Chapter 67

Boom!!!

In the intersection of a flash of lightning, Ji Jue pounced forward, and the female assassin controlling the illusion followed closely. Even if there was a distance of more than ten meters between them, the next moment when he landed on the ground, he would have been stabbed in the back by a dagger and died on the spot.

And just at this moment, what exploded suddenly was the grenade hanging from the woman's waist.

To be precise, it was two grenades, 300 grams of phlogiston explosive, and an electric net restraint launcher...

In that instant, the spinning illusion came to an abrupt end.

Replacing it was a terrifying flame light rising to the sky like a torch. Even without the chance to scream, under the terrifying impact of the flying shrapnel and phlogiston explosive, and the violent high temperature comparable to a furnace, she was instantly torn to pieces.

Only half a charred body flew out from the air wave, fell, and slammed next to the giant monster.

Whether it was the return of the light or something else, on that shattered, charred face, the carbonized lips opened and closed silently, as if praying for something.

"Little Su!!!"

The sudden change left the giant monster almost unable to react. Seeing the teammate who had been with him day and night instantly turn into a dying charred corpse, he couldn't help but scream.

He couldn't even care about continuing to attack An Ran.

He turned and pounced toward his dying teammate, the faint light of spiritual quality appearing in his hand, grabbing the time to rescue her.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

The moment before the last words were finished, an iron plate had already wedged into her skull from the left and pierced out from the right.

Vessel-Throwing Rite—Ear!

The moment he realized his teammate was dead, the giant monster let out a soul-shaking roar, his body expanded again, hissing, and layers of bone grew out from his face.

Bone branches like a giant deer unfolded, covered in blood patterns!

His whole body was shrouded in blood fire that looked like substance.

Vortex-line Matrix·【Wendigo】!

Regardless of the excessive conversion of blood and life, he forcibly raised his ability by one rank, transforming into a monster from myths and ghost stories.

Facing the iron plates whistling like meteors, he ran wildly!

At the same time, the sound Little An made was actually:

"Brother Ji Jue, dodge!"

Dodge what?

Where to dodge? How to dodge?

In an instant, all the questions that emerged in his mind were not answered, but Ji Jue's body, which was still crawling on the ground, had already shot out like electricity.

He could no longer care about the stinging and burning sensation in his limbs and back, or even the dizziness and urge to vomit.

The aftereffects of the explosion seemed to be ignored.

Ji Jue directly backhanded and slapped himself.

Bai Lu emblem.

Using both hands and feet, he pounced forward.

The next moment, the wall behind him shattered with a bang, as if hit head-on by an invisible hammer, and a red-hot bullet grazed Ji Jue's thigh, penetrated the wall on the other side of the hall, and disappeared.

There was a sniper!

Ji Jue was dripping with cold sweat.

Brother, you're cheating, right? Aim-bot plus wall-hack? Not even pretending?

The moment the bullet passed by, it was already captured by his ability, and all parameters emerged from his chest: 12.7mm caliber anti-material sniper rifle, Imperial goods, the machine is in good condition, well-maintained.

Straight-line distance of over eight hundred meters!

Boom!

Immediately following, the second shot flew toward Little An's head.

Under Ji Jue's command, Little Niu Ma had already started galloping, dragging the giant monster around like a kite, just like a non-stick pan, never going head-to-head with the opponent.

Otherwise, with the Wendigo's terrifying power, one punch might have turned Little Niu Ma into a cow-horse patty.

In the distance, the Aether Awakened was expressionless and pulled the trigger again.

Amidst the loud roar, the bullet flew out, and the dust rose and fell in terror.

Unexpectedly, he was still a step too slow!

In order to avoid triggering the killing intent perception and similar blessings in the Path of Bai Lu too early, he was the last to start preparing, and as a result, he watched his teammate die in the explosion.

In the reflection on the water basin, the battle scene in the ruins emerged, a wandering aiming box had already locked onto Ji Jue again, and he pulled the trigger!

