Chapter 157
In the current situation, Xia Er wished he could simply destroy the **Sādānà Emblem** in the warehouse, but the system warehouse lacked a destruction function.
Cooperating with the investigation—what exactly was he cooperating with?
Xia Er's hand slowly fell, brushing against the "Fortune Coin" in his pocket.
This was a sealing item lent to him by Lucy. Xia Er had planned to use the coin when he could no longer resist his misfortune, hoping to turn his fate around.
Now, it was clear that the time to fight for his life had come. In front of Xiu, Xia Er had no chance of winning.
Even if he were to initiate **Spiritual Summoning** right now, Xiu, who was on high alert, could kill him before the blood formation was complete.
Without prior preparation and with the opponent on guard, Xia Er could not sacrifice himself to kill a third-tier being; instead, he would only solidify his identity as a cultist.
"We're here."
Xiu spoke abruptly, then slightly turned to make way.
A woman, trembling and covered in scars, approached Xia Er with a dagger in hand, moving stiffly toward him.
She cast no shadow on the ground; instead, a white silhouette mirrored her movements beneath her. The woman, seemingly in a daze, grew visibly colder upon seeing Xia Er.
"Don't worry, it's just a test, my lady."
Xiu glanced at Xia Er and said, "If you get hurt, I will bear the pain for you."
This is...
A member of the Holy Ascendance Sect?!
Previously, at Dedun Manor, Xia Er had used his position in the Tribunal to obtain internal information about the Savior Goddess Sect. During their investigation there, they had captured cultists trying to infiltrate the investigation team.
It was through the severe interrogation of these cultists that they learned the Holy Ascendance Sect was unaware of this sacrificial operation.
In an instant, Xia Er understood what Xiu meant by "test."
The test Xiu referred to... was to use the **Sādānà Emblem** to control those bearing the "Sādānà Mark" and eliminate their murderous intent, right?
In Xia Er's view, the woman's stiff steps began to quicken as she reversed her grip on the dagger and charged directly at him.
Her expression was filled with resistance, but she soon reached Xia Er, raising the dagger high to stab him.
At that moment, her trembling right hand seemed to struggle against something, and even Xia Er could hear the cracking sound of her bones twisting and breaking.
The woman was using her powerful will to forcibly resist Xiu's deliberately weakened control.
Before Xia Er, the woman wore a pained expression, yet her eyes gradually filled with fervor. She looked at Xia Er and trembled as she tried to argue:
"You... are not the Bishop..."
"You... are not... I... will kill you..."
The woman attempted to raise the dagger to stab Xia Er's shoulder, aiming for non-lethal areas, but the dagger halted just before him, unable to pierce through.
In an instant, all control over the woman vanished. She collapsed, kneeling before Xia Er, weeping uncontrollably.
Around them, the white silhouettes had drawn long white bows, their spectral arrows converging as they aimed at Xia Er.
It was over.
Xia Er no longer hesitated. The shadow extended the coin from his pocket into his hand, and he took it, flicking it upward.
Ding—
The rust-colored coin emitted a crisp sound as it was sent into the air.
At the same time, a silver flash flickered across his chest. In the next moment, a pocket watch and a flintlock pistol appeared in Xia Er's hands.
After retrieving the **Token of the Radiant Bishop**, there was now space in Xia Er's warehouse. He directly summoned the pocket watch from his chest into his hand.
"Click—"
Xia Er pressed the side knob of the pocket watch to adjust the time, activating **Echo of Time**!
This was to buy ten seconds, allowing him to survive until the result of the "Fortune Coin" toss.
"Huh?"
As Xia Er tossed the coin sealing item, a strong spiritual alarm rang in Xiu's mind.
She instinctively realized that once that coin was activated, it would bring unimaginable horror!
She could not let the coin fall!
A white silhouette leaped from the rooftop, darting toward the coin like a flash of white lightning, an arm emerging from the wall to grasp the tumbling coin.
The white silhouette grasped the coin, completely enveloping it.
But the coin seemed to exist in a different dimension, passing through the white silhouette's palm by mere inches before plummeting downward.
Rust-red spots spread along the white silhouette's hand toward its torso. Even Xiu, not far away, let out a pained groan, quickly commanding the white silhouette to sever its own arm, causing it to dissipate along with the rust-red stain.
Thud—
The coin landed on the filthy black gravel road, the scarlet-eyed demon gazing at the dark sky and the rooftop filled with white silhouettes, its blood-red pupils seemingly mocking fate.
No way, you call this a "Fortune Coin"?!
At this moment, seeing that she could no longer prevent the activation of this unknown sealing item, Xiu held nothing back.
Countless light arrows shot from all directions, instantly piercing the girl standing still, blood gushing forth.
Pure white arrows embedded in the girl, turning her into a pincushion, clearly dead beyond any doubt.
But just then, the girl's form flickered again, this time swapping places with the shadow on the ground. The arrows, now without a target, fell densely to the ground, slowly dissipating.
"Cough..."
A mouthful of blood spilled from the girl, her body riddled with wounds, nearly drenched in blood. She trembled as she reached down to grasp the coin on the ground, using her last ounce of strength to toss it into the air once more.
Still alive?!
Seeing the girl before her, her brain matter oozing from the wounds, Xiu could no longer maintain her calm expression beneath her mask.
Which sealing item was it?
The pocket watch? The coin? The flintlock pistol?
What second-tier being could wield so many sealing items? Was she not afraid of the side effects?
Xiu raised her hand again, and all the white silhouettes reloaded their bows, each holding three light arrows.
Xiu did not believe that someone who had been reduced to scraps could come back to life.
Ding—
The coin bounced again from the girl's hand, the bloodied coin flipping in the air.
The sound of the coin bouncing was like a death knell.
Xiu waved her hand in the direction the coin was falling, and all the white silhouettes shot their light arrows once more!
Swish—!
Countless light arrows streaked through the air, instantly piercing the blood-soaked figure lying on the ground, leaving no inch of skin unscathed. The arrows penetrated her back, blood and flesh splattering everywhere.
From above, it looked as if a human figure made of light arrows lay on the ground, completely obscured by the arrows.
An eyeball burst and rolled away, and at that moment, the "Fortune Coin" traced a path and fell, striking the eyeball before landing on the black gravel and the scattered remains.
The blood-soaked demon eyeball, the coin's rust-red hue twisted it into a mad angle, facing the sky as if laughing maniacally.
Xia Er's eyes fixed on the coin, and with his last shred of consciousness, he sought to end this unbearable torment.
**Death Reversal** canceled.
A silver, ethereal dial appeared above Xia Er's shattered remains, the hour hand swiftly rewinding ten seconds.
The broken body parts transformed into a mush of brain and entrails; aside from the spilled blood, the other fragments seemed to come alive at that moment.
They quickly slithered like a mass of blood-colored slime toward where Xia Er had stood, reassembling in the blink of an eye.
"Ha... ha..."
After a brief moment of disorientation, Xia Er regained the colors of the world around him. The intense pain that made death seem preferable caused his breathing to quicken, his heart racing.
As his body rewound in time, he was engulfed in violent gasps, accompanied by the intense dizziness and discomfort from the rapid heartbeat.
The immense mental strain from **Death Reversal** made Xia Er's brain throb with pain.
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