"Quick... destroy all the stone statues you can see up there! Destroy them before that guy absorbs their Spirituality!"
In the open space in the center of Saint Amanda School, the bald Ghost that had drilled out of the ground dissipated after shouting two sentences in Deer Skull's voice, leaving Geffrey and Oswan looking at each other blankly.
"Mr. Lu Ku's great enemy uses the Spirit Sculpture method to accumulate Spirituality. He can store the sculpted Spirituality stone statues without absorbing them, and then complete the final step of absorption when needed."
"We must smash those stone statues immediately, otherwise that guy's Spirituality will be endless! We must assist Mr. Lu Ku up there!"
Speaking to each other, Oswan and Geffrey immediately understood the current situation. They had to assist Deer Skull and Aldrich in the fight above, and the way to assist was to destroy all the stone statues in the school, cutting off Aldrich's source of Spirituality.
As soon as they thought of it, Geffrey and Oswan immediately opened their briefcases. As Bonecrafters, they were ready to summon their bone weapons and start working. Just then, sudden changes occurred all around them.
Around the open space, behind the corridor pillars, by the upstairs windows, and in the flower bed grass, five men in different clothes suddenly emerged. These men all had indifferent expressions, each holding a handgun, pointing at the two people in the open space.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Suddenly, the five men holding firearms simultaneously fired continuously at Geffrey and Oswan. Bullets poured towards the two from various angles. Caught off guard, both of them were shot once, and were directly knocked to the ground.
For normal people, being shot like this would render them unable to move even if they didn't die. However, they were Extraordinary, Extraordinary of ""Stone"".
"Ugh... it's an ambush!"
Shot in the left shoulder, Oswan, who had fallen to the ground in pain, let out a cry, then waved the empty bone in his hand, summoning his Ghost to enter the briefcase. Subsequently, four bone shields flew directly out of the briefcase.
These shields were pieced together from countless human bones, slightly over a meter in length and width, with various shapes and inscribed spells. After flying out of the briefcase, they immediately began to circle the two people lying on the ground, blocking all the incoming bullets from all directions.
Although ordinary human bones cannot resist bullets, after being processed by a Bonecrafter, these bones have considerable strength, enough to be used as weapons.
Protected by the bone shields, Oswan and Geffrey stood up again. Oswan gritted his teeth and scratched open his shoulder. The skin there cracked like rock, and a deformed bullet, embedded due to hitting a hard object, was at the center of the crack.
Extraordinary of the ""Stone"" path possess the ability to harden their skin at the Student. At the Student level, ""Stone"" can withstand ordinary swords and knives after hardening their skin. Upon advancing to Black Rank, regardless of the direction of advancement, the hardening ability is enhanced. Black Rank hardening can barely withstand bullets.
Of course, this is just barely withstanding them and does not mean they can completely ignore bullets. If the same location is hit repeatedly, the hardening can still be penetrated. Moreover, they will lose balance and fall after being hit by bullets. They do not possess the powerful physique like ""Cup"" that allows them to withstand bullets and remain standing.
Gritting his teeth and pulling out the bullet from his body, Oswan looked at Geffrey beside him, who was also slowly standing up and pulling out the bullet from his body.
"That old guy also hired helpers. I'll defend, you deal with them!"
Oswan shouted to Geffrey. After standing up, Geffrey's expression also became serious. He then controlled his Ghost to enter the briefcase. Subsequently, five bone blades flew out of the briefcase and sped towards the attackers beyond the shields.
Seeing the bone blades coming, the five armed attackers immediately stopped shooting and hid back behind cover. Ultimately, only one attacker hiding in the flower bushes was beheaded by a bone blade, while the other bone blades had to stop in mid-air because Geffrey lost sight of his targets.
Then the four attackers crouched down and began to move quickly behind cover. Using various visual covers, they moved from one pillar to another, from one window to another, and then suddenly leaned out again and shot at Geffrey and the others.
And when the bone blades came at them, they hid back again, then started moving again where Geffrey couldn't see them. After moving to a new angle and position, they popped out again and shot at the two in the open space. When Geffrey reacted and controlled the bone blades to attack, they hid back again, then moved to another location.
In this way, taking advantage of the terrain, the attackers engaged in guerrilla warfare with Geffrey, hitting here and there, often appearing in unexpected places to shoot at them. The four bone shields, about a meter wide, were far from providing 360-degree defense without blind spots. The two of them were often hit by a shot coming from a strange angle, and as they were knocked to the ground, their skin would shatter in pieces.
Both Geffrey and Oswan's vision could only cover the area in front of them. The attackers usually appeared from their blind spots to attack. Both of them were confused in their anger as to how these attackers could so accurately grasp their movements, unaware that in the sky, a crow was constantly circling above their heads, looking down.
Facing this situation, Geffrey was very annoyed. He felt like he was playing whack-a-mole, but a high-difficulty version with lightning-fast reactions. They would go down one hole and pop out of another. The key was that these moles not only hid but also hit people. Every time one popped out, they would give you a punch. If you ignored them, they would all pop out together and gang up on you, so ignoring them was not an option.
"Damn it... these guys are too good at hiding! I can't catch them at all!" Facing the cold shots coming from all directions, Geffrey said angrily. This was why he disliked targets hiding in buildings; they were very hard to catch.
"If we keep getting disrupted like this, we won't be able to complete Mr. Lu Ku's mission at all. Take this! Quickly get rid of them all at once! The mission is important now!"
At this moment, Oswan, who was controlling the shields to defend against the cold shots, directly handed Geffrey a piece of rough paper. Geffrey looked and found that it was actually a talisman seal. Seeing these two talisman seals, his expression immediately froze.
"Okay, just a moment."
Saying this, Geffrey stuck a talisman seal onto his right palm. After the talisman seal quickly burned, it left a symbol of ""Stone"" on Geffrey's palm. Then, Geffrey pressed his right hand to the ground.
"Ground Listening Talisman Seal"
In the interval of a small tremor, Geffrey activated the talisman seal on his hand. After placing his right hand on the ground, he closed his eyes, and then, with a focused expression, began to feel the vibrations of the rock and the earth.
Instantly, Geffrey's perception was magnified countless times. His perception surpassed hindering obstacles and spread throughout half of the school. Within his range of perception, he sensed all sorts of vibrations, including those of the attackers moving around behind cover.
The sensory expression of ""Stone"" is touch. By sensing vibrations, Extraordinary of ""Stone"" can use touch as sight, viewing things with an alternative horizon, and this horizon is not blocked by obstacles.
"Hmph, now... I see you."
With a cold laugh, Geffrey, with his eyes closed, controlled his bone blades to fly into the school buildings, and then began to harvest the attackers hidden behind cover.
Dorothy's Corpse Puppets had their heads severed by the incoming bone blades while completely unprepared.