Chapter 29: The Four
Boom!
Several long and narrow streaks of lightning flashed across the dim sky. Darker and deeper clouds were blown by the wind, completely covering the hazy moonlight. In an instant, the sky and the earth were plunged into darkness.
Boom!
As soon as the thunder stopped, there was another deafening crash on the ground. The ground that was a small town half an hour ago had become riddled with holes and pits everywhere. The surrounding hills had also all turned into rubble. Before they could roll too far, they were crushed into powder by the huge monster, and the wind blew them everywhere.
The Anomaly that was able to overpower the enemy just now was now unable to fight back as it was beaten by the Birch Banshee whose core had been replaced. Its two pairs of wings were clearly sharp weapons that could cut iron and chop mountains, but now they became a burden for the opponent to easily control it.
“Cry!——”
It opened its mouth abnormally and spewed out an even hotter and more intense flame. The dark blue feathers on its body had been dyed the same color by the flame. It just rolled on the ground, and the ground was scorched black.
Even so, the birch banshee once again faced its flames head-on and was able to rush over and punch it in the eyes without any harm!
The only thing that was noticeably damaged was the broken sword in her hand!
Damn it!
Damn it!
The anomaly that was hit in both eyes took a few steps back before it stopped retreating. It howled in pain, and its wings covered with layers of feathers flapped violently. The fallen feathers turned into burning arrows, one split into two, two split into four, three split into six... In a moment, it turned into a sea of fire and covered the birch banshee.
Tarona weighed the long sword twice, which had been damaged by more than 80%. A second before the fire net was about to cover her, she turned around, gathered strength, and cut the fire net in half with one sword.
'Jingle bells.'
The damage to the long sword reached 100%, and the entire sword turned into rust powder in an instant, slipping through the fingers like sand that could not be held, forming a thick layer on the ground, and soon turned red due to the high temperature. In the blink of an eye, it was burned into ashes.
This sword was just something that Tarona picked up from hell when she was in Zong Yingmei. Now that it is destroyed, she doesn't feel bad about it.
It's unusual...
It should have used all the tricks it can, no matter how powerful they are...it doesn't dare to do so, for fear of attracting the attention of the world's consciousness and exposing its whereabouts.
While testing Anomaly, Talona and Theseus had a conversation. Affected by the chaotic power of Anomaly, the world consciousness could no longer see her.
Therefore, the last bit of doubt in the Great Witch's heart was finally put to rest at this moment. There was no doubt that the one she saw now was the Abnormal's true self.
However...
Tarona narrowed her eyes slightly, and the birch witch's new green eyes turned golden for a moment, and then disappeared in the firelight as if it were an illusion.
——She “saw” a “thread” on the abnormality.
The other end of the "line" is illusory and no one knows where it is connected to.
As expected, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone an unusual one.
Snap!
Once again taking on the abnormal flames, Tarona heard the sound of the body cracking.
Normally, the birch banshee's body cannot contain her consciousness for a long time. In order to better explore abnormalities, she forced the birch banshee to optimize its form and evolve it to a higher level, which shortened the already limited use time of this body.
It's like a glass with a capacity of only 500 milliliters, into which you forcefully pour five tons of water. It's only now starting to collapse, and this is already the limit of the quality of this glass.
The intelligence on both sides is already enough, she still needs the Birch Banshee as a trump card to attract abnormal hatred, so why not... hurry up!
Tarona leaped into the air to avoid the abnormal bone wings that were sweeping over, and just as she landed on her toes, she slammed the ground with both palms, and the azure magic circle instantly engulfed the entire sea of fire.
The next second, the ground began to tremble violently, and countless enchanted roots pushed up the ground like spikes made of molten iron, standing in layers and intertwining. Although they failed to pierce through the abnormally hard skin, they temporarily trapped it, making it unable to move for a while.
Tarona turned around and looked at the completely dead birch forest. They had completed their mission of devouring the pollutants and returned to the earth gloriously and happily.
“Screech!!”
The black and red feathers stood up and resonated with each other. A flame-colored impact energy exploded on the surface of the abnormal body, instantly breaking all the intertwined roots that trapped it.
