Super Righteous Player
Chapter 635 - 176: The Person Opposed to Oneself_1

Chapter 635: Chapter 176: The Person Opposed to Oneself_1

At this moment, Henry Walden’s right hand had transformed into a vivid red demonic hand.

It was as big as four heads—apparently, the impact sound just now was from it grasping Jiu’er, throwing her, and heavily smashing her against the wall before bouncing back.

Jiu’er gasped for breath as she stood up.

She appeared like a demon rising from hell, drenched in blood. The bright red mystic tattoos on her abdomen were fully activated, even extending near her shoulders and lower back.

The dim red light flickered uncertainly in the depths of her eyes, while blood dripped down from the badly damaged stainless steel battle axe in her hand.

Extremely fierce.

If a passerby came in, they would probably immediately conclude that Jiu’er was the villain and the young man the innocent victim of an attack.

But unfortunately... Lin Yiyi could easily tell that the blood on Jiu’er’s axe and body all belonged to her.

The room was filled with a very strong scent of bergamot and amber, as if someone had sprayed aftershave all over.

That was the smell of the Rustless Blood when it came into contact with air.

Lin Yiyi often logged off while holding Jiu’er, and after Jiu’er advanced to a Blood Eater, her scent immediately turned into this aroma—and it was very distinct. Whether sweating or bleeding, this type of scent would emerge.

The young man with honey-colored hair didn’t seem surprised that his barrier had been dismantled.

Upon hearing the sound of the door being smashed, he turned around leisurely without any panic.

At the same time, he didn’t forget to transform his right hand into numerous sharp, slender, spear-like spikes.

These spikes shot forward rapidly, forming countless sharp spears that pinned Jiu’er’s body to the wall.

But to Jiu’er, this was hardly an injury—it just meant she couldn’t exert any strength or move.

Her health had only slipped by less than 30%, so it was clear he had pulled his punches.

And she didn’t feel much pain either.

After Jiu’er had changed her profession to Berserker, she had continuously reduced her sense of pain. Now, she only retained 5% of it—such a level of pain sensation made her seem like she had a natural shield, largely ignoring most injuries.

Lowering it was indeed possible, considering her strong self-healing ability, and she didn’t need pain as a warning... but in doing so, she couldn’t enter a Berserk state on her own.

To enter Berserk status, one must first feel pain.

A Berserker who can’t go Berserk and fights very calmly...would be quite adorable.

After attacking Jiu’er, the young man instead turned back bewilderingly.

"...Oh, it’s you."

He did have some recollection of Xitan Pulan: "You are... Miss Xitan Pulan, right. I saw you not long ago."

"Yes, your reverence," Xitan Pulan said with a cool voice.

She floated forward with slight confusion, glanced at Jiu’er who was still full of vigor despite being pinned to the wall, and boldly asked directly, "But why are you attacking my friend... Did the Brotherhood of Blood ask you to come?"

"How could that be, I’m not your enemy. On my way here, I just took care of some small fry who wanted to attack this lady."

The young man appeared a bit troubled as he rubbed his hair and sighed, "She was the one who attacked me first."

"—It was you who appeared in my room first!"

Pierced by countless ruby-like sharp spears, Jiu’er shouted back loudly, "I am a girl, you know?! If I hadn’t been awake—"

"...Pfft."

The young holy warrior couldn’t help but make a strange noise.

His expression was odd, as if he was struggling to suppress a smile.

"Ah, I apologize. I’m very sorry, miss."

He did apologize and then asked in surprise, "Are you a newly advanced Blood Eater? No wonder...you are indeed... quite young, aren’t you?"

"What do you mean by that?!"

Upon hearing the keyword "young," Jiu’er’s voice immediately grew louder.

"I am truly sorry, fellow believer. Allow me to introduce myself. I am [The Opposing Self] Henry Walden, the bishop of the Goddess of Cup. When I was at the silver-tier, I was a Holy Warrior."

Henry said warmly, "And I have several friends who are Blood Eaters. So I know, such injuries are nothing for a Blood Eater... In fact, getting hurt a bit is the best training for Blood Eaters.

"The power of Rustless Blood is stronger than you imagine; each time you heal from injuries, your body gets further strengthened.

"So what I said was true, this is not an attack... it’s play."

As he spoke, he finally retracted his right hand that had transformed into numerous red spears.

The crystal-like red spears retracted like vines, turning back into a regular right hand.

...Holy Warrior?

Upon hearing this title, Lin Yiyi’s expression turned somewhat strange as she looked at Henry.

This profession required one to be virginal.

That means...

...Is this an elderly virgin of an indeterminate real age?

But considering his way of speaking, it seems more than just being a virgin—he had a certain monk-like quality to him.

—Does asceticism eventually transform into a monk-like state?

