Chapter 139: Luo Sha, Kill Yourself (Combined)

City Square, on the high platform.

"Who, who shot the arrow!"

Ekusi, who had reacted, immediately flew into a rage.

Although he still had two protections on his body that could block unfair attacks and should have been able to stop the fatal arrow, this feeling of brushing shoulders with death was really uncomfortable.

Especially... he was always the one ambushing others, yet today he was actually ambushed by someone else first!

Everyone looked in the direction from which the arrow was shot, only to see a brown-haired boy standing on the back of the hand of the giant bronze statue of the Crimson Fire, holding a bow.

His expression was cold and stern, and although he had a boyish face, he already had an aura about him.

And the most eye-catching was undoubtedly his eagle-like eyes, which shone with a metallic cold light under the sun, giving people a very strong sense of penetration, and even causing a sense of shock as if being locked onto by a raptor when watched.

"Those eyes... could it be a Hunter?" Lafier's expression instantly became vigilant.

As everyone knows, Hunters are famous for their strong single-target combat power.

And judging from the impact of the arrow just shot, the other party very likely had already advanced to a Morning Star Rank Hunter Master.

Thinking of this, the golden-haired youth's heart sank, and the sense of security brought by Ekusi's advancement to New Moon instantly vanished.

Tap, tap, tap.

Berg put away his bow and arrow, moved a few times, and jumped from the back of the hand of the Crimson Fire statue to the high platform below with his bow on his back.

"Master, sorry I'm late."

The boy looked straight at the enemy, not daring to shift his gaze, but apologized to the young man he had sworn to protect behind him.

"Congratulations on your successful advancement, I am very glad to see you standing in front of me again." Xia Mingyu said with a smile, softly.

Berg, who was blocking in front of him, although not as tall as him, was already the most reliable person in his view.

At this moment, even though he was in a desperate situation where he could die at any time, when he saw his companion who had survived the death trial again, a joy that could not be described in words still rose in his heart.

Great, he was not alone...

"One Chamber of Commerce Lord, one magician, two warriors. Lady Luo Sha and I will assist you with magic; please trouble yourself to attack. The target is Ekusi." Xia Mingyu said quickly.

Every second, a soldier blocking the bewitched people might be exhausted; they must kill Ekusi as soon as possible to lift the control on the crowd.

"As you command, Master." Berg said calmly.

Brown magic surged from his body continuously. At the same time, a line of deep purple text also appeared above his head—Hunter Master.

"Cat Shadow." Berg pulled out the sword at his waist and whispered.

The next moment, he turned into a brown stream of light and rushed toward Ekusi with his sword at a terrifying speed that ordinary people could not match.

At the same time, the large group of white doves previously summoned by Xia Mingyu also flapped their wings and pounced toward Ekusi's group in a sky-covering manner.

"Stop them!" Ekusi said in a panic.

Lafier and Luo En, wrapped in blood-red magic, met the brown stream of light together.

It was just that the bald, burly man holding the heavy hammer had just started to move when he was specially cared for by the two Morning Star magicians, Xia Mingyu and Luo Sha. The flock of white doves and various magic tricks swept over, forcing him to dodge wretchedly, unable to fight the enemy.

Thus, the center of the fight was placed between Berg and Lafier.

Clang, clang, clang!

Accompanied by a series of rapid sword collision sounds like rain hitting banana leaves, one brown and one red stream of light collided rapidly on the high platform, and others could not see the specific battle at all.

"This guy's swordsmanship, so fierce!"

After barely blocking Berg's slash again, Lafier was secretly shocked.

The boy in front of him looked no more than eighteen, but his swordsmanship was as fierce as a tiger or wolf.

Every sword was accurately pointed at his heart, eyes, crotch, and other fragile places, and it was a fighting style of risking his life.

Even Lafier's exquisite swordsmanship, which he had cultivated for more than twenty years, was suppressed to death under the other party's swordsmanship, finding no opportunity to counterattack.

"This guy is much weaker than I imagined..." At the same time, Berg was also analyzing in his heart.

After advancing to Hunter Master, he gained a total of three abilities.

They were "Cat Shadow" which improved speed and agility, "Snake Thrust" which improved explosive power, and "Bear Skin" which improved defense.

The three abilities were both passive and resident, and could also consume magic to make the exerted effect stronger.

Facing Lafier, a Morning Star Rank warrior, he originally intended to cautiously activate the three abilities together, but when they really fought, he discovered that the blessing of the Cat Shadow ability alone allowed him to easily suppress the enemy.

Is this guy really Morning Star?

Or... am I too strong?

Or perhaps the ability of walking with the King is exerting its effect.

No matter what the reason, let's just chop off the enemy's head in one go to celebrate for the Master!

"Snake Thrust." Berg whispered.

The next moment, Lafier discovered in horror that the boy's swordsmanship, which was already as fast as wind and thunder, had actually accelerated again in an instant!

