The Main Stars as Bait, the Strange Tales Shentu and Yulei

This time, we were able to use the Tanlang Star as our nest, thanks to the Wanderer's Hat.

These three NPCs possess Mythic insight; without the Wanderer's Hat, it would be very difficult for them to orchestrate a scheme.

Even if they don't see themselves, they'll still sense the "smell of conspiracy."

But Wanderer's Hat is different; it can shield you from all this mess.

And... it seems I've been a little misled by my own experience with the Dormitory Survival Game?

Xu Lang wasn't entirely sure; the Dormitory Survival Game probably just threw out a bunch of settings without him paying attention to them all the time. Otherwise, with his abilities, he shouldn't have been able to disrupt the overall situation.

Of course, there is also the possibility that the player is not in the Three Realms.

If a player manages to steal the win, the Dormitory Survival Game might even commend them, since the Dormitory Survival Game usually rewards players who achieve high scores.

It's quite complicated anyway.

Based solely on this point, it's impossible to establish a connection between Dormitory Survival Game and Dormitory Building.

The relationship between each dormitory building and the Dormitory Survival Game seems to vary. Some Dormitory Building Dormitory Building naturally suited to the Dormitory Survival Game, while others have unique characteristics that allow Dormitory Survival Game its advantages... similar to social gameplay?

As for Mad King Building, it's purely about the thrill of combat.

"Beidou Greedy Wolf..."

"Nan Dou Silu, Qi Sha, Tian Tong... and there's also Heavenly Mechanism."

"No, there's a Wenqu behind that Heavenly Mechanism Elder!"

The Eye of Heaven hangs high, working in conjunction with the One-Eyed Twilight to perceive the netherworld.

Xu Lang was incredibly excited.

Could it be that this time they can wipe them all out in one fell swoop?

The Star Lord can no longer be viewed as an individual, but as a whole, forming lines from points, and a network from lines!

I wonder if capturing all the Star Constellation Warriors will force out the Ziwei Star.

By plundering the Purple Tenuity Star Fate Pattern and imposing it upon oneself, one can become a key "NPC" in this round of the game, thereby seizing more resources in this round!

It's important to understand that, setting aside the greater benefits behind the Ziwei Star, the loyal Star Constellation Warriors alone represent an unimaginable resource!

More than a hundred strong generals, with a minimum level of 45, are far stronger than more than a hundred Shepherded Soul!

The high degree of intimacy among these constellations gave Xu Lang a glimpse of a possibility.

That means, after becoming Ziwei Star, these Star Constellation Warriors will become players!

If such a great feat can be accomplished, then the talent pool of Mad King Building will be no weaker than that of Titan Building, and may even surpass Titan Building!

By then, Xu Lang will be able to coast all the way, provided, of course, that the game difficulty is normal.

To win without lifting a finger—that's his lifelong dream. He doesn't have to do anything; he can just lie down and play the whole game.

"This is Wang Yi from the Academy of Erudites of the Great Yin Dynasty. He entered the Dao through chess and was called the Chess Saint at a young age!" Chen Silu knew that Lin Zhao was not from this era, so he explained. Afterwards, he felt a strange tremor in his heart, as if he had some blood relation with Wang Yi.

He was all too familiar with this feeling!

Wang Yi also possesses a destiny bestowed by the stars!

With four martial artists of the current Astral Fate Pattern in the arena, plus a former Tanlang Star, the situation is now completely secure!

Unbeknownst to him, there were also the Heavenly Mechanism Star and the Wenqu Star operating in the shadows.

"I just don't know what this Brother Wang Yi's destiny is. The feeling is so strong, it should be the main star... Among the thirteen main stars, Tiantong Star and Heavenly Mechanism Star are most in line with Wang Yi's characteristics... However, according to my previous speculation, Heavenly Mechanism Star should be the Heavenly Mechanism Elder." He muttered to himself, looking at the situation in the arena.

With Wang Yi's intervention, Skin Marries Bone's ferocity was indeed suppressed.

Qin Chuan gritted his teeth as he watched.

He is also a major star, but his potential has not yet been fully realized.

"To attain enlightenment through chess, yet not through chess, but through the flute—that's quite interesting," Lin Zhao chuckled.

At this moment, with the sound of the flute suppressing the ferocity, Skin Marries Bone's ferocity was indeed weakened by more than half.

Each time the grayish-white vortex attempted to expand, the sound of the flute would leave a golden ripple at its edge.

Where the ripples passed, the churning of the eddies slowed down, and the screaming faces fell silent, beginning to blur like ink diluted by water.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Baili Tu thrust his spear into the core of the vortex.

The spear tip pierced through the churning outer shell of the human face and plunged deeper into the grayish-white flesh.

With a dull thud, it sounded like a piece of silk cloth that had been soaked and rotten by the rain.

