Chapter 239
The fate compasses of so many nightmare beasts present were very consistent, and without exception, they were all destined to die. Even if Su Bei did not take action, Jiang Tianming and his men could still kill them.
What Su Bei had to do was to connect their fates, and then use the instant skill to adjust the pointer of a nightmare beast, and all nightmare beasts would die at the same time. This was the power of fate.
Hearing his words, Jiang Tianming and Ling You, who were already somewhat exhausted, did not want to fight any more and immediately got into the car through the two side windows. Li Shuyi spread his hands and said to Su Bei with great interest: "It depends on your performance."
After adjusting everything, Su Bei's face turned pale. Although his operation had reduced his mental power consumption to the greatest extent, connecting so many nightmare beasts still consumed two-thirds of his mental power, but the cost-effectiveness was very high.
"The next thing is - witness the moment of miracle." Su Bei snapped his fingers, and the next second, an energy wave came from afar. All the nightmare beasts within a few kilometers were reduced to ashes the moment they came into contact with the energy wave.
The densely packed nightmare beasts outside the car window all turned into black smoke and quickly dissipated within a few breaths, and the light finally shone in again.
In almost just a moment, Su Bei completed the strangulation of these nightmare beasts.
"This is too powerful..." Driver Wang's exclamation expressed the thoughts of everyone present. Su Bei's strength was indeed beyond their imagination.
Although they had long guessed that Su Bei might not have too much trouble dealing with these nightmare beasts, otherwise he would not have asked for help. But the power of destroying all the nightmare beasts with a flick of his finger without even moving his hands was still beyond their cognition.
It even looked like he consumed less energy than them. Jiang Tianming and the others looked even paler than Su Bei. But the number of nightmare beasts destroyed by the three of them combined was about the same as Su Bei's.
Compared with their operation just now, Su Bei's performance at this time really had a bit of a dimensionality reduction attack meaning.
"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile, I just..." Before he could finish his words, Su Bei's expression suddenly became strange.
Jiang Tianming was quick to notice his aphasia and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Su Bei pulled the corner of his mouth, revealing a rare guilty expression: "I seem to have forgotten something."
Just now, he only focused on destroying the nightmare beast and forgot to adjust everyone's luck first. As a result, he destroyed the first wave of danger when the protagonists' luck was very bad.
And given the protagonists' characteristic of facing one crisis after another, after the first wave of crisis is over, the second wave of crisis will inevitably come.
The reason why Su Bei suddenly realized this was because his mental power had sensed that something was approaching quickly. And if he was not mistaken, the powerful aura should come from a high-level nightmare beast.
"What's the matter?" Looking at his expression, the three of them suddenly had a bad premonition in their hearts.
And Su Bei did not disappoint them. As expected, he did not say good things: "A new danger is coming."
As he finished speaking, a nightmare beast with a body as black as ink, as if made of ink, walked out of the forest. It had a slender figure and long ponytails, and from a distance it looked like the silhouette of a beautiful girl.
However, the three of them would not be confused by this, as Nightmare Beasts themselves had no gender distinction, and high-level Nightmare Beasts had all kinds of strange forms. It was just that this one had the appearance of a girl.
As soon as the nightmare girl spoke, her voice was as sweet as a silver bell: "The Life Stone is in your hands, right? Those low-level minions are too troublesome, so I just killed them. Now hand over the Life Stone to me, and I can let you die more easily."
"Didn't you kill those nightmare beasts?" Driver Wang, who didn't know about Su Bei's superpowers, asked in a low voice.
After hearing his question, Su Bei also answered quietly: "It is fate that determines their death. I just decide fate."
As the saying goes, my vassal's vassal is not my vassal. He can achieve the effect of instantly killing a group of nightmare beasts through fate, but it is far from easy for him to do it himself.
Not only Driver Wang, but everyone else was also confused. But they still roughly understood that this matter was not as simple as they seemed. Lan Subing asked in a low voice: "Can you now decide the death fate of this high-level nightmare beast?"
"I'm afraid not." Su Bei answered. He was being honest at this moment. He couldn't help being dishonest because his mental strength was not strong enough. "If I take action again, there will be new crises."
In theory, even if he only had four-fifths of his mental power left, he could still use [Gear of Destiny] to kill the opponent. For Su Bei now, even a high-level nightmare beast is no more than that.
This is the power of destiny. The strength of a conceptual ability like this almost entirely depends on the user himself, and has nothing to do with the strength of the person being used.
But the problem is that Jiang Tianming and his team's luck is still at the bottom. That is to say, even if he solves the new crisis, there will be a newer and more dangerous crisis like the one just now.
