Chapter 68: Sheep and Bombs!

Pain!

A piercing pain!

Kneeling on the ground, Ta Ni Lu had his shoulders pierced by a crescent hook.

The material of this crescent hook possesses extremely strong source‑energy suppression and disturbance properties.

Once the body is pierced, the source energy becomes as heavy as lead, and even a forced mobilization will be disrupted.

Fortunately, when Ta Ni Lu advanced to the second stage, his resistance material was an ogre crystal lattice that grants "pain immunity".

Aside from the intense pain when pierced,

the current pain is already within a tolerable range.

Except for the shoulder piercings.

Ta Ni Lu also has no idea how many punches he took.

His eyes and cheeks are swollen to an absurd degree.

Those guys went all out against him, leaving no mercy at all.

"If you don't die today, watch me scatter your ashes."

Ta Ni Lu, with anger burning in his eyes, thought fiercely.

Since he was framed and the news began to spread outside,

Ta Ni Lu hasn't been sleeping soundly.

Night Priest·Shadow Wizard, the dual‑sequence prodigy Ta Ni Lu, had infiltrated the Dark Sun Church for years, eliminated an A‑level Dark Sun Church prodigy, and was even a church prodigy valued by a "Dark Sun Bishop".

He also conveniently betrayed a vice‑bishop‑level combatant of the Dark Sun Church and blew the Dark Sun Altar sky‑high.

With so many buffs stacked,

Ta Ni Lu could only see a gruesome assassination as his fate.

But today,

Ta Ni Lu had just wanted to lie on the bed and take a nap.

Instead, a knife was pressed to his throat.

Revenge came faster than he imagined.

From the fierce, refined aura, Ta Ni Lu could roughly guess that these people were fanatical believers cultivated by the Dark Sun Church in the deep‑ash city‑states.

And regarding their violent interrogation,

Ta Ni Lu replied with a single word—"Admit!"

I blew up the altar.

I also killed the A‑level prodigy Arthurson.

Frank Bru? Who's that? Yep, that was me, although I don't even know what I did!

Right, right, right… everything you said is correct.

Ta Ni Lu's cowardly attitude made the other's mockery grow even louder.

"Captain, is this guy the legendary dual‑sequence prodigy?"

"All the dual‑sequence points are on his knees, huh! Kneeling like that is just fast."

The unabashed, wanton mockery slammed into Ta Ni Lu's forehead.

A short Dreamsmith dressed in dark‑hued nightmare robes, with slightly tanned skin, compact features, paced back and forth, scrutinizing Ta Ni Lu.

He was the one who struck the hardest just now, and Ta Ni Lu firmly remembered that.

"I only gave a little hint, and this guy just drifted into a drowsy sleep; his alertness is far too low."

"Or perhaps this so‑called barrier gave him confidence, making him think he could block all danger?"

At this moment, the squad leader, Dark Warlock "Gaeria", sat in a single‑person sofa opposite the kneeling Ta Ni Lu.

Gaeria, a level‑29 Shadow Walker.

He has a tall, upright build, a high nose bridge, clearly of Blackglen Highlander blood.

His skin is tinged with a golden‑wheat hue, and beneath his short blond hair his eyes are unusually steady.

In his hand he held, astonishingly, the Earth Rune Ring Staff that Ta Ke lent to Ta Ni Lu for self‑defense.

"Based on the information we obtained, it can basically be confirmed that Ta Ni Lu did it."

"At the sites of the altar and Arthurson's death, Ta Ni Lu was seen there."

"However… his power is indeed somewhat unfathomable."

Gaeria silently contemplated.

"Once Ai Sha brings that wizard over, we'll be able to know…"

"Wait… wizard?"

Suddenly, Gaeria practically sprang up from the sofa.

He turned, looking toward the doorway, toward the direction where Ai Sha was handling that lone wizard.

His complexion sagged a little.

Earlier!

