First Cooperation

Along with Bai Yi, the Inverse-Bone Walker burst out as well.

[You have seen the Inverse-Bone Walker. Sanity -17.]

The instant they heard Bai Yi's voice, everyone sprang into action.

Xie Xu and the others searched for somewhere to hide, while Tang Zheng rose to his feet and fired his gun.

To ensure he could drive back the aberration, Tang Zheng directly activated his talent:

[Infinite Firepower (Active): Consume one point of Sanity to create a bullet. The more Sanity consumed, the greater the bullet's power. (A bullet made with one point of Sanity is equivalent in lethality to a 7.62mm round.)]

Twenty points of Sanity condensed into a single bullet and loaded into the magazine.

[Sanity: 63/100]

"Boom—"

A thunderous blast rang out, and the aberration pouncing at Bai Yi flew backward like a kite with its string cut.

With a handgun, Tang Zheng had unleashed the power of a rocket.

Bai Yi seized the chance to recover. The Inverse-Bone Walker's attributes were all higher than his own, and luring it here had taken quite a toll on him.

"Is it dead?"

Tang Zheng cautiously asked as he looked at the silent black fog.

[Not dead.]

In Bai Yi's perception, the scent of sulfur was growing stronger and stronger!

The Inverse-Bone Walker stepped into the fog lamp's range again. Its staff was covered in cracks and charred black.

"Awesome!"

Bai Yi gave Tang Zheng a thumbs-up. That Inverse-Bone Scepter was absurdly tough. A major reason Bai Yi had been chased so badly before was that he had no weapon capable of blocking that staff.

After taking two direct hits, his White Bone Tang Dao had lost 50 durability. It now had only 42 durability remaining.

He had tried using Flesh-Bone Conversion to turn it into flesh.

But after spending 30 points of Sanity to convert only a fingernail-sized patch of flesh, Bai Yi abandoned the idea.

The Inverse-Bone Walker showed no reaction. It casually tossed aside its staff.

With its movement, yellowish-brown oil began to seep from the surface of its bones. Its tibias pierced outward in reverse from its knees, and the friction of bone against bone produced trails of phosphorous fire.

The instant sparks touched the oil stains, its entire body ignited as if dry kindling had met a raging blaze!

Then the phosphorous fire gradually contracted and diminished, finally clinging tightly to the aberration's surface like a thin veil.

As the aberration advanced, a trail of phosphorous fire appeared behind it. The surrounding grass and trees caught fire from the sparks, then swiftly turned to ash.

"Holy..."

The fog lamp flying at him interrupted Tang Zheng's exclamation.

[Take the item and cover me.]

Tang Zheng looked toward Bai Yi. For some reason, he felt that beneath Bai Yi's calm expression lay overwhelming fighting intent!

"Fire? I've got that too. Boiling Blood!"

The blood roiling and boiling beneath his skin cast a crimson tint over Bai Yi's dark golden eyes.

Rather than wait for the Inverse-Bone Walker to slowly approach, he suddenly tensed his legs and shot toward the aberration like a cannonball, his boiling blood dragging a crimson tail through the mist!

Once he entered attack range, Bai Yi raised the blade in his right hand over his head and brought it crashing down with the full weight of his body.

The sheer force made the Inverse-Bone Walker unwilling to take the blow head-on. It raised its phosphorous-fire-covered skeletal arm and tilted it to the side the moment it met the blade, deflecting the force.

"Screech—"

Bone blade scraped against bone with a piercing sound.

At the instant the blade slid down, Bai Yi lifted his left hand and shoved the thick barrel of his gun straight into the aberration's mouth.

"Pfft—"

Bai Yi violently spat out a mouthful of blood. Before he could fire, the Inverse-Bone Walker sent him flying with a side kick.

Fortunately, Bai Yi reacted quickly and used Flesh-Bone Conversion to turn his waist into bone. Otherwise, that kick might have punched straight through him.

Before, Bai Yi had bullied others with superior attributes. Today, an aberration was bullying him with superior attributes instead.

All he could say was, what goes around comes around.

