Chapter 591 - 360: The Highest Level of Righteous Ganging Up (Part 2)

Chapter 591: Chapter 360: The Highest Level of Righteous Ganging Up (Part 2)

A fierce glint flashed in MacLeod’s eyes. He decisively chose the former.

’He’s just a mere Tier Four Third Stage Martial Artist. So what if I take a hit from him?’

’As long as I can hold on to the Sword in the Stone and get a moment to regroup, these two are dead!’

"Round Shield Stance? I’m more familiar with that move than you are."

MacLeod heard a clear female voice.

The voice had an authentic British accent from the European Administrative Region.

When King Arthur spoke in this tone, she sounded more regal than when she used the language of the Asian Administrative Region.

MacLeod was slightly horrified.

He was about to adjust his strategy. He needed to retract his Knight’s Will Badge to counteract the effects of his Suffering Will.

As long as he regained control of his body, even without using Will Power, the physique of a Tier Four Peak Knight was more than enough to handle these two.

But at that very moment, MacLeod suddenly felt a strange power emerge.

His Spiritual Power was inexplicably showing signs of draining away.

Although the drain wasn’t fast, barely matching his normal recovery rate, the sudden and unexpected event caused a flaw in his control over the Knight’s Will Badge.

"There’s someone else! Dammit, who are you people?"

"A Highest-Level Mercenary Corps? How many Tier Four members did you bring?"

A ruthless thought occurred to MacLeod, and he immediately made a new choice.

Steam hissed from his arm.

The Prosthetic Body arm detached directly from MacLeod’s body.

Then MacLeod swung his body and flung the detached prosthetic arm toward King Arthur’s charging path.

"Fall back!"

Master Ma was on the front lines and had a clearer view than King Arthur.

As the arm was thrown, its weapon compartment had already popped open, revealing a whole row of nozzles. It was clearly a deadly weapon.

An S-Class Weapon!

At King Arthur’s level, having just entered Tier Four, getting blindsided by this thing would mean severe injury at the very least.

King Arthur’s gaze was locked on the Sword in the Stone, a trace of desire and a bit of reluctance flashing through her mind.

’Do I really have to give up such a good opportunity?’

’Forget it!’

’My life is more important!’

’That damn mercenary MacLeod’s Prosthetic Body is nothing to mess with.’

It was High Level and had biological components; King Arthur didn’t want to gamble on whether her defenses could withstand such a hit.

Fearless Charge veered away!

King Arthur smashed through a subterranean pipe, charging directly into an intersection of other narrow conduits and vanishing from sight.

As for Master Ma, he still didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

’Attack!’

’Fuck him up!’

Although King Arthur had been forced to retreat, Master Ma, who was right in front, wasn’t scared at all.

MacLeod had no time to defend!

A fist shot out!

It slammed into MacLeod’s body.

MacLeod’s expression was blank as he took Master Ma’s hit head-on.

’Did that punch feel good?’

’Because after you’re done, it’s my turn again!’

’I, the great MacLeod—Tier Four Peak, Chief of the Round Table Conference, Grand Knight Commander, and Gray Knight—will show you today that even among Tier Four, there are vast differences in power!’

’The only reason I was at a temporary disadvantage was because of a lack of intel. I just got caught in a minor scheme, that’s all.’

’The real fight is just beginning!’

MacLeod was knocked back several steps by Master Ma’s punch.

According to Master Ma’s combat experience, he shouldn’t have given MacLeod a chance to breathe.

After all, even with a gap in their levels, as long as he held the initiative, even someone as strong as MacLeod would have to pay a heavy price.

If not severely injure him, he should at least have been able to destroy one or two of his Prosthetic Body modules.

But the expression on Master Ma’s face changed. As if he had seen a ghost, he used the rebound force from his own punch to retreat explosively.

MacLeod’s Intelligent Brain analyzed Master Ma’s next move, but for a moment, he was baffled.

’Why did he retreat?’

’This doesn’t make any tactical sense!’

Unfortunately, MacLeod didn’t have eyes in the back of his head, nor were his prosthetics equipped with rearview mirrors.

He hadn’t noticed at all that the prosthetic arm—which he had flung with the force of his body, meant to strike the ambusher at near-supersonic speed—had malfunctioned.

