I'm not just human!

Okay, actually it's not his real name, but a name he just made up on the spot for the appearance he was using to disguise himself.

Suo Chuwu Kongjian murmured:

“Woshi Zhende... What a fine name. Since you can reach the critical second loss of control even while you are still a god, becoming an Outer God is just around the corner. I really envy you.”

He paused, then sighed:

"You should know that most gods can only reach the critical point of losing control once, while only outer gods can generally reach the critical point of losing control twice. Of course, a very small number of exceptionally talented outer gods can barely reach the critical point of losing control three times."

This was the first time Xia Fa had heard this explanation, and he finally understood why he found everything he cultivated so easy except for the critical second loss of control during cultivation...

It turns out that this is something only outer gods can generally achieve through cultivation; even many lower gods cannot do it...

After thinking for a moment, Xia Fa replied:

"I was just lucky."

Suo Chuwu Kongjian waved his hand:

"Sir, please don't be modest. It was really lucky that I invented the Black Bag, haha. But because of this, the entire universe and the Protoss Realm are now providing me with an anchor point that is roughly equivalent to the fifth or sixth faith, which has kept my mind very stable, haha."

Xia Fa immediately understood. He guessed that when everyone obtained and used the Black Bag, they would subconsciously think of the inventor of "Suochuwu Kongjian". Such cognition could be considered as an anchor point.

Originally, such anchor points were very weak, but there were so many people that almost all the extraordinary beings in the universe needed to use the Black Bag, which made this Suo Chuwu Kongjian very comfortable.

"Alright, Mr. Wosch-Jendl, I won't keep you any longer. I'll take my leave now. I hope we'll meet again... oh no, I hope we won't meet again, hahaha."

The chef-looking Suochuwu Kongjian waved goodbye with a flourish and then stepped into the passage in front of Him.

Xia Fazhe stood still, pondered for a while, and after organizing the various kinds of occult knowledge and information he had obtained, he chose to walk into the passage in front of him.

"Even Outer Gods can only cultivate to the point of losing control three times at most, so who can advance to a higher level? The physical beings? Quasi-Celestial Venerables and Celestial Venerables?"

"I wonder to what extent the nine righteous gods have pushed the critical point of being out of control..."

The passage was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Xia Fa pondered as he slowly made his way forward.

He tried summoning a fireball, but it didn't light up the room. It seemed that this was the middle of the maze, and it wouldn't be long before he could truly approach the hall where [Eternal Critical Strike] was located.

He had been to this maze in the amusement park of the City of Ten Thousand Stars before, and he remembered that in the middle section of the maze, there were all sorts of haunted houses and staff members who played the roles of evil spirits.

Needless to say, those haunted houses are all built by ordinary people and are basically fake, or rather, it's unlikely that any of them are real.

As for the staff who played the demons, they had already left the City of Ten Thousand Stars five or six days ago, so naturally they couldn't stay in this maze.

In other words, the maze has now been completely altered by [Eternal Critical Strike], so we shouldn't worry too much about it.

The wooden door next to them, which was impossible to open before, suddenly opened in an instant, and a bloody, mangled ghostly claw suddenly stretched out and grabbed at Xia Fa's neck!

Chapter 361 Arrival! The central hall of the Critical Strike Maze! The battle for [Eternal Critical Strike] officially begins!

Although the maze passage was pitch black, Xia Fa remained highly vigilant thanks to his spiritual intuition.

Therefore, the moment the bloody, bony claw reached out, he immediately dodged to the side.

But Xia Fa immediately realized that something was wrong.

First of all, the owner of this bone claw is too weak. It seems that he is not even a god, but at most a mysterious emperor.

Secondly, judging from the way that bone claw grabbed just now, it didn't seem to be an attack, but rather more like... a cry for help.

The next moment, with a loud crack, the wooden door was smashed to pieces, and a skeleton stumbled out, its body covered in blood and gore, with only its head remaining intact.

Normally, such undead creatures wouldn't be anything special in this extraordinary world, but Xia Fa was startled the moment he saw the head!

One could see that long black hair stood straight up on that head, and although the expression was terrified, the broad mouth and wide nose of the face still carried a domineering charm.

Indeed, even in his dying moments, He still managed to maintain a certain domineering presence.

This person was none other than the Mysterious Emperor of the Silver Church—Dionysius!

Once, Xia Fa regarded him as the biggest rival in the struggle for [Eternal Critical Strike]!

"Save... help me..."

Dionysius was filled with terror. He only managed to utter one sentence before collapsing at Shafa's feet.

With a loud crash, his entire skeleton broke apart from the force of the fall.

Then, Shafa saw countless cockroaches and rats crawling out of His body.

"He was already severely injured before, and now even his soul has been devoured?"

After sensing it with his spiritual intuition, Xia Fa was quite surprised.

Clearly, Dionysius died from being eaten by cockroaches and rats.

These cockroaches and rats were certainly no ordinary insects, capable of devouring a Mystic Emperor to death. To be precise, they were indeed quite ordinary before, but with the blessing of the [Eternal Critical Strike] critical strike authority, they have long since become extraordinary.

Although they certainly do not reach the level of the Great Emperor of Mystery, or even have a level at all, their bodies, teeth, or mouthparts have been enhanced to an extremely powerful degree by [Eternal Critical Strike].

Furthermore, it seems that Dionysius had previously encountered a formidable enemy in the Critical Strike Labyrinth and suffered extremely serious injuries, which led to his complete demise.

These cockroaches and rats, despite their natural instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm, couldn't sense Xia Fa's chaotic aura, even from the gods and outer gods.

With a rustling sound and the squeak of cockroaches rubbing against each other, countless cockroaches flew up at once and ferociously pounced on Xia Fa. The rats also rushed to his feet, seemingly wanting to climb up and start gnawing!