The head was raised abnormally, and six eyes looked forward hatefully, with murderous intent as if real.
There is only one of it in this world. This guy who appeared from nowhere... must die!
Even if it would waste the strength it had worked so hard to build up, it would not...
Um?
The six eyes widened slightly, and murderous intent flashed in them. Where is that guy?
It thought the opponent had hidden himself and was waiting for the right moment to attack it, so it immediately looked around vigilantly. However, the surroundings were always quiet, with only the crackling sound of flames burning the ground.
At this moment, an idea suddenly flashed through Yichang's mind. He recalled the previous few rounds. That guy just dodged and didn't confront him head-on like before. Could it be... she was pretending to be mysterious!
Damn it!
It's been fooled!
“Cry!——”
The huge four-winged monster angrily crushed the broken roots under its claws. It roared and hissed for a while, but still felt unsatisfied, so it spewed out raging flames, burning all the roots around it to ashes.
Until a few deafening thunders rang out in the sky again, until heavy rain poured down, the cold rain fell on the iron-like ground, the cold and the heat collided, and the white mist rolled and made a crackling sound.
It shook off the rain on its crown feathers with abnormal anger, flapped its four wings, and its huge body rose from the ground, disappearing into the dark sky in the blink of an eye.
Only the scorched earth below, which has lost its original appearance, can prove that a battle between two monsters once took place here.
…
In the ghost realm of [Blood Grudge Nun].
Tarona, who had half of her consciousness returned, froze for a moment, then slowly took back control of her body from the emptiness of the fusion of consciousness. She stood up on her knees, but before she could shake off the dust on the edge of her skirt, she heard her partner snort coldly.
The Great Witch's eyebrows twitched, and she suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, the next second, her partner used that mouth that simulated the perfect temperature of 37 degrees to utter extremely cold words without any repetition. Every sentence was so weird, yet very reasonable, which made her feel like she had something stuck in her throat, and she couldn't refute a single word.
She was not in the right in this matter, and what she did was indeed risky, but wasn't she a little anxious?
The synchronization rate has been steadily increasing, but the mission progress is as slow as a tortoise. There are clues here and there, and there are gains, but not much.
She was stuck in this position and felt very uncomfortable.
You know, she used to be able to resolve an anomaly in five or six days. Except for the time when she was looking for the mutant, she had never dragged it out as long as it is now.
Now that she finally has the opportunity to make great progress, how could she not seize it in time?
[But this is not a reason for you to scare my partner so much.] Theseus folded his hands to show his disapproval, [The summoned creature is not a vest card, it cannot protect you from the attack of the world consciousness.]
Tarona looked expressionless, thinking: This is the only reason I can use to convince you, no? Then I can only say Aba Aba.
Think about it, but you can’t say it.
Her partner was already very angry, and it was really disrespectful for her to continue talking nonsense to anger him.
You would only talk about her if you care about her.
Finally, Tarona swore to the heavens that such a dangerous thing would never happen again. If it happened again...
She gritted her teeth and swore a poisonous oath: "Let my little treasury be reduced to a level that won't be filled in a thousand years!"
As soon as he finished the oath, before he finished speaking, Tarona's face wrinkled.
Obviously, such a thing has not happened yet and will never happen in the future, but as soon as she thought about the content of this oath, she began to feel heartbroken.
Ah, what kind of suffering is that in the world!
This oath was indeed quite poisonous. Theseus nodded with satisfaction and put the matter behind him.
Rubbing her chest, Tarona urgently needed to divert her attention. She decided to go and see if the eldest daughter of the [Blood Nun] was asleep, and if not, what she was doing.
The eldest son of [Blood Nun] is looking at the flowers brought back by Zhui Ming.
This fingernail-sized flower has been wrapped in a handkerchief for a day. It should have wilted a little, but it is still blooming well and the fragrance it emits is still strong, but you need to get close to smell it.
Wuqing couldn't recognize what this flower was. At first glance it looked like a plum blossom, but upon closer inspection, it looked like a smaller version of a camellia, with petals stacked one on top of the other, but the stamens were slender and dense, with several curls on the top.
