Super Righteous Player
Chapter 658 - 199 Annan: It’s Not Easy for Them to Survive_1

Chapter 658: Chapter 199 Annan: It’s Not Easy for Them to Survive_1

"...It’s okay, don’t be scared."

Xitan Pulan’s calm voice came from nearby, "They’re not completely dead. There are still a few survivors."

But compared to her usual tone, her voice now had risen somewhat—

Xitan Pulan, staggering, hurried over from the ruins of the building, using her actual body.

Since a soul spawn’s physical attributes couldn’t be improved through exercise, she only had five points in agility. Undead had no constitution attribute, which made Xitan Pulan one of the players with the lowest stats.

Sì Àn Kè looked like he had seen a ghost, "Wenwen, how did you run over from there..."

"——I was on the second floor! I was scared to death when I saw your runes wafting up!"

Xitan Pulan shouted uncharacteristically loud, "Didn’t you notice someone was missing on the first floor?!"

"Ah... Ah?! "

Sì Àn Kè was suddenly shocked, "I thought you weren’t there!"

"——I was on the second floor!"

Xitan Pulan scolded loudly, "Next time you’re about to damage the scene, remember to check if your teammates are within the blast range, okay! Even though there’s no friendly fire after the update, environmental damage still counts!"

Honestly, it was a miracle she had escaped.

To ensure the connection between her body and spiritual body wasn’t severed, her physical body couldn’t wander too far away—In fact, Xitan Pulan’s body was hidden in the bushes outside the building’s first-floor wall.

Roughly speaking, it was near the spot where Jiu’er had broken through the wall.

That is to say, it was on the outskirts of the escape point for Jiu’er and Lin Yiyi.

If someone approached that spot, waiting to ambush them as they escaped, Xitan Pulan could have her spiritual body instantly return to her physical body and then release it again, enveloping those trying to encircle them.

But what Xitan Pulan hadn’t expected was that, while she didn’t encounter any enemy encirclement, it was her team’s bombardment that took her by surprise...

Fortunately, she had kept her options open, considering that the exit might be blocked. That’s why she placed her body a bit farther away.

If she had followed her usual habit of placing her body right against the external wall to maximize her activity radius... then by the time she returned to her body, she would’ve probably been buried under the broken walls.

Even though she was quite a distance from the building, the dust and wood chips that landed on her gave her an "antiqued" look—Miss Ghost seemed to have gained a bit more of a vintage feel.

"...The people inside are not completely dead."

Even though the half-spawn’s face also lacked color normally... combined with Xitan Pulan’s expression of shock, it ironically made her look more like a living person.

She didn’t have time to chide Sì Àn Kè further.

She would definitely not reject if she had the time. But now there was simply no time to spare.

"Most of those who were on the second floor were killed by the collapsing third floor..."

——For example, the prisoners she had subdued in one room, there were basically no survivors.

Xitan Pulan grew resentful as she added that thought in her mind.

Before she could finish, Sì Àn Kè guessed what she was going to say, "But there are still some who didn’t come down from the third floor?"

"Right."

Xitan Pulan nodded.

Lin Yiyi, not pulling any punches, said, "That sounds like you didn’t finish the job. Hurry, hurry, hurry up——go and finish them off."

"No problem," Sì Àn Kè confidently replied, "I only used one fifth of my mana. Just scratched the surface, I’ve still got plenty of mana left..."

"——Remember to leave survivors!!"

Jiu’er shouted loudly.

Apparently, she felt wronged—she had taken a couple of rounds for Sister Bull just to leave survivors.

Otherwise, she would’ve charged in with a big whirlwind and killed them all already.

"Don’t panic, I acted so hastily just now because I was scared by someone earlier... so I accidentally went a bit overboard."

Sì Àn Kè spoke gravely, "I also got ambushed while shopping earlier."

As he spoke, he crouched down again, pressing his left hand with the fingertip-less gloves onto the ground.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yiyi looked slightly startled, in a tone both serious and worried she asked, "What happened? Did someone attack you?"

"It’s fine for now. I’ll explain in detail when we get back, it’s a bit complicated..."

Sì Àn Kè answered briefly, taking out a thin strand of hair from his chest and handing it to his sister, "Look at this."

"Lock of Youthful Senility?"

Lin Yiyi read, "What is this? The hair of a senile child?"

