In the blink of an eye, Talin seemed to have transformed into a different person. He had transformed from the Witch King of the nearby region into a monster that had crawled out from the depths of death. He was decaying yet indestructible, strange yet powerful.
In a situation where curses were not effective, he chose to use the "Half-life, Half-death Technique" to improve his close-range combat ability.
Once transformed into the Half-Life Half-Death Technique, his body would become sturdy and his vitality would be hidden. He would no longer be afraid of ordinary attacks and would gain immense strength. He would be able to move as if he was flying, and he would carry deadly poison with him.
The only problem with this evil technique was that even if he dispelled it in time, there would be traces left behind. His body would be closer to that of a corpse and his condition would be closer to death. It was irreversible. If he used it too many times and exceeded the critical point, his vitality would gradually dissipate and his body would slowly decay. He would pass away after twenty to thirty days of painful wailing.
If not for the special circumstances, Talin wouldn't have considered using the Half-Life Half-Death Technique. But now, he couldn't care less.
Thump! He stomped on the ground with his heel and no longer slid backward. He pounced madly at Lou Cheng. His green eyes flickered with fear. His hands were open but not open. He looked like he was grabbing but not grabbing. He looked twisted and ferocious.
At the same time, the insects that had crawled out of the bodies of Ta Gu's wife and confidants swarmed toward Smith, Dwyane, Cheng An, Jian Dan, and the others like a tidal wave.
They were full of flesh and blood. Their bodies swelled and were covered in a layer of violent and crazy light. They looked like unnatural products.
Looking at the densely packed, strange, and colorful snakes, insects, and spiders, Smith couldn't help but shiver. His hair stood on end.
He shot out spider silk with one hand and swung around with the help of the remaining trees. With the other hand, he weaved a net that covered the ground and stuck to the swarms of insects. He worked with his teammates to kill them.
After two trips, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck. He felt something furry close to him.
In that instant, Smith was scared out of his wits. He felt cold all over, as though he could see his horrifying and exaggerated death.
I hope my spider body can resist the poison of these monsters …
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, there was a whooshing sound, and the furry feeling disappeared.
Out of instinct, Smith turned his head and looked over, only to see a weird spider with dense hair on its abdomen open. Green liquid flowed out of it, and it quickly fell down with broken threads. Then, Thoughtless Blade, Jian Dan retracted her right hand and pushed it forward, shooting invisible vacuum knives at the tide of insects one after another.
That spider copied my fighting style, flying and sneaking attacks … Fortunately, Jane discovered it in time … Smith's heart fell back to its original position, and for a moment, he forgot who was imitating the other.
He gathered his spirit, raised his awareness, and flew back and forth to assist in the battle.
Jian Dan's "Invisible Vacuum Knife" could not release dozens or even hundreds of them at once. In the face of countless insects, it was like pouring a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood. It was hardly effective, so she simply opened her tactical backpack, took out a grenade, and threw it forward.
In such a situation, she did not need to aim. As long as the direction was correct, she could kill the snakes and insects one by one.
On the other side, Dwayne expanded his muscles, turning into a two-meter-tall giant. On his dark skin, cloud-like patterns danced with silvery-white arcs.
He held a flamethrower in his toy-like hand and aimed it at the swarming insect tide. Occasionally, it would be mixed with electric sparks, jumping continuously to paralyze the insects.
As a soldier known for his strength, his tactical backpack was as tall as a person. It was filled with all kinds of weapons to deal with different situations.
Shadow Hunter Cheng An's supernatural ability was not suited for group attacks, so he could only wander around the edges, carrying a rocket launcher. From time to time, he would fire at the densest areas of spiders, snakes, and insects. Rumbling explosions sounded one after another.
But even with their combined efforts and full firepower, the insect tide showed no signs of receding or thinning out. Some mutated insects even burrowed into the ground and attacked from the soles of their feet, forcing them to retreat as they fought.
Talin's goal was to distract Lou Cheng by attacking his "subordinates," so that he could take care of the weak and create an opportunity to escape.
There was no information to indicate that Lou Cheng was a cold-hearted person.
Bam! Talin pounced in front of Lou Cheng, reaching out with both hands. He looked like he was going to engage in a head-on melee.
He believed that an enemy with a simple, violent, direct, and tough fighting style wouldn't reject such a development.
When the time came, he could give Lou Cheng a "surprise."
If the "surprise" worked, and Lou Cheng was distracted by his subordinates, Talin would be able to retreat easily and even reap some benefits.
Seeing that both parties were about to clash, Lou Cheng suddenly bent his back and dodged to the side. At the same time, he stirred up a strong gust of wind that dropped the surrounding heat by more than ten degrees.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
As soon as Lou Cheng used his footwork, the area within a radius of dozens of meters was immediately filled with white fog and frost. Very soon, strong winds were blowing in all directions, and goose feathers were falling. A small snowstorm had started in the tropical jungle.
Under the cover of the snowstorm, Lou Cheng's "Three Flames" circled around his opponent, appearing and disappearing from time to time. It made it difficult for Talin to pinpoint his exact location, let alone exchange punches and kicks.
Ice Sect's second move, Mesmerizing Snow Steps!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The wind whistled and blew. The ground that had been plowed by the "cannon fire" lost its scorching heat and became cold and harsh.
Insects and other creatures were temperamental animals. They could not adjust their body temperature by themselves. In such an environment, their blood was cooling and "frosting". As representatives of temperamental animals, Smith and the others would only feel cold at most for a while, but it would not affect them much.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
As the cold wind invaded their bodies and snow accumulated, the smaller insects froze to death in batches. The rest retreated like a receding tide, leaving the ground. This gave Smith, Cheng An, and the rest a chance to catch their breaths.
