Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1537: Chapter 264: The Undying King

[Night Watcher] Since breaking into the Temple, the White-robed Guards encountered on the road have become more and more numerous—these are powerless and mighty guys, even though he holds the Divine Artifact given by the [Night Watcher], Yiben still doesn’t plan to directly confront these White-robed Guards.

The main reason is that this Divine Artifact can only be used seven times… Even if it can kill one White-robed Guard at a time, at most it can kill seven.

So Yiben took advantage of the chaos to quietly hide… Watching the [Night Watcher] bravely break into the Temple at this moment.

He walked on this road full of corpses, occasionally searching through the clothes of the fallen White-robed Guards for small items, then stuffing them into his pockets… licking his way through.

Perhaps this [Night Watcher] can really kill the High Priest?

Suddenly, this thought rose in Yiben’s mind—because so far, the White-robed Guards who have died at his hands, have already been no less than thirty!

Exactly how many White-robed Guards does the Temple have? At most a hundred or eighty, right… In such a short period, the [Night Watcher] has already killed nearly half!

“He must have more and stronger Divine Artifacts!” Yiben suddenly understood the reason behind this [Night Watcher’s] power, but deep inside, his curiosity about the true background of the [Night Watcher] also grew… Yet even so, he didn’t give up the great endeavor of searching the fallen White-robed Guards.

“Why are these guys so poor…”

This was Yiben’s seventh consecutive corpse that revealed nothing—these White-robed Guards, apart from a white robe, really had nothing.

Yiben shook his head, just about to move forward when his hand touched something… something he was very familiar with, something all the residents of the City of the Sun were familiar with: sand!

Yiben looked down, and his face suddenly turned pale with fright.

The bodies of the fallen Temple White-robed Guards were gradually cracking open—sand! Their bodies were turning into sand, then scattering… scattering all over the ground!

“This… this…”

Startled, his legs weakened and he fell to the ground, but he began to kick randomly, moving his body backward… In panic, Yiben felt that he had hit something.

Looking back, he saw that behind him, there was a guy dressed in White-robed Guard attire standing there at some point… But Yiben recognized this guy!

“It’s you?!”

…

Already ventured into the inner part of the Temple… The [Night Watcher] threw the rifle still emitting hot gas from its muzzle onto the ground—the rifle’s bullets were all used up, and in a place where bullets cannot be replenished, a rifle without bullets is even less useful than a long sword.

The White-robed Guards have stopped pursuing, whether because they’re all killed or the reinforcements haven’t arrived yet… The [Night Watcher] took out two pistols from the holster at his waist and cautiously moved forward.

Originally, the pitch-black interior of the Temple had suddenly become bright—the light started from where the [Night Watcher] stood, advancing grid by grid… to the end.

There were no forks here, only a straight path leading to the deepest part of the Temple… The [Night Watcher] frowned slightly, then chuckled, looking around the passage, finally gazing at a decorative stone statue in the corner of the wall, sneering, “Are you planning to invite me in.”

“It’s too troublesome to go out, it’s more convenient for you to come in.”

The voice… The sound echoed down this bright corridor—this is the High Priest’s voice!

The [Night Watcher] snorted lightly, followed the passage, and walked slowly—along the way, the High Priest’s voice did not appear again, and the [Night Watcher] did not speak either.

Until, he reached the end, two giant doors before him.

As the two doors opened, the [Night Watcher] suddenly began breathing rapidly… He even subconsciously clutched at his heart… Seemingly in pain, his steps became somewhat unsteady.

But he quickly recovered—before the two doors fully opened.

Behind the two giant doors was yet another brand-new Temple—this Temple looked no different from the one outside, just much smaller.

There was no feeling of desert heat here, on the contrary, it was quite cool… The High Priest was now visible to the [Night Watcher’s] naked eye, standing there.

The [Night Watcher] silently moved forward… He walked on the square outside the Temple, but at this moment, the pistols in his hands suddenly became incredibly heavy, instantly slipping from his hands, falling directly onto the floor of the square… The sound of impact was very loud.

It was the sound of metal striking.

Not only the pistols in his hands… even the metal items on his body became extremely heavy—this even affected his movement.

