North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 798 Find the Old One Again
Father Royte's melee combat ability was obviously not very good. Just now, when the black fog came out from the ground and attacked his legs and feet, he was unable to maintain his balance and fell directly to the ground. If his melee combat ability was better or his body was more agile, he could at least ensure his safety when he fell to the ground.

He fell face first on the ground, and there seemed to be something wrong with his nose. He was bleeding from his nose, and there was even the possibility that his nose bone was fractured. After Jimmy pulled him up, he could still see that Father Royte's face looked very painful.

"How is it? Are you hurt?" A bleeding nose was not a serious injury to Jimmy. What he wanted to ask was whether he had any other injuries. Father Royte denied it with a gritted teeth and patted the dirt off his body.

Jimmy looked at the direction where the black fog left and said, "I think it should have left, Father. I would like to trouble you to purify this tree and the surrounding areas before you leave. I want to go see where it has gone."

Father Royte: "It's too dangerous. Why don't you wait a little longer? I'm looking for some people to come over."

Jimmy shook his head. "No, we don't have that much time. Mary has been unconscious for a day, and Kag was also infected today. We must get rid of it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be more serious. Father, you should correct your nose as soon as possible. There may be other places that need to be purified later."

Father Royte reached out and gently touched his injured nose: "Well, you can only rely on yourself. I have a bottle of holy water, you can take it over."

Opening the box, Royte gave Jimmy the last bottle of holy water and a round box that was only a few centimeters wide. "This is holy salt. You should take it with you. If you don't know how to use it, just sprinkle it on the other person."

Jimmy nodded, took the holy water and holy salt, and left Father Royte to purify the tree. He came to the side of the road, took spare bullets from the car, asked Kag to accompany Royte, and chased in the direction of the black fog.

There was a reason why he was so anxious to destroy the black fog, because he didn't know how this guy attacked Mary and Kag, whether they still had a chance to recover, and whether it was related to this monster. All these were unclear. Before destroying it, there was at least hope. Otherwise, James would have to face a comatose wife in the future, and this was not what Jimmy wanted to see.

Judging from how he chased away the black fog just now, this guy really doesn't seem to have much melee ability. Thinking about the situation of Mary and Kag, it is very likely that this guy will only attack people's minds, or souls, so the threat to Jimmy is very low.

Putting aside how strong its ability is, just looking at these injured people, they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. It is obvious that this guy is a typical bully who fears the strong and lacks the ability to bully the weak. People like Jimmy who have the black rainbow enhancement ability and the flashing ability like mind's eye vision are definitely not something it can deal with.

Jimmy's speculation is mainly based on the situations of several possible victims he has contacted so far, plus there have been no large-scale victims near Little Rock. In the absence of other clues, such inference is already an acceptable conclusion. So as long as the church does the subsequent purification, it should not be a problem for him to kill the black fog alone.

The black fog was flying very fast, which delayed Jimmy for a while. It would be very troublesome to catch up with him because he was not on the road, but was passing directly through the grass and bushes. There were also many large puddles on the ground, which would prevent Jimmy from chasing him in a straight line, so he would be relatively slow.

Fortunately, there was still plenty of time. At least Jimmy didn't have to chase in this environment at night. Otherwise, the water surface would be a flat ground in his mind's vision, and he would definitely be caught and fall into it.

After the black fog flew through the air, some mist dissipated, but it quickly disappeared, so Jimmy chased it for a while before finding the traces in the air, so that he would not lose it. Soon he saw the fog turn a corner and rush down into a woods. Jimmy stopped outside the woods and observed it carefully before walking in.

No matter where you are, the woods are not a particularly good scene. No matter how large or small the woods are, they always give people a very dangerous feeling, especially the thick dead leaves and weeds on the ground, as well as the fallen trees and broken branches. No matter how you look at it, you feel that something is bound to happen here.

The same was true for Jimmy. He sensed the danger just a few steps into the woods. His sixth sense of crisis, which had been sometimes effective and sometimes not, suddenly emerged now, making him more careful.

It still takes some courage to continue chasing in such an environment, but he didn't dare to waste too much time. The fog trails left by the black fog in the sky were getting fainter and fainter, and there were more interferences after entering the woods. If he delayed, he would find traces later.

