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When the flames in front of the warehouse transitioned from their most intense state to ordinary flames no longer under control, Puppet Lokas had unfortunately been defeated.
This battle lasted a total of 21 seconds. Its brevity made Lin Ruo feel that, with this record, this demigod Puppet Lokas from the Rose School of Thought could probably win the Mystical World's Most Disgraceful Demigod award.
—Well, just kidding.
In reality, it was normal for the battle to end in such a short time. After all, Lin Ruo had gained the first-mover advantage at the start of the battle by using the hidden badge, and he had summoned Medici's historical projection, whose attack power was at least S+.
Under a sneak attack, a powerful move had stunned the opponent, and the Unshadowed Crucifix was also used for targeted strikes during the process.
With that set of plans, let alone a mere Sequence 4, even a Sequence 2 could have lasted a few moves for a short time. However, after those moves, Lin Ruo would still have to run away.
Of course, there was one more crucial reason for such a quick victory—that Puppet Lokas was a bit insane.
Just as Wraith Steve and others had little sanity and fought like madmen, this higher-Sequence Puppet Lokas was clearly just as insane.
Such madness was not without benefits in battle; after all, sometimes in combat, when strength was equal, the insane party could gain an advantage to a certain extent.
But who made Puppet Lokas face a historical projection whose strength was as high as Sequence 1, completely crushing him? Being merely insane and not having fancy maneuvers, he naturally ended up defeated.
In fact, if Lin Ruo were to comment, he felt that the difficulty of fighting the rat demigod last time was even higher.
After all, the 'Cowardly Trio' had too many fancy maneuvers. Lin Ruo was even confident that under similar circumstances, if he had faced Klein today, running away would have been certain, not to mention a counter-kill.
While Lin Ruo swiftly killed Puppet Lokas, Klein, Sharron, and others also successfully killed Wraith Steve and his companions.
This was also not surprising; after all, the strike Lin Ruo used with the Unshadowed Crucifix when he made his move had already severely wounded Wraith Steve and the others.
In such a situation, it was perfectly normal for them to be swiftly killed when facing Sharron and the two others, who could already suppress them.
The battle was now completely over. Lin Ruo, who had canceled his simulation of the Scholar of Yore's ability and switched to the Traveler state, looked at Sharron and the others and said, "Official Beyonders are coming soon.
It's probably too late to wait for the Beyonder Characteristics to precipitate now. Take the bodies you need, and I'll send you away as planned."
While simulating the Scholar of Yore's combat earlier, Lin Ruo had already sensed the commotion coming from the direction of the Holy Wind Cathedral.
Although he hadn't seen them yet, Lin Ruo could already imagine how furious the old pigeons were, and their speed in arriving would probably be even faster than usual.
After all, this was the fire he had ignited step by step over the past few months!
Mr. Lin, who had almost single-handedly orchestrated all the major incidents that angered the old pigeons in recent months, was well aware of this.
"Thank you, Your Highness Lin Ruo," Sharron said. At the same time, she had already attached herself to Puppet Lokas's corpse in her Wraith state, and then this dead body stood up again.
Although a Wraith could indeed accelerate the precipitation of Beyonder Characteristics, given the commotion in the distance now, there was clearly no time for that.
The official Beyonders today seemed to be coming unusually fast… Sharron glanced at the distant sky, thinking this as she placed her hand on Lin Ruo's shoulder.
At the same time, Maric, who had carried Wraith Steve's body on his back, and Klein, who had already turned Zombie Jason into a Marionette, also moved.
That's right, Klein turned Zombie Jason into his Marionette.
Lin Ruo glanced at this and naturally had no objection.
After all, although a "Zombie" was not as widely recognized and loved by Marionettists as a "Wraith," which was considered one of the most suitable Marionettes for a Marionettist, it was still a very good choice.
At the very least, it could serve as a shield for the delicate, weak, and squishy Seer.
Moreover, Klein still had Creeping Hunger, so even if he got a better Marionette, he could feed this Marionette to little hunger, and with good luck, he might even draw three more good abilities, allowing the Marionette to continue to exert its remaining value.
"Speaking of which, I remember saying before that I would help Klein catch a good Marionette…" Lin Ruo's thoughts drifted for a moment, and he suddenly felt a little guilty.
He had indeed thought about helping Klein catch a little Marionette at sea before, but then he got busy and forgot about it.
"Cough… I'll look for one for him later. If there really isn't a suitable one, I'll take him to catch a blood sauce—hmm, or maybe when he reaches Sequence 6, I'll let him catch it himself, and I'll just assist from the side? After all, you can't spoil children too much; they still need to be tempered!"
As his thoughts drifted further, Lin Ruo's movements didn't slow down. He directly activated Traveler and swiftly took the group away.
After they left, another twenty-odd seconds passed.
The howling wind seemed to carry immense anger, crashing down upon this empty space. In front of the warehouse, the flames, which had lost their extraordinary properties, were immediately extinguished, leaving only a mess.
Bishop Snake landed on the ground with this hurricane. This time, having once again consistently displayed the old pigeon's traditional art, his expression was so grim it could scare a child to tears.
He surveyed the empty space before him, which, apart from the traces of battle, had not a single corpse left. The howling wind around him grew louder—the werewolf Tyre's body had been fed to little hunger by Klein, which only took a few seconds, didn't delay time, and also saved them from having to search for the lucky pirate later.
Bishop Snake seemed to discern something, his expression dark.
"Rose School of Thought… the power of the Sun… and that one from Elk Manor last time…"
Lin Ruo hadn't had time to clean up the traces, so the residual power of the Mutant pathway, the purification from the Unshadowed Crucifix, and the power traces of Medici's historical projection were all very obvious.
And after discerning these, although his expression remained unchanged, anyone familiar with Bishop Snake would surely see that this old pigeon of the Church of the Lord of Storms was on the verge of furious rage.
This was not surprising; after all, both the Rose School of Thought and Eternal Blazing Sun could be said to be mortal enemies of the Church of the Lord of Storms, and the power left by Medici's historical projection goes without saying—what is more infuriating to the old pigeons than causing trouble once, then doing it again, continuously causing incidents in a short period of time!
This was even more infuriating than if all the troublemakers were new!
And while Bishop Snake had already decided in his heart to thoroughly clean up Backlund for a period of time, people from other churches also arrived one after another.
Undoubtedly, after today's major incident, which involved at least two High-Sequence Beyonders, the official churches would be busy again.
And Backlund's wild Beyonder circle, which had just barely recovered after the previous round of crackdown and a period of recuperation, would likely face a winter-like chill once again.
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