Chapter 1332 - 1021: Janitor

Chapter 1332: Chapter 1021: Janitor

"Name?"

In the dust-covered iron door, a grotesque face sculpted in relief gazed down at the visitor below, solemnly asking.

Around the door, countless malicious traps and curses had already reached the brink of being triggered. Behind them in the hallway, the eyes of countless eerie stone sculptures simultaneously lit up.

Huai Shi was dumbfounded.

"What’s going on?" he turned to ask Snake Face, "Why is it that I’ve descended into Hell, and you guys are still using these tricks? Can’t you come up with something new?"

"This is the defense set by Zim Dog Thief."

Snake-faced Sacrifice answered devoutly, "Besides the Puppet Legion on the outer layer and the Current Circumstances, the face on the door is the embodiment of its Sinister’s Armor. In addition, there are many traps inside the treasury that I do not understand. If triggered, it’s highly likely to set off an alarm throughout the city, leading to..."

"Alright, I understand."

Huai Shi’s scalp began to tingle as he gazed up at the massive metal door and that uncanny face, feeling helpless... just kidding.

Since he wanted to pull off a big heist, how could he possibly not be mentally prepared?

Besides, what’s that saying?

The strongest fortress is always breached from the inside...

No matter how meticulous Zim’s defenses are against thieves outside the treasury, if the things inside the treasury grow legs and walk out, he won’t be able to do a thing, right?

He took Snake Face and retreated from the corridor.

This distance was already enough for Huai Shi to operate.

No time to lose.

To quickly complete the plan and protect his partner’s fragile integrity, Huai Shi felt he had truly worried himself to the bone.

Yet hearing him sing so joyfully, he didn’t seem too opposed to it, did he? Or had the long years of being single twisted his sense of beauty, so that even if he said he didn’t want it, his heart was racing, and, who knows, maybe this was exactly his type?

Now that he thought about it, it didn’t seem... entirely impossible.

Huai Shi let his mind wander, then clasped his hands together, hoping the people were fine first, and closed his eyes.

Through layers of lock-down, countless traps and malice, in the dark secret room, the cabinet moved.

As if some living creature had awakened.

Made a slight sound, instantly, causing countless malicious beams inside to drop, detecting any unforeseen changes, the alarm on the verge of activation.

Huai Shi’s movements paused slightly, not expecting the internal defenses were not lagging either.

Promptly, he sneered.

Clenched his fist.

Thus, within the cabinet, in the darkness, the treasure offered by the Dog-headed Man Luo Su trembled slightly again.

That crown, infused with the Essence of the Abyss and dark aura, faintly emitted a gleam.

Anyone who saw it would exclaim what a treasure, pity that this thing was merely a makeshift piece crafted by Huai Shi with a couple of scrap metal pieces.

What truly conveyed a mysterious aura lay inside the Crown Gem, the bullet embedded in the seat!

Extracted from Lu BaiYan’s Solidified Soul, the Disaster.

Now, under the Great Priestess’ resonance, it was awakened, without thunderous rumbles and terrifying quakes, just a sound akin to an auditory illusion.

Slender fractures that couldn’t be perceived appeared.

The moment the shell was cracked, the darkness surged within like the sea, seeping out drop by drop—not akin to Huai Shi’s Shadow Burial and Sun-born transformations occurring consecutively, other Great Priestesses during their advancement did not have Rejuvenation Crystals nor blessings and support from true Gods.

Unable to possess Deity Quality Change · Light, rather than that exaggerated transformation, instead, on the basis of Source Material Transformation · Shadow, further forming pure dark!

Celestial Inquiry’s greatest expertise lay in altering Hell’s environment, reconstructing everything, relying on manipulation and control of the hell’s sedimentation and abyss essence.

Therefore, this pure dark source substance extracted over long spans of time, in a sense, equated to unsolidified True Marrow of Hell.

Now, the Disaster forged from Lu BaiYan’s Solidified Soul was completely awakened by Huai Shi.

In an instant, intangible and formless darkness burst forth like a wave from the decayed crown, penetrating all obstacles, radiating and spreading outward.

Wherever it reached, all curses, Current Circumstances, and defensive measures were silently enveloped by the power of that Shadow Burial, devoured, even... dissolved!

Assimilated!

This unparalleled corrosive force was like the strong acid extracted by chemical scholars falling upon matter, specifically targeting all Disaster and Curse, initiating rapid permeation and assimilation.

A drop of ink sufficed to dye the whole ocean in its color.

Turning everything pitch black!

Contact, permeate, erode, assimilate, all completed in the blink of an eye.

In the face of the tide-like rolling dark, all traps and security measures crumbled, merged into the darkness, becoming part of it.

Finally, the swirling darkness swiftly contracted, transforming into a blurry door, a beacon.

Meanwhile, beyond the corridor, Minotaur’s body began to swiftly collapse and shrink, thin and evaporate, until only a barely perceptible shadow remained.

Then Huai Shi stepped forward.

—Shadow Burial Shuttle!

No alarms or traps set off, Huai Shi blinked and had arrived deep within the treasury, racks like forests extending in all directions.