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Chapter 345 - 317: Holy Flame

Chapter 345: Chapter 317: Holy Flame

The sound echoed in the empty space, and a look of shock climbed onto everyone’s face. Bai Jixiong quickly turned his head and bit his own tail to verify with the pain that he wasn’t trapped in an illusion.

The mutated monster, possessing wing membranes and horns, resembling a demon, still stood in place, holding a human head and uttered human speech, "Cease fire."

If the first utterance might have been a coincidence, then the second time it spoke proved the players didn’t mishear.

"..."

Zhao Zijing glanced at Li Cheng with the corner of her eye, seeing him raise his eyebrows without a word, she gritted her teeth and asked the demon, "Why."

Previously downstairs, the creature with three heads and six arms dared to attack even when faced with the encirclement of over a dozen Transcendents.

Now, only five players remained, and yet, this new demon was obviously stronger, with its power advantage not reduced but increased.

"One, devour, evolve. Possess, consciousness."

The demon tilted its head towards the three players lying on the ground, Dorling Gray’s face, which had just turned rosy due to the Micro Life Potion, turned pale again.

He was conscious when his chest and abdomen were ripped open, and his organs were devoured...

Li Cheng pushed his Information Integration Glasses up his nose with his middle finger, his brain working rapidly.

Wisdom and intelligence do not equate to self-awareness.

The demon monster, after devouring the high-quality flesh of the players and further evolving, surpassed the threshold to truly possess self-awareness.

"Two, plunder, player, aptitude."

The demon raised the human head in its hand, and the notation [Lv1] slowly appeared above its horns.

... The worst-case scenario still occurred.

Zhao Zijing flicked her fingers, releasing invisible Telekinesis, forming a spherical barrier around everyone, and simultaneously exchanged a secret glance with Talisman Nail.

Player aptitude can be transferred through killing, and if it falls into the hands of Otherworld creatures, it means they can also traverse the Script World and obtain Extraordinary Power from all heavens and realms.

For a demon possessing wisdom and self-awareness, becoming a player means a vast sky for fish to leap and high skies for birds to fly.

No longer trapped in this forsaken Otherworld.

It’s completely worth it, no need to fight anymore.

"We can cease fire."

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Zijing pointed to Dorling Gray and Camus lying in green mucus, "But you need to hand them over to us and stop drawing power from this high tower."

"Agreed, hand over."

The demon nodded, "Refuse, stop, drawing, power."

"Why?"

Father Andre furrowed his brows, "The earthquake is still spreading. If the high tower stops operating, everything, including you, will be obliterated by the collapse."

The essence of the collapse is the spatial collapse. Even floating human-headed balloons in the sky can be pulled down and wiped out; flying won’t help.

"Wrong. High tower, accelerates, collapse."

The demon manipulated the severed head to speak, "Power off, safe."

Once again, everyone was surprised. According to Noah, the collapse was a catastrophe triggered by the Space Jump Engine, and the high tower slowed the collapse.

Yet, according to the demon, the high tower instead accelerated the collapse?

Bai Jixiong felt his head spinning; these two sides—one caused the disaster, leading to the extinction of 7 billion humans, and has yet to reveal its true face as an evil scientist,

The other is a mutated monster that was just eating people.

Neither side is remotely associated with reliability or trustworthiness.

What to do? Whom to trust?

Everyone’s expressions changed; the textbook of the Special Affairs Bureau specifically had a lesson on discerning lies from truths through micro-expressions on faces, unfortunately, the wing membrane demon was using a severed head to speak.

Zhao Zijing subconsciously turned to look at Li Cheng, who rubbed his chin and muttered, "This truly is a classic scenario, both sides accuse each other of lying.

It reminds me of a little detective tale I read before, the protagonist trapped in a snowstorm, discovers a tent with identical comrades inside and outside, each accusing the other of being a snow monster in disguise. The protagonist can only survive with two people’s rations for five months until rescue arrives."

? Does two people’s rations mean making the two comrades into food? What kind of detective story is this? Hannibal-like.

Talisman Nail and the others’ mouths twitched; their expressions constipated, but having a companion who remained calm amidst the chaos somehow provided a sense of security.

Warm and reassuring.

"In any case, we can’t verify the truth or falseness of your words for now,"

Li Cheng looked up at the wing membrane demon and said, "If you don’t mind, could you wait here for a moment, so we can go and verify."

This floor is about eight hundred meters from the ground; first, use the [Demon Exchange] skill to swap positions with Gray Rain and confront Dr. Noah’s projection in the underground parking lot, then use the [Skill Mobile USB] to reset the Demon Exchange cooling time and teleport back.

The whole process won’t waste much time and can avoid the scenario where[one less immediate combat power allows the wing membrane demon to rampantly slaughter].

The wing membrane demon remained silent, seemingly defaulting to the suggestion.

Li Cheng took out the Skill Mobile USB, just about to teleport, when in the next instant, without any warning, the wing membrane demon suddenly flashed forward, and the severed head in its hand pierced Father Andre’s heart.

"Hah—"

Andre’s heart exploded, his pupils involuntarily dilated, the powerful Life Force of a Close Combat Transcendent kept him from dying instantly, his strong arms gripped the wing membrane demon’s right hand like iron pincers, and his body ignited with white Holy Flame.

Only in the moment of life-threatening danger would the Holy Officer trigger the pale Holy Flame, instantly turning the severed head to ashes,

Bai Jixiong, who had been prepared, rapidly expanded, turning from an ordinary Border Collie into a three-meter-high Earth Element, swinging the giant fist the size of a sandbag towards the wing membrane demon’s head.

The demon’s right hand was gripped by Andre, it merely raised its left hand above its head to easily catch the iron fist.

The immense force rippled through its body, conducting down to the floor, causing the metal surface to shatter and crumble.

Bang bang bang bang—

Zhao Zijing clasped her palms together fiercely, and over ten metal arrows, under the control of Telekinesis, swiftly darted towards the wing membrane demon from different directions.

The arrow tips were surrounded by a faint white mist, having broken the sound barrier.

While Talisman Nail leapt backward repeatedly, pulling out one near-complete painting after another from his Backpack, he tapped each with a brush, summoning lions, tigers, Gate Gods, and Special Combat Team wielding long spears and short guns.

Having witnessed the horror of mutated monsters before, the players went all out, employing their active and passive skills, sparing no expense on consumable items with control effects.

However...

The wing membrane demon had drawn power from nearly half the high tower, and this energy had been stored, not utilized.

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