"That thing... seems to be coming out."
Xing Wu gripped the hilt of the ancient sword with one hand and pulled it out.
Despite the distance, he could still sense a murderous intent brewing within the black sheath.
That sense of oppression was incomparable to any first- or second-order opponent I had encountered before.
I will kill it immediately.
Novsky said coldly, setting up his Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle at the edge of the cover.
In his left eye, the [Death's Eye] quietly shone.
However, just as he was about to lock onto the target's aura...
"Cough... cough cough cough!"
Novsky suddenly started coughing violently.
That wasn't an ordinary cough; almost instantly, the mask he was wearing was soaked with blood.
"Sir! Are you alright?!"
Sergei, a member of the Su Country, was shocked and immediately put down his weapon to help him up.
Novsky shoved him aside and hastily ripped off the blood-soaked mask.
His face, half of which was severely disfigured, was revealed, along with his mouth, which was covered in thick, sticky blood.
He was hunched over, coughing incessantly.
The other three, including Chen Xiaoyu and Li Tie, were all terrified.
Because they clearly saw that Novsky was coughing up not only blood, but also pieces of internal organs!
Can it hold on?
Xing Wu frowned, stepped forward, and reached out to check his pulse.
Don't touch me!
Novsky abruptly raised his hand to refuse Xing Wu's touch, and growled hoarsely, "I'm not going to die!"
"Don't get distracted, keep an eye on that guy over there!"
Xing Wu nodded and immediately turned his gaze back to the rooftop across the street.
However, when his gaze fell upon the enormous black egg again...
That black egg...
It's already open!
Black mucus flowed all over the ground, and the egg case was already empty.
The sense of threat I had felt earlier vanished without a trace.
"Damn it! Where did they go?!"
Xing Wu felt a sudden alarm bell ring in his mind. He closed his eyes and spread his senses in all directions.
Just a moment later, Xing Wu opened his eyes; his body's instincts had reacted before his brain could!
"Whoosh!"
He turned and swung his sword at the window beside him!
"Bang!"
The glass window and its frame shattered instantly from his sword strike, sending shards flying everywhere.
But he didn't stop; he continued hacking at that area!
"Back off! All of you, back off!"
Xing Wu brandished his sword while roaring fiercely.
Chen Xiaoyu was shocked. "Elder! What are you doing?!"
Li Tie, wielding a meteor hammer, narrowed his eyes, staring at the area Xing Wu was slashing at, and finally noticed something was wrong!
It was noon, and the blinding sunlight outside was streaming into the room through the broken window.
Logically, there should be no obstructions in that area.
However, on a certain patch of ground that was illuminated by the sunlight, a shadow appeared!
Li Tie looked closely and couldn't help but gasp.
A strange black shadow was lurking in the shadows, crawling rapidly towards them along the Shadow!
But the next moment, the ground and the shadow were shattered into pieces by Xing Wu's Sword Qi!
"What are you standing there for! Run to the rooftop!"
Li Yang, being knowledgeable and experienced, immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.
"That thing can blend into the shadows and move around!"
"Quickly get to the center of the rooftop where the sun shines directly; only there will we be safe!"
"No need to run, just watch me."
Novsky stubbornly rejected the proposal.
He endured the excruciating pain and picked up the Mosin-Nagant again.
The gun was pointed at the shadow that was stretching towards him!
In the very next second!
From within that shadow, the third-stage phantom suddenly leaped up!
It opened its gaping maw and lunged straight at Novsky's face!
Die!
At that moment, Novsky pulled the trigger!
"Bang!"
[Death's Eye] Locks on, a single shot with an absolute Instant Death attribute!
However...
The special bullet whistled out, but it did not shatter the ghost's head as expected.
Instead, it passed right through the middle of its head and hit the wall behind it!
For the first time since arriving here, Novsky experienced a feeling of panic.
He then realized that the other party was not a physical entity at all!
As the ghostly maw was about to bite down, Novsky dropped his Sniper Rifle and reached for the dagger at his waist.
And he attempted to force the Instant Death law of the [Death's Eye] onto the blade, preparing to engage in close-quarters combat with this monster!
But just as the two were about to clash in a life-or-death moment...
"Well..."
A sigh echoed in the room.
Xing Wu ripped open his dusty shirt.
His chest was covered with old scars.
He did not back down, but instead gripped the hilt of the ancient sword with both hands.
If the King of Hell wants you dead at midnight, who dares to keep you alive until dawn!
Xing Wu let out a muffled groan as the ancient sword plunged into his scarred chest!
Blood stained the blade, but his face became solemn as some kind of power descended upon him.
"Your sins... will be judged by me!"
The moment the words were spoken, the temperature in the room plummeted.
Behind Xing Wu, two illusory ghostly figures, one black and one white, materialized out of thin air!
Each of the two ghostly figures was carrying a chain.
As soon as they appeared, they hurled the chains in their hands at the ghostly figures in mid-air!
"Splash!"
Although the ghost wasn't very intelligent, it still sensed the aura emanating from the chains that made its soul tremble.
Its instinct was to completely Intangibility its body again and merge into the Shadow beneath its feet to escape.
But its cleverness backfired.
In its Intangibility state, it is immune to all physical attacks, but it exposes its soul to the Soul-Binding Chains!
"Awooo!!!"
With a scream, two chains, one black and one white, bound the ghost's soul, which was in a state of Intangibility.
They forcibly pulled it out of that dark, fleshy body!
Without the support of its soul, the ghostly body fell to the ground.
At this moment, a black token with the character "[Kill]" in red characters on a black background had appeared in Xing Wu's left hand.
You are found guilty!
Xing Wu shouted and pulled the ancient sword out of his chest with his right hand.
He sharpened the ancient sword with his own heart's blood, and a dazzling red light burst forth from it!
"Whoosh!"
A sword is swung!
The crimson Sword Qi ripped through the void, cleaving the ghostly soul that had been bound by the Black and White Impermanence into countless fireflies!
One strike, one kill!