Chapter 621: Chapter 169: Desperate Battle at Third Rank (Requesting Monthly Pass)

Yu Mingluan?

How could it be him?

How could it possibly be him?

He’s the leader of this underground cult organization?

That’s absurd! He is a prominent leader of the Dawn Church, admired by millions as the Archbishop, a top figure in the entire safe area. His status is so exalted.

Such a person, forsaking his position, abandoning his life, to head an underground secret religion?

What is he after? Does he seek the disdain that comes with Esoteric Buddhism? Is he interested in their helplessness, their soft mouths without teeth?

Or is he here personally on an undercover mission? No, that can’t be right, then why did he trick me into coming here? Seeing his fervent enthusiasm earlier, it didn’t seem at all like he was undercover.

The Archbishop’s attitude today was indeed quite off…

Originally, I didn’t want to come today, but he insisted; he took the initiative to ask me to lead the charge, so I came.

So his purpose was to trick me into coming here, to deal with me?

That doesn’t make sense; if he wanted to deal with me, why didn’t he just do it outside?

Afraid of being found out? Even if that’s the case, he could have acted after we entered the ruins.

Why did he lie to me about dealing with those four Third Rank, only to send one third head to kill me?

Did he underestimate me, and the third head failed? I’ve already told him that; he should have sent other leaders to continue to try to kill me, instead of being here singing and dancing.

Are there really those four Third Rank?

Why did he lie to me?

Why?

…

One question after another surfaced in Xu Shu’s mind, lingering persistently.

They clashed violently with each other, fought fiercely, and eventually under Xu Shu’s strong suppression, linked end to end, formed a deafening phrase:

“Yu Mingluan, fuck you! Did you fucking betray me?!”

Of course, he couldn’t say that out loud.

Xu Shu was afraid of being killed by the Archbishop if he did.

The Archbishop’s strength is formidable; among the Third Rank, he is top-tier. Xu Shu had seen him easily kill Magitelle, a 36-level Second Rank Divine Chosen.

And right now, himself as Gu Pan, a 28-level Second Rank Legendary Iron Armor.

In terms of combat ability, Xu Shu thought he might not be as formidable as Magitelle.

But when it comes to defensive power, in front of the current him, the Divine Chosen Magitelle was like a primitive man!

So, facing the Archbishop who could kill Magitelle in one move, Xu Shu was quite confident.

I can at least last three rounds!

So can he fight?

He cannot.

Xu Shu was actually very angry.

He actually noticed there was something off about Yu Mingluan earlier today.

He considered that Yu Mingluan might have encountered a deviation in his practice, or might have gotten injured, or, more ridiculously, might have been in a bad mood.

But he had really not expected the other party could actually betray him; he had rather trusted Yu Mingluan, not just because he had once come to the Wasteland to rescue him, but also because of his own judgments.

By any logic, Yu Mingluan should not and could not be a traitor.

But now, it turns out he indeed became a traitor.

Xu Shu felt bewildered.

This matter was riddled with strangeness and unreasonableness.

It completely made no sense.

Unless the Archbishop had gone mad.

Had the Archbishop gone mad?

Uh, it seemed a bit.

Xu Shu glanced again, then quickly averted his gaze.

Yu Mingluan’s state was very abnormal!

Was he still Yu Mingluan?

When did he go mad?

Xu Shu glanced at the Archbishop, who was still moving his eyes up and down, and while the Archbishop hadn’t noticed him, he feigned a thirsty demeanor and moved toward the other side, hands raised high—everyone else was doing the same, seemingly desperate for the “Qiansui Juice.”

The difference was, others were squeezing inward, shouting “Praise the Lord” while almost wanting to stand on the Divine Servant distributing the “Qiansui Juice.”

Meanwhile, Xu Shu was squeezing outward; his hands were also raised high, appearing very fervent, but curiously, his body was continuously moving backward.

He couldn’t stay here any longer; he needed to retreat.

The enemy’s stronghold wasn’t that safe!

Xu Shu pushed to the entrance he had come through; the door was closed, but it wasn’t a big problem—the door, unlike the entrance to the ruins, had a gap.

With a gap, Xu Shu could squeeze through; he needed to turn into a Liquid Man and leave this place.

Just then, an itch in his ear, a deep voice came through.

“Can’t leave, huh! Huh! Found you, huh!”

The speaker was Yu Mingluan, still panting.

Xu Shu’s body stiffened instantly, and he turned around to see the Archbishop indeed step out of the small compartment, walked up in front of him, and stopped, breathing heavily.

“Gulp—” Xu Shu swallowed, starting to think about what to do.

In the Tai Chu Scroll, there weren’t many items left, but there was one item that seemed like it could save his life.

Actionless Hourglass (Epic)!

This time hourglass was very special; it could force an enemy to spend an “unoccupied” day together simultaneously.

An Epic-grade item, definitely capable of restraining Yu Mingluan.

But there was a problem, this thing has a side effect; he would also have to spend such a day.

This item was kind of like forcibly binding oneself with an enemy, then freezing the time for a day.

If it was one-on-one, Xu Shu felt there might be hope.

But it wasn’t one-on-one now!

Yu Mingluan could sit still doing nothing, but, if he himself sat still, didn’t the Heroic Society still have so many First and Second Rank Transcendents?

Wouldn’t he turn into a stationary target!

What to do, what to do…

Xu Shu’s forehead was dripping with sweat; he was unsure whether to use the Actionless Hourglass right now.

Then, he heard Yu Mingluan’s voice again: “Don’t be afraid, I am still here.”

…Damn it, what nonsense?