Chapter 62 - homage to the laser cannon Bodhisattva requesting for followers

Fuck, it’s the Primordial Spirit·Wisdom: Narrow Sleeve Guanyin!

The statue with its face brimming with compassion, majestic and holy, had somehow appeared here.

Dammit, no wonder I couldn’t find you in the ruins, you’ve been running around too!

My eyes burned with bloodshot fury, and Xu Shu quickly averted his gaze as hot tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, fortunately avoiding further harm.

“You and Jingwei have a tangled fate, let’s just call it a bond of entanglement.

When you meet, it’s like thunder shaking the earth, triggering a fierce elemental reaction.”

“By shifting your gaze in time, you received only minor injuries; your strength remains unharmed.”

“You squint and observe that the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin has teleported right in front of you, its lifelike face opening its mouth, directly next to your ear, beginning to chant scriptures at you: ——”

“Namo~ Misaka Teto~”

“Om mani, Amitabha Buddha~”

“This eerie, enchanting sound penetrated directly into your brain without any gap, a stimulation beyond simple teasing.

Your head was about to burst.”

“Although its Life-taking Mantra was still severely out of tune, it seemed to have recovered quite a bit.

Given some more time, it might fully regain itself.”

“Facing this old trick, you let out a cold laugh with blood flowing from your orifices, mocking her for being out of tricks.

A true warrior won’t be brought down by the same move twice.”

“At that moment, you activated the warrior’s ultimate skill: Jingwei.

You solidified your strength to absorb the damage, entering the state of sea-filling.

Those invisible Life-taking Mantras pummeled against you with ping-pong sounds.”

“You were level 8, the gap between you and her had narrowed, yet you found that you were still no match for this mysterious creature.”

“Every bone in your body wailed in pain, your shield growing thinner and thinner.

If this endurance battle continued, she would grind you alive.

You could withstand for another 3 minutes.

Enjoy this three-minute serenade, as if it was her farewell to you.”

“Hiss~”

Xu Shu felt like ants were crawling in his ears and invisible little hammers jabbing at his head, causing his brain to tremble.

To think that, at level 8, against the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin, he was still so passive.

A normal warrior would likely die in resentment right here.

But that’s someone else, Xu Shu knew he could drag this out a bit longer.

“You look inside your item bag; there are two tools you could use to escape this situation.

You choose: ?”

“You make a decisive move, using the item: Water Flower Basket (Excellent).”

“The bottom of the Water Flower Basket contains a strong adhesive glue.

As long as the enemy is sprayed and stuck, you are immune to her attacks for a short period, unless she cleans herself up or shortens it with strength.”

“You have a clear target, and in the midst of resisting the attack, you flick your hand.”

“Pfft!

Pfft!

The white, spherical glue from the bottom of the basket, like cannonballs, you fired them one after another, hitting the mark precisely.”

“The Narrow Sleeve Guanyin, being close to you for so long, was an easy target, unable to dodge.”

“The majestic and solemn statue dirtied by your actions, you felt the pressure from the Life-taking Mantra greatly reduced; you were temporarily immune to her mental attack.”

“As a statue, her limbs were merely for show, so she couldn’t actively wipe off the filth on her face; she could only wait passively for the effect to wear off.

Your chance had come.”

“You could take advantage of her, or retreat.

If you leave now, the incapacitated Narrow Sleeve Guanyin will let you get a lead of 39 meters.

You choose: ?”

“39 meters?

That must be a joke,” you knew that distance was not enough to escape this teleporting adversary.

You chose to make a stand.

“You grabbed a rough steel bar, gauged the head position of the statue for a second, and plunged the bar through, only to find that the enemy had lost just a layer of its clay surface, revealing the gold body inside, which, in a trance, seemed unscathed again.”

“Only then did you remember that you had used it to trick Lu Bingwei’s Floating Cannon bomb attack the day before; its defensive power was very peculiar, seemingly fragile but actually ignoring most physical attacks.”

“Oh no!

You can’t win the fight now, and you don’t have the time to run anymore.

Pure white adhesive glue dribbled down, about to dry up quickly.”

“You felt like her compassionate Bodhisattva face was filled with mockery towards you.”

“The day of cleansing will come, and the Bodhisattva will return.”

“Wait to die, you blasphemer.”

“You choose…”

“Aha, you suddenly grabbed her by the neck with one hand and her foot with the other, hoisting the whole thing up.”

“Underneath the stone-like exterior of the statue was a golden interior, weighing more than a ton, daunting to ordinary people, but such was the fearsome might of a warrior, you lifted her up and threw her away.”

“Your target was — the alluring flower puppet’s behind, swaying in a crevice in the wall.”

“Whoosh~”

“Enhanced by Throwing Skill, the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin Statue was like a giant missile, hitting the alluring flower puppet directly.”

“Ah!” the alluring flower puppet first cried out in terror, then instinctively shouted, “Save me, save—???”

