Mystery: Emerging From Knowledge Moor

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The clown was fast, but Leyton's marksmanship was terrible. Even though the clown was close enough, he didn't hit him with a single bullet. To avoid the clown's oncoming attack, Leyton could only quickly dodge to the side.

The clown's arm was like a strong gust of wind, violently brushing past Leyton's head. Fortunately, Leyton tilted his head in an instinctive prediction, but he still felt a slight stinging pain on the left side of his cheek, probably from being scratched.

"Meow!" A loud meow, full of rich majesty, rang out.

Leyton and the clown paused at the same time, but the clown recovered faster. He swept out with a whip-like leg, and Leyton only had time to retreat, while protecting the vital parts of his chest. Leyton flew backwards, his entire body as if run over by a carriage, directly hitting the lamppost of the gas street lamp behind him.

Leyton only felt a burning pain in his back. His left forearm, which was blocking the outside, seemed to be fractured, and his chest felt stuffy due to the huge impact.

"Meow~!" Another loud and majestic meow came.

The clown's continued attack was interrupted, and Leyton breathed a slight sigh of relief. Paz had overcome the fear in his heart at this time, and rushed towards the clown like a black streamer. The clown, however, easily dodged Paz's pounce as if he had foreseen it.

Taking advantage of Paz's entanglement with the clown, Leyton supported himself on the gas lamppost behind him and stood up, enduring the tearing pain in his body.

"He's different from the previous clown. He's only Sequence 8," Leyton said, gasping for breath.

"Hahaha! I like your eyes very much." After hearing Leyton's words, the clown ignored Paz and turned to stare at Leyton, the malice in his eyes so strong that it was almost tangible.

"The smell on him hasn't changed, it's him, meow!" Paz's amber eyes dilated, trying to see every detail of the clown.

"Hehe! Guess who I am!" The clown's words were full of madness.

Paz's stress response made him not listen to what the clown was saying at all. He directly sprinted, jumped, and pounced on the clown.

The clown distorted his body nimbly to dodge, while one hand quietly touched Paz in mid-air, "Zi Zi~ Zi!", the sound of electric current scurrying was particularly harsh in the silent night.

"Meow~!" Paz screamed and fell to the ground, his hind legs still twitching non-stop.

Is this kind of electric shock really a Sequence 8 level trick? Leyton had some doubts in his mind, but there was no time to think about it.

After solving Paz, the clown attacked Leyton again. At the moment the clown attacked, Leyton squatted down, protected his head with his hands, and rolled forward.

"Dong!" Behind him was the sound of the lamppost being violently hit. Leyton could only be glad that this blow had not landed on him, otherwise he would have lost half his life.

The clown quickly withdrew, and at the same time Leyton turned around and raised his gun to shoot again. Because the distance was very close, he didn't miss this time, but the clown's body distorted in an incredible angle to dodge the bullet.

"Intimidation!" Leyton shouted loudly.

At the same time, one hand reached into his pocket and pinched a charm.

"Meow~" The meow, which was quite majestic but obviously a little weak and painful, rang out. The clown already had a strong resistance to Paz's intimidation.

"Imprison!" A Dragonese word came out of Leyton's mouth. The charm pinched in his hand turned to ashes and dissipated, and at the same time an invisible wave surged towards the clown who had broken free from the intimidation effect. The clown was frozen in place in a running posture.

The blue and white light flowed in Leyton's eyes, entering a state of rapid thinking. Raising the gun, aiming, and shooting were all combined, and the bullet successfully entered the clown's right eye.

Second shot, "Click~", no bullets left.

"Damn!" Leyton couldn't help but curse. The time of imprisonment was not enough for Leyton to reload.

Leyton decisively ended the state of rapid thinking, endured the pain in his body, ran to Paz's side, and picked up the cat. Paz's originally dark and dense fur was charred, and there was a smell of burnt hair on his body.

Holding Paz, Leyton quickly came to the other side, to the alchemical cyborg lying on the ground, and took out the healing potion that Sia had given him from his pocket.

The clown also broke free from the effect of imprisonment at this time. Blood was constantly flowing from his right eye, making the originally hideous makeup on his face even more terrifying. The severe pain in the position of his right eye distorted the clown's expression, but the other party did not make a sound. Tilting his head slightly, his movements were no longer as elegant as before, and he approached.

"He's coming again, keep an eye on him, meow~" Paz said anxiously.

Leyton quickly poured half of the healing potion into the cyborg lying on the ground, poured some of the remaining half on the charred area of Paz's body, and then drank some himself.

Leyton threw the empty potion bottle directly at the clown. After the clown reflexively dodged, he found that it was just an ordinary glass bottle and glared at Leyton with some annoyance.

Then the clown's speed suddenly increased, and the sound of wind exploded.

"Meow!" Paz's intimidation only slowed the clown down a bit, and then he recovered again.

"Stop lying down, if you don't get up and fight, we're all going to die here," Leyton said, kicking the cyborg lying on the ground a couple of times while reloading.

