Chapter 134 Dark Descent

Bai Qingxue hung up the call, and Shi Feng breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he wasn't discovered.

If Bai Qingxue knew that he was the one who forged the Guardian Armor, something terrible would probably happen, and he didn't doubt that Bai Qingxue might resort to force.

The title of Ice Snow Goddess wasn't just for show. Her iron fist methods made countless experts flinch. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to keep so many experts in line.

However, from Bai Qingxue's words, he learned something interesting.

The numerous guilds in White River City already highly valued the Guardian Armor, which showed that its reputation had spread. The current popularity of the Guardian Armor had probably reached its peak, making it a great opportunity to sell it in large quantities and accumulate a lot of capital. After some time, the Guardian Armor wouldn't be so valuable anymore.

"Let's take a look at the Epic Quest first, and then go back to forge the Guardian Armor." Seeing the opportunity to make big money, Shi Feng couldn't wait to run back and make the Guardian Armor. However, the Epic Quest before him was more important. If he gave up halfway, he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

Thousand Transformations and Myriad Annihilations' legendary achievements were related to this Epic Quest, so he naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

He walked along the winding path of the slums for twenty minutes before arriving at the library.

Along the way, Shi Feng found that having a priestess by his side was good. Those NPCs who were thinking of robbing him scattered when they saw Xia Lian's attire. Otherwise, this road would take at least an hour to walk, constantly fighting these rats living in the gutter. Even if he killed these NPCs, he wouldn't get anything, not even experience points. They were so poor they were practically worthless.

Red Leaf Town's library was rundown. It was just a small two-story building, completely unmanaged, with withered leaves everywhere.

Walking into the library, he could see that the whole room was full of dust. The books on the wooden tables were long covered in dust. It didn't look like anyone had lived there, more like a haunted house.

"I'm sorry, no one has come for too long, so I haven't cleaned it up. Feel free to sit down." Xia Lian smiled slightly, pointing to the dusty chair, as if she didn't realize how impolite this was.

"Respected Priestess, I'm here because I want to decipher a diary." Shi Feng frowned slightly at the half-inch thick dust on the chair. He didn't want to get his clothes dirty, so he got straight to the point.

Xia Lian didn't seem to hear what Shi Feng said and was looking for something on the bookshelf by herself.

Shi Feng didn't say anything. He was used to it. There were many kinds of NPCs in God's Domain, especially important NPC characters. Quirky behavior was a small matter. There were also many notorious NPCs who made first-rate guilds curse.

After waiting for a full ten minutes, Xia Lian came out of the stacks of books, holding a thick, tattered book in her hand.

"I know why you're here. As soon as you walked into the slums, I could feel the evil power on you." Xia Lian said extremely seriously, placing the old, broken book on the table, causing dust to fly around the room. "Let me see what you have."

Shi Feng naturally understood that this was triggered by the diary, so he took out the old diary from his backpack and carefully handed it to Xia Lian.

Xia Lian didn't rush to take it, but recited a divine incantation. Instantly, golden divine runes enveloped the diary.

Just as Shi Feng was wondering about Xia Lian's actions, the diary changed. A black smoke suddenly emerged from the dark cover, and a hideous face appeared, looking extremely painful.

"Evil, be gone! Holy Spear!"

Xia Lian shouted, her jade hand writing divine runes in mid-air, while chanting a Tier 3 divine spell, echoing throughout the library. The entire library was shrouded in a golden hexagram magic array. Three golden spears of judgment flew out of the magic array and pierced into the diary, tearing apart that hideous face.

"Hahaha, I won't give up, we will meet again." The hideous face laughed loudly, its words chilling to the bone, its blood-red eyes staring fixedly at Shi Feng, as if these words were all directed at him.

Before long, the black smoke in the diary dissipated. At this time, Xia Lian's forehead was full of sweat, and her face was also pale, looking very weak.

System: You have been afflicted by the Great Demon's Evil Curse, all attributes decreased by 50%, experience gained from killing monsters decreased by 95%.

System: You have been targeted by the Great Demon. The Great Demon's phantom will find you in thirty days. If you are killed, your body will be occupied by the Great Demon.

"Damn, can it get any worse?" Shi Feng couldn't help but curse when he saw this notification, even with all his self-restraint.

The Great Demon, converted to a human player class, would be a Tier 4 class, equivalent to a Sword Emperor. Although it was a phantom, it still required a Tier 3 class like Xia Lian to deal with it. However, he was just a bystander. This Great Demon didn't target Xia Lian but instead targeted him, a nobody.

With this curse, how could he level up? Not to mention that his attributes were reduced by 50%, directly reducing his attributes to those of an average player. Even killing monsters above his level would be a problem, and he still had to face the Great Demon's phantom…

"Miss Xia Lian, are you alright?" Although he was cursed, Shi Feng still had to say some polite words.

Xia Lian shook her head slightly and smiled, "I'm fine. I didn't expect you, little guy, to be able to take out something so terrifying. You've made me quite weak. But now the problem is solved. If you had held it for a few more days, you would have been possessed by the Great Demon and descended to hell forever."

"Thank you, Miss Xia Lian. If it weren't for you, I would probably be dead." Although Xia Lian's words made Shi Feng feel a little strange, he still thanked her, glad that he had come in time, otherwise it would really be over. However, his problem didn't seem to be solved yet, right?

"There's no need to thank me. This diary is not simple. It's a key, and it records the incantation to unlock the door. What you need to do is find this door, enter it through this diary, and find the Dark Scripture stored inside. As long as you take the Dark Scripture back and give it to me, I can destroy it, so that the Great Demon can no longer descend." Xia Lian explained.

System: Player has accepted the Epic Quest 'Dark Descent'. Quest content: Find and destroy the Dark Scripture to prevent the Great Demon from descending. Reward: Unknown.

Although Shi Feng knew that this Epic Quest was extremely difficult to complete, there was no need to be so坑爹 (kēng diē - outrageous, ridiculous), at least tell him where to find the Dark Scripture.

In his previous life, Thousand Transformations and Myriad Annihilations completed this quest in the Black Dragon Empire, but he couldn't possibly go to the Black Dragon Empire.

Even if he went to the Black Dragon Empire, the teleportation portal hadn't been opened yet. Even if he ran until his legs broke, it would take him several months to reach the border of the Black Dragon Empire.

ps: Thanks to 紫魅丶妖姬 (Zǐ Mèi Ď Yāo Jī) for the reward!