My Liver Experience in the World of Cthulhu

Chapter 145 Deadlock
In the bullet time state, Crown's mind moved extremely fast, and although the movements in his hands were slightly delayed, he responded quickly.

He took half a step forward and rotated his body backward to give himself the angle to draw the sword. He wanted to deliver a 'Z' shaped slash.

When he just turned his head and swung the sword out, orange flames illuminated a group of gray figures that had already rushed forward.

A huge impact hit him, pieces of golden fluorescence danced and dissipated, and he was knocked back a few steps.

When he stood up again, he immediately recited the incantation silently and quickly formed seals to release the golden light protection again.

He touched his ribs, where he had been stabbed by a sharp object. Fortunately, the golden body protected him from most of the damage. When the unknown attack broke through the defense of the golden body, he was already at the end of his strength. He only felt pain but was not hurt. Out of wounds.

The golden light shield had just been broken by a single blow, which made his heart sink slightly.

According to the information he learned from books and other people's words, vampires have very fast speed, but they are not very strong.

Facing opponents of the same level, their attack power is slightly insufficient, and they need multiple strikes to win.

The defensive power of the golden light body protection is much stronger than that of the golden armor. It was broken after only one attack. The enemy either used a secret method to increase the attack power, or reached the third level of extraordinary level.

Either way, it's not good news.Except for a few second-level extraordinary beings in the team, everyone else will definitely be killed by one blow.

What's more, it's very possible that there's a more powerful vampire hiding here.

The gray mist swirled, revealing Malika's body, a look of surprise on her face.

The vampire bride's long skirt was cut with a long wound, and there was a clear red line on the two exposed white and round jade peaks.

The red thread cracked, and strings of blood dripped out.

Marika stretched out her finger and wiped it on the wound, then dipped it in her own blood and brought it to her mouth.The expression on her face became ferocious, and her eyes flashed with a violent and bloodthirsty light.

But she did not launch another attack. Instead, she suddenly opened her arms in front of Croun, and her body retreated like her clothes being blown by the strong wind in the air.

The blow she was determined to win just now failed, which made her realize that the enemy was not an ant that could be played with at will.

She first determined that her illusion was unsuccessful because the enemy reacted very quickly and caused some damage to her.

What surprised her the most was that the layer of golden light armor on the surface of the opponent's body could resist her angry blow. Although the vampire's attacks were not as powerful as those of extraordinary beings at the same level, ordinary metal armor would definitely be defeated by her. The attack just now scratched him to pieces.

Another point was that when her hand touched the golden armor, her skin was burned, as if she had been exposed to the sun at noon.

She is already a third-level vampire. Although she still hates the sun, she can now briefly appear in the sun to avoid the scorching sun at noon.

Seeing the golden light shining on the other party again, she decisively chose to retreat.

As Marika retreated in the air, the clothes on her body disappeared, and her originally white and flawless skin turned into a rough blue-gray texture.

Her fangs became longer, her long brown hair turned into a dead gray, her ears stretched upward, and a pair of black wing membranes grew behind her.

She let out a sharp roar, and the bats and little vampires that were attacking everyone flew to the sky and hovered over the cave.

In the distance, more big bats are coming.

Vlad, who was closing his eyes to rest in the vampire cave, opened his eyes. He heard the screams and a look of anger appeared on his face: "Idiot, you can't even deal with some hiding bugs."

His body suddenly dispersed into a group of black bats, flying towards the place where the call came from.

. . . .

Seeing the enemy flying high, Nick shouted: "Retract your formation, get together first."

Liya gasped a little quickly: "We must return to the passage, otherwise we will not be able to deal with attacks from all directions at the same time."

"Don't think about it, there's still some distance to go from there, and the enemy won't give us this chance at all," Jason said.

While his teammates were gathering, Crown quickly replenished everyone with Moon Spirit Shield and Golden Armor.

There are many claw marks on the faces and necks of those first-level teammates. The attacks of these monsters are much more powerful than those of hard-haired rats.

Nelson was more seriously injured due to his limited mobility and was now a bloody man.

The situation of the second-level extraordinary beings was slightly better, but only he and Nick were not injured. Jason and Leah both had marks on their arms that were scratched by monsters.

Everyone quickly took out various replenishing potions and holy water from their backpacks and drank it, seizing every second to recover. Everyone knew that now was just the brief suppressed calm before the storm.

"If the enemies are just these little vampires and big bats, we can still deal with it, but the female vampire is already here." Nick drank a bottle of holy water, turned around and asked, "Crown, you fought her just now, Are you injured? What do you think of her strength?"

