Mang Hou
Chapter 163 The Magician's Top Hat
Suren reaped them one after another, and the array was already on the verge of collapse.
But the closer he looked to victory, the more cautious he had to be.
He knew that a Boss unleashing a big move before dying was standard procedure.
The four puppets were no longer a threat, but instead of feeling any joy, Suren felt an increasing sense of unease.
He looked at the increasingly dense ghost fog in the hotel and suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.
Since the cursed space had already been invaded by other enemies, there was no need to hide. Suren thought for a moment, then took off the [Shroud of the Oz Ice Man] wrapped around the Abomination Living Corpse and wrapped it around himself.
Although it would consume some lifespan, he felt it would be safer.
As it turned out, Suren's caution did indeed save him from a huge crisis.
Just after the last reaping of soul fragments, the ghostly [Hanged Corpse] no longer had enough souls to condense successfully, and the sacrificial array completely collapsed.
Almost at the same time, a piercing shriek came from the end of the corridor.
It sounded like fingernails scratching a blackboard, making everyone's skin crawl.
He looked up and saw a ghostly nun, more than two meters tall, rushing down from the second-floor staircase with murderous intent!
Her speed was extremely fast, almost like teleportation.
Suren had just seen the green-faced ghostly nun at the staircase a hundred meters away, but in the blink of an eye, she was already in front of him.
Now, the only one standing in the huge banquet hall was the Abomination Living Corpse.
The old nun's goal was also very clear: to kill the "culprit" who had destroyed her array.
She slapped out a palm, and the more than three-meter-tall Living Corpse was directly sent flying by this slap. After the sound of bone fractures and muscle tissue breaking, the huge body flew backward, "crashing" into a load-bearing column, cracking a wall, and falling into the ruins.
"What power!"
Suren quickly lowered his gaze, not daring to stare at the terrifying monster just a few meters away.
He didn't even dare to identify what level it was.
With this terrifying power, even the Abomination Living Corpse had its bones broken. Suren felt that his body couldn't withstand two blows.
Moreover, with that near-teleportation speed, there was no way to dodge.
......
Fortunately, the shroud was a "sealed object" that isolated all energy fluctuations.
Suren, standing against the load-bearing column, managed to escape unscathed.
But the ghostly nun seemed to know that someone was nearby. Although she couldn't see him, she reached out and groped in the air...
Suren watched the ghostly nun getting closer and closer. Even though he was calm, he was overwhelmed by the oppressive feeling that made his soul tremble, and cold sweat broke out on his back. This nun had been completely demonized. This was not a normal aura, but the aura of a "super-class creature."
Suren's eyes were heavy, and he was thinking quickly about how to deal with the crisis before him.
His strongest weapon was the Black Scythe.
But the old nun was so fast that there was no way he would have a chance to take out the scythe and swing it.
He didn't even dare to move the Living Corpse to test if it was still alive.
Just then, he heard movement at the staircase again.
Suren looked over and saw two figures walking down in a sorry state.
One had a large hole in his abdomen, and the other had a broken arm.
Only two?
The large hole in the abdomen was none other than "Magician" Edward. The wound looked like it had been emptied out by a claw, but because it was maintained by a black spatial power, the blood had not flowed out for the time being.
Barbara had a broken arm, and her face was bloodless. She looked to be in extremely poor condition...
Suren looked at their injuries and his heart skipped a beat.
Could these two seriously injured people defeat this ghostly nun?
"The Boss is indeed berserk..."
Suren didn't dare to identify it, but he could guess.
If it hadn't gone berserk, the battle that had been僵直 for so long wouldn't have suddenly ended with a winner.
At this moment, the movement of Edward and the others coming down was not small, and the ghostly nun's attention was immediately drawn to them.
It stopped searching for Suren and rushed over in a rage, teleporting in a choppy, glitch-like fashion.
A look of determination flashed across Barbara's pretty face, and a pink aura surged around her as she met the ghostly nun head-on!
"Swish!"
The old nun reached out and pierced Barbara's chest with a claw, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out.
