Chapter 548

Chapter 404: Ambush

Originally, after seeing the bomb explode, Massimo was slightly surprised. However, when he saw that the explosion did not affect him, he felt relieved for a moment. But in the next moment, an unexpected situation occurred.

In the dust raised by the explosion, a figure with extreme speed rushed out, heading straight towards Massimo.

Upon closer inspection, it was a woman dressed in light black casual attire, her hair tied up, and wearing a half-mask. Her figure was graceful, and her sharp vertical eyes behind the half-mask were identical to those he had encountered a few nights ago on the bow of the Shining White Pearl.

“It’s you!”

Facing the thief woman who had swiftly attacked him, Massimo widened his eyes. At this moment, he realized he had imprisoned the wrong person. He quickly canceled the water prison that had restrained the young man, transferring his already limited energy to prepare a new water prison to control the true thief in front of him.

But it was too late. The thief charged at Massimo with agile movements, and the dagger in her hand slashed down viciously.

In the critical moment, Massimo extended his remaining left arm, blocking the dagger directly. The dagger cut into Massimo’s arm, and given the strength of the thief, this blow should have severed Massimo’s arm. However, with powerful force, Massimo tightened the muscles in his arm, pouring more spirituality into them, making them several times stronger. The dagger only managed to cut a small portion of his arm, barely touching the bone.

Massimo controlled the powerful physical strength of his White Chalk Tier “Cup” Extraordinary Being to withstand this crucial strike!

“d*e, thief!”

Roaring in anger, Massimo prepared to counterattack. But at this moment, a strong force, transmitted through the thief’s body to the dagger she held, then reached Massimo.

At this moment, Massimo once again experienced the unusual sharp pain he had felt that night on the bow of the Shining White Pearl, but this time it was even more intense and spread throughout his entire body, not just his hand.

A powerful current surged through Massimo’s body. Under the stimulation of this current, Massimo let out a painful scream. Under the overwhelming current, Massimo completely lost control of his body, losing the ability to control his hand muscles.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the thief exerted all her strength, severing the arm that had blocked her dagger. Then, while continuing to discharge electricity through Massimo’s shoulder, she swung her dagger at his throat. The already injured neck was cut open by two-thirds, and to ensure his d*ath, the thief finally stabbed the dagger into Massimo’s head.

Thus, amidst the gushing bl**d, Massimo, with wide eyes, slowly fell. His body continued to convulse on the ground, his mouth opening and closing as if trying to say something. After several minutes of convulsing, Massimo finally stopped moving, becoming a lifeless corpse.

Standing beside Massimo, the thief silently stared at his final struggle with her vertical eyes under the mask. After confirming his d*ath, she removed her mask, revealing the indifferent face of Nephnis. With the possession of Soul Whiskers, she calmly faced the d*ath of her prey.

Suddenly, a semi-transparent mountain cat spirit body emerged from Nephnis’ back, drifting aimlessly in the air. After the spirit body emerged, Nephnis appeared dazed for a moment. When she regained her composure, she looked at the bloody corpse and the dagger in her hand, which was stained with bl**d. She took a small step back in shock, almost dropping the dagger she was holding.

“That, that one seems to be dead, Miss Dorothy.”

Turning her head, Nephnis, with an uneasy expression, looked at the young man who had just been freed from the water prison nearby. He was adjusting his wet clothes as he spoke.

“Cough, cough… Thank you for your hard work, Senior Nef, now I’ll take care of the rest. You probably have other things to attend to, right?”

“Yes… That’s right. My teacher and classmates are waiting for me in the city. I need to go there immediately. Hmm… I’ll change my clothes now. You can handle this here.”

As she spoke, Nephnis hurriedly ran away with Soul Whiskers, while the zombie puppet youth watched her leave before turning his gaze back to Massimo’s body.

“So, it’s time for the spoils~”

In a roadside pavilion not far from the shore, Dorothy began to murmur with a smile, then started controlling the zombies on the shore to clean up the aftermath of the battle.

Thus, Massimo and Costa, the two sources of worry for Dorothy over the past few days, were finally eliminated. Dorothy could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Back when they were on the Shining White Pearl, Dorothy had designed to use Bins to provide a clue about the button scent to Costa and others, preventing them from giving up hope and leading them into a trap.

Afterward, Dorothy knew they would use this scent to find people when everyone gathered after disembarking. Therefore, she arranged for Costa and Massimo to be exposed to the Church at that time, using several flying insects.

Dorothy still had a liquid agent from an Eight Pinnacle Nest smoke grenade. She manipulated several tiny flying insect zombies to s*ck in some of the liquid, then made these insects fly onto Costa and Massimo. By causing their bodies to malfunction, the absorbed spiritual mist diffused in small areas, attracting the attention of the Church.

Besides the zombies that had sucked in the liquid, Dorothy also controlled other flying insect zombies to enter Massimo’s pockets. After Massimo swam away to escape, Dorothy used one of these insect zombies to track his location and swimming trajectory.

Based on Massimo’s trajectory, Dorothy determined his landing point. She quickly rode the tireless zombie horse from the Magic Box to the landing point, arriving before Massimo due to his injured state affecting his swimming speed.

“Phew… I never expected such trouble so soon after leaving. Not only did we have to outsmart them for days, but we even sank the ship. But in the end, it turned out well. The cult members are all dead, and almost everyone was saved, though it consumed a lot of resources. Hopefully, the final rewards will be worth it.”