The moment he hit the ground, Bai Yi did not rush to get up. Instead, he rolled twice on the spot, consecutively dodging two attacks from the aberration.

Then he pushed off the ground and launched himself into the air.

Naturally, the Inverse-Bone Walker would not let such a good opportunity pass. It bent down beneath Bai Yi, its phosphorous-fire-burning arm transforming into a sharp bone spike as it tried to skewer him.

[Now!]

"Got it!"

Tang Zheng's attack arrived before his voice did.

The Inverse-Bone Walker's back suddenly exploded, sharp bone fragments spraying in every direction. This sudden blow drastically deflected its trajectory.

In an instant, offense and defense switched places!

Bai Yi spun half a turn in midair, flinging out his bone blade with the added momentum of centrifugal force. The blade's gleam traced a spiraling path as it slashed straight for the aberrant demon's head.

After noticing Bai Yi's intent, the aberrant demon did not dodge. Instead, it used the force of the attack to spin as well, raising its bone spikes toward Bai Yi's head.

The aberrant demon's life-for-life fighting style not only failed to frighten Bai Yi—it made the flames in his eyes burn even fiercer.

"Me, avoid your edge?"

Blade and bone spikes crossed past one another, each aimed at taking the other's life.

Tang Zheng's attack arrived again. The Inverse-Bone Walker's body swayed slightly, and the result was that the bone spike grazed Bai Yi's cheek, leaving a thin, long wound.

Likewise, Bai Yi's slash only struck the aberrant demon's right shoulder, forcibly tearing off half of it with his already chipped blade.

Phosphorescent flames ignited from Bai Yi's cheek and swiftly spread across his entire body.

Activating Boiling Blood had made Bai Yi's blood flammable, while the phosphorescent fire on the aberrant demon's bone spikes was the spark that ignited him.

The burning grew increasingly severe. Bai Yi quietly assessed his body. The destruction of his skin dulled his perception of the outside world, while the burning in his lungs made breathing more and more difficult.

"Probably another thirty seconds."

Bai Yi nodded slightly. Then he would finish it within thirty seconds!

Tang Zheng, standing behind him, was not doing much better either.

When he saw Bai Yi suddenly sit cross-legged on the ground with the Inverse-Bone Walker, take out a deck of cards, and start comparing card values, Tang Zheng immediately realized that his sanity was too low.

[Sanity: 46/100]

[Warning! Your sanity is below 50. You are experiencing severe hallucinations.]

Ignoring the 46 and 100 that were already fighting in front of his eyes, Tang Zheng hurriedly pulled out a Sanity Recovery Elixir and gulped it down.

He ignored the elixir's pleas for him not to eat it.

As the elixir finished with its final words—"You'll get what's coming to you"—his vision began to return to normal.

[Sanity: 76/100]

By then, Bai Yi and the Inverse-Bone Walker's battle had completely reached its most intense stage.

The two traded blows with relish, each move aimed to kill.

Since the Inverse-Bone Walker had suffered more severe injuries, Bai Yi currently held the advantage.

The next second, he seized the moment when the aberrant demon failed to react in time due to its injuries. He first slashed out, completely crippling the Inverse-Bone Walker's right arm.

Then he lowered his center of gravity and swept his right leg low to the ground, tripping the aberrant demon like a sickle cutting through grass.

The instant the aberrant demon hit the ground, Bai Yi lunged forward. Gripping the bone blade in reverse, he drove it straight into the ground with all his strength.

The Inverse-Bone Walker still tried to resist. Its remaining left arm struggled desperately, attempting to pull the Tang Dao from its body.

Bai Yi stepped on the hilt and raised his revolver.

"Bang!"

The bullet spun relentlessly against the aberrant demon's skull. The Inverse-Bone Walker's skull was as hard as the earlier Buddhist staff.

Expressionless, Bai Yi kept firing. With 15 points of Strength, he completely ignored the revolver's recoil, placing all seven bullets neatly into the exact same spot.

After firing the final round, the aberrant demon stopped struggling. Its arm fell limply, and its skull had been completely pierced through.

Inverse-Bone Walker, dead!

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