“Indis Fugene… Indis Fugene…”
Luo Xiu murmured the name.
He felt increasingly familiar with this name.
…Why did Intis attack him?
Blood Disciples Morris and Fuld called her a “traitor.” What exactly did Intis do to the Blood of Thorns?
Many questions surged in his mind, but Intis had already left the vicinity of the battlefield. In the situation just now, Luo Xiu had no time to use detection on her, so he had to put her matter aside for now.
Fuld’s corpse now lay at Luo Xiu’s feet. After killing the last Blood Disciple who invaded Dawn Town, Luo Xiu’s hanging heart finally relaxed halfway.
It seemed Intis would not return. Unlike when he killed the first Blood Disciple Morris, Luo Xiu could now confidently and boldly scavenge Fuld’s dropped items.
The first thing Luo Xiu did was pull out the bone whistle from Fuld’s tightly clenched hand.
This was undoubtedly an Over Transcendent item. The moment Luo Xiu pulled out the bone whistle, the panel displayed relevant information.
“Weeping Bone Whistle, White Common… Hmm…”
Luo Xiu nodded. “It has the ability to transmit power from the source to the holder, with certain distance and intensity limits…”
On the panel, the bone whistle’s “power source” was originally Blood Disciple Morris, and the holder was Fuld.
But with the deaths of these two, the source’s name disappeared, and the holder’s name was replaced with Luo Xiu Durant.
Luo Xiu tried to make himself the power source, but the bone whistle didn’t react at all. It seemed he would have to wait until at least Second Fate to be qualified to use the bone whistle…
And Fuld clenching this bone whistle indicated that he had indeed used it before, but it had no effect at all.
“Of course he didn’t know that his accomplice was taken out by me in the first round…” Luo Xiu chuckled inwardly.
At this moment, Fenrir also came over, lowered its head to sniff Fuld’s corpse, and then prepared to enter Fuld’s shadow to devour his soul.
After a search, Luo Xiu scavenged a small amount of nolan gold coins and items from Fuld’s inner pocket.
Six nolan gold coins, twelve silver coins, and eight copper coins… Even after deducting the amount spent at Old Balin’s earlier, there was still quite a bit left…
Luo Xiu felt delighted. Even if he was essentially playing on a sub-account, this “first pot of gold” was enough to make him happy for half a day.
Those items were relatively ordinary, mostly some basic potions and some materials Luo Xiu temporarily didn’t need. Luo Xiu put them into his cloth bag first.
After finishing the scavenging, Luo Xiu stood up, dusted off his clothes, and prepared to leave.
But just then, Luo Xiu’s clothes suddenly began to flutter without wind!
The atmosphere instantly became eerie. Luo Xiu’s heart tightened, and Fuld’s corpse, which was lying at his feet, suddenly moved!
—Bang!
Fuld’s arm swung out, gripping Luo Xiu’s ankle tightly like an iron hoop!
When this terrifying scene occurred, Luo Xiu was startled. He instinctively struggled violently, but he couldn’t break free from Fuld’s iron-hoop-like hand.
Even if Luo Xiu was a master player in his previous life, he had never seen such a scene. A phrase like “Holy crap, a zombie!” flashed through his mind.
Although Fuld’s grip didn’t cause damage, it was quite frightening. Luo Xiu immediately drew the second judge from his waist, ready to put a bullet in Fuld’s head.
But just as Luo Xiu aimed the gun at Fuld’s head, preparing to pull the trigger, Fuld’s eyes, which were already wide open in death, suddenly widened further and gradually bulged out!
The two eyeballs gradually turned from black to red, and from red to purple.
Then, in a certain instant.
The two eyeballs, like fuses, caused Fuld’s head to explode on the spot!
“I haven’t even shot yet…” Luo Xiu thought.
As Fuld’s head exploded, the hand tightly gripping Luo Xiu gradually loosened.
Turbid unknown substances burst forth but did not splash onto Luo Xiu’s clothes; instead, they all splattered on the ground behind the corpse.
That mass of turbid substance began to squirm as if alive, gradually gathering together.
Luo Xiu watched the scene before him with some surprise but did not stop it.