Clang, clang, clang!

Barely catching a few heavy slashes, and after his face grazed the other party's sharp blade several times, Lafier once had the illusion that his head had already been chopped off.

"No, if this continues, I will definitely die."

Realizing that he could not continue to entangle, Lafier immediately found an opportunity to break away from the battle.

Swish!

The sword edge swept across the golden-haired youth's chest like a silver lightning bolt; at that moment, the air seemed to be torn apart, and bright red blood stained the floor.

After paying the price of a long, hideous sword wound on his chest, Lafier finally clutched his bleeding chest and stumbled away from the sword fight with Berg.

On the other side.

"Boil, my blood!"

Facing the flock of white doves pouncing from the sky, the vampire girl only used her core magic to easily control them, and one white dove after another fell from the sky, landing on the floor and turning into a ball of white smoke and disappearing.

Although her magic was useless against enemies of the same rank, it was perfect as a group attack magic against lower-ranked enemies, which was also why Lord Saimen sent her.

"Ekusi, hurry up and use your ability to attack!"

Afterward, Latisi, who had been paying attention to the battle between the two, saw her brother injured and hurriedly shook Ekusi's shoulders and shouted.

The matter was urgent, and Ekusi didn't care about the other party's rude behavior, hurriedly taking out a Silver Coin from his merchandise inventory and activating the Currency Armament ability to throw it toward Berg.

And Berg, who had already used Eagle Eye to observe the other party's move, hurriedly set up a defensive posture suitable for dodging; after all, this was a blow of the New Moon Rank!

Even Xia Mingyu and Luo Sha, who were guarded by Transcendent Knights behind him, showed worried expressions.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, the silver coin turned into a spot of light in mid-air and disappeared, and then nothing happened.

After a moment of silence, both sides looked at each other, and for a time, they were a bit confused.

"Lord Ekusi, did your ability fail to activate?" Latisi asked, puzzled.

"No, I gained a one-thousandth power buff..." Ekusi's mouth twitched and said.

Giving a merchant this kind of buff, is it to let him go hand-to-hand? Such a small buff is completely insufficient!

Sigh, if I had known, I wouldn't have thrown it; that was a Silver Sol.

"Lord Ekusi, use a Gold Sol, don't be stingy with money at a time like this!"

Seeing Berg rushing over with his sword again, Latisi, who didn't want to die yet, urged hurriedly.

Ekusi took out a golden coin from the light ring beside him in pain and threw it toward Berg again.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, the Gold Sol turned into a spot of light in mid-air and disappeared, and then nothing happened.

"I gained a one-percent power buff."

Before Latisi could ask, Ekusi said it himself.

At this moment, on his gloomy face with a hooked nose, a look of hopelessness couldn't help but appear.

Everyone was silent.

This is simply too unlucky!

One Gold Sol equals forty Silver Sols, enough to pay the taxes for two villages in the Southern Region for a whole year. Under Ekusi's Currency Armament ability, it actually didn't cause any ripples like a pebble falling into a pond.

"Master, this guy seems to be an empty shell." Even Berg couldn't help but lament.

It was the first time he had seen such a weak New Moon Rank.

Before he finished speaking, Berg instinctively felt a sense of crisis rising from behind, and he immediately activated the "Bear Skin" ability with all his might and dodged to the side.

Swish!

The bloodstain left by Lafier's injury on the floor behind him suddenly turned into a thin blood blade and slashed toward Berg's neck.

Clang, clang, clang.

The moment the blood blade came into contact with the boy's neck, it actually made a friction sound like metal collision, and then turned into spots of light and disappeared.

Berg reached out and touched his neck; there was a faint blood mark on his palm, which was his own blood.

If he hadn't activated "Bear Skin" in time just now, he feared that half of his neck would be gone by now.

"I am Berg Chu, what is your name?"

Berg, who had almost died, looked at the golden-haired youth on the opposite side who was no longer clutching his bleeding chest and pretending to be wretched, but had a calm expression, and asked.

"Fila." Lafier said lightly.

"Very good, I will remember this name and chop off your head to offer to my Master." Berg's eyes suddenly became as cold as a blade.

He had almost killed him in front of the Master; although he was not afraid of dying in battle, if he really died like this, how sad would the lonely Master be!

To wash away this humiliation, he must personally slaughter this guy.

"The situation is not good..."

Looking at the brown-haired boy full of killing intent in front of him, Lafier secretly complained in his heart.

That blood blade just now was an ability he gained after being converted into a vampire, capable of turning his own blood into a sharp blood blade for attack.

But after the attack, the blood would disappear; for a vampire who lives on blood, it can be considered a move that hurts the enemy a thousand and damages oneself eight hundred.

Previously, he deliberately got injured to leave bloodstains, preparing to launch a blood blade to sneak attack this Hunter while Ekusi used the Currency Armament ability to attack.

