—Bang!
A low gunshot echoed on the outskirts of Dawn Town.
Luo Xiu had been waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the two Blood Disciples to separate.
According to the 'history' he knew, and his understanding of the 'Blood of Thorns' members' habit of working in pairs, these two Blood Disciples would inevitably separate at some point!
As long as the two Blood Disciples weren't acting together, it was an opportunity for Luo Xiu to ambush them.
Apparently, Morris believed that it was Fuld, not he, who would be in danger, and thus he lowered his guard.
Morris, however, did not know that the opposite was true.
He thought he was the 'hunter', unaware that he was the 'prey' being targeted!
As Luo Xiu thought this, he fired a shot at the back of Morris's head.
The lead bullet spun and shot through the air at high speed, like a tiny meteor trailing a golden light, heading straight for the back of Morris's head.
Morris suddenly became alert the moment Luo Xiu pulled the trigger; he turned around but was too late to dodge.
—Bang!
The lead bullet accurately hit Morris's forehead and exploded inside his skull with a bang!
Using 'judge Shot', launch an attack on Morris Landwich.
Hit a vital point!
Dealt 41 points of 'Radiance' attribute basic damage.
Critical hit, dealt 82 points of actual damage!
Half of Morris's head was blown apart, a large amount of murky matter flew out, and the cross section of the wound glowed with mottled golden light.
And Morris's HP was instantly evaporated from 110 to 28.
Morris was severely wounded, on the verge of death!
But Luo Xiu did not relax his guard; as a master player, he deeply understood one truth: as long as the enemy was not completely dead, they could counterattack at any time!
And the current situation was exactly as Luo Xiu had anticipated.
Even with half his brain blown off, Morris did not fall; he roared in pain, his remaining eye turning scarlet as he looked towards the ruined wall where Luo Xiu was hiding.
Morris could never have imagined that someone had set an ambush behind this ruined wall, so close to him.
If he had been hit in the head by an ordinary flintlock, Morris, as an Over Transcendent, would have been seriously injured, but his head would not have been blown off; it would only have left a very deep bullet hole in his skull, which could slowly recover thanks to the characteristics of the Scarlet Lotus Path.
However, it was clear that the flintlock with which the young man in front of him had attacked was no ordinary flintlock! It was an Over Transcendent weapon!
Just glancing at Luo Xiu and seeing the priest's robes he was wearing, Morris's throat gurgled:
“Radiance… H-h-h… Radiance…!”
Ninety-nine percent of Over Transcendent who walked the Scarlet Lotus Path were cultists, mortal enemies of the upright Radiance Path believers.
And when he saw Luo Xiu's priest's robes, Morris understood the attacker's background.
However, those were just ordinary priest's robes; the attacker was not a Holy Arbiters specifically responsible for 'Judgment of Heresy'!
Doubt surfaced in Morris's half-blown-off brain, and at the same time, he launched a counterattack.
Dark red deep light transformed into wisps of hazy mist that converged into Morris's right hand, rapidly forming a writhing, eye-covered scythe.
Morris knew that even if the opposing priest had an Over Transcendent weapon, any flintlock would take a long time to reload.
As long as the opposing priest could not complete a second reload, his fate would be dismemberment.
And just as Morris's body swayed, swinging the scythe and about to pounce on Luo Xiu.
—Bang!
The second gunshot echoed on the night wind.
In Morris's line of sight, a large hole appeared on half of Luo Xiu's priest's robe, and wisps of grey-white smoke floated out from the hole.
And a bowl-sized bullet hole appeared in Morris's right chest, with golden patterns spreading along the edge of the wound, and blood gushed out from it.
Luo Xiu's left hand, hidden in his robe, was actually holding a second flintlock!
What does it mean to be well-prepared, to be prepared for anything… Luo Xiu thought to himself, quietly watching Morris's HP drop to zero.
Morris's single eye stared wide, his life force irreversibly draining away, finally collapsing from exhaustion onto the sandy ground.
This time, the Blood Disciple Morris was completely dead.
Luo Xiu stood up from behind the ruined wall and dusted himself off.
The reward notification panel for killing Morris flickered in the corner of Luo Xiu's vision; Luo Xiu temporarily ignored the notification and quickly walked to Morris's side.
The two gunshots just now must have been heard by someone… Perhaps someone is rushing in this direction, Luo Xiu thought.
He had to quickly complete his next action—extracting the Blood Disciple Morris's soul with the Soul Manipulator!
Luo Xiu extended the hand wearing the bronze ring, and from the ring, several shallow purple, transparent ribbon-like phantom tentacles began to extend, allowing some of them to grasp and entangle Morris's corpse.
Then, the remaining tentacles converged into a phantom large hand, reaching directly into Morris's corpse.
After a moment of searching, the large hand extracted a pale red, cloud-like, translucent substance from Morris's corpse!
“This is the soul of the Blood Disciple Morris…” Luo Xiu murmured softly.
In his previous life's game, Luo Xiu had seen various shapes of 'soul', but truly being on the scene and seeing it with his own eyes, Luo Xiu's brows still furrowed tightly.
Although he was in a 'game world', the feeling was much more real than a game…
This made Luo Xiu deeply realize again that this was a real world.
If a person is killed, they will die, and even their soul might be completely devoured…
Luo Xiu felt a chill down his spine; perhaps this world was thousands of times more terrifying than the world of his previous life.
Although Luo Xiu had performed the same actions countless times in the game, when he realized that this was in a 'real' environment, it was his first time killing someone, his first time extracting another person's soul…
Luo Xiu trembled slightly, his chest heaved, and he felt a strong nausea.
But Luo Xiu quickly overcame these abnormal physiological states, suppressed these feelings, and repeatedly told himself that this was a necessary choice based on his current identity.
After extracting the Blood Disciple Morris's soul and sealing it in the bronze ring, Luo Xiu quickly left the scene, leaving Morris's corpse behind.
At this moment, Luo Xiu had obtained the most valuable things from Morris.
But Luo Xiu no longer had any more time to search Morris's corpse thoroughly; he needed to quickly pursue the second Blood Disciple.
And Luo Xiu did not need to dispose of the body, because Morris's attire identified him as a cultist.
The death of a cultist would not lead to excessive scrutiny from organizations like the Holy Arbiters.
And the ordinary lead bullets fired from the 'Over Transcendent weapon' also had no Over Transcendent spiritual residue, so the identity of the killer could not be traced.
This was also why Luo Xiu chose to inscribe the 'flintlock' rather than the 'ammunition'.
So, there was still one Blood Disciple left to deal with.
Luo Xiu estimated the Blood Disciple Fuld's route, picked up his cloth bag, and set off, maintaining a suitable distance from Fuld's movements as much as possible.
He continued until he entered an uninhabited alley, where Luo Xiu slipped into an abandoned house.
Lighting the candle he carried, Luo Xiu had a minimum amount of light around him, and his vision became slightly clearer.
Luo Xiu took out an etched wolf hide with an 'Abyss Inscription' completed from his cloth bag and spread it on the ground; under the faint candlelight, the deep purple patterns on the wolf hide shimmered with a dim and eerie glow.
“This completes the most important step…”
Luo Xiu murmured, “Obtaining the crucial spiritual medium…”
Here, he would complete the final step of 'Abyss Beast Summoning'!
Using Morris's soul as a sacrificial medium, to summon a Beast from the Abyss!