This is normal, after all, the last chapter of the comic has just been published. In order to make up for the content of the next chapter, the author cannot let them return to the academy easily. This battle is almost inevitable, unless Su Bei insists on destroying the author's plot.
But he had no such plan, so there was naturally no need to waste his energy. He could save some mental strength to protect himself later.
This answer immediately made the four of them give up the idea of asking him to continue. The first time he solved the crisis, he attracted a high-level nightmare beast. The second time, who knows what more dangerous it would attract. They should just honestly find a way to eliminate this high-level nightmare beast.
"What are you talking about over there? You don't take me seriously." The girl nightmare beast said only two words, but she became impatient. She thought that her arrival would make these humans tremble and cry for mercy. But she didn't expect that they not only didn't show fear, but even ignored it.
At this time, they could only delay the time and support the teachers until they arrived. Although the government only said to report it at that time and did not give them a location, and Meng Huai's phone was not connected immediately. But they had already reported the matter of the Life Stone, and it must have attracted enough attention.
However, if Su Bei said that the support would definitely come late, the earliest they would come would be after they destroyed the nightmare girl. Otherwise, how could the protagonists have room to perform?
Just now, because Su Bei wiped out all the nightmare beasts around him in one breath, driver Wang was shocked and stopped the car. Now there were high-level nightmare beasts outside the car, staring at him, so he didn't dare to continue driving.
"Keep driving." Jiang Tianming ordered decisively. Driving now was not to shake off the enemy, but to force out the enemy's capabilities.
I'll die whether I stay or not, so I might as well escape. Driver Wang stepped on the accelerator and the car sped away like an arrow.
Seeing this, the nightmare girl was not in a hurry. She leaped forward nimbly, and the whole nightmare beast turned into a phantom. The next second, it appeared next to driver Wang, and then sat leisurely in the co-pilot seat.
This shocked everyone. Who would have thought that the Nightmare Beast, which they had left far behind, could actually teleport directly into the car?
The ability to appear and disappear without a trace is really frightening and makes people feel helpless. Jiang Tianming did find out the opponent's ability, but only a part of it. There are many ways to complete the skill of teleportation, such as space shuttle, time suspension, supersonic speed, etc.
Different abilities correspond to different solutions. Without understanding the opponent's abilities, confronting a high-level Nightmare Beast head-on is undoubtedly a suicidal act.
"Why are you running? I almost can't catch up with you." The nightmare girl pretended to complain, "You guys don't welcome me, do you?"
If ordinary people heard it say this, they might really choose to flatter it out of fear, hoping that it would let them go. But Jiang Tianming and others obviously would not do so. Su Bei was the first to start mocking: "You are not welcome, can you get out?"
So tough... Driver Wang was stunned. He never thought in his life that he could be so tough against a high-level nightmare beast.
Jiang Tianming and Li Shu were much more polite than him: "Su Bei is right."
Girl Nightmare: “…”
No longer wanting to humiliate itself, it sneered: "It seems that you are planning to refuse my toast and drink the wine of punishment. Hey, did I use this idiom correctly?"
This time it was the others' turn to be speechless. Jiang Tianming twitched his lips and said, "Yes."
The Nightmare Girl said smugly, "I told you I'm a good student. Well, since I'm in a good mood, I'll allow you to choose a way to die."
There are actually many ways to solve this problem. For example, dying of old age or dying of happiness are both good choices. But in reality, no one dares to answer rashly. What if the ability of this nightmare beast is to fulfill other people's wishes immediately?
But driver Wang came up with a good idea. He stopped the car and said, "I hope to die together with you."
Of course, giving this answer does not mean that Driver Wang really has the courage to die for a just cause. He just believes that the other party will not be satisfied with this answer. If the other party really satisfies his way of dying, then Driver Wang can only win the first-class merit with tears in his eyes.
As he expected, the nightmare girl never expected him to give such an answer. She gnashed her teeth in anger and said, "Humans are really cunning! You are so annoying! I regret it now. You should just go to hell."
It talks about human cunning but never mentions its own inconsistency. This is the height of hypocrisy.
However, the Nightmare Beast really has no such thing as morals, so everyone is not surprised by its behavior. They just wait vigilantly for the Nightmare Girl to make a move.
Still using the teleportation skill, the nightmare girl quickly flashed in front of Su Bei, who was the first to speak rudely, ready to let him see how powerful she was.
But Su Bei was well prepared. Since he dared to say such words to a high-level nightmare beast, he naturally had his own trump card.
The moment the enemy came in front of him, Su Bei reacted extremely quickly and dodged, and at the same time a silver gear shot out from his hand.
