Although she had the advantage, Fiore did not underestimate the enemy.
Four prosthetic limbs, one for attack, one for defense, and the other two, one in front and one behind, moving gradually - Fiore's own will also began to communicate with the animal spirits attached to them, and she could switch to manual control at any time.
The moment Fiore walked into the corridor, a black organ rolled down from the top of the stairs. With her knowledge of the human body, Fiore quickly identified it as the magician's lung.
As she rolled down, her lungs expanded rapidly like a balloon, soon becoming bloated, and exploded just as Fiore realized something was wrong—a foul and fishy smell immediately filled the entire corridor.
The lungs are the organs of breathing. After being processed by magic, they can store large amounts of gas. Lion Jiejie uses it to store poison gas.
The organs of a magician contain magic power. As a necromancer, Lion Jie uses the natural decay of the organs as a breeding ground to breed powerful corpse poison and decay poison. Ordinary people will die on the spot if they inhale even a little bit. Even magicians with a certain resistance will inevitably suffer respiratory tract ulceration. It is a magic version of a poison gas bomb.
Unlike the "finger curse bomb" and "heart grenade", the "lung gas bomb" has higher requirements for the environment. If it is placed in the open outdoors, a simple air operation can blow away the poison gas, but in a cramped environment such as a corridor, the poison gas will become very terrifying.
Fiore's face changed and she immediately covered her mouth and nose. At the same time, she disabled the automatic control of her dress and used her four prosthetic limbs to retreat out of the building at a speed faster than the poison gas could spread. She was like a spider, a beautiful spider.
There was nothing wrong with this reaction, but precisely because it was correct, Lion Jie knew that Fiore would do this. When the beautiful spider left the corridor, the necromancer followed her in pursuit before she could recover from her shock.
A black shadow flew out of the previously broken window and hit Fiore at an astonishing speed - at this time, Fiore's four prosthetic limbs were still firmly grasping the ground.
"—Iron Arm of War! Tin Arm of Protection!" At the critical moment, Fiore showed her genius as the leader of the Thousand Worlds Tree, which made the Clock Tower feel sorry for her. She interrupted her own will and handed over the control of the "Iron Arm of War" to the animal spirit attached to it.
Under the control of the animal's reflexes, which far surpass those of humans, the "Iron Arm of War" instantly turned over and shot at the black shadow that could not be seen clearly. Meanwhile, the "Tin Arm of Protection" twisted and turned to protect Fiore's head and face.
The shadow exploded without any suspense, blowing out a cloud of stone chips, mixed with cursed teeth and nails - this was the weapon that Lion Jie had temporarily processed according to the environment. He buried the "heart grenade" in a stone knocked off the wall and threw it out when Fiore escaped from the corridor.
Just as he expected, Fiore's attention was focused on the poisonous gas in front of her, and she had no time to figure out what was hitting her. In this case, it was not difficult to guess what she would do, nothing more than blocking it with her arms or smashing it with a curse bullet.
Sure enough, the stone was smashed, and the "heart grenade" hidden deep inside was activated, and the ear "shrapnel" in the grenade finally had the opportunity to show its power.
So, you academicians are still too green. You are far behind us, the war hounds who have fought in countless battlefields.
There was a hint of irony in the eyes of Shizi Jie, which were blocked by sunglasses. He had found a way to deal with the "Connection Enhanced Magic Costume". The four prosthetic limbs were indeed very convenient, and the reaction speed was indeed faster than human nerves, but the maximum number of prosthetic limbs limited the possibility of all-round defense. Facing the dense "shrapnel", it was inevitable that it was a bit weak.
As long as one shrapnel is not blocked, even if Fiore does not die, her combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
"The outcome is decided—no, not yet."
Through the vision shared by the owl's eyeballs, Lion Jie's sight was not affected by the explosion and he accurately captured the scene behind the smoke.
The cursed nails and teeth easily penetrated the protection of the "Tin Arm of Protection", and even with the "Roaring Lead Arm" as an emergency insurance, it was not enough.
However, the "shrapnel" that passed through the prosthetic protection was stopped by an invisible force just before hitting Fiore's body, and was suspended in mid-air. No matter how she struggled, she could not move forward even a bit.
"Is that a—a rune?"
In front of the "shrapnel", on Fiore's chest, there was a crest that looked like a family emblem, emitting a faint glow and outlining an ancient text. It was the power of this rune that blocked the splash of the "shrapnel".
"Although the Thousand World Tree Family has many rune magicians, there shouldn't be a rune user of this level. Is it some kind of ancient relic? In that case—"
Just as the lion was puzzled, the runes that provided protection dimmed and disappeared, and the emblem on his chest also shattered and disintegrated. Fiore, who survived the catastrophe, brushed the remains of the crumbling emblem with her hand and said softly: "Thank you, assassin."
It turns out that when Fiore was making equipment for Shinji, Shinji also prepared items for Fiore to protect herself—he knew Fiore's weaknesses better than Shishi Jie, and knew how to make up for them. The badge was one of them, with one of the eighteen "primordial runes" attached, the "EIHWAZ" with the highest usage rate, which could resist or reduce damage for the wearer at critical moments, which saved Fiore.
Another stone broke through the air. Having suffered a loss once, Fiore did not dare to use the "Iron Arm of War" to fire again. She landed on her four prosthetic limbs and dodged far away.
"I won't be fooled again."
However, as soon as this thought came up, it was severely slapped in the face by reality - the stone fell to the ground, making a dull sound, and then there was no sound. It was just an ordinary stone, and there was no "heart grenade" loaded in it.
"You—" Fiore realized that he had been fooled and his face turned livid. However, he could not find any way to defeat the enemy. He could only suppress his anger and glared fiercely at the abandoned low building where Lion Jie was hiding.
Seeing this scene, Lion Jie let out a harsh sneer, stretched out his double-barreled pistol out of the window, fired two "finger bullets", and threw a stone.
Fiore didn't take bullets seriously, but she had to be on guard against stones that might contain illicit goods. With just a dozen bullets and a few stones, Fiore had been forced to move hundreds of meters at full speed, consuming a considerable amount of magic power. If Shinji's magic power supply had not been shared by the android battery, Fiore would have been in a dilemma of insufficient magic power.
"I can't go on like this." Fiore gritted her teeth secretly, ignoring the pain in her legs and squeezing out her magic circuits.
"Well, it's about time." Lion Jie took off his coat to cover the sawed-off shotgun.