While fending off Reef's ferocious assault, Kaoyi was still trying his best to retaliate with his dagger. Concurrently, he could sense an intense threat as his forehead emitted a faint glow. Evidently, he had activated a limited number of awakenings.
Instead, Reef blocked with his left hand. The dagger appeared to be piercing straight in, yet it only managed to carve out several resplendent sparks in the air, along with an ear-piercing metallic screech.
Joseph's' Dimensional Lock 'had shockingly lost its effect. Instead, that bizarre dark-gold heavy shield that resembled a scorching sun had shockingly reappeared on Reef's body!
Following the successful block, Kaoyi felt a slight pain on the back of his hand. Following that, a bizarre red blister protruded out, before rapidly swelling and festering. Finally, a bizarre miraculous colored beetle drilled out from the blister. Mixed with flesh and blood, the beetle rapidly grew to the size of a fist, before attacking Kaoyi.
Yet strangely, when Kaoyi viciously stabbed his dagger down, the beetle's surface glowed with brilliance, and only dealt a single point of damage to it! This discovery instantly caused Kaoyi to be filled with dread.
"Shit …... what kind of freak did we encounter? Such abundant combat experience, such formidable capabilities! And even a summoned creature! Such a freakish MT, when he matures, he might not be any weaker than Zeus! Ah, ah ah ah ah ~ ~ ~ Achoo!! "
Although Joseph roared furiously, he was already contemplating retreating in his heart. Although he was also a Growth-hunter and had a helper, he could clearly sense that the two of them were absolutely not a match for this formidable MT!
As melee combatants, they could be said to be innately suppressed by MTs. Only a gunner adept at long range attacks, or a spiritual-type Growth-hunter like the prince, could rely on distance advantage against an MT, and innately gain the upper hand.
Seizing the opportunity when Reef concentrated his firepower on Kaoyi, Joseph's eyes flickered as he turned to flee. His relationship with Kaoyi was merely that of an employer and employee. There was no need for him to be so righteous as to die on the same day, month, and year ….
However, after running for about five or six meters, an indescribable itchiness emerged from his throat. If it was a sneeze, he could still barely endure it. However, a person had to breathe after all. Every time Joseph breathed in, the itchiness in his throat would increase by a fraction. It was as if a small knife was slicing through his throat. It was both painful and itchy!
"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough!"
Joseph finally couldn't endure the incomparably intense itchiness and coughed violently. When he coughed for the first time, he felt exceedingly comfortable. Following that, he felt as though his lungs were dissolving and shattering. The rotting dark-red fragments stuck to his throat, and he wished he could tear them off with his bare hands. He coughed five to six times in a row and felt his vision go dark. If he were to run in this situation, he would undoubtedly fall to the ground! He could only bend his waist and cough violently.
"This isn't right, this isn't normal!" A frightening thought flashed through Joseph's mind. "After digitizing our bodies, there will be normal physiological reactions like coughing when choking on water or sneezing when there is too much dust. However, we shouldn't be afflicted with any major illnesses! Even if there is an exception, the chances of both me and Kaoyi being afflicted is simply too low! Don't tell me, this MT … … can actually transmit diseases? "
"That's not right. Even if I was infected, why didn't the battle log inform me? It can't be that his perceptive sense can suppress us and mislead us? "
When the 'violent coughing' effect faded away, Joseph excitedly discovered that Reef was still ferociously assaulting him. More accurately speaking, he was ravaging Kaoyi. It was as though Reef didn't care about him anymore. Losing all will to fight, Joseph immediately fled with the mindset of 'if I don't die, I'll die'.
Instead, a series of blazing bullets slammed into Joseph, causing him to stagger. This sudden onslaught instantly plunged him into despair!
As a Growth-hunter who had toiled in the realm for a long time, a reality he didn't wish to face the most had appeared. That MT had actually concealed his men in the dark!
Actually, this was something within reason. Yet Joseph wasn't willing to think about it, he didn't dare to think about it! Because he was afraid that if he thought too much, he would eventually lose the courage to fight. However, not thinking about certain things didn't necessarily mean they wouldn't exist … …
As the saying goes, even an ant craves for life. Joseph abruptly relied on his experience and pounced towards a nearby car. Once he reached there, he would first seek shelter. Yet in the process of pouncing, Joseph's nose suddenly started itching violently without any warning. His vision went dark as he sneezed loudly with tears and snot flowing down his face. Thus, when he was pouncing towards the back of the car, he ended up smashing his head against it! That Ford was forcefully knocked 5-6 metres away, as sirens wailed incessantly … ….
