Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!

Chapter 1469 - 210: Lotus Platform of Dui Ze

In a room dimmed by the snow outside, Xu Shu suddenly flipped his hand, suppressing the explosive Guiding Envoy.

This prevented the flesh blood from successfully spreading in thirteen directions, leaving only a dark red spot under Xu Shu’s palm, less than two meters wide, stained with blood and meat paste.

Hiss~

The blood turned out to be highly corrosive, instantly corroding several holes in the seemingly solid wooden floor, viscous white bubbles continuously arose from within, gurgling loudly, even corroding the Guiding Envoy’s pure white robe into fragments.

In an instant, the Guiding Envoy completely vanished, leaving nothing behind.

"Huh? Stubborn and still trying to escape?"

Xu Shu took a breath, an eerie color flickering in his eyes as he calmly observed the surroundings.

With the enhancement of "spirit sensing," anything attempting to hide was revealed.

One second later.

Xu Shu saw the presence of the Guiding Envoy’s "spirit."

Now it had mixed with the flesh on the ground, becoming extremely dim and fragmented, yet in the blink of an eye, completely dissipated, no longer in existence.

Xu Shu was momentarily surprised.

This was different from when she faked death earlier. At that time, though she concealed her spirit, it was actually a method of closing doors, akin to holding one’s essence at a critical moment, unable to move, or else she’d be discovered by Xu Shu.

But now, her spirit was completely annihilated, which couldn’t be faked.

This indicated the Guiding Envoy truly died in the explosion, not some special feigned death escape technique!

As the aftermath gradually subsided, the entire room fell silent, only Yang Su’s eyes were wide open, nose twitching, a mix of fear and terror, voice trembling as he said, "It’s the Bitter Torture Holy Lotus... she betrayed the Mother and was punished by the Holy Lotus..."

"Bitter Torture Holy Lotus? A curse?"

Xu Shu clicked his tongue in amazement.

Previously, seeing the Guiding Envoy’s fearful and anxious reaction when the secrets of the White Lotus Sect were mentioned, he had some speculation.

Originally, he thought it was some kind of surveillance technique.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a hidden mechanism causing self-explosion upon mention!

This curse is quite impressive... um, should be a curse?

Otherwise, it can’t be that the taboo of the Mother of Non-Birth’s name causes an explosion upon mention?

Xu Shu muttered silently.

If the cause of the explosion is indeed the latter, it means "Mother of Non-Birth" is at least a god-level existence... no, at least a "taboo"-level deity, then there’s nothing much to say, just pick up your things and run.

At this moment, Xiao Ya, who had been outside covering her nose and mouth, walked in, head held high.

She kept a distance from Xu Shu’s ’copper green holy grail’ and spoke in a muffled voice, "This should be the work of the ’Desire Apostle’. Heh heh, Xu Shu brother, want to know what a Desire Apostle is? Let me take a peek at that grail in your hand, and I’ll tell you."

"..."

Xu Shu glanced at her, thinking to himself, should I tell you that not only do I know what a "Desire Apostle" is, I even killed one today, would you believe it?

The so-called "Desire Apostle" is the third-stage name of the demon god Slaanesh, an advancement of the Spirit-Eating Ghost.

Previously, that "Aphrodite" at the entrance of White Tiger Cave beneath Luling Plateau was a Third Rank Late Stage "Desire Apostle."

She died to Xu Shu’s full-powered "Prenatal Qi," killed on the spot.

Just...

"Are you sure you want to see this?" Xu Shu deliberately opened the copper green holy grail’s lid and approached.

"Ugh~ Never mind, never mind." Xiao Ya waved her hand repeatedly; this time, her innate aversion to feces overcame her curiosity as a "mechanical expert" about high-quality cursed objects.

Xu Shu then put away the holy grail, somewhat surprised asked, "How did you know it’s the work of a Desire Apostle?"

Xiao Ya smiled bitterly yet proudly, "Ugh... hee hee, because this way of dying is very representative, she was implanted with a curse triggered by desire."

"I see... You mean the fear and aversion to eating feces triggered the curse, so had she just consented to eat what I offered, the curse wouldn’t have gone off, but she refused, hence it exploded killing her."

Xu Shu nodded, understanding as he clapped his hands, "I understand now! Refusing to eat feces leads to death, no wonder she’s called Guiding Envoy!"

"???" Xiao Ya’s eyes widened suddenly.

Nonsense, you understood nothing!

"It’s having the ’desire to betray the White Lotus Sect’!" She corrected Xu Shu’s mistake, speechless.

"How could there be such a desire? Actually feels similar though... damn Desire Apostle, turns out it’s a broad sense of desire, not purely lustful desire? Quite disappointing, too impure..." Xu Shu muttered silently.

"What are you disappointed about?" Xiao Ya became instantly alert.

"Nothing."

Xu Shu shook his head, maintaining a serious expression, and walked to Yang Su, asking, "Did you hear what the Guiding Envoy said clearly?"

"I heard." Yang Su nodded with some fear.

"Anything to add?" Xu Shu asked.

Yang Su opened his mouth, hesitated, and said, "I don’t know much about what she said, I only know the Holy Church Headquarters here in Baishi Town is located in the mayor’s mansion."

"Oh~ Is that so~"

Xu Shu turned to Xiao Ya, exchanged a glance.

The content of their look exchange was as follows:

Is she lying? — Xu Shu.

How would I know? I’m a mechanical expert, not a lie detector — Xiao Ya.