"I was not injured, and I left a souvenir for her." Crown was afraid that his teammates would misunderstand the enemy's strength, so he immediately added:

"However, my golden armor was torn apart by her blow. The defensive power provided by the golden armor technique I released on myself was much stronger than the one I released on you, and it was enough to withstand the full blow of a second-level transcendent. The enemy should have a third-level The strength and speed are extremely fast, so please be careful.”

Nick nodded slightly. The spiritual shields released by the priests for themselves were also much stronger than those released for their teammates.

His brain was spinning quickly and he quickly made a decision: "The others find a rock crevice to huddle together to protect themselves. The second-level transcendental beings will join in the siege and kill the senior vampire, at least causing her significant harm. According to Ms. Lorraine's speculation, here There is probably a stronger vampire."

Just as the priest gave the order, Malika's screams stopped.

The little vampire flapped its wings and hovered around her, while the big bats spiraled downwards, forming a black tornado column.

Within the range illuminated by the oil lamp, there are numerous shadows.

"Fuck, this vampire wants to consume us first, so retreat to the rock wall first," Nick said, throwing out his red aura-filled buckler.

He had not been harmed at all just now, and the three layers of protection on his body gave him a substantial sense of security.

The buckler flew in the air in an elegant arc and returned to the priest's hand, but there were too many monsters to stop the overwhelming attack.

The others retreated, leaning against the rock wall.

Nelson felt his legs trembling, partly because of the injury, and partly because of fear.

Geo held the pistol and sword hard, completely unaware of the hair on his forehead that stood up slightly.

Lorraine asked in a trembling tone: "Can we survive today?"

Nick ran over at this time and laughed loudly: "We will not die here, I said it!"

"I defend, you attack." The priest stood at the front of the crowd, holding his shield across his chest and shouting: "Guardian of Flame!"

A curved wall of red light stood in front of everyone.

"Get ready to shoot", Liya shouted, shook her backpack open, and quickly dug out all the bullets.

The other members of her team emptied their backpacks and found bullets piled at their feet.

Jason shook his long sword and stepped out of the light wall: "I don't have many long-range means, so I'll just stay outside and attract some firepower for everyone."

The light and shadow of the flame jumped out from the long sword, reflecting his faintly smiling face and sharp eyes like an eagle.

Crown held the gun with one hand and fired continuously.His hand was extremely steady, as if the gun had no recoil.

In fact, to be serious, the impact of pistol shooting on the human arm is greater than that of a rifle. The rifle has a butt, and a large part of the recoil is absorbed by the body.

His current physical fitness is extremely strong, and he uses exquisite muscle control to transmit the recoil force along his body to his feet, so he always gives people the illusion that the pistol has no recoil force.

He emptied the bullet chamber instantly and shot the gun to the head.Through the fleeting gaps in the flying swarm of large bats, he shot the little vampires hovering next to the vampire bride.

Bullets coated with golden light spells killed those little vampires instantly.

When Marika saw that the children around her were still being killed, she immediately became furious.

She let out a low roar, and the little vampires immediately dispersed into the large group of bats.And she flapped her flesh wings and swooped down close to the inner circle of the monster group.

Crown pressed the release button and swung the revolver to the left, and the revolver was swung out.He pressed the ejection lever with his thumb, and the cartridge case automatically ejected.

Holding six bullets between his five fingers, he completed loading in an instant, then raised the pistol again, aimed and fired.

There is nothing superfluous about his whole set of movements, and there is a kind of flowing beauty.

He saw those little vampires scattered among the bats, no longer deliberately looking for targets, and just shot whatever they saw.

Every time a bullet flies out of the revolver, a target will fall, and the shooting proficiency will increase by several points.

Dozens of bullets were used up in a short time. He dropped the pistol and picked up the yew longbow, bending the bow and setting an arrow.Killing two birds with one stone, this is how an arrow kills two birds with one stone.

The monsters were like dense raindrops hitting the light wall formed by the flame guard, and were bounced away one after another.These monsters dispersed to both sides of the light wall and then continued to rise into the air, rejoining the attack sequence.

The attacks of the entire group of monsters actually formed a closed loop. Now, as long as the priest's flame protection cannot hold on, everyone will face the monsters' attacks and fall into hand-to-hand combat.

The wall of light guarded by flames flashed brightly and darkly crazily.

Jason stood outside the light wall and waved the sword in his hand into a blood-red light curtain.The corpses of the big bats were scattered, mixed with a few small vampires.

