In so of the earlier legends of the Half-Guitan tribes, the Great Shaman King and the Nangling Commander, who controlled Yun Pass, had an earth-shattering battle in front of the Yun Pass city gate.
In that great battle, the Great Shaman King initially held the upper hand, and victory seed imminent, with the Nangling Commander about to be cut down. However, the extrely insidious Nangling Commander had set up an ambush.
At the critical mont, hundreds of loyalists, along with the demonic monk Hong Bian, suddenly attacked from the shadows, ambushing the Shaman King. The Nangling Commander then seized the opportunity to launch an assault, paying a heavy price to barely manage to control the Great Shaman King.
However, the Great Shaman King could not be easily killed. The Nangling Commander tried every thod but could not truly harm the Shaman King; he could only imprison him.
As for what happened later, it's just like the common legends of various cruel traditions that are now prevalent among the Half-Guitan tribes.
According to the legend, the imprisoned Shaman King has lived until now, and over these long years, his powerful strength has gradually rged with Yun Pass. As soon as the ti is right, he will break free from his restraints and lead the various tribes to reclaim their forr glory.
Such a legend, no one knows when it began to spread among the major Half-Guitan tribes, but ever since this legend started, almost all Half-Guitan have believed in it deeply.
And when they successfully entered Yun Pass and felt the omnipresent call of the Great Shaman King to his loyal followers within the city, they beca even more convinced that the legend was true.
However, Bai Kai and Lord Bing found this matter quite absurd.
“I don’t know where they get their confidence!” Bai Kai scoffed, “Even if they can really awaken the Shaman King, in today’s world, he would probably only be an ordinary character. To still attempt to reclaim so past glory is simply laughable.”
“Not to ntion other Spiritual Energy organizations, just the Night Watch alone has the Black Emperor, Naless Book, and...”,
Bai Kai turned his head to look at Lord Bing, whose figure was hidden in the darkness. Although sowhat reluctant, he added, “You’re not bad either.”
“I think, among all the Guardians, perhaps only that one would be slightly inferior? You know who I’m talking about, right?”.
Lord Bing glanced at Bai Kai and said indifferently, “You can directly say Lord Huaiyuan’s title. With the interference of Yun Pass, she won’t sense it. Also... don’t include in such boring matters.”
Throughout history, there have always been people obsessed with this kind of “comparison” behavior. Those who watch ani and tokusatsu like to intensely compare characters from the show, those who play online gas enjoy cloud PVP, and even when playing single-player gas, they can unpack monster data to engage in a round of digital cricket fighting...
Among Psychic and urban legend, there are also many people who exhibit this behavior. Bai Kai clearly has this tendency, but Lord Bing does not want to beco a cricket in Bai Kai’s cricket jar.
It’s so childish! Just like his Master...
Are all the people from their Yun Sand Sea lineage so childish? Lord Bing thought.
“Isn’t this just because we have nothing to do?” Bai Kai pouted, “The core of Yun Pass suppressing urban legend is still operating, and our strength is limited, so we can’t do anything else. We can only wait until dayti to act.”~
“It’s a long night, and just sitting here isn’t a solution. Shouldn’t we find sothing to do?”
Lord Bing, “...” If he fought those corrupted urban legend inside Yun Pass all night outside, Bai Kai would probably be quieter, right?\"
But «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» there was no other way; he temporarily couldn’t separate from Bai Kai, so he could only console himself that staying with Bai Kai was always much quieter than Lu Ming, or even the Disaster, who had surpassed his Master.
However, he still felt that it would have been better if this safe hiding spot found by Senior Naless Book hadn’t existed.~
Yes, this cellar, which provided a safe haven for the night, was discovered by another Guardian who ca to support the Yun Sand Sea lineage alongside Lord Huaiyuan — Naless Book.
However, unlike Lord Huaiyuan and Nanling Qifeng, who were trapped inside Yun Pass and completely lost contact, Naless Book did not get lost inside Yun Pass due to her special authority.
After all, strictly speaking, the Naless Book that appeared in Yun Pass was just one of “many” Naless Book. If she encountered an accident and lost contact with other Naless Book, she would soon disappear from this world, just like tearing a blank page from a notebook.
It would not have a significant impact on the entire notebook.
“Speaking of which, that legend you just ntioned, I also heard another version. Do you want to hear it?”
To have so peace and quiet, Lord Bing chose to preemptively seize the right to speak from Bai Kai.
“Another version? What version?” Bai Kai asked, puzzled.
In fact, what he had heard from his Master since childhood was not much different from what was circulating among the Half-Guitan tribes.
However, Nanling Qifeng described the deeds of his own ancestors from the perspective of the Yun Sand Sea lineage, and in so details, it was certainly different from the stories deliberately vilified by those Half-Guitan tribes.
The difference was probably between “insidious and cunning, many bullying few” and “united and determined, with one heart and one mind.”
“The version I’m going to tell you is one I accidentally found in an ancient book at ho,” Lord Bing said. “In that version, the one who was ambushed and narrowly defeated, and who could never be killed, was not the Shaman King, but Dragon Xiang.”
