novelraw Chapter 365: Just Laid in Wait for a Bit
Chapter 365: Just Laid in Wait for a Bit
Crack, crack, crack—
He trembled, his arm uncontrollably shaking as it lifted up, then right before his eyes, it slowly, bit by bit, reached towards his own throat.
Rip—
His fingers easily pierced his own neck, then tremblingly explored forward.
Slowly.
He grabbed his own spine…
He heard the sound of high heels touching the ground approaching from behind. His trembling eyeballs desperately tried to turn backward, his head slowly rotating, wanting to see clearly.
But his body was completely beyond his control.
And in the corridor behind him.
Hei Xianyue, holding a black umbrella, walked forward unhurriedly, her expression as calm and quiet as ever. The hem of her black dress with gold accents fluttered slightly. Crystalline thin threads were wrapped around her five slender fingers, making her look like a perfect Puppeteer.And behind her was that young man, who was almost a third taller than her.
Lynn adjusted his Monocle, smiling as he looked at Sen Yi, who was immobilized in place.
"Found you, Master Sen Yi. You look rather disheveled."
Sen Yi's jaw made cracking sounds as he tried to open his mouth. His pupils trembled violently, wanting to make a sound, but his vocal cords were already destroyed, leaving him utterly unable to speak.
Lynn smiled and raised his Arm of Dragon Breath, saying,
"The ability you used earlier, that should be an escape technique from the flesh and blood domain, right? It seems the Plague Doctors and the Flesh and Blood Dominator are indeed intricately connected."
"And since you didn't directly transfer your consciousness out of this hotel, this ability of yours must have some limitations, right? Is it distance, or is it the isolation of this Magic Circle of yours?"
"But it doesn't matter."
"You keep transferring, I'll keep searching. I have plenty of time to play with you."
Crack—
Under Hei Xianyue's control, he instantly snapped his own spine.
And this time, he wasted almost no time. The moment his spine broke, he once again performed a Will transfer.
...
Inside a storage room on the fourth floor.
Accompanied by the sound of flesh and blood twisting, Sen Yi, gritting his teeth with a ferocious expression on his face, once again climbed out from a corpse.
He had indeed prepared multiple corpses in this hotel for resurrection.
This was also a blessing he received from the Flesh and Blood Dominator. Within a certain range, any creature he killed and left blood on could serve as a womb for his rebirth.
But this wasn't without limitations.
Every time he completed a rebirth, his Strength would suffer a massive weakening.
And that human had clearly discovered this point.
But the most troublesome one was still that doll!
He also had some understanding of the Puppeteer Class. It could be said that in this Dark World, Puppeteers were absolutely the most disgusting Class, bar none.
Because as long as your raw power didn't outclass hers by a significant margin.
She could absolutely use that mysterious control ability to play you to death, bit by bit.
And most importantly.
As non-living entities like dolls, diseases and Plagues targeting living beings simply couldn't affect them.
And that human, as a Night Doctor, unless it was a targeted Plague or disease, trying to break through the isolation of that set of equipment was basically a fool's dream.
And if he wanted to break this deadlock.
Only.
"Curse!"
Gritting his teeth, he charged out of the storage room.
But the moment he stepped into the corridor, his body immediately stiffened in place once more.
His pupils trembled violently.
One thin thread after another had already slowly wrapped around his neck.
And reflected in his pupils, the entire corridor was, at some unknown time, crisscrossed with numerous slender threads.
"Disgusting... doll..."
"Master..."
Crack—
...
Third time!
Sen Yi furiously stretched his hand out from a corpse he had hidden in a corner on the 2nd floor. With a rustling sound, he angrily pushed his head and torso out of the corpse's chest.
"That (beep—) Puppeteer!! I'll f—"
But his cursing stopped halfway.
He stiffly raised his head and instantly locked eyes with Lynn, who was sitting on a small stool opposite him in the room, staring right at him.
An eerie atmosphere spread unabashedly.
And beside Lynn, Hei Xianyue lowered her gaze, hovering in the air while sitting on two inverted threads, watching him silently.
"..."
"My apologies." Lynn smiled, adjusting his Monocle and resting his chin on his hand.
"Just passing by, happened to find a corpse here. Thought I'd give it a try, just did a little bit of 'waiting by the tree for the rabbit.' Didn't expect you to actually run right into it."
"Really scared me, my little heart is pounding like crazy!"
Click—
Under Sen Yi's stiff gaze.
Lynn raised the Demon Hunter Revolver in his hand, smiling as he aimed it at his forehead.
"Sayonara!"
Bang—
A gunshot.
Accompanied simultaneously by the wild dance and slicing of countless threads.
...
Fourth time!!
Sen Yi crawled out, twisted and contorted, from the corpse of a rat in a corner of the basement, filled with humiliation and fury.
This was the greatest insult he had ever suffered in his long life.
He panted like a donkey, biting his teeth in humiliation, then suddenly bit his own finger and swiftly carved a blood-red Vertical Pupil on the basement floor.
Four resurrections.
Had already consumed too much of his Strength.
And if he were to be strangled one more time, then he would have no chance of turning the tables!
This was already his final opportunity!
He drew the final stroke on the ground. A blood-red Curse Magic Circle slowly glowed with a faint light before him.
His eyes filled with rolling violence and ferocity.
Curse!
Only a Curse was his hope for turning the tables!
"Master of all impurity and filth, Dominator of blood and flesh."
"I request Your Gaze and bestowal, I request Your covenant and grace."
"In the name of the Plague Doctor!"
"I request the ill omen and Curse of blood and flesh!"
In an instant, gritting his teeth, he pressed both his hands onto the blood-red Magic Circle.
Blinding red light immediately enveloped him completely.
His pupils instantly dilated.
At that moment, it was as if some kind of Curse was sprouting within his body, rapidly swelling inside him. A shrill, piercing shriek resounded throughout the entire hotel.
...
And on the first floor.
Lynn also immediately felt the tremor coming from beneath his feet clearly.
And right in the next moment.
With a loud boom, the ground of the Main Hall exploded open. Under Lynn's shocked gaze, a massive, bloated flesh and blood monster, covered in tentacles and eyes, appeared before Lynn's eyes.
Hei Xianyue's eyes narrowed. Instantly, she manipulated the threads, pulling Lynn and herself to the corridor entrance dozens of meters away.
The pairs of eyes looking at Lynn and Hei Xianyue were filled with venom and madness.
"You... are finished!"
A hoarse, ferocious voice came from the twisted Aberration.
And from the tone of hatred, Lynn could vaguely recognize that this monster should be the Plague Doctor from before.
Lynn looked up and down in surprise. "Master Sen Yi, you've really gone big with this resurrection! You've even mutated into this shape?"
Sen Yi stared at him fixedly, full of hatred.
"You will pay for what you've done!"
"But I won't let you die such a simple death. I will tear your bodies apart bit by bit, make you wish you were dead from the pain!"