This is the skill "Hit Gear" that Su Bei had obtained before, which can hit the enemy 100%. If the nightmare girl can be hit directly, then the three of them can join forces to attack. If not, "Hit Gear" can also help find the opponent's weakness.
To everyone's surprise, the gear did not attack the nightmare girl, but the rearview mirror in front of the driver's seat!
"Bang!"
The mirror shattered.
Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, the body of the nightmare girl also shattered into pieces like the broken mirror.
Combined with the characteristics of "Fate Gear", Su Bei suddenly realized that the ability of this girl nightmare beast should be related to the mirror. It entered the car all of a sudden through the image in the rearview mirror.
This also explains why when the other party came into the car, it appeared next to the driver Wang instead of directly appearing in the passenger seat. Because the mirror was there, it could only be projected there at the first time.
Not only him, Jiang Tianming also understood the secret of the girl's nightmare beast. He immediately said: "Quickly break all the mirrors and glass nearby!"
Before he could finish, Su Bei quickly shot out several gears, which headed straight for the windows and the rearview mirrors on both sides of the car, and even knocked away the metal thermos cup that Driver Wang had placed in front of him.
Li Shu and Ling You also reacted quickly. They took out scarves, handkerchiefs and other items from the storage space and covered the smooth surface of the car.
The carriage fell into a deathly silence. After a moment, the driver Wang showed a happy expression and asked cautiously in a low voice: "Is it solved?"
"Of course not!" The sweet voice of a young girl echoed in everyone's ears, followed by a burst of cheerful laughter, obviously very proud.
Although everyone themselves did not think it could be solved so easily, the mirror-like items in the car were clearly cleaned up, so why was the girl nightmare still in the car? Did they misunderstand it from the beginning, or did they overlook something?
Their expressions greatly pleased the nightmare girl, and it laughed again: "I'll give you one more chance. If you can find out why I'm still in the car within five minutes, I'll let one of you go."
This sentence undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to everyone. Obviously, in the eyes of the nightmare girl, even if they found out why the other party was still in the car, it was confident that it could kill them.
Fortunately, the nightmare girl also admitted that what they did just now was correct. It really relied on the image in the mirror to teleport. So there must be some "mirror" in the car that they didn't notice.
But what is it?
Su Bei and Jiang Tianming, who were puzzled, looked at each other subconsciously, and suddenly they understood what they had overlooked.
The two said in unison: "Close your eyes!"
The people in the car trusted them both very much. Even though there were high-level nightmare beasts watching them covetously, when they opened their mouths, everyone closed their eyes at the same time.
It is worth mentioning that the driver Wang also closed his eyes. The [Smooth Driving] ability allowed him to drive smoothly even with his eyes closed. In addition, there were no other vehicles on this road, so there was no need to worry about traffic accidents.
The car fell silent again. After a while, the driver asked again: "Is it solved?"
"No." The ghostly girl's voice rang out again in everyone's mind.
However, after hearing its answer, Su Bei smiled and said, "Don't be so stubborn."
If they had not succeeded, how come the guy's voice came from outside the car instead of inside? Obviously, there was no medium inside the car that could allow the nightmare girl to enter directly.
As for the outside of the car, the smooth body itself is the best medium, which is unavoidable unless they abandon the car and run away.
But abandoning the car is definitely not an advisable option. First, this is a car provided by the government, and they can locate it through the vehicle. If you leave the car, you may not be rescued in time.
Secondly, a high-level nightmare beast has already seen them. The vision of high-level nightmare beasts is interconnected. The appearance of a high-level nightmare beast means that other nightmare beasts are also rushing here quickly. They now have to race against time and try to get to a safe place as soon as possible. Giving up the high-speed car and choosing to walk is undoubtedly a suicidal approach.
"I'm a man of my word. You two can discuss who will live. If you don't, I'll kill everyone and whoever is left alive will live." The nightmare girl said happily, "Hurry up, I'm going to take action."
It also knew that the support from Su Bei and others would arrive soon, but due to its absolute confidence in its own strength, it didn't mind spending a little more time. As for the nightmare beasts urging it to act quickly, the young nightmare beast chose to ignore them. It was not a piece of trash that would be defeated by a few humans.
"Let the driver live." Jiang Tianming said without hesitation. As a pure driver, Driver Wang has no ability to protect himself. If the nightmare girl attacks, he will be the first to die, so he must be protected. And restricting the enemy from attacking Driver Wang has another advantage, which is that he can drive with peace of mind.
After saying that, he jumped out of the car window with his eyes closed, threw himself onto the roof of the car, and started fighting with the enemy. Although closing their eyes seemed unnecessary and would greatly limit their performance, they had to close their eyes out of caution at this time.
