第26章 碾压!

Gu Jianlin felt that he was clearly staring right at him, yet he was gradually losing the ability to perceive his existence.

This was an irresistible force of neglect, as if someone were forcibly erasing this person from the world.

You knew he existed, you knew his name, and you were even perfectly clear about what he was about to do.

But you would simply ignore him!

This was the Mythic Armament, the very thing the Joker had always relied upon to survive!

"Goodbye."

The Joker let out a wild, ferocious laugh, gathering his spirituality and preparing to activate his teleportation technique to escape. "Next time we meet, would you like to see your mother's head, or your sister's? Or perhaps someone else's?"

After saying this, his pupils contracted for a split second.

Because Gu Jianlin, expressionless, had taken a square-folded piece of tissue from his pocket.

He held the tissue between his hands, and a pale ghost fire ignited at his fingertips!

"You've always been curious about which inheritance path I belong to, haven't you?"

He said softly, "Curse."

This word, saturated with murderous intent, echoed in the silence. Dark, eerie incantations emerged within the boy's pupils, spreading like living creatures until they covered his entire body in an instant.

His body trembled in agony, convulsing as if he were a sinner suffering under a divine punishment!

The basic ability mastered by the Divine Priest Path: Ghost Curse!

Its function at the current stage was to use the enemy's bodily tissues as a medium to cast a curse upon their life and soul!

It harmed both the enemy and the user!

Although the curse-killing damage caused by a zero-tier Divine Priest was limited.

However, Gu Jianlin was different; despite being zero-tier, he possessed a dual-core drive.

Double the damage!

With a squelch, blood sprayed out.

Gu Jianlin bled from his seven orifices, looking like an evil spirit that had crawled out of hell.

Blood also sprayed from the Joker's seven orifices, and the Mythic Armament he was in the middle of activating was abruptly interrupted!

"I never said you could leave."

Gu Jianlin gasped violently, staggering to grab a flowerpot. He ignited the Divine Sacrifice Fire to draw upon its life force, then drew the Desert Eagle from his waist. There was one last bullet left in the magazine!

He raised the gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger!

Bang!

At the critical moment, the Joker's eyes turned extremely gloomy. A thick, foul-smelling blood mist erupted from his back, and eight spider legs, hard as steel, burst through his skin, crossing to block in front of him.

With a crisp sound, the bullet struck the steel appendages and fell to the ground!

"I didn't want to use this move, but you are truly asking for death."

The Joker was indeed enraged. His body trembled and convulsed, fine hair sprouted on his face, and his pupils transformed into terrifying compound eyes.

"Deep mutation, so it really is a spider!"

Gu Jianlin stood motionless, his pupils slightly constricted.

A massive black shadow lunged forward, accompanied by a thick, foul stench.

The Joker leaped up and descended from the sky.

"In the face of absolute power, what other tricks can you play?"

A fatal blow.

Gu Jianlin watched the shadow fall, yet he felt not a hint of panic.

Calculating the time, it should be about right.

Centered on the cafeteria, four black Vajra Demon-Subduing Pestles pierced the ground simultaneously, accompanied by a deafening crash. A pillar of dark light shot into the sky, connecting them together.

A barrier-type Mythic Armament: Fengdu Luo Realm!

With the four Vajra Demon-Subduing Pestles as the boundary, the reality within would temporarily transform into an exotic realm. Only Ascenders possessing spirituality could observe the things inside and hold the qualification to pass through the barrier.

As for ordinary people, they would be like someone caught in a "ghost wall," unable to pass through the barrier no matter how they tried.

This type of Mythic Armament had been passed down since ancient times, with a total of thirteen sets in existence, and every jurisdiction was equipped with one.

It was also the standard equipment for the Ether Association when executing missions within the city.

Someone roared:

"I order as team leader... operation begins, execute Plan A, all units take note!"

He commanded: "Prepare, breach!"

The tightly closed cafeteria doors shattered with a boom.

Gu Jianlin stood where he was, not moving an inch. A massive, sharp arrow whistled past, grazing his hair!

With a crack, the sound of flesh being torn rang out.

The Joker, who had been lunging forward, was caught off guard and pierced by the giant arrow, pinned alive to the wall.