In Luo Xiu’s understanding, this scene was like some kind of ritual being activated, and Fuld passively became the altar and sacrifice for this ritual.
In other words, Fuld’s corpse had been inscribed with a ritual beforehand…
Luo Xiu pondered. He could feel the power of the ritual’s activator, but the effect of the ritual was not dangerous.
Because the almighty panel detection showed that this was a “Manifestation Ritual” in “activation state”!
“Who wants to project over…
Sacrificing Fuld’s corpse and soul just to project an image?” Luo Xiu mused.
Poor Fuld, poor Fuld.jpg
But it’s normal. Many of those madmen from Scarlet Lotus would self-destruct when pushed to the limit, truly not caring about their physical bodies at all…
Luo Xiu thought, this might also be to prevent the corpse from falling into enemy hands and being made into Over Transcendent materials.
The “creature” made of turbid matter had now completely merged, intertwining and growing into a very bizarre humanoid figure.
It had a head but no facial features; it had two hands and two feet but no fingers…
Seeing this, Luo Xiu’s eyes narrowed slightly.
With such a unique appearance, Luo Xiu had already recognized who activated this Manifestation Ritual.
That was the leader of the Blood of Thorns—the Blood Sacrifice Master!
In god's path, this Blood Sacrifice Master was a main boss-level villain that players would encounter in version 1.0.
The Blood Sacrifice Master was a rare Fivefold Fate Over Transcendent in the entire Fanoor. Coupled with the Blood Sacrifice Master’s legendary template specialties at a boss level, this made his strength far superior to that of ordinary Fivefold Fate Over Transcendent, allowing him to completely rank among Sixfold Fate powerhouses.
And at this moment, this Blood Sacrifice Master actually initiated communication with Luo Xiu!
This made Luo Xiu feel extremely strange.
It was too late to escape now, and since “Fuld” had suddenly come back to life, Luo Xiu, as a Saint, couldn’t just leave it be.
Only a quiet corpse makes one feel at ease… And Luo Xiu also knew that the other party was just a projection and posed no actual threat to him.
Luo Xiu simply pulled up his collar, first covering half of his face, then reloaded his first “judge” to ensure his safety was prioritized, and then he watched the changes in the flesh and blood before him closely.
Luo Xiu was also very curious about what that “Blood Sacrifice Master” wanted to tell him.
The moment the turbid, blood-red humanoid was fully formed, the Blood Sacrifice Master’s manifestation emitted an old, sharp, and extremely turbid voice.
“Who… are… you…?”
This was the first question the Blood Sacrifice Master asked.
Luo Xiu maintained a safe distance from the projection, with Fenrir in between. After ensuring that the Blood Sacrifice Master couldn’t suddenly attack him using Fuld’s corpse, a faint smile appeared on Luo Xiu’s face—
“I am your father!”
Luo Xiu said with a grin.
Visibly, the Blood Sacrifice Master’s entire body trembled violently, appearing quite enraged.
Ah, he’s agitated. Agitated is good!
Luo Xiu maintained his smile.
He knew that this old bastard couldn’t leave his current location for a while, so he acted recklessly.
Anyway, from the very beginning, Luo Xiu’s goal was to attract the attention of the Blood of Thorns, so he might as well intensify his efforts.
“I can… forgive your transgression…”
The Blood Sacrifice Master’s voice continued:
“You… you are very good… I’ll give you a chance… Join… join us…”
“I refuse, old man.”
Luo Xiu interrupted the Blood Sacrifice Master, refusing decisively.
Then, Luo Xiu’s tone changed, and he continued with an uninhibited attitude:
“I know who you are. You’re the leader of the ‘Blood of Thorns,’ right?
Listen carefully, I’ll only say this once…”
Luo Xiu observed the Blood Sacrifice Master’s reaction and saw that he was clearly stunned for a moment, becoming somewhat suspicious.
This was precisely the effect Luo Xiu wanted to achieve. He continued:
“All three people you sent out have been killed by me, hehe…”
Luo Xiu deliberately said “three people,” which included Intis.
He continued with a smile:
“And you slaves of the destruction seat, you Blood of Thorns…
I will burn the thorns, and drain your gray blood! Hehe… I will kill you—
—Everyone!”