Chapter 260 Daisy: So Bored! Sleepwalking in the Underworld

The next day.

The second round of the competition is about to begin.

It is said that the winner of this duel competition will obtain the fighting skill "Fierce Lion Slash" taught by the royal family.

Fighting skills also have different strengths and weaknesses, and this "Fierce Lion Slash" is said to be a fighting skill created by Emperor Fred when he unified the Golden Lion.

Its simplified version "Golden Lion Slash" is widely circulated and is a unique skill that the Golden Lion Knights are proud of.

As the complete version, Fierce Lion Slash is like a lion pouncing when performed, with terrifying momentum, which is a fatal temptation for knights.

For a time, in addition to the children of the nobility, demon hunters and adventurers from all over Golden Lion gathered in Lundu, and the arena, taverns, inns and other places were bustling with activity.

The competition adopts a system of elimination of the top 64. Commoners need to participate in the auditions, while children of nobles such as Yeats will directly advance to the top 64.

The auditions had already been held in the King's Arena. Ye Zhi did not go to watch, but stayed in the manor to practice Scarlet Fighting Qi.

At present, Ye Zhi has the scarlet blood drops of two vampire marquises on his body, which contain the original power of the vampires and can greatly accelerate the growth of the scarlet fighting spirit.

In the quiet room, Ye Zhi carefully drew the scarlet power from the blood drop, swallowed it into his own soul realm, and let the scarlet fighting spirit's power seed digest it.

After repeating this many times, Ye Zhi clearly felt the growth of the scarlet fighting spirit and slowly exhaled.

"At this rate, by the time the competition ends in September, I will be able to advance to the fifth ring."

Yeats couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation.

The Five Rings Hero is considered one of the best in the entire continent.

In the past, he had to rely on Hilde to fight against a five-ring bishop like Pedro, but now he can win on his own! At this time, Ye Zhi noticed something strange in the soul realm and exclaimed, "Has the divinity of the mist become weak?"

"Did something happen to Daisy?"

Ye Zhi frowned, then slowly relaxed his brows and murmured, "No, I can still use the blessing of the mist, but the power has become a little weaker. It should be because Daisy's divine power has decreased."

"But why did her divine power suddenly decrease?"

"It can't be that she wanted to interfere in the human world, so she deliberately let her divine power slip back to a lower level of divine power?"

There is a rainbow bridge separating the divine realm from the atrium. The stronger the divine power, the greater the restrictions on interference with the atrium.

If Daisy returns to her lower divine power, it will be more convenient for her to walk in the human world...

Yeats had a complicated expression.

This guess actually fits Daisy's personality!

After leaving the quiet room, Yeats came to the hall, where Fokasse said that a distinguished guest had arrived, Archbishop Tolbin from the northern diocese.

Ye Zhi was a little surprised...Torbin didn't know that I was the chosen one of the Mist God. Could it be that Daisy had leaked the news that he came to my house this time? However, his coming this time must be related to the "abnormality of the Mist God". Ye Zhi went out to meet him in person, and after a brief exchange of greetings with Tobin, the two of them immediately came to the reception room.

After some probing, Tolbin spoke frankly and took the initiative to say that he came here specifically for the matter of the Goddess of Mist.

"In the name of Kirigakure! Lord Chosen, have you noticed anything unusual about the Mist Goddess?" Tolbin said nervously, "Even the Mist Godliness in my body has dissipated, and the Mist Blessing can no longer be used!"

Ye Zhi was slightly stunned. Why did my blessing from the mist still work? Was it because Daisy was taking extra care of it? Ye Zhi looked calm and said calmly, "I noticed that, too."

"This situation is quite rare. Is it possible that the goddess is really dead?" Tolbin closely observed Yeats's reaction.

Ye Zhi shook his head, and said with some regret: "It seems that your practice is not yet good enough!"

Tolbin was stunned.

"According to doctrine, death is also an illusion. Even if the Goddess of Mist dies, this must be part of her plan." Ye Zhi said calmly:

"You just need to continue to play your role as the Archbishop of Holy Light and serve the Mist in secret!"

