Chapter 23 Blood Moon Night (Twenty-three)
The blood-red chains attached to the limbs were constantly tightening with the witch's movements.
Nan Huan was in so much pain that he couldn't even straighten his back, but as the witch approached, a fleeting look of understanding flashed across his eyes.
The scepter seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, pressing against Nan Huan's heart.
At such a close distance, she finally saw the entire scepter clearly.
The whole body was black, and because it had just absorbed the blood of Liang Yu and Cui Zhongming, it became shiny black.
It feels like animal fur, but it feels like cold metal.
As the witch murmured spells, the black iron on the top of the scepter began to peel off, like petals, revealing the core inside.
A drop of red blood was wrapped in a transparent glass cover.
It jumped when it heard the witch's call.
Then the red blood began to spread along the top of the scepter to the body of the scepter, even though there was no pattern on the scepter.
But the bloodstains seemed to have their own trajectory, unfolding in front of Nan Huan into petal patterns made up of flowing water.
Blood-red flowers spread over the staff as if they were blooming on branches.
Nan Huan could feel that every time a petal appeared, the scepter would sink a little deeper into his heart.
In the witch's bloodthirsty eyes, Nan Huan saw his pale, almost transparent skin.
She felt like a huge rock was pressing on her heart and she couldn't breathe. She had read about this ritual in the witch book and knew that when the petals spread to the end, the scepter would pierce her heart.
The blood-red petals, like a naughty dancer, jumped back and forth on the scepter.
The witch admired with great satisfaction the only sacrifice of real blood in all these years.
She licked her lips greedily, watching with great anticipation as the scepter in her hand gradually became filled with blood.
If she waits only a little longer, she will possess true blood and achieve immortality.
The hottest invisible petal at the end of the scepter was spreading blood color.
The curve of the flowing water is outlined in blood, winding, sad and beautiful.
From the violent struggle at the beginning, to slowly accepting his fate, to now hanging his head weakly, like the surrender of a loser.
But she seemed to have overlooked that from beginning to end, there never seemed to be any fear in the other person's eyes.
Just when the last petal was about to be dyed red, the witch's bloodthirsty eyes were stunned for a moment.
A disembodied voice suddenly sounded in her mind.
"Put down the scepter, put down the scepter..."
This was the voice of the imprisoned True Blood. She was clearly so weak, but her voice was filled with stubbornness and a power that soothed people's hearts.
The sound seemed to come from far away, empty and ethereal, but if you listen carefully, it seems to come from inside your body.
The witch knew that this might be the work of the imprisoned person.
But she felt that her hands seemed out of her control, like a puppet, only knowing how to obey the orders in her mind.
Snap——
Just before the petals were about to be filled with blood, the scepter slipped from the witch's hand.
Nan Huan had been waiting for this moment. The moment the scepter was released, the blood-red chains had already disappeared.
She didn't care that she was hanging in the air. Without those restraints, she was like a bird with broken wings, falling uncontrollably at the speed of free fall.
However, Nan Huan quickly picked up the scepter and summoned back the poisonous insect that had exceeded its mission.
The poisonous insect is not Nan Huan's native skill, and the witch and the poisonous insect are somewhat repelled by each other, so Nan Huan tried several commands in a row, and in the end he could only let the witch loosen her grip a little.
Time goes back to a few minutes ago. Long before Nan Huan realized that the werewolf was no match for the witch and could not knock her down with one blow, she had already noticed the witch's weakness.
To be precise, it is not the witch's weakness, but the source of her strength.
Whether it was from the brief contact between Nan Huan and the other party, or the period of confrontation, or the process of other people fighting with the witch, the other party never put down the scepter.
In particular, her attack methods are all achieved through the scepter.
The flowing water pattern on the scepter is exactly the same as the pattern that seals the butler on the wooden wall of the library. It is definitely not a coincidence.
Especially when I think of what was said in the maid's diary, the owner of the castle once said that something was lost.
Nan Huan boldly guessed that this scepter did not originally belong to the witch.
In other words, the source of a witch's power is not herself, but external forces. This means that this power can be plundered, such as by taking away the opponent's scepter.
However, the strength of the remaining three players is not enough to compete with the witch, let alone take away the scepter without being killed by the other party.
Nan Huan remembered that he still had the poisonous insect in his arms that Cui Zhongming was going to use to control him, and he had the idea of fighting a desperate battle.
Almost at the moment when this idea came into her mind, the system prompt sounded in her mind.
【bite--
A potential target insect has been detected, and its trust in you has reached 30. Do you want to use the skill 'I am the eldest lady'?
Note: This use consumes 30 points, and allows the Gu worm to continue its ability to invade and control the behavior of its target within three minutes of becoming the Missy's "general servant". However, because the user is not the original owner of the Gu worm, this skill will be impaired to a certain extent. 】
If time wasn't urgent, Nan Huan really wanted to have a good talk with the system.
Even if you don't deliberately reveal your thoughts, the system is like a worm in your stomach, not only providing you with viable solutions, but also giving you careful hints.