According to the intelligence they gathered, all of this was indeed done by "Ta Ni Lu".

Thus, they cautiously began a hunt and capture of Ta Ni Lu, the "dual‑sequence" prodigy.

But judging from the capture results, it wasn't necessarily easy.

As for that wizard, letting Ai Sha go alone was sufficient.

But now it seems… perhaps everyone was led to the wrong conclusion.

"Captain… what's wrong?"

The Dreamsmith beside them looked over curiously.

Gai Ruiya was just about to explain.

"Squeak… Ah…"

The door was gently pushed open.

A wizard clad in a gray mage robe, with shadows trailing him, stood in the doorway.

He was also holding a sheep.

A sheep that looked somewhat familiar to Gai Ruiya.

"Ai Sha!"

"Damn, it's him; this wizard is the real instigator."

"Careful!"

Accompanied by Gai Ruiya's low growl.

"Team… Baa…"

The Dreamsmith was just about to act, and before the "Captain" could finish his shout, a sheep bleat rang out.

A broad palm suddenly seized the shadow blade, and Gai Ruiya instantly turned into shadow.

As a Shadow Walker borrowing shadow's power, he can resist many wizards' control methods.

Meanwhile.

"Boom—"

A thunderclap accompanied by violet lightning erupted on Ta Ke.

Besides the Dreamsmith, the Shadow Walker.

There was a third enemy in the room, a wizard.

The violet lightning burst in front of Ta Ke, shattering almost half of the shield on his second‑tier mage robe.

He glanced at the rapidly approaching shadow.

Ta Ke fired a bullet tentacle at the wizard in the corner.

"Bang!"

A ripple appeared on the wizard's robe in the corner, and his shield blocked the bullet tentacle.

"Once a bullet tentacle meets an obstacle or a shield, it can hardly exert much effect."

"But this bullet tentacle isn't meant for breaching defenses."

Hum—

The lightning‑fast Shadow Walker surged forward, a flash of gleaming blade tearing through the air toward Ta Ke.

Ta Ke took a slight step back, slipping into shadow.

Sss—

The blade sliced the lingering shadow.

Ta Ke reappeared on the opposite side of the hall.

"Shadow traversal?"

Gai Ruiya, also shrouded in shadow, sensed a familiar aura.

He likewise possessed the ability of shadow traversal.

If it were another shadowed transcendent, he would dare to follow.

But the wizard before them had slain Ya Se Xun and displayed astonishing power in the underground necropolis tunnels.

He didn't dare to follow lightly.

For a moment, two shadow‑shrouded zones stood in opposite corners of the hall, forming a standoff.

The opponent's uncanny sheep‑transforming technique was so overpowering that it instantly eliminated the Dreamsmith in their squad.

If the Dreamsmith weren't turned into a sheep.

Coordinating with wizard Ge Lang in a three‑against‑one, they would have full advantage.

No… it should be four‑against‑one.

Gai Ruiya glanced at the side, where the assassin Bei Fu Li·Ai Sha had already transformed.

Behind them, in the room, if wizard Ge Lang quickly resolved the Dreamsmith's sheep transformation.

He could also swiftly deal with the transformed "Ai Sha" beside him.

"But… why does this feel off?"

"That wizard clearly brought Ai Sha here, yet left him here—what for?"

"Isn't this giving me a chance to rescue Ai Sha?"

"Bang bang… bang bang…"

Gai Ruiya's shadow heart began pounding violently.

B‑rank talent 【Alertness】 erupted like a volcano at that moment.

"Not good!"

From the corner of his eye, the sheep‑transformed Bei Fu Li·Ai Sha lifted his head, his gaze filled with despair and terror.

His body instantly swelled, a surge of holy light blazing like a scorching sun, blooming vigorously as if to cleanse all the filth of time.

"Boom—"

A deafening boom that could tear eardrums, accompanied by the majestic aura of sacred light, swept across the second floor of the necropolis tower.

(End of chapter)