Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Wu Chang had already taken action with his men, preparing to eliminate Chief Justice Gascogne and Brook, but the one who most wanted them dead was definitely Acting Prime Minister Glad.

He had just received the results of the Phantom investigation that afternoon, learning of the involvement of the Peace Church, and by night he had already arranged a setup.

He gathered all the Transcendents from the Liberal Party, along with the Secret Police of the Police Hall, the Alchemy Association, the Clock Tower Magic Association, and some nobles’ private Extraordinary Guards, to discuss how to control Gascogne and others.

Apart from Wu Chang’s forces, more than half of the players who appeared at the Transcendent gathering and the final battle for invitations were gathered at the Police Hall.

Glad chose the Police Hall, thinking it was close to the Secret Security Department, and it would be easy to call in Sir Sean, but when he sent people over, they found that No. 6 Bai She Avenue was already cleared.

This was also the reason why the Phantom did not verify after hearing Cold Mountain’s words.

Cold Mountain, Sword Star, and Phantom, as the three arrowheads, were at the forefront of all Transcendents.

With over a hundred Transcendents following behind, Sword Star felt much more at ease, thinking that with so many players present, they could brute-force even the final boss.

The Transcendents were on high alert, and each player spread out according to their combat habits, occupying various corners of Bai She Avenue.

Cold Mountain glanced around and saw that every significant node visible to the naked eye was occupied by Transcendents.

With such a tight formation, once the battle began, not even a mosquito could fly out.

Just as the formation was complete, a steam carriage emerged from the thick fog and stopped on the street in front of the Police Hall.

A man in a black robe descended from the driver’s seat, slowly standing in the middle of the road.

Surrounded by over a hundred Transcendents, he showed no fear, his body remarkably relaxed.

He slowly tore off his black robe, and with the sound of fabric ripping, his body beneath the black robe was revealed.

Unlike other Steam Councilors, he was not a combination of flesh and metal but was entirely metallic, resembling a complete metal life form.

His right arm linked to a massive serrated long knife, which the Secret Police investigating the serial killer had speculated on many times. Upon seeing this murder weapon, they immediately exclaimed:

"Executioner!"

The Executioner was the official code name used by the Police Hall for the serial killer.

The Executioner’s left arm was a grotesquely large firearm, its surface covered in flesh. Without skin, blood vessels, fascia, and muscle fibers were exposed, pulsing subtly like a living creature.

This was the only part of his body with flesh.

The Executioner’s head retained the general outline of a human head, but upon closer inspection, one would see the back half of the skull replaced by a small pressing device engraved with complex patterns.

As members who attacked the Royal Light Weapons Factory, Cold Mountain and Sword Star were unfamiliar with what was embedded in the Executioner’s head.

It was the core of the Demon-Breaking Steam Press.

Hiss~

The Executioner opened its mouth, and a thick cloud of steam billowed forth, dense enough to resemble clouds.

As the steam spread, all the Transcendents on the street realized that not only were their Energy Skills suppressed, but even their passives that did not require energy activation and their reincarnation passives were suppressed by the rules of steam, making them unusable.

At this moment, the concentration of steam rules on Bai She Avenue had reached the level of the primary source of the great stench, the Gneral Chemical Factory.

This change caught all the Transcendents off guard, and many who were hiding in hard-to-reach places lost their passive abilities, causing them to fall from their concealed positions.

The Executioner’s actions did not stop there. As the Transcendents were adjusting to the surge of steam rules, it opened the carriage and took out a large quantity of coal essence, which it chewed and swallowed.

Swallowing the coal essence caused bright red patterns to illuminate on its mechanical body. It emitted heat, causing the surrounding air to distort.

After the coal essence, it took a piece of metal imbued with Extraordinary Power, which melted into liquid the moment it was placed in its mouth.

Immediately after, the bright red patterns on its body extinguished, and as its body temperature swiftly dropped to a certain degree, it swallowed a large number of steam explosives.

The coal essence, steam explosives, Extraordinary Metal, along with the core of the Demon-Breaking Steam Press embedded in its head, combined to brew an extremely terrifying power within it.

Facing such terrifying power, even Cold Mountain and Phantom couldn’t help but sweat on their foreheads.

The next moment, the Executioner raised its gigantic gun-like left arm, aiming the muzzle skywards.

Bam!

With a deafening explosion, a dazzling light burst from the muzzle, and the bullet shot straight into the sky.

"Find cover!" Cold Mountain was the second to react, shouting for the other Transcendents to find cover, while moving with Sword Star towards the nearby buildings.

The reason Cold Mountain was second was because, as he called out, Phantom had already run back to the Police Hall.

Cold Mountain had just taken cover with Sword Star, using the Power of Root to support his Defense Skills, when metal bullets began to rain down from the sky.

Clang clang clang~

The entire Bai She Avenue was instantly filled with the sound of metal colliding, buildings and the ground exploding with fragments.

If you ignore the continuous screams in the background, this dense hammering resembled a storm or a hailstorm.

The only difference was that this rain of bullets brought only death.

Each bullet raining down from the sky carried the unique imprint of a Demon-Breaking Bullet. The Extraordinary Metal used in the bullet increased its penetration power, and as soon as the bullet entered a Transcendent’s body, the steam explosive hidden inside would detonate, blasting a huge hole in the Transcendent.

Even though Cold Mountain gave an immediate warning, over half of the hundred Transcendents on Bai She Avenue still perished in this bullet rain.

Among them, more than ten players died, with only a lucky few moving quickly enough to exit the instance. Most had no time to resist, dying instantly.

It must be known that these players, lying dead on the cold street with multiple holes blasted in their bodies, dying so effortlessly, were all within the top 300 on the Desolate Realm power rankings.

Any one of them, on their own, was a formidable figure in the Desolate Realm.

Yet at this moment, they were no different from stray dogs on the roadside, easily executed by the Executioner.

This is an S-Level dungeon, with an official recommendation for exploration being a minimum of Level 30.

The minimum recommended Level is 30, which doesn’t mean Full-level Players can simply explore it, as the Desolate Realm’s level cap is only 30.

If other Level impending out-of-control dungeons have a zero-tolerance for mistakes, where any mistake leads to death,

then in an S-Level dungeon, even without making mistakes, bad luck could still result in death for players.