The chief constable looked left and right, thought over and over, but could not find an accurate answer based on his previous knowledge.
He put down the handkerchief holding the flower, shook his head, and said, "I don't know. I have never seen it before."
Zhui Ming sighed: "I haven't seen it either."
He intuitively felt that this flower was of great importance, but unfortunately, neither of them knew what kind of flower it was. Was such a clue going to be left in their hands?
After thinking about it, he sighed again: "It would be great if Miss Luo was here, we still have someone to ask, maybe Miss Luo recognizes him."
Unfortunately, Ms. Luo came and went without a trace, and even if they wanted to look for her, they didn't know where or how to look for her.
Speak of the devil, and he will appear——
"What do I know?"
Tarona came out of the ghost realm and heard Zhui Ming's sigh as soon as she stepped into the guest room, so she asked this question out of curiosity.
"Ms. Luo!"
Zhui Ming stood up and said, "What a timely rain! My senior brother and I are facing a difficult problem and would like to ask you for some advice."
As he spoke, he winked at Wuqing.
"Quick, Senior Brother, show the flowers to Lady Luo."
I am ruthless and helpless, but since Ms. Luo is here, I can't say anything about chasing her.
"Ms. Luo, this flower was taken by Zhui Ming from Ge Tong's study. Neither Zhui Ming nor I recognize it, so I wanted to ask if you know it."
As he said this, he was about to reach out for the handkerchief wrapped with flowers.
Before his hand even touched the handkerchief, the nun in black and white grabbed his wrist and said, "Don't touch it!"
This was the first time she spoke in such a cold voice in front of Wuqing.
Wuqing was slightly stunned, and his hand stopped subconsciously trying to break away. He looked at Zhui Ming who was also stunned, and asked: "What's wrong with this flower?"
Before Madam Luo came back, he and Zhui Ming had touched the flower through a handkerchief several times. Zhui Ming even kept the flower in his arms for a whole day. If it was touched, there would be some very bad consequences. Wouldn't Zhui Ming be the first to be affected?
But he is still safe and sound now.
He himself didn't feel anything was wrong.
The black-and-white nun's face was cold, as if a layer of frost was about to form. She held the young man's hand with one hand and pulled the wheelchair back with the other hand, until the distance between him and the flower was four or five steps away. Then she said in a cold voice:
“This is not a flower.”
Zhui Ming felt a chill in his heart, and he took a few steps back, with a hint of fear in his eyes: "If it's not a flower, then what is it?"
The nun in black and white did not answer immediately. She withdrew her hands, waved her hands to cast a barrier, and then drew the strange cross sword from the air. The charming and dangerous magical flames climbed up the blade.
Then, with a flash of cold light, the enchanted cross sword accurately penetrated the "flower" that continued to emit a strong fragrance. The magic flame followed closely on it and swallowed it into its "belly" in one gulp.
The next second, a shrill and miserable scream suddenly rang out!
Zhui Ming covered his ears with a painful expression, his face instantly turned red, and it felt like a hundred hands were messing around in his head. He groaned in pain and almost sat on the ground.
The nun in black and white covered Wuqing's ears with both hands. Seeing that he was about to fall, she shook her head gently. The long veil seemed to come alive, swaying over and wrapping around his waist, helping him to stand steadily.
The scream did not last long, only about four seconds, and then stopped abruptly as the magic flame expanded.
This sudden change made the originally relaxing atmosphere in the guest room become heavy. Zhui Ming took two breaths, thanked the black and white nun who took back her veil, and then said with some self-blame: "I shouldn't have brought such a thing back."
He still hadn't come to his senses. The situation now was different from before. In the past, the crimes were committed by humans, but now they were committed by demons. He shouldn't have brought such unclear things back, which put everyone in danger.
Wuqing pursed his lips and said nothing, but his eyes were a little gloomy, and it was obvious that he was thinking the same thing as Zhui Ming.
They should have been more careful.
Tarona said: "No, quite the opposite."
Zhui Ming and Wu Qing looked at her in surprise. What did she mean?
The witch smiled and said, "I want to thank you for helping me find the monster's lair."