Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 334 The Sacrificer of the Eucharist

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The two went up to the top floor.

The roof here is riddled with holes.

Large amounts of rain kept washing over the floor, but they couldn't extinguish the flames left by the thunder, nor could they penetrate the wall of mist.

"Click..."

Monqueya stacked the three old seals together with the one he had originally arranged and began trying again to use lightning to break through the wall.

Milo, however, kept his eyes fixed on the afterimage within the fog wall from beginning to end.

He sensed a very familiar aura emanating from the other person.

It's a feeling that you've never truly faced each other, yet both sides seem to know each other inside and out.

The other party was in a state of confusion, and its limbs and facial features were not clearly visible, but for a moment, Milo could feel its gaze turning back to him.

A mere glance was enough to send a chill down Milo's spine.

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Boom! !
High in the sky, the clouds began to gather lightning again, and rumbling thunder could strike at any moment.

Milo wiped the rain off his face and took two steps back.

"It is waiting for its host to mature so that it can give birth to its avatar."

After setting up the old seal, Monquia also took a few steps back, stretched out the long handle of the scythe, and the blade regained its scorching red-hot state. Raindrops fell on the blade and turned into smoke, making a hissing sound.

He said to Milo, "After the fog wall breaks, I will try to hold off that afterimage. You go and kill either the law enforcement inspector or the girl. The ritual will only end when either the worshipper or the host dies."

"I'll kill you my ass!" Milo cursed directly.

“We can’t kill that ghost.” Monquia shook his head seriously. “Our teacher has already calculated that neither you nor I can kill it with our spiritual vision alone, even if it’s just a projection. We’ll only have a chance if you kill me or I kill you and steal the other’s spiritual vision, and we become one.”

"Is this why I'm on the kill list?"

Milo took a crowbar from behind his waist.

“You can understand it this way.” Monquia kept his eyes fixed on the thunderclouds in the sky.

"Raven is such a good teacher."

Milo cursed under his breath.

He now understood why the raven had left Monquea's name in the hunter's memory.

While issuing the hunting order to Monquia, he also left clues for Milo, letting the two of them fight it out. Regardless of who killed whom in the end, the one who survived would have the strength to fight against that terrifying projection in the fog wall.

Unfortunately, Monquia was more impatient than Raven had imagined, or rather, the beings in the shadows were more impatient than anyone else. The battle between the two Visionaries had not even fully unfolded before it entered the final stage.

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"I can't kill any of them."

Milo shook his head and said decisively.

Milo couldn't bring himself to kill either Nero or Kai.

Monquia, standing to the side, nodded thoughtfully and said:
"Okay, let's switch. You hold off the afterimage, and I'll kill the enemy."

“You’re a fucking genius.” Milo cursed again. “Why don’t you say that if I take you now and steal your vision, we can win?”

Monqueya calmly explained:
"There's no time. You'd have to contact someone to arrange my funeral before you can..."

"Shut the hell up."

Milo kept sighing.

At that moment, another terrifying bolt of lightning struck down, the thick arc of electricity like a giant axe hitting the wall of fog with perfect accuracy.

The once rock-solid gray fog wall instantly thinned out.

"It's now!"

Monqueya grabbed his scythe and stormed inside.

Milo followed closely behind.

The moment the two stepped into the area of ​​the fog wall, they felt an terrifying pressure, as if gravity had suddenly increased tenfold, slowing down their movements.

Bang!
Before the gray mist in front of Milo could dissipate, he saw the semi-solid afterimage pounce on him like a ghost.

Click.

Milo held up a crowbar to block the terrifying rolling afterimage.

But the next second, his entire body lost its balance because the force field in the entire area was distorted, and it wasn't just a simple doubling.

In the air, you can see that in some areas, the wood chips are floating up as if they are being pulled by a magnetic field.

Milo lost his footing and was thrown off balance.

To his horror, he did not land as expected, but was instead suspended by another horizontal force field.

The afterimage simply raised its hand slightly.

Bang! !

The next second, countless sharp pieces of construction debris rained down on Milo!
Swish! !

He struggled to break free of the traction field and avoided the center of the projectiles, but dozens of bloody gashes were still blasted into one side of his body.

Bang bang bang! !
Monquia, standing nearby, pulled the trigger, and the red-hot hammer of the pistol emptied all the bullets.

But the bullets lost momentum before they even hit the afterimage and rolled to the ground.

And the next second, black smoke billowed from the barrels of the revolvers in Monquia and Milo's hands, and they melted into molten iron in less than two breaths.

The afterimage watched Milo and his companion, approaching them step by step.

It has no facial features, yet it can make Milo and the others breathless simply by gazing at them with overwhelming pressure.

“Humble spirit seers, you should seek the protection of the Old Gods, not interfere with my rituals…”

The afterimage muttered human language in an awkward tone.

Its sound was deeper than the muffled thunder in the sky.

Just hearing its voice caused blood to gush from Milo and Monquia's ears.

The eerie sound seemed to explode in their minds, constantly ravaging their thoughts and memories.

Any ordinary person would have been mentally and physically destroyed by now.

Only visionaries like Milo and Monquia could withstand the devastation of the afterimages.

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"Do what you're supposed to do!"

Monquia yelled at Milo.

He took a step forward, the scythe in his hand glowing red. Despite trembling all over, he stared at the afterimage and roared out the other's name with heart-wrenching fury:

"Yog-Sothoth!"

