Chapter 516: Cornfield

Hearing Xia De's question, Luweiya in the darkness smiled somewhat embarrassedly. Xia De noticed that her two eyes were emitting an imperceptible purple micro-light in this terrifying darkness, which was exceptionally obvious in the current lightless environment:

"There is this part of the reason, but more importantly, President Stan is not good at frontal combat."

She let go of Xia De's hand; she was already barely able to stand up by herself.

"The President has gone very far on the path of divination and prophecy, to the point of neglecting research in other aspects."

Xia De nodded to show understanding; after all, everyone's energy was limited.

The appearance of the 【Truth Society】 in this area was probably also for the second Chosen One. As for why they were fighting with the Diviner Association, Xia De and Luweiya didn't know.

They didn't try to intervene in this battle that had nothing to do with them, but before leaving the town, Luweiya still asked Xia De for help, concentrating the sleeping diviners on the street, placing them uniformly in a shop by the street, and arranging rituals in the surrounding area as protection to prevent them from encountering demons.

Subsequently, Luweiya left a letter, informing President Stan that she had left alone after waking up to find a church Ring Shushi team in the nearby area to come and help. In this way, Luweiya's abrupt disappearance could have a reasonable explanation.

"Do you know where Yi Lu Na might be now?"

After leaving the town, they had to plan the direction for the next step. Xia De asked the most critical question, and the female diviner thought for a moment:

"She should have gone to the core area with the church's team."

She was still carrying the map of this vicinity. The records about itself inside the 【Darkness Domain】 would not disappear:

"Judging from the situation I learned before I fell into a deep sleep, the core area is in this vicinity."

Xia De looked at the map pointed at by Luweiya with the micro-light from his fingertips. The location pointed at was a forest. There were farms, wilderness, and woods everywhere in the countryside far from the city, and this place named Millwood Forest was a relatively large forest farm in the south of Tobesk, supplying the city with burning wood in winter.

Xia De had absolutely no memory of this place; after all, that vicinity had already disappeared when he came to this world.

"Head to Millwood Forest immediately?"

Luweiya consulted Xia De's opinion, and Xia De frowned and thought for a moment:

"Is your 【Pirate's Blood Money】 still on you?"

"Yes, I have always carried it with me."

"Use your divination to point out the direction we should move forward."

It was pitch black all around. Xia De only knew that the two were now 1 mile away from the town, as for what was around, no one knew.

"The current situation is very complicated. We don't know what happened in the core area of the relic, nor do we know what we will encounter if we continue to walk forward. You are a third-ring, I am a second-ring. Once we encounter a powerful demon, we won't be able to win at all. So, use divination to point out the direction of advance. I only need a direction or a definite destination."

Luweiya nodded, took out the blood money Xia De had harvested from the 【Fish Bone Pirate Ship】 from her pocket. She traded with herself to activate the characteristics of the blood money, and then closed her eyes and threw it into the air.

In the pitch-black environment, it was easy to see the purple light dust drifting from her fingertips, as well as the pure white brilliance that dimmed on her body at this moment.

The coin began to fall at the highest point, quickly decayed and scattered into flying ash in the air, which represented that there was a conclusion.

"Strange, the divination shows that we should go here first."

She took out the map again for comparison, and this time it pointed to a piece of farmland about half a mile from the current position.

"What does it mean? Can we meet a helper here?"

Xia De frowned and asked:

"But who would help us? Although Miss Miss Jia Lin Na's manor was also swallowed by darkness, it is obvious that she would also head directly to the core area... it wouldn't be the doctor coming, right? Or, is there some weapon to counter demons in that vicinity, but isn't this an ordinary countryside?"

"Why would you think of the doctor?"

Luweiya asked in surprise. She had heard from Xia De about the doctor and the demon, but didn't link Dac Nisi and the doctor together:

"And it's not necessarily a helper or a weapon, maybe there is other information there. Set out as soon as possible, Xia De, I am not like you, I cannot hold on for too long."

"However, you seem to have never asked how I am acting here unscathed."

Xia De asked curiously again.

"Everything that happens on you is very normal, and compared to what you did on the night of the god-descent in Tobesk and Coldwater Port, isn't the current situation normal enough?"

Compared to walking alone, being able to act with others in this darkness gave Xia De great comfort psychologically. The surroundings were incomparably quiet. When Xia De and Luweiya exchanged information, they also tried their best to lower their voices.

Luweiya's spirit was gradually becoming listless, so to prevent her from falling into a deep sleep again when Xia De didn't have a method to seal the demon, she handed all the information and materials for the ritual to seal the demon she had prepared to Xia De. Cooperating with the 【God's Gift Box】, even if Dac Nisi was killed, there was no need to worry about letting the Human Pus demon run away.

