Chapter 12 The Mark of the Sacrifice (continue reading)
The sword passed from top to bottom along the center line of the Dreadclaw leader's body.
As soon as he stopped, Officer Natalie took a few steps back lightly, took off her hat, put it on her chest, and bowed lightly.
Before he could straighten up, the leader of the Dreadclaw had already taken a staggering step forward with the head of his kind. Then, under the gaze of all his kind, he split neatly into two halves in the middle and fell to the sides. , until it fell to the ground, the cold vertical pupils still rotated several times.
Poof, blood mixed with internal organs spurted out from the fracture, making the surroundings of the corpse as weird and spectacular as a fountain of blood.
The entire square fell into deathly silence for an instant.
Except for a few that were on fire and had fled the square, all the Dreadclaws stared blankly at the tragic death of their leader next to the statue.
"Roar."
A shrill roar came from the surrounding Dreadclaw group, with obvious anger in the roar.
As if awakened by this roar, one by one, hundreds of Terrorclaws roared in anger together, causing the atmosphere in the square to completely explode.
With red eyes, all the Dreadclaws quickly gathered around the statue and Officer Natalie next to it.
As expected, it will not disperse.
The police officer frowned, lowered her body and grasped the hilt of the sword again, with the shadow of a mallet appearing behind her.
The short distance passed in an instant. Seeing the large group of Terrorclaws approaching, Officer Natalie's eyes turned cold and she was about to draw her sword.
At this moment, a ball of flame approached from far away, dragging a rolling heat wave all the way, and rushed in front of Officer Natalie, turning into a burning human-shaped flame. As soon as it took shape, it immediately enveloped her. The fastest one rushed, and in an instant, its fur ignited into a big fireball.
Lynch is here.
Time, time, time.
Lynch moved extremely fast, igniting the third victim and immediately moving, directly and continuously penetrating all the Terrorclaws on the path, igniting all their fur.
This time was different from just now. The Terrorclaws in front of them were all densely gathered together. It was the best time to set fire. The thick animal hair became the best accelerant.
Lin Qi adheres to a touch-and-go attitude. He does not seek to achieve great results, but only seeks to expand the intensity of the fire as much as possible and create as much panic as possible, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, so that the square will soon burst into flames. The smell of burning is astounding.
The large group of Dreadclaws were frightened by the flames and fell into a dilemma, especially those of the same kind that were on fire, running around, making the fire spread even faster.
Even the police officer was a little stunned by this scene. Looking at Lynch who turned into flames, it was like seeing a humanoid disaster.
As for Lynch, he seems to have unlimited glory, but in fact, he is suffering from the severe pain of flames burning his soul every second. He feels that his spirit is about to collapse. He can only encourage himself desperately, and if he holds on a little longer, they will be gone soon. I can't hold on any longer.
He knew in his heart that the Dreadclaws were obviously afraid of fire. They were supported by the leader's prestige just now, but now it was only their anger that kept them from running away. All he had to do was use flames to knock down their last anger. The conditions for suppression can be met.
Let's see who lasts longer.
Even though his consciousness was blurred by pain, he still clenched his fists made of flames and ran on the square based on instinct. As soon as the flame body turned, it had to circle the statue again among the Terrorclaws. However, Before it started, the voice in my head suddenly rang.
【There are ten seconds left for safe use, and serious consequences will occur after ten seconds. 】
Lin Qi's heart sank, but he did not stop moving. He still circled the statue like a whirlwind, igniting the hair of seven or eight Terrorclaws along the way, making the surrounding fire even brighter.
Is my soul going to burn out, or is the strange thing going out of control?
[No, the consequences are unpredictable, the remaining time is five seconds. 】
Damn it, they are about to collapse. We can't stop now, otherwise we will fail. Travel companion, give me time, I'm going to open up.
Thinking in his heart, Lin Qi turned his head and turned into a moving line of fire, running towards the position with the least fire heads and the most fear claws. The fire became more and more intense along the way, and the flames roared. .
The Dreadclaws were gathered together, leaving no room to escape. Lynch rushed over and burned a large area. In an instant, the air was filled with a pungent burnt smell, and the large group of Dreadclaws were burned and howled miserably. Yelling, the terrifying and ferocious appearance before can no longer be seen.
【three. 】
Already, there were already flaming Terrorclaws on the outside, screaming and fleeing from the square, rushing into the depths of the ruined city, but most of the Terrorclaws in the square were still around the statues, holding on and refusing to leave.
Officer Natalie was right next to the statue, looking at the dilemma of the Dreadclaw. She suddenly snorted coldly and took a few steps forward. The sword was unsheathed again, and a Dreadclaw came slightly closer. Before he had time to react, he was cut in half by a sword. The Terrorclaw, which was broken into two pieces, did not die immediately. Half of his body was propped on the ground and he let out a death scream.
Phew, Lin Qi coincided with the wailing half of the monster in time, letting the flames burn its body. The half of the body struggled desperately, but could not escape from the flames. The cry was desperate and miserable, spreading throughout the square.
The screams of the same kind seemed to have shaken the Dreadclaws, and they no longer gathered forward. However, they still surrounded the statue from a distance and roared fiercely, refusing to leave.
【二. 】
No time.
Now.
Lin Qi's heart suddenly changed, and he completely put aside all worries. According to the method he learned on the ring, he really regarded himself as a big fireball. He clenched his flaming fist, concentrated all his will, and turned his body into flames. It hit the ground.
Hold on and don't faint.
Here I come!
The flames hit the ground, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Then the human-shaped flame suddenly exploded, turning into a huge wave of fire, shooting forward at high speed in a half-moon shape, causing the front to instantly fall into a sea of hellish fire.