Be it Ice or Fire, Lou Cheng could effectively counter Insect Swarm. The reason why he chose the former and not the Inferno was because the latter would hurt his team members regardless of whether they were friend or foe.
Seeing the situation, Talin realized that he had overreached himself. He shouldn't have done two things at the same time. The effects of one canceled out the other.
The thought flashed through his mind. He took the opportunity to turn around and dashed towards the edge of the snowstorm. It seemed like he was going to enter the forest and escape.
Bam!
The strong wind seemed to have slammed into a wall of air. A patch of white cracked open and Lou Cheng leaped out, sticking close to Talin's back like gangrene. A Crushing Punch covered in purple flames landed heavily on his opponent's lumbar vertebrae.
At this moment, Talin stopped abruptly, as though he had been prepared.
His body seemed to have lost its bones or turned into a giant python. He twisted around forcefully and strangely, opened his palm and pressed it against Lou Cheng's fist.
At the center of his palm, bumps protruded. Some were green, some were blue, some were red, some were black, some were stacked with different colors, and some were like poisonous fangs.
His escape this time was to counterattack!
And counterattack was to make it easier for him to escape!
Lou Cheng's pupils shrank. He retracted his Qi and blood and bent his knees.
With this Force Concentration, he forcefully pulled back his right fist and didn't make contact with Talin's Palm Fangs.
Talin wasn't disappointed. Instead, the green in his eyes intensified. He opened his mouth and spat out a cloud of grayish-white fog.
The fog instantly condensed into a human head. Its face was blurry, but its eyes were filled with hatred. It opened its mouth and pounced at Lou Cheng with lightning speed.
This was the surprise Talin had prepared. It was a secret technique of the Witch King lineage, Flying Head Barbarian!
It was refined from a living person with strong emotional fluctuations. Finally, it would melt the opponent's head into the fog and store it within its body. Once it was spat out, it could kill the enemy remotely from a long distance. It could come and go like the wind, gather and disperse at will, and was immune to many types of attacks.
Of course, flames, ice, and high-intensity light were its nemesis. That was why Talin hadn't used it from the start. He had waited until they were less than a meter apart.
At this distance, no one could avoid the bite of the Flying Head Barbarian. Even if they didn't die, they would be severely injured.
The moment the Flying Head Barbarian appeared, Lou Cheng happened to release his Dan Force. Therefore, he shot backward and retreated quickly. However, the head formed from the fog was faster than him. In a breath's time, it had closed in.
At this moment, a blazing white light appeared. One of the remaining three flames that Lou Cheng hadn't blasted out had circled in front of him.
He had retreated to buy this bit of time.
Boom!
The Flying Head Barbarian pounced on the blazing white light. It was as though a sun had appeared on the spot. The blinding light illuminated the surroundings.
The grayish-white fog twisted and struggled before quickly dissipating. With the help of the shockwave from the explosion, Talin leaped backward, straightened his body, and sprinted towards the edge of the snowstorm.
This was the opportunity he had been waiting for.
During this process, Talin released three more Flying Head Barbarians. Each of them took up a path to block the pursuers.
The snowstorm quickly thinned out. The scene of trees and forests came into view.
As soon as he stepped in, before he could rejoice, a low and dignified incantation suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Formation!"
Lou Cheng's clothes were in tatters. Flames flowed on the surface of his body. His hands formed seals. At the last moment, he condensed and solidified the airflow, binding Talin in layers.
If Talin hadn't been so focused on escaping, it would have been difficult for him to find such a good posture.
Of course, if Talin had chosen to fight to the death, it would have been a different strategy.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Scarlet and light blue flew out and blasted towards Talin, who was trying to break free from the cage with his half-dead body. Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Lou Cheng's fingers moved continuously, slashing out streaks and streaks of crystal-clear sword aura at the Flying Head Barbarians blocking his path.
Even if the sword aura didn't hit them, it would still cause a layer of ice to form around them and freeze them. When they fell to the ground, they wouldn't be able to move for a while. Once the sword aura hit them, the fog would solidify and they would shatter into pieces.
Rumble! Rumble!
Crimson red and light blue smashed into Talin, creating a violent explosion that stirred up dark clouds.
Just as the flames dimmed, Lou Cheng had already moved forward. Facing his opponent, whose sturdy body had cracked, he launched an aggressive and frenzied attack that burned like flames.
I didn't want to waste time, so I quickly closed it and reopened it. At this time, I was given the option to restore the document. I thought that since I didn't add a record of the outline and settings today, there was no need to restore it, so I chose 'No'. After I finished checking, I looked at the document I was writing and realized that it had been closed without me noticing. I clicked on it and saw that the three thousand words I wrote were gone, leaving less than a hundred words at the beginning. Less than a hundred words … My settings were to be automatically saved after ten minutes.
At this moment, anyone who had written before could understand how I felt. I was completely disheartened and in so much pain that I almost asked for leave. I would have continued writing tomorrow after I sorted out my emotions. The last time I lost a manuscript was when I was writing Jinx. At that time, I was writing a stockpile of manuscripts. Hence, I didn't want to write and wasted an entire afternoon trying to restore the data. However, it didn't work.
After trying for half an hour to no avail, I forced myself to rewrite. As this was the three thousand words I had written before, it was faster than usual. I finally managed to finish it in time. However, I couldn't write the remaining chapter today as the doctor had asked me to sleep at 10. I owe him one chapter. Including the one I promised last month, there are three chapters in total.
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