Another loud noise.

This time, Ji Jue was almost hit and had half his body blown off.

Run, kid, run all you want, there's only a dead end!

The sniper sneered, pulled the bolt, and ejected the hot shell, but when he aimed again, he saw Ji Jue standing in place.

Half-kneeling on the ground, holding something up toward him from afar...

It was actually a rifle?!

But the style and model made the sniper unable to help but freeze in place: the Federation's Thunder-type lever-action rifle, total length 1134mm,. 40 caliber, effective shooting distance 800 meters...

In the history of firearms in the present world, this gun was said to have glorious achievements, having created countless deaths and results, making enemies at that time shiver.

The only problem was...

This was an old piece of junk from one hundred and twenty years ago!

It had long been phased out!

Heaven knows which antique shop that kid on the other side found this thing in. The sniper almost laughed out loud; no, he had already laughed out loud.

His smile was ferocious.

Not caring at all about the opponent's sniper aiming action, he also aimed at Ji Jue.

Come on, kid, I'll send you on your way!

Bang!

In an instant, two loud noises erupted from both places without distinction, and gun flames and gunpowder smoke rose.

But in that instant that was hard for the naked eye to distinguish, what sprayed out from Ji Jue's barrel was a wisp of silver light that stung everyone's eyes... that was the bullet just thrown over from Little An's hand.

He didn't inherit the An family's matrix; Little An's matrix was found by himself on the Wild Market later, called 【Sword Song】.

Its assembly effect is very simple: it is to attach one's own spiritual quality to matter after qualitative change, forming an effect like sword energy in a short time.

At this moment, what sprayed out from the chamber was sword energy stream light!

Whistling and galloping, in an instant, it crossed the long distance, and the moment it collided head-on with the armor-piercing sniper bullet, it sparked dazzling cold light.

From the center, it slashed and split!

And then, the silver light hit his face, crossed eight hundred meters, penetrated the sniper rifle's scope, and finally, burst out from the back of the sniper's head.

Crimson and pale intertwined, spraying and flowing out.

The sniper, no sound.

In the final moment, he only had time to whisper: "So fast."

【Report, Commander, target eliminated】

As early as the moment the bullet left the chamber, the Thunder in Ji Jue's hand transmitted a hallucination-like sound, like a veteran of many years, silent and sparing with words.

In the bloody battle in the Central Plains, it experienced the inheritance of four successive users and long-term spiritual quality infiltration, and finally returned to the Federation with the user, and has been unknown ever since.

That was a relic of the previous generation that Sister Laila found at the home of a veteran from the Retired Soldiers Mutual Aid Association after hearing Ji Jue's request.

After Ji Jue's dismantling, processing, and maintenance, this old antique that had been gathering dust on a display shelf for over twenty years finally radiated the sharp spirit unique to weapons again!

Next, there was only one left.

Ji Jue turned back and looked at the frenzied giant monster.

After losing the response of his teammates in the communication channel, the leading Wendigo finally realized something was wrong. Amidst the roar, he no longer cared, and pounced toward Little An in anger. But in mid-air, a pair of huge wings suddenly grew from his back, the wind whistled, and he rose from the ground, ascending to the sky.

Fleeing far away!

Unfortunately, it was already too late.

After the rain of the Vessel-Throwing technique and buckshot whistled past, the giant monster fell in a sorry state again, completely surrounded by Little An and Ji Jue, one in front and one behind.

There was no way to escape.

"Wait a minute, I—"

The Wendigo raised his hand, opened his mouth to speak, and just like that, left half of his final words.

A wisp of dark light flew out from Little An's sleeve, pierced through the eye socket, and after drilling in like a flying bird, it drilled out from the back of the skull, leaving a penetrating hole.

Finally, it returned to Little An's five fingers and disappeared.

From beginning to end, Ji Jue didn't see clearly what it was.

