paranoianovel Chapter 9 One-Hit Kill - Overlord's Thorn!
Chapter 9 One-Hit Kill - Overlord's Thorn!
Before he could even react, that ghostly cold light flashed again.
"laugh!"
"laugh!"
"laugh!"
Cai'er's figure was not fully revealed; she was like a true grim reaper, perfectly melting into the shadows of the city walls and the warriors.
The dark gold dagger in her hand, with each swing, possessed a chillingly deadly beauty.
No superfluous movements, no fancy lighting, only the ultimate speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness!
The throat, compound eyes, the weakest joints...
She was like an extremely precise killing machine, perfectly embodying the assassin's code taught by Bai Ye: never strike the same enemy a second time.
One head, two heads, ten heads...
Those dual-wielding demons who gave ordinary soldiers a real headache fell like paper in front of Cai'er, one after another.
Her killing speed is even more terrifying than those berserkers wielding heavy weapons!
Zhang Hairong and the soldiers of the First Battalion around him were all dumbfounded.
They watched helplessly as the delicate little girl they considered a "burden" rampaged through the demon horde like cutting melons and vegetables.
Wherever she went, she left behind a trail of mangled demon corpses.
"This...this is a fourth-tier assassin?!" Zhang Hairong swallowed hard, his voice trembling. "This isn't some young lady from a wealthy family; she's clearly a living Yama sent by the Assassin's Temple to reap lives!"
At this moment, Cai'er was completely immersed in the rhythm of the killing.
The initial fear had long been replaced by a chilling fighting spirit.
She discovered that the demons in reality were far more sluggish than the monsters that Bai Ye had simulated in the Sea of Spirit.
She was like a fish, dancing gracefully on the battlefield where flesh and blood flew, each dagger slash taking away a filthy soul.
She is using this most bloody method to announce the arrival of the Holy Maiden of Reincarnation to the entire Exorcism Pass.
"Pfft—"
Just as the soldiers of the First Battalion were fighting with increasing ferocity, a chilling sound of flesh being torn apart suddenly rang out.
A young soldier who was wielding a spear suddenly froze.
The next second, his upper body slid down his waist without warning, and warm blood mixed with his internal organs sprayed all over the ground!
Before a piercing scream could even escape his throat, he was severed in two.
The surrounding soldiers were immediately horrified, and panic instantly spread through the crowd.
They didn't even see where the enemy was attacking from!
"Everyone hold your ground! Form a back-to-back formation!"
Zhang Hairong's eyes widened in fury as he cleaved a dual-wielding demon in two with his heavy sword, roaring at the top of his lungs, "It's an Invisible Earth Demon! Fourth Rank! Everyone, be on guard against the shadows!"
Upon hearing the words "the invisible members of the Earth Demon Clan," the veterans of the First Battalion turned deathly pale.
That was the nightmare of every ordinary soldier on the battlefield!
These fourth-tier demons are naturally skilled in stealth, like venomous snakes lurking in the shadows, impossible to guard against.
In the past, when encountering such monsters, infantry battalions often had to pay a heavy price of a dozen or even dozens of lives in order to force out its true form and kill it.
However, just when everyone was on high alert and their nerves were stretched to the limit, Cai'er's figure swayed slightly, like a drop of ink melting into the night, and disappeared in an instant.
Playing stealth?
Hidden in the shadows, Cai'er's cold eyes flashed with a faint hint of mockery.
As the Holy Maiden of the Assassin's Temple, she received top-notch training in infiltration and assassination from a young age, not to mention that she was personally trained by Bai Ye, the "Grim Reaper," in the Sea of Spirit for four whole years.
Facing an enemy skilled in stealth is like watching a clown showing off his sword in front of Guan Yu.
A mere fourth-tier Earth Demon Clan member dares to challenge her in assassination?
Cai'er closed her eyes. Having lost her sense of smell, her sense of touch and perception were amplified to the extreme.
The air currents on the battlefield, the soldiers' breathing, and even the trajectory of splattered blood all painted a clear, three-dimensional picture in her mind.
Soon, she keenly detected an extremely subtle and rapidly moving fluctuation of cold magic in the air.
Got you.
At this moment, the Earthshaker invisible creature had silently crept up behind another soldier from the First Battalion.
Its sharp, knife-like claws were raised high, about to sever the warrior's head.
At this critical moment, Cai'er made a move!
Her figure flashed by like lightning tearing through the night, disappearing in an instant.
The dark gold dagger in his hand burst forth with an extremely dazzling light, and an incomparably domineering and fierce killing intent instantly locked onto that void of air.
Overlord's Thorn!
Among the assassin's secret techniques, this is the strongest single-target attack skill at the fifth tier!
Under Bai Ye's four years of hellish soul training, Cai'er, who was only at the fourth level of cultivation, actually crossed the level gap and perfectly executed this fifth-level killing move that consumed a lot of spiritual power and skill!
"Bang--!"
A muffled explosion resounded in mid-air.
The soldier, who was about to close his eyes and await death, felt a gust of wind whistle past his ears. Immediately afterward, a warm, foul-smelling liquid was splashed hard on his face, giving him a solid "bloody face".
As life fades, the stealth talent of the Earthshakers instantly becomes ineffective.
A hideous demon corpse, its body entirely grayish-brown and its bones twisted, slowly appeared in the air.
Between its eyebrows was a gaping hole, from which black demonic blood was gushing out.
One headshot, instant kill!
The rescued warrior blankly wiped the demon blood from his face, stared at the demon corpse lying at his feet, only inches away from him, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
Too close!
If that dark golden light had come even half a second later, he would already be decapitated like that brother before him!
"Th-thank you...thank you for saving me!"
The soldier looked up in terror at Cai'er, who was dressed in black and holding a blood-dripping dagger. His voice trembled so much that he could not even utter a complete sentence.
Cai'er's exquisite face remained expressionless.
She merely glanced at the soldier indifferently, nodded slightly, and then vanished again into the shadows of the city wall to continue searching for her next prey.
At that moment, a brief silence fell over the entire First Battalion's defensive line.
Zhang Hairong swallowed hard, his palms, gripping the heavy sword, were already covered in cold sweat.
The veterans who had previously thought Cai'er was a "burden" now looked at the shadow with a deep sense of awe and gratitude, devoid of any contempt or pity.
The invisible demons that usually require them to risk their lives and pay a heavy price to deal with are no match for this eleven-year-old girl, who can't even last a single move!
She wasn't some rich young lady sent to her death; she was a true Grim Reaper who turned the tide of battle and saved their lives!
From that moment on, no one dared to underestimate this petite girl anymore.
With her extraordinary talent and ruthless dagger, Cai'er carved out her own dignity and respect in this meat grinder-like exorcism pass.