But at the same time, the magician's hand seals behind her were changing rapidly, and a mysterious eight-pointed star array had lit up beneath her feet.
A look of paleness appeared on his face, as if he had used some forbidden technique at overload.
In the instant that Barbara had bought, his solidified术式 had already taken shape. He clapped his hands together with a snap and whispered in a low voice, "Spatial Mystery · Pitch-Night Sealing!"
As soon as this 术式 came out, the entire corridor was pitch black, as if the lights had suddenly been turned off.
The space near the ghostly nun's standing position had become as viscous as asphalt.
The space turned into a black fluid, slowly clinging to and squeezing the tall ghostly nun's entire body, completely restricting her near-teleportation speed to the spot.
Edward controlled the nun, but couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
Probably because the术式 had far exceeded his capacity, he had lost control of the injuries to his body, and the wound in his abdomen suddenly burst open.
Edward wanted to凝结 the 术士印 again to unleash a killing move, but he looked to be very strained...
"Good chance!"
Suren, not far away, saw this and a look of sternness flashed in his eyes.
He didn't care about being exposed, and without hesitation, he grabbed the void in a cross-shape and tugged violently.
The Abomination Living Corpse still had a faint breath, which meant it wasn't dead yet!
Suren didn't bother to look at the state of the Living Corpse. He pulled on the Black Scythe and slashed it towards the ghostly nun's neck.
Now that the ghostly nun was controlled, this was the only chance!
The Black Scythe swung down, and a spatial rift appeared as the blade slashed through the air, instantly appearing at the end of the corridor, on the ghostly nun's neck.
"Clang," a head fell to the ground.
No matter how tough the ghostly nun's body was, it was cut in two in the face of the spatial rift.
Suren saw this and breathed a sigh of relief.
Edward felt relieved.
Barbara also relaxed and slowly closed her eyes.
.......
Since he had made a move, there was no more room for luck.
Because he didn't see the gray mist, Suren didn't dare to be careless. He rushed up and directly pulled on the [Oil-Swallowing Doll] and the [Phosphorus Fire Doll] to start spraying fire and burning the ghostly nun's body.
And because he was close enough, he also reaped the gray mist from Barbara's body.
[Gained 'Contaminated Barbara' Memory Fragments *3]
[You have stripped away a fragment of obsession and acquired a 'High-Level Succubus Master-Recognition Contract'...]
[You have gained some memories, proficiency in mental magic +11...]
[Mental Power +4.1]
Suren didn't have time to digest what memories he had just stripped away. The unexpected event he had expected still happened.
At this moment, the temperature around them suddenly dropped a lot.
Edward, who was paralyzed on the ground, turned pale. As if he had sensed something, he murmured in despair and unwillingness, "Did I still fail..."
As soon as Suren heard this, he almost reflexively took out the golden card he had been carrying in his pocket and ejected it.
At this time, the surrounding "ghost fog" became more and more dense.
The black gas gradually gathered on the ghostly nun's body on the ground, extinguishing the flames.
This headless corpse slowly stood up again.
Almost at the same time, it was as if an indescribable will had descended on the corpse.
That aura rose higher and higher.
Just one look made Suren instantly feel as if a mountain was pressing down on his brow. It was a kind of indescribable, unseeable... great terror that was about to crush him into the dust!
But this pressure only appeared for a moment, and then the overwhelming pressure suddenly dissipated.
Suren was dazed by the pressure and seemed to hear someone murmuring, "Finally out..."
He didn't know how long it had been,
Suren's gaze refocused, and as if in an endless black abyss, he saw a dim yellow light shining.
It was not dazzling enough, flickering as if it was about to go out at any moment.
But it dispelled the darkness, walking in step by step, becoming brighter and brighter.
More and more real.
There was nothing else in Suren's field of vision.
He just watched a person in a gold-patterned cloak, carrying a simple hexagonal copper lamp, slowly walking over from the end of the darkness.
The copper lamp's light dispelled the darkness and sucked in wisps of black smoke.
The surrounding scenery then returned to the original appearance of the hotel corridor.
