Chapter 150: Kill
Noticing the movement of the Leader of the Wolf Pack, Bati coldly snorted. He would not allow the Sage Ovum Sheath to be taken away just like that, so he casually hurled a lightning strike at the opponent.
A paralyzing sensation, like an electric shock, spread through his fur to his entire body. The Leader of the Wolf Pack reflexively dodged to the side, but the attack didn’t come from behind him; it came from above.
A flash of lightning struck down from the sky. Even though the Wolf Leader dodged with all his might, he still couldn’t escape the range of the lightning strike. This damp, rainy night and the muddy, soft ground were the best conductors for electricity. The lightning exploded, and the dazzling electric light vanished in an instant. The Wolf Leader and the Agent, relying on their tough physiques, endured it, but several players from White Studio were not so lucky. Except for Bai Xingya, who was the furthest away, no one else could escape this magic.
The Agent exuded a scorched smell, and the scorching current coursed through every blood vessel and nerve in his body, half-roasting his internal organs while leaving plant-root-like patterns on his skin. He struggled to get up. At the brink of death, his异种之血 (abnormal blood) was stimulated to its maximum.
The corrupted blood was forcibly purged, and a continuous stream of fresh blood was produced, replenishing the previous heavy blood loss. Even the broken gash on the Agent’s arm began to sprout granulation tissue, as if the arm would soon be as good as new. However, as a price, the Agent could no longer afford it; his mana was already depleted.
So, the price was collected in another form: his spirituality. The instinct for survival triggered the activity of his 异种之血, which began to burn his spirituality like fire burning fuel.
Escape!
Only this word echoed in the Agent’s mind. He didn’t know why he had lost his head and gone to snatch that Sage Ovum Sheath. Now, under the instinct for survival, all he could think of was to escape from here as quickly as possible.
It would take at least ten more seconds…
He calculated the time needed to recover to a state where he could barely move, but clearly, someone did not want to give him such an opportunity.
Crisp footsteps sounded from behind him and rapidly approached. Without batting an eye, the Agent rolled to the side, dodging the gleaming dagger.
Li Wen then cast Poem of Paradise. The first time he rolled Gift of Temperance, which was useless. So he used it consecutively until he rolled the effect of The Tower and stopped.
Poem of Paradise was an instant-cast spell. No matter how many times Li Wen used it, as long as she was willing and had mana, it would be cast in an instant. Therefore, before the Agent could take a few steps, he was forcibly controlled in place by the effect of The Tower.
Li Wen took a step forward, and the Raven Feather Dagger, already enchanted with Spell-less Arc Light, swung towards the Agent’s neck. Under the effects of multiple buffs, increased damage, and reduced resistance, as well as the Agent’s own impaired state, the dagger and arc light cut off the Agent’s head cleanly and without incident, not even giving him a chance to say his dying words.
To prevent the opponent from integrating with异种 (abnormal species) with extremely strong regenerative abilities, like the Swamp Monster, Li Wen made several gestures over the corpse until she triggered blood decay once again before she was satisfied.
She confirmed again the experience added to her status bar, and the Agent was likely truly dead.
Experience could be gained just by participating in a battle, so it was difficult to confirm whether an enemy was truly dead based on this alone, which was why Li Wen tried to “whip the corpse.” Transcendents of the Calamity Spectrum were never weak in combat. If she had faced him alone, regardless of any advantage Li Wen held, she would naturally have had no chance of killing the Agent. However, fate had it that the opponent had been worn down to a mere candle in the wind after several rounds of battle. Of course, even if Li Wen hadn’t personally killed him and allowed him to escape, as long as the Agent had no way to remove the effect of Thirst for Light, he would still die when the time came.
Li Wen didn’t pay much attention to the situation here and quickly shifted her gaze to observe the battlefield’s situation.
In the current battles, Marymana and Bati were mostly engaging in attrition warfare with low-level magic. Although it looked thrilling, there was no actual progress.
Moria, on the other hand, had stoically withstood the attacks from both Jeffrey and the Griffin. Except for a few holes burned into his raincoat by the poisonous fire, there were no obvious injuries. This resilience made Li Wen sigh in admiration. Could it be worthy of being called Path of Sacrifice, the tankiest in the Glorious Spectrum Series?
Li Wen didn’t know Jeffrey, but she could tell that he was likely a leading figure in the Leicester Disciplinary Bureau and should have been a Stage Four Transcendent. Yet, for some reason, he was fighting back and forth with a summoned Griffin, either being out of sorts or deliberately slacking off.
The Leader of the Wolf Pack on the other side was not much different. He was the primary target of the lightning strike, but compared to the Agent, who was almost killed, the Wolf Leader was merely paralyzed for a while and did not suffer much damage. The only problem was that the Black Stone Egg in his hand fell to the ground and rolled away on the slippery ground.
It rolled directly towards Bai Xingya, the sole survivor of White Studio.
Bati controlled Bai Xingya to rush forward and pick up the Black Stone Egg, but the next moment, Bati’s expression changed. He lost control of Bai Xingya, or rather, the latter broke free from the control magic. This was an unprecedented event. No Stage One Mage could break free from his magic. In his shock, Bati was directly hit by Marymana’s magic.
Marymana’s magic penetrated Bati’s magic shield, but fortunately, he had performed the Spiritual Aperture Technique beforehand, and most of the damage was diverted to his summoned creatures. Due to Marymana’s increasingly fierce attacks, it seemed she wasn’t planning on saving mana. He had no opportunity to pay attention to Bai Xingya’s situation, so he could only make a simple guess.
Could it be because of the Sage Ovum Sheath?
This was Bati’s first time controlling a player to snatch the Black Stone Egg, so he could only guess this.
And that was indeed the case. The moment Bai Xingya touched the stone egg, he found himself with the ability to move freely again.
He didn’t know why. Perhaps it was a game mechanic, or perhaps it was part of the plot, but none of that mattered.
Now that Bai Xingyishi and the others had been killed by NPCs, he was the only survivor of the entire White Studio. He had even successfully obtained the rumored Divine Artifact. He was the studio’s only hope. For the studio…
He had to protect the Sage Ovum Sheath and not let anyone have it!
Escape from here, find a safe place to wait until he logged off, then leave the studio. Bai Xingyishi was too idiotic. Staying would definitely not lead to good development… With the Divine Artifact, he would start his own studio. At the very least, he would join the strongest team or guild. At that time, liquidated damages or development prospects would not be a problem.
Bai Xingya tightly grasped the stone egg and, following the impulse in his heart, ran desperately in a certain direction.
No one would notice him! No one could stop him!
Before Bai Xingya could run a few steps, a phantom whip with spikes struck him, directly turning him into white light and making him dissipate.
Bailu put down her staff, looked at the black stone egg that rolled to her feet, and her face was full of confusion.
