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Chapter 40 - 40 30 I've been polluted!

40: Chapter 30 I’ve been polluted!

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Xu Shu felt a chill run down his spine.

He immediately lowered his head, daring not to look at it, and at the same time covered Gu Pan’s eyes with his hand, pulling her entire body behind him.

“Close your eyes and don’t look, it’s over there,” Xu Shu said coldly, his head lowered.

“If you don’t want to die, listen to me.”

“Okay, okay!”

Gasping for breath, Gu Pan didn’t struggle.

She obediently closed her eyes and suddenly asked, “What exactly have we encountered?”

“A Primordial Spirit, do you know how to deal with it?” Xu Shu asked.

“Ah?” Gu Pan’s face was filled with confusion.

“Tsk.”

It seemed the official textbooks still needed much improvement.

Seeing this, Xu Shu said nothing more, but his heart sank.

Somehow this thing had fixed its attention on him.

Now the only consolation was that, as powerful as it was, it seemed unwilling to enter the prison.

Xu Shu didn’t think the prison was that impregnable; it was more likely that the residual aura of Black Widow had created a territory, similar to how wild beasts mark their ground!

He mustn’t look directly at it; otherwise, he’d die as inexplicably as in the simulation…

He had to think of a way to find a place with no windows to hide…

Rationally built, this prison had a small iron window in every cell; there was no completely sealed space…

Well then!

If worse came to worst, he would just sit where he was and outlast it.

After all, it couldn’t enter, and as long as he didn’t gaze at it for an extended time, there seemed to be no direct threat.

I won’t look at you, what can you do?

Just as this thought arose in Xu Shu’s mind, a grinding noise, like the gnashing of teeth, suddenly came from the bars of the small iron window.

And then, a strident friction sound seemed to arise even from the air.

“Not good!”

“Can it produce sound?”

“A sonic type of psychic attack?”

“Will it have the same effect as looking at it directly?”

“Will my clothes come to life and kill me?”

Thought after urgent thought flashed by, Xu Shu had no time for extended reflection, and immediately said to Gu Pan, “Do you want to die?”

“Ah?

Of course not,” Gu Pan replied, bewildered.

“Take off all your clothes, leave nothing on!”

“What???”

Gu Pan was completely shocked.

What, what does he want to do?!

“If you don’t want to die, just do it!”

Xu Shu kicked her into the adjacent cell.

He couldn’t explain much because the ‘Narrow Sleeve Guanyin’ in front of him had started to move, no, it had started to use its mouth!

It was majestic, yet it made a series of creepy, seductive noises.

It was like a massive sound system wreaking havoc in the prison!

“Om mani padme hum—Amitābha…

“Namo, namo sara mitē~”

“Om mani padme hum—Amitābha!”

“Namo, namo——za…”

It was as if a hundred thousand toothless old women were murmuring scriptures in a disordered chorus, the chanting piercing Xu Shu’s mind like a steel spike, as if wanting to churn out all his brain matter.

And at the same time, his collar strangled his neck, his sleeves stood up like venomous snakes, his pants and shoes turned into scorpions trying to gnaw at his flesh, all wanting to kill him!

“As I suspected!”

When the danger truly arrived, Xu Shu’s heart in turn calmed down.

There was nothing left to fear, only a desperate fight for survival.

Xu Shu assumed a horse stance, pressed down with his body, and all his clothing burst open, leaving only a glowing fluorescent pair of underwear.

This was the Promotion Drive, the dimensional level was sufficient, so it wasn’t affected by that influence.

And Xu Shu’s hands clasped together, his momentum instantly becoming as profound as a great abyss and as towering as a mountain, seemingly forming an invisible shield around his body.

Heart of Steel·Jingwei!

Clang clang clang—

In an instant, a symphony of metallic clashing sounds burst from Xu Shu’s body.

It was as if countless invisible hammers were striking a bell, exploding with a cacophony of rapid banging.

“I’ve held up!”

“I can block the psychic attacks, too!”

The piercing pain aiming straight for his brain suddenly subsided, and all the attacks were absorbed like mud vanished into the sea, transforming into additional defensive power.

Trait·Fill the Sea!

Effective!

Xu Shu felt a slight elation inside.

But his happiness was quickly subdued.

Others couldn’t see, but he could sense it.

Every bone in his body was whimpering and trembling as if under extreme pressure.

The shield absorbed the attacks, becoming increasingly thick, even starting to emit faint golden light, making him look like a golden-bodied Arhat.

But the same pressure was also becoming greater and greater!

“No good, if it goes on like this…

I’ll shatter…”

Seeing that the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin was still continuously chanting, Xu Shu knew he couldn’t just keep taking hits.

Just taking hits would grind him alive.

He had to counterattack!

Xu Shu looked towards the Tai Chu Scroll and pulled out the only two items remaining.

They were both fine-quality items.

One was [Counter Impact Fighter], which would let him immediately withdraw from combat, leaping a kilometer away.

What happened next aside, at least it would save his life.

The other was [Shaye’s Song], also a type of psychic offensive item.

Comparatively speaking, in a situation with a clear gap in strength, the natural choice would be to first withdraw from the battlefield, the best option.

But…

Xu Shu glanced at the cell next to him.

Gu Pan was indeed naked, having obediently taken off all her clothes and was now crouching on the ground, covering her ears and trembling in pain.

Luckily, she was further away with a wall in between, so the psychic attack of the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin didn’t specifically target her; she was only subjected to a bit of the aftermath.

Even so, if she had reacted a split second slower or had the slightest shred of clothing on her body, she would have died on the spot.

“Heh…

credit to you for obeying, but whether you survive is down to your luck.”

Xu Shu no longer hesitated and chose [Shaye’s Song]!

[Shaye’s Song (Fine): Use this item to emit the forbidden seductive sounds, releasing the essence of the spirit, corrupting everything.

The forbidden song is a psychic type of attack; you can freely compose the lyrics.]