Chapter 734: Protection and Belief

Peierle quickly concentrated her spirit, standing in the position of the "Supervisor" and looking at various places in the current quarry hollow.

Here it was already pitch-black, with only the calcium carbide lamps lying on the ground emitting a dim, yellow light stained with a little blue.

As her line of sight moved, Peierle "saw" Lu Mi, and also "saw" Anthony.

Both were located at the exit of the quarry hollow, but that belonged to the isolation boundary of the current special mirror world, not a channel in the actual sense, and could not be used to escape.

At this time, Lu Mi was facing Peierle's direction, had already put on the "Torture" gloves with iron-black spikes, and was holding a brass-colored revolver in his hand.

Anthony was hiding behind him, with his back to him, and the distance between them was very close.

But this "Hypnotist" was not standing, but squatting on one knee, placing a blank sketchbook on his right thigh, using it as support, and quickly drawing something with a short pencil.

"Bottle of Fiction"!

Lu Mi and Anthony were in the "Bottle of Fiction" built with the exit of the quarry hollow as the support.

However, for Peierle, who supervised everything in the current mirror world, this had no effect; she could directly see where Lu Mi and Anthony were hiding.

After noticing such a scene, the "Supervisor" Peierle felt an aura of disharmony, abnormality, and seemingly involving some gray areas:

As the leader of the team, the person with the strongest strength, Lu Mi actually took the posture of buying time for that "Spectator" pathway Beyonder.

Regardless of whether he was betting that she really wouldn't kill him and just wanted to capture him alive, using this as a shield, it was enough to show that what that "Spectator" pathway Beyonder was doing was very important, and it was something he believed could hurt a "Supervisor," or could help them escape from a "Supervisor"'s eyes!

Peierle did not hesitate, looking at Lu Mi and Anthony in the "Bottle of Fiction," and said with "Order Words":

"There are no secrets in front of the 'Supervisor'!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the "Bottle of Fiction" built with the exit of the quarry hollow disintegrated silently.

But Peierle discovered that Lu Mi was no longer protected by the "Bottle of Fiction," but there was still a "Bottle of Fiction" around Anthony, and it did not crumble because of the "Supervisor"'s words!

After Lu Mi confirmed this detail, a smile appeared on his face.

The "Bottle of Fiction" surrounding Anthony was built with himself as the support.

His legs standing apart and the earth formed a symbolic door.

Lu Mi's body arched slightly, looking at the "Supervisor" Peierle, his smile somewhat distorted as he whispered to himself:

"Yes, Anthony is doing something I entrusted to him, very important.

"But only by knocking me down can the 'Bottle of Fiction' created based on me, a living person, be broken. Any behavior that wants to hurt Anthony must first cross me!

"Now, I am Anthony's shield, the wall that protects him!"

The smile on Peierle's face faded a little, and she looked at Lu Mi with a slightly heavy expression:

"You are guilty!

"You killed someone!"

Killed someone... Lu Mi felt a slight shock in his heart.

He was not surprised that he had killed someone, but didn't expect the "Supervisor" Peierle to accuse him of this crime.

Regardless of the form in which the subsequent punishment would descend, the final verdict would not change:

The killer must die!

Didn't she want to capture me alive? Lu Mi actively acting as Anthony's shield indeed held the idea that Peierle wouldn't dare to kill him. In that way, many of the other party's abilities would be restricted, and he would have a chance to delay until Anthony completed the sketch he wanted on that Beyonder sketchbook obtained from the "Bard"—the role of that sketchbook was to make things drawn on it come alive, or show special effects, and maintain them for a period of time.

Who knew, this plan went bankrupt at the beginning.

Of course, Lu Mi didn't put all his bets on the "Supervisor" wanting to capture him alive. He really had no possibility of defeating a demigod, but if it was just to delay for a while, he still had a little hope.