【1. 】
The exploding flames became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The Dreadclaws in the square woke up from a dream, roared wildly, and fled around frantically, without caring about anything. Those who are blocking the way will even be pushed down directly, and they will run away while stepping on their bodies.
In an instant, amid the blazing flames, the entire square was filled with chaos, and countless flaming monsters ran away in all directions, as if the end was approaching.
Lin Qi did not pay attention to this. At the moment when the flames exploded, he had quickly pulled off the ring and returned to his human body in his final state. There was still smoke all over his body, but he didn't look at anything and stumbled towards the statue in the center of the square.
As the Terrorclaws fled, the statue in the center was shrinking at a strange and rapid speed. When Lynch staggered to the statue, the statue shrank to the size of a palm. Lin Qi struggled to bend down to pick up the statue. His expression alternated between joy and anger, and finally settled into an open smile as he raised the statue high above his head.
In the end I won.
In the new world, I, Lynch, survived.
As his smile bloomed, his body lost all strength and fell involuntarily toward the hot ground.
Fell directly into a warm embrace.
As soon as he looked up, he saw the beautiful face of Officer Natalie Angell, smiling at him with a complicated expression.
"You did a great job, Lynch, you really taught me a lesson."
"Bet..." Lynch said in a weak voice, leaning comfortably in the arms of the police officer.
"How about I let go?" Officer Natalie asked through gritted teeth.
"Haha, I..."
Lin Qi's smile just appeared, his body went limp, and his consciousness fell into endless darkness.
"Bang".
A crashing sound woke Lin Qi from his dream.
I just feel sore and weak, as if all my strength has been exhausted.
Struggling to sit up, he found himself lying on the sofa in Randall's living room.
Officer Natalie was sitting opposite him and had already put the painting and the statue into a suitcase. The sound just now was that of putting the painting in it.
A few blue uniforms were checking around, but they deliberately avoided the piles of 'gravel' and human heads on the ground.
Looking around, Lin Qi felt that just a few dozen minutes had passed, but he felt like he was in another world. He touched the sofa and coffee table, everything was so real, and then he was sure that he was really back.
Randall's head was still lying on the ground. Lin Qi felt a sense of joy from the bottom of his heart and really wanted to go over and kick him again.
Damn it guys, look who dies in the end.
You miscalculated, Randall, why don’t you ask how long it is?
No, time.
Lin Qi remembered that he had just fainted and quickly looked to his left hand. Then he felt weak all over and almost collapsed on the sofa.
I was sitting here dozens of minutes ago, and all I saw were withered arms, racing against death and chasing a slim glimmer of hope.
Now sitting in the same position, seeing his left hand that had returned to normal, Lin Qi opened his sleeve in disbelief and touched his smooth arm.
I felt a surge of heat in my chest, and I had the urge to cry.
I survived, struggled all night, and finally survived.
Covering his mouth hard, Lynch blinked desperately, trying to suppress the heat in his eyes. When he looked up with red eyes, he saw that Officer Natalie had stopped what she was doing and looked at him with sympathetic eyes.
"I suggest you not to be happy too early."
"I know, you said that if I want to survive, I must become a soul changer, which means that the matter is not over yet."
The presence of Officer Natalie made Lynch calm down, and his brain quickly regained its flexibility. He used the action of rubbing his face to cover up his gaffe:
"Am I still in danger? I think it is very possible, after all. The master behind Randall has not been found out yet.”
“The reason behind it is indeed a problem, but that is a problem for the future. Congratulations first, Mr. Lynch Levy. With your own efforts, you not only regained your life, but also bought yourself enough time to continue struggling." Officer Natalie's serious face showed surprise and approval, "I never thought that an ordinary person's struggle could be possible. It’s unbelievable to do this.”
"What's going on?"
"You should have known before. Randall's whole family should be cultists of the Ancient Flicker. For unknown reasons, they were ordered to sacrifice you through that statue. To the evil god. That’s why you experienced what happened tonight.”
Lin Qi nodded silently.
"I took over the sword left by my father and became a mystery hunter for two years. I have seen many mysterious events. Usually in mysterious events related to evil gods, the death of the person involved is normal, just like the drunken Peter and Gran. Same as Will."
"So you regarded me as a dead person at the beginning?"
"I'm sorry, I underestimated your ability," the police officer said solemnly. He lowered his head, "But after knowing that this may be related to the sacrifice, I am even more convinced that your death cannot be avoided, because even if you find the statue and interrupt Randall's behavior, it will be useless. What we interrupted is just Guided by the outside, the real sacrifice is inside the strange object. You have become a sacrifice, so you will die when the time is up. This is an unsolvable situation.”
Even though the problem had been solved, Lin Qi still felt heavy in his heart. Without power, this world would be too dangerous, and he could die in a strange way casually.
“But interrupting Randall’s guidance just caused the strange object to go out of control, giving us the opportunity to enter the memory of the strange object, directly destroying the sacrificial ceremony in the strange object, and leaving you, the last The sacrifice survived." Officer Natalie stared at Lynch and said in a rare gentle tone, "That's why I said that your struggle allowed you to escape from a certain death situation, and you did a great job."
“But the problem is not completely solved yet, right.”
"Don't be too greedy, Mr. Lynch. In the confrontation with the mystery, any success is worthy of joy and celebration, not to mention that you have bought yourself an extra month to solve the problem." Officer Natalie sighed. He shook his head and said, "But it's really not completely solved now. Look at the position of your heart."
Lin Qi was a little nervous, but still opened his shirt, then looked away and sighed deeply. .
A red eye pattern appeared on the heart, just like a painting, but it couldn't be erased. It swayed with the breathing, as if it was blinking strangely. .
"You are the chosen sacrifice, but you have not yet been sent to the altar. The evil god Ancient Flasher is staring at your soul and will take it away in a month."
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