The person in the gold-patterned cloak took out a box, conjured a gauntlet of light with one hand, reached out and grabbed, as if he had pulled out a mass of pitch-black stuff from the ghostly nun's body, and quickly stuffed it into the box.
"Click," he closed the box, and the feeling that made people's souls tremble disappeared completely.
.......
Suren saw the person clearly and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "As expected..."
The gold-patterned cloak was naturally a symbol of Mr. Black's organization.
The copper lamp looked very familiar, naturally the [Vulcan's Forge Lamp].
So, they took the copper lamp for this.
And what surprised Suren was that not only did he recognize this cloaked person, but the "Magician" Edward also seemed to recognize the person, or the cloak, at the moment of his death.
A look of fervor, representing glory and loyalty, appeared on his face, and then he struggled to get up and actually knelt on one knee to the cloaked person, giving a knight's salute with one hand over his chest!
The cloaked person glanced at him and nodded, seeming to acknowledge his actions.
Edward's life dissipated.
This time, Suren couldn't understand.
An NPC from a thousand years ago was giving such a great gift to a modern person?
This... what special meaning did the cloak have?
However, he didn't feel any malice, so it was a friend and not an enemy.
Suren didn't think too much about it.
In fact, from the time Mr. Black gave him this card yesterday, he had guessed that today's space exploration would most likely end up like this.
That powerful organization must have been aiming at the "source of the curse" in this cursed space.
This big Boss must be killed.
Without this factor, Suren wouldn't have dared to operate so freely before.
Although it looked very thrilling, the "accidents" were actually expected.
He had a near miss, and Suren breathed a long sigh of relief.
The cloaked person glanced at Suren, paused for a moment, probably a little surprised that he could actually do this.
His tone didn't show any emotion, but he kindly reminded him, "The space will collapse in a quarter of an hour. Be careful. There may be trouble outside."
"Okay, thank you."
Suren didn't say much.
The cloaked person didn't say much, carried the box, and walked up the stairs.
......
Suren watched the person leave, and then conveniently reaped the gray mist from Edward's body beside him.
[Gained 'Contaminated Edward' Memory Fragments *2]
[You have mastered some 'Spatial Magic Skills'...]
[You have mastered some magic skills...]
[Mental Power +1.6]
He didn't go upstairs, nor did he go anywhere else.
He just looked at the light slowly gathering on his corpse with anticipation.
Materials were coming out, but it might not be the advancement material he wanted, it might also be a implanted item...
These few minutes seemed extremely long.
However, in the end, his expectations came true.
A glowing hat appeared on Edward's corpse.
[Magician's Top Hat]
Quality: Gold
Description: In the magician's hat, who knows what's hidden inside, maybe a world?
Curse Trait: You can take something within a certain range from the top hat, but you will also randomly absorb an item of equal energy into your body;
Details: Can be used as a professional advancement material. After advancement, it can greatly increase skill, greatly increase agility, medium toughness, super high perception attributes, and comprehend spatial ability; fusion requires a high containment value, it is recommended that the dark spirit force value is 18000+ to have a higher success rate;
Evaluation: Compatibility 96%; this is a very rare high-quality space-based material;
"Phew... finally."
Suren's eyes trembled as he looked at the attributes that had been identified.
Looking at the attribute introduction, skill, agility, perception... and spatial ability.
This advancement material was a perfect match for him, as expected!
Moreover, the surprises didn't stop there.
Not only did Edward's corpse produce materials,
A strange puppet also condensed on the headless ghostly nun.
[Thanatos' Substitute Puppet]
Quality: Legendary
Description: A life borrowed from the God of Death, do you dare to use it?
Curse Trait: After a drop of blood is sacrificed, the puppet will bear a fatal attack for the host once; but after resurrection, you will hear whispers from the underworld within the next month, which are the voices of demons tempting you; you may learn some high-level demonic secrets from it, but there is a high probability of causing mental confusion.
Details: A replica of a divine artifact, used to exchange souls with the God of Death to obtain a chance to be reborn;
"Legendary" quality, another treasure of a sealed item level.
Seeing these two items, a smile gradually appeared on Suren's face.
This trip to the space was worth it.
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