bookandnovel Chapter 64 Blood-Red Beach
Chapter 64 Blood-Red Beach
"Clang clang clang".
The bullet struck the flesh-and-blood demon's bone armor, only causing it to stagger and briefly slowing its advance.
The flesh-and-blood evil puppet continued to slowly approach Jiang Shuzhou, as if it had already determined the law of victory.
brush!
A strong gust of wind swept in, and the flesh-and-blood evil puppet launched an attack on Jiang Shuzhou, its bone knife swung, bringing with it a bloody storm.
clang.
Jiang Shuzhou was not without the ability to fight back. He gripped the Miao sword with both hands and forcefully blocked the powerful blow.
With his hands going numb, Jiang Shuzhou realized that this couldn't go on. He took a few steps back and quickly created distance from the flesh and blood demon puppet. During this time, he released the Mage's Hand and controlled his pistol to fire at the flesh and blood demon puppet.
The bullets effectively slowed down the advance of the flesh-and-blood evil puppet, giving Jiang Shuzhou a chance to catch his breath.
Oily technique, fireball technique.
Looking at the sea of fire before him, the flesh-and-blood demon puppet took a few steps back and quietly waited for the flames to burn out.
It seems they're not planning a full-scale attack.
However, this suited Jiang Shuzhou's intentions perfectly. He did not choose to release a summoning spell, as that would only increase the consumption of magic power.
The bone armor on the flesh-and-blood puppet can completely ignore the attacks of the forest wolf, and the same goes for other summoning spells.
Moreover, Jiang Shuzhou wasn't the kind of mage who needed to use the lives of summoned creatures to buy himself time; for him, the cost and the gain were disproportionate.
Several runes were quickly drawn, and a large amount of magic power was injected. Jiang Shuzhou was about to do something drastic.
Seemingly sensing something, the flesh-and-blood demon puppet took two steps forward, hovering at the edge of the sea of fire, wanting to rush straight through, but his instinctive fear of fire stopped him.
"Death is inevitable; sweep your master and his soul into the dustbin of history!"
Jiang Shuzhou was in a good mood and casually made a sarcastic remark. However, it would have been better if he hadn't said it. Upon hearing Jiang Shuzhou's words, the flesh and blood evil puppet actually overcame its fear of flames and rushed directly into the sea of fire.
This is very unusual. The flesh-and-blood evil puppet could not possibly have such high intelligence, and it might not even understand Jiang Shuzhou's words.
However, that's not the point. The point is the fireball in Jiang Shuzhou's hand.
This is the most classic spell of mages, "Fireball," which is also an upgraded version of Fireball. The reason Jiang Shuzhou was able to release it is mainly related to his studies in rune literature.
By adjusting the runes of Fireball to increase its power and size, you can achieve an effect similar to Fireball, but the mana cost and casting time will increase.
This is why Jiang Shuzhou created a sea of fire to buy time.
"Those who give birth to..."
It was extremely rare for the flesh-and-blood demon puppet to actually speak; normally, it shouldn't be able to speak.
"What are you babbling about? Go tell my fireball!"
Jiang Shuzhou threw down the fireball in his hand, and the charging flesh and blood evil puppet even tried to block with the bone shield in its hand.
"boom!"
With a deafening roar, the fireball struck the flesh and blood puppet's bone shield.
As the smoke cleared, the mangled body of the flesh-and-blood demon puppet came into Jiang Shuzhou's view. Its bone shield had been blasted into pieces, its right hand holding the shield was missing, and its thick bone armor was full of cracks.
The flesh-and-blood puppet was severely damaged; its body was no longer able to move, only its mouth was still opening and closing as if trying to say something.
"Go...to the cave...to the fire..."
The flesh-and-blood evil puppet kept repeating its words, clearly deeply obsessed. Jiang Shuzhou picked up the knife in his hand and ended its painful life with a single stroke.
