Myriad Realms Gatekeeper
Chapter 43: Chapter 38 Battle's Eve Trade!

Infinite beams of sword energy filled the surroundings.

Xiao Mengyu took a step forward, and both she and her sword disappeared at the same time.

"Block!"

The man shouted with resilience.

A crescent-shaped sword energy struck towards the man, suddenly obstructed by all the corpses that emerged from the walls around them.

But as the crescent-shaped sword energy entered the wall of corpses, it vanished instantly.

Xiao Mengyu reappeared, her physique revealed as she took a step back, sheathing her sword.

The wall of corpses and the man were all frozen in their spots.

Boom—

The infinite sword energy exploded the wall of corpses, taking shape as a scorching sun, slashing out layers upon layers of overlapping sword shadows in all directions.

The man's clothes were shredded by the force of the sword qi, revealing a blood-colored chainmail underneath.

A fierce crack appeared on the chainmail, slicing it open.

That sword strike had been blocked!

Even so, the man was sent flying back several meters, spitting out blood, and he roared:

"Don't think you can kill me!"

Blood-colored runes emerged once again beneath his feet.

At the same time, every corpse in the entire hotel erupted with a howl, chanting a complex array of curse scripts.

The sound surged like a tide!

With this unparalleled chanting, a deep red shadow emerged behind the man.

Xiao Mengyu's expression became slightly tense.

She had almost used her full strength in that last sword strike, which she had made in an unprecedented state.

Yet the opponent was still not dead!

No, he was more than just an assassin.

Who exactly was he?

The man displayed a cruel smile and whispered:

"Let me show you my real trump card, after you've seen it, you'll kneel before me without regrets—"

"Of course, by that time, you'll already be dead."

He waved his hand, forming a bizarre spell seal.

The blood light grew denser, but just as the shadow behind him solidified further, an unexpected change occurred—

A loud, deafening voice came from the hotel's lobby on the first floor:

"Can all you deceased sing the Happy Birthday song?"

All incantations were abruptly silenced.

The deceased hurriedly replied ahead of one another:

"Yes!"

"Why not?"

"Who can't sing Happy Birthday?"

"I can too!"

The male voice continued to speak:

"Wow, all the friends of the deceased over here have loud voices."

"It seems everyone can really sing it!"

"So then, how is the Happy Birthday song sung?"

"3, 2, 1!"

"—Everyone sing together!"

With this exchange, all the chants of the Blood Demon Curse disappeared.

"Today is your birthday,"

"Oh yay, oh yay, how exciting!"

"Little cutie, so adorable, hurry and cut the cake, blow out the candles!"

"..."

A Peak Mastery level chorus from thousands began.

The man's intense red glow abruptly dimmed, and the terrifying shadow behind him became faint and unclear, losing its previous dominance.

Without enough cursing power, that trump card technique couldn't be executed!

He stood there, frozen.

At the other end of the hallway, Xiao Mengyu's face was stern as well.

However, if one observed carefully, they would notice her body trembling slightly.

Despite her reputation as the strongest swordsman of the new generation, accustomed to grand scenes,

Despite the knowledge that this was a life-and-death battle, absolutely inopportune,

She was—

At this moment, using all her might to hold back from bursting into laughter.

The man, however, could no longer contain himself and bellowed in frustration and embarrassment:

"Damn it, I must kill you!"

He smashed the floor with one foot, charging straight down towards the lobby on the first floor.

Xiao Mengyu silently exclaimed in alarm.

From her investigation, Shen Ye was not a fighter!

The fact that Shen Ye had turned and run just then confirmed it—

His abilities did not lie on the frontal battlefield!

"Open!"

Xiao Mengyu shouted, and at the moment she sliced through the floor with her sword qi, she was already in pursuit.

The man moved as fast as lightning, breaking through successive floors in a breath and landing in the lobby on the first floor, instantly laying eyes on Shen Ye.

Wasn't this his assassination target?

—He paused for a moment.

Whenever Xiao Mengyu encountered him, her injuries healed immediately.

Several members of her assassination team had also died while attempting to kill him.

Perhaps...

He possessed some abilities she couldn't imagine?

With the situation diverging so much from his expectations, the man cautiously stopped his advance, not rushing forward immediately.

Shen Ye, having already heard the commotion, was now standing with his back against the door of an office at the side of the lobby, holding a microphone, and calling out loudly:

"Everyone, sing along with me!"

"Do you remember the songs you've sung before? What are the lyrics? Keep singing one after another!"

The corpses sang various songs.