It was fine if the nightmare girl appeared through the car body, but if it appeared through their eyes, it was a problem. Especially when they didn't close their eyes just now, the other party's voice seemed to come from their brains, which was very weird.
"Oh, you're quite smart." The Nightmare Girl was a little surprised, "But if you close your eyes, won't I be able to control you?"
It underestimated Su Bei and Jiang Tianming. They had just spent several days in the underground world. Although they had the glasses given by Cai Ge to see in the dark, they did not wear them all the time. With intentional or unintentional training, their perception ability in the dark was much stronger than that of ordinary people.
However, Su Bei had no intention of going out to fight. He just used the gears to rub the body of the car violently, trying to make the surface of the car without any smooth spots as soon as possible, so that the shape of the nightmare beast could no longer be seen in the photo.
Jiang Tianming relied on several superpowers to fight against five enemies who created four identical copies of himself in one breath. He had a big move, the rarely used laser power [Death Ray].
But this ability can only be used once, so he must hit the nightmare beast's body. Once it hits other places, this ability will be useless.
Although the five nightmare beasts looked exactly the same, as the protagonist of "Superpower King", Jiang Tianming always had a way. He used the [Frost Mage] to conjure a huge translucent ice block, and aimed the ice block at the five enemies on the opposite side. However, the smooth ice surface only reflected the figure of one nightmare beast.
Without a doubt, the one in the middle is the true form of the nightmare girl.
Jiang Tianming immediately fired a [Death Ray], but his current strength was not enough to kill the high-level nightmare beast instantly. Fortunately, Li Shu, who had cooperated with him before, quickly took advantage of his weakness and gave it a [Illusion] when the young nightmare beast was weak.
[Illusion] replicated the scene just now, making the nightmare girl mistakenly think that Jiang Tianming fired two consecutive ray. Li Shu's [Illusion] has an ability called "Believe it is true", which means that once the enemy falls into the illusion and believes that what happens in the illusion is real, then the enemy will actually suffer the damage in the illusion.
This is the situation that the nightmare girl is facing now. It thought that Li Shu's illusion was real, so it actually suffered two hits of the [Death Ray].
One attack was not enough to cause any harm to it, but two attacks were enough to cause serious damage to the nightmare girl.
The air around them suddenly became quiet. Su Bei, who was using his spiritual power, immediately reminded them, "It's gone."
You have to know that they didn't destroy the opponent just now. The so-called disappearance can only be that the girl nightmare beast found a place to hide, just like it disappeared before. But they can't give the enemy a chance to breathe, otherwise they won't be able to drive properly next time. What's the difference between having such a high-level nightmare beast following the car and exposing the real-time location to all nightmare beasts through surveillance?
But where on earth was the nightmare girl hiding? Everyone closed their eyes. There were no mirrors in the car, and the body of the car had been slashed clean by Su Bei, leaving no place for the other party to hide.
If Su Bei could open his eyes, he could directly determine the opponent's position through the gears of fate. But he didn't want to risk his eyes, so he could only rely on his brain to find it.
In the end, Ling You guessed the truth. She suspiciously touched her lips with the mirror lip gloss. The next second, the girl's nightmare beast fell out of the mirror that disappeared at the point of her lips.
Ling You: “…”
Hearing the noise, Su Bei in the car quickly made a precise finishing blow. Facing a high-level nightmare beast that was so badly injured that it had no ability to resist and had no hiding place, he thought it was easy to deal with it.
After using a few gears to completely destroy the girl's nightmare beast, Su Bei opened his eyes and asked curiously: "Who found it and where is it hiding?"
Hearing this, Ling You felt a little guilty. She lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, and decisively chose to keep silent. Anyway, everyone had closed their eyes just now, and as long as she didn't say it, no one would know this ridiculous truth.
Seeing no one answer, Su Bei raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that the place where it is hidden is very interesting."
Knowing that Su Bei was thick-skinned, there was nothing worth keeping secret. Li Shu looked directly at Ling You, the only possible person, and said with interest, "Are you really not going to tell us? We will definitely not tell anyone."
Ling Juemo turned his head towards the window, determined not to say anything.
"It's okay. If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. We respect your wishes." Su Bei said sensibly.
Li Shu turned around and looked at him strangely. Jiang Tianming, who had just returned to the car through the window, also had a strange look on his face: "Is this something you can say?"
Su Bei said confidently: "I am such a considerate person."
Anyway, he could see the answer to this question through comics later, so he certainly didn't mind being a considerate and good classmate.