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Chapter 523 The Palm
In an instant, the church floor was filled with gushing blood. Claudia stood on the river of blood like Jesus, her hands reaching up to grab and grasp. Suddenly, arms reached out from under the water, pulling at the priest's hands and feet.

Although the Blood River Technique is a forbidden spell primarily targeting the soul, it cannot unleash its full power against the priest, who is clearly not a living being and whose soul state is questionable.
However, the insidious power it contains can still quickly corrode the metal surface, causing wisps of smoke to rise.

"Do it!"

Without waiting for Claudia's shrill reminder, the Mushroom King stirred up a whirlwind beneath its feet, and its massive body shot forward like an arrow, its two cleavers slashing horizontally at the priest.

Bang bang bang!
The priest's mechanical joints detached on their own, first avoiding the horizontal slash of the cleaver, and then the metal python filled in his torso was suddenly flung out, biting the mushroom king's wrist, its fangs conducting high-voltage current.

The mushroom king's arm fibers rapidly carbonized; moreover, the priest's joints disintegrated, simultaneously unleashing surging lightning that briefly repelled the Blood River Wraith.

The moment they broke free of their restraints, their limbs reassembled, palms facing Claudia, their palms glowing with the signature preheating light of plasma.

At the critical moment, Li Sheng used his demonic powers to swiftly move forward, grab the priest's wrist, and twist it upwards.

hum!
The plasma stream flowed diagonally upwards, cutting through the church roof like a hot knife through butter, piercing the entire sky, and bombarding the metal dome, scorching it red-hot.

Excess heat was transferred along the contact surface to Li Sheng's hands. Even the extremely high defensive power of the insect form could not withstand it, and the hand armor melted and was refined.

However, this did not harm him much. With a thought, he retrieved the melted armor and took out a pair of cleaned and disinfected stone giant arms from the three-dimensional warehouse.

Like wearing gloves, they were placed on the hands to continue restraining the priest's wrists.

In theory, after receiving the genome database generously gifted by a large group of friends, Li Sheng could completely control the growth direction of the nervous system, causing nerves to sprout from the skin.
At the same time, when used with the [Assembled Doll - Modified], a large number of limbs of fantasy creatures are installed on the body and connected directly to the brain through nerves, achieving the effect of controlling the body as if it were an extension of its own arm.

It can be used and discarded immediately during combat, so there's no need to worry about getting hurt.

The reason they didn't do that is that most fantasy creatures are not as strong as the insectoid form.
Secondly, turning yourself into a monster with limbs will significantly reduce your charm attribute, affecting your ability to negotiate and communicate with NPCs.

Snapped!
Li Sheng used the stone arms to firmly clamp the priest's wrists, preventing him from turning, and at the same time, he pieced together goblin hands on the stone arms, waving a picture of a round nuclear bomb.

Seeing this, Mianyue didn't slow down, continuing to draw her bow and shoot arrows, using the arrowhead gel to coat each of the metallic hydrogen micro-missiles to prevent them from exploding. She couldn't help but ask in surprise, "What is he doing??"

"Probably trying to attract priests with the 'Little Boy' photo of the Hiroshima atomic bomb."

Wanli Fengdao had already adapted to Li Sheng's style of doing things (privately, he vaguely suspected that this person had awakened some kind of prank system), and without changing his expression, he released the Dragon Slayer Sword, which pierced straight into the priest's right leg.

Sudden——

Little Knife Bro instantly closed in, gripping the sword hilt with his right hand and grabbing the priest's ankle with his left, pushing him towards the surging river of blood. Mushroom King also shook off the carbonized layer on his arms, clasped his hands together, and pushed the priest's left leg forward with all his might.

Li Sheng immediately understood. While controlling the direction of the plasma flow in the priest's wrist, he lowered his head and exhaled the breath of the demonic dragon, covering the priest's mechanical joints with white dragon ice to prevent them from disintegrating again.

The three players were like a group of burly men.

The priest, who was firmly pressed to the ground and unable to move, felt the engine in his chest start running faster and faster, emitting an increasingly bright light.

"breathe."