Therefore, he looked up at the High Priest on the high platform, silently removed his equipment—besides the double pistols at the beginning, there were also two more pistols, four grenades, several bullet clips, a tactical military knife, and a small metal round shield, with a folding crossbow and arrows hidden behind.

Finally, a hammer too.

“This is the domain of the gods, mortal weapons are best left out.” The High Priest said blandly at this moment: “You have quite a lot of stuff on you.”

The [Night Watcher] sneered, “It’s just a strong electromagnetic force… everyone is clear about it, why pretend to be mystical here… I must say, setting up this place must have taken a lot of your time. And this City of the Sun too… You must have worked quite hard.”

“I need to clearly know what everyone living here does, what they say each day, even what they think… These are all very important materials.” The High Priest smiled and said: “You yourself are a scholar, you should understand that when you need to conduct a certain study, no matter how tedious the preliminary work is, you won’t feel anything special, you might even enjoy the process.”

“Sorry, I’m not that idle.” The [Night Watcher] scoffed directly, “I’ve never liked tedious processes, I prefer to get results directly… saves trouble.”

The High Priest shook his head, suddenly saying: “I originally thought you would hide for a while longer… why did you choose to come out now?”

“I heard an outsider came in.” The [Night Watcher] said with a cold smile: “And someone who looks very much like your most precious experiment came in… So I wanted to try my luck and see if I could find a way out.”

“I’ve always been preparing a way out for you.” The High Priest shook his head: “I never intended to keep you trapped here forever… Of course, even if you can leave, I don’t want to see you take memories of this place with you, so I’ll make some protective measures.”

“Looks like we’re at an impasse.” The [Night Watcher] shook his head: “Then let’s not talk anymore, I believe that if I kill you, I should also be able to figure out the things inside the Temple and get out.”

With that, the [Night Watcher] rushed directly at the High Priest.

His pace was very fast…like a world-class sprinter, with an instantaneous muscle explosion capability, worthy of the human body’s limit, in the blink of an eye, he was already in front of the High Priest!

With a flick of the sleeve, a dagger made from sharpened bone slipped directly into his palm, aimed at the High Priest’s heart… pierced through!

A piercing without any difficulty!

But quickly, the Nightwatcher frowned and stopped—indeed, the bone dagger in his hand had pierced the High Priest’s body, but it couldn’t cause him any harm—because the High Priest standing before him surprisingly had no physical form!

“Projection?” The Nightwatcher snorted coldly, retracted the dagger, thinking of something, “It seems like every time you entice people to explore the external Oasis Temple, it’s not just simply to replenish the populace of the City of the Sun… Over the years, those outstanding scholars must have really created many things that surpass the external era for you.”

“This is just a small part.” The High Priest’s image slightly smiled at this moment, “For more, it depends on whether you have the ability to know… Oh, to reward you for being able to come here, I’ve specially prepared a gift for you.”

The Nightwatcher seemed to sense a crisis approaching, instinctively squatted down directly, followed by a gunshot!

The fired bullet ultimately hit the outer wall of the Temple, scraping out a spark… If he hadn’t crouched to dodge, the bullet would likely have pierced his body.

“Really like a beast’s crisis sensing ability.” The High Priest’s projection said with admiration at this time.

The Nightwatcher naturally had no time to deal with this projection that apart from babbling had no other use, instead dead-staring at the direction the bullet came from.

In the distance, at another smaller entrance, two figures slowly walked over at this time—they were one in front of the other.

Walking in front was Yiben… His hands raised high above his head, legs trembling as he walked, obviously forced by someone behind him.

“Sir, your most loyal servant comes to see you again…” Yiben said with an unpleasant expression at this time, “But your servant seems to have encountered some trouble, if you don’t mind rescuing your servant, your servant would be extremely grateful… Help!!”

Behind Yiben, a man dressed in a white robe, was holding a black long sword at Yiben’s back, walking all the way.

The man’s face gradually emerged out from behind Yiben… gradually appearing before the eyes of the Nightwatcher.

It turned out to be Mr. Otto, who was captured by the High Priest while planning to escape the Royal Palace with Claudia!

