This angel is actually a Qi Realm cultivator? Chen Jing was shocked.
It should be noted that even Lu Gang, the mastermind behind the scenes, was "merely" a Qi Realm cultivator, yet he was able to become the secret manager of Ash City!
The thought of retreating immediately arose in Chen Jing's mind.
Just then, the angel nailed to the stake suddenly contracted some of its thin tubes and inserted them into the maggot-covered carpet beneath its feet!
Swaying and staggering, two maggot-like figures holding bayoneted longswords-IV rifles stood up on either side of the door. They blocked the way out and headed for He Lili and Zhang Taoying in the back row!
Previously, in order to explore this place, Chen Jing and the others had entered the room and advanced a distance. In addition, in order to cast spells and shoot, He Lili and Zhang Taoying also stood at the front, away from the door.
The angel didn't attack Chen Jing and the others when they first entered; it seemed to be planning to wipe them all out. If Li Si and He Lili hadn't noticed something was wrong, the angel probably would have patiently waited for them to go a little further in.
Oh no...
Based on their previous encounters, Chen Jing judged that these maggot-like servants were roughly between ordinary people and those at the Body Realm level, but they were very resilient and, under the command of the angel, were extremely well-trained, making them difficult to defeat in the short term.
Moreover, the angel himself is still at the Qi Realm level, while the strongest person on Chen Jing's side is only Li Si, who is at the Dan Realm level.
"We cannot retreat or break through." Li Si's icy voice came from the very center of the battle: "Kill them."
"I've killed more than five people like it, all in a poor state of Qi cultivation!"
She didn't say much, as she was focused on dealing with the attacks from the white tubes and looking for an opportunity to cast a spell.
The three maggots that had been killed by Chen Jing and Li Ai suddenly stiffened and were about to stand up.
She plans to turn the maggots that Chen Jing and Li Ai killed into zombies!
The angel opened its mouth again, revealing its hideous face with its mouth sewn shut by white silk threads. This time, it actually made a sound, whether because it had broken free from Li Si's spell or because it had been pretending to be under the spell to show weakness to the enemy.
At the same time, a phantom picture book appeared before the angel nailed to the stake; it was a painting:
A grotesque monster with an ethereal, semi-transparent body, its details obscured, fell from above, its hands covering the mouth of an angel nailed to a stake.
The next moment, the corpse transformation of the three maggot-like figures stopped, and many thin white tubes pierced through the black mist and stabbed at Li Si. Li Si seemed to freeze, unable to move or act.
At this moment, the two maggot-like figures on the left side of the room were held back by the spirit honey badger summoned by Zhang Taoying, and there was no way to break free for the time being. Honey badgers are inherently very ferocious creatures, and the more injured they are, the more ferocious and violent they become. The spirit honey badger fully demonstrated this trait, and in a short period of time, it was able to fight two opponents at once and even gain the upper hand. Meanwhile, Li Aidan, who had completely dealt with the maggot-like figures that had been knocked to the ground, had already turned around, ignoring the wound on his shoulder, and was preparing to return to the battlefield.
Dao Nan's shield struck a maggot near Chen Jing, pushing it away. The two then exchanged weapons, giving Chen Jing a brief moment.
Chen Jing then dropped his pistol and took out the palm lightning talisman he had obtained when he joined the Black Hand gang.
Infused with spiritual power, Chen Jing threw the talisman stone, aiming it at the angel nailed to the wooden stake.
boom!
A small, electrified explosion shattered the thin white tube aimed at Li Si, buying him precious time to recover.
Chen Jing wasn't worried that the Palm Lightning would destroy the wooden stake. Obviously, if the Palm Lightning could destroy the wooden stake, then the angel would have been freed long ago, but it hadn't yet, which was enough to prove that the force that pinned it to the stake was extremely powerful.
Of course, although the power of the palm strike far exceeded that of a bullet, it still did not harm the angel at all. The air armor absorbed the impact and deflected the lightning, and the angel himself was completely unharmed.
Although the battle situation ahead has temporarily stabilized, He Lili and Zhang Taoying, who are being targeted by two maggot-like creatures, can only rely on themselves. Spells like summoning the spirit honey badger require a long casting time, which Zhang Taoying cannot use in a short time, so she cannot call for reinforcements immediately.
However, Zhang Taoying saw that He Lili, who had no melee weapons, bypassed her and stood in front of the two maggot-like figures.
“Run forward,” He Lili said.
The two maggots showed no mercy as they thrust their bayoneted rifles at He Lili.
But He Lili seemed to have rehearsed with them, dodging almost at the same time as they attacked, with elegance, precision, and perfect timing, as if this was not a battle, but a meticulously planned performance, and that the attackers were not enemies, but actors who had rehearsed and cooperated for a long time.
Zhang Taoying didn't hesitate and resolutely moved forward. The maggots in front of her were basically suppressed, and Chen Jing, Dao Nan, and others could also provide support and cover for her at close range.
She was halfway there when suddenly, two more unusually shriveled maggots crawled up from the maggot carpet. They didn't even have any weapons, yet they pounced on Zhang Taoying.
The angel saw that Zhang Taoying's ability to summon spirit beasts was extremely troublesome and had no intention of giving her any chance.
At the same time, Li Si finally broke free from the angel's eerie magic, took a few steps back, and while casting a spell to transform the maggot-like corpse that had already been killed into a zombie, he said, "It can mimic my magic!"
The strange spell that the angel had used earlier was actually the one that Li Si had used against it, and it had imitated it to fight back against Li Si!
Chen Jing was unsure which side to support. His lack of powerful offensive means was obvious. Although he could try to see through the air armor's weaknesses and injure or kill the angel by using the Assassin's Eye + Shadow Cloak + Noise Invisibility method, there was no doubt that there was a huge risk of being exposed, and that Li Si might realize that he was the assassin who had infiltrated the ship.
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