Chapter 152
Chapter 152: Supreme Heroic Spirit Fu
Inside the Wheat Field.
What a sight it was at that moment.
Golden waves of wheat surged in the night wind.
Moonlight spilled down, washing over the corpses that littered the ground.
"Cough...cough...fuck, nearly died there."
Andre stood miraculously in place, his entire body charred black, but the Black Flames on him had been extinguished.
In that split second between life and death, his Energy Release had forcibly blasted the Black Flames away along with the energy itself.
Now he knelt weakly on one knee, gasping in great heaving breaths.
God was clutching one of Andre's legs, crying without making a single sound.
Behind them, Dorothy's face had turned paper-white, her eyes shut tight, having fallen into a deep coma.
The Backlash from Death's Agent had pushed her to the brink of death.
Her body twitched from time to time.
Zhao Yan still stood at the front, his injuries fully recovered.
"Are you alright?"
"Mm."
Beside him, Mai Zijian nodded in response.
He knelt on one knee, gasping in great heaving breaths.
Just moments ago, he had activated his ability, DamageTransfer.
He had transferred Zhao Yan's injuries onto himself, keeping their strongest combatant at full condition.
On the other side.
Xin An brought her blade down and severed the Liu Feng Scarecrow's head.
The head rolled into the wheat field, twitched twice, and went still.
"Thank you, Xiaoxiao."
Xin An gasped for breath.
"Hehe, don't mention it, Captain Xin!"
Hu Xiaoxiao stood not far away, smiling with eyes curved in delight.
Her Celestial Fox Illusion's deceleration domain was the natural counter to Liu Feng's Speed Star.
Just a moment ago, she had seized the opportunity and slowed Liu Feng's speed by 0.1 of a second.
That 0.1 of a second was all it took.
Liu Feng lost his head.
Further away.
A sniper duel had just drawn to a close.
Lu Qi stood on a small earthen mound, sniper rifle in hand.
Smoke was still curling from the barrel.
"Death Mark! Die, you bastard!"
Lu Qi watched the Phantom Scarecrow collapse in the distance again, and clenched her fist.
Her S-Grade ability, Death Mark—once it struck an opponent even a single time, it left a permanent soul mark on them. Even if the opponent could revive infinitely, it didn't matter.
Her bullets would track the mark until the target was completely annihilated.
This time, she had blown its head apart.
"Your time is up—prepare to die! You beast!"
Zhao Yan gripped his long blade tight again.
Through this brutal battle, they had completely seen through the Watchful Scarecrow's true nature.
The so-called Tribulation Flame was nothing but a counterfeit that burned energy, and the so-called invincibility also required energy consumption.
From here on, they only needed to keep cutting it down.
Kill Ling Yu Scarecrow.
Cut off its energy supply, and the blood moon in the sky would go dark.
Once that happened, it would be meat on a chopping block.
The Watchful Scarecrow stood in place.
Watching this scene.
Listening to their words.
And then.
It covered its face, its entire body trembling.
Not from fear.
From laughter.
From wild, frenzied delight.
"Ha ha ha ha!!!"
It threw its head back and roared with laughter.
"Yes! Yes! Exactly like this!"
"Hope for more! Give me more!"
"More of it!"
"Now despair!"
The words fell.
Rustle~
The wheat waves nearby parted.
The Rex Scarecrow and Yan Mo Scarecrow walked out, dragging 2 people with them.
The moment they saw those 2 people, Andre and Zhao Yan's pupils contracted!
It was Alexander and Angel!
The 2 of them had not been burned to death by the Black Flames.
They had been captured alive by the Scarecrows!
"No good!!! Save them, now!!!"
Andre realized something was terribly wrong.
But it was already too late.
"No...no..."
Alexander's voice was shaking.
Angel's face had gone deathly pale; she couldn't speak a single word.
The Watchful Scarecrow walked up to them.
Extended its hand.
Squelch!
Straight through the heart!
"Ahhhhh!!!"
2 screams rang out at the same moment!
The next second!
Their bodies began to contort!
Flesh and blood churned!
Straw wove itself together!
2 new Scarecrows rose to their feet!
"No good!!!"
Andre's eyes went wide, his voice cracking.
But it was already too late.
The Yan Mo Scarecrow clapped both hands together!
【Explosive Brand】 activated!
Xin An's head snapped down as she looked at the Liu Feng Scarecrow's corpse.
Only then did she notice—the headless body was covered densely, head to toe, in marks.
"Everyone run!!!"
BOOM!!!
A violent explosion blasted the Liu Feng Scarecrow apart into countless straw needles.
Those needles shot outward in every direction!
Everyone scrambled frantically to dodge!
But!
There were too many of them!
"Ugh!"
"Ah!"
"Hss!"
Muffled groans rang out one after another.
Every single person had wounds cut across their bodies, more or less.
The next second.
Red marks lit up simultaneously across every one of those wounds!
【Shared Energy】 activated!
Angel's ability, even after her conversion into a Scarecrow, remained intact!
"No..."
Mai Zijian's voice changed entirely.
