Chapter 154

Chapter One Hundred Fifty-Four: Vision

“Quick… destroy all the stone statues you can see above! Destroy them before that guy absorbs their spirituality!”

In the clearing of St. Amanda School, the bald ghost that emerged from the ground dissipated after shouting two sentences in Lu Ke’s voice, leaving Godfrey and Oswan staring at each other in confusion.

“Mr. Lu Ke’s formidable enemy is using Spiritual Sculpting to accumulate spirituality. He can store the carved spiritual stone statues instead of absorbing them, completing the final absorb step when needed.”

“We must smash those statues immediately, or that guy’s spirituality will be endless! We have to assist Mr. Lu Ke from above!”

As they spoke, Oswan and Godfrey quickly understood the situation. They needed to help Lu Ke and Audric up top by destroying all the statues on campus to cut off Audric’s source of spirituality.

Thinking as they did, Godfrey and Oswan opened their suitcases; being Bone Craftsmen, they were ready to summon their bone artifacts and start working, but suddenly, strange occurrences began to unfold around them.

From the periphery of the clearing, behind the corridor’s pillars, beside the windows above, and in the flowerbed’s grasses, five men dressed in various styles suddenly emerged. These men were cold and expressionless, each holding a handgun, pointing it at the two in the clearing.

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Suddenly, the five gunmen opened fire on Godfrey and Oswan simultaneously. Bullets rained down from all angles, and the two were caught off guard, each getting shot and falling to the ground.

For an ordinary person, being shot even once in such a manner would render them immobile if not dead; however, they were Extraordinary Beings, “Stone” Extraordinary Beings.

“Ugh… it’s an ambush!”

Oswan, who had been shot in the left shoulder, screamed in pain and then wielded his empty bone, summoning his ghost to dive into his suitcase. Then, from the suitcase, four bone shields flew out.

These shields were constructed from countless human bones, measuring just over one meter in length and width, uniquely shaped, engraved with incantations. As they flew out of the suitcase, they immediately began to orbit around the two fallen men, blocking all incoming bullets.

Although ordinary human bones could not withstand bullets, after being processed by a Bone Craftsman, these bones had gained considerable strength, sufficient to be used as weapons.

With the bone shields protecting them, Oswan and Godfrey stood up again. Oswan gritted his teeth and pulled out the b*llet lodged in his shoulder; the skin there had cracked like rock, with the b*llet deformed from the impact embedded in the center.

Extraordinary Beings of the “Stone” path at the apprentice stage possessed the ability to harden their skin. After hardening, apprentice-level “Stone” could withstand typical blades. Upon advancing to the Black Tier, regardless of the direction of advancement, their hardening ability could be enhanced, allowing them to barely withstand bullets.

Of course, this only meant they could barely withstand them; it did not imply they could completely ignore bullets. If shot repeatedly in the same spot, the hardening could still be penetrated, and they would lose balance and fall. They did not possess the powerful physique of a “Cup” that could endure bullets without falling.

Gritting his teeth to pull out the b*llet, Oswan looked at Godfrey beside him, who was also slowly standing up, pulling the b*llet from his own body.

“That old guy has brought help too! I’ll take care of the defense, you deal with them!”

Oswan shouted to Godfrey, who, after standing up, focused his attention and then controlled his ghost to dive into his suitcase. From the suitcase, five bone blades soared into the air, flying towards the attackers outside the shield.

Seeing the bone blades charge toward them, the five gunmen immediately ceased their fire and ducked back into cover. Only one attacker, hiding in the flowerbed, was decapitated by a bone blade, while the others halted in mid-air as Godfrey lost sight of his targets.

Then, the four attackers crouched and began to move quickly behind their cover, using various vantage points. They shifted from one pillar to another and from one window to another, suddenly shooting at Godfrey and Oswan again.

When bone blades flew toward them, they ducked again. After moving to new angles and positions, they would emerge once more to sh**t at the two in the clearing. Just when Godfrey reacted to send the bone blades, they would hide again and change locations.

Like this, taking advantage of the terrain, the attackers engaged Godfrey in guerrilla tactics, popping out unexpectedly from different locations to take shots. The one-meter-wide bone shields could not provide 360-degree protection, and both were often struck by bullets emerging from strange angles, knocking them down and causing more of their skin to shatter.

Both Godfrey and Oswan could only manage what was directly in front of them; these attackers typically emerged from their blind spots to attack. Frustrated, both were confused as to how these attackers could so accurately track their movements. Little did they know, up in the sky, a crow circled above them, observing from above.

Faced with such a situation, Godfrey was extremely irritated; he felt like he was playing whack-a-mole, but one at an advanced level. The moles not only hardly stayed still but also fought back, delivering punches whenever they popped up. Ignoring them wouldn’t work, as they would all emerge together to surround him.

“d*mn it… these guys are too evasive! I can’t catch them at all!” Godfrey cursed in frustration, expressing his dislike for targets hiding in buildings as it made them so difficult to apprehend.

“If we continue being disrupted like this, we won’t be able to complete Mr. Lu Ke’s task. Here! Quickly eliminate them all at once! The task is urgent!”

At that moment, while controlling the shield to defend against gunfire, Oswan handed Godfrey a piece of paper. Upon seeing it, Godfrey realized it was a sigil, and he was instantly surprised by the sight of it.

“Alright, hold on a second.”

Saying so, Godfrey stuck the sigil onto his right palm, which quickly ignited, leaving a “Stone” sigil in the palm of his hand. Then, he pressed his right hand to the ground.

“Listen, Earth Sigil.”

In the brief moment of a small tremor, Godfrey activated the sigil, placing his hand on the ground and closing his eyes. He focused intently to sense the vibrations of the earth and rock.

Instantly, his perception expanded exponentially, transcending the obstructive barriers and spreading throughout half of the school. Within his realm of awareness, he could sense various vibrations, including those of the attackers moving around their cover.

The sensory expression of “Stone” was through touch. By sensing vibrations, “Stone” Extraordinary Beings could perceive the world through touch in an alternative vision that would not be obstructed by obstacles.

“Hmph, now… I see you.”

With a cold smirk, Godfrey manipulated his bone blades to fly into the school buildings, beginning to harvest the attackers hidden behind cover.

Dorothy’s zombie puppets were caught off guard as the bone blades severed their heads.