Fearing that prolonged aiming would alert the evil spirit master, Oschin cautiously lowered his gun. Now was not the right time to act; he needed to wait for Zhao Wuji and Shao Xin to be in position.
Because the opponent's strength clearly exceeded the Shrek Academy students' limits, Grandmaster hadn't originally intended for them to participate in this battle. However, since Oschin possessed a powerful long-range weapon like the Gauss sniper rifle, and the other students had various long-range soul tools capable of harming Soul King-level Soul Masters, Grandmaster didn't object to the plan for them to launch a long-range attack.
In this plan, Oschin's Gauss sniper rifle would fire the first shot. If Oschin's attack failed to strike the evil spirit master's vitals and incapacitate him, the other students would use their long-range soul tools to unleash a barrage of fire. If this barrage still failed to eliminate the evil spirit master, Zhao Wuji would then intervene. Shao Xin would serve as a backup in case of unforeseen circumstances.
Now, Oschin was waiting for Zhao Wuji's signal to arrive. As soon as Zhao Wuji arrived, Oschin would act immediately. Otherwise, if the villagers emerged under the control of the vampire bats, Shrek would have to worry about accidental casualties. A
tapping sound came from Oschin's earpiece—the agreed-upon signal for Zhao Wuji's arrival. Taking a deep breath, Oschin once again scoped his Gauss sniper rifle at the dark red figure. Because the sniping distance was already over 1.5 kilometers, Oschin cautiously aimed the muzzle at the figure's chest.
A slight hissing sound was followed by a faint blue-white light emanating from the muzzle of Oschin's gun. A physical bullet, inscribed with runes that granted acceleration, explosion, and electric shock effects, crossed spatial limitations at incredible speed, instantly piercing the chest of the evil spirit master standing in the village's central open space.
The splattering blood and flesh in the scope made Oschin instinctively close his eyes in discomfort. Fortunately, Oschin's tolerance for such scenes had improved significantly. The urgency of the battle allowed him to quickly suppress his discomfort, grab his Gauss sniper rifle, and reposition himself.
Meanwhile, the evil spirit master in the center of the village, severely wounded by Oschin's shot, had completely lost his ability to dodge and was engulfed in a barrage of long-range artillery fire. Simultaneously, attacks were launched using ultrasonic soul tools planted beforehand at the entrances of the villagers' homes. These were intended to target the vampire bats.
As mentioned earlier, vampire bats primarily rely on ultrasonic waves for perception. Now, Oschin and his group were artificially generating various high-frequency and low-frequency ultrasonic waves using these soul tools, easily throwing the vampire bats into confusion.
A confused vampire bat would be unable to control the villagers, a crucial point for the Shrek Seven Devils present. Because the evil spirit master in the center of the village was actually a six-ring Soul Emperor, without the teacher's intervention, it would take the students some time to subdue him using only ranged soul tools. However, the severely injured evil spirit master, unable to launch an effective attack, was now like a crazed, trapped beast, desperate to escape. He might order his vampire bats to control the villagers and interfere with the students' attacks.
If the villagers actually appeared in the battle, the students, who didn't want to harm them, would undoubtedly be hampered. Moreover, no one could be sure whether the villagers would suffer irreversible damage after the vampire bats gained complete control.
If they didn't want to leave these choices to luck, Oschin and the others needed to disable the vampire bats' hypnotic abilities.
Amidst the roar, Oschin, having completed the relocation, once again aimed his gun at the village below the mountain, but this time, his target was no longer the evil spirit master.
The vampire bats, affected by the ultrasonic interference, had begun to fly away from the houses. These ferocious, feathered beasts could potentially add various variables to the battle, so the students had already devised various countermeasures to keep these flying rats in the village before the battle even began.
Currently, the vampire bats were still under ultrasonic interference, unable to stabilize their flight direction or effectively retaliate against their attackers, making them perfect targets for Oschin. Because these vampire bats were generally young, mostly only ten-year-old soul beasts, Oschin used ordinary solid bullets instead of the more expensive and troublesome inscribed bullets. If it weren't for the fact that his position was too conspicuous due to his constant glowing at night, Oschin would have preferred to use the cheaper laser beam attack mode of his Gauss sniper rifle.
After Oschin accurately shot down more than a dozen vampire bats, five of the other students, whose soul guides couldn't keep up with his range and were forced to hide on the mountainside closer to the valley, scrambled to help him eliminate the vampire bats.
The evil spirit master was now truly at his last gasp. The combined firepower of Oscar and Tang San was enough to eliminate this wicked master.
After nearly a minute of bombardment, Shrek Academy had basically figured out the evil spirit master's spirit skills, mainly those involving blood manipulation. These skills, capable of controlling the opponent's blood, were very troublesome in close combat. However, Shrek Academy had remained outside the range of the evil spirit master's attacks throughout, essentially crippling more than half of his combat power. Frankly speaking, the fact that this evil spirit master could withstand such a long period of damage, even after being ambushed and severely injured by Oscar, was already quite astonishing to the teachers and students of Shrek Academy.
Holding his throat vibrator, Oschin shifted his attention to observing the surroundings and warned the students, "Everyone, be careful. A number of vampire bat corpses have fallen near that evil spirit master. We need to be wary; he might have some kind of soul skill that allows him to control corpses and ambush us at the last moment.
Once we confirm his death, don't rush to his location. Use the drones to drop incendiary bombs and burn him for a while first."
"Shouldn't we preserve the evil spirit master's corpse?"
"Oschin's idea is correct. Evil spirit masters are unpredictable. Many soul masters in the world have been tricked by the corpses of evil spirit masters after their deaths. We only need to confirm his death." The master seized the opportunity to give the students another round of common knowledge about the soul master world.
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