Croun's quiver was quickly emptied. He picked up the Star Steel Sword, took out a thick pile of golden talismans, and walked out of the area guarded by the flames.

He had to share more pressure with the priest, otherwise those first-level teammates might be cut into pieces in an instant, so he decided to use half of the golden light talismans.

The golden light of Sun Flame bloomed in the torrent of black monsters. A little vampire was hit from the front, and his flesh and blood was directly evaporated into thick black smoke.When he fell to the ground, he had turned into a skeleton.

The white skeleton seemed to have experienced years of wind and frost, and fell to pieces on the rocks.

Sun Flame seemed to have additional hidden damage. Some nearby monsters that were not attacked became dizzy and collided with other monsters.The gunfire became sparse and the others were running out of bullets.

"bang"

A dull voice sounded, a hazy black shadow fell on the light wall, and the light wall guarded by the flame shook violently.

Marika lay on the light wall, showed a crazy grin, and then took off into the sky again.

Crown's attack damage once again caught Marika's attention. The Vampire Bride screamed a few times, and a large number of bats came out to attack him.

He activated his flame breath, injecting the source of life into the weapon, and took a few steps forward to meet him, his body spinning in the air like a top.

He swung his sword, and the red edge of the sword ripped outwards and ripped apart all the monsters that came close.

This is a newly learned sword skill that is quite effective in dealing with attacks from all directions. This is the second time he has made this move, and it is more smooth and natural than the first time.

The beautiful movements brought an ice-cold sense of death as he spun and jumped again and again.The approaching bats fell down one after another like dumplings, and none of them had intact limbs.

The bullets carried by Liya were empty, and she also walked out of the light wall.

She pushed her hand forward, and a wave of fire emitted from her palm, like a small flamethrower.

Her attack is similar to the Witcher's Igni Sign, but longer lasting.

The fire wave swept over the light wall, and the monsters that swooped down tried to dodge. Those who couldn't dodge turned into burning birds, rolling and falling in pain.

Crown noticed that the originally inconspicuous female captain turned out to be so fierce, and immediately moved closer to her to defend her from the sporadic attacks.

"My spirit-controlling power won't last long with such an attack intensity," Liya said in a low voice.

The three second-level transcendent beings outside the light wall attracted a lot of the monster's attention, and the pressure on Nick was much less.

He found the gap between the monster's attacks and once again inspired the flame guardian.

. . . .

"Marika, you are still so clumsy. You haven't been able to deal with the dirty bugs for so long, and so many children have died." A cold baritone echoed in the cave, suppressing the din of the battle.

Crown saw a group of bats merge into one, transforming into a man wearing a black trench coat and a ponytail.

He stood on the rock wall, his body parallel to the ground.There was an elegant smile on the man's face, but endless malice flashed in his eyes.

"Vlad, these enemies are too cunning," Marika explained as she flew to the man's side.

"ho"

Vlad turned his head towards the Vampire Bride and let out a loud roar, and the fangs in his mouth immediately appeared.

Marika immediately curled up her body and flew back cowardly.

Vlad snorted coldly and looked at the people on the ground.

He immediately noticed Nick wearing the wind armor, or more specifically the holy emblem on the armor.

"There are still priests from the Church of the God of Fire. I want to collect some interest on the grudges from 100 years ago. Kid, you have successfully aroused my interest and asked me to come and play with you for a while. Marika, Get the kids and these eyesore bats out of the way.”

The vampire bride let out several screams, and the little vampire and the big bat stopped attacking and flew back to the top of the cave.They stretched out their claws to grab the black root-like tentacles hanging down from the cave, then hung their bodies upside down and closed their wings.

"Come in quickly," Nick shouted, "Vlad, today we will let you die happily. This is the greatest kindness to you who has committed numerous crimes."

The three of them immediately retreated into the flame guardian's defense.

"Hahaha"

Vlad seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world: "How much wine did you drink today? Didn't you eat food?! What the old man couldn't do more than 100 years ago, just you guys?!"

"When it's all over, you will kneel down and beg for my forgiveness, and I will refuse you. Your painful wails will be the best proof of my wild power."

Nick tried to provoke his opponent: "Come on then, let's see what kind of methods the despicable lord who sacrificed his own people can do?"

"Little priest, the flame guardian is very powerful. Even if I want to break it, it will take some effort, but why should I break it?! It takes a lot of holy power to maintain it, and how long can you hold on? I will wait for you Attack again if there is no way to continue.

Known as the most powerful patron saint of the Church of Hephaestus, it cannot protect his followers from any harm.Haha. I enjoy the irony. "

"." The priest felt like he was sitting on wax. It didn't matter if he removed the flame guard, or if he didn't.