So strange, so strange.

No matter how I think about it, there’s a sense of dissonance.

"...And my friends here range in age from their forties to over eighty. They chose to become Blood Eaters partly because they were ’no longer young’, and the Berserker profession had heavily overdrawn their lifespans.

"It was this desire to become young again that gave birth to the Blood Eaters."

Henry Walden said this, looking at Jiu’er with a somewhat peculiar gaze: "Because no matter what age they advance, they eventually turn back into teenagers, around fifteen or sixteen years old. So I thought you were..."

"I’m really just in my teens!"

Jiu’er complained dissatisfiedly.

"I understand, I get it, I believe you."

Henry nodded at Jiu’er with a trust-filled look in his eyes.

But for some reason, this made Jiu’er even more upset.

The saint, who also looked quite young, coughed lightly and said slowly, "I’ll continue—unlike the Knights of the Holy Grail, who need to restrain their desires,

"Blood Eaters generally lead more... extravagant lifestyles due to their rejuvenation. So I didn’t expect you to care about such matters. My apologies, miss."

"I still feel like you don’t believe me..."

"Regardless, restraining one’s desires is commendable. I’m happy to see a Blood Eater with normal moral sense, even if it might make you appear out of place in the Church of the Goddess of Cup. But I think, the Goddess of Cup might show extra compassion towards such a pure child like you...

"In fact, it’s precisely because of this—my dear church member, that you could successfully become a Blood Eater at this age."

But I am really just this young, aren’t I?

Jiu’er felt even more wronged.

Unlike Lin Yiyi who liked to act young... perhaps because she was still young, she had always hoped to be praised as "mature".

Being beaten up for the strange reason of "looking too young" just added to her grievances... Although it didn’t hurt, and mysteriously increased her physical attributes a bit, which made Jiu’er feel not too bad about it. So she didn’t say much and just darted into the back room to change.

Her clothes had become somewhat tattered after the ruthless attack, but thankfully they still functioned as clothes, albeit a bit breezier than before.

"Well, I guess I understand you’re not an enemy now..."

Lin Yiyi interjected.

There’s no need to fight anymore—she didn’t mind using the precious gemstone and was actually very relieved.

Luckily they arrived early, and the misunderstanding was cleared up.

If Jiu’er had been beaten for a few more hours, she might have really lost her temper... At least if Jiu’er’s clothes had been truly ruined, the conflict wouldn’t have been so easily resolved.

—At least it wouldn’t have caused Annan to offend someone.

If a saint became the enemy of the players... the consequences would be very severe.

With some luck, they might even be able to recruit him as one of their own.

"...But why are you here?"

Lin Yiyi was still very puzzled by this question.

Upon hearing this, the young man’s expression also became more serious: "I too sensed that you were under attack. But I was a bit late and could only deal with the most pressing part... which was to prevent the Bloodhand Brotherhood from obtaining fresh Rustless Blood.

"They also know that Blood Eaters can’t be easily killed. So they just came to ’steal blood’, inflicting a small wound and then immediately retreating—the one who attacked you was just mixed in among them, to prevent you from noticing their intentions right away, and also to stop you from hindering their escape."

Henry said this, then looked at Jiu’er who had hastily thrown on a bathrobe and came out with still uncleaned bloodstains, and apologized again, "I’m really sorry, miss..."

"My name is Jiu’er."

Jiu’er didn’t dare say much, but she still looked puffed up like a pufferfish.

"Yes, Miss Jiu’er. But you actually don’t need to care about this, because being exposed has no meaning to me."

The young man said, pointing at Jiu’er’s clothes, sincerely stating, "Because when I was a ’Knight of the Holy Grail’, I was also a woman."

"...Huh? What??"

Jiu’er was a bit confounded.

Only then did Lin Yiyi realize what that sense of dissonance was—

It was not a "monk-like presence", but a "holy maiden-like aura."

"The Church of the Goddess of Cup can even accomplish this?"

A voice of shock and questioning escaped Berserker’s mouth.

The saint nodded affirmatively, "Yes, it’s indeed possible. Compared to Mr. Radiance who can only change from female to male, or the Mothmother who can only go from male to female, the high ceremonies of the Goddess of Cup can lead to changes in both directions... or have features of both. Because undoubtedly, this is also an essence within the realm of [Desires]."

He said this with some confusion and anticipation as he turned to Berserker, "Don’t tell me you too..."

"No, no, no, no, I don’t need it, I don’t—"

Berserker hurriedly objected.

He used it, he used it—Lin Yiyi almost let slip to fan the flames.

But considering her brother might truly get upset, she prudently held back her schadenfreude.

—And then embraced the notion that "good stuff should be shared with everyone."

Lin Yiyi promptly posted this news to the forum.

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