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Chapter 1421 - 619 Titan Hunting_2

Chapter 1421: Chapter 619 Titan Hunting_2

If anyone else came here, this Titan could have escaped with difficulty as long as it didn’t linger in battle and focused solely on fleeing. Unfortunately for it, it encountered Mu You, who didn’t care about any escape abilities, sealing them all upon contact.

[Under the blockade of the Barbarian and Bone Dragon, the Titan had no way to flee and was forced to engage in battle with you...]

[With the cover provided by the Barbarian, you launched stealth slashes from all directions at the Titan, while continuously activating Moonlight Flash...]

[Layers of Order’s Lock quickly piled up on the Titan’s body...]

Mu You was very self-aware: leaving frontal combat to the Barbarian, he was solely responsible for stealth attacks, employing the tactics of ’blinding light’ with frequent Moonlight Flash; the Titan would get blinded if it didn’t close its eyes, and if it did, it would permanently lose its vision.

Under the significant pressure provided by the Barbarian, the Titan Scout had no power to defend and could only be struck repeatedly by Mu You, feeling its vision growing blurrier and the layers of chains on its body rapidly increasing.

This Titan Scout was not like the Nine-Star Titan encountered by the sea, which could break free from Order’s Lock with brute force; it could only watch helplessly as more and more chains wrapped around it.

"Thirty-five, thirty-six..."

Mu You continued to attack while silently counting the layers.

This Titan had a whopping 160,000 HP, and because Mu You and the Bone Dragon had lower Star Levels, their attacks barely scratched the surface, leaving all the offensive pressure on the Barbarian.

Clearing a whole 160,000 HP, one spear thrust at a time by the Barbarian, would take a long while. It was obviously much more convenient to use ’Order Judgement’ directly.

"Almost there..." As he saw two more layers of chains quickly add up, Mu You already pulled up the panel, ready to activate his Ultimate Move.

Now, with ’Order Judgement’ at LV6, it can be activated with just 40 layers and can instantly kill any creature below a 10-Star, and although it cannot kill deities or higher beings instantly, there is still a ’Judgment Execution’ effect that can forcibly deduct 50% of the maximum HP.

[The layers of Order’s Lock on the Titan have reached 49, just one layer away from activating Order Judgement...]

[However, at this moment, the Titan Scout seemed to sense its fate and suddenly roared, forcibly pushing back the Barbarian, and took out something resembling a grenade launcher from its waist, shooting it towards the sky...]

[A red flare immediately pierced through the mist, soared high into the clouds, and disappeared...]

"They can even send messages remotely?"

Mu You’s expression turned a bit odd, as he didn’t expect the Titans to have such a trick up their sleeve.

With such a device, they chose not to use it when they were first attacked, but waited until now; presumably, it was a trump card provided by the Titans, to be used only before death to send back the news of their demise.

No matter what message the flare was meant to send, Mu You obviously wouldn’t let it succeed.

[Time flows backward, and you return to ten seconds ago...]

[You used the ’Thief Skill’ on the Titan...]

[Theft successful! You have stolen the ’Communication Cannon’ from the Titan Scout.]

The Titan didn’t carry much equipment, so Mu You casually rolled a few times and stole the object.

[Communication Cannon: A messaging cannon that can only be activated once. Expensive to produce, it can collect nearby scenes and shadows and send them a great distance to a designated location.]

Indeed, it was a one-time-use item, and it could even transmit images; if it were sent back by the opponent, Mu You and the Barbarian would be exposed.

[...The Titan roared tragically, pushing back you and the Barbarian once again, reached towards its waist, but found nothing...]

[In the Titan’s confused expression, your knife shone again, and the number of Order’s Lock on the Titan Scout increased to 50 layers!]

[You activated ’Order Judgement’!]

[All the chains on the Titan’s body exploded simultaneously, and the Titan Scout, in the midst of despair, fell to the ground with a loud boom, silent...]

[Under the Eye of the Golden Crow, you saw a translucent energy jellyfish, emerging from the Titan’s corpse’s head, quickly moving away from the Barbarian, its actions clearly frantic...]

[The jellyfish flew towards you and swiftly dove into your head, but passed right through your body...]

