Battle in Chaos
When Lu Yuan first saw the sentence "Perhaps it would be more accurate to call him an empty shell" in the Gray-White Text, he thought that Gustav had long since become a shell completely controlled by Heretics.
However, he never expected that the comment was actually caused by the Pathway that the Earl Gustav himself had taken, which had burned his soul and Flesh.
On the other side, the leader of the Fourth Order black-robed group was still talking to Gustav, but he knew very well that the entire Watch City was under martial law tonight. If the Earl's Mansion made a big commotion, a large number of the Night Watcher's main force would definitely arrive within ten minutes to completely seal off the area. He had no intention of staying to fight a reckless old madman.
Before the cold laugh had even faded, the Fourth Order black-robed figure suddenly kicked over two large ceramic jars filled with dark red Mutation Potion Pulp next to the shelf, and shouted sharply towards the back of the hall:
"Stop them and take the rest of the goods!"
Upon hearing the command, the two Second Order Heretics who were blocking the center of the hall, who had been cultivating the Illusion-Reality Boundary Mushroom Spores within their bodies, simultaneously began to chant in a low voice with fanatical eyes. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, their bodies shriveled and collapsed inward, their skin and flesh tearing and exploding inch by inch.
In just two or three breaths, a giant Illusion-Reality Boundary Mushroom, reaching the ceiling of the Herb Repository, sprouted wildly from the Flesh remains of the two Second Order Consumable Heretics.
The thick, twisted, grayish-white rootstock, covered with fine teeth, frantically drew away the temperature from the hall with a low, chanting sound as it opened and closed, spewing out a dense, dark gray spore Dense Fog that blotted out the sky in all directions!
At the very instant the gray-black spore cloud rose up, mixed with the foul-smelling medicinal mist from the earthenware jar, the leader, a Fourth Order black-robed figure, grabbed the head of a Mutated Servant beside him and, in the blink of an eye, drained the Flesh force from his entire body into a withered corpse. He then unleashed a powerful, Withering-and-Blooming Soul Wail Blast of a Fourth Order Believer Transcendent soul-shaking wails towards the door!
Almost simultaneously, a series of shrill screams and the clash of weapons suddenly erupted in the inner courtyard of the castle outside the Herb Repository and even on the street outside the main gate. Among the City Hall officials and Private Soldiers who had just retreated to the side of the road, several people who had been secretly infiltrated also grew bone spurs and went berserk, causing a violent riot on the outskirts.
Lin En and several Night Watcher, who were positioned on the side of the Herb Repository gate, were the first to be hit. They were struck by the Fourth Order soul blast that drained the life force of the person, causing blood to flow from their ears and noses. Their minds went blank, and they were immediately knocked to the ground by two Bone-Spiked Monsters that rushed out of the medicinal mist.
Karin, standing beside Lin En, groaned and took a heavy step back, a few drops of blood seeping from her ears.
However, Karin, who possessed Flesh Transcendent and had a strong control over her own robust body, steadied herself in the blink of an eye. Immediately afterward, she raised her Wide-Bladed Greatsword horizontally with both hands and with a clang, she desperately blocked the pale Bone Blade that was about to fall on Lin En's head!
Not only Karin and Lin En in the front row, but also Blanca, who possessed the Immortality Horn Phantom Contract, and Leon and Harvey beside her, all swayed slightly in body and eyes the moment the Fourth Order soul wail and the high-concentration Mutation drug mist collided head-on.
However, the elite members of the North Campus reacted extremely quickly. They were only stunned for a moment before they were completely awake and each of them activated their own Transcendence Path immediately!
Leon took a deep breath, and the air around his body suddenly became viscous and distorted, splitting into several overlapping and flashing Hallucinatory Flame Shadows.
Two bright white Flames suddenly blazed in his eyes, his gaze clashing with the two Bone-Spiked Monsters that lunged at him. Two flashes of fire streaked across the monsters' eyes, instantly freezing the two frenzied creatures in place.
The next moment, a raging fire suddenly burst into flames on Leon's head, and a Human-Headed Sun with Leon's own face burning with blazing white Flames slowly rose from his body, hanging high in the air above the Herb Repository hall!
The scorching sunlight instantly illuminated most of the dim hall. The gray-black Illusion-Reality Boundary Spores rushed towards the people at the entrance made a dense crackling sound under the high temperature of the sunlight, turning into ashes and dissipating in large swaths. Even the two giant Illusion-Reality Boundary Mushrooms in the center of the hall, which were most afraid of high temperature Flames, were trembling violently and rolled up their caps due to the heat of the Human-Headed Sun!
Harvey, standing on the other side, leaped into the air with a light touch of his toes. A large amount of gray-black feathers emerged and surged from his body, and wide wings quickly spread from his arms and sides. In mid-air, he transformed into a half-human, half-bird Night Owl Form with a decaying face. He nimbly skimmed onto the high shelf beam, avoiding the dark red liquid that was spilling on the ground.
Throughout the entire hall, the only ones who didn't even flinch under this wave of Fourth Order mental control and spore attacks were Lu Yuan standing at the entrance and Gustav at the very front!
The soul wails that would have caused an ordinary Third Order cultivator to collapse on the spot struck Gustav's faceless, fiery face, but didn't even cause a ripple. The high concentration of gray-black spores that swept around him didn't even get close to Gustav before being burned clean by the dark gold Insect Flame churning on his body.
Braving the raging flames and rushing into the Dense Fog, Gustav caught a glimpse of a heavy Cast-Iron Manhole Cover that had been lifted behind the rear warehouse shelves. Several Third Order Gray-Robed Heretics were carrying Lead Crate sealed with nails and jumping down into the dark well. A thunderous roar of fury exploded from his mouthless body:
"There's Drain in the back! These bastards are going to run down the sewers!"
Just as Gustav roared and strode towards the wellhead, his body engulfed in Golden Insect Flames, Lu Yuan, standing at the doorway, didn't hesitate for a moment. He silently activated the Time Bestower·Acceleration in his mind, and a line of Gray-White Text immediately appeared in the lower left corner of his vision:
[Sanity: -1...148.5/200]
Lu Yuan was no longer going to hide his strength, since everyone present except for Lin En, whom he had already met, were his own people.
Of course, Lu Yuan also wanted to use the Fourth Order Heretics in front of him to test his current true combat strength. It was a pity that he did not know the real names of these Heretics. Otherwise, it would have been better to just throw them into the Sea of Knowledge. It was a waste to waste such good experience bars. If these people could be digested by the Sea of Knowledge, they might even bring him some experience.
The thought flashed through his mind, and Lu Yuan, in a state of local time acceleration, stomped heavily on the bluestone ground, instantly turning into a blur as he swept past the mess.
At the same time, he raised his left hand and threw out a Fire Talisman. With a loud bang, a Heretic of flame blasted away a Third Order heretic who tried to block his way. The Stonefire Gauntlet on his right wrist was also scorched by a raging red Flame. Together with Gustav, who was charging forward, he rushed straight to the back warehouse well opening from the left and right!
As he passed the side of the shelf, Lu Yuan clearly heard the sound of rushing water coming from the bottom of the cast iron shaft.