Chapter 480

Bang!

The crimson fireball that flew from the tips of Lu Mi's index and middle fingers accurately struck the back of General Philippe's head, exploding like a cannonball.

Starting from his head, Philippe's body suddenly fell apart, as if a mirror reflecting his image had suffered a heavy blow from a hammer.

Amidst the other sounds masked by the explosion, a large amount of glass shards were scattered, falling onto the wilderness and reflecting the light of those that already existed.

Seeing this scene, Lu Mi's pupils suddenly dilated.

Does the "Sleeper" pathway also have "Mirror Substitute"?

Or does General Philippe have a magical artifact from the "Witch" pathway?

As the thought turned, Lu Mi saw Philippe's figure, clad in a black cloak, quickly take shape more than ten meters away. His eyes had regained clarity, no longer frantic, and no longer lacking focus.

But at the same time, behind General Philippe, Jianna, dressed as a female mercenary, also emerged from her invisible state, aiming the revolver in her right hand at this "Sleeper" who had just escaped a fatal attack and negative status!

To be honest, Jianna herself was a bit dazed and shocked by the current situation.

She was not surprised that General Philippe had "Mirror Substitute"—she had just received this detail and hadn't had time to think about what it meant. What she found incredible was that the location Philippe "chose" to appear in was right in front of her, as if he had posed and was waiting for her to backstab him.

She had just been thinking about taking advantage of Lu Mi dealing with General Philippe to leave her hiding spot in an "invisible" state and sneak to the edge of the wilderness to see if she should meet up with Forsyth or, in the event that Lu Mi failed to take down the "Sleeper" in one blow, cooperate by casting some curses or creating a large area of frost on the ground to interfere with the opponent's movements. Who knew that General Philippe would "hide" directly in front of her.

How could she let such an opportunity pass!

Jianna didn't understand why such a thing would happen, but she still instinctively raised her right hand and aimed the revolver she had drawn in advance at the back of General Philippe's head.

Vaguely, she suspected that the root of the current situation was the lucky gold coin she was carrying, which she had obtained from Will.

Bang!

Jianna pulled the trigger, and a golden bullet wreathed in black flames flew out of the muzzle, racing toward General Philippe's skull.

On the other side, after Forsyth appeared from the clear morning light that filled the area, she noticed that Anthony Reid had overcome his fear and used his ability on General Philippe, and Lu Mi had somehow arrived here, appearing eerily behind Philippe.

She couldn't afford to be surprised. While moving at high speed, she raised the brass-colored classic revolver she was holding and fired an iron-black bullet at Gardner Martin, who was rushing over while brandishing a giant sword of light.

Her choice was to go all out and hold Gardner Martin back, not giving him a chance to rescue General Philippe!

Just now, Forsyth's first reaction was to "go invisible" and sneak, not to utilize the strengths of an "Assassin" to find a way to backstab her old lover, but based on her experience with similar encounter battles, she made an instinctive choice:

The invisible state could help her escape the sight of Gardner Martin and General Philippe, gaining a short period of safety.

During this time, Forsyth not only moved quickly but also took out a coin purse filled with coins, put the iron-black "Ring of Discipline" on the thumb of her left hand, and hung the "Necklace of Beatrice" around her neck.

Finally, she pulled the "Artillery Gun" from the holster under her arm and gripped it in her palm.

With the help of the invisible state, Forsyth completed all her armaments before being forced to reveal herself, entering her strongest state.

Bang!

As that iron-black bullet raced toward Gardner Martin, who was clad in silver-white full-body armor, the diamond necklace hanging on Forsyth's chest lit up with a faint glow.

At the same time, Forsyth's eyes became moist, and her red lips parted slightly, exerting the charm of a "Pleasure Witch" to the extreme.

Gardner Martin's body suddenly felt hot, and he felt his blood rushing rapidly toward his lower body.

His mind was filled with scenes of intimacy with Forsyth, and his gaze was completely captivated by the witch who displayed a different kind of style between iron and blood.

His eyes turned red, his breathing became heavy, and his movements slowed down significantly.

Lust!

Coming from the "Necklace of Beatrice" and the lust of the "Mother Tree of Desire" pathway, this, combined with the charm of a "Pleasure Witch," presented an effect of one plus one being greater than two, or even three.

Moreover, Gardner Martin was not someone who hadn't experienced it. He had always agreed with the sentence in "Emperor Roselle's Secret Records"—"The taste of a witch is really good." Now, in this situation, how could he, having tasted the witch's flavor, control himself?

Clang! That iron-black bullet hit Gardner Martin in the chest, as he failed to dodge in time, causing some cracks to appear in the corresponding position of his silver-white full-body armor.

Forsyth, whose first strike failed to take effect, was not surprised at all, because in her haste, she hadn't had time to activate the "Heavy Strike" effect of the "Artillery Gun."

