Chapter 648: Indoor Combat (Begging for monthly votes for the last half day)

A buzzing sound rang in Tewanaco Tewanaco Tupian's ears, his eyes bloodshot and bulging, his mind feeling as if it had been scorched by flames. His thoughts were blasted into pieces, and for a brief moment, he lacked the ability to think about the current situation or the enemy behind him.

From the corners of his eyes and his nose, trickles of blood with a strange odor flowed down, and his skin rapidly turned from a pale, light-brown base to a deep, dark color.

"Ha!"

Lu Mian spat out a pale yellow radiance from his mouth, which landed on the target suspected to be "Xiso" from a distance of less than two meters.

Tewanaco closed his eyes and fainted, while the "Dirge of Hate" in Lu Mian's hand, existing in the form of a black bone flute, had already stabbed toward his neck.

Just at this moment, the tiled floor of the washroom suddenly became illusory, muddy, and pitch-black, with arm after arm stretching upward from it.

Some of these arms lacked skin, directly exposing fresh red flesh, yellow fat, and white tendons; some were quite transparent and lacked substance, both eerie and pale; others were twisted and strange, either growing eyes that spun rapidly or highlighting dense, greenish-blue flesh tumors...

They grabbed toward Lu Mian and Tewanaco simultaneously.

This was originally one of the "Wraith" death-type spells called "Wraith Entanglement," which functioned by summoning a large number of relatively special undead creatures to pin the target in place, leaving them paralyzed, stiff, and unable to move.

Because Tewanaco was also a mid-sequence Beyonder of the "Demon" pathway, this spell had mutated and was now called "Abyss Descent"!

It could be set up in advance to modify an area, allowing many undead or fallen creatures to hide underground. Once someone intruded, they would stretch out their arms to drag the target into the muddy, pitch-black illusory abyss. This could not only restrict the enemy's movements but also cause them to experience stiffness, paralysis, dizziness, chills, pain, or rapid loss of vitality upon contact with the undead or fallen creatures. If the target were completely dragged into the illusory abyss, they would suffer corruption and begin to fall.

Before attacking Kolobo, Tewanaco had used this spell on the washroom floor to prevent employees or customers of the import-export shop from suddenly entering and discovering a patrol team member in the process of committing suicide, which would lead them to shout for the police. He hadn't expected it to come in handy now—this was also why he hadn't appeared directly in Kolobo's eyes but had emerged in the mirror.

Lu Mian's motion of thrusting the "Dirge of Hate" forward froze instantly.

He was grabbed by the ankles, calves, hips, and torso by those countless arms. His body and soul fell into a cold, stiff state, and he could only move quite slowly.

It was the same for him, and the same for Tewanaco. The "Wraith" and "Desire Apostle" in a comatose state could not control "Abyss Descent" to make those strange arms avoid him. He was also grabbed by the body and, following the momentum of his fainting fall, was dragged toward the ground.

Kolobo, who was lying on the nearby ground, severely injured and long since unconscious, was dragged by those arms, sinking bit by bit into the muddy, pitch-black illusory abyss.

With a boom, a layer of crimson flames erupted from Lu Mian's body surface.

They burned fiercely, as if draping Lu Mian in a flamboyant, magnificent red cloak.

The arms grabbing different parts of his body were scorched, and most of them retracted, but some remained unaffected by the flames, still pulling downward, leaving Lu Mian's body cold and stiff, having regained a certain degree of mobility but not enough.

If it were just a moment ago, Lu Mian would have been able to continue thrusting the black bone flute forward to hit the enemy's neck, but now, the target suspected to be "Xiso" was almost touching the ground.

Thump!

Tewanaco fell heavily.

He suffered the impact and a burst of pain, finally breaking free from the influence of the "Heng-Ha Technique" and waking up.

And by this time, the most difficult moment after his desires were detonated had also passed.

Lu Mian saw this scene, lowered his head slightly, and made a sound:

"Heng!"

Following the spray of two white lights, Lu Mian's hands retracted, remaining somewhat sluggish as they reached into the "Traveler's Bag."

Neither of the two white lights hit Tewanaco on the ground; they were blocked by arms that were either strange, terrifying, bloody, or illusory, which intertwined to form a "forest."

As soon as Tewanaco regained partial clarity, he hurriedly controlled the "Abyss Descent" spell to protect himself and restrict the enemy.

The arms swept by the "Heng-Ha Technique" softened one after another and retracted into the pitch-black, muddy ground, as if they had lost their support.

And Tewanaco, taking advantage of this opportunity, had his body suddenly turn pitch-black and evil, as if composed of the darkest, most hidden emotions and desires from the bottom of his heart.

Silently, Tewanaco transformed into illusory, viscous, filthy black liquid, merged into the muddy abyss, and disappeared.

Lu Mian remained grabbed by that portion of the evil arms that did not fear flames, his freedom of movement restricted to a certain extent.

Lu Mian's hands reached out from the "Traveler's Bag," dragging out a set of silver-white full-body armor.