Buzz! ! ! !

A new wave of lightning crashed down from the sky, gathering above the four old seals before rolling and disappearing into Monquia's back.

Perhaps it was Monqueya's arrogant actions that angered the afterimage, which appeared in front of Monqueya.

But the next second, the sound of gears turning and intersecting rang out from Monquia's body, and the huge metal net instantly unfolded, carrying large amounts of lightning and arcs of electricity, enveloping the afterimage.

Then, without saying a word, he brought his sickle down on his head.

In an instant, an even more terrifying arc of electricity exploded in the air.

The intense light forced Milo to squint.

But he could feel the blood mist from Monquia's explosion splashing onto his face. "Destroy the ritual! Once it truly descends, it'll all be over!"

Monquia's roar echoed through the distorted space within the fog wall.

The large-scale twisting force field pulled all the building ruins to the core of the explosion, keeping Milo out.

Milo paused for a second, then turned and lunged toward where Nero and Kai were.

However, when he was still six or seven meters away from Nero, a strange afterimage suddenly appeared on Nero's back without warning.

It raised its hand and reached out to grab Milo.

The firelight in the surrounding air appeared as countless small vortices.

Milo felt like he was about to turn into pieces, but he still gritted his teeth and pushed forward.

Buzz! ! ! !

The instant his body made contact with the afterimage, the skin on his fists and arms cracked open, and countless drops of blood spurted outwards.

But Milo's bones and muscles held up!
Not only was he stunned, but the afterimage also seemed to be stunned for a moment.

"You used the most ancient forbidden art in the Holy Communion sacrifice, and more than once! You ignorant fool!"

The afterimage instantly understood why Milo hadn't been annihilated within its domain and recognized how Milo had acquired its powerful physique.

Enraged, it once again raised its arm and slammed it towards Milo. This time, the distorted force field compressed all the surrounding light into tiny black dots.

Milo felt a chill run down his spine.

But the facts have proven that he was not as weak and powerless as the ant in the other party's eyes.

He can withstand the opponent's attacks, so naturally he can counterattack!
boom! ! !
Then, a truly awe-inspiring scene unfolded.

The scene only appears during internal human conflict, unfolding in a battle between humans and an external divine projection.

Milo, now covered in blood, stepped forward with his left foot, lowered his center of gravity, and dodged the sweeping afterimage below. In an instant, he turned his hips and threw a punch diagonally upwards from below.

It struck the lower right side of the afterimage with perfect accuracy.

Bang! ! !
The distorted black dots exploded in the air.

The eerie, rolling light engulfed Milo's figure.

He felt a deep, bone-chilling pain coming from his arm.

But Milo knew very well that this was a good thing; it meant his hand was still intact…

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Buzz! ! ! !

The afterimage was shattered by Milo's punch.

But the next second it condensed again behind him, accompanied by countless cracks in the air that spread out from the spatial location of Milo's punch.

Milo once asked the Scarlet Witch what the significance was of him consuming the blood of communion twice.

The Scarlet Witch gave an affirmative answer, saying that Milo was already more powerful than most living beings, but Milo had never verified this.

Now he has found the answer.

Click! ! !

The cracks in the space continued to spread.

"Ignorant fool!!!"

The afterimage roared angrily.

It did not suffer any real damage, but the counterattack of a human psychic made it feel greatly insulted.

A fierce wind began to blow within the wall of fog.

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In the brief moment that Milo managed to hold back the afterimage, Monquia pounced on Nero's location like a mad dog.

The guy was covered in half a torn metal net, and lightning had charred his body, but his movements showed no sign of stopping.

However, he ultimately failed to get close to the ritual point and was intercepted by the afterimage midway.

The afterimage split in two, guarding two Spirit Visioners.

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"Damn it! It will never disappear unless the ritual is broken!"

Monqueya roared.

The sickle in his hand had shattered into pieces, and its long handle had long since broken in two.

However, Milo remained unusually calm.

He had noticed the connection between the afterimage and Nero long ago.

This afterimage is a projection of some terrifying and powerful creature in this world. Similar to the principle of the banished shadow, it also requires some kind of medium.

Milo turned to look at Nero, then at Kai, whose body was covered in mycelium.

Kai's abdomen was now bulging quite high, as if something was about to burst out from under his skin.

An ominous premonition lingered in Milo's mind.

The curse on the town of Ikham has not ended.

It was Milo who brought the curse to Nanwei City himself…

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No matter how hard Milomonquia tries, he can't break through the barrier of the afterimage, and the ritual behind him is coming to an end.

It's easy to imagine that once that strange thing bursts out of Kai's abdomen, the real afterimage will descend upon this world in the form of a real life, and then no one will survive.

Forget about killing Nero or Kai; they can't even get close to that area right now...

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However, it's not entirely without a solution.

It's not always necessary to end the ritual physically...

Milo took a step back.

In a trance.

His vision began to blur.

He glanced back at Monquia: "I'm going to try another approach."

Then, Milo lowered his head and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.

As Milo closed his eyes, the speed at which the mouthful of blood foam moved through the air gradually slowed down, until it finally froze completely.

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When Milo opened his eyes again...

He remained inside the wall of fog.

The difference is that it's incredibly quiet here now.

Everything was submerged in chaos, except for the figures of Milo, Nero, and Kai.

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Milo, panting, walked step by step toward Nero's location:

“I hope you remain conscious, Inspector.”

(End of this chapter)