Chapter 234 [Ghost] Chilos
He fired four shots in a row without changing position. Even a blind man would know that there was a sniper on the high wall.
Ryan did this not only to create an opportunity for President Catherine and others to withdraw from the ancient city, but also to better kill this group of professional assassins.
This tactic, like the purpose of those people assassinating the sentries before, is to nibble them away in batches first.
If he went down and confronted them head on, it would not be a good choice. No matter how confident Ryan was, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could confront more than a dozen experienced second-level assassins head on at the same time. Moreover, there was a high probability that there were third-level assassins lurking among the enemies.
He had been in the Phantom Thieves before and was very familiar with the assassins' hunting tactics.
Those people's target is Catherine, so the high-level fighters in this assassination must have followed her.
To deal with Ryan, a lone sniper, the most they could do was to send two " lower-middle-level" fighters to eliminate the sniper point.
Just as Ryan guessed, two of them came.
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Ryan had been "throat-slit" twice.
He felt that if he got hit again, he would really die.
He fired four shots, calculating that the time was just enough for the second-level assassin to climb up the wall and get close to him.
When the assassin stepped on the "sounding powder" that Ryan had deliberately placed on the ground, the sound of coarse sand rubbing against each other also entered his ears. Before, he was cut off by someone who was waiting for him, but now...
Just when the black dagger was approaching his shoulder, Ryan suddenly turned around, grabbed the sharp blade with his bare hands!
The tough material of [Karnap's Sacred Gloves] prevented the dagger from moving forward or backward, so he used the multi-weapon serial grappling techniques in [Secret Technique: Ten Hands] to twist and pinch, and instantly made the assassin lose control of his arms.
Just as Ryan reacted like lightning and grabbed the blade of the dagger, another female assassin's dagger stabbed straight at his waist.
This is a two-person joint attack tactic, not only for killing people, but also for dealing with situations where a companion is captured.
Under normal circumstances, if you encounter this situation and do not retreat, the opponent will lose an arm and you will be stabbed in the waist, and you will be disabled if you don’t die!
The correct way to respond is to let go of the assassin you are holding and then step back to avoid the dagger.
The two sides ended in a tie in the first round.
But Ryan didn't want to get entangled with these two assassins. He caught a glimpse of the dagger at his waist and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Not only did he not dodge, but he clenched his fist and punched directly on the neck of the assassin whose arm was captured.
This punch was a [Cannon Punch] that used incredible force, and he didn't hold back at all.
There was a whistling sound of the fist, and then there was a "crack" sound of bones breaking.
This punch directly broke the assassin's neck. With the look of fear in his eyes, his head tilted to one side and he died completely.
At the same time , a dagger had cut through the skin and pierced into Ryan's waist.
A thought just came to the mind of the female assassin who was swinging the knife: why didn't this guy dodge but kill his companion?
And the next moment, shock appeared in her cold eyes.
Because, when she stabbed into Ryan's body, she encountered huge resistance. As soon as the sharp dagger tip pierced the opponent's skin, the muscles squeezed over, firmly preventing her from continuing to exert force to pierce the muscle layer.
One of the six secrets of fighting is the body-protection skill [Vajra]. With fighting spirit protecting the body, the muscles are as strong as iron and the diamond is invincible!
The stronger the fighting spirit, the stronger the defense!
Ryan's current fighting spirit is no worse than that of an ordinary third-order transcendent. With his [Vajra] already in defensive operation and the super toughness brought by the blood nematodes, ordinary caliber musket bullets cannot penetrate him, let alone a dagger?
"snort!"
A cold snort.
In that moment of stiffness, Ryan had already pulled his hand free. He let go of the corpse with a broken neck and tried to repeat the same trick, grabbing the wrist of the assassin who was holding the dagger and stabbing his kidney.
"Oops!"
But the assassin secretly thought that something was wrong and reacted very quickly.
When she realized that the dagger couldn't penetrate, she immediately let go of her hand. Instinctively feeling the crisis, she immediately chose to retreat.
But there were not many places to stand on the broken wall, and there was no room to retreat. The assassin jumped backwards, intending to jump off the wall to the ground. After landing, she could immediately sneak away under the cover of night.
This is an invincible enemy. We must notify the captain and have them surround and kill him!
But...she was overthinking it.
There is no way Ryan would give the enemy a chance to escape!
“Bang!”
There was a sound of air explosion, and a figure kicked the wall and shot down like a cannonball.