Immediately afterwards, the vortex trembled violently and began to collapse inward from its core!

The figure of the woman in mourning clothes emerged from the vortex, much fainter than before, almost transparent.

That frozen smile reappeared on her lips.

Although she didn't speak or make a sound, everyone understood what she meant.

"The door is open!"

The grayish-white vortex shattered completely.

The grayish-white fragments on her body flew upwards and converged into a grayish-white pillar of light. Where the pillar of light landed, the space on the ground began to distort.

At the center of the distortion, a tiny, dark point appeared, like a grain of sand embedded in a crack in space.

Then that point cracked, and the crack extended to both sides, forming a gap about ten feet high.

An indescribable color emanated from the crack, somewhere between gray and nothingness, and something was moving within it.

The next moment!

A hand reached out from the gap and pressed against its edge.

The skin on his palms was grayish-green, covered with patina-like patches. His knuckles were thick, and his nails were long and black. Several faint marks were visible on the back of his hands, as if they were old wounds left by some ancient weapon.

Immediately afterwards, a second hand pressed out from the other side of the gap.

The same gray-green skin, the same patina of patina, but there was a deep crack in the palm of the second hand, and a dark copper coin was embedded in the crack. On the copper coin were cast the four words "Tian Xia Tai Ping", and the handwriting had been worn so hard that it was almost unclear.

With both hands exerting force simultaneously, the gap was pried open, and a head emerged from inside.

The head was twice the size of a normal person's, wearing a bronze Mask that was mostly rusted, revealing only the area around the eyes. The pupils were dark gold and vertical, giving people a sense of inexplicable fear.

Two ancient seal characters, Shentu, are cast on the forehead of the Mask!

When it crawled out of the crack, its movements were slow, as if it were adapting to the rules of this world.

As they emerged from the rift, they noticed that he was two heads taller than the average person, and his grayish-green skin resembled a layer of bronze armor eroded by time.

A short halberd hung at his waist, its body covered in verdigris, but the tip was clean, as if it had just been polished.

"Is this a deity?"

Wang Yi's expression changed repeatedly as he picked up a black chess piece.

To his utter astonishment, a third hand emerged from the crack!

The third hand was thicker than the first two, with grayish-white skin and dark red lines on it, like dried blood vessels. A hideous human face was carved on the back of the hand, with its mouth wide open, holding a short black stick in its mouth.

A second head emerged from the gap.

This head is larger than Shentu's head, and the Mask is more complete. It is cast in bronze and has a dark red luster all over, as if it has just been taken out of the furnace.

The Mask has two ancient seal characters engraved on its forehead: Yulei.

Its eyes emitted two dark red beams of light from the holes in the Mask, and the air distorted slightly where its gaze fell.

A short halberd hung at its waist, its body dark red, with a faint wisp of black energy swirling around its tip.

Two beings, whether gods or demons, stood side by side, the crack behind them slowly closing, like a door being shut.

The mere presence of the two demonic figures altered the atmosphere of the entire Mist Zone.

The suffocating eeriness that had been there before suddenly receded, replaced by an even heavier sense of oppression.

Baili Tu gripped his gun tightly, his hand trembling!

It wasn't out of fear, but because the Seven Kills Fate Pattern within his soul was violently trembling.

The Seven Killings star signifies killing, but the killing aura emanating from these two objects is more ancient and profound, as if it has been accumulating since the very beginning of time.

"Shentu, Yulei." Lin Zhao uttered each word as if squeezing them out from between his teeth. "I've seen them in the memories of the first generation of Greedy Wolf; they seem to be the gatekeepers of life and death!"

These two should be Mythic beings, with projections in other worlds as well.

Of course, it's also possible that the Dormitory Survival Game drew inspiration from Earth's culture, just like Xu Lang's.

"These two aren't the ones guarding the Skin Marries Bone, are they...?" Chen Silu swallowed hard.

If that's the case, won't there be a second case of a woman marrying her husband for nothing but a beautiful wedding Skin Marries Bone?

Shentu lowered his head, his dark golden vertical pupils sweeping over everyone in the arena. His voice was like a bronze bell being struck, the humming sound causing the pebbles on the ground to tremble slightly.

"You defeated Skin Marries Bone?"

Shentu and Yulei both took a step forward at the same time.

The ground cracked beneath their feet, and grayish-white mist billowed from the cracks.

Baili Tu gritted his teeth and held on to the spear. The Seven Kills Fate Pattern was vibrating wildly within his body, and a killing intent rose from his dantian, soaring straight to the top of his head.

Absolutely no retreat!

Once it retreats, the sharpness of the Seven Kills Fate Pattern will be diminished, and it will be difficult to regain it.

"Not to win, but to kill!" Baili Tu roared, brandishing his spear, the tip gleaming like a star, and struck first.

