HBWnovel Chapter 493: Battle (2)
Chapter 493: Battle (2)
Chapter 493: Battle (2)
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, agreeing with Yis People’s assessment. Since Bain had mentioned that any inanimate object hit by this hand crossbow would be transported to his study room, then shooting the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving with the crossbow should have the same effect.
Without the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving, the Cult of the Cadaver would not be able to proceed with the Ritual Ceremony.
Therefore, Liu Xing quickly said to Ryuzaki, "Mr. Liu Xing is right. Ryuzaki, you can indeed try to shoot the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving directly. If successful, we can retreat immediately, increasing our chances of success. As for Bain’s mission, it’s not crucial for us. I believe Mr. Bain will forgive our failure."
Ryuzaki nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "OK, I understand. I’ll shoot the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving now. Remember to cover me with firepower. I still need to ensure that we complete Bain’s mission."
As Ryuzaki finished speaking, the sound of dice hitting the ground suddenly echoed, and Liu Xing could tell that Judgment was also underway on Bai Hecheng’s side.
A second later, Ryuzaki pulled the trigger of the crossbow, and the arrow on the crossbow turned into a flash of lightning, flying at high speed towards the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving.
The magic shield was triggered at this moment, but it had no effect against the arrow, which continued to fly towards the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving without hindrance.
So, under everyone’s gaze, the arrow accurately hit the head of the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving.
Success!
A hint of joy appeared on Liu Xing and the others’ faces because, without any surprises, their mission was about to be successfully completed.
However, an unexpected event occurred.
The arrow pierced directly into the head of the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving, but it did not teleport to Bain’s study room.
While Liu Xing and the others were still looking surprised at the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving, Ryuzaki shouted loudly, "Shoot quickly!"
Then, Ryuzaki pulled the trigger again, aiming the crossbow at the original "Cult of the Cadaver Ritual Ceremony" in Bai Hecheng’s hand.
Bai Hecheng, still shocked by the sudden attack, didn’t have time to dodge when faced with the arrow. So, after the arrow pierced through Bai Hecheng’s right hand, it disappeared along with the original "Cult of the Cadaver Ritual Ceremony" the moment it touched it.
Could this hand crossbow only work on the original "Cult of the Cadaver Ritual Ceremony"?
While Liu Xing was thinking this, he pulled out his rifle and aimed it at Bai Hecheng.
With so many targets below, there was no need to aim precisely. Just pressing the trigger would do.
At this moment, KP Li Shunchan naturally had to step forward. "Because this battle involves too many players and NPCs, to ensure the smooth progress of the game, the results of all Judgments in this round of battle will be directly revealed without public announcement. I hope all players can understand. By the way, you just triggered the second form of the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving!"
The second form of the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving?!
What on earth was that?!
Although the magic shield couldn’t stop Bain’s hand crossbow, the bullets from Liu Xing and the others’ rifles could still be stopped.
As a result, the bullets from Liu Xing and the others all hit the blue magic shield.
Although hundreds of bullets couldn’t shatter the magic shield, they did cause cracks to appear on it.
But this also surprised Liu Xing a lot. After all, hundreds of rifle bullets meant hundreds or even thousands of damage. He hadn’t expected the magic shield to be so resilient. What if this Ghoul used offensive magic? Wouldn’t they be wiped out?
At this moment, the bewildered Cult of the Cadaver followers finally reacted and began to counterattack Liu Xing and the others, suppressing them with machine gun fire. Some of the Cult of the Cadaver followers started to charge up the city walls to besiege Liu Xing and the others.
Of course, the armed helicopter also took off.
But regardless, it was still good news because it meant they could finally retreat without waiting to die on the city walls.
So Liu Xing quickly said, "Now that the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving has turned into this blood-colored Ghoul, and seeing the surprised expression on Bai Hecheng’s face, I think this Ritual Ceremony of the Cult of the Cadaver should be considered a failure. So we can retreat now."
As Liu Xing said this, Bai Hecheng was indeed staring blankly at the blood-colored Ghoul, while the Ghoul that had released the magic shield was even more wary, assuming a defensive posture.
It seemed that this blood-colored Ghoul was not affiliated with the Cult of the Cadaver.
So Liu Xing and the others took advantage of the distraction of the Cult of the Cadaver followers and began to prepare for rappelling to leave EinsCastle.
As Liu Xing and the others started rappelling, the sound of intense gunfire erupted again, but Liu Xing noticed that the gunfire was concentrated in the backyard, not directed towards them. It seemed that the Cult of the Cadaver followers were attacking the blood-colored Ghoul.
However, judging from the successive screams of the Cult of the Cadaver followers, it seemed that the blood-colored Ghoul was wreaking havoc.
With no Cult of the Cadaver followers hindering them, Liu Xing and the others’ rappelling went smoothly, and they soon safely reached the ground. Alice and Lu Tianya had also brought the car over.
"What happened up there? Why isn’t the Cult of the Cadaver pursuing you?" Alice asked, puzzled.
Sitting in the front passenger seat, Liu Xing said, "Alice, start driving first. There’s been a mutiny among the Cult of the Cadaver up there. We’ll talk about the details as we go."
Alice nodded, and once everyone who was supposed to get in the car was seated, she started the car and headed towards Manchester.
On the way, Liu Xing recounted what had happened at EinsCastle to Alice.
Alice furrowed her brow, saying with some concern, "I seem to possibly know the origin of that blood-colored Ghoul because my master once mentioned its existence to me. However, my master only briefly mentioned it, so all I know is that it seems to be a defiler of the Ghoul race!"
Defiler?
Liu Xing frowned. In Cthulhu mythos, defilers of any race didn’t have a good ending because in the mythos, all "gods" were basically real. So if you defiled a "god," the "god" wouldn’t let you off lightly.
For example, the snake man race in the past had a group of traitors who believed in Zhatuogua. Their actions were undoubtedly blasphemy in the eyes of the snake god Yig. Therefore, Yig almost completely slaughtered these defilers, leaving only a few escaped.
And now, this blood-colored Ghoul, as a defiler, had only been disabled by Mordiggian and then sealed in the imitation of the Corrupted Wooden Carving. This indicated that the blood-colored Ghoul’s background was not simple; otherwise, Mordiggian wouldn’t have spared its life.
"Regardless, we should thank that blood-colored Ghoul. If it hadn’t helped us restrain the Cult of the Cadaver’s people, we wouldn’t have been able to escape EinsCastle so smoothly," Ling Ishikawa said with a smile from the back seat.
Liu Xing nodded. In a sense, the blood-colored Ghoul did indeed help them a lot.
However, was this too smooth?
Liu Xing couldn’t help but glance back at EinsCastle and saw the blood-colored Ghoul swiftly chasing after them!
Liu Xing didn’t think the blood-colored Ghoul was just passing by.
Before Liu Xing could voice his discovery, the blood-colored Ghoul had already appeared in front of the car, and with a single wave of its lone arm, the car was flipped over!
Fortunately, the vehicles provided by the Manchester police were modified, considering the possibility of rollovers. So the roof was equipped with cushioning pads, and Liu Xing didn’t suffer a concussion from hitting the roof. However, due to the angle of the rollover, Liu Xing and Alice were now "squeezed" into a very ambiguous position due to inertia.
But in this life-threatening situation, neither Liu Xing nor Alice had time to feel embarrassed. They quickly pushed open the car door and climbed out.
At this moment, the blood-colored Ghoul, which had also overturned another car, was slowly walking towards Liu Xing’s direction, its deep blood-sea eyes sending shivers down Liu Xing’s spine.
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