At the critical moment, Mianyue remained calm and composed. She knelt on one knee, held the bow in her left hand, and with her right hand behind her, drew a transparent arrow from thin air. The arrow flew across the ground, sparks flying, and landed steadily on the bowstring.

The sand and bloodstains around her were lifted, shattered, and ground into dust by an unseen force.

【Skill Name: Broken Arrow - Invisible Kinetic Hand】

[Type: Shooting] [Special Effect: An invisible giant hand. Can only be used on targets that maintain a constant relative distance from the user. Charges for 3 seconds; upon impact, it inflicts a massive kinetic energy crushing effect on the target.]

[Consumption: 300 Spirit Points, 300 Stamina Points]

[Cooling time: 30 seconds]

[Requirements for use: Archery skills must reach the Grandmaster level or higher]

[Note: I possess an arrow capable of moving mountains, severing rivers, overturning seas, subduing demons, suppressing monsters, commanding gods, plucking stars, destroying cities, and splitting the heavens.]

In the blink of an eye, the power was fully charged. Mianyue passively released her fingers, the bowstring snapped back, and the invisible arrow shot straight toward the mechanical priest's chest.

Just by listening to the sounds of them gathering their strength, Li Sheng, the Mushroom King, and Wanli Fengdao knew that this attack was extraordinary, as they released their restraints almost at the same time the arrow hit.

Unseen, the violent power directly crushed the priest's limbs and bones. Through the distorted river of blood, the shape of the transparent force could be seen as a giant five-fingered hand.

Li Sheng glanced at it briefly; the palm lines were clearly visible, with the life line and heart line being much longer than the wisdom line.

Under the immense force of the impact, the mechanical joints snapped and exploded, spewing out golden powder as they were crushed into the church's brick floor. The devastation was comparable to an i8 colliding with a main battle tank.

As the immense force slowly dissipated, Claudia stepped in, manipulating the River of Blood to submerge the remaining metal fragments, corroding and dissolving them.

The entire battle lasted just over a minute, but the resulting fatigue felt like an eternity.

All the players collapsed from exhaustion, panting heavily. Wanli Fengdao unscrewed a bottle of iced tea-flavored energy drink with ice, and while drinking it, he dragged his weary body to search for the Dragon Slayer Sword at the bottom of the receding Blood River.

He suddenly noticed a large number of bubbles gushing out from the cracks in the floor tiles, his expression changed drastically, and he roared, "This place is going to explode! Run!"

Li Sheng was the first to react, unleashing the [Riding the Tide and Raging Waves] skill, which created a whirlwind that pushed the other players out of the church, and he himself followed suit.

The next second, the church floor exploded, sending hundreds of tons of bricks, stones, and timber flying into the air.

Amidst billowing smoke and dust, Wanli Fengdao, wielding the Dragon-Slaying Sword, coughed as he emerged from the cloud of dust, looking like a fried shrimp coated in flour.

Claudia exclaimed incredulously, "Even after melting like that, the mechanical priest could still self-destruct?"

Li Sheng stood up, supporting himself on his knees. "It wasn't that he self-destructed, but rather that deep underground in the church, there was a naturally formed high-pressure gas chamber. The church used a gas extraction well to pump filtered high-pressure gas into metal cylinders, creating 'lungs' for the town's residents."

That was just now a final, muffled fart from the high-pressure chamber where almost no gas remained.

Wanli Fengdao ignored the peculiar metaphor of the ant, but he accurately detected the subtle emotions in Li Sheng's tone and asked earnestly, "Did you discover anything?"

Li Sheng shook his head and said, "This is just one speculation about the relationship between astronaut Will and Alpha Python, and it's not comprehensive enough."

Claudia sighed, "Just say what you've guessed. Even three mediocre people can make a Zhuge Liang."

“Speaking out immature ideas too early can interfere with your teammates’ judgment. A few years ago when I was an auxiliary police officer, I reported that I had discovered a serial murder scene with more than 30 bodies, but my superiors told me that it was a hospital morgue.”

Li Sheng casually remarked, waving his hand and saying, "Let's go, it's time to go back to the store and report."

(End of this chapter)