One is free fall, the other is accelerated advancement.
Before the assassin's body hit the ground, Ryan had already grabbed the assassin's ankle in mid-air.
"Oops!"
Unable to gain leverage in the air, the assassin could only watch himself being captured.
"What kind of strange power is this?!"
Then she felt a sharp pain in her ankle that almost made her faint. She tried to break free, but the iron grip did not move.
"What kind of monster is this guy?! [King Kong], [God Speed]... that punch just now seemed to be [Cannon Fist]? Oh my god, he has mastered three of the six secrets of a fighter. Is he really just a second-level fighter?!"
If the fighting spirit had not gathered enough "momentum", the assassin would have thought he was facing a high-level extraordinary being.
However, this was the last thought that flashed through her mind before she died.
A second later, Ryan landed steadily.
The assassin felt the pain, but she did not give up struggling. Her left ankle was captured, and she turned over and twisted her waist, and her right leg slashed towards Ryan's head like an iron whip.
But when it comes to fighting skills, how could Ryan, a professional fighter, lose to an assassin?
He handled it with great calmness.
When the kick came, Ryan blocked it with one hand, then took advantage of the situation to relieve the force and grabbed the assassin's right ankle.
With his legs controlled, the assassin wanted to do a rabbit kick... but Ryan's great strength made him stand still. Then he didn't give the enemy a chance to fight back. Like a windmill, he swung his backhand and threw the assassin to the ground, causing him to spit out a large mouthful of blood. The fighting spirit gauze dress instantly collapsed.
Ryan took advantage of this gap and mercilessly punched the assassin on the head again, directly denting his facial features and splattering blood all over the ground.
He followed up with a knee strike on the neck, and with a "crack", she died completely.
After killing two people in a row, Ryan breathed a sigh of relief.
The wound on his waist healed instantly.
He didn't look at the corpse on the ground, but followed the direction of the gunshot and looked outside the ancient city.
Without much delay, he jumped onto the city wall, put away the sniper rifle and the assassin's storage ring, and chased in the direction where Catherine and the others evacuated outside the city.
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Assassins can use their professional skill "Stealth" to hide in the night, but that doesn't mean they leave no trace at all.
At least, if it can't fly, its footsteps will leave traces on the ground.
Before, the city was all compacted hard loess, and there was not much unusual to see, but in the desert, "stealth" became meaningless.
The continuous firing of flares made the entire stretch of sand as bright as day.
In this situation, the assassin's advantage is not that great.
The reason why assassins are so powerful is that most of the time they can hide in the dark, launch sneak attacks, and deliver fatal blows to their opponents.
Lady Catherine was also extremely smart. She chose a huge flat sandy area without any cover. If the assassin came, he would have to fight head-on.
Apparently, the shrewd president of the "Sequoia Chamber of Commerce" seemed to have known that this trip would be dangerous, and he even ambushed a master in the hunting team.
That is a third-level earth elemental mage!
“Eh…”
When Ryan chased after them, he happened to see several earth elemental giants made of mud and sand blocking the members of the Chamber of Commerce and engaging in a fierce gun battle with the assassins.
He did not get closer, but found a small sand dune and set up the sniper again.
"To be able to manage a large chamber of commerce, it turns out that his methods are not simple..."
Through the scope, Ryan saw the edge of the third-level earth elemental mage's clothes, which was a black and white nun's uniform.
In his impression, there was indeed a medical expert dressed as a nun in the team, but when she was introduced, she was just an ordinary second-level clergyman.
He had been hiding in the team without showing his true colors, and it was obvious that he was a backup plan left by Catherine.
Moreover, in the desert terrain, bringing a high-level earth elemental mage is indeed stronger than any other profession. The three "earth giants" she condensed can serve as two second-level extraordinary users.
Ryan didn't spend much time looking at the people from the Chamber of Commerce. As long as Catherine and her son were still alive, the situation was not that bad.
At this time, he set his sights on the assassins. Following the number of flames coming out of the muzzles, he quickly identified the number of enemies: "Twelve assassins, and a third-level captain! Oh, no, it should be two third-levels, and another one is fighting fiercely with Captain Frank..."
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Because Frank, the third-level assassin hired by Catherine, discovered the enemy's night attack, and then immediately fought with the enemy's third-level extraordinary and got out of the city.
But now, there is absolutely no movement!