Of course, the system was not polite in giving out points that should be earned, but Nan Huan was still a little confused, as if the system seemed somewhat contradictory.
Sometimes, it seems to be eager to get into the pit, but sometimes it seems that it doesn't want to see itself die.
But now is not the time to think about these things. Nan Huan didn't waste much time and gave the answer of "use".
Then she took advantage of the witch's proximity to her to talk and instructed the poisonous insect to quietly crawl onto the witch's fingers.
In just three minutes, she tried many commands.
From the general desire to control the witch, surrender and let go of yourself.
The greedy witch wanted to imprison herself and give up completing the ritual of eternal life.
But as expected, all of these were lost because she was not the original owner of the insect.
In the end, only the simple act of asking her to let go of her hand achieved the effect.
The witch was only distracted for a moment, and she came to her senses the moment the scepter was released from her hand.
Seeing Nan Huan grabbing the scepter, he fell down without any explanation.
The witch leaned forward and rushed down, wanting to take back her scepter and teach Nan Huan a lesson for having tricked her.
Although she no longer had the scepter and had lost most of her power, it was still more than enough to deal with a small player.
Especially the hatred that spread around her and the gaze that was so dark that it was hard to see clearly.
Nan Huan, who was falling, couldn't help but feel a chill on the back of his neck.
Just when the witch was about to grab Nan Huan by the collar, she watched helplessly as the other party grabbed her scepter and disappeared out of thin air.
At the critical moment, Nan Huan used the space jumping prop that Li Shuai gave him before he was captured.
While the three of them were making the plan, Nan Huan prepared a backup plan for Xiaoxue and Li Shuai, just in case.
Although her prediction was correct and the witch's power was greatly weakened after losing the scepter, she seemed unable to use the scepter in her hand.
Ever since the scepter fell into her hands, the traces of the red petals on the scepter had disappeared, and even the bloodstains hanging on the top covered by a transparent glass cover were now tightly wrapped in black iron again, as if it had fallen into a deep sleep again.
In the short time it took to formulate the plan, Nanhuan even took this situation into consideration.
If she could use the power of the scepter to destroy the witch the moment she got it, she wouldn't need Xiaoxue and Li Shuai, and she could end the battle right here.
But it turns out that in Nanhuan's considerations, the worst-case scenario always comes true.
The moment she grasped the scepter, she knew she couldn't control it.
So she had to prepare a backup plan, and before that, she couldn't fall into the witch's hands again. She had to leave here as soon as possible and go to the library on the third floor where she could implement the backup plan.
Nan Huan asked Li Shuai to buy this space jumping prop in the mall in advance.
It allowed her to disappear from the wine cellar and appear in the library on the third floor.
The process of using it is not difficult. Nan Huan had already input the spatial position for jumping before being controlled by the witch.
Nan Huan only had time to confirm the use of the prop without falling to his death or being caught by the witch.
Suddenly, many dazzling mesh structures appeared in front of him, and Nan Huan watched his body pass through these mesh structures.
The physical senses were magnified in an instant, and Nan Huan seemed to be able to feel every cell, the strange feeling brought about by being squeezed by the reticular structure.
Then the next second, when the dazzling light and dizziness disappeared, Nan Huan found himself standing at the door of the library.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai, both holding weapons in their hands, looked towards the place where they appeared with hostile attitudes.
After realizing it was them, they quickly retracted their weapons, but their expressions did not shrink or relax.
According to the agreement among the previous few people, if Nan Huan’s first plan had been successful, it would be impossible for her to suddenly appear here. Her appearance would prove that the first plan would not work.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai both involuntarily held their weapons tighter.
"Come in quickly, we will both try to hold on for a while..."
There was no more time to reminisce, Li Shuai was the first to make a promise.
Now the three of them are tied to the same rope. If they cooperate according to Nan Huan's prior request, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Xiaoxue also nodded to Nanhuan, signaling her to go in quickly.
At the same time, the three of them heard hurried footsteps coming from the stairwell. The witch was catching up.
Nan Huan didn't say anything, but just glanced at the two of them again before entering.
Although the other party didn't say anything, that firm look in his eyes still made Xiaoxue and Li Shuai feel a little more at ease.
But on the other hand, when the witch realized that she had been tricked, she just wanted to take back her scepter, teach Nan Huan a lesson, and continue to complete the eternal life ceremony.
But when she noticed that the other party had entered the library with a scepter, a rare look of panic appeared on his face.
As a result, her hatred for Nan Huan intensified. She wished she could stop him immediately and skin Nan Huan alive, not caring about the ritual or not.
Anger had made the witch completely lose her mind. Although she had lost most of her power without the scepter, her foundation was still there.
So when he saw the two people standing at the door, pointing their weapons at him seriously, he felt full of disdain.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai saw the witch standing there, mumbling something to herself.
Afterwards, the witch's room on the third floor suddenly opened, and a large number of voodoo dolls poured out without any explanation and attacked the library.
Seeing this, Li Shuai and Xiao Xue changed their weapons from daggers to swords and spears, and swept away the voodoo dolls that were attacking continuously on the ground one by one.
