Although Su Lun roughly guessed the origin of the puppet in front of him, he didn't understand how to control it.
I didn't feel the pull of the threads, and there was no energy fluctuation, so I thought this [Horror Wax Figure] was probably some kind of dark magic such as soul control.
"The intelligence doesn't seem to be very high, so he probably controls the soul directly."
Su Lun can sense soul fluctuations. Generally speaking, monsters such as evil spirits and shadow guardians have incomplete spiritual bodies and are not very intelligent. It is probably like dog training. Long-term training of evil spirits can give them some abilities in life.
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Before he could think about it, the man in trench coat not far away suddenly took action.
Su Lun doesn't have any sense of crisis. As long as he is not a seventh-level professional, there are not many people who can threaten him now.
With a slight glance from the corner of his eye, he saw the raindrops dozens of meters around his body suddenly stagnating in mid-air. The surface of the crystal water droplets vibrated with high-frequency ripples, and then turned into willow blades.
form.
"What a strong ability to control the water element. This technique is also quite interesting."
Su Lun narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed in his heart.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
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In the blink of an eye, those hovering raindrops shot towards Su Lun like bullets.
Covering all directions without blind spots, there is no way to avoid it in the alleys, and there is a sound of crackling rain hitting banana trees.
The raindrops cut through his clothes, and some of the special raindrops even penetrated the protective elemental barrier and hit Su Lun's body directly.
After the impact, the raindrops did not completely disintegrate, but were like blades sliding across the rocks. Even though there was no damage, the sharpness was still real.
If this move were to be used against almost any other profession below level 6, they would be seriously injured even if they didn't die.
But Su Lun has [Rune Golden Body] to protect his body, so it's probably just scraping.
"What a weird wax puppet!"
Su Lun kicked the ground with his feet, facing the rain of arrows from the sky, and rushed forward like a cannonball. He raised his hand and punched the man in the windbreaker on the lower abdomen.
But this punch that could break rocks and crack gold was focused on the target, and there was a feeling on the fist as if it was hit on a water bag. The very strong force was weakened by the shock buffering power, and 90% disappeared.
"Elemental body!"
After this brief exchange, Su Lun also judged that the opponent's combat power was about the level of a fifth-level professional. But with the four basic element talents of [A-004-Rain Prayer], it was almost within the same level.
It's hard to beat it.
From a distance that was almost face to face, Su Lun could clearly see the face of the man in trench coat.
This is a terrifying face with several centipede-shaped stitches, zigzag-shaped fangs, and the skin on the neck shows a strange dark blue color. The face is covered with heavy makeup and foundation, but it cannot hide the black blood vessels.
and corpse spots, it adds a bit of spookiness. It also wears the plain white headdress of a bride's dress on its head, and has black lips and eye shadow. As identified, this is a "Ghost Bride".
And from a close distance, Su Lun could clearly see that this guy had a thin layer of corpse wax on his body.
His punch obviously did not cause any harm to the bride, and he used his strength to turn around and kick his leg, hitting it hard on the head.
With this heavy kick, there was a "crash" sound, the water ball was kicked open, and the stinking black water splashed out all over the sky.
The black water was obviously highly corrosive, and it splashed on the ground, making a sizzling corrosive sound. After the smoke cleared, small pits appeared on the ground.
However, even after its head was kicked open, the aura of the [Ghost Bride] did not weaken at all, and in the blink of an eye, it used elements to condense a new head. It stared at Su Lun in front of it with its dark eyes.
"Tsk, tsk, it's so strong! I didn't expect the puppet to be able to do this."
The more he probed, the more curious Su Lun became.
Not only is he proficient in puppetry, he can also make living corpses.
And the ability shown by the [Ghost Bride] in front of me is much stronger than that of living corpses, and is even almost the same as a real person.
That super elemental affinity is definitely not something that simple corpse control techniques can achieve!
If only I could seize the research
Su Lun suddenly had this idea in his mind
Obviously, capturing him alive is impossible.
The [Ghost Bride]'s intelligence was obviously not very high. It probably thought it could kill Su Lun. As soon as its head regrouped, it grabbed forward with one hand, revealing the hand with long black nails.
In an instant, the technique was completed again.
The water element in the air formed a spherical water prison around Su Lun's body. No matter where he escaped, the water prison seemed to stick to his body, lingering.
