Chapter 132: Gratitude

Pulling a new waist sword from a guard’s waist, before the guard could react, Xiao Fen waved his hand, then walked into the Buddha Hall alone, looked around, and the corner of his mouth raised slightly.

Xiao Fen walked into the Buddha Hall so openly not because he was prepared to sacrifice himself righteously, but because during the process of judging the mission earlier, he suddenly thought of something.

That was, when he completed the London trial mission, after completing Lux’s Salvation, among the several rewards he obtained, there was one reward that could be used right now.

“Mission Reward: Lux’s Gratitude”

“You have the right to use the Web three times, which needs to be used under the gaze of Yggdrasil.”

Lux’s Web could be considered a power ful weapon against those lower-level creatures, especially the strange fire that even Stitched Monsters could not cross. It had a restraining effect on these Blood Sea Souls. Before this, Xiao Fen had almost forgotten the reward of Lux’s Gratitude, until just now, when he judged that only an Awakened might solve these problems, he suddenly remembered Lux, and Lux’s Gratitude.

With such a reward, Xiao Fen found a way to successfully complete this S-rank mission.

Walking into the Buddha Hall, closing the wooden door, isolating all the noise outside, Xiao Fen sneered at the silent bronze Buddha, reached out to call out the Light Screen, and in the short list of personal rewards, selected Lux’s Gratitude.

“Lux’s Gratitude: To thank you for saving Lux’s soul, you have the right to use the Web three times. Each use requires paying 100 Energy Value. The attack power of the Web is halved. The duration of the Web is inversely proportional to the distribution area of the Web. During the use of the Web, you cannot leave your original position. Once you move, it is regarded as giving up control of the Web.”

Xiao Fen was not clear how much Energy Value he should have now, but seeing that the icon for this gratitude was still lit, it meant his energy should be enough for one use. At this time, what he needed to consider was where he should stand next and how to reduce the risk of moving.

If it were before, Xiao Fen might have chosen the roof beam. It looked very spacious there and had a good view.

However, after seeing that these monsters possessed ranged Skills, Xiao Fen had already ruled out the roof beam. Standing there indeed offered a good view, but it was also the best target. As long as any of these monsters launched an attack at the roof beam, it would be enough to make Xiao Fen pay dearly. Not to mention that moving would cause the Web to disappear, just falling from the air, estimated by Xiao Fen’s current Health Value, would be unbearable.

Looking left and right, Xiao Fen finally selected the middle one of the three prayer mats. This mat had left a deep impression on him earlier. The two monsters would rather stay on the sides than sit on the central mat, and during the fight, they seemed to deliberately avoid this mat, which could only mean that something was odd here.

As soon as Xiao Fen selected the spot and called out Lux’s Web, he felt his head go dizzy, almost unable to stand, nearly falling to the ground. This was because too much Energy Value was drawn at once, causing him to nearly fall into a trance state.

He shook his head slightly and vaguely heard a rustling sound coming from above his head. This sound had once terrified him out of his wits, and had also been something he relied on. Now, hearing this familiar sound, Xiao Fen suddenly felt tears welling up in his eyes.

At this moment, the countdown in his eyes ended, and a huge rune suddenly appeared at his feet.

In an instant, new runes began to appear around this rune, seemingly forming a sentence, or perhaps meaningless. These runes became more and more numerous, eventually forming a huge circle that completely covered the ground of the Buddha Hall.

After a few seconds, Xiao Fen vaguely heard some miserable crying sounds coming out. Accompanying these crying sounds, the tightly closed windows of the Buddha Hall suddenly blew open with a clatter, then moved without wind, swaying constantly in the room and hitting the window frames, making a “bang bang” sound.

Amidst the crying sounds, the Buddha statue before Xiao Fen’s eyes seemed to become somewhat different too. Under the light occasionally coming through the window, Xiao Fen vaguely saw that the Buddha statue seemed to have tears in its eyes. The object held in its hand could also be vaguely seen clearly. It was not a pure bottle or glaze, but a Demon-Subduing Vajra Pestle.

At this moment, clear thunder suddenly rang out outside the room. A huge bolt of lightning streaked across the sky. In the loud sound and brightness, Xiao Fen vaguely saw a dark shadow projected onto the Buddha statue.

With a “hiss” sound, that was the sound of the Web activating.

Almost accompanying this sound, a long line seemed to grow out of that dark shadow, connecting all the way to the air above his head. Then, this constantly swaying shadow stopped moving, and where it was, as Xiao Fen had predicted, a ball of fire ignited.

Lux’s Web could pierce even filthy creatures like Stitched Monsters back then, so dealing with this kind of Level 3 monster was naturally no problem. Even with halved power, the defense of these Blood Sea Souls did not seem very high, and under one strike from the Web, they were pierced through.

Xiao Fen could cause effective damage to Blood Sea Souls even with an ordinary quality sword. With the ability of Lux’s Web, a one-hit kill on these monsters did not seem to be a big problem.

But there was no joy in Xiao Fen’s heart. In his eyes, the number of eliminated targets did not change at all. That meant the monster killed by the Web just now was not a real Blood Sea Soul, or perhaps for some reason, the monsters killed by the Web were not counted within Xiao Fen’s mission scope.

By his feet, two bubbles bulged from the ground at some point. As these two bubbles grew larger and larger, two monsters with long hands and feet suddenly jumped out and chopped at Xiao Fen.

With two “hiss” sounds, the Web struck again. At the same time, Xiao Fen’s eyes lit up, he stood still, and the long sword in his hand was already swung out.

The snowy sword light flashed abruptly in the room. At the same time, a new bolt of lightning appeared in the sky outside the Buddha Hall. Under the mutual reflection, the Buddha Hall was bright. In the reflection of the sword spine in Xiao Fen’s hand, the two monsters were chopped apart, and their corpses scattered all over the ground.

“Mission Record: 48/50”

Seeing this, Xiao Fen already understood in his heart that the 50 monsters must be killed by him to count as his mission. As for the monsters killed by Lux’s Web, they had nothing to do with him.

Of course, the crystal keys on the ground still had some relationship with him.