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Chapter 614
chapter 0269 part 1
Chapter 268: Abyssal Blood War (Part 1)
"Judging by the reaction of the bloodline magic, crossing the volcano ahead should mean we're not far from Mephisto's Castle!"
On the black, barren land, fine, fiery red Lava could be clearly seen flowing through the cracks in the solidified volcanic lava ground.
Hundreds of Golden Golems, each two meters tall and five feet around the waist, wielded Golden Greatswords, slicing through the visible kobold demons, lesser demons, walking corpses, and fallen demons on this land as easily as cutting vegetables. Any "living being" capable of movement was within their attack range.
Dracula watched these Golden Golems with some envy. Although the Dark Council was not lacking in useful Golems like gargoyles and headless horsemen, they still fell short compared to these Golden Golems that never wore down. Dracula had only heard of the Dark Elf's Golden Warriors before.
However, because these Golden Warriors only obeyed the Dark Elf royal family, their limited usefulness meant these Magic Golems had not received much attention from the Dark Council.
Seeing these Golden Golems now was truly enviable.
Their attack wasn't outstanding, and their stout, round bodies didn't seem to possess much deterrence.
But even if these Golden Golems were blasted into ash, the scattered parts could reassemble and recover instantly in the next moment.
Dracula had personally witnessed a High-Grade Fire Demon being worn down and ground into a pile of Lava Gravel by this group of Golden Golems.
Perhaps the only drawback of these Golden Golems was that they couldn't fly.
"That mountain ahead?!" Deadpool put a hand to his eyes, looking into the distance, and complained, "That's at least dozens of kilometers away! Why didn't we bring a helicopter?"
"If you took a helicopter, the flying demons in the sky would tear you and your helicopter to shreds!"
Logan stood shirtless, a cigar in his mouth. Even with the Protection Jade Token given by the Big Boss, the Hell filled with Lava everywhere made the heat unbearable for him.
"Oh, lots of little birds. If only I had a sniper rifle, I could enjoy some hunting fun in Hell!" Following Logan's gesture, Deadpool looked up at the gray sky, which was dotted with some small black dots, and spoke wildly.
All four of them had good eyesight. Although they were thousands of meters away, they could still clearly see that these black dots, which looked like birds, were actually hideous-looking Winged Demons.
"Here! Just let me see your bird-shooting technique!" As soon as Deadpool finished speaking, Johnny, who had transformed into Ghost Rider beside him, took out an old Mosin-Nagant Sniper Rifle from his Five Yin Pouch and handed it to him.
"Mosin-Nagant? You might as well give me a Springfield rifle. This ancient weapon can't reach those little birds in the sky!"
Deadpool took the Mosin-Nagant with some disdain. Upon handling it, he keenly noticed the gun's unusual weight. Compared to a genuine Mosin-Nagant, this gun was a full third heavier.
"Modified?" Deadpool pulled the slide, checked the chamber, raised the gun, stared through the scope, aimed at the sky, "A product of the Weapons Research Department. It was originally a Demon Hunting Gun issued to the Cleaners.
After modification, its effective range can reach 2,500 meters. The sniper scope lens is polished from the crystalline gemstone of a Beholder's eyeball. Ordinary invisible monsters and shape-shifting monsters will reveal their true forms under this scope!"
Deadpool aimed at the sky for a long time without any intention of shooting.
It wasn't that Deadpool feared the demons in the sky; he was worried about provoking the swarming Winged Demons and delaying Johnny from finding his Master Splinter.
All of them wore Breath Concealment Jade Talismans given by Boss Tang. Ordinary demons couldn't see them at all. As for the Golden Golems, they had neither flesh and blood nor souls, so the demons weren't interested in them. This was also the reason they were able to safely venture deep into this Abyss World.
After some banter, the Golden Golems responsible for clearing the path ahead had already swept the road clean. The purplish-black demon blood on the ground seeped into the volcanic lava rocks, emitting a pungent smell.
Dracula's feet were enveloped in a black mist, within which countless scarlet bat eyes could be faintly seen. This black mist formed by bats lifted him, allowing him to follow beside Johnny.
Dracula's gaze swept over the Mosin-Nagant on Deadpool's back and he spoke directly, "There's a presence on this gun that I find repulsive!"
"The bullets used in this gun are mixed with silver. Not only are they engraved with The Church's scripture runes for expelling demons, but before these silver warheads were reloaded, they were soaked in holy water for seven days."
"It was holy water personally blessed by a Cardinal of The Church!" Johnny added.