Tolbin was stunned, with a look of sincere respect in his eyes.

Otherwise, how come he is the chosen one of the Mist God? He doesn't even change his expression when facing the death of the goddess!

"As you command, Lord Chosen One." Torbin said respectfully, "I will take my leave now."

Ye Zhi nodded slightly, sat in the empty reception room, and fell into deep thought.

"The Black Knight once said that the [Sign of King Solomon] is located in Avalon."

Yeats thought to himself, "Could Daisy's plan be related to this signet ring?"

Avalon is the holy place where the sword in the lake is buried according to legend. Lorraine was baptized in the lake of Avalon and was blessed by the fairies in the lake.

After Lorraine's death, he ordered the knight to return the sword in the lake to Avalon. Since then, Avalon seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and there was no record of it.

But Yeats had read the background story and knew that the Sword in the Stone was the key to Avalon.

If Daisy also wants to go to Avalon, the Sword in the Stone will be the key to her plan.

Yeats frowned.

"It's better for the Sword in the Stone to be in Daisy's hands than for it to fall into the hands of Lord Blood Spider..."

Originally, Ye Zhi had control over the Blood Spider's plan, but now with the addition of Daisy as a variable, Ye Zhi was having a headache.

"Now that things have come to this, let's win the championship of the competition first."

Ye Zhi rubbed his brows.

"The Fierce Lion Slash combat skill is very effective against enemies with high resilience, and it is also a great improvement for me!"

*Night fell over Silver Birch Manor.

Yeats was lying on a brass four-poster bed, drowsy and half asleep when he heard sobbing.

"Yeats...Yeats, it's so cold here..."

In a daze, Yeats was suddenly startled. It was Daisy's voice!

Opening his eyes and looking around, a chill spread from Ye Zhi's feet to the top of his head, and his expression became solemn.

Everything nearby was shrouded in dark fog, day and night, silent and motionless, only cold and gray. The black river flowed quietly, the bank was piled with broken tombstones, and on the other side of the river there was a solemn palace, the obsidian walls were inlaid with bones and skulls, and ghosts with twisted shadows wandered along the river. The air was cold and the atmosphere was terrifying! Yeats felt a cold hand grabbing his hand, and he was about to turn his head away with horror.

Daisy's voice, softly said:

"You must not look back at me."

"Only if you follow my instructions and move forward can we leave the underworld together. Otherwise, we will stay here forever."

Ye Zhi had countless questions in his mind, and he shuddered:

"The Underworld? How did I get here? What happened to you?"

"Go forward, Yeats, remember my words, just go forward."

Daisy's gentle voice was filled with a firmness that brooked no room for argument.

The underworld is one of the nine planes. In this hellish world, if Ye Zhi wants to survive, he can only follow the guidance of the Goddess of Mist.

He held Daisy's hand and walked in the dark underworld, her warnings ringing in his ears.

"Remember, no matter what I say, you can't turn back."

"good……"

In the thick fog that covered the sky, Yeats didn't know how far he had walked before he saw a field in front of him. The field was full of blooming periwinkles. In the center of the field stood a giant hundreds of meters tall. He held a scale in one hand and a thick book in the other. He closed his eyes and remained motionless, as if he hadn't noticed Yeats at all.

"This is the [Land of Periwinkle], and that person is the judge of the underworld, responsible for deciding whether a person's soul enters a place of suffering or a place of happiness."

"Then why is he ignoring us?"

"Because we are leaving the underworld, it's not his business." Daisy said calmly, "Let's keep going."

Passing through the fields surrounded by periwinkle flowers, in the heavy fog, an obsidian wall that spanned a thousand miles and blocked out the sky appeared in front of us. A rectangular door was open, and a giant black dog guarding the door was squatting there with its back to Yeats.

Hearing the noise, Ye Zhi saw the giant black dog turn around and hissed.

On its burly body, there are three heads with fierce eyes, spewing flames with a smell of sulfur. It has a ferocious appearance and a sharp aura. It is already a sanctuary-level monster!

"Don't worry about the three-headed dog of the underworld, just go straight forward." Daisy said.

