Chapter 818: Dark Forest

On the edge of the block destroyed by the volcanic eruption, Lu Mian's figure was quickly outlined, casting his gaze toward the place where the violent explosion occurred.

The road there had collapsed into a giant pit, permeating wisps of fog, but it was not thick enough.

Albus Medici's figure jumped out of the giant pit, followed closely by a three- or four-meter-high tin soldier holding a scorching white spear with blue flames.

Lu Mian transformed into a shadow creature again, merging into the darkness on the side of the street that the firelight could not illuminate.

He intended to see the situation on the scene before deciding what he should do.

Almost at the same time, he saw a figure wandering out of the giant pit. The figure was half-merged into the night, half-illuminated by the firelight, with long hair over his shoulders, a high chest, and an abdomen that was significantly swollen as if he had drunk too much beer.

Lu Mian looked at it and recognized from the side face that had become much more feminine and had maternal radiance that the figure was Gusin.

"Gusin became a woman? And got pregnant?" Lu Mian was stunned for a moment, then understood roughly what was going on.

He remembered that the seasoning he added to the altar oil lamp contained a little violent potion and tree bark potion, both of which came from the "Night Wanderer Society" and were products of the "Great Mother's" gifted power.

"The person who used that oil lamp to perform the secret ritual was Gusin?

"He himself could use the mirror world to a certain extent, indicating that some of the knowledge and power he obtained through secret rituals before belonged to the 'Witch' pathway, and the 'Witch' pathway is strongly related to 'female' in occultism. Thus, under the divine effect of the corpse oil candle magnifying the 'Witch' experience, the violent potion and tree bark potion caused Gusin's secret ritual to connect to the 'Great Mother,' resulting in the current mutation?

"Quite interesting..."

Lu Mian watched Albus Medici fight the mother version of Gusin and the tin soldier whose strength was significantly higher than the previous soldier puppets, without the idea of "helping" either side now.

"Hunters" must wait until the most critical moment to strike!

Frankly speaking, if Albus Medici hadn't taken the head of the "Abscessed Hand," Lu Mian actually wouldn't want to kill him now. Even if Wanake's bait plan was a great success, causing Albus and Gusin to step into the trap, he might find an opportunity to let water and let Albus escape.

This was to maintain a kind of balance.

Before finishing his studies, Lu Mian didn't want to see any of the competitors become dominant.

That would likely cause the situation to change suddenly, forcing him to enter the underground mausoleum ahead of schedule before he had finished reading the books provided by Morora Archbishop Heraberg.

Therefore, Lu Mian watched the battle from the sidelines, patiently waiting for the opportunity to get clues about the "Abscessed Hand" head from Albus Medici, while appreciating Gusin's changes and the terror of the tin soldier with a relaxed mindset.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The battles of "Hunters" always take place in violent explosions. Buildings whose foundations had been hollowed out by the previous volcanic eruption and whose walls had been damaged collapsed one after another, permeating thick smoke and dust.

Albus Medici seized an opportunity, jumped into mid-air, condensed a scorching white flame straight sword with blue, and slashed fiercely at the tin soldier's head.

Boom!

The straight sword exploded instantly, cracking the tin soldier's head on the spot.

But this tin soldier did not collapse because of this. Instead, Gusin's right cheek instantly concave, shriveled, and became extremely deformed.

The next second, Gusin's skull and muscles squirmed and expanded rapidly, quickly restoring to their original state.

Along with this change, the tin soldier's head also healed rapidly.

"This... the self-healing power from the 'Great Mother' pathway and the trait of sharing damage similar to the 'Sword of Courage'? Not only can it withstand damage, but it can also share its own abilities?" Lu Mian felt his scalp go numb.

What kind of monster did the 'additives' I put in create...

Seeing this, Albus instantly transformed into a scorching white flame spear, swooshed over the collapsed buildings, and distanced himself from the tin soldier and Gusin.

Immediately after, thick fog permeated around him, shrouding the street within a range of dozens of meters.

Seeing this scene, Lu Mian's eyelids jumped slightly.

He felt that Albus Medici wanted to run.

If it were him, he would run too!

Facing the mutated Gusin and the near-demigod tin soldier, one would be severely injured and die on the spot if not careful. Even if one fought hard and won, one would definitely not be intact. Next, one would likely face the villains who rushed over after hearing the movement. Since that was the case, it was better to say goodbye to these two monsters and leave them, who were clearly crazy and could no longer abide by the corresponding rules of Morora, to the law enforcement team and even the power reserved by the Church of Knowledge to deal with.

It's a good ending if the enemy dies; it doesn't matter who kills them.

Just as the fog of war was taking shape, Lu Mian saw a figure appear on the top of the nearby ruins.

That was Wanake with iron-black eyes and blood-red hair.

