Slaying God: I, the insane and witty god

Chapter 775: Merlin leaves the hospital to protect the king in times of crisis

The smell of disinfectant mixed with the smell of rust penetrated into my nostrils.

Li Yifei stared at the monitoring screen, his back teeth clattering - the heart rate curve in Ward 3 was beating wildly, like an out-of-control steel needle.

"Mr. Merlin?" He was sweating as he gripped the intercom, his knuckles pressing against the protective glass.

"Do you need a sedative?"

The old man on the other side of the glass did not respond.

He curled up on the metal bed against the wall, his long silver hair scattered on the moldy blue and white striped sheets, and the shadow cast by his hooked nose covered half of his face.

But Li Yifei knew that those eyes were not closed - the moment the surveillance camera swept over them, he saw tiny starlight flickering in the emerald pupils, like a crushed magic circle.

"Ding--"

The alarm suddenly blew.

Li Yifei almost dropped the walkie-talkie on the ground.

He frantically tried to press the mute button, and out of the corner of his eye he saw the other surveillance screens flickering: the Monkey King in bed number 5 was slamming his golden cudgel against the wall, the dull thud of metal colliding carried through the soundproofing.

Gilgamesh, number 7, leaned against the headboard, his fingertips twirling a piece of emerald-green armor. It was the fragment of the "Sword of Separation" he had just collected this morning.

Bragi on the far right is even more outrageous. This Norse god is chanting something in Old Norse.

In the silver cup on the bedside table, the clear water was strangely freezing into ice.

"Fuck!" Li Yifei kicked the console and turned to run towards the safety passage.

He remembered Mr. Wu saying that in this situation, the main switch should be locked first - but just as he touched the handle of the fire door, he suddenly heard the crisp sound of shattering glass behind him.

"Mr. Merlin?!"

When he turned around, the protective glass of Ward No. 3 had turned into crystal slag all over the floor.

The old man stood in the broken glass, the hem of his white shirt stained with blood, and there was a deep wound on his left wrist that could be seen to the bone.

It's not an external injury, but something seeping out from under the skin, as if it was torn apart by some force.

He was holding a charred branch in his hand. It was the "garbage" he had dug out from under his pillow when he was cleaning this morning.

At this moment, it is emitting a faint blue light, like a red-hot iron.

"The hourglass of time... has run out." Merlin's voice was like a rusty gear.

"The black flame is coming. It's not the embers of that thing, it's..."

He suddenly coughed violently, blood foam splashing on the branches, and the blue light became brighter. "Chen Yangrong's key is in the red moon fragment..."

"Merlin!"

The moment the metal door was knocked open, Li Yifei almost cried.

Wu Hen was wearing a black jacket that was washed out to a pale color, and Lin Qiye followed behind him. Both of them still had the fishy smell of the fishing village on them.

Wu Hen was holding a chain in his hand——

Li Yifei recognized it. It was the one he used to suppress the blood corpse last time. The chain was engraved with dark red runes and was slightly hot at the moment.

"Soul-Locking Chain?" Merlin looked up, a weak smile playing on his lips. "Good stuff... but not enough."

He stumbled two steps, the tip of the branch pointing to the ceiling. "They're coming."

The fluorescent lights in the ceiling suddenly exploded into pieces.

Li Yifei squatted down subconsciously, and when he looked up again, there was a dark shadow in the ward.

That thing has no specific shape, like a ball of crumpled black mist,

But Li Yifei could see countless pairs of eyes embedded in the black fog - exactly the same as the eye in the red moon.

"Fuck it!"

The Monkey King's golden cudgel smashed through the wall of Ward 5.

When the golden monkey jumped out, the fiery eyes on its forehead were glowing red.

"I told you I wouldn't stay in this lousy hospital for long! Look at the stick—"

The black fog "looked" at Sun Wukong.

The golden cudgel had just been swung into the air when it suddenly snapped and broke into two pieces.

Monkey Brother's eyes widened, and he raised his broken stick and cursed even more fiercely: "Your grandfather! Dare to destroy my treasure, I will pull out your monkey hair——"

"Shut up!"

Gilgamesh's voice was like a poisoned sword. He stood in the middle of the corridor without knowing when.

Thirty golden ripples floated behind him, and in each ripple was a shining treasure.

