Chapter 259: Kneeling and Worship
Could this blank-faced man be an apprentice on some faith wizard path? Ruger thought.
He noticed that the horns on his head seemed to have grown longer. His palms had become broader and thicker, while his fingertips had grown sharper. With a sweep of his arm, he sent the two blurry figures blocking him flying. Strength of the Savage Bull and Demon Body were being brought into full play through the dragonblood kobold's body. After the Shedding Spell, the Lesser Sharpness that had begun its Empowerment was also complete. Even Ruger was impressed by his own concentration. His claws, enhanced by Lesser Sharpness, pierced through the man's chest, and the momentum directly lifted the fake-smiling blank-faced man over his head.
"Ah!"
The fake-smiling blank-faced man screamed.
Ruger swiftly followed up with Foul-Smelling Skin.
The blank-faced man continued screaming in agony, the thick malice something Ruger had never seen before.
At the same time, he realized something—the blank-faced man had already lost consciousness. He was not the one screaming! It seemed to be some arrangement left behind in advance.
Ruger's large hand, glinting with Lesser Sharpness, had already hooked open the fake-smiling blank-faced man's jaw before shooting straight for the crown of his skull. It all happened in an instant.
"Ah—"
All the blurry figures threw back their heads and cried out.
The cry was not shrill, yet it was enough to tear at the soul, bringing a strange discomfort. It was like something caught in one's throat while one desperately tried to blast air outward, endlessly, as though there were no end to the breath within.
In that instant, Ruger felt his fingertips break through bone and layers of flesh to touch the other man's brain.
More than twenty blurry figures suddenly twisted amid their