Lex gripped the staff of resentment tightly. This magical item was originally just an ordinary wooden staff, but after becoming a magical item, its material became special.
In its normal state, it was as hard as an iron rod, and if the Living Corpse state was activated, its state would also change, becoming even sturdier.
So now, Lex could simply use it as a club in his hand. If anything lunged at him, he wouldn't mind knocking out a few of its teeth.
Uchidi immediately blocked Lex's path, waving his arm like he was shooing away a stray dog: "Stay away from this gentleman, Harry, don't cause trouble for your mother."
Then, a flurry of hurried footsteps came from the lobby, followed by a man shouting: "Damn it, Dalena, didn't I tell you not to bring Harry to the hotel?"
"I don't want any strange rumors spreading about my hotel!"
Lex looked over the guide's shoulder and saw a small boy of four or five years old squatting in the lobby. He was very thin and disheveled. His hair looked like it had never been cut, tangled into matted clumps.
He still had many leaves stuck in his hair, and a few branches were piled on the floor. The little boy was hunched over the branches, biting one of them, shaking his head, and shedding the leaves from the branch, seemingly playing an interesting game.
"Oh my god, you brought branches into the hotel again. Dalena, come over here quickly." A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, with a round belly, held a pipe in one hand and reached out to snatch the branch from the little boy's mouth.
A woman ran over from behind. She must have been a beauty in her youth, but now in middle age, her skin was loose, and she seemed a bit malnourished, which made her look very thin.
She quickly apologized to the boss, then picked up the boy from the floor, and lovingly plucked the leaves from his head. When she tried to remove the branch from the child's mouth, the little boy suddenly bit her hand.
Dalena let out a soft cry of pain, but still comforted the boy, saying: "It's alright, Harry. It's me, it's Mama."
The disheveled little boy looked at the woman hesitantly, then slowly released her hand, and mumbled a single word: "Ma."
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Gordon, I'll keep an eye on Harry and make sure he doesn't come to the lobby again."
"Today, there was really no one at home, so I had no choice but to bring him. Just now, I was busy changing bedsheets for a guest, and I was momentarily careless, which allowed Harry to run off."
The mother holding the boy kept apologizing. She didn't even pay attention to the small drops of blood on her hand from the child's bite.
Gordon shook his head and said, "Don't let it happen again. Go back to work."
The mother turned around, her eyes almost numb as she glanced at Lex, then bowed, apologized, and hastily left with the boy.
The hotel owner put on a smile and walked over enthusiastically, personally taking the luggage from Uchidi's hand, and said to Lex: "You must have been startled just now, esteemed sir. But please rest assured, that was just an accident. The environment and hygiene of our Mermaid Hotel can stand the test, and you can stay with us with peace of mind."
"As an apology, I'll send you a bottle of wine later, I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Lex smiled and said: "That sounds very good, I'm looking forward to it."
After checking in, the guide left, and Lex went to his room. He opened the window for fresh air, and from the window, he could see a section of the island ring road, and then the boundless, vast sea.
After a short rest, Lex summoned the mystical book. After this illusory tome appeared in his hand, it flipped open on its own, stopping at the Artisan of Mysteries page.
Lex saw that the dimensional crystal had increased again; there were currently 807 pieces.
Record.
'ArvinZ4 found your adventure very interesting and generously rewarded you 10,000 dimensional coins, which have been automatically converted into 100 dimensional crystals.'
'Osmanthus Wine looked at your biography and smiled faintly, rewarding you another 9,500 dimensional coins.'
Besides these, there were also rewards from Watchers such as Ting, 'Wisdom in Hand,' 'LLCC2007,' 'Stop, Look at the Cheap,' and 'Dongdong's Tang Dynasty.'
Lex gratefully turned to the 'Creation' page, and seeing no new options, he then turned to the 'Message Board' page.
Last time, there were already many replies to his questions about the Blood Admiral and the Criminal Pathway, and Lex quickly began to read them.
'Heartless Zero: The Criminal Pathway, also known as the Demon Pathway, is the only one among the twenty-two pathways that can be defined as purely "evil." This pathway has no innocent individuals; without exception, they are all cruel, violent, bloodthirsty, and utterly deserving of death villains. Beyonder of this pathway choose to indulge their evil thoughts, and when fighting them, one should not harbor any Luck mentality or guilt.'
'From Sequence 6 onwards, Beyonder of this sequence will gain the ability of danger premonition. If someone is about to cause them fatal harm in a very short period and has taken practical action, they can sense and detect it, and grasp where the danger comes from and who it comes from, thereby specifically eliminating or retaliating. This timeframe can range from a few minutes to a day; different devils have different intuitions.'
'The flaw is that it can only detect who the danger comes from and where it comes from, without knowing the specific details. This ability can be circumvented by minimizing actions before formally launching an attack. A better method is to use the "luck" abilities of the "Mercury Serpent" pathway to facilitate random encounters with the target of the hunt, thereby avoiding the generation of danger awareness. Aside from intuition, the Demon Pathway is very unskilled in divination and premonition, leaning more towards direct combat.'
'When hunting demons, one especially needs to be careful of their demonization and foul language abilities. It is recommended to prepare the following items before hunting: a sealed artifact with purification effects, the Sun Pathway is best; a sealed artifact capable of stabilizing the mind, to prevent interference; sufficient healing medicines; large-sized weapons with armor-piercing or recovery-inhibiting effects, as the demonization state is accompanied by a significant increase in size and hardening of the body surface; fire-resistant armor (but it doesn't matter if you are a Pyromaniac); ideally, it is best to have an item that can provide a period of good luck.'
'Finally, if you truly acquire a devil's beyonder characteristics, I suggest you make it into a sealed artifact. Such magical items often have immense power and equally great negative effects, but you have the ability to strengthen and sealed artifact, which you can utilize.'
What a lot of information!
This Watcher introduced it very comprehensively.
The Criminal Pathway is a purely 'evil' pathway! Sequence 6 can already predict danger, thankfully they have flaws. The Sun Pathway can cause them effective damage, which is good, I have the 'Devil May Cry', perhaps I should strengthen it to deal with higher-sequence demons or evil spirits.
Hmm.
The 'Mercury Serpent' was not blocked, is it because I already learned this information from the Great Emperor's diary, and therefore the mystical book judged it as knowledge I already possessed, so it didn't block it?
In other words, as my own system of mysticism knowledge improves, perhaps without lifting the restrictions, I can read the previously blocked information left by Watchers?
This is truly wonderful!
Lex continued to read.
'Tomorrow There Will Be No Night: The Criminal Pathway is also known as the Abyss Pathway; the King of Immortality is a Sequence 4 of this pathway.'