This brass-colored revolver was a magical artifact Forsyth had bought at the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society." Its own abilities were not strong, nor were they magical; it only had two simple ones: first, normal shooting, with power equivalent to a rifle; second, "Heavy Strike," similar to a small cannonball or a sniper rifle.

The reason Forsyth always carried it with her was that it could effectively compensate for the "Witch's" lack of breakthrough capability when unable to use curses. Moreover, the negative effect of the "Artillery Gun" was very low—if one couldn't finish the six bullets every day and perform fine maintenance every week, this brass-colored classic revolver would experience rare cases of barrel explosion or accidental discharge.

Looking at Gardner Martin, who was staring at her with an obsessed gaze from behind his faceplate, Forsyth hesitated for a moment, but still pulled the hammer of the "Artillery Gun" back with the thumb of her right hand.

This was the sign of activating the "Heavy Strike" effect.

Bang!

While moving, Forsyth pulled the trigger at Gardner Martin, who was lunging toward her as if courting her.

The iron-black bullet, carrying scorching flames, headed toward the opponent.

Almost at the same time, Forsyth sensed that the "Primordial Witch" statue she had casually stuffed into her pocket earlier had undergone another mutation:

It not only became cold again, like an ice cube, but it was also trembling slightly.

Damn! Why is it you again? Are you ever going to finish! After Forsyth pulled the trigger, she took out the palm-sized statue carved from white bone with her left hand, both out of annoyance and caution, and threw it far away.

Along with this action of hers, there was a change on the other side.

The bullet fired from Jianna's ordinary revolver, wreathed in black flames, penetrated the back of General Philippe's head, but without any surprise, this "Sleeper" shattered once again as if a mirror had been struck.

His figure took shape at the edge of the morning light created by Gardner Martin.

Just at this moment, as Forsyth threw the white bone statue of the "Primordial Witch," General Philippe's body, which had just appeared, suddenly solidified.

Black flames erupted from his body, silently burning his spirit body, while cold frost quickly condensed, freezing him inside.

Fresh blood spilled from the corners of General Philippe's eyes, nose, mouth, and ear canals, and a series of cracking sounds came from his body.

The mirrors he was carrying seemed to have all shattered.

And he himself was in a state of obvious trance, as if he had encountered a curse.

Lu Mi did not hesitate and used "Spirit World Shuttle" once again.

His figure walked out from behind General Philippe.

At this time, Anthony Reid had already stood up, his expression no longer fearful, only focused and hateful.

Because Philippe was currently not far from him, both at the edge of the clear morning light, he rushed toward this general, toward this enemy.

Philippe's figure was reflected in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably.

His pupils then stood up, stained with pale gold.

This time, he did not use "Frantic," worrying that it would cause General Philippe to lose control and become a monster, instead giving Gardner Martin a chance to kill his team.

He chose "Deterrence," which is also called "Dragon Might"!

General Philippe immediately began to tremble.

He originally wouldn't have suffered such severe "Deterrence," at most experiencing brief fear, but his current state was very poor. He didn't know what unknown influence he had been subjected to, encountering the betrayal of an item on his person, and thus, his whole person fell into a blank state because of it.

Seeing this, Lu Mi didn't force himself to use the "Hum-Ha Technique." He shaped his right hand into a pistol again, aimed at the back of General Philippe's head, and fired a crimson-near-white fireball from his fingertips.

Philippe was awakened by a premonition of danger that felt like reality, but he saw his fate heading toward death.

A strong sense of unwillingness suddenly rose in his heart:

He was clearly much stronger than them, having both fatal means and mysterious, eerie abilities, yet he had been passively beaten, and without even a chance to fight back, he saw "Death" coming to knock on the door.

In his eyes, a large amount of fate intertwined into a web, constantly changing, as if mocking him.

This made him feel like a clown.

Bang!

General Philippe's head was blown open by the crimson-near-white fireball fired by Lu Mi, and a large amount of skull fragments, along with charred marks, red blood, and milky-white brain matter, were sprayed out.

The corpse of this "Sleeper" fell to the ground with a thud, and an item rolled out of the dark pocket of his black cloak.

It was a pitch-black statue, palm-sized, shaped like a beautiful woman, with long hair like snakes hanging down to her feet, and eyes of different forms growing on the top.

This... Lu Mi's gaze subconsciously turned to the "Primordial Witch" statue that had been thrown out by Forsyth.

This was basically the same as the one on General Philippe, just one was pure white and one was pitch black.

Suddenly, Lu Mi understood why General Philippe had "Mirror Substitute" and why he would appear directly in front of the "invisible" Jianna.

Carrying the special "Primordial Witch" statue, he would of course aggregate with the "Witches"!

Afterward, Forsyth's genuine "Primordial Witch" statue resonated with this pitch-black one, creating some kind of mutation, causing General Philippe to suffer the "curse" of the item at a critical moment.

This pitch-black "Primordial Witch" statue should be the item that Gardner Martin had smuggled into Trier from underground through the smuggling caravan of "Rat" Cristos!

(End of chapter)