Jimmy was chasing forward with a dagger in his right hand and a revolver in his left hand. Suddenly, a branch stabbed him from the side. Jimmy immediately turned to the side to avoid the branch. Then he found that a pile of branches he had seen before suddenly moved upwards. Some of the branches moved to form a monster with intertwined branches, and some of the branches whipped towards Jimmy.

FK, what the hell is this? Jimmy hid and observed at the same time, because those branches were not clean sticks, but had various forks. He even had to be very careful to avoid blocking them, so as not to get a hole in himself.

The branch monster looked as if there was an invisible energy that gathered these branches together. Jimmy did not find any trace of a monster among them. This guy was made entirely of branches. He even grabbed a few branches and pulled them out without much resistance.

"Bang bang", Jimmy used a dagger to block an "arm", or rather an arm, leaving a gap. He immediately fired two shots at the gap between the branches. Although there was no apparent damage, the branch monster took two steps back, and it seemed to be effective.

Jimmy simply swung the dagger and stabbed it into the tree trunk next to him. While dodging left and right, he used his right hand to remove the branches on the branch monster's body, and the revolver in his left hand was mainly used for blocking. He needed to remove part of the branches that made up the trunk first to see what was wrapped inside, and then he could find a way to kill it. Now was not the time to waste bullets.

For a physical monster like Jimmy, Black Rainbow's transformation of him is all-round. In addition to the increase in mental strength, his physical strength and agility are also increasing simultaneously. However, among the people he met before, the only one who could push him to the limit was the possessed priest. At the same time, it also allowed Black Rainbow to take the transformation of his body a step further.

This time, facing a monster made of branches, although its speed was not very fast, there were too many forks and thorns on the branches. It was difficult for him to grab the branches and remove them safely. It was also a test of his dynamic vision. In addition to reaching out to grab them, he also had to dodge the opponent's attacks with his whole body, which was really energy-consuming.

However, after successfully grabbing the branches several times in a row, Jimmy's movements became faster and more accurate.

In just a few minutes, the branches in front of the monster's torso had been torn apart by Jimmy, and the white spots on its body were also revealed. Jimmy blocked a thick branch with his revolver, jumped up hard, and kicked the monster's "head". The monster retreated, and Jimmy also took a step back after landing. He aimed his left revolver at the weak spot in the monster's torso and fired the remaining four bullets. He reached under his armpit with his right hand, pulled out the revolver, and continued shooting at the monster.

It was impossible for Jimmy to miss the target at such a close distance, and several bullets all hit the monster's torso. While repelling the monster, Jimmy took two steps back before changing bullets, in order to avoid another burst from the opponent, which would disrupt his rhythm.

But Jimmy was overthinking it. After taking a few steps back, the monster shook and exploded with a loud bang. All the branches, rotten leaves and other things wrapped around its body lost control, scattered around and fell to the ground.

Jimmy switched his mind's eye vision several times and looked left and right and up and down but saw no trace of the monster. He was sure that he had repelled or killed the monster. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After changing the bullets, he began to check the wounds on his body.

It is very difficult to kill this kind of monster without any injury. Jimmy's arms and right hand have been scratched with many small wounds due to blocking and grabbing branches. However, most of them are red marks from blocking. Only some small wounds have bleed, and the blood has been absorbed by the clothes on his body. The wounds are not big, but he will consider going to the hospital for a complete check-up when he returns. Who knows if it will get infected.

Looking at his watch, Jimmy looked forward again and finally found his target. A trail of mist slanted downward from the air and fell directly into a deep pit in the woods.

This pit looks very strange, and the surrounding trees seem to be fine. If it is a meteorite crater, it should be relatively large and have signs of impact, but no similar terrain is found here. If it was dug out by someone, there is no movement path in the surrounding woods, and where did the excavated soil go?
Jimmy stood behind a tree and observed, but he still couldn't figure out how this pit was formed. And seeing that there were already a lot of rotten leaves and grass on the ground in the pit, this pit must have been formed a long time ago.