The behavior of the flesh and blood evil puppet led Jiang Shuzhou to some conjectures. Based on his understanding of the flesh and blood evangelical school, Jiang Shuzhou drew a conclusion.
This place likely contains flesh and blood creations, most likely a flesh and blood lair used to enhance the intelligence of these flesh and blood evil puppets.
The Flesh Nest is no good; it's like a base station, except it transmits souls instead of signals.
"No wonder this thing suddenly started talking; it turns out the soul within it was exerting its power."
Thinking this, Jiang Shuzhou was once again pulled into the dark room where he had chosen his talent. It was the same familiar table, and the same familiar cards were on it.
"Powerful Mage: Spell power increased by 100 points."
A simple yet significant improvement, with unparalleled numerical results.
This was Jiang Shuzhou's first impression of the talent. This talent could be combined with Jiang Shuzhou's Battle Mage talent, making his basic attributes almost twice as strong.
Armor and magic resistance increased to 57 and 55 respectively, and of course, health and attack power also increased accordingly.
This means that ordinary firearms can no longer harm him.
Filled with power, Jiang Shuzhou felt a pure and overwhelming strength.
"Is this the power of a second-tier spell?"
Jiang Shuzhou's current spell strength is roughly equivalent to that of a second-tier mage. As mages progress, their spell strength increases. These 100 points seem like a lot now, but they will probably be negligible in the later stages.
In any case, increased strength is always a good thing.
Feeling the surge of power within him, Jiang Shuzhou decided to try something out.
What should we use? Of course, we'll use the bone armor of the flesh and blood demon puppet, since its defensive capabilities are quite high.
However, upon closer inspection, Jiang Shuzhou noticed something amiss.
Something was sparkling in the sunlight.
"This is... an arbitrator's badge?"
The Arbitration Bureau has existed since the founding of the Mage Alliance, more than 400 years ago, and the arbitrator's badge has naturally existed for a long time as well.
The design on the arbitrator's badge is composed of interwoven swords and staves, signifying mages and warriors, which is also the composition of all personnel in the Arbitration Bureau.
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The name engraved on the back of the badge is clearly the name of this flesh-and-blood evil puppet in its previous life.
Jiang Shuzhou wasn't interested in this. He just felt that something was wrong. Why was the arbitrator here?
Is this within the territory of the Mage Alliance?
Does this place exist in the Prime Material Plane?
Is this place related to the Gospel of Flesh and Blood?
Questions filled Jiang Shuzhou's mind, but his intuition told him that the answers might be inside the ship behind the flesh and blood puppets.
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"Splash splash splash".
A familiar sound rang out, and crimson waves crashed against the hull. Jiang Shuzhou stepped onto the dilapidated ship.
Upon entering the ship, Jiang Shuzhou knew he had come to the right place. Symbols made of blood, flesh, and hearts were everywhere in the cabin; these were the symbols of the gospel of flesh and blood.
Some places also have words carved on them.
"These ignorant monks! They have no idea what we're doing!"
"Why? Why!"
"Flesh and blood are the blessings the world gives us; we must make use of them."
"Revenge on those ignorant fools!"
"These are all just small sacrifices!"
"..."
Such words were carved on the wooden hull of the ship, indicating that the people on board were not in good spirits.
After passing through the dark corridor, Jiang Shuzhou arrived at a room filled with books. There were only tables and bookshelves, and the bookshelves were filled with rows and rows of books.
"The Gospel of Flesh and Blood"
"One Hundred Methods of Flesh and Blood Culture"
"The Voice of the Soul"
"The Cultivation Method of Flesh and Blood Evil Puppets"
"..."
These are representative books of the Flesh and Blood Evangelical school, which Jiang Shuzhou could not obtain through legitimate channels.
Looking at these books, Jiang Shuzhou's breathing became heavy. He was extremely grateful that he had made the decision to explore.
There was an unfinished diary on the table, indicating that the diary's owner had left in a hurry and never returned.