infodatos Chapter 324 Selfishness
Chapter 324 Selfishness
Chapter 324 Selfishness
Just now, when the summoned gray knights rushed over, he personally witnessed the insect suddenly make its move. A blackish-purple blade suddenly shot out and swept towards the oncoming gray knights. In the midst of the flashing blades, the gray knights and the skeletal horses beneath them were instantly cut into several pieces.
These were not what surprised the gray-robed man; what surprised him was that, since then, the gray knight and the black-clad man seemed to have lost the ability to stand up again.
Theoretically speaking, as long as the summoner is still in a certain place, the summoned creatures he summons in that place are absolutely immortal. Even if they are cut into pieces, they can be resurrected.
Now, if these summoned creatures die, they are truly dead.
It's not that no one can do it; for example, the Abyss Demoness can. Their Abyss Authority is higher than his, and they can easily control these men in black. But what makes this ordinary-looking insect so special?
With the divine flower in my hand?
The thought of the Flower of God caused the gray-robed man to pause for a moment before his figure flashed.
The next second, a dozen or so surviving men in black swept in from behind him, and these men in black were completely out of signal range within the gray-robed man's abyss network.
The tentacles beneath the gray-robed man surged, transforming into several afterimages. The next moment, only a pile of corpse parts remained on the spot. However, his tentacles did not stop moving; instead, they slowly gathered and absorbed these fragments.
The gray-robed man slowly raised his head and looked at Erkani, who was slowly standing up. The inscription on the ring on Erkani's finger flickered slightly, shimmering with a deep purple light, attracting the abyssal energy that permeated the surrounding area to converge on it.
With each inhalation, Erkani's life force surged at an incredible speed, every tiny crack in his body healed instantly, his wounds vanished without a trace, and his entire body radiated an ever-growing vitality.
Upon seeing this, the gray-robed man finally understood what Princess Yingluo's earlier warning meant.
The competition for the title of Lord of the Abyss has always been a war among the holders of Abyss Relics, never among magical girls or Abyss creatures.
Since things have come to this, let's retreat. He, the Abyss Demon General, lost to a relic, not to a human, so it's not a big problem.
However, just as he was preparing to leave, Ercani seemed unwilling to let him go. His voice slowly rang out: "Sir, the battle has only just begun, and you're already planning to leave?"
"If I want to leave, can you stop me?" The gray-robed man's words carried a hint of mockery.
"Shall we give it a try?"
A long sword appeared in Erkani's hand, shrouded in thick black mist. This mist gradually spread up his arm and enveloped his body, much like Venom in the Marvel universe flowing and covering his entire body.
The gray-robed man's pupils contracted slightly; it seemed the other party had truly mastered the method of using the relic.
A moment later, the black slime from the dissolving longsword enveloped Erkani's entire body, instantly transforming him into a murky form. Sharp spikes and scales protruded from various parts of his body. At the rear of his armor, the slime gathered and extended outwards, forming a tail more than three meters long. His body also changed accordingly, with faint cracking sounds emanating from his bones as they were being supported.
His posture also became much more upright, and the change ended quickly.
In the blink of an eye, all his original human-like features disappeared, replaced by a monster with black skin, covered in scales, with a black tail and a head like a cheetah, appearing before the gray-robed man.
Erkani took a step forward, and a blade, half a meter long and gleaming coldly, instantly protruded from his black arm.
His figure flashed suddenly, and he attacked the gray-robed man in front of him.
A few minutes later, the gray-robed man, Ran Ke, wiped the pink blood from the corner of his mouth. Looking at the writhing octopus tentacles beside him, he gave a deep look at Erkani in front of him. This insect's learning speed was so fast. Not long after absorbing his abyssal energy, it began to decipher his abyssal moves on the spot.
It was clearly visible that the alley was surrounded by men in black.
The gray-robed man gave Erkani a deep look. He remembered this insect. Abyssal creatures don't usually hold grudges, but if they do, they hold them for a lifetime.
Under Ercani's puzzled gaze, the gray-robed man's tentacles suddenly stabbed towards his own crystal core. As the core shattered, his entire body rapidly decomposed into abyss-like particles, dissipating in front of Ercani.
"What a pity, such great material."
This was the first time Ercani had ever felt such surging life energy from an abyssal creature. If he were to capture it alive, how many terrifying monsters would he research?
Bai Yuzhe knew everything about the gray-robed man's situation. He didn't know before because he didn't want to go into the Abyss Network. As long as the Abyss Beasts didn't approach the area he usually stayed in, he didn't care and preferred to stay out of sight, out of mind.
But now that he's preparing to leave, many things need to change.
