Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1061: Chapter 1059 Blind Eye (End) Chapter 1061: Chapter 1059 Blind Eye (End) “Indeed it is superfluous, but it turned into a living corpse, even directly attacked us.”

Facing Charlotte’s perplexity, Ice furrowed her brows, summarizing the bizarre scene before her, unable to understand the reason behind it.

“Contaminated? I didn’t notice when it happened.”

Shi Gaozhi was speculating about the cause.

Realizing something, the next moment all three of them looked at the person standing there with his left hand.

“Left Hand, do you know what went wrong with the superfluous one?”

“He fell behind.”

“…We all didn’t notice; how would you know he fell behind?”

Charlotte obviously wasn’t ready to let the other party get off easily.

“Because my hearing has become more sensitive, plus you should be thankful he chose to flee first rather than attack.”

That was true.

Under Left Hand’s reminder, a sense of dread struck Charlotte’s heart.

A teammate who was supposed to be on guard had suddenly turned into a monster.

Had he chosen to attack, even if Ice was there, the consequences would have been unbearable.

But that was just one aspect; Charlotte absolutely didn’t believe the explanation about the hearing.

This exploration operation seemed to be irrepressibly turning bizarre.

“Sage?”

Charlotte looked toward the always silent Sage, hoping he could provide an explanation.

“The remnants of the superfluous one are quite different from a living corpse; we still can’t definitively conclude that he was contaminated.”

Not contaminated… then how did he end up like that, and then go mad?

Everyone was momentarily at a loss.

Even in the next moment, Left Hand, who had been standing like a statue, seemed to notice something unusual and turned his head to “look” toward Sage, furrowing his brows.

Catching this scene sharply, Shi Gaozhi immediately stepped forward.

“If that’s the case, it seems we can no longer proceed.”

“That might not be the case—”

Sage’s words were abruptly cut off as his head was penetrated by a dark red laser.

…

“…Are you insane?”

Following the collapse of Sage’s body, a deathly silence pervaded the air, which was broken a few seconds later by Ice’s scream.

“Idiot!”

Facing the instantly alert team members, the murderous Shi Gaozhi didn’t run away but smirked repeatedly.

“The awakening level of the Holy Grail was clearly underestimated; it’s you who would have been dead, not me!”

“What do you mean?”

“What do I mean, ask Left Hand, so you really didn’t notice any change in Sage—”

“What change?”

Interrupting Shi Gaozhi was Sage’s voice.

But the headless body that had just collapsed was shakily getting up.

Even the head had regenerated.

“Heal me.”

Giving a cold command, Ice began to act, while a brilliant golden glow also gathered in Sage’s hand.

“It seems I know what’s going on—”

His voice stopped abruptly again as Sage, fighting between life and death, had his head penetrated once more by a dark red laser, with the barely gathered golden glow dissipating from his staff.

How could it be used so quickly—it wasn’t Shi Gaozhi!

In the midst of the changes that nearly drove the Exploration Team mad, the next moment everyone realized that the laser actually originated from the dark sockets of Left Hand’s eyes.

“He’s the one who’s problematic!”

Charlotte was the first to react.

This was not simply an ability equipped by Left Hand; the only explanation was it had been infused by the Holy Grail.

He was no different from those living corpses!

The moment she realized this, a fiery blaze erupted on Charlotte’s right arm, blasting forward.

However, this fierce punch was blocked by a series of invisible ripples in front of the target, not harming him in the slightest.

Bastard!

Furious, Charlotte threw another punch.

Almost simultaneously, a dark red laser also struck the invisible Shield.

Shi Gaozhi seemed to have realized the truth of what had just happened… And yet, it was he who recovered first from the most stringent condition for release.

…

Their concerted efforts had unexpectedly good results.

The originally unyielding, invisible Shield was torn apart effortlessly.

The left hand behind the Shield was then simultaneously struck by a fist of fire and a beam, with half of the body disappearing instantly.

Dead?

Charlotte and her companion breathed a sigh of relief, but then everyone’s gaze froze.

It seemed to vanish briefly, only to reappear with the missing limbs fully intact.

“This is the power of the Sage!”

Charlotte regained her senses and wisely held back on the third punch, focusing entirely on defense.

“Don’t worry about him, he will truly die soon—”

Mid-sentence, she saw that the left hand did not retaliate in the expected manner of death but instead turned and walked away.

It even disappeared into the darkness without any sign of falling.

“No, it’s more like a segment of destiny just vanished.”

As the group stood there, disheartened, an unexpected voice arose.

The Sage?

Realizing who it was, more than one person turned to look, then began to doubt their own sanity.

Everything had happened in the blink of an eye; it wasn’t surprising that this injured body didn’t fall immediately, but at this moment, the head’s wounds had also vanished.

“…This is why I can still survive. Just now, for a brief moment, the existence of the left hand seemed to have been concealed, including the act meant to kill me. I never thought such a Miracle was possible… The Holy Grail is awakening faster than anticipated…”

A rare confusion appeared in the eyes of the Sage, reborn a second time.

“Where is he going now?”

“To the Holy Grail. My previous judgment was mistaken; I thought there was something else behind him.”

“So should we be going now?”

“No.”

The Sage shook his head.

“The Holy Grail is more powerful than we envisioned, which is why we must seize it—it might be our only chance.”

“Don’t be frightened.”

Seeing the hesitation on almost everyone’s faces, the Sage gave a subdued chuckle.

“To have such authority but only be able to rely on misleading illusions to try to kill me, and still fail without our knowledge…”

“A miraculous Holy Artifact, but at this moment, it is no match for us.”

It really seemed so…

The Sage’s tone remained compelling, transforming the originally perilous situation through a different perspective, abruptly restoring the group’s confidence.

“We’d better move quickly.”

Without allowing more time for hesitation, the Sage walked ahead.

“The left hand likely went to move the Holy Grail, fortunately, the code to open the Bell Tower Hall is quite long.”

…

“There he is!”

The Sage’s guess seemed to be correct.

When the Exploration Team arrived at the statue hall, they saw the left hand finishing the last touch on the statue.

The statue began to rotate just as Charlotte tried to follow, but was stopped by the Sage.

A moment later, invisible turbulence spread out, and five shadows atop the dome became clear to all.

Frowning at this scene, Charlotte had no time to speak as a flood of information burst in her mind.

The… Sage…

Relying on a slight adaptability formed through multiple ordeals, she narrowly avoided an incoming beam.

As Charlotte’s senses partially recovered, she noticed the Sage walking into the hall alone, leaving a message.

“Wait for my signal, remember that only one person can pass at a time.”

…

“I’m not sure if this conversation makes sense, but please believe, I hold immense respect for your existence.”

Moments later, upon entering the Bell Tower Hall and coming directly to the gold lever by the wall, the Sage finally spoke, watching the left hand step by step towards the Holy Grail in the center.

“I think we can get along quite well, under the witness of the gods…”

He clapped his hands to send the signal, and without hesitation, the Sage grabbed the lever, adjusting the dial overhead according to a previously calculated position.

But the next moment, his seemingly strong palm fell off from his wrist.

And in the same falling view, the last scene he saw was the left hand grabbing the handles of the Holy Grail, and then both vanished into thin air.