Chapter 76: Meeting Vincent Again
"Be careful, he's going to launch a mental attack!"
Sadie had suffered from it not long ago and hurriedly reminded them.
A moment later, a wave of energy visible to the naked eye swept towards everyone.
It quickly oscillated outward with the town as the center.
"I'm... fine?"
Carly pinched Wade hard, and the latter cried out in pain.
She was full of disbelief.
The last time she saw that weirdo opposite showing such a gaze, Carly experienced extremely painful memories.
Sasha was also a little puzzled.
She opened her palm, revealing a delicate silver coin with patterns of angels and olive branches printed on it.
This was the holy artifact she stole from St. Jehovah.
According to her father, this silver coin was a replica of the "Holy Roman Empire Silver Coin."
Although not authentic, after being baptized by the Vatican "Holy Festival" and stored for more than thirty years.
This silver coin also precipitated powerful Holy Power, capable of protecting the carrier from mental pollution.
Previously, Sasha relied on this holy artifact to contend with Bo.
But during that period, the "spirituality" of the holy artifact was also lost a lot, and it had long become precarious.
According to Sasha's estimation, it would be destroyed after suffering a few more rounds of attacks.
And the level of "mental attack" just now was obviously several times stronger than what she had seen before.
At this time, the silver coin should have been destroyed.
But looking at her palm, Sasha saw that this holy artifact was still the same as when it was last used.
"If it wasn't the silver coin protecting me..."
Sasha turned her head slowly and looked at a back figure.
On the other side, Sadie also opened her eyes slowly.
She looked warily at Carly and the others, but the latter showed no abnormality.
So Sadie touched her face again, confirming that she hadn't been hit.
Realizing something, she turned her head to look aside.
She saw William beside her holding the exorcism scripture with a calm face.
And opposite, Bo had already knelt on the ground.
"How could it be..."
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
What Bo held in his hand was an item called "Skull of Depravity."
Although the name was similar to "Skull of Despair," the former was not a sacrifice.
This was the power Azazel granted to Bo—able to invade others' brains through consciousness, using "anger" as the source of power, guiding the invaded step by step into the abyss.
The "Skull of Depravity" had long merged with Bo's heart, so usually, he could launch attacks through "consciousness."
Not long ago, when Bo was defeated, he made a decision.
He dug out his heart and injected all his consciousness into the "Skull of Depravity."
In this way, he could launch a large-scale consciousness invasion, affecting everyone within range.
Such power required "vitality" as consumption, so it could not be resisted.
The story should have been written like this.
But huff... puff...
Bo panted heavily.
His consciousness began to blur, and his life was draining fast.
He didn't understand why these people were not affected.
Even his brother Vincent couldn't resist this power.
What exactly did the priest opposite do?
But Bo had no chance to know the answer anymore.
Thud.
He fell heavily to the ground, completely silent.
Sadie breathed a sigh of relief; this guy finally died.
She was about to put away her gun, but William spoke suddenly:
"Ms. Cooper, your marksmanship should be good, right?"
"Hmm, what do you need me to do?" Sadie nodded.
"I remember you used bullets that could emit fire before."
William pointed to Bo's corpse.
"To avoid this guy playing dead, we'd better be careful."
Sadie agreed deeply after listening, admiring the priest's alertness a bit more.
"Those are incendiary rounds; we spent a lot of effort modifying them from ordinary bullets."
She introduced while reaching into her pocket.
"This kind of ammunition works very well on monsters."
William raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
"We? Monsters?"
He associated something from this remark, but still said:
"Then I'll trouble you, Ms. Cooper."
Sadie loaded the gun cleanly, then aimed at the corpse not far away.
At this distance, she couldn't miss.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
Except for William, the other three covered their ears.
But then Sadie showed a look of doubt.
Did she... miss?
Just as Sadie planned to shoot again, she suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness.
She saw William reaching out to grab her belt and throwing her out.
Immediately after, she flew towards Sasha at a very fast speed.
After hitting the nun, the two rolled on the ground for a distance.
In mid-air, Sadie glimpsed a scene that surprised her.
In the blink of an eye, the priest appeared beside Carly and Wade.
"Pfft... what's the situation."
Sadie spat out the dust in her mouth and got up from the ground.
But soon she knew the answer.
She saw the ground where Sasha, Carly, and Wade stood before suddenly bulging.
Then a giant mouth emerged from underground and snapped shut forcefully.
If several people were still standing there at this time, they would have turned into a pool of meat mud long ago.
Only then did Sadie understand that she was used as a "tool" by the priest to save others.
William held the crucifix in his hand and distanced himself from the monster again.
In fact, Sadie didn't miss just now; the bullet was intercepted by this monster when approaching the corpse.
Because the speed was too fast, no one saw it clearly.
William intended to take action, but then sensed the threat under the feet of the three people nearby.
That was why he temporarily changed his strategy.
At this time, the "monster" also revealed its true face.
A meat bud rose from underground, and then Vincent emerged from inside.
"Oh?"
William raised an eyebrow.
"I should have completely purified you."
"Hmph, indeed." Vincent snorted coldly, but didn't explain the reason for his resurrection.
At this time, William observed with [Night Vision] again; the evil aura on Vincent was much thicker than before.
Just as he planned to speak again to get some intelligence, the latter suddenly pounced to the other side.
Immediately after, under everyone's surprised gaze.
Vincent lay on Bo's corpse, opened his mouth, and began to tear and bite.
Crunch... crack...
A sound of chewing rang out.
Seeing this scene, Carly and Wade felt nauseous in their stomachs and vomited on the spot.
Sadie quickly raised her gun.
No matter what this "person" planned to do, it was not good for their side.
William thought so too.
However, Vincent obviously expected this, jumping aside one step ahead with his brother's corpse.
At the same time, his mouth cracked open at an exaggerated angle, swallowing all the remaining corpse.
"I ate my brothers."
Vincent wiped the corner of his mouth and spoke softly.
"What, do you want me to ask you how it tasted?"
William made an ill-timed joke, but his feet retreated slowly.
Hearing the plural "brothers," he knew Lester also suffered a bad fate.
"Heh haha..."
Vincent laughed loudly, looking somewhat manic.
"You are very humorous, Father. I hope you can still have this vitality in my stomach later."
"Then I suggest you bite my head first, otherwise I might treat your mouth as a toilet!"
In the verbal battle, William still didn't fall behind.
Vincent's eyes twitched, and his face darkened.
He stopped speaking and responded with practical actions.
William signaled everyone to retreat first.
Just now he had been observing Vincent's actions. The other party deliberately avoided the holy artifacts he arranged when launching the attack.
At the same time, the latter's speed could be fully captured by William.
But William still planned to play it safe and see the opponent's trump card first.
On the other side, Vincent suddenly inserted his hands into the ground.
Immediately after, the ground under everyone's feet suddenly shook.
"Earthquake?"
Wade asked in panic.
William turned his head and saw the ground around the town suddenly rolling up towards the sky, and then attacking them.
Like a flower closing its petals again.
At the same time, the ground became soft and sticky, like the flesh and blood tissue of some creature.
Soon, the surroundings became pitch black.
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