Hiss——

After splitting a pouncing monster with a sword, a knight holding a greatsword in both hands looked at the captain of the knights and said, “Captain… what should we do?”

Hearing the team member’s question, the leading knight captain gripped the great hammer in her hand and took a deep breath: “Don’t be afraid… she’s only Tier 3, and she’s alone… don’t look directly into her eyes!”

“Eleven against one, the advantage is with us… Even if she’s a Tier 4, we can hold out until reinforcements arrive!”

The Captain was indeed a Captain. Even though she felt an irremovable fear in her heart, she still had enough composure to steady her subordinates’ minds. She was clearly a battle-hardened veteran.

“She’s ‘Source of Cholera,’ we shouldn’t get close!”

“Tighten the formation! Protect the people of the Orchestra! Musicians! It’s up to you!”

“She doesn’t dare to approach us! Formation!”

She quickly assigned tasks. The strong discipline gained from long training immediately condensed the somewhat scattered team into a single unit. Four musicians from the Royal Orchestra were protected in the center.

Meanwhile, Ciel, standing in front of the Archbishop’s residence, felt a little tricky looking at the iron barrel formation before her.

They weren’t planning to approach her…? They intended to use ranged attacks to wear her down?

A very smart choice…

Ciel had only advanced to “Source of Cholera” a very short time ago.

Generally speaking, transcendents who could advance to “Source of Cholera” had, by the time they reached this stage, accumulated a set of combat potions and compounded poisons unique to themselves since Tier 1.

With an information advantage, they could subtly incapacitate several people, leaving the opponent at a disadvantage with various poisons and disrupting their battle rhythm.

But Ciel didn’t have such accumulated knowledge. In fact, Ciel in the simulation had only developed one “Crimson Pathogen” from beginning to end. There were no other supporting methods.

As Ciel was thinking, a tearing sound of strings came from the direction of the iron barrel formation. An invisible sound wave cut through the rain and shot towards Ciel.

This speed was impossible to see, but fortunately, upon entering Ciel’s 15-meter range, the trajectory prediction of this sound wave appeared in Ciel’s mind.

The presence of the rain allowed Ciel to clearly see the “shape” of this sound wave. Unlike facing Forte that time, she wasn’t completely unable to resist this invisible attack.

Ciel simply shifted her body slightly at a small angle. The sound wave that tore through the rain whistled past Ciel’s side. A few strands of red hair that were lifted by Ciel’s movement were directly torn apart, and a burning smell rose from the broken ends.

She couldn’t fight them like this… When the four musicians attacked simultaneously, even with her strong reaction speed, she wouldn’t be able to dodge every sound wave attack 100%.

Not to mention, the other party could not only create this kind of sound wave but also had a sound wave barrier with a larger range. This was an ability Ciel had witnessed from Forte.

Before the next sound wave attack arrived, Ciel made her move.

She directly raised and spread her hands, as if to embrace something.

The mycelium attached to the monsters behind Ciel was quickly drawn from their bodies, surging towards Ciel’s arms and directly attaching to them.

The thin fabric of her sleeves was torn. Her originally fair and tender arms, all the way to her hands, were covered in a layer of crimson slime mold, making them look like mutated hands.

Buzz——

Silver light flashed. The Deadly Blood Roland appeared in Ciel’s right hand. The blood mold on Ciel’s right hand continuously surged into the Blood Roland’s barrel, covering the entire sealed artifact, including the blade, with a layer of bloody slime mold.

She had to attack, break through the iron barrel formation, and dismantle them from within.

Bang——

Ciel directly raised her gun and fired forward. The Deadly Blood Roland drew Ciel’s blood and the infectious substance of the blood mold. A crimson bullet cut through the rain and flew towards the head of a musician inside.

Clang——

The musician subconsciously took half a step back, interrupting his playing. But the bullet was blocked by a silver tower shield.

The seed bullet with blood mold was embedded in the tower shield. Roots continuously spread along the tower shield, attempting to bypass the tower shield and embed themselves in the knight holding the shield, along with the blood mold.

But in the next second, the front of the shield began to heat up rapidly. The tower shield began to emit a scorching orange-red glow, like melting iron.

The embedded seeds and blood mold were rapidly evaporated by the high temperature, making a “sizzling” sound. They turned into inactive dead material and fell to the ground, shattering.

Thud——

Three overlapping sound waves responded to Ciel’s attack. Three barriers almost covered all of Ciel’s possible directions, forming a “pin” shape as they rapidly advanced towards Ciel.

Eleanor, who had extensive combat experience, made her move at this moment.

Through Ciel’s dodges just now, she had roughly figured out Ciel’s reaction speed. At the same time, she also concluded that Ciel might not be able to dodge this high-coverage attack.

The black shadow that had been wandering behind Ciel twisted its shape in this instant, passed over Ciel’s head, and stretched into a black curtain in front of Ciel. The moment the sound waves entered the curtain, it was as if they were absorbed into a black hole, leaving them completely silent.

Boom——

The brick wall behind Ciel shattered. The unblocked barriers shattered the wall and iron gate of the Archbishop’s residence behind her, causing a terrifying sound.

Annoying “Crown Guards”…

Ciel slightly frowned.

If she could use the Other Side to directly attack their minds, Ciel could directly dismantle their formation.

But now, it seemed that even the overlimit Deadly Blood Roland’s bullets would likely be unable to pierce through the Crown Guard’s tower shield. Even if they pierced the tower shield, the subsequent momentum would be difficult to penetrate the Crown Guard’s armor.

Moreover, the high temperature generated by piercing the tower shield and the friction would likely inactivate the blood mold attached to the bullet. The seeds also couldn’t act like armor-piercing rounds, penetrating the tower shield and using a metallic jet to cause damage.

She had to get close.

Meanwhile, the musicians who had launched the sound waves were momentarily stunned after seeing their attack blocked by the black curtain.

They were almost certain that their combined attack just now could injure the opponent, even if not, it could force out some of the opponent’s tricks… But now, it seemed they were not fighting against a single person…

There were powerful individuals monitoring this battle…

Ding——

A high-pitched note exploded within the iron barrel formation, causing everyone’s eardrums to pulsate—the musician who had taken half a step back immediately sent out a request for support.

The high-pitched note triggered Ciel’s alertness.

She had to act fast… If a Tier 4 intervened, it would be difficult for her to get the kills…

Since she couldn’t use the Other Side to continue polluting their minds… then Ciel had to use her own combat style…

Almost the moment the high-pitched note sounded, Ciel lowered her body and shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, directly charging towards the iron barrel formation.