"What?!"
The negative abilities seemed to have no effect on Lu Ning, which was completely unexpected by the masked man.
The intense power of the Soul-Shaking Fist emanating from the Serpent Staff made the masked man's eyes widen and his breath catch in his throat.
Caught off guard, he hurriedly dodged.
However, Lin Xiao's previous attack had severely injured the masked man, and the backlash from using the corrupted ability made him far less agile than before.
He only had time to dodge the head before his left shoulder was struck by the snake-shaped staff.
The Soul-Shaking Fist, imbued with high resonance, possessed immense power, and Lu Ning's own strength was further amplified by the Serpent Staff.
This single strike, a mere touch, shattered the masked man's left shoulder bone, leaving him a bloody mess.
He let out a scream, his eyes widening in disbelief beneath the mask.
The masked man seemed completely unprepared for the fact that a mere second-tier awakened being could inflict such severe injuries on him.
With a single blow, Lu Ning gave the masked man no chance to catch his breath.
He twisted his waist and swung his arm, the coiled snake staff sweeping out horizontally with a whistling sound, striking the masked man's waist once again.
The masked man gritted his teeth, swallowed the blood in his mouth, and roared at Lu Ning: "Negative!"
This time, the white light on Lu Ning's Coiled Serpent Staff dimmed slightly, and the staff's power and speed also weakened.
However, the masked man found it even more unbelievable that his negative ability, which he used with all his might against Lu Ning alone, could only be weakened by such a small amount.
Fortunately, the masked man was prepared this time, and while using his ability, he quickly retreated, narrowly dodging the weakened attack of the Serpent Staff.
Before the masked man could even catch his breath, huge rocks came crashing down on him from behind.
He tried to dodge, but was still hit in the back by a boulder, and coughed up blood.
The masked man let out an angry scream, roaring at Lu Ning who was swinging his snake-like staff again: "Degenerate!"
However, Lu Ning did not stop at all. Under the incredulous gaze of the masked man, the coiled snake staff fell heavily on the masked man's head.
boom!!
The masked man's head was knocked to the side, the mask shattered, revealing a handsome face.
There was a hideous wound on the forehead of his handsome face, and blood kept flowing down.
The masked man staggered, opened his mouth, and was about to speak again when the snake-shaped staff struck his head once more.
This blow knocked the masked man to the ground. He coughed up blood, and before he could react, the snake-shaped staff struck again.
Boom boom boom!
Lu Ning raised his stick and brought it down, then raised it again and brought it down, striking the masked man's head repeatedly until it was embedded in the stone slab, leaving only his limbs and torso twitching outside.
As the snake-shaped staff fell again and again, the twitching limbs gradually stopped moving.
Even though the masked man's limbs were completely limp, Lu Ning still expressionlessly struck his head with the Coiled Serpent Staff.
This sent chills down the spines of Colin and his two companions who were standing not far away.
Wang Qiwen looked at Lu Ning with a horrified expression: "Captain... Captain... Lu Ning hasn't gone mad, has he?! He seems to have gone crazy."
Colin looked at Lu Ning with some suspicion and uncertainty, his expression wary.
Lin Xiao's lips twitched slightly, and he tentatively called out, "Lu Ning? Lu Ning? Are you alright?"
Lu Ning stopped hitting the stick, glanced at Lin Xiao, and looked puzzled: "What's wrong, Captain?"
Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, then coughed and said, "...Lu Ning, although I know you don't like cultists either, desecrating corpses is wrong. It doesn't conform to the values of our Mist Bureau, understand?"
Lu Ning explained, "I just didn't know if he was dead or not, so I hit him a few more times just in case."
Lin Xiao and the other two: "???"
They stared at the red and white substance splattering from the edge of the hole embedded in the head, lost in thought.
Colin adjusted his glasses, his lips twitching slightly: "...Lu Ning, why don't you check if his head is even formed yet?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ning glanced at the pit and then noticed that the masked man's once handsome head seemed to have become completely blurred.
Lu Ning looked inside his body but didn't see anything like white mist.
Then he looked at Colin and gave him a bright smile: "He's probably dead."
Even Colin, usually so calm, wore an awkward yet polite smile: "...He's dead, that's good, that's good."
—At least I won't have to suffer Lu Ning's torment anymore.
Lin Xiao and the other two exchanged glances, simultaneously seeing the same thought in each other's eyes.
Lin Xiao, pale-faced, supported Colin's shoulder and said, "Let's go, let's go take a look!"
Colin nodded, and the three of them walked towards the masked man of death.
Colin said to Wang Qiwen, "You help the captain."
"Oh, okay!" Wang Qiwen quickly stepped forward to help Lin Xiao.
Colin crouched down and fumbled for the masked man's black robe.
Soon, he groped out several sticks of decadent incense from inside his black robe.
The incense must have been affected by the battle's shockwaves; it's now broken into several pieces.
Besides the incense, there was also a ring engraved with an angel, and several soul crystals.
Colin examined the angel carving on the ring. The angel had outstretched wings and arms, as if to embrace the believer. She wore a white but revealing long dress, looking both holy and seductive.
However, the face of the fallen angel was blurred, and its features were not discernible.
“This is the mark of a fallen angel; this guy is indeed a member of the Kingdom of Joy. However, apart from the incense, there are no other useful clues on him,” Colin said with some regret.
Lin Xiao thought for a moment and said, "This cultist mentioned experiments earlier, so this gathering might be an experimental site. We just don't know if it was his personal action or if there were members of the Happy Heaven group at the gathering. We can investigate this."
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