Chapter 872

Forsyth had just outlined her figure in the ruins of the wooden hut when she saw Lu Mian's face become pale behind Vazan Sanson, his eyes gradually becoming empty, relying on the "Sword of Courage" to share the damage so he didn't directly turn into a corpse or trigger "Mirror Substitute," while Vazan Sanson, with his back to Lu Mian, raised his left hand, quickly condensing radiance with colors indescribable in words in the middle of his fist.

Forsyth knew she couldn't passively wait for "Mirror Substitute" to trigger itself. Perhaps the attack Vazan Sanson was about to launch could bypass the connection between "Mirror Substitute" and the person themselves, making the former lose its effect.

But at the current distance, whether it was her, Yu Jianna, or Anthony, it seemed they couldn't wake Lu Mian or stop Vazan Sanson in time.

Even if they could, the threat from Higgdon was even more urgent and imminent!

At this time, the closest person to Lu Mian and Vazan Sanson was Louis, who had just climbed up and still had twenty or thirty meters to reach the target.

As thoughts flashed through her mind, Forsyth suddenly took out a mirror from the "Traveler's Bag," and then her whole person instantly disappeared from the spot.

Relying on "Black Tears," she appeared in the mirror world, shuttling along a certain illusory and dark tunnel toward the distance.

Yu Jianna, who remained in place, watched the mirror Forsyth had dropped fall toward the ground while focusing her attention on Higgdon, who had arrived nearby with most of his face ulcerated and oozing pus.

She felt that the "Witch" spider silk she had released had all withered and died, unable to exert any effect.

Just then, everyone except Louis had their thoughts blurred at the same time.

By the time Lu Mian, Forsyth, Yu Jianna, and Anthony recovered their clarity, they had returned to the wooden hut.

This wooden hut was intact and had not yet collapsed.

Seeing this, a strong feeling of joy surged in Forsyth's heart.

Her "fleeing from the battle" just now was not to run away by herself, but to trigger the "Ring-in-the-Middle" effect, letting the battle that had already occurred reset, letting Lu Mian, who had suffered the influence of Vazan Sanson's secret ability, and Yu Jianna, who had been locked onto by Higgdon, get out of their predicament!

The enemy's ability is not something that cannot be used by one's own side!

Finding the trigger point and restarting immediately when the situation is unfavorable is equivalent to any dangerous situation and inevitable death situation being able to start over. Of course, the premise is that there is enough time to trigger it.

"Can it be used like this to utilize the enemy's ability..." Yu Jianna was stunned for a moment, then saw the wooden hut rot and collapse again, revealing Vazan Sanson and Higgdon coming from afar.

Lu Mian was not surprised. When he was in Kordu Village, he had actively triggered the "Ring-in-the-Middle" effect to seek a restart.

He hurriedly reached his hand into the "Traveler's Bag," grabbed the "Black Tears" forehead ornament that had returned to the independent space, and threw it toward Forsyth again.

Forsyth quickly shouted:

"Drag!"

She already had a way to deal with the current predicament.

That is to drag it out until the situation changes!

Since there was no way to break the "Ring-in-the-Middle" of Vazan Sanson in a short time, it would be better to fully utilize it. If the situation was not right, restart immediately, dragging it out time after time, dragging it until the official forces of Trier discovered the abnormality here, dragging it until the Major Arcana cards of the "Tarot Club" thought of a way to approach here.

As long as the evil gods hadn't completely invaded this world, and as long as the doomsday hadn't arrived early, dragging it out would definitely be able to wait for helpers to purify the evil god believers!

This was the capital of Intis, Trier!

Forsyth thought so, and did so. While catching the "Black Tears" forehead ornament, she threw her "Ice Amulet" to Yu Jianna.

In this way, there were three people in the team who could try to leave the current area through different ways, so there was no need to worry about being locked onto separately by Vazan Sanson and Higgdon without giving a chance. The fault tolerance rate would be significantly improved!

When hearing Forsyth's suggestion, Lu Mian was about to take the "Sword of Courage" again, and Louis had already automatically and consciously run toward Vazan Sanson.

Lu Mian found that Vazan Sanson was not gloomy because Forsyth had found the weakness of the "Ring-in-the-Middle" and intended to drag it to the end of the Vortex Plan. His expression was no different from before.

He suddenly had a thought, and combined with his own understanding of the Fate path, he had a preliminary judgment:

Vazan Sanson couldn't let the "Ring-in-the-Middle" cycle infinitely. He would likely set a destined ending for the "Ring-in-the-Middle." Every restart would bring everyone present closer to that ending until it could no longer be changed!

And judging from the fact that he could maintain his memory after the cycle, the fate power attached to the "Ring-in-the-Middle" effect by Vazan Sanson was not strong. This node would definitely not be far away.

Lu Mian immediately reminded Forsyth:

"At most, trigger it one more time!"

In the Fate path, "three" is a sacred number, having a very strong mystical symbol, pointing to the past, present, and future, and also pointing to the beginning, process, and end. At the same time, the number of abilities initially obtained by a "Contracted Person" also fluctuates around three. Therefore, Lu Mian suspected that after triggering the "Ring-in-the-Middle" effect three times, another restart would lead to the destined ending, and it would never be reversible again.

That is to say, three times is the limit, and the fourth time will usher in the final result. And now, Lu Mian and the others had already triggered the "Ring-in-the-Middle" effect twice.