For example, the moment the gray-robed man pressed that red button, all the abyssal beasts in Yeqiu City sprang into action, all in an effort to find the miasma bomb that Erkani had hidden in the Tianxin District of Yeqiu City.
Yeqiu City has nearly thirteen districts. It's impossible for Bai Yuze to let the Abyss Disaster Beast take care of every district. This is also asking the beast too much. For him, the key area is Tianxin District, where the Kikyo Judgment Squad lives. Other adjacent areas are of secondary importance. As for areas further away, he can't manage them and doesn't have the time to manage them.
Fortunately, whether it was because Erkani was not yet prepared or because the Abyssal Beast was powerful, the miasma bombs in the Celestial Heart District were basically eliminated after they learned about this thing.
The other miasma bombs did not completely explode either.
After confirming that Chen Yao was alright and that there was no miasma crisis in Yeqiu City, Bai Yuze stopped worrying about it. As for the gray-robed man Ran Ke disobeying orders and taking action against Erkani on his own, Bai Yuze silently made a mental note of it.
Of course, the other party's probing wasn't entirely without effect, as it gave him a general understanding of Ercani's abilities.
However, he was not in a hurry to cause trouble for him, and had already arrived at Uncle Li's One Yuan Noodle Shop.
There were far fewer customers today compared to yesterday.
"Wait, Xiaobai, what brings you here today? What, did Xiaoyu misbehave and come to me to complain?"
Even from a distance, Uncle Li spotted Bai Yuzhe and greeted him with a smile.
"No way, Xiaoyu is much more obedient than Xiaoqing. She's not like Bai Youqing, who's always playing around. She stays home studying all day."
Bai Yuze wasn't lying through his teeth. Compared to Bai Youqing, Li Xuanyu really had to work much harder. While Bai Youqing was still engrossed in the holy light magic taught by the magician Kikyo, Li Xuanyu had already begun researching magic arrays suitable for herself.
For example, the [Lightning Judgment] used in the last battle against the Osmanthus Judgment Squad.
Of course, Bai Youqing is working very hard now.
She just hasn't found her own path yet, but that's no longer something he can worry about.
"What are you thinking about? You look so worried."
Uncle Li placed a bowl of beef noodles in front of him:
"Want a bowl of noodles?"
"Uncle Li, you've already brought the noodles over, how can I not eat them?"
"Ha ha."
"Would you like some side dishes?"
"Let's have a beer."
Uncle Li paused for a moment, then returned to the kitchen with a broad smile. He prepared several braised dishes, a bowl of peanuts, and finally came out carrying a large wine vat containing a black garland snake.
"You're such a grown man, why are you still drinking beer instead of this?"
"This is?"
"This is a treasure. Back then, Lao Bai and I went fishing, but we didn't catch any fish. Instead, we caught a rat snake. But we disagreed. Lao Bai said it's best for making medicinal liquor, while I said rat snake meat is delicious and best for stir-frying. Neither of us could convince the other, so I said, let's see who catches the most fish, and then we'll decide how to handle this snake."
Uncle Li picked up the wine jug, poured himself a cup, and then poured another cup for Bai Hanzhe. He then continued:
"Old Bai had no objections. At the time, I was thinking about how to cook this rat snake. You know your cheap old man, although he likes fishing, he has never caught one. He is a typical case of being bad at fishing but having a big addiction. How could he possibly beat me? By three or four in the morning, I had already caught four or five snakes, but Old Bai still hadn't caught a single one."
"Hehehe," Uncle Li took a sip, as if recalling something, "I was thinking it was so late, he probably wouldn't catch any fish, so I'll just take a nap. And that's when this trouble started."
"What's wrong?"
Bai Yuze imitated the other person by taking a sip, and his face immediately scrunched up, making Uncle Li laugh out loud. "Your alcohol tolerance hasn't changed at all, has it? You're down after two bottles?"
"Ahem! I don't like drinking, Uncle Li, you know that." Bai Yuze was a little embarrassed. He gets flushed very easily when he drinks. A long time ago, he went to a restaurant and drank two bottles of beer and passed out. His cheap father and Uncle Li kept teasing him about it.
"Later, when I woke up, it was already daylight. I ran to Old Bai's fish basket and, lo and behold, there were six or seven lively carp in there."
At this moment, Lao Bai started telling me the story of the tortoise and the hare with a smile. I was puzzled. Lao Bai usually couldn't catch any fish, so why did he suddenly change his mind?
I didn't think much of it at the time, that the old man would take advantage of me being asleep and drive into the city overnight to buy seven or eight fish.
