The City of Terror
chapter-361

It was as if a time bomb had been planted in Wei Xiao Bei’s body. He wouldn’t know when it would detonate and plunge his mind into chaos once again.

It was clear that the Dust World here was definitely not a safe place.

Then again, it only made sense that it was dangerous as there was no doubt that Ash Gray had set up a base to obtain the power contained here. However, it seemed as if it was a bit too dangerous, causing the organization to be temporarily deterred from achieving their goals.

Wei Xiao Bei already discovered this when he carefully read through the documents he found.

In truth, prior to the man who could command the sea monster, the underground base had already rotated through three different individuals-in-command.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t find out why the persons-in-command had to be swapped out. The documents were too tattered and incomplete for him to glean this information.

But Wei Xiao Bei did manage to get an answer after combining what he knew with what he had just experienced. The individuals-in-command had either been converted into monks or had been tempted by the clone of this Demon King of the Sixth Heaven-something or other.

Was he supposed to just let the Demon Heart of Slaughter remain in his body?

Wei Xiao Bei activated [Precise Calculation] and started performing a rapid analysis of his current situation.

After a long while, Wei Xiao Bei stopped the [Precise Calculation] and walked toward the Anagami Pagoda with a smile on his face. He would move closer step by step, pausing between steps to search for any changes within him.

When Wei Xiao Bei reached within a hundred meters of the pagoda, the faint golden light from the tower slowly intensified. It was just like a lion defending its territory, gathering its aura together when it saw an enemy enter its territory.

After using [Response Search], Wei Xiao Bei could clearly see a layer of black mist rise on his face as the golden light intensified. His eyes were also starting to turn red, bit by bit.

There was no doubt. The Demon Heart of Slaughter thing had been activated by the golden light of the pagoda.

Moreover, Wei Xiao Bei could sense his emotions gradually change. An insuppressible trace of impulsiveness slowly surfaced, urging him to tear this pagoda into pieces.

A cloud of black mist circled about Wei Xiao Bei’s forehead. It was just like Leng Xin Xing’s situation when he left the Dust World.

Wei Xiao Bei knew what was happening.

The Demon Heart of Slaughter was about to appear!

By the time Wei Xiao Bei took his eleventh step, the golden light from the Anagami Pagoda was as bright as a newly risen sun. It was blinding and eye-catching, so much that Wei Xiao Bei couldn’t even open his eyes.

It was time now. Wei Xiao Bei stopped walking and instead lifted his left hand, a fissure appearing in his palm.

The black mist was slowly gaining form and turning into a black humanoid figure.

It was certain. This was the black humanoid that Wei Xiao Bei had seen on Leng Xin Xing.

At that very moment, the golden light of the Anagami Pagoda surged forward. The chanting sounds were amplified and echoed throughout the air. A golden thread the size of a needle split off from the shroud of light and shot toward Wei Xiao Bei’s forehead in the blink of an eye.

As the golden thread charged forward, the black humanoid who was forming up charged forward as well. The two opposing forces instantly clashed.

The golden thread smashed the black humanoid into mist again, but the mist clung onto the thread and sizzled in response. It was trying to corrode the golden thread.

His eyes might be bloodshot now, but he remained unmoving. His gaze was trained upon the black mist and the golden thread like a ferocious beast staring at its prey.

As the golden thread was within a hundred meters of the pagoda, it managed to very quickly cripple the black mist.

The black mist had no choice but to turn and run under such circumstances.

Once the black mist was within ten meters of Wei Xiao Bei, the black gas that had hidden within his body sprung forth and merged with the mist.

With this reinforcement, the black mist regained its vigor. It formed a one-feet tall black figure in the blink of an eye. The figure had a vicious face but it slightly resembled Wei Xiao Bei as well.

The reinvigorated black figure turned and spat out a mouthful of the black gas at the golden thread. When the golden thread entered the cloud of gas, it started to slow down, as if it was trapped in a swamp. It had barely managed to travel three inches after struggling for quite a long time.

Meanwhile, the black gas corroded the golden thread. The golden thread had been weakened by half in the five minutes it had entered the gas cloud, appearing as if it was going to completely disperse at any moment.

Perhaps because it saw the golden thread weaken, another golden beam shot out of the pagoda and assimilated with the golden thread.

This time, the golden thread was the one that became empowered due to reinforcement. It charged through the black gas and instantly dove into the black humanoid figure, smashing it into pieces and reducing it to mist once more.

At this moment, Wei Xiao Bei felt pain shoot through his heart, almost as if someone had stabbed him there.

Though it was extremely painful, Wei Xiao Bei instead revealed a smile. The time was now!