Forsyth didn't understand why Lu Mian denied her suggestion, why he said they could only utilize the "Ring-in-the-Middle" effect one more time, but she knew Lu Mian understood the Fate path better than she did. He was the expert in this regard, so she should listen to his advice.

Thump!

When Louis fell again, Higgdon, whose age spots on his face had not yet ulcerated, slowly raised his arms.

He clearly still remembered the battle in the last cycle and chose to change to a different way this time.

Higgdon's aura suddenly decayed, and the whole person seemed to have reached the point of inevitable death but was still a little bit away.

The age spots on his face ulcerated at the same time, and his body also emitted a strong sense of decay.

He was quickly covered by blue-green pus mixed with yellow, sticky and disgusting.

Such a Higgdon then disappeared from the spot, seeming to decompose into countless pathogens.

Seeing this, Lu Mian gripped the "Sword of Courage," and scorching white and cyan flames ignited on his body.

These flames quickly spread toward the surroundings, bypassing Forsyth, Yu Jianna, and others, protecting them in the middle.

At the same time, Anthony, who had been observing, reminded his companions in a deep voice:

"Higgdon feels very much like the 'Winter is Coming' revolver."

"Winter is Coming"? Forsyth and Yu Jianna both tightened their spirits.

They both remembered very clearly that the "Winter is Coming" revolver had two very strong abilities, one was "Inevitable Death," and the other was "Inevitable Hit."

The former was that as long as it hit, Beyonders at the saint level would suffer heavy damage and gradually die, while Beyonders below demigod level would die directly, unless there was a substitute. The latter was that either a substitute was actively used before the opponent launched an attack, or there was a more special ability, otherwise it was destined to be hit, and the substitute would fail.

If Higgdon was really like what Anthony said, similar to the feeling of "Winter is Coming," the two "Witches" had to be on guard against the "Inevitable Hit" ability. After all, the physical strength of a witch was definitely not as good as a "Hunter" of the same sequence. If the substitute could not exert its effect, even if it wasn't an attack of inevitable death, it would cause them heavy damage!

Forsyth, who was under the protection of the scorching white and cyan flames, increased her vigilance while having a new train of thought.

She looked at Lu Mian, who was ready to rush toward Vazan Sanson, and quickly said to Anthony:

"You cooperate with him!

"'Inevitable Death'!"

Forsyth meant that while Lu Mian and Louis were dragging Vazan Sanson, they should find an opportunity to use the "Inevitable Death" ability of "Winter is Coming" to attack that fate believer, to see if he could die directly, and to see if the "Inevitable Death" effect would be reset by the "Ring-in-the-Middle" ability.

As long as Vazan Sanson died, the "Ring-in-the-Middle" would naturally be lifted, and there would be no hidden dangers!

As soon as Forsyth finished speaking, behind her, a bit of blue-green light mixed with yellow quickly aggregated in the scorching white and cyan flames, condensing into Higgdon, who was covered in sticky and disgusting liquid.

This old man had already been ignited, but he still let his arm whip toward Forsyth like a whip.

"Inevitable Hit"!

And Forsyth, just having a spiritual warning, actively used "Mirror Substitute."

Pop!

Her body turned into a mirror, was hit by Higgdon's sticky arm, quickly dimmed and shattered, falling toward the ground, no longer having the slightest luster, just like being buried in the mud for a hundred years.

And Lu Mian, who was prepared to rush toward Vazan Sanson, suddenly pulled his body back and slashed the "Sword of Courage" in his hand toward Higgdon.

Being full of courage can also have strategy!

After all, Lu Mian was not afraid of Higgdon; he was just worried that the other party would run too fast and couldn't hit his body, so he deliberately made a feint of attacking Vazan Sanson just now.

Boom!

While Louis fell again, Higgdon's arm, which couldn't be dispersed, was cut off directly by the violent explosion and the sharp sword body, and all the blue-green sticky liquid on his body surface was covered by the scorching white and cyan flames.

Pop!

After that arm fell to the ground, it quickly wriggled and grew, turning into another Higgdon.

Now, there were two Higgdons.

And the scorching white and cyan flames on their body surfaces were quickly dimming and decaying, extinguishing!

The two Higgdons pounced on Forsyth and Yu Jianna respectively.

On the other side, Vazan Sanson, who did not have angel level, suddenly felt ripples of fate.

He instantly had an enlightenment:

Can't drag it on anymore, must hurry up!

Thinking of this, Vazan Sanson frowned.

He didn't want to do the next thing; it would be very painful.

Just treat it as accumulating for the "Sufferer" stage... Vazan Sanson raised his right hand, pressed it on his temple, and condensed radiance of indescribable colors.

As the source of the "Ring-in-the-Middle" effect, he couldn't trigger a restart by leaving this place. That would be truly leaving. He could only commit suicide!

Seeing this scene, Forsyth and the others all felt a jump in their hearts, having a strong ominous premonition.

Just then, the radiance in Vazan Sanson's hands strangely disintegrated, as if the way it was composed had been twisted.

Likewise, neither of the two Higgdons hit their targets, and Lu Mian's "Sword of Courage" didn't hit anything either.

The sky suddenly became dim, and a majestic voice rang in everyone's ears:

"Citizens of Intis, your emperor has returned!"

(End of chapter)