— This process would be long, and the opponent would no longer be able to benefit from the enhancement of the Undead Curse.

After completing this, Shen Ye tucked the microphone into his chest, gun in one hand and the Dusk Shortsword in the other, ready to attack at any moment.

"Are we really going to fight?" The large skeleton asked nervously.

"Are you kidding me— as soon as he moves, I'll run," Shen Ye said.

Whoosh!

Xiao Mengyu fell down, blocking in front of Shen Ye, and urgently exclaimed:

"Run! I'll hold him off!"

"Okay! I'm counting on you!" Shen Ye replied without hesitation.

However, the man kept his gaze fixed on Shen Ye, and only when he saw Shen Ye attempting to flee did he relax and burst into loud laughter:

"So it's my assassination target—"

"Listen, kid, if you dare to run, I'll capture and kill your parents."

Shen Ye's steps halted, and he turned back to give the man a deep look.

Xiao Mengyu exclaimed:

"Ignore him! Once you're dead, it's all over, so run!"

Shen Ye nodded slightly, didn't enter the door, but instead rushed toward the stairs.

The man immediately went after him.

But Xiao Mengyu had anticipated this, blocking him ahead of time, her long sword erupting into a series of phantasmal shadows.

The man was forced to stop and deal with Xiao Mengyu.

Yet he still called out loudly to Shen Ye:

"Cute little fellow, I will definitely kill your entire family, make sure you remember that."

"In the end, I will eat your parents right in front of you!"

"Then it will be your turn!"

Shen Ye didn't look back at all, taking several steps to rush up the stairs and disappeared from both of their lines of sight.

He arrived on the second floor, stood in front of a guest room door, and pressed his hand to the door, saying:

"Door."

A new guest room door.

Shen Ye pushed the door open and returned to the secret passage in the Nightmare World.

He paced back and forth in the secret passage.

"Buddy, I know you're angry, but let me tell you, you haven't learned any combat moves yet, and there's no way you can intervene in their battle. If you really join the fight, you'll just get killed— the Whispers of the Dark incident was an accident, don't overestimate yourself," the large skeleton cautiously advised.

For some reason, although the opponent showed no expression, the skeleton felt an instinctive concern at this moment.

Concern about what?

It didn't know either.

Shen Ye suddenly stopped.

"You're right," he spoke.

The large skeleton let out a sigh of relief.

"But if it were you, would you be able to defeat him?" Shen Ye asked.

"Nonsense! The level of fighting you're at is just too childish. If I were at my peak, I could squash him with one hand!" the large skeleton said.

"Alright, it looks like we can discuss another matter now," Shen Ye said again.

"What matter?" the large skeleton asked.

"We have a transaction contract," Shen Ye said.

"That's right, what exactly do you want to say?" the large skeleton asked.

"I remember you once told me something—'Using a special cursing technique to materialize an altar city, trapping a group of undead or living beings and drawing strength from them, can also let us recover immediately,'" Shen Ye said calmly.

"Now, I will help you regain strength."

"You help me deal with him."

"How about it?"

The large skeleton was stunned.

When had it told him these things?

Ah...

It remembered, it seemed to be during a discussion about healing methods, it did say that.

He actually remembered!

And at this moment's situation—

The large skeleton suddenly felt an uncontrollable shiver.

That's right.

The hotel was full of corpses!

All the souls were trapped within the corpses, just right for completing a high-level extraction of strength.

If it could recover from its injuries—

The large skeleton said with a trembling voice:

"But I've lost my strength and can't force those corpses to chant my Sacrificial Curse Words."

"Leave that to me," Shen Ye said.

"There's no spellcasting materials, and I have no hands to carry out the spell seals to trap those corpses, forcing them to contribute their strength to me," the large skeleton said.

"I'll ask them," Shen Ye said.

"The whole process will take some time, and once that guy realizes, he will crazily try to stop you," the large skeleton said.

"I'll buy time," Shen Ye said.

"So you're set on killing him, right?" the large skeleton said.

"Are you scared?" Shen Ye said coolly.

The large skeleton exclaimed angrily: "Scared? I'm incredibly eager to regain my strength— don't underestimate me, deal!"

Shen Ye turned his head and looked back.

On the sticky note on the door, the transaction terms indeed appeared:

"Party A: Shen Ye."

"Party B: Fei Lun (True Name)."

"The two parties have amicably agreed that Party A will help Party B to regain strength, and after Party B's strength is recovered, Party B must assist Party A in combat, to deal with a human male known as 'The Skinner.'"

"This agreement is established."

— It's done!