Life Dungeon Game

He Ao calmly replied.

"certainly,"

Velent held the invisible weapon in his hand, gazing at Heo. "This is only the first city."

He held the invisible weapon in front of his chest.

“Old brother, it’s all over. The real sacrifice has begun. When the passage between the Winding Hill and this place is opened, I will receive feedback from the Winding Hill. Perhaps you attacked me directly just now, and the outcome is still uncertain.”

He smiled at He Ao and said, "You won the first half of the game, but I am the winner of the second half and the final victory."

What do you think I've been waiting for?

Heo held the spear in his hand, smiling as he looked at Velent before him.

Velent's expression changed.

The imagined scenario of the entire city beginning to offer sacrifices did not occur.

The inverted valley above the city remains unchanged, as does the purple glow atop the skyscrapers, which burns like torches.

However, as the person in charge of the entire ceremony, Velent clearly felt that the 'sacrifice' part of the ceremony was severely 'slowed down'.

It's like a gear stuck by some foreign object; the gear itself is still trying to turn, but it just can't get through no matter what.

"what have you done?"

At this moment, a clear expression of surprise finally appeared on Velent's face.

“As you said, I also have knowledge of those rituals,”

He looked at him, raised his gun forward, and said, "And I happen to have a rather eclectic background in occultism, so I've added a little 'obstacle' to your ritual."

"Occult knowledge from 'K'?"

Velent stared at Heo.

When he learned that the Nolanca Group was involved, he had already made some guesses about the supporters behind 'Sito'.

"It seems,"

He gripped his weapon tightly, his expression growing colder, a terrifying pressure emanating from him. "What follows is our battle."

Once the winding hill descends, the ritual cannot be stopped.

He previously had the opportunity to cancel the ceremony and run away, but that's no longer possible.

Velent had realized that Heo had been stalling for time, waiting until he reached a point where he could not retreat.

Of the two of them, at least one must stay here forever.

He stared at Velent before him, feeling the almost tangible oppression that surpassed even that of Driss and any other B-rank he had ever encountered before.

He gripped the spear in his hand without even flinching.

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Velent did not launch an attack immediately; he merely flicked his wrist, seemingly activating some ability of the weapon in his hand.

In the silent darkness, some invisible force was slowly surging.

He Ao stared at the surging void around him, his gaze slightly narrowed.

Actually, he wasn't in a very good state right now; the chaotic and noisy dance music kept echoing in his ears.

The noise even affected his hearing to some extent, as if a huge subwoofer was constantly blasting in his ears.

Just as Velent suspected, the reason he was able to recover from his injuries so quickly was because he had been contaminated by the 'Winding Hill'.

He finished the unfinished design, allowing the body to fully merge with the power of the winding hill.

In some ways, he went even further than Velent, who was standing before him.

The corrupting power from the Winding Hills altered parts of his body, allowing him to quickly regain his strength and granting him some 'knowledge'.

This knowledge is quite simple; in short, it's about 'summoning' the Winding Hills and connecting them to the real world.

That is, what Velent is doing now, and the ritual knowledge that Velent possesses, Heo also has.

The only people in this world who understand these sacrificial arrays, besides Velent, are Heo.

Of course, accepting this pollution is not without its costs.

Although the power of the Winding Hill helped him recover his body, it also polluted every inch of his flesh and blood, and the power from the Winding Hill kept trying to lure him into performing a ritual to 'sacrifice' the Winding Hill.

He Ao himself has some resistance to pollution, so he is not too worried about the effects of pollution and temptation.

However, this pollution also affects those around him. If he stays there for too long, those around him will also be contaminated. Therefore, during his 'fake death' period, he did not meet with Ishia and Gaci, and it seemed as if he had completely disappeared.

This is also why he was initially hesitant to attempt to deeply engage with the power of the Winding Hill.

In fact, even now, the power of the Winding Hill continues to transform his body, increasing the level of pollution within him.

The reason why Velent could sit here and chat with Heo without worrying about pollution was because this old man was also deeply polluted by the Winding Hill, but he had found a way to cover up the pollution.

He carried the strong pollution of the Winding Hill, so he was certain that Heo had also accepted the 'gift' of the Winding Hill.

Strictly speaking, he and He Aoben are the same kind of people.

