The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

What kind of power can make a fisherman so strong? It all comes from the stone in Perona's hand.

Moriah said with some concern: "Perona, for your own safety, throw away that broken stone."

Even though he has turned into a zombie, he is still very resistant to the tentacle monsters. He feels a sense of beauty that is mentally polluted. This is not Moria's illusion. Once the contact time with the tentacles becomes longer, the mental aspect is likely to be affected.

This strange thing in her hand feels like human skin, and it is something related to the mysterious side. Most of the ornaments are not as good as it. To be honest, Perona still likes it very much.

Now that the Shadow Queen has handed it to her, Perona wants to make things clear: "Lord Yu, is it dangerous to keep this Behelet with me? I don't want to become an ugly monster covered with tentacles. I would like to ask for your opinion."

Xiaoyu looked at the black stone with disgust on her face. She had a natural aversion to such unclean things, but as for the risks, that depended on the facts. Not everyone was qualified to make sacrifices.

"Behelet appeared in the era when I lived. Whenever it appeared on a large scale, it meant that a major disaster was about to happen at sea."

After the Shadow Queen's subsequent explanation, Moriah and Perona realized the seriousness of the matter. They had previously thought that the Behelet problem was too simple, and today's reality taught them a severe lesson.

There is a specific pattern in the appearance of Behelet. Roughly every thousand years or so, they will appear in large numbers at a certain time period, paving the way for the arrival of a destiny.

You reap what you sow. Destiny has long been determined in the course of history, and it is difficult for humans to change it. The last time the sun was obscured was called an eclipse, and it was a disaster that could not be described in words.

Even though Xiaoyu was just a bystander, she could not let it go for a long time after her resurrection many years later. The power of the Eclipse had such an amazing impact on her that she now has a psychological trauma towards Behelet.

Later she studied it carefully and found that there are many kinds of Behelet, including black, blue and according to legend, red. The color combinations are different. Sometimes they are cold and hard like a stone, and sometimes they have the texture of human skin with warmth.

This strange thing cannot be destroyed. Fire or sword are useless. Even if it is thrown into the deep sea, Behelet will find a time to float up automatically and be picked up by some lucky unlucky person.

All Behelet have only one function. When the holder falls into a strong emotion (despair), it will help it become a key, connecting with a higher-dimensional realm that is different from this world, allowing things that should not have come to appear in the world where humans live.

Different eras have different adjectives for them, ghosts, monsters, or in this era, demons, but tracing back to the origin, they are all the same thing.

The holder who connects to the other world through Behelet will get feedback from the superior. By sacrificing the things he cherishes, the holder can satisfy his desires, gain the power from darkness, and become any monster he wants.

"Did this man sacrifice his lover in front of the dark creatures in order to survive?"

As soon as Perona asked the question, a pale ghost suddenly floated out of the tentacle monster's body, which was lying on the ground. It was a petite girl ghost wearing a white gauze dress, with gratitude in her eyes.

She flew lightly in front of her benefactor and nodded slightly in thanks. Perona felt a warm breath brushing against her cheek, as if it was a little girl's smile.

Then the ghost of the little girl slowly dissipated in the air, turned into starlight, and gradually disappeared into the deep night. Perona stood there quietly, feeling relieved.

It turned out that the dream in the hotel was a real thing, and the little girl was most likely the child of the inn owner and his wife, but unfortunately she did not survive in the end.

The whole scene was full of mystery and tranquility, a supernatural farewell ceremony. In this quiet atmosphere, everyone understood that the little girl's soul had rested in peace.

"The truth is exactly the opposite of what you guessed. That woman sacrificed the people around her in order to resurrect her deceased husband. Unfortunately, she thought the matter was too simple."

Although the female shop owner used an entire ship of people to call back her husband's soul from hell, the price was that without a physical body, she needed a living container. She gave up everything to save her lover, but was eventually killed by her lover himself and his body took over.

Xiaoyu has experienced the evil tastes of dark creatures many times. Most of them end in human tragedies after using Behelet. Only a few holders will gain the favor of the superiors and retain a trace of their original sanity to gain power that does not belong to the human world.

Xiaoyu ordered the shadow warrior on standby to turn over the half head on the ground and release the back of the head. A symbol appeared in front of everyone.

"Just as I thought, he is the lowest-ranking First Apostle. This symbol represents the word 'one'. You will see various different symbols in the future. The higher the rank, the stronger the path."

The First Apostle is just a common fellow, with almost no special abilities. His abilities are only physical attacks like this one, and he poses no threat to the human world.

The second angel has undergone a qualitative change compared to the first angel. He will gain some special abilities, similar to those of a superhuman devil fruit user. Some are weaker than others, and if encountered, they are relatively easy to deal with.

The third apostle combines the advantages of the previous two apostles, and his vitality is extremely tenacious. The probability of being eliminated in one go is not high. Xiaoyu must go all out to deal with this dark creature. If she is not careful, there is a risk of capsizing.

The Fourth Apostle is almost a legendary existence, because all the intelligent creatures who have seen him have died out, and there is no record of him passed down. If you encounter a dark creature of this level, you can only wait to die on the spot.

The reason why Xiaoyu knows the apostles so well is that she has fought for it with her real skills. The title of Shadow Queen is built on the corpses of the apostles.

Sooner or later, everyone will die. Even the strong cannot avoid it. Once dead, they are dead. They cannot take their status, reputation, and wealth with them. No matter how gorgeously decorated the tomb is, they cannot enjoy it in the underground soil after death. It will only be given to tomb robbers like Moria.

Although Xiaoyu killed many apostles for all mankind, she also did something taboo behind the scenes, otherwise she would not be resurrected in this era