Tree's Kiss," Xia De learned that Old Daddy John belonged to the "Light-Guiding Yinxiu Society," and the latter even wanted to know Xia De's expression when he knew about this. And Edmund in Lengshuigang, like Old John in Tobesk, both operated secret black market shops for Ringed Shushi, and were both knowledgeable but unwilling to do other things.

Therefore, it was actually not troublesome at all to infer that Old Daddy John's friend, this Mr. Edmund who could introduce business to each other, was also a member of the "Light-Guiding Yinxiu Society."

"What does this have to do with anything? I don't care about your secrets. I only know that as long as I pay money, you can always provide help. I have no resistance to your preparations for doomsday survival."

Xia De stared at the old man's eyes from behind the mask.

"What do you want to know?"

Probably seeing his determination, the old man pondered for a while before asking in a low voice.

"Very simple, my friend, that lady has a mermaid curse on her. Now I know that I can use the binding of a fishing rod and fishing line to reduce her impulse to enter the red ocean. Besides that, are there any other ways?"

Xia De said quickly.

"No."

The old man shook his head, and Xia De didn't care, because he didn't come to ask this. This question was just to make a detour and let the other party prepare:

"I also want to know..."

He subconsciously lowered his voice:

"The original intention of the Sea Sending-Back ritual is to awaken the power left by the evil god in the deep sea, so as to summon a great flood to submerge the city. Then, what exactly did the god leave behind?"

Lightning flashed outside the window, and white light illuminated the faces of the two from the window. The waves rumbled, but were suppressed by the thunder.

The storm is coming.