Chapter: Chapter 369
“Have a taste of my Nether Embrace!” With Leticia’s shout, a black shadow-like creature emerged from the darkness and embraced the unsuspecting black-clothed person with an unexpectedly gentle motion.
The black-clothed person’s body stiffened abruptly, and a chilling sensation coursed through her, significantly slowing her movements. At this point, with speed being reduced, the outcome was self-evident.
“Damn it.”
Leticia, of course, wouldn’t let this long-awaited opportunity slip away. The moment Nether Embrace hit, she hurled the high-tier magic, the “Embrace of the Earth Goddess,” which she had been holding for a while.
The effect of Nether Embrace was to greatly reduce the enemy’s reaction speed and agility. It was generally used as a debuff. However, if it hit someone of a lower level, it was entirely possible for the target to die directly from this magic.
It was a damaging spell against low-level targets and a very effective debuff against high-level targets. This spell was incredibly practical, and in dark environments, its hit rate was also extremely high. Wasn’t this black-clothed person just caught off guard?
“Her magic resistance is quite high.” However, the effect of Nether Embrace was not as good as Leticia had anticipated. The black-clothed person merely paused for a moment before immediately recovering.
Understandably, the Embrace of the Earth Goddess, which required a bit of time to take effect, was narrowly dodged by the opponent.
It was truly outrageous that this person could run at full speed outside the magic’s range even with tens of thousands of times gravity applied. Wouldn’t a normal person in such a situation be completely immobilized on the ground?
Wasn’t that the robot from the God Seat defeated in the same way?
This black-clothed person’s physical condition was even more monstrous than that robot. Her physical body actually surpassed an iron body; it was ridiculous, truly ridiculous.
Although this turn of events surprised Leticia, she reacted immediately, cutting off the magic supply for the Embrace of the Earth Goddess and quickly chanting several frost-element spells towards the black-clothed person.
The frost exploded in mid-air, rapidly lowering the temperature. A thin layer of white frost coated the black-clothed person, inevitably slowing her down slightly.
Regardless of the type of ice magic, slowing down was a built-in effect. Some were stronger slow-downs, while others were weaker.
The magic Leticia unleashed this time was specifically for slowing down. Its damage was very low, with all of its effects focused on slowing.
Yet, even specialized slowing magic only reduced the black-clothed person’s speed by one to two percent.
This magic resistance truly rendered Leticia speechless. She knew she was currently nerfed, so her spells not being as effective as usual was understandable. But to only slow down this much with several frost spells couldn’t possibly be her fault.
This was definitely the opponent cheating!
Leticia was beginning to suspect that the opponent was Bai Ling in disguise. Besides that white-haired girl, she couldn’t think of anyone else who could have such high magic resistance. Gods might, but the opponent had no dense divine aura on them; only a very faint trace.
Besides, the current gods were all incredibly arrogant. It was highly unlikely for them to be so heavily concealed like this black-clothed person.
Disgusting, so disgusting. They said assassins were supposed to be frail, so why was this assassin’s health bar so thick!
Feeling somewhat frustrated, Leticia continued to maintain her magical suppression. The open ground she was fighting on had already sunk dozens of centimeters due to her attacks. However, even this dense barrage of spells failed to inflict any damage on the black-clothed person.
“Low-tier magic is completely useless; only high-tier magic has the possibility of breaking through her defenses. But high-tier magic requires chanting, and that time is enough for her to dodge high-tier spells.” Facing this enemy, Leticia was indeed feeling a headache. The last time she had such a headache was the last time.
Her mana pool had decreased significantly. If she continued this unrestrained bombardment, Leticia felt she would eventually be worn down and killed by this black-clothed person.
So, where were her teammates? Where were her teammates?
Were those S-rank heroes deaf and blind? Didn’t they see the lively battle happening here and rush to support?
Being distracted during a battle was a bad habit. The black-clothed person immediately seized Leticia’s moment of distraction, leaping from the pockmarked ground and lunging towards Leticia, intending to engage in close-quarters combat.
