Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 63 Punishment Army

Li Nanke turned and walked towards the bramble that looked like the forbidden object 5-792.

The bramble fell to the ground, and next to it was the big bell that had just emitted the deafening sound.

The bell itself is a giant weapon with both offensive and defensive capabilities, and the loud sound waves it emits seem to have some kind of concussion and stun effect, similar to a stun rifle. If Li Nanke hadn't put on power protective armor in advance, he might have been defeated.

However, this bell is too big. It is a large metal bell that is half a person tall and cannot be used by a normal person.

Li Nanke was about to pick up his spoils through the power protective armor.

Suddenly he froze in place, feeling his scalp tingling...

A chill ran from the soles of my feet to the top of my head, and goose bumps appeared all over my body.

The sense of crisis does not come from the brambles in front of you, but from above your head!
An extremely familiar deafening bell sound echoed from above my head, followed by a melodious and desolate horn sound...

Li Nanke looked up and saw several huge and twisted figures sticking out from the top of the rock walls on both sides of the canyon. They were the corrosive bell ringers!
This was secondary. The most chilling thing was that several soldiers wearing metal armor with a diamond-shaped '8' repentance symbol printed on their chests looked down at them with cold and crazy eyes.

The messenger soldier blew the horn three times in succession. That was the assembly order of the Punishment Army of the Holy Society of Penance!
"Why are there still soldiers from the Punishment Army stationed in the Canyon Battlefield?!"

Li Nanke has some of Edward's memories and knows that he died at the hands of the Punishment Army, but he doesn't know the exact time between his death and resurrection.

Based on the degree of decay of the soldiers' bodies in the canyon, the current ambient temperature, and additional factors such as flies, insects, and scavengers, he judged that there was at least a gap of four or five days.

The resistance of the Mourning Charity was only a small-scale battle in the eyes of the powerful Punishment Army. It would take far less than four or five days to clean up the battlefield...

"There are some remaining soldiers stationed there, and the number of personnel cannot be estimated!"

Li Nanke knew that the noise he made in his fight with the 'Corrupted Bell Ringer' was too loud and attracted the attention of the soldiers stationed in the Punishment Army.

It was unknown how many soldiers were stationed above the canyon, but just the few "corrosive bell ringers" above his head were more than he could handle.

Without time to think, he quickly picked up the bloody thorn through the power protective armor.

He ran madly towards the end of the canyon, with the propulsion device behind the armor running at full power, including the armor's built-in power support system also running at full power!

The power protective armor has excellent protective capabilities, and its power enhancement system should not be underestimated. Although the device on the back used for outer space propulsion cannot fly directly on the ground, it can greatly enhance mobility and jumping height.

The only drawback is that the armor consumes too much energy, so it is best to put it away to save energy when not in critical combat.

But Li Nanke had no time to worry about the energy consumption at this moment. The propulsion device behind him was emitting blue flames and he was running as fast as the wind.

Boom! Boom!
Several "Carrion Bell Ringers" slid down the towering rock wall and jumped into the canyon, causing the ground to tremble.

The soldiers of the Punishment Army on the rock wall also rode on their horses and chased them across the canyon. The road ahead was downhill...

Li Nanke ran wildly all the way, trying to shake off the pursuers behind him and escape out of the canyon exit quickly.

The land outside the canyon was desolate and silent, with dead bodies tied to stakes everywhere...

Their bodies and limbs were twisted, and covered with black thorns that pierced their trunks and limbs. However, in the face of such intense pain, these long-dead faces had pious smiles on them, which was chilling.

After many physical enhancements, Li Nanke is no longer the same as before. Both his sprint speed and endurance have surpassed the limits of ordinary people, and he also has power protective armor for enhanced movement.

This made it impossible for the 'corrosive bell ringers' and the soldiers on horseback behind him to catch up with him, and they had to use all their might to avoid being left behind by him.

Li Nanke took the time to look back. The four corrosive bell ringers were in the front, and there were about thirty or forty punitive soldiers chasing them on horseback.

He noticed that these four corrosive bell-ringers seemed smaller than the one he had killed before, and there were no blood-red thorns entangled around the four bells...

Li Nanke ran very fast, following the direction Edward remembered, along the road towards the Soros village.

The further we went, the more corpses we saw. Some were burned to death; some were infected with plague, their skin ulcerated and their faces collapsed; some were covered with whipping wounds and lay dead on the roadside for a long time...

Some of these people were heretics ruled by the Holy Congregation of Penitence, and some were people with distorted beliefs who worshipped death through pain and self-torture. Li Nanke galloped all the way, and the pursuers behind him were almost left behind.

But he suddenly stopped...

Ahead is the only way to Soros Village, but at the end of the road is a wide stone bridge, and the punitive troops are also stationed on the long bridge.

This team of punitive soldiers consisted of only a dozen people, led by an acolyte wearing a penitential robe and holding a long scepter like a candlestick.

Li Nanke's arrival attracted the attention of the punitive troops on the bridge. The deacon looked at him with cold and crazy eyes, raised his scepter and roared loudly.

The Punishment Army received the order and rushed over past the deacon, holding cross swords...

It was because of this delay that the pursuers behind soon caught up.

The current situation can be described as having wolves in front and tigers behind.

With Li Nanke's strength, he should be able to deal with the enemy in front of him, but this takes time. Once he is delayed by the enemy, the pursuers behind him will take his life.

His eyes flickered and he strode forward, but not towards the punitive army on the bridge ahead, but towards the wide river flowing under the bridge!
With his feet on the shore, he leaped into the water...

"Pfft!"

The river surface was splashing with water, and the rapid current submerged Li Nanke's figure.

Wearing heavy armor, he didn't even have the chance to struggle before sinking into the river without a sound...

At this time, the 'Carrion Bell Ringer' and the mounted soldiers had already chased to the river.

This river is wide and more than ten meters deep, with a fast-flowing current. Even if a scavenger goes down, he will either be washed away or sink without a trace.

The two groups of people did not go into the water, but patrolled and waited on the shore, their eyes fixed on the river.

It was not until nearly half an hour later that the ‘corrosive bell ringers’ and the mounted soldiers slowly retreated...

The punitive army of more than ten people and the deacon of the Holy Congregation of Penance also silently returned to the bridge to continue guarding, as if they were sure that the heretic was dead.

Not long after, a figure emerged from the water, holding on to the bridge pier.

Li Nanke looked up at the bridge with a sneer, his eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the bridge surface and see the more than ten people of the Punishment Army.

He turned his head and looked at the sky again. On the top of the distant mountain, the setting sun was still hanging in the same position, with no sign of falling, dyeing the whole world in a dim yellow.

"Oh, what a distorted world..."

Take this opportunity to take out the trophy thorn and check the item's properties.

He wanted to see how precious this thing was and why he had to take such a big risk to get it.

[Branches of Bloody Thorns]

[Type: Props/Inlays]

【Quality: Excellent】

[Rating: 57/100]

[Details: The thorn branches from the First Divine Grace were processed through various secret techniques of the Holy Society of Penance and became a miraculous gift to the most devout and fanatical believers. By using a special knot to wrap it around the grip of a melee weapon, you can improve the weapon's score or quality. With the pain caused by the thorns piercing your flesh and blood, you can enhance your own strength and weapon power. The more intense the pain, the greater the increase.]

[This inlay has a certain potential for promotion, and can be promoted using special methods. ]

[Note: The world has ruthlessly abandoned me. Now, I will repay it with pain... Pain, too much pain! ]

(End of this chapter)