Chapter 380
The Final Battle
Chapter 380 A Desperate Battle
The State Security Agency of Sisya.
"boom!"
The gate was smashed open by a giant hammer, and seven or eight agents behind it were all thrown out by the collapsing gate, spitting blood.
The other agents remaining behind were horrified. The door was made of alloy, incredibly sturdy, yet...
"Listen carefully, I will only say it once."
Stacher walked into the hall, wielding a large hammer in both hands, his voice harsh and cold.
Following behind her were the armed forces directly under Yelena, a small but loyal elite force.
Sgorchin's gaze swept over the security agents.
"Those who lay down their weapons and surrender now will live; otherwise, I'll turn you all into meat patties under this giant hammer!"
"...I...I surrender!"
One of the agents who met Stochastic's gaze could not bear the fear in his heart, threw down his weapon, covered his head with his hands, and lay face down on the ground.
With one person taking the lead, the other agents also gradually gave up the fight in dejection.
The fact that they were left behind indicates that Valery didn't consider them loyal or capable enough. Facing Sgorchen, who could smash open an alloy door with a single blow, they simply didn't have the courage to fight her.
Death is one thing, but nobody wants to die by being smashed into a pulp by that terrifying-looking hammer.
Arrest them all!
At Scrooge's command, the soldiers behind him stepped forward and arrested the surrendered security agents.
Once these agents surrendered, the civilian staff upstairs naturally offered no resistance.
They took over the security bureau in less than half an hour, but there was no smile on Sgorchin's face.
She knew that Valery had taken the elite agents to deal with Yelena, and there was nothing to be proud of in easily suppressing her weakly defended base.
“Governor,” she contacted Yelena through the earpiece, “I have taken control of the Security Bureau and eliminated more than thirty of the remaining agents who resisted. The other agents are all in custody. What is the situation on your end? Do you need any support?”
The short three or four seconds of waiting for a reply felt like an hour to Sgorchin.
Yelena's voice rang out: "Well done, Stochyn. Everything went smoothly on my end. Valery and his agents have been executed."
"That's great!" Upon hearing this, Sgorchin felt a weight lifted from his heart.
"I'll contact you later, I have some things to take care of."
Ye Lianka looked towards the farm, wondering how Guan Tong's battle with Lucifer was going. Shang Yuanzi and Shi Jingyi had already rushed over, and she couldn't fall behind.
……
The dazzling light emitted by the bead thrown by Lucifer spread across the sky, temporarily suppressing the expansion of the shadow and preventing it from closing to form a domain.
Guan Tong was quite surprised to see this; she hadn't expected there to be such a prop.
"Your shadow is useless in the face of light."
Lucifer's triumphant voice came from the sky.
"I've put a lot of effort into finding an item to counter your abilities... Now, let me see what else you can do!"
Lucifer flapped his wings and charged at top speed toward Guan Tong on the ground.
The bead prop emitting a strong light in the air suppressed the shadow, preventing the shadow domain from fully unfolding. Lucifer was also extremely fast, and in just a few breaths he rushed in front of Guan Tong.
"die!"
The sharp wings, like two giant scythes, slashed down at Guan Tong, blocking his escape route. However, the scene of blood splattering on the spot did not appear. Lucifer frowned as he looked at the shadow that had been cut into several pieces in front of him.
"Switched places with the shadow?"
He keenly judged Guan Tong's actions, flapped his wings and turned around, only to see the latter standing in the distance, holding a silver shotgun.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Several high-explosive shells were fired, targeting the bead that was floating in the air and emitting a strong light. Its light could suppress shadows, preventing Guan Tong from using his abilities to the fullest extent, so it had to be destroyed first.
"Don't even think about succeeding!"
Lucifer unleashed a dense swarm of sharp feathers from afar, intercepting the grenades in mid-air, causing a series of explosions. Just as a look of triumph appeared in his eyes, he heard a "crack," and the bead prop in mid-air shattered.
what happened? !
Lucifer's eyes widened. He had clearly blocked the bullets with his feathers, so why were the beads still being attacked?
At that moment, he spotted some steel balls falling from the sky and his heart skipped a beat: in addition to high-explosive shells, there were also shotgun shells!
"It seems you don't know enough about my gun; you don't know it can switch between different types of bullets continuously."
Lucifer gritted his teeth in anger upon hearing Guan Tong's voice.
Without the suppression of the strong light prop, the shadows quickly merged and formed a complete shadow domain.