A muffled thunder sound rumbled in the low air of the quarry hollow, and one after another silver-white electric snakes jumped out, winding into a thick thunder tree like a water bucket, slamming toward Lu Mi.

While the thunder echoed and the lightning had not yet fallen, Lu Mi had already raised his hands, aiming the brass-colored revolver at the punishment from this world.

His blue eyes became pitch-black, but he couldn't see the weakness of the terrifying thunder.

He could only pour strands of scorching white flames into the revolver, pouring them into the bullet that was about to be fired.

Bang!

When the silver-white thunder tree with teeth and claws slammed down, a bullet shimmering with a little dark green and surrounded by layers of scorching white flames shot out from the muzzle, meeting the huge lightning.

"Weakening Bullet"!

This was the "Weakening Bullet" obtained from Ye Busi!

In an instant, the lightning as thick as a water bucket shattered the dark green bullet, shattered the scorching white flames around it.

The suddenly erupting silver-white light instantly submerged Lu Mi.

Boom!

The terrifying roar took a beat to reach Anthony's ears, shaking his body instinctively, and his hearing was almost lost.

He recalled the night when the barracks were attacked by evil god believers—gunshots, artillery fire, screams, shouts of killing, one after another, coming from all directions, making him both panicked and terrified, leaving a strong psychological shadow that took many years to heal.

Now, he seemed to have returned to the scene like that night.

Anthony steadied his mind, looking at the blank sketchbook in front of him, and continued to sketch, the pencil in his hand moving with a rustle.

He still remembered Lu Mi's body language just now:

"Unless I die, and someone crosses over my corpse, no one can hurt you!"

Compared to the panic and helplessness of that night in the barracks, where everyone was in danger, Anthony felt that the current situation was not so bad.

At least, I still have companions I can trust!

At least, there will be someone behind me fighting to provide protection!

In the countless silver-white electric snakes overflowing, Lu Mi's body first split into a large number of mirror fragments, then charred and carbonized, shattering into dust.

That "Mirror Substitute" given by Jianna!

Lu Mi's figure was outlined again, still standing firmly in place, his legs kept in a separated state.

Rumble, the thunder in the air did not disappear with the end of the last punishment, brewing a new round of execution.

After the "Supervisor" filed a public prosecution, unless the verdict took full effect, the punishment would continue!

Lu Mi's scalp felt numb, and his black hair and body hair were stimulated by the residual current in the air to stand up a little.

After a few seconds of brewing, a huge lightning bolt, more magnificent and terrifying than before, fell silently.

Lu Mi had already gritted his teeth, dropped the revolver, raised his hands, letting the "Torture" gloves with iron-black short spikes accurately meet the tip of the lightning, and one after another scorching white fireballs condensed into shape above him.

The "Torture" gloves could block a blow with divinity at the cost of their own shattering or breaking!

Boom!

In the terrifying explosion that suddenly sounded, the silver-white death tree formed by lightning stagnated at Lu Mi's fist, stagnated on the "Torture" gloves.

Rumble, those scorching white flames exploded one after another, pushing the small electric snakes that disintegrated toward the distance.

This thunder punishment subsided quickly, but the muffled rumbling sound in the air continued.

In the sound of clatter, Lu Mi's "Torture" gloves charred and broke, shattering into many small pieces, falling to the ground one after another.

Seeing a new round of huge lightning about to take shape, Lu Mi knew he shouldn't, but still couldn't help but urge Anthony in his heart:

"Why isn't it drawn yet?

"I can only block one more time!"

After a short, oppressive silence, a silver-white lightning giant snake suddenly rushed out from the air, illuminating the entire quarry hollow, illuminating the smile on the "Supervisor" Peierle's face.

Lu Mi only had time to do the only thing he could do:

He activated his shadow, letting it swap positions with himself.

Boom!

In the crisp and urgent thunderclap, the lightning giant snake swallowed that shadow, letting it dissolve and evaporate in an instant, leaving no trace.

