Chapter 682

Camus, who had just loaded the purification bullets into his revolver's cylinder, felt his ears buzz, and a sharp buzzing sound rang in his mind.

Before his eyes, the world seemed to have been pulled away, separated from him by a piece of transparent glass. Under the Wraith's scream, this glass developed crack after crack that seemed capable of extending into his spirit.

The slight cracking sound echoed in the ears of Lu Mian, Lyra, Lugano, Amandina, Luo Bote—who had just crawled out from underground in the area near the altar—and the other panicked, naked men, regardless of friend or foe, bringing stinging pain to their eardrums, fresh blood from their nostrils, and pain originating from the depths of their souls.

Almost everyone froze in place, like fragile porcelain being inspected by an invisible storm.

Among them, the naked men who seemed to still be ordinary people fainted without even a groan, with wisps of fresh blood overflowing from the corners of their eyes, nostrils, lips, ears, and skin surfaces. Lu Mian, who had already advanced to Sequence 5 "Reaper" and had the highest soul strength, suffered the least damage and was the fastest to recover.

What entered his eyes were one after another fine ice arrows flying toward him, their tips shimmering with cold light.

In a flash, Lu Mian made a decision.

He did not transform into a shadow creature and enter the shadows to avoid the damage, nor did he make any dodging movements.

With a "whoosh," scorching white flames ignited on his body.

He transformed into a violently burning scorching white spear and, facing those fine ice arrows, threw himself toward the stained-glass window closer to the main entrance.

Father Cali, with his dark brown skin and sinister expression, was located right there.

The second person to recover from the "Wraith Scream" was Amandina. She happened to see the magnificent scorching white flame spear "collide" with those fine ice arrows shooting toward the area where she and the others were located.

Silently, the portion of fine ice arrows facing the scorching white flame spear instantly evaporated into hissing white steam, while those distributed around them quickly melted and evaporated.

White mist brought by water vapor filled the air. Although the scorching white flame spear had dimmed significantly and was no longer burning violently, it still pierced through and headed straight for the stained glass where Father Cali's figure was manifested.

Similarly, some fine ice arrows passed through the white mist and shot toward Amandina, Camus, Lyra, and Lugano, but they were either blunted because their tips had melted, or they had shrunk by more than half, and their speed had also dropped.

Amandina and Camus, having just shaken off the "Wraith Scream," dodged relatively easily. Although Lyra and Lugano were too late to make any movements and were struck by those fine ice arrows, they only felt slight pain, as if they had been pelted a few times by ice beads thrown by a child. It was a little painful, but more than that, it was a wet, icy sensation.

They took the opportunity to sober up, almost at the same time as Luo Bote at the altar.

Crack!

The scorching white flame spear hit the stained glass, causing it to collapse as it shattered, but Father Cali had long since leaped to the stained-glass window that Lu Mian had pried open.

As the light of the scorching white spear dissipated, Lu Mian's figure was revealed.

He did not pause, igniting scorching white flames once again, transforming into a magnificent spear, and threw himself toward the window where Father Cali's figure was manifested.

He deliberately did not use "Teleportation," repeatedly transforming into a flame spear to pursue the enemy, in order to lull Father Cali into a false sense of security, making him ignore this possibility, and then, at a critical moment, unexpectedly blink to his side and use the "Heng-Ha Technique."

Otherwise, it would be truly difficult to catch a "Wraith" that could constantly leap across mirrored objects.

Moreover, as far as Lu Mian knew, a "Wraith" was, to a certain extent, a Spirit World creature and could also utilize the Spirit World to complete travel. Although this could not compare to Spirit World creatures that specialized in this, it could not be ignored.

As the fireball spear headed toward the window Lu Mian had pried open, Luo Bote rolled over to the side of the altar where their clothes were placed, wanting to retrieve the materials used for "Spirit Mediumship."

Whoosh!

An arrow stuck into the stone tiles in front of him, forcing him to change his rolling direction prematurely.

As soon as Lyra recovered, she immediately aimed at Luo Bote again and launched an attack.

Both she and Camus believed that Louis Berry could deal with Father Cali, so their task was to pin down Luo Bote, capture this key figure, and not let him go to help Father Cali or interfere with the battle over there.

At the same time the gunshot rang out, Father Cali's figure disappeared from the stained-glass window.

Amandina, who was nearby, saw the naked, fallen priest reflected in her eyes.

Amandina wanted to resist, but her body quickly turned cold, gradually ceasing to obey her mental commands.

Amidst the crashing sound, the scorching white flame spear Lu Mian had transformed into pierced through the stained glass and landed outside the church, three or four meters away from Amandina.

As the firelight dissipated, Lu Mian, wearing a golden straw hat, a white shirt, and a black vest, appeared.

At this time, Amandina's hands had already raised "on their own," and the corners of her beautiful mouth curled up, outlining a sinister, triumphant smile.

Come on!

Attack me!

