NOVEL NEXT Chapter 175: Siege
She was fast, and Hidden Snake was definitely not slow, almost following closely behind.
At the same time, the shield-bearing Awakener called "File" shouted loudly, raising his tower shield in front of Golden Butterfly! Golden Butterfly waved the magic staff and cast an illusion, instantly creating four Files within Crimson Wings' vision, all holding tower shields, firmly protecting Golden Butterfly.
Crimson Wings swung its claws horizontally, and two of the Files turned into light and shadow and disappeared. In the time this delay caused, Hidden Snake had already charged forward, and his dual blades, like high-speed rotating drills, deeply embedded into Crimson Wings' body!
Crimson Wings' body was instantly lifted off the ground, suspended in a floating state.
This was precisely the skill Hidden Snake cultivated to Level 6: Upper Spin Slash!
The Level 4 Upper Spin Slash added a success rate judgment, and with the small template gap between Hidden Snake and Crimson Wings, the strike was effective.
Night Wings' crossbow fired three consecutive shots, thunk, thunk, thunk, precisely hitting Crimson Wings' eye area! If not for Crimson Wings' extraordinarily high life value limit, which exempted it from a debilitating injury judgment, its eyes would certainly have gone blind.
At this moment, Crimson Wings also showcased the formidable nature of a Level 6 Enhanced Leader.
This terrifying creature regained its balance in mid-air, precisely pointing its claw tip onto Hidden Snake's short sword, using the momentum to leap backward and create distance!
Landed gracefully as if it were a willow leaf, Crimson Wings suddenly reached behind with its claws, and with a "whoosh," pulled down the barbed metal spear!
Though doing so caused significant damage to its fragile wings, with one half of a wing hanging slantingly and clearly unable to fly, the crimson fierce light in Crimson Wings' eyes grew even more ferocious!
This was the scene Bai Pu and others witnessed upon their arrival.
"Good, we made it... This timing is very subtle, we should observe from the side for now." Bai Pu activated the Spiritual Shield.
"Are you sure?" Blood Spider asked doubtfully, "This is a transfer task, it's best if you do it yourself. If others interfere, it will lower your task evaluation!"
Although Hidden Snake and others intervened without Bai Pu's intention, it would still lower some task evaluations. Of course, if natives interfered and "polluted" the task, the reduction in evaluation would be even more drastic.
"There's nothing I can do about that. In fact, I never had the extravagant hope from the start that I could achieve a 100% completion rate and receive a perfect evaluation." Bai Pu stated firmly, "As long as I can obtain Crimson Wings' corpse, then the necessary 10% completion won't be lacking. If worse comes to worst, I can use other powerful First Generation Mutant corpses to make up for it, even if the completion is slightly lower."
After a pause, Bai Pu continued, "Of course, a Level 6 Enhanced Leader might not be taken down just like that. Honestly, I'm not very optimistic about the Hidden Snake Team, even if their combined strength far exceeds mine!"
At this point on the battlefield, Crimson Wings suddenly opened its mouth and unleashed a silent screech!
Waves of transparent air ripples spread out, and both Hidden Snake and Golden Butterfly inevitably fell into a mental blank, entering a state of unconsciousness!
This was Crimson Wings' powerful control skill: Super Wave Shock!
A flash of light shimmered on Hidden Snake, clearly activating a decoupling skill, but the priority wasn't high enough, only reducing most of the control duration.
Crimson Wings already swooped down, much faster than before! It landed on Hidden Snake, with its sharp claws gripping Hidden Snake's shoulders, biting down in one go!
Hidden Snake's neck rapidly withered, revealing a dull, deathly pallor.
However, in the next second, Hidden Snake's figure began to fade, seemingly entering another spatial dimension! His phantom could be seen but was impossible to attack.
After drinking a mouthful of blood, Crimson Wings lost its target. It flipped its body and bounced away, leaving only its claws tearing off two slender strips of flesh from Hidden Snake's shoulder.
"This must be Hidden Snake's professional skill, Shadow Walking."
To avoid alarming Hidden Snake, Bai Pu didn't use Nine Chapters Detection, but he had already gathered most of the information about Hidden Snake from various sources.
This is the nature of the Spiritual Era, where, with advanced information, it's difficult for any Awakener to keep their secrets for long.
Even a notorious A-level wanted criminal like Hidden Snake can't kill every Awakener who knows his intelligence. Naturally, his information leaks bit by bit, even appearing on the homepage of the Special Service Bureau's intelligence database.
Shadow Walking is a professional skill of the Hero Profession [Phantom Dragon Fang], allowing Hidden Snake to slip into the Shadow Realm for a short time, where only his phantom is visible, and no attack can affect him. The first attack after reappearing from the Shadow Realm carries the Shadow Dragon Descendant's poison, dealing ongoing dark attribute damage. Cooldown: 30 minutes.
Moreover, Hidden Snake's Shadow Walking had reached Level 6, with a Level 4 Special Effect: Shadow Affinity, allowing him to reactivate Shadow Walking within 180 seconds of the first activation!
This professional skill combines survival and offense, making it incredibly powerful. Paired with Hidden Snake's 80-point Agility, he is undoubtedly the most fearsome assassin.
However, Crimson Wings has even higher agility, seemingly possessing some ability to accelerate again, making her more terrifying than Hidden Snake! Her form leaping and darting across the battlefield leaves faint phantom traces on the retina!
Night Wings' crossbow arrows couldn't catch up with Crimson Wings' speed, and even Golden Butterfly's Basic Magic Bombs with Advanced Meditation trajectory correction mostly missed!
Crimson Wings quickly found an opportunity to swipe at Night Wings, causing blood to splatter!
The Awakener "File," wielding a shield, bravely stepped up but his tower shield offered no protection.
Suppression.
Combat Specialization, Agility, Speed... Complete and utter suppression in every aspect with no weakness!
File was like a pebble, struggling within the storm of omnipresent attacks from Crimson Wings, covered in wounds! Soon, he exhibited a massive opening, and Crimson Wings' claws tore through with ferocity, severing File's arms!
File howled in pain, his tower shield falling powerlessly alongside his hands. With the shield's defense gone, he awaited death with closed eyes!
Then, Hidden Snake's phantom emerged behind Crimson Wings. Behind him, an imposing dragon head phantom roared skyward, clearly activating some enhancement skill, and a pair of short swords pierced into Crimson Wings' back with precision like slicing through tofu!
This strike severely wounded Crimson Wings, adding insidious ongoing dark attribute damage. Yet Crimson Wings was deranged, grabbing File with a reverse hand and biting down fiercely.
File's body rapidly shriveled, while after consuming a large amount of fresh blood, Crimson Wings' mental state not only didn't decline but intensified, with her crimson eyes exuding even greater ferocity!