ragginovel Chapter 373 - 335: Deceitful Painting Fragments (2)
Chapter 373 - 335: Deceitful Painting Fragments (2)
At the entrance to the palace cavern.
Dust filled the air.
A surge of green light broke through the haze.
It landed like a beam of light on a set of white jade steps outside the palace.
The light receded.
Revealing several figures.
Two men and two women.
At this moment, they all stared warily at the cavern entrance.
"Captain, this thing is a little tricky."
The one who spoke was a woman to the side—none other than Gao Qian.
She stood off to one side, the black-and-green tattoo on her arm writhing. It had already crawled over half her face, creating a terrifying sight.
These people were Wei Fan, Gao Qian, and Ouyang Shuokong.
Along with a man with a buzz cut. He was a strange one.
He was dressed in thick layers, wearing sunglasses, a scarf, and gloves. His entire body was bundled up, and he shivered from time to time as if he were very cold.
The four of them were clearly a team.
When Gao Qian spoke, she looked at Wei Fan. It was obvious he served as the team’s captain.
Hearing Gao Qian’s words, Wei Fan remained silent.
His gaze was fixed on the cavern entrance.
"Teng Liu, you’re up in a moment!"
"Don’t worry, Captain!"
The man with the buzz cut nodded.
His voice was slightly muffled by his mask.
Just then,
ROAR!
Suddenly, like the cracking of a great bell, an earth-shattering roar exploded forth, making everyone’s ears ring.
Following that, the smoke and dust that had been drifting like a light veil, obscuring their vision, was violently stirred as if by a pair of invisible hands, rapidly parting to either side.
Their view cleared.
An imposing figure, a full three meters tall, slowly emerged from behind the curtain of dust.
It was clad in Heavy Armor, the plates of which glinted with a cold, metallic luster in the dim light. In its hand, it tightly gripped a giant Long Halberd.
The weapon’s blade was chillingly sharp, looking as if it could tear through anything.
The figure’s skin was a bizarre shade of blackish-green.
Its whole body faintly emitted an aura of decay.
In its eyes, a strange, bloody light burned like flames.
Its cold and bloodthirsty gaze locked directly onto Wei Fan and the others, like a man-eating beast selecting its prey.
Suddenly, it bent its knees slightly. The metal scale-mail tassets of its armor clinked with a crisp metallic sound.
With that, the fine dust particles floating in the air suddenly shuddered.
The next moment,
With a deafening BOOM that sounded like thunder cracking beside their ears, the solid ground, forged from metal and stone, could not withstand the immense force. It sank in an instant, and spiderweb-like cracks spread out rapidly.
The figure itself had already shot up like an arrow released from a bow, raising its Long Halberd high and bringing it crashing down on Wei Fan’s group with crushing force.
The Long Halberd shrieked as it tore through the air.
Seeing this,
the man named Teng Liu stepped forward, shielding the others behind him.
He then ripped the mask from his face.
WHOOSH—!
He opened his mouth. Bizarrely, there were no teeth or tongue inside, only pure blackness.
His chest heaved, and he exhaled a single breath.
The next instant,
a foul-smelling stench poured out, instantly transforming into a swirling, icy-white gale. It expanded several times in size in a flash, sweeping toward the armored, blackish-green skinned Giant.
A layer of white frost visibly condensed on the armored Giant’s body while it was still in mid-air. Its figure became unstable, and it plummeted from the sky, landing with a loud BANG.
The Giant tried to get up.
But unfortunately, the frost on its body grew thicker and thicker, until the entire underground space was a vast expanse of white.
Finally, it was completely transformed into an ice sculpture, frozen solid to the ground beneath it.
Watching this unfold, Gao Qian, standing to the side, cast a slightly surprised glance at Teng Liu.
She had seen with her own eyes just how difficult this creature was to deal with back inside the palace hall.
Its strength and speed...
It was simply inhuman. It even reminded her of the time they had besieged that resident in unit 904 of the Bloody Apartment.
She never expected this guy Wei Fan had recruited to be so powerful.
In contrast to this,
Ouyang Shuokong, who was standing nearby, wasn’t as surprised as Gao Qian.
He just gave Teng Liu a deep look.
’No wonder his codename is Deceitful Flatterer...’
Thanks to Hu Qi’s reminder, he knew that Wei Fan, being a Reincarnator, would never recruit an ordinary Dream Master for his team.
Having done all this,
Teng Liu once again covered his mouth.
"Well done!"
Wei Fan nodded.
He looked at the frozen, unmoving armored Giant.
His gaze fell on its waist, where a Black Iron Waist Token hung. A strange Rune was inscribed on it.
The script seemed to belong to some dynasty from thousands of years ago; Wei Fan didn’t recognize it.
But he could sense the dense Power of Nightmare emanating from it.
This was clearly the Dream Eye.
However, his attention only lingered on it for a moment before shifting to the armor’s chest, where there was what looked like the corner of a cloth strip.
CRACK... CRACK...
Suddenly, a faint cracking sound could be heard.
It was exceptionally clear in the silent underground space.
Behind the layer of ice,
the dim red glow in the armored Giant’s blood-red eyes had somehow intensified.
The frost on its body looked as if it was about to crack.
Wisps of faint white steam began to rise and dissipate to the sides.
Seeing this,
Wei Fan didn’t delay and was about to step forward to take the Dream Eye.
But just then,
Wei Fan seemed to sense something.
His expression changed drastically.
"Not good! Get back!"
The instant the words left his mouth,
Wei Fan was the first to leap back like a cheetah. His eyes narrowed as he stared warily upward.
Although the other three were confused, they didn’t hesitate for long.