Section XXVIII: The Assassins
Known as the capital of the dead, Hamnata was the resting place of many pharaohs and nobles in ancient Egypt.
It has the same size as an ancient city. It's just that most of the building structures were buried in the stratum because of the burial needs of the ancient magnates.
And now, it's trembling.
Thunder and fire poured out of the ground, destroying the tops of the ancient ruined city. The serpent's body was revealed—it was a snake, but it let out a mammal-like shrill cry. The black and yellow yellow sand rose with the form of the giant snake, and in the blink of an eye, several pillars of wind that went straight into the sky were built around the giant snake!
The ancient myth became a reality at this moment. The swift Aerospace Fighter burst out of the sky and circled around the serpent. The laser cannons and heavy firepower platforms mounted on it spewed devastating energy at the serpent almost endlessly. Large expanses of yellow sand were broken and then regrouped again, but the waving giant snake tail failed to chase the jets of the air fighters.
And just for such a momentary distraction, the eruption of lava from the ground, like a volcanic eruption, tore a huge amount of yellow sand with spiritual flesh from the surface of the giant snake. A stream of blood light scurried down the serpent's body, and the burly demon warrior raised his battle axe in the serpent's roar, and with a single blow, he slashed down towards the serpent's seven inches.
Seven inches is a general reference to a location, and this place refers to the heart of the snake. The violent Flame Axe blade only experienced a brief interruption before tearing a massive hole in the serpent's torso. However, the next moment what poured out of the breach was not blood, but a dark green curse like a waterfall!
- I see, there is no biological weakness?
- Looks like the only way to win is to blow this guy's head and what's hidden inside!
Thoughts swirled in Jiang Yu's mind.
He saw Zheng Zhe fly back in the dark green curse, his scarlet wings extended. And the red flame that spread all over his body surrounded him, violently burning the curse poison that contaminated his body. The cover from Mu Gang and Xia bought Zheng Zhe's repair time for a moment. And in this moment, he was wrapped and pushed by the biological force field, and he had reached a fairly suitable height.
Put away your shield and hold the hammer in both hands. Thunder overflowed all over the body, falling rapidly from the top of the sky!
Smash!
The huge snake's mouth had just opened, and the frosty breath directed at Zheng Zhe had not yet erupted. The falling lightning had already struck the serpent's head. The snake's roar was accompanied by Immorton's roar, and the raised snake's head was pressed down at least thirty meters. The cracked scales were accompanied by a splash of psionic flesh.
Jiang Yu retreated, and after one blow, there was a high-speed maneuver in the air. Immediately, a huge pillar of wind swept across the airspace where he was staying. The serpent's head tilted. Frost's breath switches the stat to Dark. What erupted was a column of blazing clouds with extremely corrosive properties.
Fight the flames and use the Frost.
Fight against armor and use Dark Eclipse.
This giant serpent has a nimble tactical intelligence. However, not much.
'Boom-' A tall tower was blown down. Jiang Yu landed on the ground, using a more energy-saving sprint to avoid the jet-black cloud pillar chasing after him. He knew that he could use the Celestial Ring to carry it, and the Terminator's armor might not be broken. But he also knows that now is not the time.
Because the next moment, Zheng Zha, who had finished trimming, attacked from the side and rear. And accompanied by a blazing tomahawk that dragged a narrow scorching light.
Firelight, explosions. The serpent's head skewed in the impact. Jiang Yu gripped the hammer and returned to the battlefield under the bombardment of plasma cannons. And yet at the very same moment.
From above the sky, burning meteors rained down. And the two largest and fastest of them were blocked in the trajectory of him and the air and space fighters respectively.
Immorton's Great Spell. It's not about killing, it's about lagging.
When Jiang Yu smashed the meteor, the giant snake's flicking head had already thrown Zheng Zha away. And at the same moment, spewed out a column of fiery poison.
- A little more difficult than expected.
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"Interesting."
Zhan Lan did not join the battlefield.
She's on the battlefield, but she doesn't join in - she stays with Kasumi on the aerospace fighter that Mu Gang incarnates. In her hand, she held the staff that Chu Xuan had given her to weaken Seth's protection. But it's clear that now is not the right time to use it.
She saw the serpent dancing wildly in the sandstorm and the pillar of wind.
She saw Jiang Yu and Zheng Zhe, thunder and fire swimming around the giant serpent - she knew that neither of them was doing their best. After all, only mentally retarded people will use their best strength at the beginning when facing such a bottomless behemoth.
The wind is blowing.
Zhan Lan could clearly feel that it was stored in the depths of the Hamna Tower, the thousand-year-old capital of the dead. The dark forces of the abyssal sea are gathering like a whirlpool.