Another iron spear tore through the air, piercing his left arm.

A katana flashing with cold light transformed into a fleeting black shadow, stabbing through his right arm.

The Joker was pinned to the wall just like that, blood flowing freely.

The first to rush in was a masked man. On his back was a pitch-black sniper rifle, in his hand he gripped a massive iron bow, and a quiver hung at his waist.

"Reserve Investigator Gu Jianlin, your mission is complete."

His voice was stern, and he commanded coldly: "I, Zhang Cheng, acting as the operation team leader, order the encirclement to begin! Medical team, treat the wounded. Everyone else, full-scale attack!"

He nocked an arrow, the bowstring emitting a sharp sound as if it were about to snap, and three steel arrows raced out.

Gu Jianlin leaned against a table and glanced at him; he was the very image of an ancient general wielding a giant bow!

Overlord Path, second-tier, Hunter!

At this very instant, the Joker's abdomen swelled, and he suddenly spat out a large amount of white silk threads!

Spider silk!

A massive amount of spider silk erupted. Each thread seemed incredibly resilient, forming a defensive net in mid-air that directly blocked the whistling arrows, sticking them firmly in place.

"Prepare, wind!"

Zhang Cheng commanded.

Two young men who looked almost identical came to his side, as if carved from the same mold. They changed hand seals before their chests, then their chests suddenly contracted, their cheeks puffed out, and they exhaled!

A breath of hot air was released, instantly igniting a surging, violent wind that tore at the crisscrossing spider silk in mid-air!

Celestial Master Path, second-tier, Warlock!

Four other second-tier Hunters crouched at the entrance, their eyes as sharp as hawks. They locked onto the spider-like monster on the wall, pulled back their giant bows, and fired!

A total of twelve arrows tore through the air, emitting sharp whistles.

The two Warlocks continued to weave seals, and the twelve arrows, wreathed in wind pressure, pierced through the spider's deformed body!

"Roar!"

The Joker let out a shrill scream, his body torn apart by the violent wind.

Three figures shrouded in hoods walked in. They carefully examined the ground, then bent down to wipe the blood on the floor, dark and eerie incantations suddenly surfacing in their pupils.

With a bang, blood sprayed from their own bodies.

Ghost Curse Technique!

Divine Priest Path, second-tier, Junior Life Controller!

The Joker, already shredded by the wind blades, erupted with a massive amount of blood once more, his shrieks growing feeble.

In an instant, two women wielding katanas rushed out, slashing with chilling blade light!

Samurai Path, Ronin.

Gu Jianlin had once seen on the Deep Sky Network that this was a branch of the Ancient Martial Arts path!

With a crack, the Joker's eight spider legs were severed at the roots!

The last to rush in was a round, chubby man, carrying a familiar, extremely arrogant mocking laugh.

Cheng Youyu!

"Move aside!"

This fat man was clearly of the Ancient Martial Arts path. He leaped forward, launching a savage charge like a war chariot, his entire body wreathed in invisible, massive internal energy, like a bomb ready to detonate!

Boom!

The wall was smashed in, and the terrifying energy exploded.

At that moment, the sound of the Joker's bones breaking echoed throughout his body as he was smashed into the ruins.

Ancient Martial Arts path, second-tier, Qi Refiner.

Cheng Youyu's style was completely different from the others. If the others were well-trained specialists, he was a street ruffian, still frantically attacking even after the enemy had been defeated.

"Die, you pervert!"

"How dare you abuse small animals!"

"How dare you stalk our school beauty!"

The fat man cursed while raising his foot to stomp fiercely into the ruins.

The entire cafeteria rumbled and shook, and the Joker's ancestors were greeted one by one.

Only when there was no movement left in the ruins did Cheng Youyu stop, spitting into the pile once more.

The operation team specialists turned their heads away, pretending not to know the guy.

Seeing the target defeated, Gu Jianlin did not relax, because he felt things weren't that simple.

The opponent still had at least one Mythic Armament he hadn't used.

Gu Jianlin wasn't actually unafraid of death.

Ever since he received that love letter from the Joker, he had been drafting countermeasures.