There was no hesitation at all. Wei Xiao Bei’s left hand grabbed at the golden thread and black mist which were still entangled with each other.

Be it the golden thread or the black mist, both of them tried to escape the range of the left hand when Wei Xiao Bei reached out toward them.

However, it was already too late. A mess of flesh threads erupted from the fissure in the left palm like the tongue of a frog. The threads formed a wide net in an instant, catching the golden thread and the black mist within.

At the same time, Wei Xiao Bei kicked against the ground with all he had and instantly retreated from the radius of the pagoda’s radiance like an arrow shot from a bow.

Another thread of golden light had just split off from the pagoda. It had no choice but to return after traveling just ten meters.

Just as he expected! It worked!

His predictions were correct.

Wei Xiao Bei had approximately estimated the radius of the Anagami Pagoda’s effect. Thus, he used the Anagami Pagoda to start a fight against the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven and force out the evil presence.

Wei Xiao Bei originally intended to use the Fledgling Life Altar to devour the evil alone, so what he never expected was to obtain both at once and be able to devour the golden thread as well.

What he gained this time was far more than what he had gained from devouring the evil from Leng Xin Xing.

The Fledgling Life Altar instantly fell into a deep slumber after devouring the golden thread and the black mist.

Wei Xiao Bei examinations showed that the Fledgling Life Altar was behaving slightly different compared to last time.

 Fledgling Life Altar (Evolving).

The Fledgling Life Altar had definitely stuffed itself this time.

Wei Xiao Bei’s actions had clearly infuriated the Anagami Pagoda. He could see its golden light slowly expand.

Wei Xiao Bei looked at the Anagami Pagoda fearfully and turned to leave the village. He ran in the direction of the primal forest in the distance.

From a certain perspective, this Anagami Pagoda was much more difficult to deal with compared to the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven.

At the very least, the black mist of the Demon King had not managed to control his mind. The so-called evil had been suppressed by his [Iron Will] in an instant.

Meanwhile, the pagoda had managed to control him in the blink of an eye. Though [Iron Will] allowed him to break free of its effects and save himself, Wei Xiao Bei had still lost over ten seconds of memory before that.

If anything were to happen during these ten seconds, he would have been dead!

It was as simple as that. The Anāgāmi Pagoda might look holy and compassionate, but hidden deep within was a danger that one could not defend against.

This was the danger that existed everywhere in the Dust World. Even something that appeared harmless and even capable of calming one’s mind could be hiding a lethal danger.

The vague sense of danger slowly faded as he left the village. However, a different sense of danger started to surface.

Wei Xiao Bei wouldn’t be afraid as long as it wasn’t the true form of the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven. The black mist clone was not a threat to him.

Of course, to prevent any incidents, Wei Xiao Bei did not enter the forest and instead chose to set up camp by a river outside the forest.

He needed to wait for the Fledgling Life Altar to complete its evolution and wake up before he could enter the forest.

Compared to the calm primal forest in the distance, plenty of trouble appeared to surface near this river, which acted as a boundary between the plains and the forest.

Several cute rabbits hopped out of the bushes following Wei Xiao Bei’s arrival. There were approximately a dozen of them, yet each of them carried with them an aura that concerned him. It was the aura of the pagoda.

These rabbits continued to leisurely chew on the grass of the plains as if they hadn’t seen Wei Xiao Bei.

Not long after, a wolf appeared from the side of the forest.

In all seriousness, wolves were rarely seen even in the real world.

Wei Xiao Bei took a good look and determined that this wolf should be one of the nearly extinct timberwolves.

It was said that the last time humans saw timberwolves was over thirty years ago.

The constant destruction of nature had greatly reduced the numbers of wolves. They were carnivorous creatures that required a large territory and plenty of living space after all.

The eyes of this wolf were blood red. Yellow saliva dripped out of the corner its mouth when it saw the rabbits. It then stepped into the stream, swam across and climbed ashore.

Of course, this wolf had not completely lost its reason yet. It slowed down its footsteps when it saw Wei Xiao Bei.

Wei Xiao Bei had no intention to interrupt the wolf’s hunt. He walked twenty meters away and left the space to the wolf.

As the wolf got closer, the rabbits discovered its existence as well. Yet, they continued doing what they had been doing. They simply glanced at the wolf and continued nibbling at the grass.

It was understandable for them to not be afraid of Wei Xiao Bei. However, for them to not be afraid of a natural predator like the wolf was odd.

Even when the wolf charged forth, pressing a rabbit to the ground and tearing its throat out before eating it, not a single one of the other rabbits even attempted to run away.