Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 120

Chapter 120 – 098: Instance No. 10 Boss Battle (Part 3)_2
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“The straw man has no eyes~ the child gave him a pair and yet~ greedily it stole all the child had~”

A sinister nursery rhyme spread across the deck, as Ke Mingye realized something was amiss and covered his ears, but it was already too late.

The bewitching melody filled his ears, instantly taking control of Ke Mingye.

He couldn’t move, and goosebumps covered his body. Ke Mingye could only sit there by the railing, staring blankly as Captain Gliva advanced step by step.

In that moment, Ke Mingye saw with horrifying clarity, the captain swung his silver-white broadsword at his skull, even the sensation of his skull splitting registered in his mind.

But the next second, when he opened his eyes again, he found his head intact, protected by a mosaic screen fashioned from dense arrays of data over his head.

The captain’s broadsword struck the mosaic barrier, unable to make even a scratch.

Immediately after, the captain’s body started to contort grotesquely, he held his head and howled as every corner of his body spasmed erratically like a broken mosaic.

[Fault Judgement (C-level Skill): Upon activation, the first damage taken by any target within 3 seconds is considered a fault and gets repaired, causing the person who dealt the damage to fall into a brief stupor.]

“I’ve saved him, now it’s up to you guys,” Cai Bing said calmly.

“This skill of yours is quite useful,” Fan Quan commented.

While they spoke, Cai Bing directed the great sword above the Ghost Ship, then had Fan Quan and Qing Meng jump down from the sword, before charging the great sword straight toward the captain, who was in a stupor.

In an instant, the sword’s blade pierced deeply into Captain Gliva’s chest, blood gushed out wildly.

The captain’s form was pressed down into the deck, with the surrounding flooring bursting apart layer by layer, much like Jesus nailed to the cross, his howls did nothing to free him.

[Wonderful Hit!!! (An Extremely Exquisite Strike!!!)]

[Boss Ghost Pirate Captain’s Health: 100% → 73.5%]

Qing Meng aimed her Thomson submachine gun at the captain, who was pinned to the ground, and pulled the trigger frantically.

“He’s so fragile, can’t we just finish him with some output?” Cai Bing turned to ask Fan Quan.

“No, he will keep resurrecting until that parrot dies,” Fan Quan said.

At that moment, the parrot on the captain’s shoulder flapped its wings, rising upwards.

Just as it was about to fly out of the Ghost Ship, Ke Mingye, clutching his broken ribs, stretched out his right hand to shoot a web at the parrot, accurately sticking to its right wing.

“Gotcha!”

Ke Mingye arched an eyebrow and growled as he pulled the parrot towards his hand, intending to crush it with his metal glove.

But as the parrot was being drawn toward Ke Mingye by the web, it suddenly revealed its true form. Its body tore open, gradually transforming into a bare, avian beastman, which lunged viciously at Ke Mingye.

“What the hell?”

Ke Mingye was stunned for half a second, mentally questioning what he had just hauled in.

His pupils, shrunk to the size of wheat grains, were now reflecting the approaching talons sharp as blades, getting closer and closer…

The claws were about to touch his eyes, ready to gouge through his skin and eyeballs.

But at that moment, Fan Quan uttered, “Eternal Return.”

[Eternal Return: Returns a selected target in the vicinity to its position 1 second ago.]

As his words fell, the second paper man on Fan Quan’s shoulder disintegrated into ash.

Simultaneously, the avian beastman was returned to its position from a second ago. Moreover, a huge vertical pupil suddenly blocked its forward path.

It was an eye, dazzling and spilling over with a halo of intertwining pink and purple light.

“Medusa’s Eye,” Fan Quan had used this move in his contest with Ke Xiaomo. Without it, he would have been captured by Ke Xiaomo then.

An enemy that looks into Medusa’s Eye will be turned to stone, frozen for 2.5 seconds.

At this moment, the avian beastman locked eyes with Medusa’s Eye; its form instantly coated in a layer of stone, its talons solidified just inches from Ke Mingye’s eyes, suspended in mid-air.

“Your auto-loot is seriously no joke,” Fan Quan said, “Don’t pull everything towards your face.”

“Makes sense, won’t pull randomly next time…”

As Ke Mingye spoke, he released the broken web and silently moved two steps back, distancing himself from the stone beastman.

Meanwhile, Qing Meng switched her target. She moved her suppressive fire from Captain Gliva to the petrified avian beastman.

The muzzle of her gun poured out a fierce stream of fire.

The body of the birdlike beastman, like a stone monument, broke apart under the relentless hail of bullets, with its chest, arms, and talons shattering to the ground like demolished fragments.

“This thing is more fragile than it looks,” Fan Quan said.

On the other side, Magical Girl Hongyue scrambled to her feet and hurried over, intending to meet up with the group, only to be caught by the foot by Captain Gliva, who had suddenly woken up.

At the same time, Captain Gliva violently grabbed his broadsword with his other hand and slashed at Hongyue’s waist.

But Hongyue reacted swiftly, countering with her scythe. The intense impact cracked the deck beneath her feet, and she sank into the deck.

“Somebody help, damn it, the Paranoia Lord’s gonna fucking die!”

Magical Girl Hongyue’s cheeks flushed red as she roared with all her might at the others.

Ke Mingye, supporting his aching chest, could not move.

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