Chapter 126: A Bitter Battle
Madam M's body collapsed, returning to the terrifying form she had when she first swallowed the potion—a humanoid Monster that looked like it had been flayed alive, dripping with blood. At the Monster's chest, several faces—Lu Ze, Madam M, the sacrificers—floated with eyes tightly shut.
Then, the face belonging to Madam M moved upward.
Her eyes soon snapped open.
Those eyes no longer held their previous intelligence; instead, they were filled with absolute madness and hunger!
She appeared incredibly greedy, thirsting for the flesh of the three people present to an extreme degree.
"Die!"
She shouted at the three people. The shrill voice echoed incessantly, and within that simplest of words, there was an invisible, terrifying power and impact. This was the Sequence 8 boon ability belonging to Lu Ze, now being used by Madam M who had occupied his body!
"Boom!"
The three people felt as if their brains had been struck hard by a hammer. Their ears immediately began to ring, and blood quickly gushed out from their nostrils, eyes, and other orifices!
"Scatter!"
Noise echoed in his ears, and Klein's vision was blurred. Just then, he heard Dunn's low shout. Out of trust for Dunn, he didn't even think before dodging to the right.
A heavy impact followed immediately. Klein used his excellent body control to steady himself and looked toward where he had originally been standing with his gradually recovering vision—that spot was now filled with terrifying flesh. Madam M's body had charged over, splattering flesh and blood that brought a strong corrosiveness.
The original Blackthorn Security Company was already destroyed beyond recognition.
At that moment, the sky darkened again. From the urn in Dunn's arms, a large number of threads gushed out once more, filling the surrounding area.
The shadow under Madam M's feet no longer had illusory anomalies; some unspeakable high-level status no longer existed. Saint Selena's Ashes began their pursuit of evil once more.
"Swish!"
The bloody, mangled Monster suddenly turned around. On its chest, Madam M's face was distorted with hunger. She looked at the group greedily and opened her torn mouth, about to pronounce their death sentence:
"Go die..."
Her voice stopped abruptly halfway through. Her mouth was open, but she couldn't make a sound.
Leonard, who had climbed up from the ground, was stretching out his hand toward her. The blood-red vessel wrapped around his arm was bulging and swollen, a deep red that bordered on purple. Not only the Beyonder item, but the veins on his own face also protruded as if they could explode at any moment.
Sealed Artifact, "Vessel Thief"!
"Filthy Words" had been stolen!
Taking advantage of Madam M's brief gap in attack, the black threads caught up silently and stealthily. An out-of-control Madam M might be terrifying, but losing control also meant she had lost her sinister and mad intelligence, turning into a beast that fought by instinct.
When she saw the black threads surrounding her, a normal version of her would have definitely used Flame Jump to dodge. But now, in her madness, she actually charged directly at the black threads, waving her arms and throwing out corrosive flesh.
"Sizzle—"
The black threads were corroded by the flesh and twitched, but they still spread rapidly until they caught her and bound her!
There's a chance!
Excitement welled up in Klein's heart. As long as Saint Selena's Ashes held her, he would activate the "Flaring Sun" charm. The power of this charm came from the blood of a true god; it would definitely have a powerful killing effect!
"Aaaaaah—"
Madam M struggled, screaming shrilly. Her strength became extremely violent, making the cold, slimy threads somewhat difficult to control.
Dunn frowned as he watched. Under his black trench coat, thick objects quickly propped up, protruded, and then exploded simultaneously!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A large amount of bright red blood, saturated with "Nightmare" spirituality, splattered out, like a grand rain of blood falling around Dunn. When the blood landed on the black threads, it was immediately absorbed by them. These threads expanded rapidly, turning from thin lines into thick tentacles that tightly bound Madam M!
A chance!
Klein was overjoyed. He pinched the warm, pure gold flake and prepared to throw it...
"Cough, cough!"
He suddenly bent over, letting out a painful cough.
His forehead was rapidly heating up, his body temperature rising, his lungs burning and incredibly itchy. Not just him—Leonard and Dunn were also showing symptoms to varying degrees.
"Roar—"
A hideous smile appeared on Madam M's madly distorted face. She was instinctively releasing toxins, causing everyone present to fall into the entanglement of disease. Because of this brief loss of control, she once again broke free from the restraint of the black threads and rushed toward Klein.
"Submit!"
A grand and Fallen voice rang out from the other side. It was Leonard; suppressing his cough, he had used the "Filthy Words" that originally belonged to this Monster!
"Boom!"
Madam M's forward momentum was immediately interrupted, and she fell to the ground.
After getting up, she let out an angry roar. Before the black threads could wrap around her, she charged at high speed, making Leonard collide head-on with her!
"Boom!"
Leonard felt as if he had been hit by a heavy carriage full of goods. He flew a long way before hitting the ground. Before he could even get up, Madam M had already appeared in front of him, opening her bloody maw!
Leonard could clearly see every detail of the opponent's teeth. He had no time to dodge and was about to whisper something when he saw the Monster's body suddenly freeze. The face belonging to Lu Ze was gradually rising, pushing Madam M's position aside.
Deep in the illusory ocean, Lu Ze's eyes were tightly shut.
His consciousness was gradually dissipating, as if completely merging with this deep, boundless ocean.
Perhaps disappearing like this would be fine too...
A kind of warmth and comfort, like returning to the womb, enveloped Lu Ze, making him unwilling to do anything, only wanting to stay here forever until eternity.
He was about to forget his name, his own existence.
Who I am doesn't matter anymore. Giving up like this... seems okay too...
The real world is too cruel, struggling to survive every day, enduring endless pain... Whatever, whether it's myself or others, even my family... Family...
"Brother."
He remembered a young girl's voice.
Holy crap!
Where's my sister?!
He suddenly snapped awake. Cecilia! Cecilia had been taken away by Madam M's subordinates! He still had time to soak here? If he didn't wake up now, who would look after his sister's safety!
"Splash!"
Lu Ze suddenly opened his eyes, broke free from the water's surface, and sat up.
The seafloor that was originally unfathomably deep suddenly became a shallow beach. Once he sat up, he broke through the surrounding seawater. Looking around, Madam M was nowhere to be seen.
Quick, wake up, go save Cecilia!
The surging white mist on the sea responded to Lu Ze's will, quickly surrounding him. His consciousness was rapidly pulled out, returning to the real world.