Chapter 1541: Chapter 268: Scales of Good and Evil (2)

Even so, Guardian Otto did not seem overly panicked—he carefully observed these white-robed guards whose bodies were undergoing mutations.

But Yiben was already terrified and wanted to flee; unfortunately, his legs wouldn’t gather strength… something seemed to compel him to stay here—even though reason told him that he could crawl away even if his legs failed him.

As they approached, these white-robed guards who had mutated into monsters… one, two, three… eight!

A total of eight creatures, with bodies resembling those of magical beasts, now surrounded Guardian Otto.

“I know your background, Otto.” The High Priest was now calmly speaking from behind a fully reinforced glass wall: “You possess a long life, but actually you just age slower than ordinary people, are less susceptible to viral infections, and additionally, your self-healing abilities are stronger than those of ordinary people… Apart from that, the metrics of your body don’t exceed those of ordinary people by much… These monsters are enough to defeat you.”

Guardian Otto suddenly said: “No wonder you said that the residents living in the City of the Sun are all part of your experiment… It seems that the entire City of the Sun itself is a natural cage, and the monsters in the desert are the best walls… The monsters outside were also released by you, weren’t they?”

“Because of your cleverness, you really allow me to spare many explanations.” The High Priest smiled slightly, “But now is obviously not the time for you to continue decrypting… What you should seriously contemplate is how to survive in such a desperate situation. Struggle, just like you special humans, in the face of desperation, what exactly will you do, is indeed a rare set of material.”

“Such a nasty guy…” Guardian Otto muttered.

But he had to admit what the High Priest said—he indeed needed to cope with the impending peril because the High Priest was right, his condition was indeed like that… apart from living a little longer, at most he has not exceeded the realm of humans, without very strong power.

Guardian Otto sorted his thoughts and quickly focused his entire attention… the carbon fiber black long sword in his hands was gripped by both hands, then he bent his legs slightly and sank down, holding the long sword in front.

One of the mutated monsters could hardly resist its ferocity and now was the first to pounce towards Guardian Otto.

He did not panic and blocked it head-on with the black blade in his hand… But the power of the monster was too great; merely this simple contact forced Guardian Otto to retreat consecutively—but seemingly he wasn’t injured!

The black blade protected him well… he just lost out in strength to this monster.

“Oh?” The High Priest looked at this scene with some surprise and then nodded slightly, “No wonder it’s a long life human… Rich combat experience indeed can make up for part of the strength gap. But I wonder how long your skills can maintain an advantage in the face of absolute power?”

Guardian Otto now only took a moment to glance at the High Priest, then suddenly took a deep breath and jumped up—the black long sword in his hands was raised, slashing down towards the first monster attacking him!

The monster’s attacking move was quite simple, just charging forward, relying on bodily instincts… Its defense was even simpler—probably due to confidence in its body strength!

Because it possessed sturdy scales—facing Guardian Otto’s seemingly all-out flying slash, the monster merely swung its hand to block.

But it seemed a flash of black light passed, and the first monster that showed its ferocity had its arm instantly cut… Furthermore, a rather terrifying wound appeared on its chest!

The sharp carbon fiber long sword not only severed its arm but also carved a horrifying wound on its body… Guardian Otto did not stop, the long sword seized the gap to directly thrust in, piercing the monster’s throat, then followed through upwards, directly splitting open the monster’s head.

Down… Just like that, a white-robed guard who mutated into a monster fell easily to the ground.

The High Priest frowned as he watched this scene, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes… but he was not panicked, “Otto, you are indeed very unique… this is the power of massive experience, truly remarkable.”

“Experience?” Guardian Otto shook his head at this moment, “Perhaps you think that within this strange space where the City of the Sun lies, it already contains the mainland’s most mysterious secrets… but in the end, it’s just when you found a lake, you assumed it to be the ocean… Xie Jiatu, you should go out more, don’t limit yourself in this small City of the Sun! In the distant Far East Region, there is a clan called Xuanyuan, each of their warriors possesses power far surpassing humans. The strongest among them can even make the sea churn, shatter a mountain with a punch… I just used a bit of the techniques from this clan.”

—Of course, he at best would only have learned a tiny bit of such skills, and they were just some superficial bits gathered secretly… but naturally, he wouldn’t elaborate clearly—Xie Jiatu likely wouldn’t know… even if he certainly pried intel time and again from his replicas.

He only remembered when he ventured to the Far East Region back then, he inadvertently entered a terrifying battlefield and witnessed the Xuanyuan Clan combating monsters from the sea in a spectacular scene!

Back then due to a stroke of luck, he saved a warrior from this clan, later that warrior taught him some special techniques but simultaneously made him swear he wouldn’t spread or reveal them—the oath seemed to carry a certain magical force, an unusual binding power, resulting in him passively preserving these techniques’ training method, unable to transmit them to others.

“Xuanyuan?” The High Priest furrowed his brow; outside, he was a professor researching mysticism all around… While his life wasn’t as long as Otto’s, six hundred plus years was also extremely prolonged, “You mean the ancient legends of eastern countries… That’s just the legends those people made up in their nation… I also researched the history of the Ancient Kingdom of Huaxia, Otto!”

“You just got lucky finding this Oasis Temple.” Guardian Otto sneered, having lived for thousands of years, his temper swung between good and bad, and with his temperament flaring at this point, he snapped back without a thought, “Just a frog in the well, still wishing to dabble in soul studies… go back and read the basic books more!”