Of course, she was prepared for Leticia to use a flash to create distance. She couldn’t use flash herself and had no counter-measures for Leticia’s unscrupulous fighting style.
If she could also use flash, then Leticia would just use flash as well. That’s why the flash skill was so important; an assassin without flash would be toyed to death by a mage with flash.
“Close combat, huh? I don’t believe you can withstand this!” But to the black-clothed person’s surprise, Leticia didn’t use flash this time. The Demon King girl gritted her teeth and pointed fiercely at the charging black-clothed person, “Death Finger!”
A torrent of mana flowed from the girl’s fingertip, forming a dazzling magic circle in front of her index finger. This magic circle flickered with an ominous dark glow, making it clear to anyone who saw it that this was no ordinary spell.
And so it was. The complete version of Death Finger could be considered the pinnacle of Shadow magic, a true forbidden spell. Only a handful of people in the entire Demon Race mastered this spell.
This magic had extremely high lethality. Once struck by this finger, the least severe outcome was serious injury, and the most severe was instant death, with the chance of instant death being much higher than the chance of serious injury.
Such a formidable effect naturally came with a price. Almost all forbidden spells required long chanting times and large amounts of consumable materials to cast. This meant that, under normal circumstances, this forbidden spell would rarely hit anyone, as it wasn’t an auto-seeking spell that could chase people to the ends of the earth.
If people saw you charging a forbidden spell, wouldn’t it be more appealing to just run away?
Why stand there and take it head-on?
Therefore, the Death Finger that Leticia cast was naturally not the original version. What she was casting now was a simplified and weakened version refined by generations of Demon Kings. Although the power was reduced, its level was lowered, requiring only a little time to cast, making it a good surprise attack spell.
If you can, you guy, just charge straight at me and take this finger head-on. If you can take it, then I, Leticia, admit defeat and will retreat after taking a stab from you.
If you can’t take it, then your life and death depend on your own fortune.
Facing Leticia’s enraged strike, the black-clothed person hesitated not at all, ducking to easily evade the black ray aimed at her face. After dodging Death Finger, she didn’t linger in place but chose to immediately leave her original spot, causing Leticia’s follow-up spells to miss.
Too cautious! This person is completely unhittable. Leticia’s expression turned a bit bitter. Is she only A-rank? She wouldn’t believe that even if she were beaten to death!
At least S-rank, and not just any ordinary S-rank. Ordinary S-rank heroes would surely be toyed to death by this person if they fell into her hands.
Why did she have to face such a troublesome enemy at this time? Leticia wanted to go on strike.
Leticia drove back the black-clothed person, who was still trying to approach, with several lightning whips. She took a deep breath, a colorful light flashed in her eyes, and then she stopped her magical attacks.
There was no other way. She’d have to cheat and let this mortal witness the power of a god!
From the black-clothed person’s perspective, Leticia was suspended in mid-air, seemingly waiting for something.
Did she run out of mana and power down? No, she was still full of vigor just now, and her mana bar clearly indicated she had enough. It was impossible for it to be depleted all at once. The spell that gave her a sense of threat just now definitely wouldn’t have consumed that much.
Should I go up and test her? The black-clothed person thought, cautiously taking a step forward.
Nothing?
She took another step forward.
Still nothing.
However, the black-clothed person dared not move any further. Her intuition told her that if she moved any closer, something bad might happen.
Why is this black-haired girl standing still? Charging up her ultimate? But why does this ultimate have no special effects? Can an ultimate without effects still be called an ultimate? It’s a defective product!
“Although she wields some of Fog God’s abilities, she seems to have no resistance to my power?” Looking at the black-clothed person before her, who now had vacant eyes, Leticia chuckled. Her mind had momentarily gone blank; her ultimate move right now was not some magic or forbidden spell, but a special ability that originated from her divine identity!
Her magic was suppressed, so her divine skills were also suppressed to some extent. But this was, after all, a divine ability. Even if it was weakened, it was still not something a mortal could resist.
