The steel walls were covered in sun totems, reflecting a blinding glare beneath the sunlight.
The crooked lines looked like a child's doodles, yet they carried an eerie sense of fanaticism.
"This is way too exaggerated!" Xiaoxiao struck a Superman flying pose and stared at the walls almost entirely covered in graffiti. "They've turned this place into one giant lightbulb."
Beni glanced over as well. "That's actually a pretty fitting description."
Wu Heng did not join their conversation. He lightly patted Skeleton Sparkle's shoulder bone, and Sparkle's insect wings beat faster once more, shooting toward the wall.
The four ghosts stopped chatting as well and sped up to follow.
Amid the piercing whistles, the guards atop the wall finally noticed the rapidly approaching target.
"Missile!" someone instinctively shouted.
"Not a missile. It's a giant bug."
"It's a monster! Open fire! Open fire!"
Amid the chaos, someone got a clear look at the target and loudly issued the command.
In their terror and panic, the sounds of safeties clicking off blended together.
Bang bang bang~!
There was no warning, no negotiation. Bullets rained into the sky.
Wu Heng raised a hand, and a crystalline curtain of water condensed out of thin air.
The bullets entered the water curtain as though sinking into viscous gel, their speed dropping sharply until they stopped in midair, suspended within the water.
The people on the wall widened their eyes, staring in disbelief at the scene before them.
"An... Ability User!"
"Damn it!"
They muttered in low voices while frantically reloading their weapons.
Before the gun barrels could rise again.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~!
The water curtain in the sky collapsed with a boom, turning into countless droplets that crashed down upon the wall.
Bang bang bang~!
The droplets struck the wall like sharp arrows. Dust and