The one who gets hurt first and dies first will be Amandina, and if the body can no longer protect me, I can still jump in time and change my position!

Father Cali had some reservations about Amandina's ability to forcibly pull people into dreams, so this time he chose to possess her instead of Louis Berry, an enemy with a higher sequence.

While Father Cali manipulated Amandina's body to reveal a sinister, triumphant smile, he saw Louis Berry's mouth also curl up, returning a brilliant smile.

As a "Wraith," Father Cali had a strong spiritual intuition, and he suddenly developed a perception of extreme danger.

"Ha!"

A ball of pale yellow light rushed out from Lu Mian's laughing mouth, landed on Amandina three or four meters away, and enveloped Amandina's spirit and Father Cali, who had been too late to "Mirror Blink."

Honestly speaking, for Lu Mian, this was an unexpected, huge surprise:

You know to be wary of the Nightmare's ability, but you don't know how to guard against the "Heng-Ha Technique"?

Oh, you really don't know; you don't know about this ability, nor do you know that I have mastered this ability.

However, as a "Wraith," you could have constantly "Mirror Blinked," yet you insisted on possessing one of my teammates, and furthermore, you didn't keep your distance, remaining within a few meters of me. What kind of spirit is this?

Do you not have enough combat experience?

Even if you didn't know about the "Heng-Ha Technique," you should have guarded against abilities like "Spirit Pierce"!

Oh, you thought Camus was relatively far away, so you didn't need to worry about this, and you thought a Sequence 5 of the "Hunter" pathway wouldn't understand these things, so you wanted to borrow my hand to kill Amandina quickly?

Did you not consider the existence of magical artifacts?

What I originally thought was that after finding an opportunity, if I couldn't finish you off using "Teleportation" followed by "Heng-Ha Technique" and then "Reap," I would retreat to advance, pretend to withdraw, find a small space to set up the "Bottle of Fiction," and then wait for you to pursue me, fighting you in a narrow, sealed space, just like I dealt with "Siso" back then. Who knew you would deliver yourself to my door...

While Lu Mian was frantically complaining to himself, Father Cali, along with Amandina, fainted and fell to the ground.

If it were back when he fought "Siso," Lu Mian would definitely have been very urgent in continuing the subsequent steps, because the "Heng-Ha Technique" couldn't keep a Sequence 5 enemy unconscious for long. But now, as he had also advanced to Sequence 5, his "Heng-Ha Technique" had become much stronger, and the time he could control a "Wraith" had increased.

Of course, it was still limited to within a few seconds.

Lu Mian took off the "Sea's Fury" and fished out a few special bullets from his "Traveler's Bag." They were ones the Inspection Force had bought from Camus.

Two "Exorcism" bullets, two "Purification" bullets, all golden.

Lu Mian quickly loaded these four bullets into his revolver's cylinder one by one and aimed at Amandina, who had already fallen to the ground.

Camus, seeing this scene from the corner of his eye, was startled and shouted out loud:

"What are you doing?"

"Saving her," Lu Mian answered very calmly.

Then, he pulled the trigger.

Bang!

The golden Exorcism bullet hit Amandina's shoulder, drawing a spray of blood and raising a gleaming golden sunlight.

Amandina woke up from the pain at once, and Father Cali's phantom detached from her body, his face twisting under the "sunlight."

Originally, with the intensity of the Exorcism bullet, it would have been impossible to drive a "Wraith" out of a victim in one go, but who told Father Cali to be in a state of unconsciousness just now, unable to make an effective response?

Lu Mian then raised his muzzle, his eyes reflecting the streaks of color on the surface of Father Cali's spirit, locking onto the now very obvious pale white.

Bang!

A gleaming golden Purification bullet, augmented with the power of "Reap," hit the "Wraith's" forehead.

Father Cali's phantom froze instantly, "seeing" that bullet shatter on its own, turning into clusters of sacred golden flames that spread to every part of his body, igniting the dust and igniting the soul.

The clear, sun-like golden flames quickly enveloped Father Cali, causing him to emit a shrill, miserable scream.

This was not a "Wraith Scream," but it still made everyone present feel their heads swell and their ears ache.

Lu Mian endured these sensations and said calmly to Amandina:

"Drag him into a dream and ask him about the source of the 'Dream Festival'."

Father Cali had already suffered "Reap" and was now severely weakened, on the verge of true death. Amandina could control him very well now!

"But..." Amandina's shoulder hurt, and her head hurt too, but after seeing Louis Berry's cold and calm face, she didn't dare to complain.

Lu Mian tilted his head and said to Lugano:

"Treat her gunshot wound."

"Okay." Lugano grimaced a bit due to the pain in his eardrums, but he still ran over.

At this time, Father Cali, having received the reaping-style purification, instinctively exited the "Wraith" state and turned back into a human to escape the continuous damage.

Seeing this, Amandina took a breath, clenched her fists, and lowered her eyes.

She and Father Cali entered the dream at the same time.

(End of chapter)