Bai Kai was stunned for a mont, and when he ca to his senses, his tone suddenly beca a bit resentful, “No wonder you were so certain before that you could find the remnant will of the Nangling Commander in Yun Pass to help you complete your Spirit Mark, even assisting in breaking the curse for it...”
“So you already knew that the Nangling Commander might not be dead? Tell , what else are you hiding from ? Otherwise, I’m afraid we can’t continue our cooperation!”
Although whether the one who made a wrong move was the Shaman King or Dragon Xiang had little impact on the current situation of Yun Pass and Bai Kai’s curse, being kept in the dark by a companion still made him feel sowhat uncomfortable.
“That’s all I know,” Lord Bing said. “If you’re unhappy, you can punch .”
Facing Bai Kai’s threat, his calm tone was like that of an unyielding straight man dealing with his girlfriend’s unreasonable demands.
“Then why didn’t you say anything before, and why are you suddenly telling now?” Bai Kai demanded irritably.
It was clearly sothing completely unnecessary.
Didn’t you say you wanted to find sothing to do? Lord Bing really wanted to retort to Bai Kai like that, but he rely frowned and stated another, more important reason.
“Because after seeing the current state of those Half-Guitan and realizing they believe that absurd teaching even more strongly than before, I’m very worried about one thing...”
Upon hearing this, Bai Kai’s eyes in the darkness suddenly trembled. Although Lord Bing hadn’t finished speaking, he understood what Lord Bing was worried about.
From a certain perspective, what happened in the past indeed made little difference to him. After all, no matter what had happened, it was an established fact that the Yun Sand Sea lineage had borne the “curse” for generations, and he only wanted to lift this “curse.”
The way to lift it was to go to the core area where this God Kingdom operated and try to gain control of Yun Pass. A small part would be enough, even if the price was becoming a part of Yun Pass and never being able to leave...
If, as Lord Bing feared, the Nangling Commander, who had been living inside Yun Pass, rged with the legendary Shaman King, the difficulty of obtaining that small portion of control would skyrocket.
This kind of thing is not impossible!
Given the number of Half-Guitan and their fanaticism towards the Shaman King, even if the Shaman King had long since fallen, after being nourished for a long ti, a new “Shaman King” could potentially be born from the legend.
Furthermore, assuming that the records Lord Bing found in his family’s ancient book are true, and that the actions attributed to the Nangling Commander in the original legend were actually perford by the Shaman King, then the two could indeed rge.
It’s like how different deities worshipped around the world gradually rged into new gods through countless wars, migrations, and cultural integrations.
If that were the case...
Shaman King plus Nangling Commander, how could a Calamity-level Psychic, temporarily boosted by special ans, possibly defeat such a luxurious “fusion monster”?
Although it was just a guess, this speculation weighed on Bai Kai like a huge mountain, plunging him into silence.
Seeing this, Lord Bing, in the shadows, nodded with satisfaction.
Finally, it’s quiet...
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anwhile, underground in Yun Pass, in a little-known cave.
In the darkness, there was an endless expanse of mist, engulfing everything in its path, with only dense silhouettes erging from within.
They advanced quietly, like mourners walking to a funeral, in silent lant.
Thus, they stepped on the slippery, viscous ground, followed the winding, cold passage, and delved deeper into the cave, until they were heavily surrounded by urban legend lurking in the darkness.
These silhouettes were all Half-Guitan who had entered Yun Pass, and the place they were heading to was before the Shaman King’s throne.
That’s right, the Great Shaman King must be there!
They heard his call, the mont they entered Yun Pass.
It was a call from the Shaman King’s bloodline flowing within them, so there could be no mistake; the Great Shaman King must be waiting ahead.
“Boom—!”
A urban legend, attacking from an unknown direction, opened its gaping maw and severed the advancing Team in half, crushing their bodies and swallowing them whole, like crushing a handful of berries.
Suddenly, from a fork in the path, an ethereal and lodious flute sound drifted. Dozens of people from the advancing group imdiately branched off, heading into that seemingly endless fork, and disappeared.
Half-Guitan were constantly attacked and killed by various urban legend, but the incredibly long line, squeezed into the narrow passage, continued to advance.
Finally, after losing more than half of their numbers, they reached the end of their long journey, and in the depths of the cave, they saw the black stone coffin.
“O Great King! Warrior wielding gold and weapons, Lord of the sky, earth, and beasts, the invincible King, your loyal servants have followed you here. With this body, this soul, and all that we possess, we call for your return...”
Accompanied by resonant, excitedly trembling calls, sothing inside the stone coffin opened its eyes.
Instantly, the entire cave shook violently, and a blazing light erupted, piercing into the eyes of every Half-Guitan like a sharp blade.
Soon, the terrifying intense light dissipated, the shaking subsided, and everything seed as if nothing had happened. Only a terrifying crack appeared on the stone coffin.
The edges of the crack glowed crimson and writhed like a living thing.
Then...
A hand, a hand encased in black armor, slowly erged from inside the stone coffin, gripping the constantly writhing edge of the crack...
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