Chapter 81 The First Sip of Blood and Judgment
Various skills’ glows rained down on Wilson. Though he had forgotten much, Wilson wasn’t foolish enough to stand still and await death. With a swift dodge, he easily evaded all attacks.
“He’s too agile!” a Player exclaimed regretfully. Mana was a finite resource. They had already fought various monsters outside before entering the hall, depleting much of their Mana. Now, with their skills depleted, they were heartbroken.
“You guys deal with it, I’ll handle Wilson!” Takebitori abandoned the Flesh Slime in front of them, drew the short sword from his waist, and charged at Wilson.
The edge of the short sword had a peculiar color, clearly coated with poison. This poison was leftover from when they fought the Fire Mage. Although they didn’t know how effective it would be against an enemy of Wilson’s caliber, it was better than nothing.
Although Wilson had been hit by a memory-erasing spell, temporarily forgetting his magic, he held his own against Takebitori with his formidable physique. They were evenly matched, neither able to gain the upper hand. The other Players fared no better. The flesh monster, though seemingly unremarkable, was actually more ferocious than Wilson himself. After a few rounds, all the Players were injured. If this continued, the Players would surely lose, as Li Lin’s temporary memory-erasing spell, even without interruption, only lasted for a minute.
Li Wen felt that she could provide assistance, but the Disciplinary Bureau investigators were watching from the side, like vultures waiting to pick at the spoils, which greatly displeased Li Wen.
“Is this how you protect this country, by just watching?” she taunted.
The investigators exchanged glances. Xu En snorted, “The Disciplinary Bureau protects everyone, but that does not include illegal Transcendent individuals… However, if you are willing to surrender and reveal the origin of your path, we will escort you to headquarters safely to await judgment.”
Truthfully, among those present, only Li Wen was unfathomable to him. She was like a shadow in the dead of night, leaving no trace. Therefore, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to bring Wilson to justice first and then deal with other matters; it was simply that the mysterious figure in the cloak, Li Wen, was watching, causing them to hesitate.
Li Wen pouted. If the Kingdom’s Disciplinary Bureau were truly effective, there wouldn’t be someone like Wilson. She didn’t want to waste any more time and walked towards Wilson, holding the Raven Feather Dagger.
At that moment, Takebitori was locked in a fierce battle with Wilson. Although neither had managed to injure the other, the thrill of dancing on the edge of a blade made her exceptionally excited, reminiscent of her past streams of flawlessly clearing high-difficulty hardcore games.
It was at this opportune moment that Li Wen unleashed a Spell-less Arc Light at Wilson. Because it was a surprise attack, the Spell-less Arc Light hit directly, creating a large, bone-deep wound on Wilson’s back.
“This tough?” Li Wen frowned. Against any ordinary enemy, the Spell-less Arc Light would have sliced them in half by now.
The intense pain broke Wilson free from the memory-erasing spell. With a face full of terror and anger, he stopped the protracted fight with Takebitori and actually turned to flee. With no one to stop him, Wilson crossed the entire hall in mere seconds, his target being the red chalice containing the blood of everyone present.
In this ritual, all participants who sustained injuries had their blood absorbed by the chalice. Wilson desperately needed the blood within the chalice to recover. Although the blood in the chalice was not yet full, he had sustained too much damage. If he didn’t recover soon, let alone completing the ritual, he might very well die tragically here. Once he recovered, with the great ritual and sorcery of the Blood Lust Cult, he could easily kill everyone present and naturally fill the chalice with blood.
Li Wen sensed his escape direction and her premonition was dire. She raised her hand to cast Poem of Paradise, but Wilson’s speed was too great, and he had already rushed out of her range. Li Wen had no choice but to forcibly withhold the spell.
At this point, Xu En and the other Disciplinary Bureau investigators could no longer sit idle. One of the team members, a Mage, was already prepared and immediately used a magic scroll in his hand. Tier 2 magic, Thorn Bind! Countless thorns instantly sprouted from the ground beneath Wilson’s feet, entangling him. Although he tore at the thorns with brute force, more and more thorns relentlessly wrapped around him. Another individual began to cast a spell on the spot. He held an alchemical item, a pure, untainted, transparent hexagonal crystal. As he chanted, brilliant light passed through the crystal and transformed into infinitely extending light spears that pierced through Wilson’s head. White flames ignited Wilson’s entire body from the center of the light spear, and Wilson’s screams of agony, scorched by the flames, echoed throughout the hall.
“That’s all there is to it,” the investigator holding the hexagonal crystal said triumphantly, watching Wilson turn to ashes under the white flames. Xu En let out a sigh of relief, but his heart immediately tensed again. This was because the flesh monster that had detached from Wilson had not disappeared. Instead, it had completely erupted after Wilson’s death. It transformed into a spider-like structure, wielding five pairs of blade-like limbs, slicing a surprised Player into several pieces. It then leaped onto the iron cage hanging above and from the cage to the ceiling, moving incredibly fast, directly along the ceiling. Its target was the crimson chalice. The corpse of the deceased Player disappeared into light spots moments later, but some of the blood was forcibly retained and flew into the chalice. The spider-shaped monster landed in front of the chalice the next moment and drank the blood within.
“This is the first sip of blood, it comes from the ‘Merchant’!” With a creaking sound, the flesh and blood in the spider monster’s abdomen churned, and then a hideous human face grew out of it, with Wilson’s appearance. He gazed ecstatically at the depleted chalice, his eyes full of greed. “The rest of you will become the blood I drink!”
To think that even such an attack had failed to kill Wilson. The investigator wielding the crystal panicked and attempted to cast the previous spell again. However, the spider-like Wilson looked directly at him and said, “I will buy your life.” The investigator suddenly froze. The crystal in his hand became even more radiant and pure, but he himself began to bleed, from his nose, mouth, eyes, and every pore of his body. In an instant, he became a desiccated corpse from the loss of blood.
“Wincher!” Xu En roared, his eyes reddened. Every member of his team had spent countless hours with him, and to him, they were like family. They should have had brighter, more glorious lives, not died silently in some forgotten corner.
“Glor! Bless me!” Xu En cast a divine ability. He held a candle, as if a knight wielding his sword, cold and majestic. Wilson, having expended his energy on the previous attack, was exhausted but still managed to use his agility to draw a distance from Xu En and the others, climbing onto the ceiling. He planned to target the weaker Transcendent individuals first, rather than the Disciplinary Bureau members. However, a cold killing intent had locked onto him. Burning light, in the form of feathers, slowly floated up, and upon touching Wilson, inflicted terrifying damage and pain. Wilson’s limbs were all severed by the feathers, and he fell powerlessly, with no chance to struggle.
“This is…” Wilson looked at Xu En, who was holding the candle high. That cold majesty was the Judgment Path!