At the same time, Guan Tong also used his Silver Hunter to fire several smoke grenades, creating a large amount of smoke.
In this way, even if Lucifer uses a lighting device again, just like last time, he will be trapped in the smoke and unable to discern his direction or location.
"Darkness and smoke can indeed turn your enemy into a headless fly trapped in this shadowy world, waiting to die... But don't forget, I am... Lucifer!"
Lucifer took a deep breath and then closed his eyes.
Guan Tong was surprised by his actions. Could this guy fight without relying on his vision?
call--
As if in response to Guan Tong's guess, Lucifer, with his eyes closed, flapped his wings and took to the air.
Guan Tong constantly created various shadow obstacles to block his way and changed his position, but Lucifer always managed to find him and change direction to pursue him.
What does it rely on? Sound localization?
Guan Tong sensed something was wrong. He moved almost silently in the darkness, and even though he fired several shots, the loud gunfire did not interfere with Lucifer's pursuit.
It would be great if the rules didn't force people to change their titles this time...
Guan Tong thought to himself, "In this rule, all Ascendants who have saved the Challenge Invitation are forced to wear the title of 'Competitor'."
This prevents his title of "Observer of Civilization" from taking effect, otherwise he would have been able to use it to see through Lucifer's abilities.
At this moment, Lucifer continued to attack, while Guan Tong constantly used shadow creations to block and changed positions to dodge.
He appeared to be at a disadvantage and powerless to fight back, but this was actually just a cautious battle strategy on his part.
He can afford to drag this out, but Lucifer can't. If this stalemate continues, it won't be long before Lucifer's mental energy runs out, while he still has plenty of reserves.
A victory achieved through steady, methodical means is far better than taking risks. Especially given Lucifer's astonishing speed, Guan Tong didn't want to rashly approach him and use a small-space attack, as he might dodge and counterattack.
"So you're just going to avoid a fight?" Lucifer provoked. "You don't even have the courage to fight me, you coward!"
Guan Tong ignored it.
"I know your shadow world will absorb my mental energy, but do you think I'm unprepared?"
As Lucifer spoke, he took out a blue crystal that emitted a crystalline glow and continuously poured it into his body.
"Since I knew before I came that I was going to deal with you, did you think I wouldn't have made some preparations?"
"...An item to restore mental power?"
Guan Tong was not surprised by Lucifer's actions. It was perfectly normal for a powerful figure of this level to possess items that restored mental energy.
As he looked over, Lucifer suddenly flicked his left wing, which detached from his body and shot towards him like a flying knife!
This attack was swift and fierce. If Guan Tong hadn't been fully focused and dodged in time, he probably would have been hit.
"Swish swish swish swish swish!"
When the first attack missed, feathers shot out in all directions from that wing, each one sharper than a steel needle.
At such close range, Guan Tong didn't want to rely solely on his Shadow Armor to withstand the attack. With a thought, he summoned the Giant Axe Warrior to shield him from the feathers, while simultaneously slashing at the wing with his blade.
"Here!"
The giant axe warrior's swinging motion somehow caught Lucifer's attention, and the wing that had missed its attack immediately returned, piercing the giant axe warrior's body on the way.
A thought flashed through Guan Tong's mind, and he immediately understood how Lucifer could pinpoint his location in the darkness and smoke.
It's not about sound localization, but rather...
"call out--"
A sharp whistle rang out, and then several figures ran off in different directions at the same time.
Lucifer swiftly dispatched them one by one, only to realize he'd been tricked: "Wait! These are..."
He opened his eyes and looked at the corpse he had just killed, which was standing on his feet.
That was clearly not Guan Tong, or even a human.
They're living dead!
"Your secret is identifying the enemy's location based on the disturbed airflow," Guan Tong's voice came from the depths of the fog.
Lucifer's face was grim; he hadn't expected his secret to be exposed so quickly.
He knew that Guan Tong was not bluffing, otherwise he wouldn't have summoned the living dead to test him.
“That’s right! After I was defeated by you last time, I’ve been studying how to defeat you and your Shadow World. Then I saw the birds in the sky… They can use their wings to sense the airflow and adjust their movement. Why can’t I use my wings to sense the changes in airflow and find your location in the dark?!”
"..."
Guan Tong had guessed it, which was why he summoned the living dead for testing. But hearing Lucifer admit it directly left her somewhat speechless.
They devoted a great deal of time to developing this ability just to deal with him, making them a prime example of arch-rivals.
Unfortunately, once this secret was discovered, it became riddled with flaws.