"Miscellaneous cultivator, this is my prey. The Sword of Separation·EA——"

The Black Mist suddenly turned towards Gilgamesh.

The nearest treasure had just been unsheathed for three inches when it was grasped by an invisible hand and broke into two pieces with a "crack".

The King of Gods’ face instantly darkened: “How outrageous!”

"Everyone retreat!" Lin Qiye's voice was like a stone smashing into an icy lake.

He took a step forward, holding a scale in his palm—

Li Yifei remembered that he had picked it up from the silver light ring a few days ago. It was now emitting a warm golden light.

"Wu Hen, lock up Merlin!"

Wu Hen didn't waste any words.

The chain stretched straight and wrapped around Merlin's wrist precisely.

The old man didn't struggle, but smiled instead: "My friend, this chain can seal the Black King, but it can't seal me... I'm here to deliver a message."

His voice suddenly became clear, as if he had become a different person. "The Red Moon fragment is in Chen Yangrong's laboratory, and the key is..."

The black fog "pounced" over.

Lin Qiye's scales suddenly burst out with strong light, building a golden barrier in front of the two of them.

The black fog crashed into it, making a whimpering sound like a wild beast, but cracks began to appear on the barrier.

"Old man, if you have something to say, say it quickly!"

Wu Hen pulled the chain, and with his other hand he took out a short knife, the blade of which was engraved with the exorcism patterns of the Demon Suppression Division.

"My chains are about to break!"

"The key is..." Merlin's pupils suddenly turned pure black.

"It's your life."

"Be careful!" Li Yifei screamed.

He saw the black mist bypassing the barrier and heading towards the back of Wu Hen's neck.

But the next second, Lin Qiye's scales suddenly exploded into golden powder, wrapping up the black mist.

At the same time, Wu Hen's dagger pierced Merlin's shoulder, blood splattered on the chain, and the runes instantly became as bright as day.

The black mist let out a sharp scream and was burned to ashes by the runes on the chains.

Merlin collapsed, and Wu Hen caught him in time, and the chain fell to the ground with a clang.

"Huh..." Li Yifei leaned against the wall to catch his breath, only then he realized that his back was all wet.

The Monkey King squatted in the ruins, gnawing on the broken golden cudgel.

Gilgamesh was cursing as he put away his treasure. Bragi had returned to the ward at some point and was using a silver cup to collect water from the ground.

"The key he mentioned..." Lin Qiye picked up the fragments of scales,

"Is it related to the Black King?"

Wu Hen felt Merlin's pulse and raised his head with a cold glint in his eyes: "Chen Yangrong's experiment probably used these big guys as containers. The Black King was sealed, but the experimental subject woke up——"

He kicked the chain on the ground,

"That black fog just now, was it the Black King's regret, or a back-up for the experiment?"

"Who cares?" Sun Wukong put the broken stick behind his waist and jumped onto the windowsill.

"I'm going to find a blacksmith to recast my rod. This shabby place is unlucky if I stay there for too long!"

Gilgamesh snorted and turned to walk towards the ward: "The miscellaneous practitioners are on their own."

Braki poked his head out of the ward and said in stiff Chinese, "The Twilight of the Gods is coming."

Li Yifei watched them disperse and suddenly shuddered.

He squatted down to pick up the surveillance footage and caught a glimpse of the diary on Merlin's bedside table.

It fell out during the fight just now. On the cover was a line of small words: "To those who come later: When the blood of the God of Magic drips on the Soul-Locking Chain, the secret of the Red Moon will see the light of day again."

"Let's go." Wu Hen picked up Meilin,

"Send him to the underground secret room and ask An Qingyu to examine him."

Lin Qiye nodded and reached out to catch the old man in Wu Hen's arms.

As the two walked deeper into the corridor,

Li Yifei heard Wu Hen whisper, "Red Moon Fragment... We need to go to Chen Yangrong's laboratory."

"Yeah." Lin Qiye responded, "Tonight."

The smell of disinfectant still lingers in my nose.

Li Yifei watched their backs disappear around the corner, and suddenly remembered that night in the fishing village.

Shen Qingzhu said, "Some roads still need to be walked."

He looked down at the surveillance fragment in his hand. The glass still reflected the afterimage of the black fog.

Some roads are more difficult to walk on than you imagine.