Ye Zhi took a deep breath and slowly walked towards the gate of the underworld. He looked at the three-headed dog of the underworld out of the corner of his eye and felt his soul realm tremble.

Leaving the gate of the underworld, there is a terrifying forest full of black poplars, with only iron leaves on the trees. When the wind blows, the iron leaves fall like steel needles. Yeats holds Daisy's hand and walks through the iron forest dangerously. A black river with turbulent waves blocks their way.

Ye Zhi looked at the black water with icicles flowing on it, as if countless dead souls were wailing in the river, and cold sweat ran down his forehead.

"The Styx?"

"That's right." Daisy chuckled. "Look, there's a bridge over there. If you don't want to fight the Skeleton General on the bridge, you have to find a boat to cross the river."

Yeats searched for a while and soon found the bridge of the Styx mentioned by Daisy. It was a suspension bridge, and on the bridge stood a hideous skeleton, wearing black armor and holding a giant halberd.

"If this is a soul-like, General Kugugu must be a character similar to the tree guard." Ye Zhi murmured, "It's impossible to take a boat. The only way to cross the river is to kill him by force."

"What are you mumbling about? The boat is coming!" Daisy spat.

Yeats was slightly stunned, and saw a small boat coming from the bumpy River Styx. The boatman on the boat was wearing a pitch-black robe that covered his whole body, like the god of death, and he was slowly approaching with the oar.

"..." The boatman was silent, his face covered with black mist, and his pair of red eyes stared at Ye Zhi.

"Give him your ancient coin."

"Ah? I don't have this thing?"

"Mammon's coin... you have it, I'm sure of it."

Ye Zhi was stunned for a moment, fumbled for a while, and found an ancient coin used to communicate with the Ghost Society: "Is this it?"

The boatman remained silent, but there was a gleam in his eyes. He breathed excitedly and nodded repeatedly.

Yeats handed the coin to the boatman, who took it as a treasure, wiped it on his sleeve, then carefully put it in his arms, then picked up the oar again and motioned Yeats to get on board.

Yeats boarded the rocking boat and was about to turn back when he suddenly remembered Daisy's warning. He suppressed his curiosity and whispered, "Hold my hand firmly."

"I will." Daisy said gently, "Because only a poet like you can make the underworld show leniency to you."

Ye Zhi was startled: "Why?"

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

"The goddess of death and the underworld, who loves poetry. She especially likes spring poems because there is never spring in the underworld."

The boat was swaying on the Styx. Yeats looked at the fog covering the Styx and asked in confusion: "Daisy, why are you in the underworld? What happened to me?"

There was a hint of depression in Daisy's voice.

"As you can see, the reason I came to the underworld is because... I died."

Ye Zhi was stunned: "What did you say?"

"Don't feel sad for me. This is normal. Even gods can fall, and I have offended many gods. They want to devour my authority, so they will naturally attack me."

Daisy was so calm as if she was telling someone else's story.

"But... you are already a medium-level divine power, and you have joined Minerva, so how could you suddenly..." Ye Zhi stopped talking, his eyes flashed, as if thinking about something.

"It is precisely because I am a medium-level divine power that I am qualified to pass through the underworld and be resurrected again."

Daisy said calmly: "Although this will cause my divine power to decline to a lower level, but at least there is still a chance to try again..."

Ye Zhi suddenly spoke in a strange tone, "You are not thinking of dying to have some fun because you are too bored with the middle-level divine power and cannot interfere with the Central Courtyard Continent, right?"

Given Daisy's personality, Yeats suspected that she would even commit suicide for fun!

After all, it is clearly written in the teachings of the Mist Sect:

"Death is also an illusion,"

Daisy: "Haha, the exit to the underworld is just ahead."

Ye Zhi: "...Did I guess right?"

Daisy chuckled and said, "What do you think?"

Yeats had already reached the shore, with the exit to the underworld in front of him, but he suddenly stopped, ignored Daisy's warning, and looked back.

What appeared before my eyes was the beautiful face of the gray-haired goddess, with a playful smile on her face and a gleam in her eyes.