"If there are too many people disturbing the airflow, how can you sense it?"
Guan Tong blew the [Corpse Whistle] repeatedly, and a large number of undead emerged from the ground. They were all humanoid figures similar to Guan Tong, and their movements had a similar effect on the surrounding airflow, immediately crippling Lucifer's search ability.
"Damn it..."
Now Lucifer could see that Guan Tong had become much stronger than before.
It's not just his skill and sophistication in manipulating shadows, but also his analytical and judgment abilities, and even his emotions are much more stable than before.
If this continues, I will only be worn down to death.
That's the only way.
Lucifer's face tightened, as if he had made up his mind.
The aura has changed?
Guan Tong noticed Lucifer's change and knew that this guy was probably going to fight to the death, so he became more vigilant.
Lucifer received the wings that shot out from behind him, fused them back into his body, and then took out a handful of pills from his storage box and swallowed them.
In an instant, immense mental power condensed around him!
Guan Tong's eyes narrowed; she hadn't expected Lucifer to do something like this.
There are many drugs and items in the terminal store that can temporarily enhance abilities, spirit, physical strength, and even increase the upper limit of mental power, but most of these drugs will come at a heavy price after the effect ends.
Some will permanently lower the upper limit of mental power, some will permanently lose some physical functions, and some will even make the user a disabled person who cannot move his or her limbs for a long time... The side effects are numerous and varied.
Lucifer took at least a dozen pills in one go. This was no longer just desperate; it had reached the point where his mind was no longer functioning properly.
Guan Tong looked at Lucifer, whose aura was rising steadily, whose muscles were bulging and veins were popping, and said in a deep voice, "Even if you can defeat me like this, you will only have one way out: death. My friends will easily kill you when you are powerless to resist after the side effects of the drug take effect."
"So what?!"
Lucifer's eyes were bloodshot. One of the drugs he had taken had given him the temporary ability to see in the dark, and he was staring intently at Guan Tong.
"I'll stop at nothing to kill you!"
"……madman."
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
Under the intense stimulation of the drug, Lucifer roared to the sky, and after a twist of his back muscles, two more bloody wings sprouted out!
"Hahahaha! Four wings!" Lucifer laughed wildly. "I knew it! After my mental power breaks through again, my Fallen Angel wings will increase!"
The large increase in mental power temporarily gained through drugs can actually cause changes in mental power items?
Guan Tong witnessed the two newly sprouted wings, a discovery she had never made before.
However, the changes brought about by such forced action are bound to be temporary and will certainly be lost once the effects of the medication wear off.
"With my four wings... I am... very strong now!"
Lucifer flapped all four of his wings simultaneously, accompanied by a raging gale, and appeared in front of Guan Tong in the next instant.
His face, distorted and swollen from the drugs, was almost pressed against Guan Tong's.
"...!"
This terrifying speed took Guan Tong by surprise.
He instantly teleported and swapped positions with the shadow in the distance, barely dodging the crisscrossing slashes from the four wings. The shadow that had swapped places with him was instantly sliced into dozens of pieces.
In that instant, he knew that if he teleported away from the battlefield, he could easily stall until Lucifer's effects wore off, at which point the latter would be crippled.
Guan Tong knew he couldn't do that... If he did, his safety would be guaranteed, but Lucifer, in his rage, would surely kill everyone else in the manor within the drug's duration.
Shang Yuanzi, Ye Lianka... Shi Jingyi, leaving them to face the four-winged Lucifer in this drug-induced state is far too dangerous!
"Hahahaha! How many more times can you escape from the speed of four wings!"
Lucifer laughed wildly as he pursued, closing in on Guan Tong once more.
This was the first time Guan Tong had encountered a situation where the 10-second cooldown of the Teleportation skill wasn't enough. But he knew that against Lucifer in this state, sticking to his defensive stance and dodging would only expose an opening.
"Die!"
Lucifer roared and spun wildly, the air currents stirred up by his four wings instantly forming an extremely large storm! This storm was more than ten times larger than the previous Storm Blade, and the sharp sound was like the cry of a thousand birds. The farm's grass and the ground beneath it were all lifted up and gathered into huge waves of dust!
Faced with such a terrifying attack, Guan Tong had no time to think. The nanotech glove on his left hand instantly transformed into a "nanotech net," serving as a shield. Meanwhile, his right hand condensed a vortex of mental energy, forming a small space that acted as a sword.
With both hands thrusting forward, the two opposing yet equally deadly forces collided violently in the next instant!
(End of this chapter)