Finally, this punishment ended, and Lu Mi's body highlighted again in front of Anthony, his legs separated a little, his back arched slightly, but there was no shadow under his feet.

"Why isn't it drawn yet?" Lu Mi thought anxiously.

He considered whether to lift the "Bottle of Fiction" and grab Anthony to "teleport" everywhere.

But he could see that the punishment based on the "Supervisor"'s public prosecution would not end because he changed his position. With the speed of lightning, he had no possibility of relying on "Teleportation" to avoid it.

It wasn't that "Teleportation" wasn't fast enough, but he had to spend time activating the black mark on his right shoulder.

Hum, the muffled thunder kept ringing in Lu Mi's ears, predicting the arrival of the next punishment.

Behind Lu Mi, Anthony, who was squatting on one knee and drawing with his right thigh as a table, already had sweat the size of soybeans oozing from his forehead.

The front part of the sketch was very successful and completed very quickly, but the last stroke suddenly became difficult for some reason.

The sketchbook influenced the pencil, and the pencil began to violently absorb Anthony's spirituality, but such a large amount of spirituality could only push the black lines to move slowly.

At the same time, the surroundings of the blank drawing page gradually curled up and ignited with transparent flames, as if it could not bear the thing Anthony was about to draw.

Anthony knew very well that this was not something this sketchbook could present, but he completely believed in Lu Mi's judgment and continued to make efforts.

Rumble!

The muffled thunder became louder and louder, and Anthony, who was in the "Bottle of Fiction," could hear it quite clearly.

As a "Psychologist," he couldn't control his state of mind, and emotions such as nervousness, impatience, anxiety, and panic surged at the same time.

He controlled himself and continued the outlining of the last stroke.

Seeing the terrifying silver-white lightning about to take shape, and Anthony behind him still having no movement, with Lu Mi's intelligence, he was somewhat desperate.

"Am I going to die?

"Fine, I want to see what Termiboros looks like!

"Die..." Suddenly, a lightning bolt called inspiration lit up in Lu Mi's mind.

He reached back and took something out of the "Traveler's Bag."

That was a golden mask painted with a few oil colors.

The golden mask obtained from "Cisou," originating from "Death"!

Lu Mi quickly put that golden mask on his face, his body quickly became cold, and his aura gradually subsided.

The terrifying thunder punishment brewing in the air suddenly paused.

Lu Mi raised his head, looking at the silver-white electric snakes that were no longer gathering, and the corners of his mouth curled up under the cover of the golden mask.

He was an undead creature now!

One of the roles of that golden mask was to turn the wearer into an undead creature while maintaining his intelligence!

And since Lu Mi was already "dead," the punishment had achieved its purpose, and naturally ended immediately!

Seeing this scene, the "Supervisor" was slightly stunned, then understood what was going on.

She laughed and did not lose her composure because of this.

While the punishment was constantly descending, she was not idle and had already made preparations for possible accidents.

She used a coin bag to create a "Black Box" and completed a transaction!

Her right hand was about to retract.

Behind Lu Mi, Anthony saw the curled edges of the paper and the near-invisible flames spreading rapidly toward the middle of the drawing page, and his heart became more and more desperate.

Even if he could complete the last stroke, this page of drawing paper would obviously be scrapped and would not produce any effect.

Anthony gritted his teeth and still chose to believe in his companion, believe in Lu Mi.

He remembered what Lu Mi had just instructed him:

"Draw Monit first, then 'Magician' lady!"

Monit, that island liar Monit... Anthony just had such a thought flash through his mind when he was stunned to see the curled edge of the drawing paper stop, and the invisible flames also solidified briefly.

His pencil became smooth accordingly.

He surged his spirituality and finished drawing the monocle outlined by simple lines on the right eye of the islander with slightly curly black hair, thin face, sunken eye sockets, and thick lips sketched on the drawing.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 735 =====