“Then let me see how powerful this so-called technique really is… I’m also quite willing to see more civilizations.” The High Priest waved his hand, seven monsters at once simultaneously attacked Guardian Otto… Meanwhile, more white-robed guards emerged from the passage cracks in those surrounding walls.

Guardian Otto stopped speaking, swung the black blade, and once again posed in the stance from the beginning… His gaze was heavy; for centuries, he diligently trained following the method taught by that Xuanyuan clan warrior, but over these hundreds of years, it was only in the recent decades that he learned the said [Qi] by the warrior… this [Qi] was a special kind of energy, although his body’s storage wasn’t particularly abundant, nor could he discharge it outward like those Xuanyuan warriors, causing greater damage.

The presence of [Qi], at best, could only instantaneously multiply his physical capabilities several times… But with the number of monsters released by the High Priest… along with more white-robed guards dispatched, perhaps his [Qi] would run out before killing them all.

It seems this would be the most perilous environment he has faced in his long life… Silently calculating the reserves of [Qi] within his body, Guardian Otto’s gaze roamed back and forth over these peculiar monsters, attempting to find an opportunity for a breakthrough.

But just then, a sharp scream suddenly appeared… A sound resembling the roaring of a raging wind came from the large door outside!

Simultaneously, the seven mutated beasts encircling Guardian Otto, as well as those waiting further outprepared to join the attack white-robed guards, all unexpectedly made terrified sounds!

They even showed expressions of pain, as if they had encountered something frightening… One after another they fell to the ground, trembling!

Guardian Otto furrowed his brow, puzzled as he watched, meanwhile looking towards the High Priest. He found that at this moment, the High Priest Xie Jiatu also wore a puzzled expression… It seemed something occurred that was beyond his expectations.

Suddenly, a strong sense of crisis struck, causing Guardian Otto to instinctively move his body!

A black shadow swept past him, charging at a mutated monster before… Unable to clearly see the black shadow’s movements, all that was known was that in that instant, the monster’s body was torn apart!

With both hands inserted into the body and then violently lifting it up, tearing it apart, blood and flesh splattered everywhere… torn!

A sharp scream filled the entire room at this moment—the miniature temple even trembled because of the enormous sound!

A black eagle-headed, human-bodied, three-meter-tall strange creature with fleshy wings on its back!

This peculiar creature was now standing right in front of the Nightwatcher—perhaps the first to be torn apart should have been him, if not for his instinctive dodge!

The Nightwatcher’s back shivered uncontrollably at this moment, a true threat of death.

“Eagle-headed, human-bodied…” The Nightwatcher couldn’t help but whisper in shock: “Horus?”

At this time, this peculiar creature that suddenly broke in went berserk. It was like a lion in a rabbit hutch, easily knocking down the monsters here with every move… tearing!

Soon, the eagle-headed, human-bodied strange creature killed all the monsters and White-robed Guards, then charged at the High Priest—only to be stopped by the reinforced glass wall that separated it!

It could only roar madly at the High Priest, pounding the invisible wall with force!

Faced with this scene, the High Priest frowned deeply… Thinking of something, he took a few steps back, and a pillar rose from beneath his feet.

He pressed his palm on the pillar, then looked at the other wall—the wall descended to reveal a large screen, which began to display images.

The High Priest seemed able to control the images on the screen through the pillar—quickly, the screen displayed a group of lakes.

The main hall inside the Pharaoh’s Sleeping Palace!

The Pharaoh was in the palace, strangely talking to himself while walking back and forth, appearing quite agitated… Suddenly, he inserted his fingers into his eye and gouged it out!

He held the gouged-out eye in his palm, as if wanting to hand it to someone… but in the image, there was only the scene of the Pharaoh extending his palm… no one else!

Nothing else!

The High Priest’s face instantly turned extremely grave, adjusting the angle of the image again—still failing to find anything!

He had to give up looking, fast-forwarding, and soon, a figure entered the main hall on the screen… the Princess!

The Pharaoh’s body split open, and an eagle-headed, human-bodied creature with fleshy wings appeared…

…

He quickly figured out what had happened inside—truly he is known for omniscience in the City of the Sun… except, he still doesn’t know to whom the Pharaoh handed the gouged left eye!

Bang bang bang—!!!

But the creature that the Pharaoh turned into never stopped attacking… The result of the frenzy was the reinforced glass wall now covered in intersecting cracks!

Seeing that the specially-reinforced glass wall could no longer withstand the pounding from the eagle-headed, human-bodied creature, the High Priest took a deep look, hesitated not at all, and turned to retreat… The wall behind him opened a door that he directly stepped through.

The door slowly descended, and finally, the last sentence the Nightwatcher heard was what the High Priest said before leaving.

“Otto, I wonder if your special powers could deal with it?”

Boom—!!

The reinforced glass wall shattered completely in that instant. The eagle-headed, human-bodied strange creature frenziedly crashed towards the High Priest—but the door finally descended, and it ultimately hit the metal wall!

The tremendous force even created a terrifying dent in the metal wall… Failing to catch the High Priest, the eagle-headed, human-bodied strange creature again began pounding the wall madly.

The Nightwatcher watched this scene, then looked at the screen on the wall, “Left eye… gouged left eye… Horus? Inside this Oasis Temple, exactly what…”

It was at this moment that the Nightwatcher’s eyes widened once more… The surprise exceeded everything he had encountered just now!

Because the untouched screen loyally reflected everything!

A huge red figure appeared on the screen at this moment, and the Nightwatcher couldn’t help but murmur: “Finally… seeing you again.”

Lamp God…