Sudden Visitors

Boom!

The heavy church doors collapsed backward as one.

Four experts from the Commandery Commandant Office entered in an instant. Two held blades and scanned their surroundings, while the other two somersaulted in, rising into half-crouches with muskets in hand.

With long-range and close-combat fighters among them, they were equipped to handle most situations.

The people of this world were by no means fools.

Drawing on his experience from his previous life, Li Yan had immediately devised relevant tactics for his squad after New-Style Gunpowder appeared. Although the imperial court had been slow to catch on, it was constantly experimenting as well.

For example, the Commandery Commandant Office's Divine Marksmen Squad had been established specifically to deal with Grandmasters.

The church hall remained as dim as ever. Torches flickered, while the pungent scent of spices concealed a faint stench of decay.

Before the altar of the idol, a dense crowd of black-clad people knelt.

At the disturbance, the black-clad people did not panic. Instead, they silently rose and turned around. Their faces were pale, their eyes pitch-black and cold, and large areas of their skin were covered in ulcers.

Swish, swish, swish!

Short blades suddenly appeared in several of their hands as they charged toward the doorway.

"They're not right. Attack!"

The people from the Commandery Commandant Office were seasoned veterans and opened fire at once.

Boom!

The muskets thundered, scattering gunpowder smoke.

The two cultists at the very front were blasted into a spray of flesh and blood on the spot.

But the remaining people seemed possessed. Their bodies twisted grotesquely as they scattered in an instant in animal-like crawling postures. Some crawled up the walls, some leaped onto the stone pillars, and some even hung upside down from the ceiling, charging at the group from every direction.

Faced