America: The Cremator

Chapter 101 Prometheus☆☆☆

These few short words were like the sharpest dagger, instantly piercing through all of Lucas's psychological defenses, and his body began to tremble violently.

Su Long felt a sense of foreboding—no father could bear to see his daughter crying and complaining in front of him.

Moreover, this is Lucas's situation.

The next second, the ghost nun appeared silently behind the little girl. She let out a twisted, sinister laugh, and her withered claws gripped the girl's neck, dragging her into the thick fog behind her.

"Amy—!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Lucas let out a heart-wrenching scream, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot, and he rushed headlong into the depths of the thick fog.

"return!"

Su Long reached out to grab it, but only grasped at thin air. Left with no other choice, he gritted his teeth and followed.

However, as soon as he stepped into that cold, viscous fog, he completely lost sight of Lucas.

Suddenly, intermittent cries rang out from the mist, echoing in Sulong's ears as if coming from all directions.

Su Long activated his spiritual vision, and the edges of his field of vision changed rapidly. Deep within the dense gray fog, a series of red dots lit up one after another, expanding outwards at an extremely fast speed, eventually settling on his retina as clear diamond-shaped red frames.

The natives of the Otherworld came to welcome him.

Su Long immediately raised his hand, and the muzzle of "Sirius" steadily pointed at the nearest red frame. He pulled the trigger, and the pure silver bullet whistled out of the barrel, instantly making the diamond-shaped red frame disappear.

He quickly spun the gun and fired again. A muffled sound of a body exploding and a shrill scream came from the mist, and the other red frame disappeared.

Sulong fired and reloaded continuously, his movements as fluid as a machine, and his shooting efficiency was astonishing, killing a ghoul on average every two bullets.

However, the Sirius's magazine capacity is limited. Even with the aid of a reloading module, the reloading process after each six-round burst is still too long in the face of intense attacks.

Just as Su Long was focused on dealing with the threats on the ground, a sharp whooshing sound came from above. He looked up sharply and saw several red boxes swooping down from the sky at an extremely fast speed in his spiritual vision.

Before he could figure it out, he quickly turned his gun around and fired three shots at a red box in mid-air. The bullets hit the target precisely, and the flying monster let out a short wail before falling from the sky and crashing heavily into the soil in front of Su Long.

Su Long looked down and saw that the strange flying creature resembled a manta ray, but its body was more slender and grayish-blue. Two semi-transparent membrane wings extended from its back, with tattered edges and full of holes.

The ghoul's roar pulled Surong back to reality, and he once again threw himself into the battle against these eerie creatures.

The more ghouls he killed, the denser the red borders that appeared in the mist became, as if the mist itself was their endless lair.

Whenever Sirius's six bullets ran out, he would fire a seventh fire bullet in the direction where the corpses were most concentrated. The scorching flames instantly engulfed the twisted corpses and burned them to ashes.

As the fire continued to burn, the experience points on Sulong's system panel were jumping at an alarming rate.

The intense killing continued for a full ten minutes until no more new red borders appeared around them. The thick fog receded temporarily, leaving behind a patch of charred remains.

Su Long leaned against a leaning lamppost, breathing in the cold air. He quickly brought up the system panel, glanced at the experience points section, and was surprised to find that he had accumulated 60 experience points.

He reached into the hidden pocket inside his pants and pulled out a mithril coin. Along with thirty experience points, he upgraded [Prometheus] from two stars to three stars.

The mithril coin in his hand melted rapidly, turning into a silvery-white stream of light that flowed into his body through his palm. At the same time, thirty experience points were deducted. An extremely hot energy exploded deep within his soul, and Su Long felt his blood boil at that moment.

The pale blue light screen reopened before my eyes, and new entries and information appeared.

【Prometheus☆☆☆】

Type: Blessing Description: The coverage and extension range of the flames are greatly increased; the burning damage of the flames to the eerie is greatly increased; when the flames attack the eerie, there is a chance to trigger an explosion effect; the eerie that is burned by the flames cannot be reborn.

Comment: The spark of the future is in your hands!

Su Long's gaze lingered for a moment on the two points: "explosive effect" and "inability to regenerate".

Based on the information obtained from Dania during the last battle against the Rain Lady, ghost-type monsters often revive after being killed, and "cannot respawn" is undoubtedly the most effective way to counter this characteristic.

The explosion seems to have added an explosive effect to his fire attacks?

Although it hasn't been tested yet, judging from the literal meaning, it's a pretty powerful skill!

He checked his remaining ammunition; he had only thirty-six pure silver magnum bullets left, far from enough to sustain him in a prolonged battle through this endless fog. He had to leave as soon as possible.

Suron looked around. Despite the thick fog, he could still make out some familiar outlines. The road beneath his feet was cracked, and the dead trees beside the road were twisted and twisted, strikingly similar to the mountain road outside the Cedar Territory Church in the real world.

This is the Snow Pine Ridge of the Otherworld. The direction in which the Ghost Nun disappeared with "Amy" was also the depths of this road, leading to the church.

Given the monster's terrifying speed, it must have already entered the church. If Elena and Dania were also drawn into the inner world, they would most likely choose to head to the church to meet up after assessing the terrain.

However, just as he was about to set off, another mournful howl came from behind him, mixed with faint sobs.

Su Long looked back and saw several extremely large and bizarre phantoms looming at the edge of the dark horizon in the distance. One of the phantoms had dozens of twisted and spliced ​​arms and was tearing at the clouds in the air.

The other phantom resembled a bloated mountain of flesh, each wriggling movement causing a slight tremor in the ground.

Even from a great distance, the terrifying sense of oppression was still palpable. Su Long knew very well that once a monster of this level got close, he wouldn't even have the right to resist. He had to deal with the ghost nun as quickly as possible and find a way to escape the inner world.

He turned around and strode along the mountain path toward the church.

Hordes of ghouls surged forth from the mist along the way, their sharp howls echoing everywhere. Surong raised his gun and fired, felling the monsters that tried to approach one by one.

After emptying the magazine, he successfully fired his seventh flame bullet.

The upgraded Primal Flame was even more dazzling than before, and an extremely blinding white light flashed the moment the bullet hit the ghoul.

"boom--"

The flames instantly erupted, expanding into a fireball two meters in diameter, engulfing several ghouls in the surrounding area.

It vaporized, and then exploded with a bang.

The fire wave generated by the explosion quickly spread in all directions, engulfing several nearby ghouls and turning them to ashes in just a few seconds, causing a second wave of casualties.

This pure firepower crushed the enemy, turning the revolver bullets into cannonballs. Surong continued his journey, stepping over the monster's ashes without slowing down at all.

Finally, he broke through the fog-shrouded mountain road and arrived at the Cedar Ridge Community Church.

The scene before him confirmed his guess.

Large sections of the courtyard wall surrounding the church have collapsed, revealing mottled bricks and stones. The gate, which should have been fitted with an iron fence, now only has two rusty pillars remaining, and the fence gate has long since disappeared.

Several once tall pine trees in the courtyard have long since withered and died, their twisted branches pointing towards the night sky like dry bones.

The most striking feature is the enormous cross made of rough wooden strips nailed to the church door, which is upside down in the Otherworld, exuding an aura of extreme blasphemy and calamity.

Sulong gripped "Sirius" tightly and walked quietly into the courtyard. His gaze quickly swept around before finally settling on the heavy, closed wooden door of the church.

A figure was kneeling silently in front of the church, his fate unknown.

Su Long cautiously approached, his gun barrel pressed down, ready to fire at any moment. When he was only two steps away from the figure, he finally saw the face clearly.

Kneeling before the door was none other than Lucas.