“Weak to mental attacks, huh? Now you’ve fallen into my trap!” Leticia’s lips curled into a cruel smile. She snapped her fingers, and ropes made of various elements bound her target tightly.
This was to prevent her from suddenly regaining consciousness and trying to escape. Now, bound by these magic ropes, even Bai Ling would take some time to break free!
Controlling the black-clothed person, who seemed to have completely lost the ability to resist, Leticia raised her finger, preparing to point.
Let me tell you, a pretty girl’s pointing can kill people.
Leticia aimed a Death Finger at the black-clothed person’s forehead.
But for some reason, the moment the magic was cast, Leticia’s finger shifted slightly.
At the same time, the black-clothed person, feeling a sudden, intense sense of crisis in her mind, actively broke free from the illusion Leticia had conjured. The first thing she saw upon regaining consciousness was a cute black-haired girl standing in front of her, her fingertip glowing with the dark light of death.
That dark light had already flown from the girl’s fingertip!
The target seemed to be her forehead!
The black-clothed person quickly turned her head, but she immediately realized that the multiple layers of magic ropes on her body made her evasion extremely slow. Why was this guy so cautious at this moment!
*Swish!*
The dark light pierced through flesh, drawing a wisp of blood.
The black-clothed person successfully protected her head from the dark light, but the price was a small hole in her shoulder.
Did she succeed? Before Leticia could celebrate, an extremely powerful surge of energy erupted from the center of the black-clothed person, shattering all the ropes on her body. Leticia was also sent staggering back about ten steps by the terrifying shockwave before she could stabilize herself.
Her only thought at this moment was, This guy was actually hiding her strength?!
Almost instinctively, she cast a few flashes, intending to dodge any potential pursuit, but after waiting for about ten seconds, Leticia regretfully confirmed that the black-clothed person had likely slipped away.
Tch, she actually ran away. I thought it was the BOSS entering Phase Two.
The white mist pervading the surroundings had already dissipated without her noticing. External communications could finally reach Leticia’s earpiece.
“Shasha situation shasha Qian…” However, the communication quality was still not good.
After a few minutes, Xiao Lu’s voice became much clearer, “Qianqian, how did the battle go? I saw the communication jamming disappear.”
“I injured the opponent’s shoulder. That guy was hiding her strength and has now fled.” Leticia briefly reported the battle result and also dissed her allies, complaining about those freeloaders not coming to help, almost causing her to be made into Demon King sashimi by the black-clothed person.
When claiming credit after the battle, of course, she had to portray herself as the most miserable.
After listening to Leticia’s report, there was a long silence from the other end of the communication. After a very, very long time, Xiao Lu’s voice, sounding as if she had seen a ghost, came through, “You’re f***ing amazing. All the other heroes were already killed by that black-clothed person; only you managed to get a counter-kill. I estimate you’ll get a lot of prize money this time.”
All the other heroes were killed? Since when?
“You don’t need to worry about this anymore. Get out of there as soon as possible.”
“Okay, okay.”
Leticia concluded this strange mission with a self-assessment of “a mysterious mission.” However, since there was money involved, she had no objections. At most, she suspected that there were secrets behind the bizarre mist.
Humming a tune, Leticia returned home and happily opened the door, shouting loudly into the room, “Sis is home!”
There was no reply, and there was a faint smell of blood. Leticia narrowed her eyes. Had someone broken into her home?
The smell of blood was coming from her bathroom. It couldn’t be that Qira suddenly got her period, right? Something must have happened!
With this thought, Leticia rushed to the bathroom door, taking two steps at a time. She first cast a few shields on herself and then prepared a few Sunfire Blasts to hurl directly at the enemy’s face.
After preparing herself, she took a deep breath and kicked open the bathroom door, shouting, “Don’t move!”
The loud bang caused the two girls in the bathroom to fall silent.
And the scene in the bathroom also caused Leticia to fall silent.
A white-haired girl, with her upper body bare, sat on a small chair. There was a small black hole on her shoulder, and this small hole was clearly the result of some magic.
“Eh? Eh?!”
