Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!

"You suffered some flesh wounds, but for a Warrior like yourself, it was hardly anything. After a simple disinfection, you set off again."

"This time your choice is..."

"You strode forward, heading west after exiting the main entrance, having learned from last time, you looked straight ahead, no longer glancing around aimlessly."

"After traveling barely four hundred meters, you entered a pink building. Suddenly, you heard strange cries from ahead, like a human male experiencing extreme pleasure yet also extreme pain."

"Edging closer to peek around the corner, you saw two hybrid creatures with the bodies of snakes and human heads. Their serpentine forms stretched over ten meters, each topped with the head of a young and beautiful woman, who were licking and sniffing a human male like kittens."

"The man, in his thirties and looking gaunt, seemed vaguely familiar. You remembered him; he was the one you had rescued from jail, the one who said his family was in a nearby shelter!"

"It seemed he hadn't been able to escape his fate after all."

"Their soft snake bodies entwined around him, his expression a mix of ecstasy and agony, his body trembling continuously, looking utterly drained."

"Energy-eating, aura-devouring? Having slightly entered the Transcendent realm, you had some insight, and you understood what the two Beautiful Snakes were doing with their bobbing heads and the white substance at the corners of their mouths."

"You needed the man to provide the location of the nearby shelter, so you decided to rescue him, immediately unleashing the Enchanting Demon skill: Charm Gaze!"

"She shuddered, already aroused, and swam toward you, drawn by the scent, her eyes burning with desire and her snake body leaving a trail of copious transparent mucus on the ground."

"Seeing you slightly open your mouth, she seemed to think you wanted a kiss, and she returned the gesture with a seductive smile."

"You spat out a wad of white spider silk from your mouth!"

"At such a close distance, she couldn't avoid it. You shot the Beautiful Snake right onto the wall, leaving her unable to move."

"She stopped charming and began to struggle. You threw a punch directly at her head, a skull-crushing hit!"

"However, she didn't die; the headless Beautiful Snake began to twist her body frantically, counterattacking you."

"Fearlessly, you became like Ye Wen. You treated her as a wooden dummy, unleashing a torrent of furious punches."

"In no time, you had her disarmed and defeated, and you found her weakness: the Michelin Miao Miao House in her lower abdomen."

"The other Beautiful Snake heard the commotion, but she was too immersed in pleasure and decided to come over only after she was done. By that time, you had beaten her sister to death."

"'You die too.' You seemed to say this with some resentment, and then you engaged her in a fierce battle."

"The Beautiful Snake was not weak; her venom made things difficult for you, and her tail whipped like a sharp blade. Fortunately, her slightly swollen Michelin Miao Miao House was conspicuous, and ultimately, you found an opportunity to forcefully break in with a punch, hitting her weak spot, and she died."

"You hurried over to help the exhausted man on the ground, asking if he knew the location of the nearby shelter."

"Struggling, he said, 'The shelter, the location, I know it! I live, there! There are, many of my, relatives, friends...'"

"Which direction? How far from here? You asked urgently."

"'It's over there, in that direction...' He began to say, but before he could raise his hand, he died."

"Shit."

Xu Shu cursed.

But next time, he would know how to ask.

"Just ask him which direction it is and how far from here. The guy didn't have many breaths left; no time for him to waste words."

"You collected the Erosion Crystal located in the snake's gallbladder, and you continued to explore forward, making a historic breakthrough. You arrived five hundred meters away and saw a tunnel entrance about two hundred meters ahead, and before the tunnel, surprisingly, a wall made of wire mesh!"

"You suspected this was the key to leaving this place, and you quickly went to check it out. The wire couldn't stop you. You entered the tunnel and encountered a familiar creature."

On the screen appeared the image of a huge, corpulent human figure.

"Covered in revolting black hair, the greasy flesh jiggled precariously, and a long, incredibly smelly, yellow liquid continuously seemed to seep out, as though he was excreting non-stop."

"Thanks to the 'sensory immersion' effect, you could even smell the stench clearly."

"Damn it, no need for a close-up of such a monster."

Xu Shu was speechless, feeling a bit like he wanted to vomit.

"You have faced Nagou·Little Demon, who has locked onto you. You feel the space immediately around you has been sealed off, as if it's isolated from this world. You cannot escape its gaze until you kill it, or it kills you."

"Abyss Descent! This is a natural ability of demon pathway monsters. Almost all demons possess this skill, and in the Transcendent realm, it's often referred to as a 'gambling agreement'."

"When you gaze into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you. By facing it, you have implicitly signed the gambling agreement."

"You have no escape, and the battle erupts in an instant. The enemy is many levels above you. You are powerless to turn the tide, ultimately succumbing to defeat."

"The Nagou·Little Demon has suffered some injuries. It drags its massive, bloated body onto you, using you to heal itself. You have been insulted."

"It sprays a large amount of turbid liquid onto you, contaminating you! Even a body as strong as a warrior's is corroded to ruin!"

"You are dead, your journey ends here, finalizing results..."

"Evaluation: You opened the door to a new world! Today you witnessed two acts of dominance by the strong, the first act featuring two powerful women, the second act a powerful man. You would choose the women over the man; you detest powerful men.

Luckily, this is just a vision of the future, which you certainly couldn't accept in reality.

But, my friend, life is short, why not give it a try?

Your forbidden love encounter deserves a reward, your reward is elevated one grade."

"You have received an item: Shaye's Song (Fine)"

"Shaye's Song (Fine): By using this item, you can emit a forbidden, seductive melody, unleashing the true nature of the soul, corroding all. The forbidden song is a type of mental attack, and you can freely create the lyrics."

"Today's activation count: 1/3"

"Fuck this shit!"

"Blargh~"

Xu Shu lay on the ground dry-heaving. The recent ordeal was unbearable; although his body hadn't sustained actual harm, his mind...

"Damn it, let's just call it a bizarre erotic dream. Luckily it wasn't real. This feels even worse than death!"

Xu Shu opened the Tai Chu Scroll and glanced at his inventory, noticing an icon that looked like a mouth: Shaye's Song.

"A mental attack? I wonder if it could help me deal with Narrow Sleeve Guanyin?"

"Anyway, at least I can kill those two Beautiful Snakes!"

Without any hesitation, Xu Shu followed the path he had taken before, heading west. He soon found the two Beautiful Snakes, still on their quest for enlightenment.

After a fierce battle, Xu Shu successfully killed them, though he sustained some injuries himself. The venom of the Beautiful Snakes caused an indescribable pain on his skin.

But there was no time to worry about that. Xu Shu quickly helped up the man who was pale and emaciated: "Brother, quickly tell me where the refuge is, how far is it from here? Rest assured, I will give you a proper burial."

"Ah... thank you. Go west five kilometers," the man said before his head dropped to the side, dead.

West five kilometers?

That seemed to require passing through that tunnel.

Kind of troublesome.

Xu Shu, as promised, took the man's body and buried it near the prison, digging a grave for him on the spot.

With his expertise in architecture, the grave he made was quite decent and even had a tombstone.

Xu Shu only asked for a name, so following tradition, he wrote on the tombstone the basic identity of the deceased: "Here lies Zhang Zheng, a refugee from the shelter to the west 5 kilometers, fell at the hands of a soul-stealing beauty."

Originally he wanted to write 'soul-stealing Beautiful Snake,' but the last character for 'snake' wouldn't fit, so he made a slight edit.

He hoped that the man's offspring, if ever they saw it, would be inspired to become strong and commit to driving out every last monster.

Checking the time, Xu Shu decided to eat before heading into battle. He had been injured and without doing sit-ups, he couldn't recover quickly; he needed to wait a moment.