“Quite an interesting scene, isn’t it?” The High Priest’s projection was now walking beside the Nightwatcher, casually, “Do you like the gift I prepared for you.”

“Interesting enough.” The Nightwatcher said calmly, “Looks just like a clown… but I’ve started to feel bored with your perverse taste.”

“No matter what you say.” The High Priest shook his head, “The way out is inside the Temple, and if you can come in, I will open it for you…”

The Nightwatcher gazed into the eyes of the white-robed Otto who was holding Yiben.

Suddenly, the white-robed Otto kicked Yiben away directly, then raised the knife and struck at the Nightwatcher… The white-robed Otto was not slow at all.

In a hurry, the Nightwatcher could only use the bone dagger in his hand to block—just a bone-made dagger was simply unable to withstand the black long sword from the white-robed Otto’s hand… The bone dagger was instantly cut open!

The long sword sliced open a not shallow cut on the gray fur pelt of the Nightwatcher… Afterward, drops of bright blood dripped from the Nightwatcher’s arm.

At this moment, facing the white-robed Otto without weapons, the Nightwatcher was completely at a disadvantage, only relying on continuous dodging to avoid the attacks from the white-robed Otto.

“You’ve become hesitant.” The High Priest suddenly said, “It seems that even you cannot maintain your consistent rationality.”

“Really fond of acting mysteriously with a malevolent personality.” Amidst the battle with the white-robed Otto, the Nightwatcher responded lazily to the High Priest’s words.

“Acting mysteriously?” The High Priest now interestingly observed the Nightwatcher, suddenly said: “If it were you, wouldn’t you trust more in the existence of gods…because your very existence is a miracle.”

“Every living person is already an unrepeatable miracle.” The Nightwatcher quickly said, “Only those who foolishly want to control it cannot feel the beauty brought by this miracle and thus want to desecrate it.”

The High Priest tilted his head, just watched him like that.

Suddenly, he slowly breathed a sigh, peacefully said: “I want to invite you to be my companion. After so many years, you are the most charismatic person I’ve encountered in my once-again lives. Your appearance even caught me off guard… Originally, I thought you were just an ordinary scholar, but unexpectedly, applying the term ‘scholar’ to you is an insult… You yourself are history, a piece of living history. This time, don’t refuse me, let’s explore the Ultimate Technique of Life together… Otto, the Undying King.”

The Nightwatcher’s body suddenly froze.

The long sword from the white-robed Otto slashed down at this moment, breaking open the beast skull he wore, revealing a face familiar to Yiben.

“You…you?” Yiben blinked, eyes wide open, looked back and forth between the white-robed Otto and the Nightwatcher, “Are you…are you Gemini?!”

Unlike Yiben’s surprise, the white-robed Otto did not react at all upon seeing the Nightwatcher’s true face… His attack didn’t even pause.

At the same time, facing the fierce attacks from the white-robed Otto, the Nightwatcher did not dodge nor avoid, bravely letting the long sword from the white-robed Otto stab into his shoulder!

This life-risking fighting tactic instead earned the Nightwatcher a chance for victory… While grasping the long sword that pierced into his body, the Nightwatcher’s sleeve once again revealed a bone-made dagger.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Nightwatcher directly punctured the throat of the white-robed Otto with the bone-made dagger.

The white-robed Otto did not reveal any expression of pain, his throat pierced, he only instantly knelt on the ground, his body gradually cracked open, then…turned into sand!

The High Priest suddenly started clapping his hands, “Indeed, no matter how many copies are made, they cannot compare to you as the original… You are indeed special.”

“Xie Jiatu… Let’s end the prank here!” The Nightwatcher raised his head at this time, “I’m not interested in having too much interaction with you, but don’t think of trapping me in this ghost place…or I will use every means possible to turn this place into ruins! You will never know what a madman who has been tortured by a long life would think to do next…”

Saying this, Guardian Otto directly pulled out the sword from his shoulder, then tore his clothes, wrapped the cloth strips around his shoulder a few times, then lifted up the black long sword.

“Carbon fiber… No wonder.” The Nightwatcher snorted coldly, holding the black blade, he stepped towards the High Priest.

He directly walked past the High Priest’s projection without even glancing at it, and directly walked into the miniature temple.