Chapter 4131: Penetration

Xia De did not hesitate at all. Four Great Sin Chains broke through the air and pierced into the chest of the "Old Man of the Parchment." The latter wanted to block the chains, but the Church's 12th-ring mage did not give it the chance. The moment the "heart" was pulled out by the chains, the thing that looked like an old man exploded into pieces of withered skin.

And the "heart" that was pulled out was not a human heart at all; it was a yellowed parchment scroll. Xia De manipulated the chains to unfold it in the air. Even Miss Feilian could not understand the ancient runes written on the scroll, but Xia De understood after just one glance:

"This is the true body of the Old Man of the Parchment; this is the index catalog of the human-skin scrolls treasured by the 【Skin-Object Hall】!"

"Do you want to destroy it?"

Mr. Delong asked. He looked to be in okay condition, but the Church's 12th-ring mage looked severely injured.

Xia De knew he couldn't do that without Miss Feilian's reminder:

"Some of the scrolls here are agreements, and agreements are also shackles. If I destroy this index catalog, I'm afraid the trouble caused will be even greater than the 【Skin-Object Hall】 going completely out of control."

The "Moonlight Ring," attached with violet light, bound this catalog and temporarily sealed it. Xia De then took out a small coffin, threw the scroll into it, sealed it again with the "Coffin of the Underworld," and finally handed the small coffin to Vigo to keep for him.

The scene of the "Moon Library" faded, and the deep library scene inside the hall returned. Xia De reached forward to search. Although the hall's power was resisting Xia De's power, two scrolls soon flew into his hands from the bookshelves on their own.

The scroll bearing Xia De's true name was burned by him directly; the smell of burnt human skin made everyone feel a bit nauseated. As for the other ancient scroll stamped with the 【Skin-Object Hall】 wax seal, even without opening it to check, Xia De could feel the power of the mermaid.

【If you tear it up directly now, you might be able to see "Desire" come ashore for the first time.】

"She" reminded him gently, but she wasn't trying to stop Xia De from doing so; she just wanted to see how Xia De would decide.

If Miss Feilian hadn't appeared, in order to completely resolve the 【Skin-Object Hall】—a relic that truly disgusted him—Xia De would probably have destroyed this ancient contract directly. But now, with the help of the demigod witch, Xia De didn't have to do that for the time being.

"I want to take this opportunity to completely contain the 【Skin-Object Hall】. Can you two help? We need to continue to the core exhibition area of the hall. Since the library has appeared, I think the core area shouldn't be far from here."

He put away the ancient contract scroll and then issued an invitation to Mr. Delong and the 12th-ring mage who had just used the 【Dawn Church】 divine art.

The latter nodded immediately:

"No problem. I only entered the 【Skin-Object Hall】 this time to collect information. If there is a chance to completely contain the hall, it would be worth it even if I were to sacrifice myself in the subsequent battle."

Mr. Delong hesitated for a moment:

"You go first. I haven't found the thing I'm looking for yet. I'll chase after you once I find it. No, not in this room, but definitely nearby."

He then reminded:

"About twenty minutes ago, I encountered a stranger who entered here with us. He was using the power of a demon."

Xia De's eyes lit up:

"An Evil Spirit Demon?"

"No, it just looked like a demon-man using demonic power. At the time, he was fighting with the Skinners in the hall, and I didn't disturb them. You must be careful; that demon-man is not quite the same as the ones I've encountered before."

Xia De asked again:

"Was it you who made the first move in the hall just now? I also felt the power of a demon after the first tremor of the hall. The demon wasn't the first to move."

Including Xia De and Vigo, a total of seven people entered the hall on this trip. But neither Mr. Delong nor the 12th-ring mage of the Dawn Church was the one who made the first move. Vigo understood what Xia De was trying to do by asking this. Among the seven, they still didn't know the identity of one person, and Vigo suspected that person was her mother.

After saying goodbye to Xia De, Mr. Delong left through the front door of the room. The 12th-ring mage of the 【Dawn Church】 joined the team of Xia De, Vigo, and Ellie. Although Ellie had already found one of the things Xia De cared about most, the little girl sniffed around again, then continued to transform into her true form and charged forward.

"That person just now was a traitor from the 【Creation Church】."

Xia De said softly as they continued their journey. The ring-mage of the 【Dawn Church】 nodded:

"Yes, but he is a person of the 【Creation Church】, it has nothing to do with me."

Xia De also nodded to show he understood. 【Night Watcher】 swung to the side, cutting off the human skin that had gathered in the darkness, and the group continued to advance toward the deeper darkness of the hall.

Ellie had clearly found the core direction of the 【Skin-Object Hall】. This was not only because more and more enemies were blocking the group's path, but also because the efficiency of the little unicorn ramming into walls was rapidly weakening; these walls were becoming increasingly sturdy.