[The jellyfish showed a look of utter despair as it hurriedly floated towards the distance, but it ran out of energy mid-air, crashed to the ground, and swiftly withered away, disappearing completely...]

What on earth is this ’transparent jellyfish’? Clearly, it is a Divine Beast devourer.

Upon dying, it must quickly find a new host, yet none of the four individuals present could be a host: both Mu You and Zi Fei Yu were Mind Avatars, and the Bone Dragon was nothing but a pile of bones, not to mention not even humanoid, making it definitely impossible to host.

What interested Mu You the most was the Divine Beast devourer’s reaction to barbarians: not only did it not attempt to host barbarians, but it even displayed a ’fearful’ emotion, swiftly distancing itself from the barbarians...

This made Mu You even more certain that the reason Abi hadn’t been hosted before was because of the presence of Wildman’s Tooth, which deterred the Divine Beast devourers ready to host from approaching it.

"So, does this mean that as long as I carry some body parts of barbarians with me, I can prevent myself from being hosted?" Mu You stroked his chin.

Of course, this method wasn’t foolproof. Divine Beast devourers instinctively feared the scent of barbarians, but if cornered or desperate, they would still attempt to host.

[After searching the Titan’s corpse, you find ’Divine Boots’, ’Scout’s Cloak’, ’Blade of the Scout’, Scout’s Notebook...]

[You have refined the Titan’s remains, obtaining Divine Blood*1, Divine Bone*1, Divine Crystals*6561...]

Having searched the body and coming away with a pile of equipment, which seemed to be mass-produced standard gear according to the text, it indicated that this Titan Scout likely belonged to a Titan army!

Mu You shook his head; the gear’s efficacy was mediocre and of little use to him, but what truly caught his attention was that ’Scout’s Notebook’.

This item was actually a little notebook used by the Titan Scouts to record mission processes and intelligence.

Mu You took it out and glanced through. According to the booklet’s records, the Titans had discovered the presence of players five days ago and had dispatched quite a few scouts to track the players in reverse.

Additionally, amidst the pages of this notebook was a hand-drawn map.

Mu You unfolded it to see that it precisely marked all the nearby locations of the Soul-inducing Lamps, presumably tracked down one by one by the Titan scouts as they reversed tracked the players.

Though these Titans had discovered the Soul-inducing Lamps, they hadn’t destroyed them, which obviously meant they intended to continue the chase, hot on the trail to discover the whereabouts of Sunset City.

"Big shot, you’re awesome!"

Only after the battle concluded did Zi Fei Yu send a private message: "Big shot, we really owe you one today. Otherwise, I might’ve become a sinner!"

Zi Fei Yu was feeling a bit of hindsight fear now. Had it not been for Mu You’s warning, if he had actually led the Titan all the way back to Sunset City and exposed its location, the guilt would have been unbearable.

"It wouldn’t have gone that far..." Mu You shook his head.

Zi Fei Yu was obviously planning to Teleport back to the city at the Soul-inducing Lamp, and even if the Titan continued its trace, at most, one additional Soul-inducing Lamp would be revealed.

From the map, the Titans had only found a batch of outer Soul-inducing Lamps, still a considerable buffer distance from discovering Sunset City.

Of course, if left unchecked, it would only be a matter of time before Sunset City was discovered.

Considering this, Mu You immediately contacted Blue Beard in the group chat and explained the situation to him.

"Damn, is that really happening?" Blue Beard was quite startled upon seeing the message and then felt a twinge of bitterness. Eight cities soaring through the skies, and each was all well and good; why did his city have to be the one colliding with the border of the Titans?

"I estimate this tracking isn’t an isolated incident. There should be other players out there currently being tracked. It’s best if you warn everyone as soon as possible," said Mu You.

"I’m getting on the announcement right away..."

Blue Beard also realized the urgency of the situation and hurried to draft the City Master Order in the game.

"By the way, if any player has realized they’re being tracked, they should not run but try to hold off. I’ll rush over to help," Mu You said.

With the help of the barbarians, he could easily kill the Titan Scouts; others wouldn’t have such ability and encountering Titans only meant suicide or flight.

Mu You, on the other hand, could use this opportunity to hunt down a few more Titans before they responded>