Chapter 147: The Storm (Part 2)
The tall buildings on either side of the road collapsed, a process that seemed swift but slowed by their sheer size. They seemed to be slowly bowing, but the shadow of death loomed overhead. Black dots piled up behind many of the glass windows: helpless people facing certain death. In their eyes, the world collapsed, the floor turned into a hillside, and gravity pushed them toward the windows, seeking refuge but finding nowhere to escape.
Ji Huaisu's good eyesight allowed her to see many windows thrown open, and in extreme panic, some people attempted to escape by jumping out. But that was pointless. Falling from such a height would only lead to a more painful death, and even if she survived immediately, she would still be killed by falling objects. Her combat instinct pointed to the only way out. She broke the glass in advance and slipped through the gap between the floors, circumventing the obstacles as quickly as possible and continuing her escape.
She heard the noise of an approaching vortex in the distance. She saw the desperate faces of the people. In the moments before death, the sky was filled with the same cries. She wondered how many people wanted to say goodbye but couldn't utter a final word.
She gripped the sword tightly.
The technique of elemental transformation is already well-known, and the fusion of light and shadow was mastered long ago. I tried to introduce a third variable, performing a rapid triple fusion. The basic elements were chosen to be dust, light, and water. The external forces that could be used were the water flow and gravel in the underground pipes. The framework of the technique was based on the ice house in Sethron.
Aqua blue and khaki alternated on the surface of the light shield. The female knight knelt on one knee and smashed down the shield. The mixed three-color light seeped into the ground to carve a magic circle. The earth element dormant in the ground was mobilized to stabilize the foundation. Water and gravel were awakened and shaped into bundles of sticky but solid giant "spider silk". They supported the collapsing building and were connected to each other by icicles, like a transparent ice house built between high-rise buildings!
"Discipline Seal: Light Guard Ice House."
Ji Huaisu stood up, her sword in hand, a drained, withered feeling welling up within her. The whirlpool's noise grew louder, closer, almost ringing in her ears. Before her stood an icy mirror, its surface revealing a harsh reality. The vortex drifted behind her. If she had continued to flee, she might have been able to hold out longer, but she had made the wrong choice.
It doesn't matter, Ji Huaisu thought. At least she saved many lives before her death, and she died as a warrior rather than a fleeing rat. The devil might call her self-admiration, but she had no regrets for her elders and no regrets for her conscience.
She turned, sword and shield raised, launching a final charge against Doom. Behind the transparent water lay Orlek's severely distorted face. She swung her sword with all her might, trying to shatter the reflection in the water.
At this moment, the twisted water mirror shattered, and a golden bullet whizzed past, creating a brief passage in the vortex of doom!
A small screw-like device popped out of the bullet shell and stuck to the inside of Ji Huaisu's shield. A man's hoarse voice came from it: "I'm not used to owing favors to the enemy."
"Thank you so much!" Ji Huaisu was surprised and delighted. He took this opportunity to cross the vortex of doom and rushed towards the deserted green land. He turned around and continued to chase the chosen one of doom.
Olek looked off into the distance. "Your hiring fee is just one tomato? That's cheaper than I thought."
"An old monster who has lived for countless tens of thousands of years is targeting a little girl with a particle size of 2." Shax sneered, "How dare you speak so boldly?"
He crouched on the rubble piled up by the storm, relying on his spare reconnaissance artifact to barely determine his position. From Ji Huaisu's perspective, the entire world was swirling with misfortune, antagonizing her. But from Shax's perspective, the enemy's capabilities were clearly defined. The area affected by the chain of misfortune was being washed away by the rain, and the more frequent the misfortune, the more intense the downpour. The rain was currently heaviest in the area where Ji Huaisu had fled. The demon hadn't yet caught sight of him, so he still had one or two chances to fire his shot.
His holy spear never jams.
He aimed the sights at the boy-like demon, the crosshairs pinned to his forehead before shifting to a less lethal target on his abdomen. Shax thought for a moment, then flicked out the elemental bullets he'd prepared and loaded them with the cheapest brass bullet. "Get ready," he shouted into the communicator, not caring if the other party replied.
The rain intensified, blurring the view. Shax fired his weapon, calculated to hit the target. The bullet pierced the building, striking Olek's right hand with pinpoint accuracy. Olek, caught in the crossfire, smiled.
The brass bullet bounced back the instant it struck the demon, bouncing back and forth between buildings, piercing through the wind and rain, and finally, bizarrely, striking Ji Huaisu in the side! The running female knight's body lurched, blood spurting out of her wound!
"—an unfortunate diversion."
As if mocking, Olek smiled coldly, and the blood splashed in the rain and fell into his palm to form bright red blood beads.
"Like you said, I'm a big devil who has lived a long time. Old guys like us always have one thing in common: we are good at preserving our own lives."
"Come on, continue. See what changes you can make... and see what kind of outcome this change will lead to."
Orlek threw up a drop of blood. Empowered by the Moon Beast Contractor's power, the mere drop accelerated ten thousandfold, transforming into a bright red bullet that hurtled into the distance. Shax rolled to avoid the impact as he fired, but the bullet still struck his dominant right arm. The Moon Beast's poison instantly attacked his brain. He injected his arm with a specially formulated serum, but perhaps due to bad luck, the antidote took effect slowly, and his vision went dark.
He is blind.
Shax switched his left hand to hold the gun and spoke into the communicator.
"Run, little girl!"
