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Chapter 773 - 355: In War There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Deception_2

Chapter 773: Chapter 355: In War There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Deception_2

Finally, Old Mo threw out the last few big eyeballs he held in his hand.

The only source of light shifted, following the trajectory of the thrown big eyeballs, as if a signal flare was cast into the abyss of a pitch-black well...

[Howl——]

[Howl——]

In the darkness, countless figures began to pounce towards Old Mo and Lin Yi.

"Huff——" It seemed as if Lin Yi’s eyes were climbing with a layer of blood-light, his body slightly arched, with a sky blue aura hovering on his skin like tangible armor, a frantic killing intent that wanted to tear everything apart wildly spread from the depths of his heart.

And at this moment, Old Mo’s voice, as cold as the arctic ice, abruptly rang out in his ears: "Kid, don’t resist!"

If it had been just about not resisting, Lin Yi might have hesitated, but the term "kid" indicated to him that it was definitely Old Mo speaking to him.

At this moment, reason overwhelmed his instinct. He tensed his body but did not launch an attack on the hound-like nocturnal species that were almost on top of him.

At this time, Old Mo’s sinister sneer suddenly spread through the gallery, like ripples being pushed out, it rapidly expanded!

Lin Yi felt a chill pass over his skin and in the next instant, the armor-like sky blue aura on his body disintegrated, turning into the purest form of supernatural power that was being extracted from his body...

"What is this...?!" Lin Yi was startled, "Isn’t this Old Mo’s ’Domain’? But didn’t he just say...?!"

"Could he be deceiving me?"

Right now, Old Mo wasn’t concerned with what Lin Yi was thinking. His domain expanded with an intense invasiveness, pulling all the incoming hound-like nocturnal species into it and immediately after, an irresistible absorption enveloped them, violently extracting the supernatural power from within their bodies.

The hound-like nocturnal species convulsed and petrified, their bodies visibly withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and eventually turned into countless pure white powder particles that scattered.

However, this was merely an appetizer. Old Mo’s target wasn’t these hound-like nocturnal species, but the Sneering Angels!

That group of Sneering Angels had been lurking around Old Mo and Lin Yi all along, eying them covetously. The moment Old Mo was engulfed by the grey mist and discarded the big eyeballs, they could no longer hold back, silently blending into the ranks of the nocturnal species, and along with the hound-like nocturnal species, they pounced towards Old Mo.

Now, as the hound-like nocturnal species drained by the domain fell, the Sneering Angels also found it difficult to hide their presence. They instinctively sensed trouble but were firmly restrained by the suppressive power of Old Mo’s domain.

Lin Yi suddenly realized that perhaps the grey mist had affected Old Mo’s performance, as Old Mo’s domain couldn’t fully suppress the Sneering Angels, only severely limiting their mobility.

Old Mo’s gaze slowly swept across all the Sneering Angels in the domain, a hint of disappointment inadvertently flashed in his eyes, muttering to himself, "Pity... not a single Lamp Bearer among them..."

Lin Yi felt a sudden shock upon hearing this. He then realized that Old Mo actually wanted to hunt a Sneering Angel carrying an old kerosene lamp!

After an unsuccessful search, Old Mo, like a butcher of a farm not finding suitable ingredients, reluctantly chose the next best option.

"Surprised? What’s there to be surprised about?" Old Mo squinted at Lin Yi, then continued to scrutinize his caught prey, "There’s no harm in deceit. What I said was ’almost impossible to expand,’ not ’impossible to expand.’"

Having said that, Old Mo slowly stretched out his hand, a golden aura covering his palm like liquid. He then grabbed one of the Sneering Angels, using the golden aura to counteract the Sneering Angel’s infiltration into the layers, forcing it to gradually shift from a wraith-like form to corporeal.

The Sneering Angel continually struggled, trying to absorb Old Mo’s supernatural power into itself through its innate abilities — and it succeeded!

Old Mo’s supernatural power within him was unexpectedly drawn out a strand, and it showed a tendency to separate from his body!

Old Mo frowned, cursed silently, backhandedly drew out the pig-killing knife, and chopped directly at the wings, which were the most solidified part, cleanly severing them.

Old Mo tossed the wings onto the ground, letting them start transforming towards the big eyeballs, while he himself ignored the "Sneering Angel with broken wings," and turned to retrieve the wings of the second Sneering Angel.

The Sneering Angel, whose wings had been cut off by Old Mo at the start, began to undergo strange mutations. It maintained that translucent, hovering wraith-like stance, constantly emitting a hideous and agonizing howl. Its form vaguely showed signs of distortion, and all its attention fell on its own wings. It struggled, reaching out its hand weakly towards its wings, but eventually kept phasing out, until it disappeared into thin air.

The third Sneering Angel also had its wings cut off by Old Mo and began to show the perplexing symptoms of vanishing.

Old Mo then sheathed the pig-killing knife and reached out to grab the four pairs of wings, using the golden aura to speed up their transformation into strings of big eyeballs.

In just a moment, four strings of big eyeballs appeared in his hands.

Holding the four strings of big eyeballs, Old Mo resembled a sausage vendor, or like a thief standing under a grape trellis with strings of grapes in his grasp.

Soon, the grape thief made his move. Old Mo plucked a big eyeball, crushed it forcefully, and then threw it out like a stone thrown to gauge the path ahead.

"Let’s go!" Old Mo called out loudly, "The Sneering Angels won’t be fooled a second time, we must enter the Gallery before the light from this one fades away!"

The dog-like Nocturnal species and the jumble of supernatural power drawn out from the Sneering Angels were floating in the Domain like virtualized particles, yet Old Mo chose not to absorb these powers but to directly take Lin Yi away.

"Okay!" Lin Yi didn’t quite understand, but he immediately followed.

The grey mist filled the entire corridor, and the dim candlelight, despite its utmost effort, only lit up a small area. Without the big eyeballs, Lin Yi wouldn’t be able to navigate through here at all.

After walking a while, Lin Yi gritted his teeth and asked, "Old Mo... the intensity of the light here, it’s not enough for me to come back, is it?"

Old Mo paused, but did not deceive Lin Yi: "Indeed it isn’t... so we need to hunt a Sneering Angel, not just for its ’Dormitory Supervisor’ badge, but also for that lamp."

"Once we’ve hunted the Sneering Angel, I’ll tell you exactly what to do. Just follow me for now, to the Gallery. The duration of these four pairs of wings isn’t shared..."

Burning one piece of wood and burning four at the same time both last the time it takes to burn one piece; the difference is only the light and heat produced.

As they walked deeper into the corridor, even the light provided by the four strings of big eyeballs became severely limited.

After they left, a portion of the dog-like Nocturnal species did not continue to pursue them but instead lingered at the spot where Old Mo’s Domain had appeared, greedily and frenziedly devouring the floating portion of supernatural power in the air.

Gradually, these dog-like Nocturnal began to mutate, merging with each other incessantly...

Eventually, a majestic figure slowly rose from within the Grey Mist.

It bore the features of the Nocturnal species, having some humanoid contours, but beyond that bore no resemblance to humans. It had neither eyes nor facial features; what looked like its head had three or four of them, moving like independent tentacles and emitting some eerie murmurs:

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