His movements were as swift as lightning, his spear moving like a dragon or a snake, aimed straight at Shentu's face.

This single shot embodied his life's cultivation, reaching its zenith.

Shentu did not dodge.

It merely lowered its head slightly, its dark golden vertical pupils fixed on the incoming spear.

When the tip of the spear was still three inches from its Mask, it could not advance any further.

A layer of grayish-green light membrane appeared out of thin air, blocking Baili Tu's full-force attack.

Baili Tu felt as if the tip of the spear had pierced a mountain. The force of the impact traveled along the shaft of the spear, causing his tiger's mouth to split open and bleed profusely.

"Mortals," Yulei spoke, his voice deeper than Shentu's, carrying an almost pitying indifference. "You have no idea what's behind that door!"

It raised the hand inlaid with the copper coin, and the dark copper coin with the inscription "Peace Under Heaven" suddenly began to spin from the crack in its palm.

A grayish-white beam of light shot out from the copper coin, heading straight for Baili Tu's chest.

"Careful!"

Lin Zhao suddenly sprang up, a short knife appearing in his hand without his knowledge, its blade covered in dense inscriptions.

The blade struck the side of the beam of light, deflecting it slightly.

The beam of light grazed past Baili Tu's shoulder, carving a deep trench more than ten feet behind him. Everything in the trench turned to dust, as if it had been erased from space.

The flesh on Baili Tu's shoulder was torn open, and blood gushed out.

"Stars, Fate Pattern?!?" Shentu's gaze fell on Lin Zhao, his vertical pupils slightly contracting as he rapidly analyzed the situation, like a scanner. "No wonder you could cleave my pillar of light, but your power seems incomplete."

Lin Zhao felt a chill run down her spine.

Could it be that these two still retain memories from ancient times?

At first, she thought they were just two divine corpses.

"Enough nonsense." Lin Zhao stood with his sword drawn, a smile on his face. "You two gatekeepers, what are you doing running out here instead of staying behind the door? We killed Skin Marries Bone, and now you want to stand up for him?"

Shentu was silent for a moment, then suddenly let out a low laugh, the sound like rusty gears turning, "Skin Marries Bone? That's nothing but a lock... Killing a pitiful woman, and you think it's something to be praised?"

Before it could finish speaking, the crack behind it, which had already closed, suddenly trembled again.

A whisper came from the crack, an aged and distant voice, as if from another end of time. "Shentu, Yulei, step back."

The two demons froze simultaneously.

Shentu and Yulei exchanged a glance, a hint of extremely human fear flashing in their dark golden vertical pupils.

They slowly retreated, one step, two steps, three steps, each step leaving deep cracks in the ground.

A finger emerged from the crack.

That finger was as white as bone, with a drop of black blood on its tip.

With a flick of his finger, the drop of black blood shot out, exploding in mid-air and turning into a cloud of black mist.

The black mist quickly condensed, forming a blurry human figure with only a single outline of facial features.

"The constellations of the Great Yin... it's been so long since I've seen them." The voice came from the black mist, carrying a nostalgic tone. "Greedy Wolf, Seven Killings... are there a few other main stars hiding in the shadows?"

That's the eeriness of Strange Tale —they're born with a wealth of information, completely illogical.

It turned towards Lin Zhao, and a gaze seemed to pierce through Lin Zhao's soul from its black mist-like face.

"An interesting soul."

In the shadows, Xu Lang frowned slightly, then relaxed.

These top-tier Strange Tale are too unpredictable to be fully manipulated by him; right now, it's purely the Strange Tale ' own interpretation.

But it's good to see what changes have occurred in them.

Lin Zhao's soul trembled; it was a fear from the depths of her soul, like a rabbit encountering its natural enemy.

But what terrified her even more was that the False Tanlang Fate Pattern that had appeared within her body due to the resurgence was operating wildly, as if it wanted to fly away!

Whether it 'Shentu Yulei, or this figure shrouded in black mist, they are all rapidly merging with the rules of this world.

There was only one reason for doing this: to follow Xu Lang's supreme instructions and plunder the Fate Pattern of these stars.

Xu Lang wanted to try and see if he could achieve his goal without using the power of the Sequence.

The Scarlet Shepherd's power is too extreme; once it drains a person dry, there is no way to recover.

"Who exactly are you?" Wang Yi stepped back, standing shoulder to shoulder with Baili Tu and Lin Zhao.

His youthful face was filled with solemnity. Shentu and Yulei alone made him seem invincible, and now it seemed that an even more powerful one had emerged.

Moreover, this seems to indicate a strong interest in Astral Fate Pattern, which suggests that negotiations will be difficult.

Seeing the three of them standing side by side, Qin Chuan gritted his teeth and stepped forward, while Chen Silu silently retreated, protecting everyone in front of him.