The first thing to consider was, what was Deep Sky's purpose in having a zero-tier like him participate in this mission?

Bait.

As long as the Joker exposed himself in front of him, someone would naturally come!

From beginning to end, it had all been calculated clearly.

Someone walked to his side and said timidly, "Don't, don't be afraid. You're safe now."

Gu Jianlin turned his head and found a delicate, cute girl with a ponytail, pure and beautiful.

She seemed very embarrassed, her pretty face slightly flushed. Her blue and white sailor suit accentuated her slender and graceful figure. Beneath her skirt were a pair of long, thin legs, her calves wrapped in black silk stockings, stepping into a pair of round-toed leather shoes.

"I, I'm Nie Xiangsi. The team leader asked me to... treat your wounds."

Nie Xiangsi wore a cross on her chest, seemingly belonging to the Western Priest Path. She pressed her hands against the boy's back, releasing a soft halo of light, as if spring rain nourishing the parched earth.

Gu Jianlin always felt this name was a bit familiar, though he couldn't recall where he had heard it.

Looking at the girl again, she was wearing a black and white nun's habit and a tall veil, still looking very shy.

Priest Path, second-tier, Nun!

Gu Jianlin's profiling ability had changed since his return from the Kirin Immortal Palace. As long as an Ascender used their abilities, he could observe their transcendent image and approximate tier.

Usually, the more massive the transcendent image, the higher the tier.

The operation team's tactical arrangement was very reasonable; all fourteen people were second-tier, overwhelming the target with numbers.

The Joker, also second-tier, could not possibly defeat them.

Likewise, it would not trigger his danger premonition.

In fact, that was exactly the case; even after undergoing high-level mutation, the Joker was beaten into having no power to fight back.

The battle was resolved with overwhelming force.

"Um, are you okay?"

Nie Xiangsi said in a soft, delicate voice, "I didn't expect that as a newcomer, you could tangle with the Joker for so long. If it were me, I would probably have been killed in five seconds, right?"

"After all, you are medical personnel."

Gu Jianlin felt his wounds healing, and even the spirituality he had consumed in his body was recovering. "Thank you."

This Western Priest Path was quite miraculous.

At this moment, the remaining thirteen members of the operation team also looked back at him, their eyes filled with extreme astonishment.

They couldn't understand how a zero-tier Priest could fight a second-tier Fallen like this.

Especially Cheng Youyu; when he saw his face, he was directly shocked. "Holy crap, isn't this Brother Lin?"

Because they had to prevent the operation from leaking, only the team leader knew the identity of the bait among these fourteen people.

Cheng Youyu was shocked beyond measure. Two days ago, he knew that a newcomer bait would be responsible for drawing out the target.

He had even been gloating, wondering who that unlucky newcomer was, likely someone who had offended the higher-ups.

Facing the Joker, he was likely to perish.

He never expected it to be an acquaintance!

"We meet again."

Gu Jianlin nodded in greeting.

"Holy crap, Brother Lin, that bait was actually you?"

Cheng Youyu's eyes widened, his jaw nearly hitting the floor.

He looked at the blood all over the floor and the shattered chairs; heaven knew how brutal the battle just now had been.

It was hard to imagine this was the scene that the silent, polite boy in his memory could create.

Gu Jianlin gave a hum. "It's me."

Cheng Youyu froze for a moment, then reacted. "Damn it! This Deacon Nie is truly heartless, actually letting you, Brother Lin, be the bait? If something happened to you, what would I do about my qualifying exam?"

Gu Jianlin didn't know what to say, only stating, "Be careful, the Joker still has one Mythic Armament."

"It's fine, so what if he has a Mythic Armament?"

Cheng Youyu waved his hand. "With so many of us riding his face, how could we lose? There's even support coming later!"

"Shut up."

Zhang Cheng said solemnly, "Stay alert at all times; we cannot yet confirm the target is dead."

With him in the lead, all the task force agents maintained a safe distance and closed in on the ruins step by step.

Suddenly, a faint, hoarse sneer echoed from within the ruins.

Without a sound, the temperature of the entire cafeteria seemed to plummet.

A sudden, shocking change erupted!