"Aren't you going to leave a living mouth to ask questions?" Ji Jue stepped forward with his gun held vigilantly, confirming the life and death of the Wendigo, only to find that the Wendigo was already silent, killed with one blow!

"Oh, right."

Little An seemed to react, realizing it late, but soon waved his hand indifferently: "Anyway, it's either for revenge or for the bounty. Every time I ask, there's no new idea. I'm used to it."

"... Can you actually get used to this kind of ghostly thing?" Ji Jue's eye twitched.

"Well, after a long time and many times, I got used to it. Brother Ji Jue, you might be soon too."

Little An said bluntly: "Among the few people just now, more than half of the hostility was aimed at you. It seems your bounty is not low either."

"..."

Ji Jue felt his expression couldn't hold up.

"Rest assured, rest assured, these guys can probably only make trouble in the Rift Realm. After all, outside, who would dare to touch you? Sister Wen wouldn't let them off.

If the person who came could even beat Sister Wen, they probably wouldn't be aiming at you."

"..."

Ji Jue's expression couldn't hold up even more.

Damn, so my price is considered chicken ribs, right? Those who can beat me don't dare to fight, and those who dare to fight have no interest in fighting, highlighting a "tasteless to eat."

No, I'm at least a newly hired apprentice at the Tide Sound Workshop.

. ￠o

There's a big thigh behind me!

Although Professor Ye probably wouldn't bother to care about this kind of trouble even if she knew, it doesn't stop me from using her power to bully others!

With two such thick thighs behind me, what am I afraid of!

In the brief interval, the two rested for a while. At this moment, the closer they got to the bell tower, the clearer the loud noises in the distance became, sometimes present, sometimes absent, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right.

It seems that the wretches fighting to the death in the ruins are not just these few who delivered themselves to the door.

One 【Vortex】, one 【Mirror】, and one 【Aether】.

"This wave is a real harvest."

Ji Jue took out the Ghostly Work Sphere and rubbed his hands as he walked toward the corpses. Taking advantage of the fact that the Awakened had just breathed their last and their souls had not yet completely dissipated, some of the blessings bound by the matrix could still be extracted with tools.

The blessings extracted from the souls of the Awakened in this way, although somewhat lost and incomplete, and unable to be used by others once they have merged with the soul, do not hinder their value as materials.

The Ghostly Work Sphere integrates the function of a "Blessing Cage," capable of temporarily accommodating blessings bestowed by the Supreme Virtues, in preparation for Ji Jue's future alchemy needs.

Although the Ember lineage cannot fight, when it comes to being wicked, it is truly in the top two among the twelve Supreme Virtues. Even that group of Heart Hubs who are used to hypnosis and brainwashing sometimes feel inferior.

After everyone has been rolling in the quality-world chicken-eating competition for so many years, they have already had a complete set of methods and processes for destroying corpses and utilizing waste. The reproducibility is extremely strong, and even the theories and schools born on this basis are countless.

There are even those who span the Ember and Vortex paths and directly refine the corpses of the Awakened into puppets and tools. By comparison, Ji Jue's level can only be considered "burying in the earth for peace" and "benevolent."

He didn't even directly extract the opponent's soul and throw it into the furnace to cultivate fire-kind qualitative change. He really is, I'm crying to death.

【Wait a minute, something's wrong.】

The Ghostly Work Sphere suddenly transmitted a sound: 【There's a problem, don't move!】

Ji Jue's movements stiffened in place.

He retreated a step cautiously, then another.

Then he saw that cracks suddenly appeared on the two corpses before him, and then a second, a third, a fourth... torn to pieces, rapidly dehydrated, and turned into ashes.

And the viscous blood and spiritual quality turned into wisps of streams.

Under the invisible gravity, they slowly moved forward.

Pouring straight toward...

The direction of the bell tower!

Dong!!!!

In that instant, the soul-shaking bell rang from afar!