"I think... you are lying to me." Ye Zhi said calmly, "Look, nothing happened when I turned around, because this is a dream, and you didn't die at all."

"You——"

Daisy smiled and suddenly stretched out her hands and pinched Yeats' cheeks.

"Otherwise, why are you my chosen one? Look, you know me well."

Ye Zhi was speechless and said, "So, what is your plan this time? Is it the [Sign of King Solomon]?"

"Hmph, it must be that God of Strategy, the Black Knight, who told you her prophecy."

Daisy said lazily, "But, even I haven't figured out what I'm going to do yet... Anyway, it depends on my mood!"

Ye Zhi: “…”

"Since you recognized that this was a dream, I decided to give you a reward." Daisy said with a smile.

Ye Zhi was startled: "What reward?"

"It's a very interesting reward." Daisy said with a frivolous smile, "Come closer."

Yeats looked alert and took a half step back, but Daisy came up to him and gently put her hand on his shoulder.

A divine power surged into Ye Zhi's body, and a prompt tone rang in his ears.

【You have mastered a new spell! 】

[Spell: Suspended Death: 4th Ring. You touch a willing creature and it becomes stiff as if dead. You can touch the target again to end this spell. This spell can be cast on yourself. The suspended death state will automatically disappear after the casting time ends. This spell is blessed by the mist, and its effect is enhanced.]

Ye Zhi's heart trembled.

This spell already hinted that Daisy was not dead! Daisy whispered:

"Before I return to the Kingdom of God, do not disclose my whereabouts. Understand?"

"I understand. You want your believers to be in fear for a while longer," Ye Zhi said.

Daisy nodded with satisfaction and said, "Death is also an illusion. Believers who can comprehend this will greatly improve their way of the Mist. This is my favor to the believers."

Ye Zhi: “…”

Being Daisy's follower is such bad luck! "Okay, you should go now."

Daisy seemed to have suddenly lost interest in Yeats and said indifferently, "I will meet you again when necessary."

Yeats is used to Daisy's hot and cold behavior, the goddess of illusion and the old CPU master.

"I want to ask, how do I leave here?" Ye Zhi looked around.

"Look me in the eyes," Daisy said.

Yeats looked at her beautiful face, her gray eyes were deep and calm like a lake.

Daisy suddenly grinned and made a face at him.

Ye Zhi: “…”

The mist goddess is quite cute!

A strong feeling of sleepiness came over me.

Yeats couldn't help but yawn and closed his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, the sun was shining brightly outside the window and the sound of birds singing could be heard.

Ye Zhi checked the panel and the additional "Fake Death Technique" meant that everything that just happened was not a dream.

There was a knock on the door.

"Master, His Majesty the King sent an invitation."

"Invitation?" Ye Zhi stood up. "Let me take a look."

After a moment, Ye Zhi opened the invitation with a complicated look in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Phocas asked curiously.

"This is a wedding invitation," Yeats said. "Guess who the King is holding this wedding for?"

Phokas shook his head.

"The woman is the biological mother of the Duke of Cornwall and the current nominal ruler of the Cornwall family."

Yeats said: "And the man... is none other than the Hand of the King, Colin!"

Phocas was slightly startled, thought for a moment, and said:

"Your Majesty has a far-reaching purpose in holding this wedding... Everyone knows that Colin represents His Majesty's will. Letting Colin marry the Duke of Cornwall's biological mother will undoubtedly make the Cornwall family his political ally."

In the Middle Ages, it was relatively common for high-ranking female nobles to remarry for political reasons. For example, Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Duchess, was the queen of both King Louis VII of France and King Henry II of England, and later became the Queen Mother of England and the biological mother of the King of England.

Ye Zhi's eyes flickered.

This wedding was a trap set by the Lionheart for Lord Blood Spider. The king would also be present at the wedding, and his guard would be off, which was a good opportunity for assassination! Even if Lord Blood Spider knew it was a trap, he would never miss it, because the Lionheart's entry into the game was also her chance to obtain the Sword in the Stone.

"The wedding will be after the duel tournament is over."

Yeats secretly sighed: "This is another bloody wedding..."

(End of this chapter)