Chapter 813: Alliance?

Discovered? How was it discovered? I am a real shadow creature right now... Lu Mian was puzzled and grew directly out of the shadow.

He flashed to the side of that iron-skinned soldier in an instant.

Deng deng deng, the iron-skinned soldier ran past him, then discovered that the target had shifted position, and could only forcibly slow down, half-twist its body, and sweep the giant sword in its hand.

Lu Mian was well prepared, had already jumped high, burned with bright white flames, burned the surrounding air, and punched the iron-skinned soldier's neck.

Dang!

In the movement like a church bell ringing, the tall, heavy, and hard iron-skinned soldier was actually knocked back a step.

Its neck wrapped in a metal shell appeared with a fist-sized dent, and the surroundings were covered with dense cracks like spider webs.

Lu Mian's blow was just a simple "Harvest," and he didn't scout the other party's weakness, because there was no need.

Having read the book "Production and Maintenance of Puppets" thoroughly, he knew very well where the weaknesses of similar iron-skinned soldiers were!

Of course, he also did a certain observation in advance to confirm that this iron-skinned soldier belonged to the conventional type and had not been modified.

The iron-skinned soldier who encountered "Harvest" became violent, and the giant sword in its hand, whether splitting or sweeping, chopping or slashing, completely included the surrounding five or six meters range into the storm-like attack.

Lu Mian directly "transmitted" to more than ten meters away, looked at this iron-skinned soldier, put one hand in his pocket, and pushed out his right palm.

Bright white fireballs condensed and emerged, bombarding the iron-skinned soldier one after another.

The dark red light in the iron-skinned soldier's eyes suddenly became brighter, locking onto Lu Mian, and ran wildly toward him.

Rumble!

It split the bright white in front of it, endured the bombardment of the remaining fireballs, and moved forward forcefully in the smoke and flames.

Almost at the same time, it lost Lu Mian's trace again.

Lu Mian flashed onto its shoulder, squatted down halfway, swung his heavy fist, and fell toward the dent left before.

With a "whoosh," bright white flames burned violently on his fist.

Dang!

Another sound like a heavy hammer hitting a big bell exploded.

Lu Mian's figure then faded, avoiding the left hand that the iron-skinned soldier loosened the giant sword and grabbed over.

The next second, the sound of "zhaga" sounded densely, and the dent at the iron-skinned soldier's neck completely collapsed.

The cracks like spider webs around it spread rapidly to the head and body.

The iron-skinned soldier struggled to move forward, and the metal fragments on its body fell off one by one, as if an iron rain had started.

Lu Mian's figure quickly outlined not far away, laughing "hehe":

"Don't you remember the lesson before?

"The same mistake has to be made again.

"Oh, I forgot, you don't have a brain."

Just as Lu Mian finished speaking, the iron-skinned soldier struggling forward disintegrated completely, collapsing into a pile of metal fragments.

Only then did Lu Mian cast his gaze toward the other side of the Dades Agricultural Company.

The remaining iron-skinned soldier was being quietly burned by pitch-black flames all over its body, its movements were getting slower and slower, and there were more and more rust stains.

Clang! It fell to the ground, motionless, losing that sense of oppression.

Zhu Li, wearing a cotton nightgown with her spring light looming, stood beside her in a leisurely posture, watching the iron-skinned soldier shrink quickly and restore to the appearance of the kind of toy children play with.

The metal fragments near Lu Mian were also shrinking, and it didn't take long before they could only be called residue.

Zhu Li cast her gaze toward him and praised with a gentle and smiling expression:

"Boss, you are more powerful than I imagined."

Praise me for being powerful, but why stare at my crotch... Lu Mian "heh"ed and said:

"You are not weak either."

Zhu Li blinked her eyes and said:

"But why don't you look at me when you speak?"

"Because you don't have anything in your crotch." Lu Mian didn't pay attention to Zhu Li anymore and walked directly toward the Dades Agricultural Company.

Zhu Li's expression became gloomy, and her face flickered in the shaking of the fire light.

After a few seconds, she gritted her teeth and said:

"Soon you won't have it either."

At this time, Lu Mian had arrived at the semi-collapsed building and checked the battle traces left at the scene.

"Explosion, high temperature, fire, attacks directly on the key structure of the house... It is indeed a battle between 'Hunters'... Someone was injured, more than one, but the blood was burned to only charred marks..." Lu Mian quickly turned around in the explosion ruins and found several corpses.

Those corpses had nothing special, as if the staff who were on duty at the company at night died from the aftermath of the explosion, suffocation caused by thick smoke, burning of flames, and the smashing of heavy objects. The other part was either left with a piece of flesh and blood, or the remains were incomplete, as if they had suffered violent dismantling.

Lu Mian noticed that on one of the corpses whose head was still intact, a bit of blood red faintly protruded from the glabella, and something seemed to be squirming slowly under the skin, wanting to drill out.

"I have seen a similar imprint on Gucin's glabella...