Xia Fa remained expressionless, and with a "boom," extremely pure and white sunlight erupted from his body.

Wherever the holy, pure white sunlight reached, all the rats and cockroaches were completely wiped out, leaving not even a trace of dust.

Xia Fa himself seemed to transform into a pure white sun, stepping through the wooden door.

Inside the wooden door was a haunted house, teeming with cockroaches and rats. But as the holy light emanating from Xia Fa spread out completely, all the cockroaches and rats were swept away.

"This pure white incandescent holy sun is quite useful...it seems to have a natural ability to restrain filthy, corrupt, and undead creatures..."

Perhaps because the house was brightly lit, Xia Fa immediately noticed something was wrong.

In the corner of the haunted house, a malevolent spirit resembling an iron golem lay quietly, its body mangled and broken, clearly dead.

And this iron golem evil spirit actually carried an aura mixed with that of Dionysius.

"Did Dionysius fight with this thing?"

Xia Fa stepped forward and examined the situation for a while. Since divination was not possible in the Critical Strike Maze, he could only deduce the cause of the matter through reasoning.

"This iron golem... was probably originally a prop in the haunted house of the maze, but over time it has gradually shown a tendency to become an evil spirit."

"But because it wasn't a real evil spirit, it just so happened to escape the cleanup that the City of Ten Thousand Stars had carried out a few days ago."

"Then, it happened to encounter the blessing of the extraordinary power of [Eternal Critical Strike], which had accumulated for more than 30,000 years and was comparable to the power of a true god, which brought it back to life completely."

Xia Fa looked up and saw that another door to the room was half broken.

"As for how Dionysius got in..."

Based on this, it's highly likely that the iron golem spirit sensed someone passing by outside and took the initiative to pull Dionysius inside.

Once this iron golem evil spirit was fully revived, its strength was not to be underestimated, not to mention that there were so many cockroaches and rats in the room that had been blessed by [Eternal Critical Strike]... In this light, Dionysius's death was truly not unjust.

"What a pity, I didn't even have a chance to ask the Crimson Proxy what he was doing when he was hanging out with Him before he took the form of an old fisherman..."

Dionysius's soul had been completely devoured by cockroaches and rats, so naturally, he couldn't ask questions or perform divination. On one hand, his rank was insufficient, and on the other hand, divination was not permitted in this place.

"Wait a minute, Dionysius is moving as fast as me through this critical strike maze, yet he hasn't encountered any opponents?"

Xia Fa suddenly realized this, looked at the passage outside the half-broken wooden door, and then looked back at his own passage.

After thinking it over, he made a decisive decision to take a different path!

Whatever the reason why Dionysius has never encountered an opponent who requires a life-or-death struggle, choosing His path is definitely the right thing to do!

With that thought in mind, Xia Fa immediately passed through the half-broken wooden door and walked into another passage.

This passage was just as dark and impenetrable as the previous one, but Xia Fa felt inexplicably more at ease, though he remained highly vigilant and continued forward.

We walked on and on, for several minutes, and all we saw along the way were the winding maze-like paths and two black walls on either side; there wasn't even a window or a wooden door in sight.

Suddenly, Xia Fa stopped in his tracks, his face gradually revealing a look of surprise.

He reached out and touched it, and sure enough, there was a thick black wall. Moreover, he could sense that even if he broke through the wall, there would be no way out.

This place is actually a dead end...

"No wonder Dionysius hasn't encountered any opponents along the way..."

Xia Fa muttered a complaint to himself, then had no choice but to return the way he came, passing through the room with the iron golem and finally back to his original path.

This time, after walking about the same distance, Xia Fa suddenly saw a little bit of light ahead.

But this didn't invigorate him; instead, it made him slow down and gradually approach.

Or perhaps there's another fork in the road ahead, where we might encounter other competitors.

If it's a divine position, that's fine, but if it's an external divine position... then it's really like walking into a trap.

But he had only been close for a short while when he immediately sensed two extremely powerful auras, unique to the Outer Gods, colliding fiercely at the intersection!

A terrifying surge of Outer God power swept in from the entrance of the passage, forcing Xia Fadu to retreat quite a distance to barely avoid being affected.

At the same time, he noticed that white bandages were beginning to grow on the black brick wall of his passage, and sharp spikes were also constantly emerging.

These white bandages and sharp spikes seemed to be fighting and canceling each other out, neither giving an inch.

Seeing this, Xia Fa's gaze narrowed slightly, and he remained standing still, choosing to observe the situation quietly.

Suddenly, a pale and cold aura rose from the white bandages, and the spikes strangely bent from the middle, as if they had turned into smiling faces.

Then, the chill and the spikes vanished, leaving only the white bandages and the smiley-face-like marks left by the spikes on them.

"Has the battle between those two Outer Gods ended?"

Xia Fa wondered curiously, but suddenly, a deep sigh was heard, and the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

"What a pity, the [Eternal Frost] and [Eternal Spikes] have returned to the origin of the universe... Why is it so difficult to obtain one or two tokens of eternity through hunting..."

This is... the Outer God [The Immortal Mummy] who dared to confront the Silver Cleaners head-on before?

Xia Fa recognized the voice and became even more determined to conceal his presence, praying that the [Immortal Mummy] would not discover him.

Otherwise, facing this peak Outer God [Immortal Mummy], I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to withstand half a move, and would be reduced to ashes with the slightest gesture.

After waiting patiently for a while, finally, there was no more sound in the passage ahead, nor any fluctuation of the aura of the outer gods.

Because the Critical Strike Maze is inherently anti-divination and anti-peeping, and at the same time, it is impossible to use spiritual intuition to explore passages that do not belong to oneself, Xia Fa has always known that he is safe hiding in the passages.