The surrounding water condensed more and more intensely, and Su Lun felt as if his body had fallen into a puddle of quickly drying glue, making it increasingly difficult to move.
Moreover, this technique not only restricted his movements, but also quickly drained the water from his body.
In a few moments, he himself was afraid that he would turn into a mummy and die suddenly on the spot.
"Directional [Water Element Peeling]? What a strong comprehension of the spell. This has at least a incomplete understanding of the sixth-level laws. It should be the ability that the corpse had before death. In other words, the corpse was at least a sixth-level professional before death.
, or even seventh level?”
Su Lun analyzed in his heart and finally felt a hint of death crisis, "The soul fluctuation is not very stable, so the resentful spirit in its body should not be original."
I have to admit that this [Ghost Bride] is really strong. Its elemental ability makes it almost immune to any physical attacks. Its ability to control basic elements is difficult to overcome. The original elemental understanding of the corpse has reached the sixth level.
It can be said that professionals below level six have almost no chance of winning against it!
After several battles, Su Lun had tested some of the information he wanted. Thinking that the manipulator behind the scenes might have noticed it, he didn't waste any more time, and a layer of invisible energy suddenly enveloped his fist.
He didn't even need to pinch the Warlock Seal to teleport at this distance. He teleported and appeared behind the [Ghost Bride]. Without leaving the water, he punched the monster's chest with a powerful punch.
"Peng!"
Pierce it with one punch!
For the elemental body, Haqi can't be used more easily.
Su Lun's punch did not defeat the stable form of the water element, but directly annihilated some elements from the microscopic level.
These days, he has mastered some methods of using Haki. With this punch, Su Lun controlled the Haki to explode in a spiral, directly exploding the upper body of [Ghost Bride] into pieces.
Under normal circumstances, this output is enough to kill this wax puppet.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a strange scene happened before his eyes.
The damage was serious, and the target's aura also dissipated for a time, but Su Lun did not see the "gray mist" come out.
"Not killed?"
He looked at the black water all over the ground and was wondering.
Sudden,
In the sewer mouth a few meters away, he once again felt the familiar soul fluctuations!
"Escaped?"
Su Lun's eyes twitched slightly, not understanding anything.
He was so decisive in escaping that even if he tried to chase him, he couldn't.
The [Ghost Bride] obviously realized that Su Lun had the ability to kill it, so it became paralyzed. After concentrating again, it directly chose to open up. Its elemental ability ignored the terrain restrictions, and it turned into black water and followed it.
Drainage pipes flow into the ground.
"hehe"
Su Lun laughed dryly to himself.
I thought I was sure of it, but unexpectedly it slipped.
But there are more doubts.
"It shouldn't be! How could you not be killed?"
Su Lun wondered in his mind that the punch just now was done with domineering force, and the [Ghost Bride] should not be allowed to live under any circumstances.
He quickly reviewed what had just happened in his mind, thinking: "No, it didn't resurrect by itself! It seemed like there was another mysterious external force that condensed it just now?"
After thinking of some key points, his brain started working rapidly.
Almost instantly, he remembered that he had seen this situation before.
When he was exploring the cursed space of Dawn Ruins [1911 Hotel], he encountered four strange and unkillable creatures.
The evil black magic that creates weirdness is called the [Four Strange Spirits Fallen Sacrifice Array]. It is a corpse that gathers the four characteristics of earth, wind, water, and fire, and finally achieves a repeated cycle of energy, complementing each other, and immortality.
When one corpse is killed, it will be resurrected by three others. It is almost a closed loop with no solution.
No wonder it is used to deliver goods. This kind of puppet cannot be caught and cannot die. It is indeed perfect.
"Could it be said that the manipulator behind the scenes has already collected the four-element wax figures?"
Su Lun frowned, and felt that the level of difficulty had risen several levels in an instant, "Immortal, this puppet is really powerful."
Fortunately, he only encountered one today. If there were four of them as he thought, he would probably have no choice but to run away.
But thinking about it from another perspective, the master who can control this kind of wax statue is definitely not an unknown person in Lingdun.
It’s another professional related to puppetry, so the target of suspicion has been narrowed down again.
Originally, he wanted to track the source of the medicine, but now that the delivery person has run away, there is no point in Su Lun delaying any longer.
