Chapter 74: Swords and Knives
My perception has been enhanced, but I didn't feel when these things appeared several times. I only suddenly noticed them when they were close.
This is very wrong.
It’s not that I’m so confident in my abilities, but this kind of situation has happened one after another, which makes me think of two possibilities.
One is that this ball of flesh can block my perception.
There is another type where these ghost things appear out of thin air.
I have tried to use "fear projection" to influence these things before, but obviously, they don't have their own consciousness. If I can block their perception, then there is no reason why I can't feel the speed at the physical level.
It's not just me. If such a big movement had occurred from the beginning, even if visibility was low in the fog, the size of this thing was such that even the dullest person would have been able to feel it.
But the truth is I didn’t feel it, and neither did anyone else.
Then there is only the second possibility.
But I still find it incredible. If it appeared out of thin air, how could it be possible?
I looked up again and saw that Lin Hanning's shield was becoming increasingly unstable, while the meatball was still fighting against it. As long as the shield broke, the meatball would immediately crush us all into meat paste.
“Click—”
There was a slight cracking sound, and some cracks appeared faintly on the transparent shield.
I couldn't hesitate any longer, I gripped the knife tightly in my hand. In this situation, hesitating for even a minute longer would be fatal.
I put my hand on Lin Hanning's shoulder and said, "Listen, let's make one last bet. I'll count down to three, and you remove your shield for half a second and then immediately re-open it."
"Withdraw? Are you crazy? If we withdraw, we will all die!" Lin Hanning was a little puzzled. She had been struggling for so long just to let us live every second longer. She seemed a little impatient with my request.
"If we don't retreat, we won't be able to hold on for long. We might as well take a gamble and try to survive!" I said loudly.
Lin Hanning was silent for a moment. This was an established fact. Once the shield was broken, everyone would die, and it was only a matter of time before the shield was broken.
Finally, Lin Hanning nodded.
"good."
Seeing that she agreed, I gripped the knife tightly in my hand and cut my palm again while gathering strength.
"Remember, after you unlock the shield, you need to step back and then open a new shield as quickly as possible. Only then will we have a chance of survival."
I reminded again.
"three……"
"two."
"one!"
As I finished counting down the last number, Lin Hanning removed the shield.
The moment the shield was broken, I seized the opportunity, walked in front of the meat ball and chopped it down.
Lin Hanning and Jiang Wang's exclamations came from behind.
"Ji Ling!"
The voice was a bit muffled, and I felt relieved. It seemed that the shield had been opened.
Fortunately, it was easy to cut the meat ball with the bloody knife. Although there was great resistance, I didn't dare to let go. I could only rely on the passion that came from nowhere to hold the knife tightly in my hand and move forward.
Blood splashed over me like a waterfall.
His eyes were covered with blood and he couldn't see anything. Even the eyes on his arms were covered with blood.
But I didn't dare stop.
The reason I made this decision was not because I was so great that I would sacrifice myself for his life, but more because I was betting that I could survive as well.
If I don't break out of the shield, I will be dead. But if I bet right, even if I am the most dangerous one who breaks out, there is still a chance of survival.
Besides, I don’t want to see the situation without any one of them.
Song Nanxing is gone, and it would be a blessing if any one of us three could survive.
Thinking of this, I ran and chopped forward more determinedly.
Finally, the resistance disappeared, and I rushed out from the middle of the flesh ball.
The bet was right!
I was delighted, but before I could wipe off the pus and blood in my eyes, I felt a strong wind coming towards me.
I was terrified and barely dodged it.
The next second, that thing attacked me again.
"Bang!"
I raised my knife to block it, but this thing didn't seem to want to give me a chance to breathe. It kept attacking me, and each attack was accompanied by strong wind and great force.
As if he had heard the noise coming from my side, Jiang Wang's voice rang out from more than ten meters away:
"Ji Ling? What happened over there?"
Both of my vision were blurred by blood, I couldn't see anything, and the unknown thing in front of me was attacking me non-stop, I really had no time to respond to it.
But I could feel that the person in front of me was a person.
This method of attack even seems familiar to me.
Until the knife scraped against his body, it felt like scraping against scales.
"Song Nanxing!"
I shouted to the person in front of me almost with certainty.
But he acted as if he didn't hear it and didn't stop attacking. Instead, each attack became more and more fierce.
Although I can't see what's happening in front of me, I'm pretty sure the person fighting with me is Song Nanxing.
But something was clearly wrong with him.
Considering the confusing effect of fog and the person who just called for help in the fog, I guess Song Nanxing was probably confused.
"Song Nanxing! What are you crazy about!"
I confronted him and tried to wake him up.
"Ji Ling? What happened over there?"
Hearing my shout, Jiang Wang and Lin Hanning spoke again.
"Don't come over here!"
I turned around and shouted, blocking Song Nanxing's attack again.
After the transformation, Song Nanxing became very strong, and it was difficult for me to block every blow. Fortunately, I was agile enough to avoid most of the attacks.
But this is not a solution. I had already used up a lot of my strength to split the meat ball, and then I started fighting with him again.
My physical strength is not as good as Song Nanxing's. His abilities are more inclined towards strength and defense, and his physical strength is much better than mine.
I was already running out of strength, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to cope with the situation. In addition, his attack was so swift that I had no time to clean the blood from my eyes. The pus and blood had dried up and stuck to my eyes. I could only barely see some shadows, and I failed to dodge several times.
In the blurry shadow before my eyes, Song Nanxing's scaly iron fist came towards me, and this time, I really didn't have the extra strength to dodge.
…
The fist stopped abruptly just millimeters from my face.
I couldn't see Song Nanxing's expression clearly, but I could vaguely see that he was stunned for a moment, and then took two steps back as if frightened.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed like the “fear projection” had worked.
This is really the only worst-case scenario I can come up with.
"Fear projection" has certain negative effects. If the projected fear is too stimulating, the person being projected will go crazy or even die.
Even if I control the intensity, if the same target is "frightened" multiple times, it will suffer a mental breakdown and mutate.
And every time I initiate "fear projection", I will also suffer a certain degree of erosion.
Taking advantage of the moment when Song Nanxing was stunned, I quickly cleared my eyes.
However, the next second, Song Nanxing seemed to be bewitched again and attacked me again.
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