"Brute strength is truly formidable … …"
Brother Black sighed in boredom at the side. Instead, his hands weren't idle at all. How could he possibly let go of such a golden opportunity? With a cigar in his mouth, he pulled the trigger of his AK all the way down. Against such a stationary target, he could already achieve a 100% hit rate when he was 7-8 years old … ….
As for Kaoyi, the reserve-duty Growth-Hunter, who was fighting on the side, his attacks were often easily blocked by Reef. Furthermore, his explosive strike rate was suppressed by the capabilities of an MT, and needless to say, his damage output was low. Moreover, the faster his attack speed, the easier it was to trigger the 'Sacred Beetle' effect on Reef's dark-gold grade shield.
Although the damage of the 'Sacred Beetle' wasn't high, it was truly disgusting! Furthermore, it even had an AOE healing effect!
It wasn't that Kaoyi hadn't considered fleeing. After being struck by the first 'Shattering Cardiac Roar', he immediately used the medicine he purchased at a high price to remove abnormal statuses … …. Then, he turned and fled. He didn't believe an MT could catch up to an agility specialist. Yet after running 10 metres, a sudden bout of frantic coughing forced him to stop and gasp for breath. When he recovered, that terrifying MT had already caught up to him … ….
*****
Ten minutes later, the battle finally concluded. As the reserve party, Sheyan didn't even need to lift a finger. Instead, he folded his arms across his chest and stood afar, observing the effects of his' Pestilence '. If one were to say that their understanding of Sheyan's new ability was still lacking, then after this battle, the trio finally realized the terrifying might of this rank 9'S 'rank hidden ability!
Based on the current situation, although the two 'Pestilence' didn't deal any direct damage to the enemy (or rather, it was extremely rare), their weakening of the enemy had completely exceeded their expectations.
Under normal circumstances, if Reef and Brother Black were to face off against Joseph and Kaoyi, who were similarly a Growth-hunter + Reserve-duty Growth-hunter combination, even if Reef and Brother Black could win, it would be a pyrrhic victory. Because they would definitely focus their firepower on the long range gunner – a frail HP with high damage, a huge threat, and a slight counter to Kaoyi. Even if Mogensha was under the protection of Reef's' Shattering Cardiac Roar ', he would definitely be chased into an incomparably miserable state by the duo.
Yet now, with the addition of Sheyan's' Pestilence 'ability, these two' Pestilence 'diseases that could flare up at any moment were akin to two damnable time bombs. They didn't know when they would sink into that vile abnormal state. Although the abnormal state wouldn't last for long, it was depressing because it was impossible to guard against. Often, it would trigger a despairing outcome at the most crucial juncture.
Furthermore, Sheyan had merely developed a rank 1 or 2 'Pestilence' ability! Once the latter 'Pestilence' was discovered, how terrifying would that be?
Nevertheless, while Sheyan's heart was burning with fervor, he suddenly recalled the torturous state of hovering between life and death in the present world, and couldn't help but shudder. This wasn't a joke. Sheyan could clearly sense that if he were to recklessly challenge the next rank of 'Pestilence', his chances of dying in the present world would be as high as 70%.
"Eh???" Following a heavy stomp from Reef, Kaoyi spat out a mouthful of blood and died with his eyes unable to close. Instead, the trio simultaneously received a notification.
[You guys killed a Reserve-duty Growth-hunter? (Serial number unknown) 1, reward 2 achievement points]
[You guys killed a Reserve-duty Growth-hunter? (Serial number unknown) 1, reward 4 achievement points]
[You are a party participating in this battle, please distribute your achievement points accordingly.]
[The maximum amount of slaughter achievement points you can acquire in this world is 10 points. If you exceed this limit, the allocated achievement points will be invalidated and will not be refunded. Please distribute wisely.]
[Slaughter reward randomization in progress. Slaughter reward will be randomly generated from the equipment of the contestant you killed, before being randomly allocated to a member of your party]
[Randomization process will take a long time. Calculating the statistics of the slain contestant.... please wait patiently]
The trio simultaneously felt that this phenomenon was exceedingly strange. Be it Reef or Mogensha, they had never experienced such a phenomenon before. They had only heard that slaying an enemy would result in slaughter points, but never had they imagined that there would be a probability of directly receiving relevant achievement points. Furthermore, killing a contestant didn't drop a key, but directly randomized!
After a round of discussion, they understood that Sheyan's achievement points were severely limited due to his newly acquired'S 'rank ability. Moreover, that ability was for the benefit of the party. Hence, they decided to allocate 4 achievement points to Sheyan, with each of them taking one. (To be continued. If you like this work, I welcome you to cast your recommendation votes or monthly votes at qidian.com. Your support will be my greatest motivation.)
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