And if the person behind the scenes discovers that he is being followed, he may also send a warning to the Vaughn Brotherhood.
Even gangsters cannot scatter goods of unknown origin. At least the president, "Smoking Smoker" Forgeres, must know some information about the supplier of this batch of goods.
Su Lun didn't want the last clue to slip away.
He sensed Reina's position, and quickly transformed the Warlock Seal with his hands. After condensing the dark energy required for directional displacement, the space fluctuated in a flash.
Looking again, he was already staring at the dilapidated small building.
Reina was climbing on the rooftop with a sniper rifle, staring at the warehouse with a scope, when she suddenly saw Su Lun appear beside her, her crystal eyes lit up: "Mr. Su Lun, are you back?"
As she spoke, she pointed to a few gang members at the door of the warehouse not far away, and said quickly: "They seemed to have received some information just now, and someone hurried in."
After listening to Reina's report, Su Lun also guessed that his interception was exposed. He nodded decisively and said: "Be careful, I'll go there."
After thinking about it, he added, "If anyone runs out, kill him and try not to leave anyone alive."
Reina nodded seriously, "Yes."
Su Lun didn't hesitate, teleported again, and the person appeared directly at the door of the warehouse.
Those strong men in suits and tattoos looked at the sudden appearance of another person. Before the shocked expressions on their faces turned into alert, a blood line appeared on their necks.
"Crash" the human body fountain appeared, and then the few blood-stained crystal silk threads appeared.
During the whole process, Su Lun didn't even look at these guys and walked straight into the warehouse.
Most of the masterminds behind the scenes are already on their way back. In this situation, there is no time to slowly chat with these guys about secrets. It is most efficient to kill and peel off the soul fragments.
He teleported again and appeared in the warehouse.
There was one more person in the warehouse. More than twenty well-armed strong men looked over with ferocious looks, and dozens of guns were pointed at them.
The bearded man in the lead holding a three-barrel magic musket is none other than "Old Smoker" Forges.
Su Lun's eyes were full of indifference, and he didn't explain a word at all. He pinched the warlock's seal, and a fierce light burst out in his eyes: "Hormones are running rampant, four solutions!"
With one more grab, the gargoyle and several puppets appeared out of thin air in the warehouse.
Immediately, a fierce battle broke out.
winter, winter, winter, winter
The sound of gunfire was as deafening as muffled thunder in the sealed warehouse.
Suellen stared at the "old smoker" Forges and gave him a good beating.
After all, he is a fourth-level professional, so this guy still needs some effort.
Some of the other minions took action, and some saw that the enemy was too strong and saw that the situation was not going well. But just as those guys who wanted to escape were about to climb out of the window, a few sniper bullets accurately killed the guy.
His head exploded into a mess of rotten watermelon.
The battle broke out fiercely and ended very quickly.
In less than two minutes, Su Lun killed everyone in the warehouse.
After peeling off Fulgres' soul, the information about the supplier was indeed found.
Su Lun didn't waste any time, packed up the loot and walked directly out of the warehouse door.
As soon as he came out, he happened to see Lena on the rooftop, driving a sniper shot at a child. The gang members who heard the noise and wanted to come for reinforcements were pinned down before they even got near the corner of the street.
Su Lun made a retreat gesture toward the beautiful figure on the rooftop, and Reina responded with a bright smile.
She put away her sniper rifle and jumped into the alley quietly like a cat.
Su Lun withdrew his eyes and casually threw an incendiary bomb behind him to destroy the corpse and eliminate any traces.
There was a "boom" and the entire warehouse burst into flames.
Forensic doctors in this alchemical world are very powerful and can make corpses "speak". They can judge the murderer's character and methods from the traces on the corpse. They are so powerful that they can even directly describe a person's facial features. If one body doesn't work, then...
Many tools can always be pieced together.
Su Lun had seen what happened just now, but he didn't dare to be careless.
There is no one alive in the warehouse right now, which is just right.
After taking care of the scene, he sealed the Void Warlock seal.
When I looked again, I saw Reina's side in the alley a few hundred meters away.
The two looked at each other and smiled relaxedly, changed back to their previous clothes, and walked onto the street without any differences.
The sound of fighting suddenly broke out from the warehouse, and the whole neighborhood was alarmed.