It had only flown two meters, just a few steps farther than MacLeod had been knocked back, positioning it perfectly a short distance behind him.

Then, the arm, which should have continued flying, seemed to lose all its kinetic energy and began to fall freely.

Clearly, Lin Qi, who had been observing the battle from the shadows, had made his move!

’People from the Round Table Conference are prime targets for a screw-over!’

Lin Qi had secretly activated two abilities.

First, he used "Spiritual Power Absorption" to apply a debuff to MacLeod, which incidentally also interrupted his process of controlling the Knight’s Will Badge.

Second, he used "Momentum Manipulation," causing the prosthetic arm that was meant to fly far and force King Arthur’s retreat to lose its momentum and drop half a meter behind MacLeod.

MacLeod was completely unaware of Lin Qi’s Ability and couldn’t make an accurate judgment right away.

By the time he realized something was wrong, the prosthetic arm that should have flown far away had already sprayed out a large amount of foul, yellowish-green steam, engulfing him completely.

S-Class Biological Weapons!

MacLeod was tragically attacked by his own weapon, completely enveloped in the foul steam.

"COUGH... Dammit, what is this Ability?"

MacLeod felt as if he was dealing with a ghost.

First, there was this Martial Artist with his strange Martial Arts Will. It was like some kind of stat was maxed out—he practically begged to be hit, and the more MacLeod hit him, the stronger his Martial Arts Will became.

Second, there was that Knight with the British City accent. One could tell immediately she was a native of the European Administrative Region. But why would such a Knight Professional participate in an ambush against him?

Finally, there was the hidden presence, whose Ability was downright bizarre!

The person’s methods were formless and intangible. Despite getting messed with twice in a row, he couldn’t even catch a glimpse of them!

MacLeod coughed violently, but his Prosthetic Body didn’t issue any warnings about abnormal bodily functions.

His body seemed to have a high tolerance for disease.

Or perhaps the raw materials of the biological weapon were highly related to the very diseases MacLeod himself was afflicted with.

The power of a so-called Gray Knight symbolized not only death, but also... disease.

This was also the reason why MacLeod had intentionally infected himself with so many diseases.

It was a Cultivation method chosen based on the characteristics of his Knight’s Will Badge.

Although Lin Qi’s Spiritual Vision couldn’t see what was happening inside MacLeod’s body, he could tell from MacLeod’s reaction that the damage was limited.

’Too bad it wasn’t a conventional explosive S-Class Weapon. That would have really hurt him.’

Lin Qi was currently walking toward the room with Liu Xuan, controlling the battle and thinking to himself while conversing with her.

...

Highest-Level Mercenary Corps Temporary Chat Window.

King Arthur: "@Wizard, was that you just now? I felt MacLeod’s Knight’s Will Badge get disrupted for a moment, otherwise he wouldn’t have abandoned a prosthetic. And did you manipulate that prosthetic, too?"

King Arthur had fought Lin Qi before. As one of the people most familiar with the composition of "Wizard’s" power, she could vaguely recognize his handiwork.

Besides, who other than Wizard would secretly help her and Master Ma?

’Guang Ling?’

’Forget it. That one only works through the cyber network!’

Seeing that King Arthur had hidden herself in the underground pipes again and had mentioned him in the temporary chat, Lin Qi didn’t hide anything and replied directly.

Wizard: "I can only act from the shadows using some relatively basic abilities. Their destructive power is limited, but their advantage is that they won’t be detected."

Wizard: "It’s not convenient for Wizard Professionals to show themselves in public right now. There’s not much I can do to help you and Master Ma."

When King Arthur saw Wizard’s reply, the gloom she felt from "missing out on the Sword in the Stone" instantly eased.

For some reason, just having Wizard around made her feel much more at ease.

In King Arthur’s heart, Wizard was a reliable, good person!

King Arthur thought quickly, her eyes darting around.

Soon, King Arthur typed a new message.

King Arthur: "@Wizard, since you’re here too, why don’t we launch a righteous beatdown! Master Ma’s combat power is enough to hold MacLeod down from the front. We can look for a chance to snatch the Sword in the Stone!"

King Arthur: "@Wizard, if you help me get the Sword in the Stone, I’ll owe you ten favors! I’ll do ten things for you, anything you want!"