Dracula felt his mouth twitch slightly. The Cardinals of The Church, although their lifespan was not as long as that of dark creatures like them, due to the continuity of The Church's strength, these Cardinals, relying on the power of the Holy Artifacts in their hands, were in no way inferior to the Dark Council Councillors or the Vampire Grand Dukes.
Their physical bodies were just a bit weaker.
If he remembered correctly, in the Underworld, The Church's holy water, especially holy water blessed by such high-ranking clergy, was traded to be more valuable than gold.
"One for each of you. Do you prefer rifles, shotguns, or machine guns?"
Johnny didn't seem to notice Dracula's shock. He took out a pile of firearms from the Five Yin Pouch again, offering them for the three to choose from.
The Five Yin Pouch in Johnny's hand was naturally not the one the Boss had, but its space was also the size of a normal three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment, filled with the small gifts Boss Tang had prepared for him before he came to Hell.
"Clatter!"
Among the pile of firearms, Logan immediately took a liking to a M60 machine gun. Judging by the long silver-white ammunition belt, these machine gun bullets were indeed silver bullets. He picked up the machine gun and wrapped the ammunition belt around his body several times, instantly feeling completely safe.
Besides the Mosin-Nagant, Deadpool also picked out two short shotguns. When Johnny received the equipment from the Weapons Department warehouse, he heard the warehouse staff say that these shotgun shells weren't filled with iron sand or steel balls, but solid silver bullets.
Each silver bead was laser micro-engraved with scripture runes and soaked in holy water.
When these weapons were designed, the Weapon Manufacturing Department had conducted experiments. Ordinary vampires basically turned into ash after taking just one shot. As for the Experiment Subjects, the demons summoned through dark magic, ordinary demons would fall with one shot, and demons with thick hides and heavy scales would take at most three shots.
Besides these guns, Johnny also received a batch of high-explosive grenades and flashbang grenades mixed with silver powder and magnesium powder from the Weapons Department warehouse.
"Mr. Dracula, would you like to pick a couple of things?" Johnny watched Deadpool, who seemed eager to carry all the guns on his back, with over a dozen hand grenades hanging from his body, and holding a high-explosive grenade in his hand. Judging by his posture, he wanted to try stuffing the hand grenade into his pants. Johnny looked at Dracula, who was keeping his distance, and extended an invitation.
Chapter 268: Abyssal Blood War (Part 1)
"Judging by the reaction of the bloodline magic, crossing the volcano ahead should mean we're not far from Mephisto's Castle!"
On the black, barren land, fine, fiery red Lava could be clearly seen flowing through the cracks in the solidified volcanic lava ground.
Hundreds of Golden Golems, each two meters tall and five feet around the waist, wielded Golden Greatswords, slicing through the visible kobold demons, lesser demons, walking corpses, and fallen demons on this land as easily as cutting vegetables. Any "living being" capable of movement was within their attack range.
Dracula watched these Golden Golems with some envy. Although the Dark Council was not lacking in useful Golems like gargoyles and headless horsemen, they still fell short compared to these Golden Golems that never wore down. Dracula had only heard of the Dark Elf's Golden Warriors before.
However, because these Golden Warriors only obeyed the Dark Elf royal family, their limited usefulness meant these Magic Golems had not received much attention from the Dark Council.
Seeing these Golden Golems now was truly enviable.
Their attack wasn't outstanding, and their stout, round bodies didn't seem to possess much deterrence.
But even if these Golden Golems were blasted into ash, the scattered parts could reassemble and recover instantly in the next moment.
Dracula had personally witnessed a High-Grade Fire Demon being worn down and ground into a pile of Lava Gravel by this group of Golden Golems.
Perhaps the only drawback of these Golden Golems was that they couldn't fly.
"That mountain ahead?!" Deadpool put a hand to his eyes, looking into the distance, and complained, "That's at least dozens of kilometers away! Why didn't we bring a helicopter?"
"If you took a helicopter, the flying demons in the sky would tear you and your helicopter to shreds!"
Logan stood shirtless, a cigar in his mouth. Even with the Protection Jade Token given by the Big Boss, the Hell filled with Lava everywhere made the heat unbearable for him.
"Oh, lots of little birds. If only I had a sniper rifle, I could enjoy some hunting fun in Hell!" Following Logan's gesture, Deadpool looked up at the gray sky, which was dotted with some small black dots, and spoke wildly.
All four of them had good eyesight. Although they were thousands of meters away, they could still clearly see that these black dots, which looked like birds, were actually hideous-looking Winged Demons.
