Chapter 673 - 662: Defeat
Chapter 673: Chapter 662: Defeat
In the early years of the Sword Saint’s journey, before reaching the pinnacle of his powers, like all hero stories, he too faced dilemmas.
"Oh, Elvyn with the Dual Swords? Your sword is fast indeed, but can it be faster than me slicing off his head at this distance?" The cultist, gasping for breath with a gash on his chest, faced Elvyn at the doorway, pressing a small knife against the throat of a bound young man.
The young man was Elvyn’s friend, and he was the one who gathered the information that gave Elvyn the chance to stop this bunch of cultists’ ritual.
But now, he is captured.
Seeing the ritual’s light illuminate the room in the back, Elvyn knew he couldn’t be stalled here any longer.
He looked into his friend’s eyes, and his friend gave a barely noticeable nod.
"I’m sorry..." Elvyn murmured softly.
The cultist across seemed unaware of this, as Elvyn really paused in place, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud: "What sort of cult killer are you? If you don’t want your friend to suffer, get out of here, hahaha..."
That time, Elvyn saved all the children set as sacrifices, but did not save that friend.
Why did these thoughts suddenly come to mind?
Because, at Sword Saint Puki’s side at this moment...
...
"Hahaha, little kitty, why do you keep dodging? Use your most adept earth Magic to fight back! What are you hesitating for?"
The Catman Priest facing the relentless pursuit from the Lizardman Puppet kept evading, occasionally casting Magic to clear the surrounding Pukis, unable to take action against the Lizardman.
Because, this Lizardman Puppet’s head, for some reason, seemed to retain self-awareness.
"What are you hesitating for? Either escape or take action!"
"I can’t escape... Meow, Krug, why...?"
"Then quickly take action! I can’t control myself, act fast!" As the Lizardman urged Crescent to act, he crushed the earth wall, leaving three streaks of blood across Crescent’s face.
Incomplete puppetization.
This was something Lin Jun discovered after reaching Full Level with the [Fusion Parasite].
The Lizardman indeed was already a Mushroom Puppet, but that part of the head was still under his own control.
Krug tried biting his tongue to commit suicide, but with the healing ability of the mycelium, controlling just one head clearly couldn’t succeed in his intent.
Despite being a nuisance to let him wander so freely, before they set out, Lin Jun wrapped a sealing cloth around his head, letting his consciousness fall into a coma while controlling his body.
Fortunately, the effort didn’t go to waste; such a scene of long-lost friends reuniting always touched Lin Jun deeply.
"Krug, you are still alive, I will defeat you, and then through the ritual send you to the goddess’s side!"
"Stupid cat! Since when are you still considering holding back? Give it your all, or neither of us will return to our master!"
Yet, in the face of his tearful friend, Crescent was unable to make the decision to cast him into the wilderness herself.
Not far away, the Sword Saint had unknowingly sheathed his sword.
In dealing with the Hand of Death, he didn’t mind ambushing, setting traps, fighting in numbers, and such tactics.
After all, just a group of harmful cultists, no need to talk about fairness and justice with them.
But the scene before him was too unjust!
It made him embarrassed to participate.
Seeing that the boss had control over the situation, the Sword Saint stepped on Moonlight, bypassed the battlefield of cultists and Pukis, and headed towards the hideout.
However, halfway through, the Sword Saint noticed the magical fluctuations of a ritual coming from the hideout.
"There’s still a ritual going on?" This somewhat surprised the Sword Saint, and he quickened his pace.
Yet, at the entrance, the weak Jini blocked his way.
"You, dream of interrupting the ritual."
Without hesitation, the Sword Saint Puki stepped on Moonlight, and in an instant, the sword blade was at Jini’s throat.
"Fear!"
Having witnessed the Sword Saint’s prowess before, Jini knew she was no match; all she could do now was stall this Puki as long as possible, even if it meant her soul was completely shattered!
With Jini’s full exertion, the Sword Saint returned to the scene surrounded by people’s RUA.
Alama even questioned, "I treated you like a brother, how could you do this..."
...
Meanwhile, the battle had reached its final stage.
The Lizardman Puppet’s strength and the Catman were originally evenly matched, but Crescent was held back by Krug’s existence; the more Krug urged her, the more she hesitated to fully cast Magic, being heavily suppressed.
When the already few cultists fell one by one into the pile of Pukis, the balance of victory completely tipped.
A Stone Giant stood before the two of them, Lin Jun controlling the Lizardman Puppet, mercilessly exerted power beyond the limit, punching through the Stone Giant’s chest, at the cost of one arm exploding into pieces.
Before the Catman could regroup her defenses, she was kicked away, landing amongst the Puki herd, followed by a series of explosions.
Subsequently, the one-armed Lizardman Puppet picked up the barely breathing Catman.
Krug closed his eyes, leaving tears.
Crescent weakly said, "Sorry... hesitated meow..."
"Meow meow meow, don’t you think this verbal tic is silly?" Along with the Puppet’s voice Puki belly’s taunt, the Lizardman’s sharp claw stabbed into the Catman’s neck, ending this priest’s life.
"Personally" killed Crescent, Krug finally broke out, cursing Puki with every vile word he could think of.
"So sentimental? Clearly are cultists."
Seeing Krug, who was previously heroic in sacrificing himself, finally break, Lin Jun felt satisfied.
Mushrooms sprouted from Krug’s mouth, followed by his entire head, consciousness dissipating and fully becoming a puppet.
Fully indeed, but under Lin Jun’s violent manipulation, it was already battered.
Plus with the remnants of Pukis beside him, there was little combat strength left.
However, fortunately, they still had the Sword Saint here.
Just him alone was stronger than all the rest combined.
Not knowing how things were in the hideout, hoping it wasn’t already over.
When Lin Jun reached the hideout, he immediately saw Jini fallen at the entrance.
She bore no wounds, but blood flowed from her mouth and nose on the ground, seeming as if she died by the rebound from [Sword Heart].
Curiously enough, Lin Jun hadn’t sensed the Sword Saint even reaching here.
Chasing the fleeing enemy so far?
Once inside the hideout, Lin Jun saw the Sword Saint.
The ground was a flowing darkness, countless giant octopus tentacles surged from within, one of which held Sword Saint Puki’s short leg upside down.
The Sword Saint Puki was utterly motionless, though his panel remained, he’d completely lost his combat power, even those two Longswords were scattered pieces nearby.
In the center of that darkness, a white girl with pitch black pupils turned to Lin Jun’s Lizardman Puppet, gently speaking:
"Such a pity, we shouldn’t have been enemies."