Ignoring the other party, Leyton continued reloading his gun.

"It's coming over, meow~" Paz's voice became anxious.

"Meow!" Another deterrent sound, but the effect was getting worse and worse. Exhaustion filled Paz's amber eyes. Just as he was preparing to use the deterrent again, the clown approached.

Paz wanted to run but suddenly slipped and fell to the ground, almost falling at the clown's feet. The clown reached out to grab Paz.

Suddenly, the ground bulged. The clown's intuition warned him, and he immediately retreated. Centered around the clown, several vines rose from the ground, tightly wrapping around him.

Leyton, at this time, had reloaded his gun. The pistol once again aimed at the clown. The clown's pupils dilated instantly, and a burst of light erupted in front of him, several times more dazzling than an old model camera flash.

The intense light appeared too quickly, and Leyton's eyes didn't have time to close. His eyes were temporarily blinded by the stimulation, and tears streamed down his cheeks.

"Meow!" Paz let out a shrill scream. As a cat, and in the night, the flash had been particularly damaging to him.

Leyton could only hear the sound of flames burning. His vision hadn't recovered, and he had to rely on his quick-thinking ability to discern the surrounding situation by sound.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three consecutive shots rang out. The feedback from the sound indicated only one hit, but there was no scream, leading Leyton to guess that the opponent had avoided vital points.

The sound of wind rang in his ears, and Leyton's spiritual intuition began to warn him. His right leg reflexively took a step back, but his foot suddenly slipped as if someone had pushed him. Leyton fell to the ground in the exact same way as Paz had.

Even more deadly, the pistol was knocked away by a small stone in the process, and some small stones hit Leyton's body. Leyton felt that every small pebble could leave a bruise on his body.

"The intensity of this trick is unscientific!" This was the thought that occupied Leyton's mind the most as he fell to the ground.

The warning from his spiritual intuition made Leyton's scalp tingle, as if he was about to be crushed to pieces in the next moment. A sharp pain came from his chest, directly interrupting Leyton's quick thinking. The intense pain barely allowed Leyton's brain to determine that his left chest had been pierced, and a hand reached for his heart.

But the opponent didn't succeed, because the Bronze Phosphorus solidified Leyton's state when he fell.

Before, the quick-thinking ability when he fell allowed Leyton to react in the shortest amount of time, and using the falling motion, he reached into the pocket containing the Bronze Phosphorus metal box and pressed the Bronze Phosphorus tightly into his palm.

The next moment, Leyton's left chest was pierced. The intense pain almost made Leyton unable to hold the Bronze Phosphorus in his left hand.

"Eh! Inten..."

"Bang!"

When the clown realized that he couldn't pull out Leyton's heart, he noticed the protection that the Bronze Phosphorus provided and wanted to use language to bewitch Leyton to stall for time. Before the clown could finish speaking, he was attacked by the unfamiliar augmented human who had recovered some of his injuries and was sent flying.

After the clown was knocked away, the other party scattered a handful of seeds from a hidden pocket in his clothes, and then dozens of vines and thorns suddenly burst out of the ground, firmly entangling the clown.

With a "Boom," flames rose again.

"Dispel." Another word in the Dragonese; this was Leyton's last dispel charm.

After using the dispel charm, Leyton lay weakly on the ground, not wanting to move even a finger. The combined side effects of using Quick Thinking and Bronze Phosphorus made Leyton feel like he had already stepped halfway into the Underworld Gates. The rest could only be left to the augmented human who was likely from the Church of the Earth Mother.

Previously, after the clown was knocked away, Leyton knew that the Church of the Earth Mother's augmented human had recovered some of his injuries and could continue fighting. Then, he released the Bronze Phosphorus that he had been holding tightly in his left hand. The solidified state of the Bronze Phosphorus had blocked a fatal attack, which greatly magnified its side effects.

Fortunately, the side effects of the Bronze Phosphorus mainly affected the physical body. Leyton endured the dual pressure on his body and spirit, used Quick Thinking again, and used the dispel charm at a critical moment. After completing all of this, the multiple superimposed side effects left Leyton physically and mentally exhausted. He could only rely on the sense of crisis brought by the clown to barely control himself from falling asleep.

"Ugh! How is this pos...sible!" The clown's hoarse voice sounded and gradually disappeared. The warning from his spiritual intuition also disappeared.

"It's a pity I didn't see how the clown died with my own eyes." This was the only thought in Leyton's mind. After that, Leyton felt that he could safely fall asleep.

A warm current swept over Leyton's body, like a mother's embrace, relieving the injuries on Leyton's body and the fatigue in his spirit. Leyton, who originally wanted to fall asleep, was forcibly rebooted.

"The clown is dead," a steady, heavy voice sounded beside him.

A hand rested on Leyton's body, and a warmth spread through him. Leyton felt that the pain on his body was relieved a lot, and then this hand helped Leyton up from the ground.

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