Nightmare's Call

Chapter 295: Defense: Part 2

“What a pathetic loser!” The dark-skinned woman glanced coldly at the hole in the wall. She was confident the target was hit in the face. It was a no-bullsh*t blow. Lin Sheng would be dead for sure, no matter which way she looked at it. Just as she was about to leave, the man got up again with the dark energy flickering on him. He was wounded and about to die.

“Not dead yet?”

The dark-skinned woman’s eyes wide opened. With the wave of her hand, Whale Rudder dissolved behind her. It transformed into pure dark energy, flew through the hole in the wall, hitting Lin Sheng in the other room. This time she had used over 1,000 units of dark energy.

The loud burst ensued. Lin Sheng flew up like a tattered fabric doll, hitting the wall behind him like a cannonball with his body deep-setting in the concrete.

Lin Sheng coughed and broke free from the wall. Half-kneeling on the ground and panting, he looked as if he was dying.

“Not dead yet?” The dark-skinned woman’s mouth was agape, and she wondered if she had hit the target earlier.

She waved her hand again. This time, with three Whale Rudders transforming into pure liquid dark energy, it rushed into the hole, re-transforming into Whade Rudders and hitting Lin Sheng with three consecutive loud booms.

Lin Sheng was sent flying into another office next door. He broke through two load-bearing walls, brought down a massive white machine, which fell on and smashed the corner of a rectangular conference table.

The dark-skinned woman gasped. Directing three Whale Rudders at the same time with each exceeding 1,000-units of dark energy, it was exhaustive.

“Should have died by now.” She went through the holes in the walls and stood not far away from Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng coughed as he got up from a pile of debris once again.

He looked in a bad shape. His clothes were ragged, his movements slow, and appearing exhausted and to have suffered some internal injuries. But he looked determined as he stood up.

“You...” Sweat popped up from the black woman’s face. She could not believe what she saw. The woman hissed and a knife, formed by dark energy, appeared in her hand. She clenched the knife in her hand and lunged at Lin Sheng.

Lin Sheng was sent flying before he crashed to the ground and could never get up again.

Suddenly, some strange air whipped past outside. Startled, the woman lunged out of an open window and disappeared into the frightened crowd outside.

The next second, a green light emerged in front of the window in a flash. Professor Auldmandiller rushed out of the light and stepped into the office. Seeing the broken bricks and dust everywhere, and the massive hole in the wall, Auldmandiller’s expression turned grave. Just by looking at the scene, he could already see how powerful the attack and destructive force.

“Lin Sheng!” With no time to think, he rushed in through the hole in the wall. The staff in the office next door were mostly gone. But a few daring ones were hiding and peering in from behind the door. Auldmandiller saw Lin Sheng lying on the ground, and he rushed over to help him up.

“Are you alright?”

Lin Sheng shook his head, looked up, and in a daze. He calmed down, panting.

“I’m lucky that she has missed twice. Otherwise, I would have been in deep sh*t!”

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Auldmandiller took out a cylindrical silver crystal from his pocket. “This is a regenerative crystal! Hold it and ingest it Stop talking!”

Lin Sheng sat upright and forced a smile. “I’m alright, Sir. The opponent was careless. She didn’t check if I was dead.” He pushed the crystal away and got to his feet.

“Had I not been lucky today, I might have been dead now. That woman was strong. I couldn’t even fight back.”

“You just learned dark energy. It’s only natural that you are powerless against a Suppressor-class opponent,” Auldmandiller said helplessly. Only after making sure that Lin Sheng was alright did he breathe a sigh of relief.

“But then, the place has become a mess, and yet you are fine. You are really lucky.” Auldmandiller sighed.

Lin Sheng looked like he was in shock.

“Yeah, I thought I would be dead many times. I never thought I would survive.” He clenched his fists, pretending to be embittered and frightened. “Only if I were stronger, I wouldn’t be...”

“Don’t overthink. You are still young.” Auldmandiller patted him on the shoulder. “How the assassin looks like? Is it a non-human? Can you describe it to me?”

“Aye!” Lin Sheng nodded.

...

“That guy!” The dark-skinned woman covered herself with a white windbreaker and darted forward inside a dim tunnel. Vehicles zooming past were flashing their headlights at her.

The old lighting system had long gone out of service. The air in the tunnel was nowhere near healthy, but she could not care less. When she reached the middle of the tunnel, she turned into a small black door built into the wall. Switching on the torchlight, she walked through the room behind the door before coming into a dark hall.

“What happened? Feia? You look disturbed.” A male voice sounded from a corner in the darkness.

The dark-skinned woman took a deep breath. “I bumped into someone. Also, something is puzzling me.”

“Aren’t you looking for the killer destroying the base?” the man asked in a whisper.

“Not found yet. The Darksiders from the authority have emerged and so has the Moon Basin. As such, I figured I had to keep my head down.” The dark-skinned woman calmed down and spoke in a whisper.

“No hurry. The theft of the soul vessel from that base was probably just a coincidence. You know, neither we nor the Sect of Verity has ever lost any soul vessel before. It must be a coincidence,” the man comforted.

“What do we do now? Just wait here?” the dark-skinned woman asked.

“Be patient. The Archbishop is coming soon. We can’t do anything without the soul vessel.”

The dark-skinned woman said no more, and there was a silence. She was replaying the scene she had just encountered in her mind. She clearly felt she had hit the target, not once but many times. But what happened then? Every time she recalled the fight with the young dark-haired man, she would feel a chill running up her spine.

“Forget it. Why should I be worried? He could have been dead. I have used nearly half my dark energy and struck his throat.” She calmed down and decided not to think any further.

“Where was the other soul vessel that had been moved out?” she asked casually.

“It’s with me. That is the purpose of Archbishop’s visit. He is to escort the soul vessel out of this place temporarily,” the man answered.

“We have caught many people who can sense the shades. And we have been one step ahead of the Moon Basin. So they won’t be able to catch up to us as before.”

“Well, let’s hope everything goes well.” The dark-skinned woman’s voice was as depressed as her mood.

“No worries.”

...

In the spot clean hospital ward, Lin Sheng was half-lying on the bed, sipping hot water from the glass in his hands. From yesterday’s experience, he got a taste of what it was like to fight with dark energy.