The investigators all had a shadow in their hearts. The vampire was right. If he never attacked and the priest kept consuming the holy power, they would still be unable to escape the fate of being harvested.

"Captain Nick, there is no need to maintain your magic. You have to retain enough holy power to fight these cunning demons," Liya said with difficulty.

She remembered Crown's warning very clearly. The vampire bride Marika had the ability of a second-level transcendent to hit with all her strength, so Vlad would only be stronger.

Without the protection of the flame guardian, it would be difficult for them to deal with the ghostly attacks of vampires, but it was pointless to maintain the magic now.

Nick also fell into silence. No longer maintaining the flame guardian was the best choice, but doing so meant exposing everyone to the attacks of the vampires.

This means giving up, teammates will die one by one, and in the end, he will not be spared.

He understood the laws of guardianship, and there was always a voice in his heart reminding him not to do this.

A guardian priest cannot die behind his teammates.

Things reached an impasse, and Crown knew he had to break the awkward situation.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether the priest maintains the flame guardianship or not. The vampire is right. They don't need to attack, they can just wait to consume them to death.

Crown took out the Pure Heart Talisman and the Golden Light Talisman, and once again released the Moon Spirit Shield and Golden Armor Technique to his teammates.

Under the shining light of gold and silver, he picked up the star steel sword and the oil lamp at his feet, and rushed towards the passage from which he came.

"Crown, what are you doing?" Lorraine exclaimed.

All his teammates looked at his retreating figure with incomprehensible expressions on their faces.

Nick's eyes narrowed sharply, and he stretched out his hand as if to grab something.

"Haha. Well done!"

Vlad walked on the rock wall with open arms and laughed:

"Your teammates have made a choice. If you spread out and escape, there may be hope of living. Does anyone else want to try?"

"Give it up. The rest of us are not cowards. We will never abandon our teammates and escape alone." Liya showed an angry look. "We would rather die fighting here."

"Yes, we are not cowards. We would rather die in battle than abandon our teammates and escape." Others agreed.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's really touching. However, I have smelled the charming smell of panic emanating from you. Many people have different opinions, and I know it very well."

Vlad transformed into a bunch of bats and flew down, regrouping his body not far away in front of everyone: "Marika, go and see off the guest who just left without saying goodbye. As the host, I'm sorry for not entertaining him well. I must To bring my sincere apologies.”

"As you command, my love," Malika screamed and flew forward, followed by dozens of big bats.

"Now, let us wait quietly," Vlad laughed nervously, "listening to your heartbeat, I enjoy this unique tranquility."

. . . .

Crown galloped forward, and he judged that there must be a vampire chasing him, most likely the female vampire.Because Vlad seemed to want to enjoy the pleasure of torturing people, and torturing him certainly didn't feel as good as torturing a bunch of people.

Judging from the vampire bride's attack on him, if he had released Time Stop at that time, it would have been possible to kill the opponent, very likely.

The opponent's speed is very fast. Even if he superimposes bullet time, he cannot completely defend against the ghostly attack. However, the opponent's strength is not strong. He has a lot of room for maneuver when he has golden light protection. This risk is worth taking.

While running forward quickly, he took out the last bit of supplies he carried and drank it.

After taking Holy Water No. [-], strength potion, stamina potion, and a bottle of light blue energy potion, the energy he consumed was quickly restored.

He heard the vampire's scream behind him, a smile appeared on his face, and then he jumped and ran forward harder.

After running into the channel, he slowed down, took two steps and turned back to wait for the fish to take the bait.

The passage space is relatively small, which can slightly limit the vampire's speed advantage.

When he saw the big bat coming from behind, he immediately stopped and faced the enemy, throwing the oil lamp behind him.

The red light in the big bat's eyes flashed, and they rushed over in a swarm.

Kroun used the Bear Breathing Technique and began to rotate his body, and he once again used his new sword skill - Blade Storm.

The silver glittered, and he transformed into a human-shaped meat grinder. The big bats rushed forward one after another, and they all crawled under his feet and turned into a pile of meat.

"What a brave warrior." Marika appeared at the entrance of the passage, still wearing a brand new white floor-length palace dress.

"Human life is too short. I can inject my source blood into you and become my most loyal warrior. You can also experience the difference."

The vampire bride did not show her fangs. She swayed like an elegant human lady, walked forward, slightly opened her red lips and exhaled: "You can also experience a different kind of joy."

Her voice was ethereal, with endless charm.

(End of this chapter)