Chapter 263 Broken It didn't take long for Lumian, Franca and Anthony to get close to the "Shadow Tree" and be within Susanna's ability. One of them had used up all the mystic smelling salts and was wrapped in red flames. His skin had become numb, but his flesh and blood were still in pain. One of them was light and kept changing positions. From time to time, he would sniff the metal bottle in his palm and make a sneezing sound. Another used the "comforting" ability of a "psychologist" to calm his emotions and desires. Susanna Mathis, who was in the blurred tree canopy, only four or five meters away from the ground, snorted, and her eyes reflected Franca, who was wearing a women's shirt and light-colored breeches. Franka suddenly felt a strong fear. But this fear did not come from the outside world, nor was it abnormally magnified. Instead, it came from her perception of the current situation and her desire to survive. Susanna Mathis, who was combined with the strange giant tree, could not be simply treated as a Sequence 5. Rather, she should be seen as a weakened Sequence 4 without the incomplete mythological creature form! Franka felt that she, Lumian and the information dealer combined would be dealt with by Susanna Mathis in a short time. Save yourself before saving others! Even though she kept sneezing, Franka stopped, unable to suppress her desire to survive. She was struggling, wanting to escape, but also feeling that she shouldn't abandon her teammates. Susanna Mathis's green eyes looked at Anthony Reid again.
The intelligence dealer, whose emotions and desires were in a stable state, suddenly shuddered and felt the familiar fear surging from the bottom of his heart again. A "spectator" with serious psychological defects is so easy to deal with... Anthony Reid is clearly aware of his situation, but is powerless to fight against it. He sighed helplessly, and when the "comfort" failed, he found a nearby corner trembling, covered his head, and was occupied by fear. Susanna Mathis quickly dealt with Lumian's two teammates, preventing them from providing any help for a short period of time. She then turned her gaze to Lumian, who was less than ten meters away from the "Shadow Tree". As an evil spirit, she has her own extremes and obsessions that she cannot overcome, and she also wants to catch this sacrifice. Although this ceremony has caused quite a stir, with many saints and even angels rushing to stop it, and it has little chance of success, the "Shadow Tree" cannot be destroyed, and even the damage it suffers will not be too serious, unless the "Eternal Sun" or the "God of Steam and Machinery" is willing to let millions of people living in Trier be buried with it, exposing more serious problems underground. Otherwise, if this time fails, there will be next time, and if the next time fails, there will be the next time after that. As long as the sacrifice that perfectly seals an angel is under his control, it won't be long before he can try again! Therefore, the evil spirit Susanna Mathis still wants to capture Lumian alive. In an instant, Lumian also slowed down his pace, his mind filled with the same thoughts: "I can't die. I can't die. If I die, there will be no hope for Aurore to be resurrected... "I have to survive, find out the truth about the disaster in Koldu Village, and find out why Aurore believes in fate... "These people have nothing to do with me. If they die, they die. Aren't there enough people dying in this world every day? Can we take care of them? "..." Lumian ran slower and slower, his expression twisted. The red flames on his body were still burning, still causing him pain, stimulation, and keeping him awake to a certain extent. But the more awake a person is, the more he wants to live. This time, Susannah's influence on his desire finally did not fail. This "fallen tree spirit" caused the "Shadow Tree" to drop a large number of vines, branches and trunks, trapping Lumian in a circle with a radius of less than ten meters, turning this place into a "primeval forest" with an astonishing density of plants. The roots, vines, and branches all grew wet, pale-colored flowers that emitted odorless anesthetic gas, turning the area into a sleeping kingdom. This scene instantly brought Lumian's desire to survive into line with his other thoughts: Only by moving forward and killing Susanna Mathis can we escape the current situation and survive! Lumian started running again, with half-illusory red fire crows condensing behind him, and letting them circle and fly towards Susanna Mathis, who was only four meters off the ground. He didn't think that this could hurt the "Fallen Dryad". After all, on the one hand, Susanna Mathis was combined with the "Shadow Tree" and had strong defense and vitality. On the other hand, she was not stupid and didn't know how to dodge attacks and use her extraordinary abilities to protect herself.