"Was he killed? Or did he escape?"
Ryan suddenly felt something was wrong.
Frank's combat power is not weak among the third-level assassins. If he is killed, the enemy will be ridiculously strong;
If he is defeated and runs away, the enemy is also stronger than him.
For Catherine and her people, it might not be a big deal if they keep a close eye on one level three assassin, but if there are two, it would be a big problem.
Although the third-level earth mage was powerful, in the eyes of the assassin of the same level, once she was approached, she had almost no room for resistance. The assassin's sharp dagger would not give her any chance to cast spells.
Now Catherine and the others' tactics are very clear. Everyone is protecting the earth mage in the middle.
Ryan didn't see where the other third-level assassin was, but he was also deducing the enemy's tactics in his mind: "If I were that third-level assassin, I would find a way to kill the people protecting the mage first..."
But he didn't expect that with three "earth giants" protecting him, how would the assassins act?
Staring at the rain of bullets, even a third-level assassin would be in trouble. After all, it wasn't just Catherine, the muskets in the hands of the Redwood Chamber of Commerce's guards were all sophisticated and powerful firearms. A round of concentrated fire could cause a third-level extraordinary to suffer a great loss.
And suddenly, reality told Ryan what the lurking being would do at this moment!
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Just when everyone was concentrating on shooting, unexpectedly, a translucent figure suddenly appeared slowly near the blind spot of the sand giant's vision.
Before everyone in the Chamber of Commerce had time to react, suddenly, a short knife with an iron chain stabbed in quickly like a hunting venomous snake, stabbing the neck of the nearest lightly armored swordsman, breaking the skin and causing blood to flow.
Looking more closely, I saw that the blood flowing from the wound was still green!
The knife is poisonous!
Originally, the wound from this knife was not fatal, but the poison instantly made the lightly-armored swordsman lose consciousness. His face turned blue and purple, and he fell to the ground with a bang.
Moreover, after stealthily killing someone, his body turned transparent again and disappeared in a few flashes.
On the sand, there were only some tiny footprints that looked like a small lizard running. No wonder it could sneak so close, its stealth skills were so strange that people couldn't catch it without paying close attention!
Seeing someone fall to the ground after a surprise attack, Catherine's face turned grim and she quickly fired several shots in the direction of the footprints, but she didn't touch the corner of the guy's clothes at all.
And at this moment, someone almost shouted: "Arthur is poisoned! Quick, he needs an antidote!"
Catherine looked at the blackened wound on the light-armored swordsman named Cather and her face darkened. She took out a bottle of expensive high-level antidote and injected it into his neck without any hesitation.
After taking this potion, although Kai Arthur's life seemed to be saved, he fell into a coma and completely lost his fighting ability.
What's worse, the others also recognized the assassin who was like a "ghost" just now, who killed people and then retreated calmly. The faces of the wasteland hunters showed pale panic.
"It's him! It's the 'ghost' of the Black Skull!"
"We are doomed this time. That guy is here..."
"It's over, everything is over, that guy won't leave anyone alive..."
“…”
It seems that when that name is mentioned, people instantly lose the desire to resist.
That name, even for high-level transcendents, means... death!
Hearing the name "Ghost", even Catherine, who had been calm and composed from beginning to end, looked extremely ugly.
That guy...actually came to kill him personally? !
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"What a brilliant stealth method... This is definitely not an ordinary third-level assassin!"
Ryan, who was on the dunes in the distance, naturally saw the scene through the telescope and immediately realized something in his heart: "It turned out to be that guy... It seems that Captain Frank should have been killed."
Chain knife, poison, ghostly movements...
The bounty warrants for all the famous members of the "Black Skull Phantom Thieves" are in the database of the intelligent brain. After these iconic conditions are combined and screened, the "intelligent brain" immediately identified a person.
That is the captain of the Black Skull 16th Division, [Ghost] Chilos, who has a bounty of 13 million rizos!
The "Black Skull Phantom Thieves" is a top-level phantom thieves group that is as powerful as Basel's original "White Wolf Group", and the group is full of experts.
In a cruel place like the Phantom Thieves, there is little talk of seniority. If you want to be a team leader, you must have the ability to control others.
The reason why Chilos can become the captain of the "Black Skull" with the rank of the third-order extraordinary is because he has absolute strength!
Although he is only at the third level, he has assassinated more fourth-level transcendents than he can count with one hand.
This is a very tricky assassin!