"It’s the remnant of a ritual curse. I was almost cursed to death just now."

Sì Àn Kè whispered, "Thankfully, the Saint wasn’t too far away... He saved me.

"This should be the follow-up to ’Gemini’s’ nightmare. The one who cursed me was that ’Ingrid’. I need to finish them off quickly and then ask the old goose what exactly is going on..."

He took a slow breath, and his pupils began to brighten once more.

Just like when taking a deep drag on a cigarette——as Sì Àn Kè inhaled, his pupils lit up with a bright, lava-like glow.

Then he slowly exhaled.

A fierce sulfuric scent poured out of his mouth and nose.

In the already collapsed building, flames lit up once more.

"Keep someone alive! We need a survivor!"

Lin Yiyi hurriedly reminded them again.

"I know!"

Dark Quarterer confidently replied, "This time there definitely won’t be any problems—"

He slowly raised his hand.

As if he were forcefully pulling something nonexistent out of the ground.

As Dark Quarterer aimed the palm of his hand at the building, a spell formation suddenly lit up in front of him.

"—Elements of Explosion!"

He refined the elements and exclaimed, "Earth as bones, fire as blood, hate as my sword—"

"[Scar Echoes]!"

This was a chanting spell from the Destruction School, and it was also the first time Dark Quarterer had used this ability.

—The spell known as [Scar Echoes], if used on a human body, was a finishing spell that pursued based on "remaining health."

It could inflict half the damage of the already dealt "specified type" of damage.

In other words, the target’s health must be below a third to pull off a killing blow. Furthermore, the precondition is that all the inflicted damage must be of the same type.

The mechanism is similar to that of a Death’s Scythe or a great sword.

For destructive wizards who often dealt excessive damage, it was actually quite a pointless spell.

But when it is activated based on elements like "explosion," "burning," or "smashing,"

it can "finish off" inorganic objects.

Meaning, it can inflict additional elemental destruction on already damaged buildings—

A beam of silvery light shot out from the spell formation, quietly landing in the ruins of the building.

The next moment, sounds of explosions, collapses, and shattering once again arose in the void.

The already damaged building suddenly exploded again from the inside—

Those who fell from the third floor, struggling to get out of the shattered building, were not hurt at all.

Because they hadn’t been "blown up" earlier.

But the building itself was destroyed even more out of thin air.

Walls and furniture that were not previously affected by the blast burst apart without warning. The flying debris deeply embedded itself into their bodies... inflicting grave injuries on them in a completely unexpected manner.

Just as Transcendents must release a vessel to activate the runes for using higher level abilities above the silver rank—Fallen ones, if they do not display their mutations, have no difference from bronze-rank Transcendents other than having slightly higher attributes.

This was also why those people were crushed to death by falling debris on the second floor.

"Alright, Big Sis has taken care of it!"

Dark Quarterer breathed a sigh of relief and proudly said, "In this case, apart from those who entered combat, the rest should be on the verge of death. Even if some are still in combat mode, trying to wriggle out from the heavy, sharp debris of the building, they must have been severely injured already.

"—Now it’s Batman Bull’s turn to finish them off."

He respectfully stepped aside, gesturing for his sister to proceed.

"Fine, I’ll spare you until I get back."

Lin Yiyi picked up her staff and drew a symbolic circle around Dark Quarterer as a warning, "You’re not allowed to leave this circle. When I get back, I’ll beat you, but not to death."

Dark Quarterer panicked immediately, "Why?! I held back this time!"

"And you’re asking me why, after you almost buried me in there!"

"But it was just ’almost’, right sis..."

"That’s why I won’t really kill you."

"I saw you, you said the same thing when you were hitting someone else’s head with an iron rod!"

Dark Quarterer cried out in dismay.

But by the look of things, his sister had already charged out with her iron rod...

Annal, who had been sitting focused on them, finally relaxed and looked away.

"...That was a close call."

Annal sighed.

It had been too thrilling.

—Annal wasn’t only referring to the close call for the players, but also for the enemies who narrowly survived.

That they managed to live was truly no easy feat.

He was especially worried that the players might accidentally kill them all and unintentionally cover up everything.

Since Lin Yiyi had taken action, it seemed like the information had been secured.

"Alright, it’s time for dinner..."

He mumbled and hopped down from the chair.

By the time Annal finished dinner, the information should have been delivered.