No one could figure out what happened, and they probably thought it was a gang fight. Members of each gang appeared on the street with their weapons, fiercely on guard, and they didn't know who the enemy was.
The crowds in the nightclub also flooded into the streets after hearing the news, like ants emerging from their nests, the streets were full of them.
Su Lun hugged Reina's slender waist and took the opportunity to blend into the melon-eating crowd without being noticed.
I don’t know who fired the gun in the crowd, but suddenly the street started to crackle with fighting.
The crowd dispersed and did not dare to watch the excitement. In an instant, the motorcycles roared in the streets and alleys.
Suellen and Lena went to the Rolling Stone Bar garage to pick up their motorcycles, and followed the traffic and drove off Fox Avenue.
Different from when she arrived, Reina in the back seat hugged Su Lun intimately, with a happy smile on her pretty face.
The sound of wind filled my ears, and as soon as I drove out of the neighborhood, Su Lun suggested: "Would you like to have some late-night snacks?"
After dancing around all night, Reina was also a little hungry, so she happily responded: "Okay."
Normal restaurants are closed at this time, but several high-end restaurants owned by Rich Reina can be opened for special operations, but Su Lun has no intention of bothering the chefs to work overtime in the middle of the night.
Not long after, the steam motorcycle stopped in Mann Street.
This is a civilian neighborhood with a large number of manufacturing factories nearby, and many workers come out to look for food at night. Over time, a lively night market has formed here.
Su Lun parked his motorcycle on the street and found a small stall called "Beef Pie and Mashed Potatoes", which also sold the food on the sign.
This is a store that reminds me of the yakuza stripping off just now. It has a very good taste.
The workers had not yet rested at this time and business was deserted, so the two of them found a seat and sat there.
The food is delicious, reasonably priced, and the portions are pretty good.
Su Lun thought it was pretty good. Anyway, in his eyes, the difference was between protein and carbohydrates.
It doesn't matter whether it is precise or not, the environment is not bad either.
Rats were squeaking for food in the dark alley, and white smoke was emitting from the broken steam pipes in the wall. People from the lower classes in simple clothes were walking around.
Reina, a rich lady, doesn't mind the environment at all. She can sit and taste wine elegantly in high-end restaurants, and she can also eat with gusto at roadside stalls.
As they ate, they talked about their previous battles.
Su Lun peeled off the memory of the "old smoker" Forges, and sure enough he knew the origin of the supplier of this batch of goods.
That was a guy in the underworld whose nickname was "The Curator."
This guy has a good reputation in the Linton gang circle. It is said that he is also a very powerful figure in reality. But in reality he is very mysterious and no one has seen his true appearance. He has some illegal connections with the Vaughn Brothers.
We were familiar with each other through business dealings. That guy would often buy some black magic materials or ancient classics through gangsters.
Su Lun had fought against the [Horror Wax Figure·Ghost Bride] before, and the conditions were consistent. It was almost certain that the "curator" himself was behind the scenes.
However, compared to this news, Su Lun felt that something else was worse.
From the information he had previously stripped from the members of the Vaughn Brotherhood, in addition to knowing that the person supplying the goods behind the scenes might be the "curator", he also got information that made him think there was a big problem.
That is, a disease called the "Red Death" is prevalent among the lower levels of Linton.
Diseases and plagues are nothing new to humans. From the mythical period to the present, there have always been infectious diseases that cannot be dealt with.
There were countless deaths like the plague, the Black Death, and smallpox.
But this time it's different.
Su Lun noticed it because the disease was spread through bodily fluids.
This is very similar to the accident on the "Queen Roderica" cruise ship!
And the strange thing is that this disease cannot be cured by other methods, but the [energizing potion] made from the blood-refined crystals can suppress the symptoms or even completely eliminate the symptoms.
A conspiracy immediately emerged in Su Lun's mind.
We know that there is something wrong with this medicine, but now there is a disease that can only be solved with this medicine. It is impossible to say that it is not related.
Su Lun previously thought that the potion was spread through drug addicts and would only affect a small area.
But if, as he thinks, disease transmission is also related, the matter will be very difficult.
Very tricky!
If there is no problem with the medicine, it may actually be used to treat diseases by those who do not know the truth.
That chain of transmission would be terrifying.
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