Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1432: Zerka Temple (8)

Seeing the old dog being killed, the sniper did not move. Jin Carlisheng retreated. Although the reward was important, his life was even more important. The pain in his chest reminded him of how terrifying Angeloni was.

Making up his mind, the Ralph Star Cultivator touched the ground and disrupted his vision. Then, he turned around and ran. Unfortunately, Angeloni had no intention of letting him off at all. The woman was like a leopard, rushing through the dust with extreme explosive power. She raised her fist in the air and sent out a faint purple fist aura from the tip of her fist. The fist aura swallowed like a snake and smashed into the back of the golden card. Helplessly, the mercenary could only turn around and slash down with a foot like a knife, blasting the fist astral body into two pieces of purple flames.

In the flames, Angeloni rushed over.

Golden Card shouted angrily, shooting at Angeloni like a machine gun. This was one of his combat skills. One round of ejection was enough to shatter the armor plate into pieces. Angeloni didn't even try to dodge the attack. She blocked the important part of her head and chest with her hands and crashed into the golden card.

The Ralph Star Cultivator's entire body emitted flames as he unreservedly exported his maximum Origin Energy, causing the rain of bullets to be even faster. The sounds of collisions almost overlapped. He shouted again and retracted all six of his legs. The six legs were twisted together, and the golden card swung a circle. Then, it fiercely swung out from the side and smashed into Angeloni's waist.

The woman opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. This "Arc Ring Bell" had accumulated enough strength. Even Angeloni, who had increased her physique by eight times, could not bear it. The muscles on the impact surface quickly turned red, and a few of the ribs were broken. However, a crazy expression appeared on her face instead. She hugged Gold Card's twisted feet and stepped on them, placing a portion of them on the ground. Then, he pulled his hands up forcefully. Following Angeloni's scream, all six of the Golden Card's legs were torn apart. Blood sprayed out from the broken parts, causing the Golden Card to scream in pain.

Angeloni tossed her hand into the golden card's embrace. Both of his hands stabbed into the wound on Ralph's chest. Both of his hands exerted force to the left and right at the same time, causing the wound on Golden Card to crack even more intensely.

"What are you doing, crazy woman? Stop!" Golden Card raised his chin. The bearded tentacles on his chin grew like a spike and pierced into Angeloni's chest. Unexpectedly, this did not force her away, instead stimulating Angeloni to scream again.

The hands that were deeply buried in the golden card continued to exert strength. Under the eight-fold increase in strength, the Ralph's muscles, bones, and organs were torn apart. When Angeloni let out her final roar, the golden card was torn in half from her chest. Blood rose like a fountain and spilled down like a rain of blood.

Angeloni stood in the rain of blood like a ghost.

Lucy's pupils dilated. She had never thought that her bodyguard would be so terrifying when he went crazy. In the rain of blood, Angeloni restrained her aura and the madness on her face disappeared. She turned to Lucy and smiled, "Your Highness, are you alright?"

Lucy came to her senses and took out the medical kit, "I'll take care of it for you."

Wiping off the blood from Angeloni's body, fixing her broken ribs, and dealing with the needle holes in her chest that had been stabbed into her Golden Card tentacles, Lucy sighed, "Do you hurt yourself every time you fight?"

"There's nothing I can do. If the opponent's strength is comparable, only a life-for-life battle method can end the battle as soon as possible." Angeloni said with a look of indifference, "This injury is nothing. I used to be more ruthless than this when I was on a mission. But they all died at my hands. Why? Because I was more ruthless than them, that's why I survived."

Lucy was speechless. Without knowing the woman's past, she had no way of judging what she had done. Everyone had their own way of survival, and Angeloni's law of survival was undoubtedly the most tragic.

After treating the wound, Xiao Qi also returned. Knowing that it had killed the sniper, Angeloni was amazed at the mechanical killer who had stopped using it. Lucy retracted the Silver Winged Runner and said, "Let's go. We have to continue on our journey."

"Wait a moment, Your Highness, don't you think we need two guards?" Angeloni walked to the corpses of the two of them. She flicked her fingers and purple golem threads flew out into the two corpses. Puppet wires will replace the nerves of the corpses and stimulate their nerve endings according to Angeloni's will, allowing them to move freely.

The old dog was fine. He only had a bullet hole in his head and his corpse was finally intact. After entering his corpse, the heavily armored mercenary climbed up with an extremely incongruous movement and held his broken saber in his hand. The Golden Card's corpse was severely damaged, so it took more time. Puppet wires drilled out from the two sides of the corpse's chest. They were connected to each other, pulling the two sides of the corpse together. Purple threads also drilled out from the broken contact section, connecting the part that Angeloni had thrown onto the ground and dragging it back to the connection. A moment later, Gold Card's corpse also staggered to its feet.

Looking at the two walking corpses, Lucy felt a wave of pain in her stomach, and her face turned a little pale. "This is one of my abilities," Angeloni said. "I can temporarily use the dead. They are battle puppets, retaining some of their Origin Energy and combat skills. They are fearless warriors without pain. Of course, they don't look very pleasant."

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I didn't want to display this ability in front of you. This makes me look very abnormal, right?" However, we can't care about so much now. These people are obviously not native to the planet, and they don't know where they came from. However, it is obvious that they have deep hostility towards us. "Marquis Mainne and his men are not around. I can only use this method to slightly increase the strength of the guards." Angeloni said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll keep them as far away as possible. That should make you feel better."

Lucy forced a smile and said, "It's not that I haven't seen dead people, but it's the first time I've seen a corpse like you. It's an eye-opener."

Angeloni smiled and raised her hand. The two puppets moved forward. The old dog in armor walked forward, while the golden card was left behind. The two puppets were a hundred meters away, while Lucy and Angeloni walked in the middle.

This strange troop was just walking through the ruins of the Imperial City. It was unknown if the hurricane had caused them to finally arrive at the platform of the Imperial Palace in the evening, but they had never encountered the Night Demon before.

Walking up the last stone staircase, a square appeared in front of Lucy. The wind and sand continued to whistle, and one could vaguely see the majestic architectural outlines behind the plaza, as well as the towering Sacred Mountain.

Suddenly, golden sword Qi soared into the sky in the sandstorm. Around the sword Qi, rose flowers were extinguished. The two of them exchanged glances of delight. If that sword qi wasn't Mainne's, who else would it be?

They hurriedly moved towards the place where the sword qi appeared, and after a moment, they met up with Mainne.

In a fairly intact palace hall, the soldiers lit a fire and put fast food in a simple marching pot. After simple heating, they could eat it. Lucy, who hadn't eaten a single meal since she entered the Imperial City, was feeling very hungry. She took the quick food from the soldiers and ate it without caring how it tasted.

After chatting with Mainne, he found out that the Marquis was separated and headed straight for the palace. His thoughts coincided with Lucy's, and along the way he drew in some of the lost soldiers. When they arrived at the palace, Mainne had already gathered half of the soldiers. Unfortunately, he hadn't encountered Morotheus. Perhaps this scholar had already lost his life and become a part of the ruins.

After arriving at the palace, Mainne and the others were attacked. The ones attacking them weren't Night Demons, but aliens. At this point, Lucy told him about the attack. Mainne frowned and said, "Your Highness, these fellows are very likely interstellar mercenaries. They will not appear on planet Evernight for no reason. This planet is no longer profitable. I'm afraid that interstellar mercenaries are here on a mission."

"Mission?"

Mainne nodded, "And most of this mission is related to us."