Lucifer hovered high in the air, looking down below.
According to the guidance, he knew the team holding the Holy Grail was within that vast expanse of smoke. However, the fact that a large number of participants had fled from the smoke in terror earlier, coupled with the Holy Grail not having changed hands yet, was more than enough to prove the strength of the Holy Grail team.
That was just fine.
Lucifer hated fighting the weak; in his view, that was an utterly boring affair.
For him, the prospect of clashing with the strong was even more attractive than the Holy Grail itself.
But before that, he had to clean up these troubleso nuisances first...
Lucifer's gaze fell upon the tightly ford Wolfpack team, quickly locking onto the alpha wolf. The latter was also looking at him, his eyes filled with vigilance.
Whoosh—!
The black wings flapped, and Lucifer dove down at an extrely fast speed. Before the mbers of the Wolfpack team could clearly see what was happening, several of them had already been killed and eliminated.
"Attack!"
At the alpha wolf's command, everyone in the Wolfpack team who possessed long-range items or skills imdiately used them.
However, Lucifer's flying speed was too fast. Non-targeted items and skills all missed, while targeted ones seed to be absorbed upon hitting him, causing hardly any damage.
This left many in the Wolfpack team shocked and panicked.
"What's going on?!"
"His wings are too fast! We can't hit him at all!"
"Damn it, his wings are too powerful. That thing should consu a huge amount of Mind Power, right? Why can he keep flying!"
Hearing the Wolfpack team's low exclamations, the alpha wolf suddenly realized that the federation intelligence agency's speculation might be true!
Ever since the Tulip Federation was established, the intelligence agency had been dedicated to collecting information on powerful Ascendants worldwide through various ans.
Lucifer of the Suroma Empire was undoubtedly one of the top Ascendants, and that pair of black wings had completely beco his personal signature.
Moreover, this Lucifer had almost no sense of secrecy; sotis he would even deliberately leak his location, just to attract strong opponents to co fight him.
Therefore, after studying the intelligence records of Lucifer's nurous battles, the intelligence agency made a speculation.
That was, Lucifer possessed the ability to replenish Mind Power by killing enemies during combat!
"Wolfpack, listen to my order!" Realizing this, the alpha wolf imdiately commanded, "Withdraw from the battlefield imdiately!"
If Lucifer could truly replenish consud Mind Power by killing enemies, then the mbers of the Wolfpack team would beco his blood bags for sustaining combat, providing him with a continuous stream of Mind Power!
The Wolfpack team obeyed without question, imdiately following the alpha wolf's command and retreating as a whole.
Seeing this, Lucifer did not pursue. He looked at the sole remaining alpha wolf.
"Lucifer, I know you can replenish Mind Power by killing enemies. Perhaps your wings have other special abilities. But now it's just
left. How will you replenish then?"
Lucifer said indifferently, "Of course, I'll use your life to replenish."
The alpha wolf sneered, rolling up the sleeve of his left arm. A goshawk tattoo was revealed on his left forearm. As Mind Power was injected, the tattoo emitted a bright light.
Whoosh!
The light from the tattoo suddenly enveloped the alpha wolf's entire body. In the next mont, the human disappeared, replaced by a massive goshawk with a sharp beak and talons!
"A beast transformation ability."
A flash of excitent appeared in Lucifer's eyes. The next mont, he actively flapped his wings, charging towards the transford alpha wolf!
After transforming into a massive goshawk, the alpha wolf's Mind Power was draining away like crazy every second. He knew he had at most 10 seconds. If he couldn't kill Lucifer within 10 seconds, he would be the one to die!
He let out a high-pitched eagle cry, flapped his massive wings, and collided head-on with Lucifer who was charging towards him!
The two passed each other in an instant.
The goshawk's mouth now held a piece of flesh, bitten from Lucifer's face, though he had originally aid for the throat.
anwhile, Lucifer held a severed wing in his hand, torn from the goshawk's body.
"Roar!"
A trendous roar sounded from behind. Without even turning his head, Lucifer flapped his wings, causing his body to suddenly rise, evading the pounce from behind.
He looked down. The previous goshawk had now transford into another beast—a black bear. But this ti, the transformation was incomplete; only the upper body was that of a bear, while the legs remained human!
Lucifer knew this was a sign of insufficient Mind Power. He was the sa; if he couldn't continuously replenish Mind Power during combat, his flight ti would also last less than half a minute.
Ti to end this.
Lucifer threw away the goshawk wing he had torn off and dove down at full speed!
Thud—!
After another pass, the black bear fell to the ground, and Lucifer now held a heart in his hand.
"Lucifer... I won't let you go..."
The alpha wolf, having reverted to human form, said with difficulty. Having his heart torn out in his beast form, he would suffer a fatal injury upon returning to human form, unable to recover through ordinary dicine or items.
Lucifer paid no attention. After the alpha wolf died, the wings on his back imdiately absorbed the latter's life force, replenishing the consud Mind Power.
His gaze turned towards that expanse of smoke, hoping the mbers of the Holy Grail team would be stronger than the alpha wolf, allowing him to feel more pressure.
...
The effect of the Thorn Shadow Kill Array far exceeded Guan Tong's expectations.
Not just in terms of the number of kills, but more importantly, its visual impact was extrely strong, frightening away a large number of participants.
Thus, he obtained a rare mont of peace.
He imdiately flipped the Wordless Book to the third page and began continuously converting Mind Power into reserve Mind Power.