The witch who lost her scepter seemed to have no ability to fight with bare hands and could only rely on these voodoo dolls.
She stood not far away, watching her child soldiers fighting with the two men.
The killing power of these voodoo dolls is not great. Xiaoxue and Li Shuai can wipe out a large number of them with just one sword or one gun.
But the problem is that those voodoo dolls cannot be killed or eradicated. When one batch falls, a new batch will appear.
Get up from where you fell and continue attacking.
Soon, several dolls were on the top of the sword, and the top of the spear was also occupied by a voodoo doll.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai were losing ground, and the door to the library was gradually lost.
The two of them began to lose strength.
There was chaos at the door. Nan Huan, who was inside, had already run to the wooden wall with ease.
No matter how chaotic the outside world was, the purple-black shadow still clung to the wall diligently.
They finally calmed down for a while, then turned around and saw Nan Huan running towards them carrying something. They all perked up immediately.
Are you kidding? The tragedy just now is still vivid in my mind. Now the other party is running back. How can I not be scared?
But because they were imprisoned in this wooden wall, they could not escape even if they were afraid. They could only wait for the disaster to come with sad expressions.
But who would have thought that this time Nanhuan did not start absorbing the purple-black shadow without any explanation.
Instead, he looked at the scepter in his hand, and then at the wooden wall.
Her eyes were firm and tender, as if she was looking at someone through the wooden wall.
"I don't know if this will work, but I can only try it as a last resort."
After she muttered to herself in a low voice, she waved her hand without warning, holding the scepter, and smashed it against the wooden wall.
Boom——
The hard black iron hit the wooden wall, making a sound.
The sound was as long as the sound of a temple bell, starting from the wooden wall and moving in all directions.
Nan Huan's wrists began to ache from the shock, but she didn't dare to stop.
It didn't work the first time, so she hit it a second time.
The scepter still remained pitch black, as if it had made up its mind not to wake up.
Nan Huan, however, became more and more determined, his hands moving without slowing down, and he continued to hit the center.
At this moment, it seems that all the original plans and backup plans no longer work.
It seemed as if she only wanted to rescue the people behind the wooden wall.
The knocking sounds became louder and louder, and the purple-black shadows, as if affected by something, began to spread around from the point where the scepter landed.
Xiaoxue and Li Shuai at the door could no longer hold on. Some voodoo dolls had already climbed up their ankles and onto their bodies.
The two men could no longer stand, and the witch easily walked around them and entered the door.
But at the last moment, Li Shuai grabbed his ankle.
The moment the other party fell to the ground, he was already submerged by the voodoo doll, but after aiming at the right direction, he still managed to grab the witch's ankle.
"You don't know your own limits."
The witch kicked the other person, but Li Shuai still didn't let go.
She had already heard the knocking sounds coming from the library. She was extremely anxious and put a little more strength into her feet.
I didn't know how many times I knocked on Nanhuan until my whole arm started to feel numb.
The wall finally responded. The purple-black shadow on the wooden wall, which received some kind of signal, began to spread from the center to the surroundings.
The petal pattern made of flowing water appeared again in the center of the wooden wall.
Nan Huan picked up the scepter and smashed it hard towards the center.
The heavy black iron in his hand became light in an instant, and the lifeless black iron seemed to be summoned.
The black at the top began to peel off, revealing the hanging drop of blood wrapped in transparent glass.
The top looked fragile and seemed like it would break if hit, but it actually knocked a crack right in the middle of the wooden wall.
The hanging blood, as if it smelled some kind of scent, stuck to the transparent cover, as if trying to escape from the confined space.
An obvious crack appeared in the center of the wooden wall, and the crack spread from the center to the surrounding areas like a spider web.
The blood-red marks, with a golden glow, covered the entire wooden wall like a skynet.
The imprisoned purple-black shadows on the wooden wall all regained their freedom the moment the wooden wall broke.
Then one or two of them, as if frightened by something, quickly left the wooden wall.
The black iron on the scepter, like the cracks in the wooden wall and withered petals, fell down.
The scepter began to spread downward from the top, and blood-colored flowers bloomed on the scepter, covering the entire scepter.
The bloodstains on the top, separated by the transparent glass cover, sparkled brightly.
The entire library, or to be more precise, the entire castle, began to shake violently.
The bookshelves in the library fell down one after another like dominoes.
In this kind of earthquake, no one can stand firm.
Those voodoo dolls seemed to sense some kind of huge intimidating force and were clinging to Xiaoxue and Li Shuai.
But suddenly, in an instant, they all retreated back into the witch's room.
The witch temporarily ignored her grabbed ankle and turned to look towards the back of the library with a look of disbelief.
Nan Huan couldn't stand steadily at all, and when he fell, he did not forget to hold the scepter tightly in his hand.
A golden light burst out from the wooden wall, piercing people so much that they couldn't open their eyes.
【bite--
Warning, warning, the restricted area of this dungeon has been lifted and the difficulty of the dungeon has been upgraded from C level to S level.
Good luck to all players! 】
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