Chapter 213: Chapter 143: Terrifying City God Temple_2
Translator: 549690339
[You head towards the City God Temple, eager to explore this most prosperous place of worship in Tianyun City.]
[A minute later, you arrive at the City God Temple.]
[You see that the City God Temple is not a standalone structure, but consists of two side halls and a main hall surrounded by a large courtyard.]
[The three gilded characters “City God Temple” on the courtyard plaque are eye-catching.]
[The temple doors are closed but not locked, and you can faintly see the glow of firelight seeping through the cracks.]
[You hold your breath and cautiously approach the courtyard doors, peering through the cracks.]
[You see several figures standing around a ritual incense burner in the courtyard, appearing to worship.]
[However, to your horror, those figures are not humans nor demons, but paper men made of white paper!]
[The paper men detect your spying, their rigid heads twisting to look at you.]
[You’re dead!]
“Paper men?”
“Ghosts?”
A thought emerges in Su Nan’s mind, shaking his spirit.
He has been in the game for nearly a month, and he has already gained a preliminary understanding of this world.
This world has demons and devils, but he has never heard of ghosts!
Last time he suspected he encountered a ghost was at the Turtle King Lake, but it turned out to be just a resentful demon.
It was somewhat similar but not a ghost.
“No, this time it shouldn’t be a ghost either, most likely a kind of demon I’ve never heard of.”
After the initial shock, he becomes even more interested.
All he has encountered other than the invisible resentful demon last time were tangible beings.
This is the first time he has encountered something so bizarre.
“I have plenty of foreknowledge times left, let’s see what peculiar thing you are.”
He glances at his remaining foreknowledge times.
After achieving the Great Perfection of the Mang Cang Serpent Bloodline, his foreknowledge times increased by three more, reaching 36 times.
He has used 9 times today, leaving 27 times left.
Even if he used 20 times to predict, he believes he could definitely discover something to some degree.
The cooldown of foreknowledge ends, and he immediately predicts again.
[One minute later, you come to the gate of the City God Temple. You know that at this moment, several bizarre paper men are worshipping inside the courtyard.]
[You peer through the crack in the gate and observe the complete appearance of one of the paper men.]
[You react swiftly, using Boneshifting to try and transform into the paper man’s shape.]
[You fail; Boneshifting cannot turn you into the bloodless Paper Puppet Demon.]
[You’ve been discovered.]
[You’re dead.]
“Paper Puppet Demon!”
At the end of the second prediction, Su Nan’s eyes brighten up.
Although the prediction remains simple, he has learned the name of the Paper Puppet Demon.
Continuing with the prediction!
[Arriving at the City God Temple, you know that several Paper Puppet Demons inside are worshipping.]
[Paper Puppet Demons possess bizarre abilities, able to detect your gaze. Instead of peering through the crack, you choose to take action boldly.]
[You launch a Divine Soul Attack on the Paper Puppet Demons, but unfortunately, their Power of Divine Soul is much stronger than yours.]
[You’re dead!]
“Their Power of Divine Soul is much stronger than mine? Seems I was killed by their Power of Divine Soul!”
Realizing this, Su Nan also understands that only the Power of Divine Soul could silently kill him.
“Since the Divine Soul doesn’t work, let’s try another method.”
“Since they’re made of paper, they should be afraid of fire.”
Su Nan continues to experiment.
He wants to see just how peculiar these Paper Puppet Demons are.
[You use the Fire Serpent to attack the Paper Puppet Demons, sensing the heat, the Paper Puppet Demons can’t help but step back.]
[Unfortunately, your Flame is too weak, causing the Paper Puppet Demons to fear but not threatening them much.]
[You’re dead]
“As expected, fire is effective!”
“Finally, a method to deal with the Paper Puppet Demons has been found!”
Su Nan’s eyes light up, though the fire wasn’t tangibly effective, there is hope.
He continues to experiment.
[You use Lightning Power. Electric Light bursts on the Paper Puppet Demon, but it remains unscathed.]
[You’re dead!]
[Using the power of water, you shot a water arrow through the body of the paper puppet demon, but unfortunately, it did not have any effect on it.]
[You died!]
[You unleashed the Racial Talent Destruction Snake Dance, gathering the mana of your whole body to explode a fire serpent in the City God Temple.]