He could feel the energy inside his body draining away at a frantic pace!
Flowing toward those red marks!
Flowing toward the Angel Scarecrow!
Thud.
Hu Xiaoxiao was the 1st to collapse.
Thud.
Mai Zijian, 2nd.
Thud.
Lu Qi.
Thud.
Xin An.
Thud.
Andre.
All 5 of them toppled to the ground.
Unable to move.
Their energy had been sucked dry.
Zhao Yan knelt on one knee, gripping his long blade with all his strength to keep himself upright.
【Unyielding】made him immune to rule-type control, but it could not make him immune to having his energy emptied.
He was barely hanging on too.
The Watchful Scarecrow approached.
It looked down from above at these people on the ground, struggling in their final moments.
And laughed out loud.
"Now...whose time is up?"
"What good did seeing through me do you?"
"Everything is..."
"Too late."
It began to walk.
Stepping over Zhao Yan.
Stepping over Mai Zijian.
Coming to Andre's side.
It lowered its head and looked at the small boy Andre had kept pinned beneath his body.
God.
Those blue eyes were filled with terror and tears.
"This ability..."
The Watchful Scarecrow extended its hand.
"Is mine now."
Its fingers were about to touch God's forehead.
And then.
It stopped.
The Watchful Scarecrow's head turned toward the sky.
That blood moon.
Was shaking violently!
The next second.
BANG!!!
An explosion.
A massive explosion.
The blood moon shattered!
The Death Wheat Field vanished!
The true domain finally revealed itself!
Centered on the Watchful Scarecrow, a wheat field with a radius of 500 meters.
Nothing more.
"No...impossible..."
Once again, across the Watchful Scarecrow's face...
Fear appeared.
It snapped its head around, staring in a particular direction.
‘Damn thing—'
‘I cannot let them find that place!!!’
With a sweep of its hand, it brought all the Scarecrows with it and charged madly in that direction!
Leaving behind nothing but a ground full of dying humans.
At the same time.
Inside the cellar.
3 figures dropped down through the hatch cover.
"Urgh!"
Luo Kun nearly retched.
That rancid, blood-soaked stench hit him straight at the crown of his head.
The sight before him was even worse—like a slaughterhouse.
Chunks of flesh covered the floor, bloodstains smeared every wall, and a massive vat was filled to the brim with rotting viscera.
"This...what kind of place is this?"
Liu Ruyan covered her nose and swept her gaze around.
Soon, it landed on a battered table.
On top of it sat a diary.
She walked over and opened it.
1 page.
2 pages.
3 pages.
With every page, her brow furrowed deeper.
"So the Scarecrow...was born like this."
She closed the diary.
"Fit Albert..."
"What a deranged individual."
Luo Kun leaned over and glanced at a page, the corner of his mouth twitching.
Just then.
Liu Ruyan noticed Shadow rummaging through a corner of the room.
"What are you doing?"
Shadow didn't look up.
"Looking for something."
"Looking for what?"
"In Battle Royale mode, to prevent weaker combatants from having absolutely no chance of clearing it..."
"There are items capable of countering the boss hidden in concealed areas."
Liu Ruyan was taken aback.
"Something like that exists?"
"How did I not know?"
"Because the number of people who can actually find the hidden area is almost zero."
Shadow kept rummaging as she explained.
"Historically, supposedly only 1 person has ever found it."
"So base strategy guides all default to assuming there are no hidden items."
"To keep people from wasting time searching."
She paused.
"But right now."
"We're standing in that place."
Luo Kun and Liu Ruyan exchanged a glance.
Then.
Both rushed forward at the same time!
But the next second, both of them retreated at the same time.
It was too revolting.
There was no way to even begin.
That massive vat was soaking in chunks of flesh from god knows how many years!
The smell alone was enough to make a person pass out!
Shadow didn't stop.
She didn't care about filth at all.
She plunged her hand straight into the vat, rummaging through those slick, nauseating chunks of flesh.
Compared to disgust.
She feared death far more.
Liu Ruyan stared at her, frozen.
This girl who was usually quiet and barely noticeable...
Right now, her eyes held more resolve than anyone else's.
"Hah..."
Liu Ruyan drew a deep breath.
Suppressing the urge to vomit, she reached her hand in as well.
Luo Kun bit down.
"Fine, disgusting it is then!"
He joined in too.
All 3 of them dug frantically through a heap of rotting flesh.
1 chunk.
2 chunks.
3 chunks.
Finally.
Shadow's hand touched something solid.
"Found it!"
She pulled her hand out.
In her grip was a talisman paper trailing black smoke.
The 3 of them leaned in close.
Supreme Wraith Talisman
【Item】: Supreme Wraith Talisman
【Type】: Single-Use Consumable
【Grade】: ???
【Method of Use】: Requires any part of the enemy's body, such as hair...
【Function】: Summons a Wraith from the river of time who has once defeated the enemy, to assist you.
The Wraith's state is random—it may be childhood, old age, or a past or future life.
The optimal state is selected.
【Duration】: 30 minutes.
【Note】: I summoned a god!
Though it's also possible I summoned a maggot!