Some of them were attracted to the serpent and silently melted into the serpent's body. And this is the reason why this giant snake was able to be painless under the turns of Jiang Yu and Zheng Zha's attacks.
The city, in the restoration of it.
There must be a reason for the city to fix it.
It's not Immorton – Immorton is now a pendant. It had no way of influencing the serpent's movements. Otherwise, the snake will only stare at one target and ...... It can bring the resurrection altar in the first place, and then launch the most rapid attack in the direction of the hero and heroine.
- This snake is just a beast. It simply ignored Immorton as a symbiotic bird. Just like many large carnivores need small birds to pick their teeth.
- Then, it should have a greater weakness than ordinary intelligent beings.
Zhan Lan closed her eyes, and she was always in a stalemate with Xue Nai. At this moment, it is back to the battlefield of the spiritual realm. Once again, she saw the ancient Indian-style shrines. Unlike before, some red and black, bubbling goo mixed in with the structure of the temple group, like some kind of adhesive, forcibly gluing together the many temples that had been blown apart by Zhan Lan's blasting.
It's not an illusion, it's the glue. They are the embodiment of the concept of the strengthening needle that Xue Nai put on his neck. And they are evaporating, which means that this reinforcement is time-sensitive...... Even the cost.
Zhan Lan stared at it, and also at the huge snake body that surrounded this huge temple complex. Representing her spiritual power offensive, a large part of the firepower poured by batches of air and space fighters, mecha soldiers, tanks, and heavy artillery clusters fell on this huge snake body. The injuries that can be inflicted are not painful.
The captain of the Yin Zhou team must have died, because it was not easy to deceive Zhan Lan in the spiritual realm. Since the serpent is seen here instead of Gan Tian or Immorton, it means that they have little influence over the snake.
Gan Tian is the master of the serpent, certified by the main god. If he doesn't have influence, it just means that he is dead.
And that means......
- Wild animals are capable of autonomous movement. But it's not very smart. Although your innate high mental power makes it impossible for me to manipulate your mind easily...... But, guess I'll be able to sneak in right under your nose?
The answer is yes.
Zhan Lan stretched out his hand and put a camouflage cloak on himself. She took a step forward, the fluctuation of her mental power calling for a name.
- Snow resistance.
Names have an occult significance. And in the spiritual realm, it can also be used as a key to the heart. Zhan Lan knew Xue Nai's name, but Xue Nai didn't know her name. So the key can open a portal without the owner of the portal filling in the list of denied access to the uninvited guest.
One-step.
Zhan Lan's feet stepped on the tower of the temple complex.
The ancient Indian soldiers who came and went turned a blind eye to her in her cloak. And she only needs to avoid the powerful patrol individuals who occupy only a few in the military situation, representing a subconscious vigilant mind.
- It feels like you're playing a live-action version of Assassin's Creed.
Zhan Lan tilted his head, after Chu Xuan exchanged for the Isu Enhancement. She took a moment to figure out the setting of Assassin's Creed, which happened to be released this year. Personally, she thinks that the premise that as long as you put on a cloak and stand in the crowd, you won't be discovered. However, when she mastered the way of fighting between psychic powers, she felt that such a setting was not unreasonable.
After all, it's a hands-on experience, and it's better than a thousand theories and speculations.
And it turns out that the 'real-life' difficulty may be even lower than that of the game.
- because I'm stronger.
Strong in substance, strong in psychological superiority.
Zhan Lan adjusted her pace, and the trajectory of her walk brought the smell of Xia and Zero Dot's sneaking - Zhao Yingkong might be more suitable, but Zhan Lan didn't know her well enough at this moment.
If you don't know enough and don't agree enough, it's not easy to use.
For example, now that her real body is less than a meter away from Kasumi, she can put all her mental energy into the spiritual realm of fighting against Xue Nai and entrust her physical life and death with confidence. However, if it was replaced by Zhao Yingkong, then even if it was twenty meters away, she would subconsciously leave a thought and stay on top of her current body.
Kasumi is better.
The Stygian Blade silently slice through the necks of several of the guards, dragging them into the grass that represented 'laxity'. The Force Field Blade sliced through the weak exterior walls of the central court, allowing her to infiltrate successfully.
She's gone deeper than last time.
As long as you go one step deeper, you can enter the depths of Xue Nai's heart. And at that time, the life and death of this guy was naturally at his mercy.
However, at this moment, a wisp of doubt suddenly appeared in Zhan Lan's heart.
- Strange, last time. I remember that the mind projection of the Inzhou team should be around here. Why this time......
- How come there is not even a trace of this group of people?
(End of chapter)