novelonline Chapter 3473 Flesh and Blood Core
Chapter 3473 Flesh and Blood Core
Chapter 3473 Flesh and Blood Core
The last one, the [Plague Lord], has a somewhat convoluted name. This deity is not actually well-known, as his followers were almost entirely wiped out in the early Sixth Era. Shad was only able to recognize this deity's holy emblem thanks to the books at the [Academy of Strange Trees].
This deity's followers pleased their god by spreading a mushroom plague that caused people to grow cysts and tumors, and they enhanced their power by consuming those diseased organisms.
In short, compared to the followers of these three evil gods, the "Meeting of All Numbers" and the "Order of Doom" can actually be considered benevolent.
However, even evil gods do not welcome humanoid relics at all, and will not easily accept the faith of humanoid relics. True devout cultists will not share their faith with relics. If cultists really saw this scene, Shad could probably easily win them over as temporary allies.
However, all three holy symbols are genuine divine magical items, but their power is extremely weak, and it is unknown where the false people obtained them.
"They are all related to flesh and blood, and reproduction."
After thinking for a moment, Xia De took the three holy symbols from the altar and put them in his pocket, intending to hand them over to the Church of the True God after he left.
With a loud bang, the chapel door was pushed open from the outside, and a "person" dressed in a black priest's robe walked in and shouted:
"Blasphemer, what are you doing?"
It looked like an ordinary middle-aged priest, except that it had no human markings on its head and a bulging, lumpy thing growing on its back.
"You're addicted to acting, aren't you?"
Shad unleashed another beam of moonlight, but the priest, who was holding a book in his left hand, raised his hand to block it, using only his slightly reddened right hand to deflect Shad's moonlight.
Xia De dared not be careless. He crossed his arms in front of his chest, forming a crescent moon cross as he charged toward the "priest".
The latter continued to shout loudly:
"Blasphemer, will you not repent?"
The book held in his left hand came to life at that moment, turning into a mass of flesh and blood. Then, that mass of flesh and blood transformed into a shield as tall as a person, which the "priest" held in his hand. The shield collided head-on with the intersecting cross of moonlight.
With a deafening roar, the priest and the shattered flesh shield were shoved back into the corridor from the doorway, and Shad took the opportunity to enter a new corridor.
As soon as my feet touched the ground, I felt a soft, sinking sensation. Looking down, I saw that the walls of the entire corridor were a creepy pinkish-flesh color, and I could even see traces of blood vessels and veins in that fleshy color.
In other words, instead of finding an exit, Xia De moved from the relatively outer area of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans] to a more inner part of the relic.
"Followers of flesh and blood, seize him! I will offer him to flesh and blood so that he may atone for his sins!"
The priest was slammed against the "wall," where the relatively soft flesh and blood wall embedded him, but it also healed his wounds. As he roared and stood up again, dozens of stage-three pseudo-humans rushed out from the rooms on both sides of the corridor, their bizarre appearance perhaps more terrifying than their actual strength.
The corridor was narrow and offered no escape. Shad had intended to shatter them with his moonlight before finding a way out, but suddenly the fleshy corridor began to writhe. A large amount of blood rained down on these stage-three pseudo-humans, and a layer of bloody light appeared on the surface of each pseudo-human. Before Shad could unleash his moonlight, their various ranged attacks flew towards him first.
Shad stepped back and immediately returned to the chapel. He closed the door behind him, glanced around the room, and kicked open the two kneeling cushions, revealing a trapdoor hidden underneath.
As the room's main door was smashed open, Shad jumped into the trapdoor. There was light coming from beneath the trapdoor, and Shad thought he would land immediately, but the fall lasted a full three minutes before he finally entered the new room below.
After he fell into the room, the hole in the ceiling immediately closed. It seemed that none of the fake people had chased after him, but Shad, now in the new room, couldn't relax.
Flesh, blood, and bones—the crimson color almost completely overwhelmed everything here.
The shoes sprouted red tentacles as soon as they touched the soft "ground," as if they had come to life. The clothes on his body were slowly turning red, and every breath he took felt like drinking blood. Xia De even covered his head, as if he had seen a huge lump of flesh roaring at him for a moment.
This was no normal room; the room, constructed entirely of flesh and blood, felt like being inside the body of some creature. The gurgling sound of blood flowing within the writhing, fleshy walls made the red light before Shad's eyes grow increasingly blinding.