He took a step forward, raised his hands, lifted his head, and looked at the gloomy darkness of the sky, as if praying to the gods.

Woo!

Morora, whose weather was already changeable and extreme, suddenly blew a hurricane, which uprooted some trees and formed a wind vortex that connected to the sky not far away.

Woo! This hurricane forcibly blew away the fog of war, exposing Albus Medici's figure, which had changed position, to the eyes of Lu Mian and the others.

"A hurricane that can affect the whole city? This is definitely something only a demigod can do, and even a demigod with weaker strength can't do it... Hmm, plus Morora's extreme weather changes, this environmental condition is easy to extreme, plus Wanake's relationship with '0-01,' it's not as scary as I thought..." Lu Mian's eyes condensed, and as his thoughts turned, he found that in the shadows more than ten meters away from Albus, Zhu Li, wearing a cotton nightgown, appeared.

This "Witch" held a mirror, reflecting half of Albus's figure.

"Zhu Li is making a move now, and she is cooperating with Wanake so tacitly?" Lu Mian was shocked at first, then understood why.

This was because all the ambushers present keenly discovered that Albus was in trouble, so without prior agreement, they tacitly made the same choice:

That was to raid Albus, add a few steel nails to his coffin lid, and nail it tighter!

"This is the rule of this game, the rule of the struggle between 'Hunters' and 'Witches': in the absence of strong constraints such as notarized documents, everyone can form alliances freely and constantly reverse positions, but if anyone shows signs of decline in this 'game,' then all the remaining people will target him at the first time and join forces to deal with him, striving not to give him a chance to recover..." Lu Mian realized and saw Zhu Li raise her right hand covered with black witch flames and wipe it on the surface of the mirror reflecting part of Albus's figure.

Almost at the same time, Albus burned instantly, turning into crimson flames, shooting out in all directions.

Some of these flames were stained with pitch-black color, turning from magnificent to quiet, and finally fell to the ground, falling into the underground hollow where the fog of war was still emerging.

The remaining crimson flames gathered again more than ten meters away, combining into Albus's body.

His aura was significantly weaker.

A scorching white firelight suddenly reflected in his eyes.

That was a scorching white flame spear shooting from the shadows.

This came from Lu Mian, who also joined the ranks of beating the dog in the water.

Seeing this, Albus let his blood-red short hair burn instantly, extending downward, as if it had become long hair reaching his vest.

His face faintly revealed an iron-black color.

Boom!

The scorching white flame spear exploded on its own before hitting him, like a blooming firework.

Lu Mian's figure was then outlined behind Albus, his eyes showing a silver-white and black color.

He swung his fist at Albus.

The fist became slower and slower, as if it were gradually bearing an unusually heavy fate.

Lu Mian was trying to exchange Albus's fate.

Of course, he didn't expect this to succeed. He just wanted to use this ability to quickly browse the fate corresponding to Albus, find the fragments related to the head of the "Abscessed Hand," and thus discover the whereabouts of the target item.

For him, this was the most important thing at the moment.

The mercury-colored illusory long river composed of complex symbols quickly reflected into Lu Mian's eyes, and with the "touch" of his fist, countless fate fragments were manifested, surging forward.

Lu Mian ignored everything else and quickly searched for his target according to the approximate time node.

In the blink of an eye, a fate fragment magnified before his "eyes":

Albus was carrying the rotten, dark-green head of the "Abscessed Hand," walked to the entrance of the underground mausoleum, threw it in from a relatively long distance, letting it make a thumping sound inside, bouncing like a ball, not knowing where it went...

"In the underground mausoleum? No wonder I couldn't sense it... He really knows how to hide... He really knows how to provoke..." At this moment, Lu Mian suddenly felt that killing Albus here was not a bad thing.

This kid is too good at pissing people off!

The next second, he lost the trace of Albus's mercury-colored fate river before he could exchange fate.

This member of the Medici family discovered Lu Mian appearing behind him, and when he tried to attack, he immediately transformed into a scorching white flame spear burning fiercely, shooting toward the outside of the ruins.

The tin soldier produced scorching white fire crows with blue, letting them chase the flame spear as if they had life, while Gusin lifted his neck, ready to let out a shrill scream regardless of friend or foe.

Zhu Li disappeared into the darkness again, but thick, gray-white spider silk protruded in front and on both sides of the scorching white flame spear that Albus had turned into. They were intertwined layer by layer, forming a "fishing net" with great toughness, just waiting for Albus to hit it himself.

The hurricane of "woo" had not yet stopped, and Wanake jumped into mid-air, condensed a scorching white giant sword with blue, waiting to jump and slash Albus.

ps: Thanks to Mr. Aurora o for the silver alliance reward again and again~

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 819 =====