"Here! Just let me see your bird-shooting technique!" As soon as Deadpool finished speaking, Johnny, who had transformed into Ghost Rider beside him, took out an old Mosin-Nagant Sniper Rifle from his Five Yin Pouch and handed it to him.
"Mosin-Nagant? You might as well give me a Springfield rifle. This ancient weapon can't reach those little birds in the sky!"
Deadpool took the Mosin-Nagant with some disdain. Upon handling it, he keenly noticed the gun's unusual weight. Compared to a genuine Mosin-Nagant, this gun was a full third heavier.
"Modified?" Deadpool pulled the slide, checked the chamber, raised the gun, stared through the scope, aimed at the sky, "A product of the Weapons Research Department. It was originally a Demon Hunting Gun issued to the Cleaners.
After modification, its effective range can reach 2,500 meters. The sniper scope lens is polished from the crystalline gemstone of a Beholder's eyeball. Ordinary invisible monsters and shape-shifting monsters will reveal their true forms under this scope!"
Deadpool aimed at the sky for a long time without any intention of shooting.
It wasn't that Deadpool feared the demons in the sky; he was worried about provoking the swarming Winged Demons and delaying Johnny from finding his Master Splinter.
All of them wore Breath Concealment Jade Talismans given by Boss Tang. Ordinary demons couldn't see them at all. As for the Golden Golems, they had neither flesh and blood nor souls, so the demons weren't interested in them. This was also the reason they were able to safely venture deep into this Abyss World.
After some banter, the Golden Golems responsible for clearing the path ahead had already swept the road clean. The purplish-black demon blood on the ground seeped into the volcanic lava rocks, emitting a pungent smell.
Dracula's feet were enveloped in a black mist, within which countless scarlet bat eyes could be faintly seen. This black mist formed by bats lifted him, allowing him to follow beside Johnny.
Dracula's gaze swept over the Mosin-Nagant on Deadpool's back and he spoke directly, "There's a presence on this gun that I find repulsive!"
"The bullets used in this gun are mixed with silver. Not only are they engraved with The Church's scripture runes for expelling demons, but before these silver warheads were reloaded, they were soaked in holy water for seven days."
"It was holy water personally blessed by a Cardinal of The Church!" Johnny added.
Dracula felt his mouth twitch slightly. The Cardinals of The Church, although their lifespan was not as long as that of dark creatures like them, due to the continuity of The Church's strength, these Cardinals, relying on the power of the Holy Artifacts in their hands, were in no way inferior to the Dark Council Councillors or the Vampire Grand Dukes.
Their physical bodies were just a bit weaker.
If he remembered correctly, in the Underworld, The Church's holy water, especially holy water blessed by such high-ranking clergy, was traded to be more valuable than gold.
"One for each of you. Do you prefer rifles, shotguns, or machine guns?"
Johnny didn't seem to notice Dracula's shock. He took out a pile of firearms from the Five Yin Pouch again, offering them for the three to choose from.
The Five Yin Pouch in Johnny's hand was naturally not the one the Boss had, but its space was also the size of a normal three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment, filled with the small gifts Boss Tang had prepared for him before he came to Hell.
"Clatter!"
Among the pile of firearms, Logan immediately took a liking to a M60 machine gun. Judging by the long silver-white ammunition belt, these machine gun bullets were indeed silver bullets. He picked up the machine gun and wrapped the ammunition belt around his body several times, instantly feeling completely safe.
Besides the Mosin-Nagant, Deadpool also picked out two short shotguns. When Johnny received the equipment from the Weapons Department warehouse, he heard the warehouse staff say that these shotgun shells weren't filled with iron sand or steel balls, but solid silver bullets.
Each silver bead was laser micro-engraved with scripture runes and soaked in holy water.
When these weapons were designed, the Weapon Manufacturing Department had conducted experiments. Ordinary vampires basically turned into ash after taking just one shot. As for the Experiment Subjects, the demons summoned through dark magic, ordinary demons would fall with one shot, and demons with thick hides and heavy scales would take at most three shots.
Besides these guns, Johnny also received a batch of high-explosive grenades and flashbang grenades mixed with silver powder and magnesium powder from the Weapons Department warehouse.
"Mr. Dracula, would you like to pick a couple of things?" Johnny watched Deadpool, who seemed eager to carry all the guns on his back, with over a dozen hand grenades hanging from his body, and holding a high-explosive grenade in his hand. Judging by his posture, he wanted to try stuffing the hand grenade into his pants. Johnny looked at Dracula, who was keeping his distance, and extended an invitation.
