Chapter 180: Cooperating Against the Enemy
Seeing the impact was imminent, Lea could only lower her head, trying to keep her face as far away as possible.
At the same time, a dark shadow flew from the distance.
A moment later, Lea didn't feel the expected sticky sensation on her face.
She squinted and looked up, then was stunned.
A small crucifix was blocking in front of her, stuck to the Mountain Man's tongue.
Sizzle...
A scorching sound instantly rang in the air.
The tall Mountain Man roared and hurriedly hid in the black fog.
But in just this short while, a small part of its tongue had already disappeared.
"Church?"
Lea looked around but found no figure.
"Be careful, those black fogs can extract energy!"
Lea raised her voice.
"Try to stay away from it."
Although she didn't know who the comer was, the other party saved her life.
Judging from the effect of the crucifix just now, this person was likely a Bishop-level clergy member.
Lea felt much more settled; as long as the two cooperated, this monster in front of them should be easily solved.
Then a voice suddenly sounded in the forest.
"Understood. Please hold this Mountain Man back; I won't come out for now, will act when there's a chance."
Lea: ???
I just wanted you to stay away, not to hide completely without showing your face!
Lea took a deep breath, calming her inner emotions.
Currently, the Mountain Man used the black fog as cover, so she could only move constantly in the dense forest, looking for an opportunity to strike.
On the other side.
The program crew and others also heard the priest's voice, and their hearts were instantly uplifted.
Dale gathered everyone quietly immediately.
The "Safety Rules" once mentioned: "When someone more powerful comes forward to solve the problem, you should immediately, right away, run far away!"
"This might be your only chance to leave!"
When the female Knight appeared earlier, Dale already wanted to do this.
However, the other party seemed unable to defeat the Mountain Man, so he stayed to see if he could help.
Now that Father William had returned, he didn't intend to stay here and be a burden.
So, the squads evacuated quickly and orderly to the outside.
Under a big tree.
William was testing the characteristics of the black fog with holy artifacts.
After some operation, only 10-year vintage holy artifacts could resist the power extraction.
At the same time, the consumption of Holy Power was far greater than usual.
If he used the Demon-Trapping Array plus 30-year vintage holy artifacts, he should be able to solve this monster quickly.
But William didn't know the purpose of the female Knight coming here, so he planned to hold back first.
"Without using my trump cards, how to solve it..."
He stared closely at the fight between Lea and the Mountain Man.
After a while, William raised an eyebrow.
During this period, Lea seized opportunities more than once to cut off the pustules on the Mountain Man's body one after another.
But after the surrounding black fog rolled, these wounds actually healed again.
"It seems its power does not come from itself; that makes it easier." William already had an idea in his mind.
At the same time, the female Knight also discovered this situation.
After dodging an impact, Lea shouted: "Something nearby is providing power to it."
The healing ability consumed a lot, and this Mountain Man in front of her obviously couldn't sustain it.
Therefore, there must be something replenishing this source power.
But right now she couldn't get away, so she could only pin her hopes on that Church guy.
But next, she didn't hear the other party's response.
"He didn't run away, did he..." Lea thought inwardly, suddenly having a bad premonition.
"Don't worry, I didn't run."
At this time, a male voice sounded beside her.
Lea was startled immediately and retreated several steps.
Then she looked up and saw a young and handsome priest.
"Uh... what did you say?" Lea tucked her hair, pretending not to hear clearly.
"Didn't you think so in your heart just now?" William shrugged.
Lea was speechless instantly.
"How does this guy know what I'm thinking?" She thought to herself.
But what shocked Lea even more was that she didn't notice this priest's appearance at all.
This showed that the other party was very powerful in body control.
As an Earth Knight, Lea's perception was extremely keen, so few people could approach her silently.
Lea knew the Church used Holy Oil for practice and also understood the limitations of this thing.
To achieve the effect of this priest in front of her, the cost involved would be astronomical.
Coupled with the other party's young face, it was very likely he had connections with the Vatican.
What William didn't know was that in just a few seconds, his use of high-level Holy Oil was guessed by the other party.
And through the inquiry just now, William also figured out the female Knight's temperament.
"Skills are okay, not very good at hiding emotions; should be able to trick her into doing hard labor..."
At this time, the drifting black fog interrupted the two.
"Do you still have that crucifix from just now?"
Lea spoke quickly.
"I'll hold this guy back; you go into the forest to find the power source."
Seeing that the holy artifact could briefly resist the black fog, she immediately thought of this method.
"Those altars..." William thought to himself.
But right now the dense forest was too big; searching rashly would only waste time.
Moreover, before figuring out the weakness of this monster, he wouldn't break into the depths of the dense forest.
Thinking of this, William said:
"I might have a way, but I need you to stop it head-on for a while."
Lea raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, then nodded a moment later: "Okay!"
"Didn't even ask specifically what means I have; seems quite generous."
William pondered secretly.
"Tool person, I choose you!"
Next, Lea began to chant again; this time the sword blade bloomed with even more dazzling red light.
Bang!
Holding the sword with both hands, she used herself as bait to attract the tall Mountain Man.
When the latter rushed in front of her, Lea's figure disappeared from the spot.
Immediately after, sounds of breaking air rang in the air.
Splurt... Splurt.
Several blood flowers burst on the joints of the tall Mountain Man, and its body lost balance.
But in the next second, these wounds recovered at an extremely fast speed.
"Sure enough, these are not weaknesses..." Lea narrowed her eyes.
She wanted to immobilize the Mountain Man to stop it.
But this plan in front of her had already failed.
"Have to think of another way." Lea thought to herself.
The pause of the tall Mountain Man was only in the blink of an eye; it was difficult to do anything.
But to Lea's surprise, that priest still acted.
Whoosh... Whoosh.
Several black shadows flashed quickly through the air.
Then they sank into the tall Mountain Man's fist, shoulder, and outer thigh.
"Missed?" Lea looked puzzled.
Those locations were all hard parts of the monster's body, difficult to cause damage to.
But the next scene surprised her even more.
She saw the priest chanting scriptures, and then the black fog in the dense forest suddenly churned violently.
"..."
The tall Mountain Man seemed to notice something wrong too.
It clawed hard at the positions where the black shadows sank, but only managed to dig out some rotten flesh after a long time.
At the same time, the pustules on its body all expanded to the maximum, and more black fog emerged from them.
As if attracted by something, the fog flowed rapidly towards the depths along the forest path.
In a while, the filth in the dense forest was gone.
"Now! Capture it alive!" William suddenly shouted.
Lea was stunned immediately.
She thought she could kill the opponent directly, but capture alive...
In a hurry, Lea instinctively thought of knocking the Mountain Man out.
She flashed to the side of the latter, then smashed down hard with the sword hilt.
After a muffled sound.
Lea thought this would be useless; after all, she had tried targeting the head many times before.
But at this moment, after suffering a heavy blow to the head, the tall Mountain Man actually fell straight to the ground.
A cloud of dust rose on the ground.
Lea squatted on the ground, poked the Mountain Man's shoulder with the sword tip, and found the other party really lost consciousness.
"What do you plan to do with it?" Lea asked.
She was very curious why not kill it directly.
But when she turned her head, she found that the priest took out a pair of gloves from his cloth bag.
While puzzled, she heard the priest say: "Body research."
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