[You died.]
“These paper puppet demons are too strong!”
He had already tried the Power of Divine Soul and Control-law System Power, so there was no need to try the Physique Power.
He couldn’t even get close to the enemy, how could he use his physical power?
“I wonder if I can get in using a human identity?”
Su Nan didn’t give up. He still had 20 foreknowledge attempts, which was still more than enough.
As the Life Wheel Scripture revolved, he switched roles back to Wang Nan and used Wang Nan’s appearance to start predicting.
Exploring the City God Temple was Wang Nan’s task, so using Wang Nan’s role was naturally the best choice.
If not, in case he used Zhang Yang’s role and tomorrow Zhang Yang also had a difficult task related to the City God Temple, it wouldn’t be good.
[Coming to the City God Temple, you know that at this moment, a group of strange paper puppet demons is worshiping inside the City Guardian Hall.]
[You don’t conceal anything and pretend to be an ordinary incense guest at the courtyard gate.]
[However, to your surprise, the courtyard door is opened, and the courtyard inside is pitch black, without any light, and there are no paper puppet demons.]
“Did the paper puppet demons leave?”
“Is it because I am human? Or is it just a coincidence?”
Su Nan was puzzled and could not be sure.
Each foreknowledge attempt required a one-minute wait, and now six or seven minutes had passed.
It wasn’t impossible that the paper puppet demons had just finished worshiping and left.
[With doubt in your heart, you try to walk into the courtyard. Nothing unexpected happens, and you quickly come to the incense burner for worship in the middle of the courtyard.]
[The incense ash in the burner is quite thick, but after careful observation, you don’t find any clues. Helplessly, you give up on the incense burner and head straight for the main hall.]
[The door of the main hall is also unlocked. You push it open, and a divine statue is seen in the darkness.]
[The divine statue has green-faced fangs and a fierce appearance, with a pair of blood-red eyes. It is completely different from the City God statues you have seen before.]
[You know that this is not a City God statue, but you don’t know what kind of divine statue it is.]
[Under the City God statue, there is a dark red divine case, on which fruit incense burners and other offerings are placed.]
[After observing for a moment, you explore the left side of the main hall.]
[You have just walked two steps when an ancient voice suddenly rings out, questioning you, ‘Why don’t you bow when you see the City God?’]
[You were attacked and then lost consciousness.]
[Two minutes later, you were awakened by severe pain. Astonishingly, you are lying on that dark red divine case.]
[A green-faced fanged monster is devouring your internal organs, and your fresh blood is flowing down from the divine case.]
[You died!]
“Hiss! This is so horrible!”
Su Nan’s face was gloomy. As an Outsider, he would leave nothing behind after death.
This time it was different. The opposing party did not kill him, but only made him lose consciousness.
This made Su Nan very suspicious that the other party knew he was an Outsider.
“No wonder the divine case is dark red. I’m afraid it’s stained by blood!”
Waiting for the end of the foreknowledge cooldown, he predicted again.
This time he tried to switch back to the demon identity.
[Coming to the City God Temple, you vaguely saw firelight coming through the door.]
[You opened the courtyard door, and several paper puppet demons entered your sight.]
[You died!]
The paper puppet demons appeared again!
It was clear that in the previous foreknowledge, he could enter the main hall because he had used a human identity.
“So the monster let me in just to eat me?”
Life Wheel Scripture operated, switching his role back to Wang Nan and starting to predict again.
[Without hiding anything, you pretend to be an ordinary incense guest and come to the City God Temple.]
[The courtyard door of the City God Temple is unlocked, and you push it open, walking into the courtyard and heading straight to the main hall.]
[Arriving at the main hall, you immediately bow to the City God statue three times.]
[After the bowing, you walk to the left side of the main hall to explore the temple.]
[Just as you take two steps, an ancient voice suddenly rings out, questioning you, ‘Why do you not offer incense after bowing to the City God?’]
[You were attacked and then lost consciousness.]
[Two minutes later, you were awakened by severe pain. Astonishingly, you are lying on that dark red divine case.]
[A green-faced fanged monster is devouring your internal organs, and your fresh blood is flowing down from the divine case.]
[You died!]