He placed this full-body armor beside him and pounded it heavily into the pitch-black mud.

"Armor of Pride"!

The "Armor of Pride" suddenly moved. In its hand, a greatsword condensed from pure light manifested. Around it, bits of clear, holy dawn emerged, rapidly filling the entire washroom.

Those arms, whether illusory or bloody, immediately emitted black smoke and, under the illumination of the dawn-like morning light, rapidly retracted underground.

The pitch-black mud faded accordingly, and the washroom tiles were revealed one by one.

Kolobo, who was about to sink into the illusory abyss, finally stopped sinking, still lying on the ground, unconscious and motionless.

A figure that seemed to be composed of the most evil and fallen viscous black liquid appeared at the washroom door a few meters away, preparing to leave this place.

After breaking free from the predicament, Tewanaco had calmly made a decision:

Abandon the opportunity to use the "Wraith" ability to possess Lu Mian Lee, do not entangle with him, and quickly escape the Matani Import-Export Shop, escape Pylos Harbor!

He felt that he must have fallen into a trap. Since that was the case, he had to jump out before the trap was fully activated. He could not stay in place for the sake of momentary anger and killing desire, attempting to counterattack Lu Mian Lee and wait until he had killed the opponent before escaping.

That would be extremely dangerous!

Tewanaco was very glad that he had chosen to send two "gifts" to Lu Mian Lee, for which he had even distributed his most beloved magical item. By now, there should have been a mutation on the patrol team's side, and it would only intensify, attracting most of the hidden enemies over and making them think that was the real target.

This would create an opportunity for him to escape.

Tewanaco hadn't necessarily had to kill Camus before; he just felt that if there were no accidents in killing Kolobo before he escaped, then there would be no accidents on either side. If there were accidents, the commotion on Camus's side would help share the pressure, attract enemies, and create a diversion.

It was out of caution that he chose to send an extra gift, not to satisfy his own desire to kill!

…………

Inside the four-story, off-white building of the patrol team, in Camus's office.

Seeing a poker card flashing with metallic luster flying over, Camus couldn't care about the coffee in his hand spilling. Instinctively, he lowered his body, shrinking behind the office desk, and intended to flip the desk to smash it toward Sou, who was attacking him, and then follow up with a "Mental Pierce."

The poker card with the "Joker" face flew over Camus's head and failed to hit him.

However, it adjusted its direction and changed its trajectory, as if it could think and control itself, suddenly dropping and stabbing straight toward Camus's back.

When this poker card touched Camus, it eerily turned illusory and merged into Camus's body.

Seeing this, Sou's smile became even more obvious. He took a stride, ran to the side of the office desk, and drew the greatsword from his back.

…………

Matani Import-Export Shop, inside the men's washroom.

The figure composed of viscous black liquid drilled into the crack of the washroom door, then strangely returned to its original place.

"Bottle of Fiction"!

When Lu Mian generated malice and drew the "Dirge of Hate" from the "Traveler's Bag," he had also used the "Bottle of Fiction," using the washroom vent as a basis.

The condition for entry and exit was being female!

In this way, those customers who wanted to enter the men's washroom would not be drawn into a dangerous supernatural battle, and "Xiso" would have no way to leave before destroying the "Bottle of Fiction"!

The figure composed of viscous black liquid expanded to the area corresponding to the vent, avoiding the two white lights that Lu Mian "Heng"-ed out once again.

Tewanaco no longer avoided, his figure suddenly expanded, turning into a giant monster nearly three meters tall.

This monster had dull, deep black skin, a pair of curved goat horns covered in mysterious patterns on its head, and a pair of giant bat wings unfurled behind its back, entwined with crimson-blue flames and emitting a strong smell of sulfur.

"Demonization"!

This was one of the most powerful abilities of the "Criminal" pathway Sequence 6 "Demon," which could allow the user to obtain significant improvements in strength, speed, defense, and other aspects.

Lu Mian knew that the target suspected to be "Xiso" was guarding against the "Heng-Ha Technique," ready to dodge at any time, so he didn't use this ability again for the time being.

He also didn't blow the "Dirge of Hate" again, because the situation now was completely different from before.

Just now, the enemy was trying to kill Kolobo, and his desire to kill was at its peak, so it was naturally easy and accurate to detonate it. But now, the opponent was very calm, with no fluctuations in emotions or desires.

Under the premise of not being sure what effect blowing the "Dirge of Hate" would bring, and not knowing if it was good or bad, Lu Mian didn't want to gamble on luck.

In his hand, he condensed a long spear that was crimson and near-white, and from a short distance of a few meters, he threw it toward the target suspected to be "Xiso."

At the same time the flame spear was thrown, Lu Mian's figure also disappeared.

He couldn't stay in place; that would either lead to being possessed by a "Wraith," being mentally impacted by a "Desire Apostle," or having his desires or emotions stirred by other abilities!

PS: If there are no accidents, there will be an extra chapter at the old time in the early morning~

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