154: Leading the secret into the abyss
As his voice fell, Cui Rang and the Squad Leader of the Military simultaneously launched their attacks.
Cui Rang waved his hand, and the ground in many places suddenly cracked open, revealing thick tentacles that attacked the surrounding Professionals.
At the same time, he once again threw out the dial from before, enveloping a large number of Professionals.
Meanwhile, as the Military's Professionals attacked, the illusory chains on their bodies would gather their strength.
Then, a powerful attack would condense above their heads.
One by one, the bloody tentacles were severed, then turned into blood and merged into the ground.
At the same time, the chains were not entirely capable of distributing all damage to the other Professionals.
Two tentacles working together threw a Professional out of the crowd, breaking free from the range of the chains.
The moment he landed, blood-red light erupted around him, melting him into a puddle of flesh and blood.
With a whoosh, a crossbow bolt whistled from a distance and struck Cui Rang, but it did not cause much damage.
However, one crossbow bolt after another immediately followed, forming a line that connected Cui Rang to the distant darkness in the night.
This was not an attack from Gu Qinghan's Sky Eye Skeleton, but rather from the Military's Eye of the Sky Professional.
This method of attack might have originated from the opponent's talent, something Gu Qinghan's skeleton couldn't do.
But even so, Cui Rang suffered no substantial harm.
"This guy's recovery ability is too abnormal! Is there any way to stop him from recovering?"
A somewhat solemn voice came from afar, but no one possessed such an ability.
The demonized Cui Rang was terrifyingly strong, even killing many people under the attack of nearly a thousand Military personnel.
And with each death, his injuries would recover at an even more abnormal speed.
The Military's Squad Leader's expression was extremely grim; he had come with the intention of directly capturing Cui Rang, but he had not expected the opponent's strength to be so formidable.
He even had a feeling that after his side's people were exhausted, Cui Rang would keep them all here.
But if they left now, Cui Rang would surely sacrifice all the surrounding Professionals.
At that time, the opponent's strength would definitely become even greater.
They had to find a way to break the deadlock!
Just then, Gu Qinghan returned with Kong Yan.
Kong Yan was covered in blood at this moment, but he was not in any life-threatening danger.
Gu Qinghan threw him to the Military's Healing-type Professional, then went to the Military Squad Leader and asked,
"It looks like you're struggling a bit? What happened?"
The Squad Leader glanced at Gu Qinghan and quickly relayed the information he had just obtained to Gu Qinghan.
At the same time, he said in a deep voice,
"I know this might be presumptuous, but I hope you can join us in taking down Cui Rang as soon as possible.
I am Ren Tianqi, the current highest combat commander of the Shicheng Military.
If you can help us deal with Cui Rang, tens of thousands of Professionals at the Shicheng Military base will be grateful to you."
Gu Qinghan didn't care about the other party's gratitude; he only knew that he had to take down Cui Rang while the Military was attacking.
If he escaped again this time, finding him next time would be like waiting for a blue moon.
"Strong recovery ability? That means his vitality recovers quickly, right?"
Hearing Gu Qinghan's words, Ren Tianqi was stunned, then said uncertainly,
"That should be it, but we can't see how much vitality he has."
Gu Qinghan glanced at the bloody tentacles constantly whipping the Professionals and suddenly thought of his fierce poison inner armor.
If he could inflict a poison effect on the opponent, or even stack it to five layers of fierce poison, then the opponent's recovery ability would be useless!
Thinking of this, Gu Qinghan immediately summoned a Berserker Skeleton.
The Berserker Skeleton now had the blessing of Bone Armor, yet it could still equip some non-conflicting gear.
For example, Gu Qinghan's fierce poison inner armor.
Gu Qinghan had this guy, wearing the fierce poison inner armor, rush to a bloody tentacle and actively take a hit for a Professional.
The Professional was stunned for a moment, but then gratefully looked at the person who had blocked the attack for him.
But the next moment, he shivered in fright.
The one in front of him was not a human at all, but a skeleton wielding a huge axe!
"Don't worry, it's one of us!"
Ren Tianqi said, and even from a great distance, the Professionals there seemed to be able to hear him.
They suppressed the fear and doubt in their hearts and cooperated with this skeleton in battle.
But soon, someone noticed something was wrong.
"Report! Some green patterns have appeared on these tentacles!"
Ren Tianqi shared this information with Gu Qinghan, but heard Gu Qinghan laugh and say,
"It's fine, Cui Rang's recovery speed should have already halved by now."
He used the Crow King's vision and saw that Cui Rang, facing the overwhelming skills, no longer had his previous composure.
Some of his wounds hadn't even had time to heal before they were further damaged by subsequent attacks.
Ren Tianqi didn't know how Gu Qinghan did it, but he chose to believe him.
Because he also noticed Cui Rang's abnormality.
In less than a minute, Gu Qinghan's skeleton, using a nearly 'hit-and-run' tactic, stacked the five layers of poison effect.
At this moment, every tentacle had a visibly greenish glow.
Even Cui Rang's body showed the green patterns, clearly indicating he was poisoned.
Most importantly, the continuous poison damage could also activate Gu Qinghan's Death Toxin.
Cui Rang looked at the surrounding Professionals, not knowing which one was the source of this poison effect.
However, he dared not show any abnormality, because he no longer had a chance.
If he lost this battle, his soul would surely be taken by the demon!
At that time, even death would be a luxury for him.
Gu Qinghan did not join the battle; he merely had another skeleton, wearing the fierce poison inner armor, go for a 'hit-and-run' whenever a skeleton's vitality was low.
He only needed to ensure that the fierce poison effect remained active, and that was enough.
The Military certainly had defensive Professionals, but Gu Qinghan did not intend to lend his fierce poison inner armor to them.
He trusted no one except himself and a very few others.
This battle was tedious, yet also very long.
The battle that began at night only drew to a close in the middle of the night.
When the surrounding flesh tentacles suddenly withered, Cui Rang let out an unwilling roar:
"Impossible, it's you who should enter the abyss..."
The Military's Professionals immediately rushed forward, subdued Cui Rang, and then escorted him before Ren Tianqi.
At this moment, Cui Rang's flesh was rotting, and there wasn't a single piece of intact skin on his entire body.
However, compared to the physical pain, his spirit seemed to be undergoing immense torment.
"This power of yours is said to come from demons.
Tell us what you know, and I can promise to bury you."
Ren Tianqi looked at Cui Rang, his brows tightly furrowed, but he had to press for answers.
Cui Rang slowly raised his head, looked at him with his completely blood-red eyes, and then suddenly chuckled,
"Even my corpse will be dragged into the abyss, how can you bury me?
It's useless, I will take this secret into the abyss."
Ren Tianqi was speechless for a moment; he wanted to use other methods to entice Cui Rang to speak, but he couldn't find a reason for a while.
Just then, Gu Qinghan stepped forward and said to Cui Rang,
"I can spare your soul from torment. Tell me everything you know, and everything about the Time Walker.
Believe me, I have this ability; my profession can transform the souls of those I kill into my own energy."
As he spoke, he raised his arm, revealing the almost completely filled flame pattern.
At the same time, to make Cui Rang believe him, he threw out the corpses of Liu Song and Captain Huang, adding,
"I killed them all. You should know what this soul imprint is."
And upon hearing Gu Qinghan's words, Cui Rang clutched at it like a last straw, eagerly saying,
"I'll tell! I'll tell!"
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