As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 213 No Way to Escape

"Slash violently!"

Sheikh Krat is unbelievable.

As the owner of the Spirit Card Club, he has handled tens of thousands of sealed cards. He could tell at a glance that the opponent's move was a basic skill of the "Night Swordsman".

However, the "violent slash" of an ordinary "Night Swordsman" could never be powerful enough to shake the "Golden Rock Turtle".

Meanwhile, the "Night Swordsman" upgraded "Brutal Slash" to "Chain Brutal Slash," relentlessly bombarding his precarious defenses.

The "Abyss Demon Lizard" under the other's crotch also opened its blood-red maw and kept tearing at the "Golden Rock Turtle's" shell, forcing it to expose its soft belly.

"It's a fusion card!"

Sheikh Krat was horrified to realize that the other party had fused a "Night Swordsman" and a "Abyssal Lizard" together to create an extremely rare composite Guardian Spirit.

However, the level cap of this guardian spirit should not be high.

Perhaps it is due to the limitations imposed by the material and rune array of the sealing card itself.

If he could calmly control four or five guardian spirits and engage in a protracted struggle with the opponent, he was confident that he could turn the tide and win.

Unfortunately, despite enduring excruciating pain and continuing to scan, his mental energy remained trapped, unable to re-establish a mental link with his four guardian spirits.

This is the biggest weakness of the multi-card-based Spirit Master.

Without the protection of their guardian spirits, their combat power will be greatly reduced.

Sheikh Krat certainly wouldn't be reduced to a "spirit snail" at the mercy of others.

However, with his brain burning, his left leg severed, and his limbs tightly bound by "crystal slime," he was clearly no match for the "Night Swordsman" riding the "Abyssal Demon Lizard."

When the new wave of attacks completely shattered the "Golden Rock Turtle's" shell, breaking two of its ribs in the process, and the sticky tentacles wrapped around its limbs tightened, it knew it had to make a decision.

"Crack!"

Several tentacles of the "crystal slime mold" even wrapped around his card reader, squeezing it until it burst.

The cards inside were burning fiercely, and fell to the ground like withered butterflies.

Sheikh Krat coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his limbs cracked and popped.

He forcibly summoned the sixth guardian spirit at the cost of burning his entire palm to ashes.

Giant Armadillo

Segmented creatures living deep underground in the Third Era.

It is a variant of the giant sandworm, adept at digging, burrowing, and crushing rocks, feeding on microorganisms and trace elements in the soil and rock.

Because deep beneath the earth during the Third Age, numerous relics are buried.

When a giant armadillo accidentally devours an item in a ruin and is enveloped by an even more ancient remnant soul, there is a certain chance that it will awaken its own consciousness and become a member of the ancient remnant soul.

Despite its ferocious appearance, the "giant armadillo" is not particularly strong in combat or aggression.

Its main skills are focused on demolition, drilling, and stealth.

In addition, to fight off various predators lurking underground, its skin, like that of the "golden rock turtle," relies on accumulated minerals to form sturdy scales.

It can also curl its body into an impenetrable ball, like an armadillo, and accelerate by rolling—hence its name. Sheikh Krat had just summoned the "Giant Armadillo" when he recklessly increased the synchronization rate, forcibly entering fusion mode.

Before the "giant armadillo" could take on a physical form, it transformed into countless strands of spiritual energy and burrowed into its master's body.

Accompanied by a chilling sound of bones cracking and flesh tearing, the owner of the Shattered Star Club underwent an astonishing transformation.

A layer of metallic scales resembling those of a giant armadillo grew on his skin.

Between the scales, a slippery mucus, common to annelids, is secreted.

With his limbs together and neck retracted, he narrowly escaped from the "Night Swordsman's" massive blade and the "Crystal Slime's" embrace, like a giant human-shaped earthworm.

"boom!"

He slammed his head against the wall behind him.

The wall, thicker than a hand's width, shattered as if it were made of paper.

That's right, for Sheikh Krat, who was now completely terrified, the only thing he could do at that moment was to run away!

run!
Even if the fusion mode is forcibly activated, and you are turned into a half-human, half-insect monster without any preparation, you will suffer from spirit erosion and may never be able to turn back. You can only run away!

run!
Even if the people outside are from the Spirit Card Association, Aurora Life, and the Security Bureau, even if they plunge into a dark and sunless prison, they can only escape!

run!
Even if their brains were burned to a crisp, and boiling brain matter gushed out from their seven orifices, they would still have to pay the price of losing a few more bones or even a few more limbs before they could only run away!

It should be said that there was nothing wrong with his choice.

If the creature hunting him is just an ordinary "Abyssal Demon Lizard," then he has an 80% chance of escaping after paying a heavy price.

Unfortunately, he was unaware that this "Abyss Demon Lizard" had been extracted by Xu Yan using the Human Emperor Banner before...

It was once merged with an automated mining machine that replicated the technology of the Strange Machine, which to some extent permanently changed the model of the remnant soul's magnetic field, giving it a brand new form and skills.

"Shh!"

Just as Sheikh Krat escaped through the cracked wall to the next room, and was about to take advantage of the "Abyssal Lizard" being trapped in the narrow stairwell and unable to turn around, he made a hasty escape.

The Abyss Lizard's tail suddenly swung like a rock crusher, extending four or five times its original length. The tip of the tail, which suddenly swelled to the size of a hammer, slammed hard into the back of Sheikh Krat's head.

Sheikh Krat's body was curled up in a ball, transformed into a "giant armadillo," resembling an impenetrable sphere.

The Abyss Demon Lizard's tail vibrated rapidly, tearing, ripping off, and blasting away all the scales covering the back of his head.

Sheikh Krat was struck as if by lightning; his skull shattered, and the back of his head caved in deeply. His eyeballs bulged out, almost breaking free of the optic nerve and flying seven or eight meters away.

He could no longer maintain the perfect defensive sphere, staggered forward two steps, and fell headfirst to the ground, sprawling out like mud.

"Pfft!"

A two-handed greatsword covered in spikes and serrations descended from the sky like a black lightning bolt, effortlessly piercing Sheikh Krat's chest and abdomen, pinning the half-human, half-insect monster firmly to the ground.

Sheikh Krat's body began to break down.

Both the back of the head and the chest/abdomen injuries are fatal.

But what truly dragged him into the abyss at that moment was the forced summoning and fusion of his guardian spirit, which triggered a conflict in his life magnetic field.

(End of this chapter)