"It really is the 'Iron and Blood Cross Order' trying to assassinate Wanake...

"With the addition of Albus Medici, their courage became sufficient, and they started to eliminate possible competitors and interferers?

"But it seems they didn't succeed... Wanake is indeed very powerful. Facing the siege of the 'Iron and Blood Cross Order,' Albus and Gucin were also at the scene, and he was actually able to counter-kill several and escape...

"Is the 'Iron and Blood Cross Order' really cooperating with Albus, really believing in this descendant of Medici? Doesn't Gucin know what the surname Medici represents?

"Well, they know, but they want to use Albus Medici, belonging to the kind of cooperation where everyone has their own conspiracy?"

While thoughts flashed through Lu Mian's mind, Zhu Li walked over and stayed by his side.

"Did you see anything?" Zhu Li asked.

Lu Mian laughed:

"Shouldn't this be asked of you? You 'Witches' are good at divination, I am not good at it."

Zhu Li's expression had returned to normal, and her eyes said brightly:

"I tried, but didn't gain much. One or several of them might be carrying items with high status."

Without waiting for Lu Mian to respond, she turned her head and swept a glance at her boss:

"The Albus you are wary of seems to have established an alliance with Gucin's group."

Lu Mian nodded gently:

"It should be that they are trying to clear Wanake."

"Afterward, they will also try to clear me, clear you, and clear all the 'Hunters' and 'Witches' in Morora." Zhu Li smiled lightly and issued an invitation, "Boss, I know you won't trust me, and I can't trust you either, unless you only have that thing left. But facing the threat of Albus and Gucin and them, can we cooperate temporarily?"

You? A "Witch" who doesn't like learning and only knows how to do twisted things, why should you cooperate with me? I just want to study quietly and focusedly... Lu Mian complained a few words in his heart and laughed:

"Okay."

His purpose is the information accumulated by the Witch Sect and the preparations they have made. "Cooperation" is more convenient to obtain.

Zhu Li wanted to say something else, but suddenly saw a team of law enforcers wearing black robes running over from the Knowledge Church direction.

Her eyes moved slightly, and she said to Lu Mian:

"I'll leave first, we'll communicate if there's anything tomorrow morning."

Lu Mian glanced at the leading law enforcer and found it was not Celeste.

He responded to Zhu Li thoughtfully:

"Okay."

Zhu Li walked into the shadows not far away and disappeared before his eyes.

Lu Mian stared at the corpses in the ruins for a few seconds, then turned and left the Dades Agricultural Company, turning into the nearest alley.

In the dark night, he moved forward not fast or slow, thinking about a problem he just discovered:

Are there too many people from the "Iron and Blood Cross Order" who have sneaked into Morora?

To deal with Wanake, four or five died just now!

This is not just a question of whether they can mix in so many members, or whether the Knowledge Church is too lenient, but that no secret organization should be willing to bear such a large loss of members.

You know, Morora is the place where "0-01" is sealed. Every Beyonder sent here must be psychologically prepared for a high probability of sacrifice.

The Witch Sect only let one Sequence 5 Beyonder sneak in at a time. If the previous "Witch" loses contact and has no response, they won't send a second one. Does the "Iron and Blood Cross Order" really not care about low and middle-level Beyonders at all and treat them as cannon fodder?

"Well, for war, this doesn't seem too strange, but a normal commander will only sacrifice soldiers at a critical moment, not let them die on the road. Or, Gucin developed a large number of new 'Hunters' to join in Morora..." Lu Mian suddenly thought of Gucin and the blood-red imprint on the glabella of that corpse, thought of the stone statues and the oil lamp in the depths of the underground fog, "Or, the real 'Iron and Blood Cross Order' members are only two or three people like Gucin, and the others are mass-produced using special secret rituals?"

Pondering to this point, Lu Mian laughed:

"If it is really like this, when Gucin and they hold rituals to manufacture soldiers next time, there might be very fun things happening. The oil lamp I added seasoning to should be able to bring different changes...

"I don't know what kind of soldiers will appear..."

Lu Mian's footsteps became faster and faster. It didn't take long before he returned to the "Carnivore" tavern and sat in front of the desk, conjuring a bright white fireball to act as a gas wall lamp.

He wanted to seize the time to finish reading "Construction Examples of Underground Mausoleums," so that he could go to the Knowledge Church for the exam tomorrow and borrow more books.

"Don't have anything else to delay my study..." Lu Mian muttered and buried his head to read hard.

In the sound of turning pages that sounded from time to time, he suddenly turned his head and cast a cold and sharp gaze toward the mirror in the room.

Water light appeared on the mirror surface, revealing a figure with iron-black eyes, bright red hair, and sharp facial features.

Wanake? Wanake who was attacked just now? Lu Mian narrowed his eyes slightly and didn't speak, waiting for the other party to speak.

Wanake's figure shook gently, as if affected by the shaking of the water waves.

He asked in a deep voice:

"Do you want to kill Gucin and Albus Medici?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 814 =====