No sooner had she spoken, her voice abruptly stopped, replaced by screams of agony and the sight of her voluptuous body twisting and rolling.

The one confronting her was not human, but a strange Buddhist statue incessantly chanting scriptures.

Faced with such a mental attack, even a creature like the alluring flower puppet couldn’t bear it, and she began to twist her body in retaliation.

Alluring flower puppet: Charm!

“Namah…

Namah~” The Narrow Sleeve Guanyin was not slowed in the slightest, continuing to loudly chant the scriptures, immune to ordinary charm.

She had no gender, and under normal circumstances, charm was ineffective against her.

“Ah ah ah~” The alluring flower puppet quickly dried up limb by limb, she wouldn’t last much longer and would soon die, but you managed to create some time for yourself.

You turned to flee, the alluring flower puppet was at a disadvantage, but after all she was at level 13, it would be some time before she died, enough to buy you time to fight for your life.

Just then, your eyes widened as you saw a Floating Cannon hanging behind the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin Statue out of the corner of your eye; it had finished preheating and fired a strike at you without hesitation from the vortex bubble in the middle of its “concave” form.

You wanted to escape, but at this moment the chanting from the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin again took hold of you, your speed reduced by the slowdown effect.

You died, ending this expedition, calculating results…

Evaluation: One of the Mandarins tried to leave on their own, the Guanyin’s cannon was quick to destroy.

You betrayed your dewy love and left before her, a scumbag truly deserves no good end.

You have obtained the item: Offer a Flower to Buddha (Fine).

Offer a Flower to Buddha (Fine): Use during combat to make a lucky audience member within a certain distance a strong hate target for your enemy, causing your foe to attack them first; the duration will depend on the power levels difference between the two sides.

Today’s opening count: 0/3

“Damn Narrow Sleeve Guanyin, you stealing my Floating Cannon, huh!”

Xu Shu awoke from the expedition, cursing speechlessly.

He initially thought the curse tool had developed a mind of its own and run off, but turned out, it was picked up by the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin.

This damn thing surprisingly had some intelligence, not just a foolish being killing out of instinct, it even knew to pick up equipment.

With things as they were, Xu Shu had no good way to deal with it, and for now, he was no match for the Narrow Sleeve Guanyin.

The situation was now clear, the prison’s surroundings were indeed very safe at the moment, at least for today.

As long as you leave here before three o’clock in the afternoon and head towards the shelter, there shouldn’t be any issues along the road you simulated.

The only exception was to the south, about 20 kilometers out, where there was a level 13 alluring flower puppet that could be relatively easily killed.

The Narrow Sleeve Guanyin came from the southeast direction and would appear in that location at one o’clock in the afternoon.

If she didn’t encounter Xu Shu, she would leave and wouldn’t attack the puppet actively; instead, she would continue wandering south.

Around six o’clock, she would appear about five kilometers further south.

“That means, during the second simulation, she was actually watching the live broadcast of the adult show between me and the alluring flower puppet?

Damn peeping tom!”

“Well, now that she’s gotten her hands on a Floating Cannon, I can’t beat her, so it’s better to avoid the fray for now.”

“First thing’s first, I’ll take the Erosion Crystal from the puppet, continue to level up; just because I can’t kill her now doesn’t mean I won’t be able to after leveling up.”

“The alluring flower puppet starts work at 8:30 AM, I only need an hour and a half to take her down, which means I’ll leave there by ten o’clock, and during that time, there won’t be any danger approaching.”

Xu Shu planned his schedule for today, got up hurriedly and made breakfast.

Following the method from his simulated future, he went to have breakfast with Gu Pan to build up a good rapport.

According to the third simulation of the future, Xu Shu managed to gain some initial trust from Gu Pan, making them newly acquainted friends who were not yet very close.

After eating, Xu Shu loudly announced in the hallway, “Everyone, we’re heading to the shelter to the north that you’ve mentioned today.

Get ready in a bit; we’ll leave as soon as I get back.”

“Of course, my lord, we will follow your commands.” As soon as he said this, the Patrol Soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Shu then handed the keys to Gu Pan, “I need to step out for a bit, there’s an urgent matter, but I’ll be back soon.

Around ten o’clock, let them out and get ready.”

“Oh, okay.”

Gu Pan took the keys, glanced at Xu Shu, and couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity, “We’re already getting ready to go to the shelter, so what do you need to do now?”

Xu Shu, red-faced from the questioning, said rather awkwardly, “Nothing much, just going to hunt some ‘jiaoxian’!”

“Ah?” Gu Pan looked confused.

Merfolk?

A kind of monstrous creature I haven’t heard of before?

Sounds pretty strong from the name.

Thinking it over, she felt it was her duty as a friend to caution, “Then, when you hunt the Merfolk, remember to be careful not to rush.”

“…Alright, I’ll take things slow.” Images automatically sprang to Xu Shu’s mind, and he let out a smirking chuckle.

Upon opening the door, he was greeted by morning light—sunrise in the east!