Steam Age: I Fight Against Divine Authority with Otherworldly Tales

Chapter 59 The Perfect Hunt?

With the arrival of Suren's "Split" bullet, which carried the "Wither" effect, the spider's glow, though still present, had become completely ineffective.

The fleshy growth on the spider's abdomen continued to grow wildly and expand outwards, while the flesh and blood around the growth kept writhing and churning.

The intense pain from those granulation tissues caused the spider to frantically wave its eight legs and let out helpless roars.

Suren knew that the fleshy growth not only caused pain to the spider's body, but was also constantly draining its life force, which was the reason for its madness.

Just then, another strange event occurred. The spider raised its head, its forepaws flailing wildly in the air, and the abstract star pattern reappeared in the air. In an instant, all sound within a five-meter radius around it seemed to be sucked away, becoming eerily quiet. Even the leaves stopped rustling, and everything around was shrouded in tranquility. A small insect on a leaf even drifted off to sleep.

Suren also felt his emotions momentarily dull, his eyelids involuntarily drooping. However, the "mental stimulation mixture" worked its magic, and he was only affected for a moment before being pulled back to reality by the exciting stimulation.

Fortunately, I was well prepared.

Suren secretly rejoiced as the "Eye of Withering" in his hand disappeared, replaced by a pure silver revolver.

Suren felt the slightly warm touch in his hand, then slowly lowered his center of gravity, bending his knees and tucking his waist into a standard half-squat position.

At such close range, Suren no longer needed to aim. He placed the gun in front of his ribs and rested his left hand on the hammer, which was the signature move of his six-round hip-fire.

He pressed down with his left palm, steadily lowering the hammer, while simultaneously pulling the trigger with his right index finger.

Almost instantly, the same action was repeated six times, and six "explosive" bullets poured out into the monster's abdomen.

Influenced by the spider's power, the entire process was completely silent—no gunshots, no explosions, not even the sounds of hammers and cartridge cases could be heard; only the images silently advanced.

Flames erupted from the spider's long, oval abdomen. Six sparks appeared almost instantly, like six flowers blooming out of thin air. Each spark tore open a hideous wound and sprayed out a viscous liquid, which splashed in the air, some yellowish-brown and some dark green.

The spider convulsed incessantly with the sparks, its own screams drowned out, its eight legs trembling uncontrollably.

And from those torn wounds, countless white buds sprouted, intertwining and trying to close the wounds. They kept pulling at each other, but this was not a good thing for the spider, because each bud was consuming its life force. It felt something important being constantly pulled out of its body.

Suren pressed the latch of "Eye of Destruction," and the gun body folded in the middle. The spent cartridges automatically fell to the ground. With a thought, the ring flashed white light, and six bullets were loaded into the cylinder. Suren raised his hand and flicked it, and the gun body closed up.

In that instant, the sense of unreality that enveloped the world vanished, and the world became real again in Suren's eyes.

The "Existence Erasure" potion has lost its effectiveness.

Suren instinctively tensed up, but then her gaze fell on the monster, and she relaxed.

At this moment, the monster lay on the ground, its eight legs spread out limply, and some of them were still twitching slightly.

The wound on its abdomen had been repaired by the wriggling of the granulation tissue, but its entire abdomen was now covered with granulation tissue that was still churning. In less than a minute, its life force would be drained.

At the end of its strength.

A satisfied smile appeared on Suren's lips.

Under Suren's perfectly executed hunting plan, he targeted all of the spider's abilities. Combined with the "Existence Erasure" potion, Suren inflicted severe damage on it, and its vital healing ability was perfectly countered by the "Eye of Withering."

Suren remained vigilant, raising his "Eye of Destruction" and aiming the gun at the spider's abdomen.

However, at this moment, the spider's head suddenly turned, and its eight eyes focused on Suren, but there was no despair of impending death in its eyes, only resentment.

In that instant, a scarlet light burst forth from its body, and the original yellow and green patterns abruptly transformed into a red and black color scheme. The two colors intertwined on its body, and even its eight legs were covered by this strange pattern.

An abstract symbol of a four-pointed star suddenly appeared in the air.

In that instant, Suren's hair stood on end, and alarm bells rang in his mind. He immediately retreated, an instinct honed through countless life-or-death moments in his past lives.

He only had time to take a step back; the moment his foot left the ground, an icicle appeared, piercing through the grass with an exceptionally sharp tip that gleamed coldly in the sunlight. Then the icicle continued to extend, one after another, hurtling towards him.

Directly in front of him, a blazing fireball appeared as if from nowhere, suddenly expanding and exploding. A wave of heat rushed towards him, making his cheeks burn.

In that critical moment, time seemed to stretch out. Relying on instinct, Suren suddenly raised his right hand to shield his face, and at the same time, he pushed off with his right foot, rolling backward to the left. Due to inertia, he rolled twice on the grass.

Nevertheless, his right leg was attacked. The ice spike pierced through the side, and although it did not completely penetrate the entire leg, it cut a deep wound on his calf, and the cold touch went deep into his bones.

Suren's right hand was also not in good condition; the aftershocks of the flames touched the back of his hand, and a faint smell of burning could be heard in the air.

Suren gritted his teeth and no longer hesitated. The Book of Secret Knowledge suddenly appeared, unfolding out of thin air, its pages turning.

Under Suren's conscious control, the bright red characters glowed:

[Forced Trial: Allows for the forced trial of a target without conviction, slowing their actions and subjecting them to psychological punishment. This ability can be weakened by a strong will.]

Then a scarlet chain flashed through the air and shot towards the spider like lightning.

In an instant, the chain coiled around the spider's entire body like a python. The spider convulsed, struggling to turn its head to move its eyes to Suren's position, but was held firmly in place by the chain.

Suren didn't give it a second chance. He endured the pain in the back of his hand, aimed at the monster's abdomen, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang bang bang!"

Three gunshots rang out, and the same explosion occurred again. Three more wounds appeared on the monster's abdomen. The flesh buds seemed to have been injected with a catalyst, wriggling even more rapidly than before, with the flesh and blood churning incessantly.

As the surrounding flesh churned, a dark gray wisp suddenly appeared at the very center of the abdomen. In less than three seconds, the dark gray spread from the abdomen like a virus, intertwining red and gray. Eventually, the entire abdomen was covered in gray, and cracks appeared, eventually spreading to the spider's entire body.

At that moment, it resembled a piece of marble riddled with cracks. Its body trembled violently, its head slowly tilted to one side, and it fell heavily, kicking up a cloud of dust. Its eight eyes remained open, as if telling of its resentment.

The entire forest fell silent instantly, with only Suren's heavy breathing audible.

"it's over!"

Suren's lips curled into a smile, his voice already a little hoarse, and he plopped down on the ground.

Despite the extremely difficult battle, he ultimately emerged victorious.

"Ring ring~"

A sound rang out, and Suren's smile froze. It was the warning device he had set up earlier, the bronze bell, which was now ringing frantically.