There was a door made of flesh and blood on the wall. There was a groove on the ground at the lower right corner of the door, through which drops of blood that oozed out from the crack in the door could flow into the blood pool in the center of the room.
The pool of blood wasn't any standard shape; the viscous blood within it was almost stagnant. Shad's eyes were forced to turn away after only a glance; the powerful whispering energy made him feel dizzy, and a strange longing arose within him—
Enter the blood pool and become one with everyone.
He didn't know how deep the blood pool was, nor what else was in it, but at this moment he suddenly understood that this blood pool was the core of the [House of the False Man], and he had arrived at the true secret of this sage-level relic.
Ever since he entered the "House of the Pseudo-Humans," all paths have led only to this place.
The blood pool occupied two-thirds of the room's area. Besides the blood pool and the door that was constantly overflowing with blood, there was a fake man dressed as a male servant standing in front of the wall of flesh opposite the door.
Its back was against the wall, or rather, it had become one with the wall, its arms crossed over its chest as it looked at Shad, who was covering his head and even seemed unsteady on his feet:
"Welcome, Summoner."
It said in De la Rion:
"We traded you for the secret of flesh and blood growth with the Blood Spirit School. Welcome to the House of the False Man."
"What do you want to do?"
Shad asked it, wondering if Moonfire could force a hole through these walls of flesh and blood.
The fake man dressed as a male servant told Shad the truth:
"We want to know whether the most powerful material world, flesh and blood, can enable us to evolve further."
It paused slightly:
"In the Vesta Woods, one of our companions saw you from afar, and we were all astonished by your form of existence. We cannot comprehend your composition; although you appear human, your physical existence is absolutely unlike any other creature of flesh and blood."
We see entirely new possibilities in you. To us, you are the guiding light of the next era. We need you—not just your hair, flesh, and essence, but your very essence. That's why I've had the Blood Spirit School invite you here today.
It showered Xia De with praise, then released its clasped arms and pointed to the pool of blood in the center of the room:
"This is the core of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans], the palace and cradle where we were all born. Please enter here and become one with us, so that your potential and our potential become one. From now on, the pseudo-human is you, and you are all pseudo-humans. We will evolve together to become truly perfect beings."
Despite his headache, Xia De asked:
"Do you think I'd be crazy to agree to that?"
“It’s alright. There’s no exit from this core room. I know you’re strong, but you’ll realize sooner or later that this is your only way out. You don’t need to worry about that door; it can’t be opened.”
It chuckled, then slowly moved backward, letting the wall of flesh engulf it.
"I'm giving you 24 hours to think, or rather, to try to leave this place. Summoner, this is an opportunity for you to completely transcend, and unlike relying on the power of gods, this opportunity allows you to evolve yourself."
It vanished into the wall, and Shad struggled to keep himself from collapsing to his knees. While clutching his head, he made his shoes glow to prevent them from truly being transformed into flesh and blood.
"Damn it."
He cursed and turned to look at the door. Even without directly touching the writhing flesh on the doorframe, he knew he wasn't wrong, Old John from last night wasn't wrong either—the legend was true.
"The door to the [Creation Chamber]!"
The door was only opened a crack, allowing drops of blood to seep out from behind it—this was the source of the [House of the Pseudo-Humans]'s power.
To truly open the door, one needs spirit runes, artifacts, and incantations. Shad obtained [Flesh and Blood] when he reached the seventh ring, but he had neither the artifacts nor the incantation to open the door. Therefore, a truly eternal door was right in front of him, yet he could not open it.
But that's not the point right now. The point is that even if this door is opened, it doesn't lead to the outside world. But Xia De isn't entirely without other options. He's extremely grateful that he didn't use the time key this morning.
"Fortunately."
He pulled the metal door pendant from his pocket, and as it rapidly turned blood red and became softer with touch, Shad inserted the prepared key into the lock.
May the World Tree provide boundless protection.
He stopped, and after sprinkling water to freeze, placed the things he couldn't take with him on the huge block of ice. The ice was also rapidly being corroded by the flesh, but it should hold for at least three seconds.
May the World Tree protect me across infinite time and space!
With a click, the pendant's door opened, and the white mist that burst forth instantly engulfed Shad. The pendant itself silently fell onto the soft ground, the metal completely transforming into flesh and blood, then merging with the ground.