God is above, heaven knows why Ekusi was so unlucky!

Twice he failed to trigger an attack, only getting some buffs that were almost useless for a merchant's battle. Was this guy cursed by God?

The muscles on Lafier's face couldn't help but twitch; he suddenly realized that the current battle situation was very bad.

Luo En, who had the strongest combat power, was beaten wretchedly by two Morning Star magicians and could only rely on regeneration to recover his injuries, but his magic wouldn't last long.

And he, who had already exposed his trump card, was completely not the opponent of the Hunter named Berg; the other party's strength was feared to be close to the peak of the Morning Star Rank.

The remaining Latisi could only be used to clear the field and could not deal with enemies of the same rank, and Ekusi, who was originally a god-sent soldier, currently seemed to be far from exerting the combat power of a normal New Moon Rank, and it was even difficult to be a Morning Star combat power!

"Perhaps, it's time to run." Lafier couldn't help but have thoughts of retreating in his heart; he retreated silently, preparing to take his sister and run away.

"Hahahaha!" Just at this time, Ekusi suddenly laughed loudly.

He thought of a brilliant idea.

Clatter, clatter.

Facing Berg rushing over with his sword, Ekusi suddenly threw out a handful of coins, both silver and gold; these coins turned into spots of light in mid-air and disappeared.

"One percent power buff."

"One-thousandth speed buff."

"One percent defense buff."

"Falling Rock Art."

After triggering a bunch of buffs with little effect, he finally summoned several hard earthy yellow rocks and smashed them toward Berg.

Boom, boom, boom!

The rocks fell on the high platform and made a huge impact sound; Berg, although nimbly avoiding the attack, was also delayed in his advance for a time.

"Lord of the Southern Region Luo Sha, Sage Xia Mingyu, let your attendant stop attacking, let's make a deal!" Taking this opportunity, Ekusi shouted at them.

"I won't make a deal with a dead person." Luo Sha said coldly. While answering, she did not forget to release magic to seize the time to finish off the bald, burly man with the Master.

The situation was excellent, so naturally, they had to finish the battle in one go.

"Who dies is not certain yet!" Ekusi said with a ferocious face.

"All people immersed in illusions, if you still want more brilliant illusions, use all your strength to beat the people around you!"

Deep green magic erupted from Ekusi, and his voice of bewitchment instantly spread throughout the entire square.

The next moment, the countless people in the square had dull eyes again, and then they swung their fists at the people around them without hesitation.

For a time, the square fell into a chaotic battle; the muffled sound of fists hitting people's cheekbones and the wailing of people falling to the ground were endless.

"Xia Mingyu, let your attendant retreat, otherwise I will bewitch them all to kill each other. As long as it takes a few seconds, everyone in the square will be completely dead; you know I have this ability." Ekusi roared.

"Your Highness, listen to what he has to say first." Looking at the miserable state of the crowd below, Luo Sha said with unbearable heart.

These were all her people!

"Berg, stop for now." Forced by necessity, Xia Mingyu could only open his mouth.

"Wait for the opportunity to use Death of All Things." He said secretly through the heart-to-heart ability.

Hearing the Master's order, the boy stopped his advance, but still stared at Ekusi firmly with eagle-like eyes; he silently took down the Wind Whisper Bow on his back and waited for the opportunity.

"Ekusi, let my people stop hurting each other first, then we can talk about the deal!" Luo Sha shouted sternly.

"I, Ekusi Kelai, swear to the great Creator that as long as the Lord of the Southern Region, Luo Sha Masha, is willing to kill herself, I will lift the bewitchment on everyone in Twilight City who has drunk the tea, and immediately leave the Southern Region, and will never come back!"

Ignoring Luo Sha's words, Ekusi swore to himself.

"Luo Sha, this is the deal I make with you. You should know that although we Kelai people do not respect gods, the Creator who created the world is our extremely pious belief, so we will never violate the oath sworn to the Creator."

"Now, your people are injured or even dying every moment. As the most benevolent and kind lord in all of Sosia, you should be willing to sacrifice your life, which doesn't have much time left anyway, for them, right?"

Ekusi's mouth curled slightly, and a cold smile flashed across his face.

This was the brilliant plan he had conceived: instead of hoping to use those bewitched people to cause destruction and slaughter in Twilight City, he would simply take this crowd of over one hundred thousand people as hostages and force Rosa to die!

As long as the Lord of the Southern Region, Luo Sha, dies, he can be considered to have completed the task left to him by Lord Saimen. Although he could not advance to Bishop by completely destroying Twilight City, he had already advanced to New Moon Rank; as long as he was alive, there would still be opportunities.

"Luo Sha Masha, hurry up and die; that husband of yours has long been waiting for you in the Underworld!"

Looking at the struggle on the old woman's weathered face opposite, Ekusi showed fierce light in his eyes.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 140 =====