They didn't encounter the demon-man Mr. Delong mentioned, but from the traces of battle encountered on the road, Xia De and the gentleman from the Dawn Church both felt the power of a demon. Although Xia De didn't bring the detection crystal given by the doctor this time, he could almost be certain that this had something to do with the "Withered Demon."

The professor from the 【Truth Society】 and the ring-mage from the 【Magic Eye Club】 also appeared on the group's path later. The latter two clearly had their own goals, and after meeting the group, they followed without a word.

Although Xia De didn't know what they wanted to do, he didn't stop them from following.

And after fighting and exchanging information, Xia De also learned that it wasn't them who triggered the first tremor of the 【Skin-Object Hall】:

"Was it the pseudo-humans who made the first move? But shouldn't they wait for me to move before acting? No, I am very familiar with the power of pseudo-humans; the one who made the first move was definitely not them."

Xia De then asked his companions on this trip if they knew the "seventh person." Things had progressed to this point, so there was no need to hide anyone's identity, but neither the gentleman from the Church nor the ring-mage from the illegal organization knew who the last man was.

However, the ring-mage from the 【Magic Eye Club】, who possessed cobalt-blue magic eyes, provided information:

"The skin-object that person was wearing was a full-body skin-object. Although my eyes cannot fully see through skin-objects, I can be sure that the person under the skin-object is a woman. Probably a middle-aged woman; I can't see more accurate details."

Vigo, who was casting spells at Xia De's side, looked at Xia De. Xia De knew what she was thinking.

The mysterious lady did not reveal her tracks, and although the power of the demon appeared frequently, the demon-man never showed his face. Instead, accompanied by another tremor of the ground and the eruption of whisper elements, the flesh-and-blood power unique to the 【Pseudo-Human House】 appeared on the walls of the hall. Blood threads and meat carpets eroded the surrounding space, and blood mist with a fishy smell also diffused from the darkness into the surroundings.

"The 【Pseudo-Human House】 has descended here!"

And the struggle between two relics that both possessed space-time power finally allowed people from the outside world to open the path to the depths of the relics. The four-in-one butterfly-winged girl was already only one step away from success. The moment the hall collided with the Pseudo-Human House, they captured that sliver of a gap in that instant of spatial disorder:

"Go!"

Oakham Park, the island in the center of the lake in the blood mist, and the space inside the island's buildings were connected as one. The witches from the outside world and all the girls exploring the island in the center of the lake appeared inside the 【Skin-Object Hall】 with the help of the butterfly-winged girl.

Vigo sensed their arrival at the first moment, and at this moment, the group led by Ellie was in the collection room outside the true core exhibition hall of the hall.

The two ring-mages from the 【Magic Eye Club】 and the 【Truth Society】 had already left the team to search for certain things that might be here. Xia De handed a glass bottle to Vigo, and Vigo understood what it was just by touching it:

"Yes, this is the one-eighth of Aurora hidden by the Skinners."

This glass bottle was not the same as the necked bottle used by Vigo's mother, but both could store the mixed solution of flesh and soul. Vigo was not in a hurry to merge the liquids in the two bottles back together, but asked Xia De:

"They have already come in, and I'm afraid the ring-mages from the Church and other forces will appear soon. Should we wait here, or continue forward?"

At this moment, there was only one last wall left from the core area of the 【Skin-Object Hall】, and the rooms in this area had long since become very strange, as if two buildings of different styles had merged together, and one could see floor tiles and walls forcibly fitted together everywhere.

The 【Pseudo-Human House】 and the 【Skin-Object Hall】 were devouring and merging with each other. Xia De even suspected that in the worst case, neither side could completely devour the other, and the two would eventually merge into a new relic.

"We can't wait. Although I agreed to cooperate with the pseudo-humans, I don't really want to watch them fully recover. Regardless, let's go deep into the core area and see the situation first."

Xia De made a decision, and Miss Feilian on his shoulder also agreed:

"This kind of relic fusion might not happen once in thousands of years. Although I am curious about what will happen in the end from an academic perspective, it is better to interrupt them for safety's sake."

"The Chosen of Destiny doesn't seem to be able to penetrate this wall."

The gentleman from the 【Dawn Church】 following the group said. Ellie was currently facing the wall wrapped in blood color in the form of a unicorn. She had rammed into it twice in a row just now, but was bounced back every time.

The unyielding little unicorn wanted to continue trying, but this wall was not only a barrier dividing the core area of the 【Skin-Object Hall】, but at this moment also possessed the power of the 【Pseudo-Human House】. This was not something Ellie could penetrate just by relying on her racial talent. ===== CHAPTER 4132 =====