"Back then, the place we went fishing in was actually quite remote, and it was late at night, so we wondered who would sell us fish."
"And then, good heavens, this guy is really shameless. He actually did it! He went to a wholesale vegetable market, and when the vendors opened the door, they saw a big head sticking out there, which scared them to death. If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. But damn it, this guy had a long face in front of the boss and said that his good brother was dying and that his favorite food was fish. The boss was stunned and immediately took him to the pond to catch fish. They caught about ten fish."
At this point, Uncle Li took another sip of his wine, and Bai Yuze chuckled, cupping his eyes, and said, "My father should have caught ten fish, so why are there only six in the basket?"
"Haha, after he finished all that, he went back to our fishing spot, sat down steadily, and started fishing again. But after fishing for a long time, he just couldn't catch anything. Then he thought, since I have ten fish, I might as well release one to bait the area and see what happens."
"As you can see, he released four fish in a row, but didn't catch a single one."
Upon hearing about his adoptive father's dark past, Bai Yuze was both amused and stunned.
His cheapskate father was indeed capable of doing such a thing.
Seeing that Bai Yuze looked much more relaxed, Uncle Li ate a few peanuts and instantly became an expert on relationships.
"Tell me, is there some relationship problem you're facing that you need Uncle Li to help you resolve?"
"No, Seri and I are still in the honeymoon phase. A day apart feels like three autumns. We're even planning to go on a date this afternoon." Bai Yuze smiled slightly as he recalled Seri's gentle demeanor.
When Uncle Li saw Bai Yuze's lovey-dovey behavior, he almost kicked him out. "You brat, are you here to cause trouble?"
No, no.
Bai Yuze smiled and toasted Uncle Li, saying, "It hasn't been long since I've seen Uncle Li, so I just wanted to have a few drinks with him."
"Really not?"
Uncle Li looked at Bai Yuzhe suspiciously.
This child has always had this personality; he never asks for help when he encounters problems and always solves them on his own.
"Of course I do, Uncle Li. Didn't you say before that I wouldn't bring my girlfriend to see you? She'll be arriving at noon today, so I might need you to cook something nice for me."
Bai Hanze said with a smile that he had been standing next to Bai Youqing and Uncle Li chatting earlier.
The other party was furious that he had found a girlfriend but didn't bring her home to meet his parents.
Today he redeemed himself.
"real?"
Uncle Li's eyes lit up immediately. "You've got some redeeming qualities, kid."
As he spoke, he glanced down at his appearance and shook his head repeatedly: "This won't do. If the younger generation sees me like this, it will probably lower their impression of me."
"Yuze, how about we go out and buy some new clothes?"
"No, no, Hoshino Seri isn't that kind of person..."
"No, no, I'm carrying the glorious mission of meeting Old Bai's daughter-in-law on his behalf. If I scare her away, Old Bai will probably scold me to death later." Uncle Li shook his head repeatedly and refused to drink any more wine.
She pulled Bai Yuze along to find a taxi: "Let's go buy groceries and clothes."
He said he was buying clothes for himself, but when they got to the clothing store, Uncle Li insisted on buying one or two outfits for Bai Yuzhe first. Looking at the handsome young man in the mirror, Uncle Li nodded with great satisfaction and sighed, "Hmm, not bad, he has eight-tenths of my excellent temperament back then."
"Uncle Li, didn't you say you were going to buy yourself some clothes?"
"At my age, why would I buy clothes? I can just pick one or two pieces from my closet. But you, every time you come to see me, you're always dressed the same. Forget about whether your girlfriend will have a problem with it, I feel like punching you. As a teacher at Yeqiu No. 1 Middle School, how can you not even have a decent set of clothes? What kind of behavior is this?"
Before Bai Yuzhe could object, Uncle Li waved his hand and said, "Let's go buy groceries."
On the way home, Uncle Li asked Bai Yuze to call Xiaoqing and Xiaoyu over as well, and Bai Yuze thought about it and agreed.
When he first came here, he wanted to tell Uncle Li that if he ever went missing or something happened to him, he wanted Uncle Li to take care of Xiao Qing.
But after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that he was being too sentimental.
Even if he didn't say it, if he really couldn't come back in the future, Uncle Li would most likely still take care of Bai Youqing like a daughter.
On the contrary, if he were to say it, Uncle Li would definitely press him for an answer.
Excuses aren't the problem; the brain tumor diagnosed at the Ye Qiu City Comprehensive District Hospital is a perfectly valid reason.
Now, he actually feels that the person he owes the most to is Seri-chan.
Ultimately, it was because I was too selfish and greedy, greedy for this short-lived love, while ignoring Hoshino Seri's future.