Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 988: Chapter 304: Devil Leech and Corrupt Human Mushroom_3

But Leonard Churchill didn’t think it was over just like that.

He surmised in his heart, “After the sacrifice, those people from the White Family will probably pull out their big moves to deal with these High-Order card masters from the Southern Continent… If I don’t escape now, the trouble will be massive. Plus, the main structure of this research institute has been so well preserved, if the White Family’s people gain access to it before us and close the door, we won’t even be able to escape…”

If Leonard wanted to stay alive, his best choice was to bolt out of there as quickly as possible.

But that might not necessarily mean he’d survive.

And once he fled, he would inevitably expose some of his methods, invoking suspicion.

Moreover, the most important thing was,

the only chance to save Toad would also be missed.

At this moment, Toad was still locked in an iron cage.

But because the cage was above the water’s surface, and those from the Holy Church had used some method, the leeches hadn’t climbed up there yet.

At life and death moments like this, no one adhered to the prohibition of approaching the iron cage.

The nearby adventurers and soldiers, in their desperation to survive, also climbed onto the prison cart.

A tiny iron cage, now carrying hundreds of people.

Escaping would most likely mean survival.

Leonard saw this, and a touch of determination flickered in his eyes; he decisively chose to use the “hero” as his “survival anchor”.

Compared to escaping, staying with Toad might not be riskier.

As soon as the thought arose, Leonard also took advantage of the chaos to run over.

Like the other adventurers, he clung to the iron cage in sheer panic.

This was the only time in a few days that he could get so close to the iron cage.

To rescue Toad, he first had to pass “Gamil’s Omnipotent Key” into its hands.

However, those cloaked figures from the Holy Church seemed to have been on guard early on.

They were carefully watching every single person on the iron cage.

Leonard didn’t dare reveal any flaws.

And in the blink of an eye, a message of despair came again for everyone.

Before Leonard even had a chance to pass the card to Toad, suddenly, the whole space echoed with the “click clack” of gears engaging.

“No good! The relic’s gate is closing!”

“Damn it, we’re going to be trapped here.”

“Quick, escape.”

“…”

Seeing this, the people from the Southern Continent also realized that, besides them in the relic, there seemed to be other “outsiders”.

And those outsiders also had some control over the relic.

This set off alarm bells for Legion Commander Heman as well.

Before the gate was shut, they had the option of both entering and leaving.

But once the relic was sealed off, nobody dared to guarantee what would happen.

No one thought that those controlling the gate had any good intentions towards them.

Now, it was either fight to escape or be doomed to die there.

Leonard also keenly observed Heman exchanging glances with those from the Holy Church.

The result was, they chose to stay.

Because they knew that if the “container” was really in the relic, those outsiders were very likely here for that very thing.

Once out, it can’t be guaranteed that the container would still be there on a subsequent visit.

….

Just as the people of the Thorny Snake Corps decided to stay, the second-floor gate of the research institute was slowly closing.

Leonard watched, his pupils reflecting a trace of contemplation.

This research institute was very likely studying the Outer God in the container, with a high level of security that ordinary people couldn’t imagine.

Even after thousands of years, trapping a group of card masters, whose highest tier was only seven, wouldn’t be a big problem.

The closing gate didn’t surprise Leonard.

His eyes were always watching those from the Holy Church.

They didn’t seem to be in the urgent dismay of someone about to be trapped to death, which proved that they might have some other ace up their sleeve.

With this in mind, Leonard was no longer in a hurry.

The spores wouldn’t affect him in the short term.

And although the Devil Leeches couldn’t be killed or eradicated,

Leonard was carrying a variety of items.

If truly surrounded by leeches, at least the “alchemy salt” would be enough for him alone.

Leonard sketched out countless possible situations in his mind.

But no matter which, the current situation could hardly be considered a dead end for him.

However, Leonard knew that the crisis wasn’t limited to this; he pondered in his heart, “What exactly do the White Family people want by sacrificing these souls?”

Just as this thought arose, an expected surprise occurred.

Everyone watched as some ghosts-like spiritual bodies slowly materialized in the air.

Although these spiritual bodies were oddly diverse, the most numerous were those resembling snakes, worms, foxes, and crows.

Leonard had seen this scene before and murmured to himself, “The White Family’s Immortal Aegis Animals…”

Seeing this, he already understood the purpose of the sacrifice.

As long as the incense burns, the Immortal Aegis Animals do not perish.

The White Family used the souls of tens of thousands of people to re-condense the spirits of those Immortal Aegis Animals that had disappeared from this research institute.

Looking at those floating spiritual bodies, Leonard’s eyes gradually became playful.

The Immortal Aegis Animals the White Family worshipped during the Taron era had combat power that rivaled Gods and Demons.

If one of those ancient Immortal Aegis Animals were to be awakened by the White Family descendants, things would become quite interesting…

The people of the Thorny Snake Corps watched these illusions of Immortal Aegis Animals with distraught expressions.

But at that moment, the trouble wasn’t from those newly-condensed ancient Immortal Aegis Animals.

At that moment, those numerous Devil Leeches in the water, having gorged on blood, began to emit a strange green glow. Under the gaping stares of Leonard and the other survivors, the green light converged, dozens of leeches merging into one larger leech, then hundreds into an even larger one…

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