Lumian's purpose was only to briefly interrupt Susanna Mathis's gaze so that she could not immediately arouse another desire in him. This time, the scarlet fire crows were no longer unable to approach the blurred treetops. They passed through the weakened barrier and flew towards Susanna Mathis's body. Layer upon layer of brown-green vines and branches wrapped around Susanna Mathis's body, wrapping her up like a wooden ball, leaving only a pair of green eyes looking out to the outside world. Amid the rumbling sounds, the vines and branches were constantly blown away, and new ones were constantly replaced. At the same time, for Lumian, a distance of less than ten meters was just a blink of an eye. A large amount of sleeping gas invaded his body, and was first burned and evaporated by the red flames on his body surface, and then neutralized by the smell of burnt flesh and blood. Only a small amount of it entered Lumian's nose. This made his thinking a little slow and his head a little dizzy, but it did not affect his actions for the time being. Lumian used inertia to push hard on the brown-green trunk with his left and right feet alternately, quickly ascending two or three meters, then jumped high and looked down at Susanna Mathis. Behind him, a huge fireball was slowly condensing. His eyes reflected the wooden brown-green ball and the green eyes of Susanna Mathis. He seemed to be carrying a huge fireball and smashing his body into the tree canopy, breaking open the brown-green plant ball. Such a posture and such a choice have obvious performance elements, because Lumien's desire to perform was quietly aroused by Suzanne Matisse, and even the continuous pain could only be suppressed a little. Susanna Mathis smiled, and the surface of the plant ball that wrapped her suddenly sprouted brown-green trunks with sharp tips, just like a hedgehog spreading all its spikes, waiting for the enemy to pounce on her and pierce her! Once Lumian is severely injured, the vines and branches that make up the ball will curl outwards and completely control the prey. As the huge fireball gradually condensed, Lumian began to fall. But he did not pounce on Susanna Mathis. He looked at her as if she was a fool and stood at the same height as her. He still did not launch an attack. He continued to fall. Susanna Mathis, who did not wait for him to step into the trap, looked at him with a hint of doubt. Only after falling below the tree canopy did Lumian make a new move. The huge fireball that had not yet fully condensed exploded, pushing his vest and causing him to crash into the trunk of the "Shadow Tree" like a cannonball. In his left hand, he raised the cracked "Fallen Mercury". From the beginning, he had not set his target as Susanna Mathis, who had the ability to move freely and the gift of Sequence 5. It would have been highly likely that he would not gain anything and would instead put himself in great danger. All he hoped for from the beginning to the end was to deal a blow to the "Shadow Tree", a blow from the "Corrupted Mercury"! Without the upgrade provided by Thermiporos, "Corrupted Mercury" would definitely not be able to change the fate of the giant brown-green tree, but Lumian was sure that Susanna Mathis was combined with the "Shadow Tree" to some extent. As the name suggests, "Corrupted Dryad" must have existed before the tree. This comes not only from Lumian's own observations, but also from Franca's speculation and Susanne Matisse's own admission and expression. That is to say, after the "Fallen Mercury" stabbed the "Shadow Tree", if it could not change its fate, there was a high probability that it could change the fate of Susanna Mathis who was combined with it! All of Lumian's actions just now were intended to paralyze Susanna Mathis, to prevent her from stopping him from approaching the "Shadow Tree" and to prevent her from condensing a fireball as a driving force. The desire for performance aroused by Suzanne Matisse made Lumien's performance more believable. Although performing wastes time and misses opportunities, it can also conceal the real purpose! With a bang, Lumian and his "Corrupted Mercury" crashed into the brown-green trunk, breaking his ribs and cracking his wrist. His entire body became a bloody mess due to the previous explosion and the current collision, but the silver-black dagger successfully pierced through the first layer of bark and penetrated into the second layer.
Just as Lumian himself expected, he did not "see" the torrent of scenes carrying a heavy history, but instead sensed the long, illusory river of mercury belonging to Susanna Matisse. The next second, his desire was aroused again, and from the virtual tree canopy, javelins fell one after another. Lumian loosened his left hand that was holding the silver-black dagger and left the rest to "Fallen Mercury". He fell to the ground suddenly, and with the slight clarity brought by the pain, he rolled over and avoided the tree javelin that whizzed into the ground. After Susanna Matisse realized Lumien's true purpose, she felt annoyed, angry, and a little scared. She was deeply impressed by the role that the silver-black dagger had played before. But she was not too worried about her own safety, because she was combined with the "Shadow Tree" and it would be difficult to kill her even if she encountered a saint. She was just afraid of suffering serious damage and losing the opportunity to capture prey again. At this moment, the "Fallen Mercury" shattered with a crack, breaking into pieces of silver-black fragments that fell silently to the ground. It had already been devastated and could no longer hold on. But its damage also caused the exchange of fate, which should have taken several minutes to complete, to end prematurely, because it did not pry any fate from Susanna Mathis, but simply gave the other party the fate stored in the blade. Normally, this is impossible because "Fallen Mercury" needs to abide by the corresponding rules, but now, it has been torn apart and cannot take care of the follow-up. Susanna Mathis was stunned for a moment, and purple flames appeared on her body. The "Fallen Mercury" gave her the fate of "a piece of the roots of the 'Shadow Tree' being burned off by the invisible fire under the ground", and as she was equivalent to a trunk of the "Shadow Tree", she naturally could not escape this fate! Just one second later, the purple flame turned invisible, and Susanna Mathis turned into ashes with a look of disbelief and unacceptability. A tree trunk suddenly caught fire, then broke and fell down. (End of this chapter)