He fired repeatedly at the area nearby. The bullets' trajectories were clearly visible in the rain, like streaks of white. As they landed, golden smoke billowed out, only to be extinguished by the wind and rain as soon as it appeared. But Shax knew the bullets had achieved their effect.
He had cleared the ruins of the duel arena in advance, so he didn't have to worry about other people moving around and introducing new variables. Someone nearby might see the dispersing smoke.
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"Over there, a flare!" Qing Ye exclaimed.
Chu Hengkong also saw the golden smoke. He had heard gunfire before. After a short morning of running across the city, he finally returned to the original duel arena. Qingye supported him as he reached his destination first. He used his tentacles to roll up the bullet. Inside the shell was a small, screw-shaped object. He remembered the scope-like reconnaissance device.
"I'm Chu Hengkong."
"That demon will divert its attack, so don't act rashly," Shax said.
"Physically deflecting the attack, or conceptually transferring the damage."
"The former. It's probably a spirit fragment, unable to unleash abilities of a higher level, and can only use its 'projection' at a lower level." Shax paused for a long moment. "Now there's only one shot left. Use sound to signal me."
"good."
Chu Hengkong's reply went nowhere; the lucky communicator they'd found was useless. Shax fired hundreds of communication bullets, but due to the interference of bad luck, they only picked up one. Now they knew Ji Huaisu's location. The terrifying vortex that swallowed everything was rushing towards the battlefield. In front of the vortex was a small golden dot. It was Ji Huaisu, who was holding on by willpower.
Qing Ye wanted to say something encouraging, but when he opened his mouth he found that his voice was intermittent.
"We will definitely...definitely be able to..." She couldn't find a nice sentence to say. "Sorry, I'm a little scared."
"Nice to meet you all, Bo." Gulibo trembled.
"I don't blame you." Fander's eyes were wide open. "I was even more panicked."
Only Finder could see the truth in the current situation, and only he could understand what kind of monster they were facing. His eyes reflected colorless chains, which hung down from high above, piercing through the clouds, through the houses, and into the ground, locking the entire Dust Island tightly, leaving no gaps.
When they rescued Sethlun before, they tried their best to cut one chain, but now there are more than tens of thousands of chains. Countless iron chains dominate Jinye City, like a transparent forest.
[Don't give up, there is still hope.] Shi Zhong wrote, [The current Li Gu Talisman carries great power. Let's use it to target the demons!]
"It would be nice if I could do it, but there's nothing I can do," Vander said dryly. "The reason why bad luck is bad luck is that every action you take will lead to worse consequences. Sometimes you think you're temporarily safe only because bad luck has gone to torment other people, but it will eventually come back. It's always by your side."
"There's no point in praying to the enemy. Let's fight with the talismans." Chu Hengkong regained some strength and ran forward, "Come here! Ji Huaisu!"
Ji Huaisu also saw him. She probably didn't have the energy to speak anymore, so she flashed her light shield in response. Chu Hengkong's sense of the situation told him: behind them was Shax, in front of them was Ji Huaisu, and beyond the relentless vortex of doom was the great demon disguised as a human child.
Shax could still fire one more shot, enough to penetrate the vortex. Then, Ji Huaisu and Qing Ye would work together to create an ice crystal channel. He rushed forward to make a final move, betting that Finder's hypnosis would work on the spirit. Just a split second would be enough to imprint the talisman onto the demon. This was the final battle. What happened after that was truly up to fate. But that wasn't a reason to give up the struggle. At least, try until the very last moment—
"Akong...don't...hurry..."
At this moment, he heard his partner's voice, which was even more panicked than he'd imagined. But this shouldn't be the case. She wasn't a coward. What was she worried about...
The brightness of the light shield kept changing, and the intermittent light became a secret signal for the resurrection troops in his eyes.
leave.
pollute.
Dark Moon pollution.
A black wound pierced Ji Huaisu's right arm, black blood squirming inside like a slender worm weaving beneath his flesh. Dark Moon contamination. Damage from the Moon Beast Wu He summoned. The medicine had been depleted by the Immortal Machine some time ago. Ji Huaisu had no medicine nearby.
“—Come here quickly!!”
Screaming, Chu Hengkong reached forward, and his partner leaned forward, trying to respond. But suddenly, she lost her balance, and the excessive movement touched the wound in her side. Uncontrollable black blood burst out from the wound, making the knight exude an unorthodox aura.
The ground cracked, breaking off piece by piece like floating ice on land. With Ji Huaisu as the center, the land within a hundred meters collapsed, falling into the buried cavity underground. Several pairs of transparent hands grasped Ji Huaisu's ankles, and shadowy knights emerged from the ground, their eyes filled with murderous intent towards the outsiders.
She failed to hold Chu Hengkong's hand. Amidst the murderous intent of her compatriots, she fell into the bottomless darkness beneath Jinye City.
"The duel arena you've chosen is located near Jinye's exploration and testing site. Therefore, the structure of this area is very unstable, and the probability of collapse will naturally increase after continuous battles."
"Ji Huaisu happened to be injured by the Moon Beast, and was also injured by Shaxx's unintentional action. Even if I didn't intervene, she wouldn't be able to escape for long. The pollution of the outsider caused the knights to act instinctively, so even if you chose to rendezvous at another location, what was going to happen would still happen."
The great devil smiled coldly.
"Please enjoy the show, everyone. This is the tragedy you have brought upon yourself.
The last Knight of Discipline in the Shendong Realm will die at the hands of the righteous dead soul! "
(End of this chapter)
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