The fog in the air has been dissipating, and from the remaining part it can be basically confirmed that the black fog has entered this pit. This is troublesome. Jimmy does not know the exorcism prayer that Father Royte had performed before. It is not that he can't remember the prayer he recited, but that he has no relevant training at all, and he can't call on divine energy like other exorcist priests to realize his ideas.

Jimmy looked at the pit, which was only about one meter deep, so he jumped in. He used a branch to sweep away the rotten leaves, took out the holy water bottle and holy salt box from his pocket, thought about it, then opened the holy salt box, poured the holy salt into his hands, and sprinkled it directly to the bottom of the pit. As for the holy water, he decided to wait and see what happened.

In fact, he didn't need to sprinkle the holy salt at all. When he came near the deep pit, the monsters inside had already discovered him. When he jumped into the pit, the monsters had already begun to gather outside.

Jimmy felt danger just after sprinkling the holy salt. He immediately stood up and grabbed the top of the pit next to him. He pushed himself out of the deep pit with both hands, and then saw a larger black fog ball taking shape not far in front of him.

The black fog this time was obviously larger and darker than the one he had encountered before, and it could be observed not only with the mind's eye but also with normal vision.

Its body seemed to be made up of countless entangled dark mists. Some blurred, distorted soul faces and monster images were also looming in the black mist, as if it was made up of countless souls. After the mist formed into a ball, it also began to deform. Jimmy did not wait for it to complete the deformation. He immediately pulled out two revolvers and fired several shots at the center of the black mist.

In the center of the black fog, there is a pitch-black object similar to a core. With his mind's eye vision, he cannot see the core clearly because of the surrounding fog. With normal vision, the black core is different in color from the surrounding colors, so it is clearer to see. The target of Jimmy's shooting just now was this core.

The black fog ball was obviously not so easy to destroy. As its body shape changed, a huge snake composed of black fog and dark lines appeared in front of Jimmy. The snake was pitch black, with a body as thick as an anaconda. It had two eyes flashing green light, staring at Jimmy at the edge of the pit, giving a strong sense of oppression.

Jimmy was dumbfounded. Did he hit the small one in front to lure out the old one? Just by looking at the extremely oppressive size, he knew that the monster in front of him was definitely much stronger than the black snake that was as thick as an arm.

The big snake's head swayed slightly from side to side, and the black tongue stuck out of its mouth. Wisps of black mist floated out from its tongue and mouth, slowly disappearing into the air.

Jimmy held the gun but did not continue shooting. The main reason was that the weakness of the black snake in front of him, under the mind's eye vision, was not on the surface, but inside the body. His previous shooting had no effect at all. Obviously, in order to destroy the core he had discovered before, he had to break up the body of the big snake first. And he had no idea how many hits he would have to do to such a big snake.

With a "swish" sound, the big snake slowly raised its head and suddenly rushed forward towards Jimmy. Jimmy raised the gun with both hands and fired continuously at the snake's head until all the bullets were fired. When the snake's head was hit, it was not like the black fog that had no reaction at all. Instead, it was like a real big snake, hit up by the kinetic energy brought by the bullet, and a lot of black fog floated away. Even in Jimmy's normal field of vision, he could see the appearance of a soul in the black fog floating away and dissipating in the air.

Jimmy had no time to change bullets. Although the snake's head was hit and raised, its torso and tail still wrapped around him, especially the big tail, which swept across him horizontally. Jimmy could only jump up on the spot to avoid it, and rolled twice on the ground to avoid the flexible tail. He also took the opportunity to put down the revolver in his left hand, took out a handful of bullets from his pocket to replace the revolver in his right hand, then pulled out a dagger from his belt and stood up to be alert.

The snake's first round of attacks didn't produce any results, and it was obviously planning to change its tactics. It coiled its torso in place for a while, and suddenly opened its mouth and spit out a stream of black mist towards Jimmy.

The black mist was obviously not a good thing. Jimmy immediately ran a few steps to the side to avoid the impact of the black mist. However, the black mist exploded directly after passing Jimmy's previous position. The mist quickly diffused in the entire space, covering Jimmy and the snake.

(I suddenly realized that it is the last day of this month. Although there are not many updates, I still shamelessly ask for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)