Of course, Velent would not show mercy to this 'kind'.

The invisible 'weapon' in his hand trembled rapidly.

Invisible and illusory shadows gradually emerged in the silent night, these shadows carrying a sharp, howling sound like a gale sweeping through a mountain gorge, rushing towards He'ao.

Almost the instant these shadows appeared, He Ao realized what they were.

亡灵

A spirit carrying some kind of extreme resentment.

Normally, Heo wouldn't be able to see these undead, but because he started the battle at the beginning...

With his super memory activated, these shadows that streaked across the void clearly appeared in his field of vision from his super memory's perspective.

They were incredibly fast, arriving in front of He Ao almost instantly, extending their twisted, shapeless claws to swoop down towards He Ao's body.

A chilling feeling, seemingly emanating from the depths of his soul, surfaced in He Ao's mind.

These undead attack the soul directly.

He had no doubt that the claw that the undead flew by could easily shatter the soul of an ordinary person.

Even superhumans whose souls are strengthened with advancement would probably not be able to withstand too many attacks.

Velent was strong, but that didn't diminish his cunning.

If someone is unable to see the undead, their soul might be torn apart by these undead right at the start of the game.

He looked up at Velent, then swung the gun in his hand like a dragon, aiming directly at Velent's neck.

At the same time, the foremost undead rushed in front of Heo, and almost the instant it touched him, it was torn apart by the twisted contamination.

His body is now covered in contamination, which is something that some weak undead cannot withstand.

As he thrust out his spear, Velent raised his weapon to block the spear tip and took a half-step back.

scandium--

The sound of metal clashing then rang out.

Without hesitation, He Ao swung the gun forward half a step and thrust it towards Velent's forehead.

He only had three minutes, which was the longest he could manage to hold back the sacrifice by exploiting a loophole in the ritual.

During the time he faked his death and disappeared, in addition to using two character cards, he did something else.

That is, based on the ritual knowledge he obtained from the Winding Hill, he figured out the layout of Velent's ritual. It was at that time that he learned that the Pollution Cleanup Department Building, the Evolution Headquarters, and the Central Park were the locations of the three altars for this ritual.

Of course, his purpose was not simply to gather intelligence. After figuring out the structure of the ritual, he used his knowledge of mysticism, especially the control array he had mastered using Jess's ability to 'seek the truth' in the previous Jess instance, to try to influence this ritual array.

He built a miniature ritual model, used his divine sense to probe the energy pathways of the ritual, and then added elements to it.

After dozens of failures, he found a way to influence the ritual circle.

One interesting aspect of the sacrificial ceremony at Winding Hill is that part of the part of its ritual circle responsible for the sacrifice is a physical object.

These objects were disguised by Velent as roads, streetlights, fire hydrants, and other similar items.

The superposition of magic circles cannot interfere with the original magic circle, but He Ao can inscribe a control magic circle pointing to 'K' on the 'physical part' responsible for sacrifice within the magic circle.

In principle, He'ao would become the master of the sacrificial parts of the ritual, but in reality, these sacrificial parts are also part of the overall structure of the ritual.

The practical effect of this is that when the ritual sacrifice is about to begin, the power of the Winding Hill will try to wrest control of the sacrifice portion from Heo.

Then the entire sacrifice process will be blocked.

However, it's impossible for He Ao to have drawn this in advance.

These control arrays, because given Velent's caution, he would certainly have checked them beforehand.

Therefore, this task was assigned to the warriors of the Nolanca Mercenary Group who entered the city.

This time, He Ao practically emptied the Nolanca Group's coffers, bringing all five hundred miniature mechs with him.

Some of these mechs were commanded by Fez to help the city defense forces seize control of the high walls, while others, with the assistance of Eve's offline system, helped Heo quickly draw his simplified magic circle.

Only this kind of high-performance, high-speed mech can complete the amount of magic array drawing required by He'ao's plan in a short time.

Three minutes is the limit of the sacrificial process for these control array cards. After three minutes, these control arrays will be completely destroyed by the power of the Winding Hill, and the ritual sacrifice will return to normal.

Within those three minutes, the main pollution from the winding hills would also spread along the magic circle to He'ao.

However, he already carries a lot of pollution from the winding hills, so this pollution doesn't have a significant impact on him.

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