Chapter 90: Chapter 86: Silver Hunter Enhancement and Time to Clear the Field The central region of Holy Grail Island.
Inside a magnificent and opulent castle, a slender, handsome man with long, flowing golden hair stood in the deepest room.
He was surrounded by four women with sharp, Western features. Before them rested a chest inlaid with numerous gemstones.
"My beautiful ladies, such a gorgeous treasure chest is a perfect match for your beauty. Would any of you care to open it?"
The man looked at the four women, but they all shook their heads.
One of them said, "Adam, a chest this precious should be opened by you."
The man named Adam flashed a charming smile. "Since you ladies are being so modest, I shall be the one to open it."
With that, Adam used a full five keys to open the treasure chest.
A brilliant golden light flared, revealing a vast trove of precious supplies, items, and an ancient-looking sheepskin scroll.
Adam ignored the items, instead picking up the scroll and unfurling it. A line of text was written upon it: "I have placed the legendary Holy Grail inside the abandoned church. If you want it, go and get it."
"Oh, dear." Adam sighed with regret. "What a shame. This information has already been leaked."
He casually tossed the scroll aside. One of his teammates picked it up, and the other three gathered around to read its contents.
One of them was astonished. "It seems the secret of the ’Holy Grail’ was hidden in this scroll. Logically, only the person who reached the castle in the center of the island, entered the deepest room, and opened the treasure chest should know this... How did that team that got the Holy Grail early find out?"
"Who knows?" Adam shrugged. "Maybe they just got lucky."
The four women exchanged glances. One of them asked, "Adam, have you really decided not to go after the Holy Grail? With your strength, you’d definitely succeed."
"You all know me. I don’t like using violence." Adam shook his head gently. "Besides, I know that guy Lucifer will definitely fight for it. It wouldn’t be easy for me to protect all of you from that maniac."
Moved, the four women replied, "Adam, you don’t have to worry about us. Besides, dying on Holy Grail Island isn’t a real death, just elimination!"
Adam looked at them with pity. "You may not truly die, but the pain of death is real. I wouldn’t want you to experience that."
"Adam..."
"Shit! Someone beat us to it!" A coarse shout suddenly echoed from the doorway, shattering the tender atmosphere between Adam and the four women.
All four women turned to the doorway in a rage. Another team was crowded there, led by a brawny man.
"Five broads?" the brawny man sneered. "Never thought I’d see a team like this. Hand over the items you got from that jewel chest, now! Or else—"
"Kill him!"
The four women beside Adam struck in an instant. In the blink of an eye, the brawny man was sliced into several pieces. His terrified teammates scrambled to retaliate, but they quickly met the same fate.
Watching this from inside the room, Adam sighed and shook his head. ’Alas, when will humanity ever stop all this killing? Wouldn’t it be better if we all just lived in peace and had more children...’
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[Time until ownership of the Holy Grail is confirmed: 23 minutes]
Every team could see this notification clearly. It appeared once a minute, a constant reminder to those who wanted to fight for the Holy Grail of how much time they had left.
After the previous Mecha had broken through the roof and damaged the church’s structure, other teams followed suit, using their own weapons and items to demolish the church walls.
They believed this would leave the Holy Grail Team with nowhere to hide, exposing them to be swarmed and attacked from all sides.
But the moment the church was completely destroyed, what everyone saw was not the Holy Grail Team, but a sky full of white mist!
No one could describe how thick the mist was. It blotted out the sky and earth, spreading in every direction.
Previously, only teams that rushed into the church had encountered the white mist. But now that the church was destroyed, Guan Tong dropped the pretense, frantically firing No. 4 Smoke Bombs and No. 3 High-Explosive Bombs in all directions.
He had no teammates anyway, so he didn’t need to worry about friendly fire. Aside from himself, everyone else was an enemy.
The teams trapped in the dense fog were dumbfounded. On one hand, they couldn’t see a thing; on the other, they could be blown to bits at any moment by an explosion from an unknown source.
On top of that, they were under attack from a seemingly endless, inexhaustible stream of Living Dead. The explosions, the roars of the Living Dead, and the battle cries of the contestants... it made everyone feel like they had been cast into some kind of purgatory!
Worst of all, the person holding the Holy Grail seemed to have blended into the crowd. It was impossible to pinpoint his location, causing most teams to fight blindly, plunging the battlefield into chaos.
Guan Tong, currently clad in his Shadow Armor, used the thick fog to hide within the crowd. He continuously summoned Living Dead while indiscriminately blasting away with his Silver Hunter, all while pondering how to enhance the weapon.
He had just tried adding the word "Guidance" to give the No. 3 bomb a tracking function. This would increase his hit rate against fast-moving enemies like the Mother Transformer.
However, after adding the word, the materialization failed. This meant his current Psychic Power limit couldn’t support such an ability.
Just then, he heard a BUZZING sound from the sky, and inspiration struck!
This inspiration was related to the reconnaissance drones flying around, which were a real hassle for him. He only had one jammer in his temporary backpack, and he had already used it.
Therefore, if he could interfere with these drones and any other devices that could track or monitor him, it would be a huge help in concealing his movements later on.
With that, three letters immediately popped into his mind.
"EMP!"
EMP, or Electromagnetic Pulse, is extremely destructive to electronic devices. It was undoubtedly what Guan Tong needed to deal with the troublesome drones!
He immediately added the words "Electromagnetic Pulse" in front of "Smoke Claw Gun" in the [Wordless Book] and recalled and resummoned his Silver Hunter.
It was a good thing he had the Infinite Psychic Power buff; otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to do this. After all, recalling and resummoning the weapon would clear out all his stored ammunition. But with the buff, it didn’t matter. He could just generate ammo as he fired!
After resummoning the Silver Hunter, Guan Tong noticed the gun’s body hadn’t changed. He went to generate ammunition and saw that below types 1 through 4, a new No. 5 bomb had appeared!
’Success!’