Xia De was also helpless about Luweiya's situation, and could only let her hold the Youthful Immortality Leaf he had originally kept. Now that Luweiya could persist in walking with him, it had already made him incomparably surprised. This absolutely was not just because of the four divine art amulets; Luweiya herself must also have a way to resist the erosion of darkness.

It was just that this kind of resistance ability was not powerful. The darkness was drawing her mental power, dissolving her will, and grinding away her reason. Plus, she had just taken the risk of performing a divination with a price, Xia De knew very clearly that in the end, only he would probably be able to head to the core area of the darkness.

And before that, Xia De still needed to find a safe location for Luweiya to sleep.

Because there was no reference object in the darkness, even if they had a map in their hands, they spent at least three times longer than the normal time to find the location Luweiya had learned from the divination.

It was just that Xia De's eyes had only just observed those high corn plants that had been dyed black at the edge of his field of vision, when Luweiya suddenly pulled him, pointed at her ears, and signaled Xia De to listen carefully.

Holding his breath, sure enough, extremely slight singing came into his ears from this cornfield in front of him, intermittently accompanied by the sound of stones knocking.

And the voice that constituted the singing came from hundreds of thin, sharp sounds. An ordinary person would probably have to pinch their throat to make a similar sound.

"What is this situation? Who is singing in this kind of place?"

Xia De was puzzled in his heart, wanting to enter the cornfield and use those tall plants dyed black as cover to explore forward. But just as he entered the range of the cornfield, the light on his body suddenly weakened, and at the same time, the headache caused by the singing almost made Xia De take one wrong step and fall into the field.

The situation of Luweiya beside him was even worse. The four amulets on her body appeared with the sound of cracking at the same time, and looking closely, cracks appeared on all four pieces of metal. She swayed her body a few times and held onto Xia De's shoulder to avoid falling down:

"The dark power here is stronger."

"The singing is part of the ritual. The ritual held in this place is enhancing the power of darkness. I have encountered similar situations on the road, but it is not as exaggerated as it is here."

Xia De supported Luweiya and sat down in the black cornfield. Thinking about it, he took off the metal box he was carrying behind his back and let Luweiya, whose eyes were almost unable to open, hold it. Those golden rays illuminated Luweiya's face, and her breathing finally stabilized:

"You wait for me here for a while, I will go forward to see what exactly is going on."

"These low-intelligence demons should have gathered together, holding rituals in the interior of the domain to spread and enhance the darkness."

Luweiya grabbed Xia De's sleeve:

"This kind of thing has also appeared in past records. Xia De, don't go, you can't deal with them."

"If I don't try, how would I know? Our target is in the center of the cornfield. I must see what else is inside besides demons."

Xia De asked with a serious expression:

"Witnessing the thirteen Chosen Ones, this is your wish. Or, Luweiya, are you willing to retreat with me and wait for good news or bad news from the church?"

In the worst-case scenario, Xia De still had two drops of divinity on him. No matter how reluctant he was, under the threat of life, Xia De would not be stingy with the power of divinity.

"Did you bring your pocket watch?"

He asked again.

"I brought it."

"Time it for twenty minutes, I will definitely come back."

Xia De promised, took out the 【Weak Angel Potion】 from his pocket, and shook it slightly. The potion itself seemed to perceive the surrounding environment and emitted an extremely faint white fluorescent light, but it quickly went out.

"You take this, to prevent any other dangers."

He stuffed the test tube into Luweiya's hand, then turned around, bent over, and walked toward the center of the cornfield.

Luweiya wanted to stop him, but in the blink of an eye, Xia De disappeared into the darkness.

She held the bottle in her hand, not knowing what to say for a moment. In the wrapping of darkness, there seemed to be something invisible peeping at her. Luweiya hugged the box in her hand tightly, missing Xia De who had gone far away.

"It's okay, I will protect you."

She heard the voice in her ear, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, so she closed her eyes, wanting to rest for a while. And behind Luweiya, who couldn't see, the white transparent figure, that Luweiya who looked more mature, gently hugged her, put her head on her shoulder, and rubbed against her:

"You have already done very well."

The white halo and the golden brilliance of the 【God's Gift Box】 jointly supported a small safe area.

"Meow!"

And it seemed because of Xia De's departure, that metal box actually vibrated slightly. But because the box itself was a sliding lid, even if there was something inside, it was impossible to push the lid open by itself.

Luweiya had already closed her eyes and fallen into a short slumber, so naturally, she couldn't hear the sound. The white figure behind her didn't care about the slight cat meow, but hummed a lullaby gently.

This sound was not loud, but it was exceptionally reassuring. ===== CHAPTER 517 =====