This was undoubtedly preparation for after the challenge. The more he stored, the more confidence he would have.
And the key point was, utilizing the Holy Grail buff here to store more could greatly save his ti.
For instance, successfully writing and materializing the "Fully-Functional Shelter" had saved him at least several months. If he could store more Mind Power and more Silver Hunt ammunition, then these short 30 minutes could save him a full year!
In other words, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that through this challenge, he had accelerated his developnt by a year compared to other Ascendants.
This was undoubtedly very important for Guan Tong, because he had no organization or faction to rely on; he could only depend on himself.
Therefore, opportunities like this had to be firmly grasped. Only then could he continue to maintain independent action and have the confidence to confront those malicious organizations and groups alone.
[Ti remaining until Holy Grail ownership is determined: 18 minutes]
Guan Tong enjoyed over three minutes of peace, silently converting 800 points of reserve Mind Power.
At this mont, the low growls of the living dead ca from the edge of the smoke.
Guan Tong opened his eyes.
Soone else was coming?
He thought after clearing the area earlier, the quiet ti would last longer. He didn't expect a team to co so soon... Hmm? Just one person?
Through the vision provided by Shadow, he saw only one person entering the smoke-covered area.
That person was very tall, looking close to two ters. After entering the smoke, he kept walking towards the central area.
Guan Tong raised the Silver Hunt and fired a Type 3 round in that direction.
"Boom!"
At the mont of the explosion, that figure suddenly flew up. Guan Tong was surprised to discover that this person had actually spread a pair of black wings from his back.
"...First there was a cha, now soone has wings. Coming to participate in this challenge really broadens my horizons."
Guan Tong thought to himself, not feeling too nervous.
He knew that no matter how flashy the ability, they were all driven by Mind Power. The more powerful the ability or item, the greater its consumption of Mind Power; this was almost a fundantal logic.
Currently, that person had wings and could fly. Being in a flight state must consu Mind Power extrely quickly, making it difficult to sustain.
Whoosh—
The next mont, the figure flying high in the sky flapped its wings and dove at extre speed towards the center of the smoke.
"Shadow, grab this birdman down for ."
With a thought from Guan Tong, a large number of shadows instantly transford into several black giant hands, grabbing towards the diving figure.
Swish swish swish swish!
The shadow hands grabbing towards Lucifer were all severed by his wings the next mont. Although they quickly recovered to their original state, he had broken through a path leading to Guan Tong.
Moreover, by rapidly flapping his wings, he used the generated airflow to disperse the surrounding smoke, allowing himself to see the situation around him.
Those wings could not only fly but were also that sharp? And they even dispersed the smoke.
Guan Tong now also knew the newcor was absolutely no ordinary person; he was probably a top-tier Ascendant in terms of strength.
He imdiately mobilized a large number of shadows, erecting wall after wall in front of him to block Lucifer's approach.
Lucifer didn't hesitate, directly using his wings to cut through the walls and charge in. But he imdiately discovered this was a trap.
Inside the walls were more walls, layer upon layer, seemingly endless. Moreover, similar black walls appeared above his head and behind him to the left and right. The mont they sealed shut, they cut off the light.
Lucifer's vision instantly plunged into complete darkness; he couldn't see.
This was the move Guan Tong had used earlier to deal with the team that first entered the church.
No matter how powerful you are, once deprived of vision, you imdiately fall into a desperate situation, suffocated to death by the shadows.
However, Lucifer was indeed formidable, penetrating over a dozen black walls in succession. But no matter how fast his destruction speed was, it couldn't compare to Guan Tong's generation speed.
The ti it took him to destroy one black wall was enough for Guan Tong to generate ten more.
When Lucifer broke through to the twentieth black wall, his Mind Power finally ran out, unable to sustain further without replenishnt.
The "Fallen Angel Wings" on his back, lacking Mind Power supply, automatically retracted. Lucifer looked up and said, "You must have the Holy Grail's special effect boosting you to possess so much Mind Power."
"If it were a fair fight, I don't think I would lose to you. Your ability, while powerful, is countered by my Fallen Angel Wings."
"But a win is a win, and a loss is a loss. If there's a next chance, I will definitely win. Rember my na, I am Lucifer."
Lucifer?
Hearing the voice coming from within the shadow walls, Guan Tong's expression turned sowhat strange. He rembered in the second Doomsday Rule, the Extre Marathon, the nickna ranked second was Lucifer. Could it be the sa person?
It should be him... With that pair of wings allowing extrely fast flight, achieving good results in the running rule wasn't strange.
Moreover, Guan Tong thought what Lucifer said wasn't entirely wrong. Without the Holy Grail buff, those extrely fast and sharp wings of his would indeed counter his shadows to so extent.
But it was clear that in this era of Doomsday Rules, there was no such thing as fairness. You can use wings to counter my shadows, and I can use the ability to see Hidden Rules to seize the initiative.
If possible, Guan Tong would quite like to chat with this Lucifer, but his ti was extrely precious. The Holy Grail buff had only over ten minutes left; he really had no ti for idle talk.
"See you at the next challenge, if there is a next one." After saying this, Guan Tong activated the Thorn Shadow Kill Array again. Lucifer, trapped within the shadow walls, was instantly pierced by several sharp shadow spikes, killed, and eliminated.
Having dealt with this troubleso enemy, Guan Tong glanced at his vision. There were 16 minutes left.
"Ti is almost up. I need to hurry."
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