Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 351 - 67 Lord’s Wanted Notice

Chapter 351 -67 Lord’s Wanted Notice

Thud thud thud! Thud thud thud!

The gloomy thudding of the horse’s hooves filled the air as a knight, draped in a black robe and carrying a black coffin on his back, galloped across the black plains on a black steed.

Behind him, seven or eight grotesque nightmare creatures chased after the knight tenaciously, sticking to him like gum under a shoe.

A humanoid nightmare creature, covered in blood, bellowed, “Black Coffin! You can’t escape, so you might as well surrender and let me end it quickly for you!”

“That’s right, that’s right!” another nightmare creature, which looked like a warty toad but as large as a calf, chimed in, “We’ve worked together before, so out of old times’ sake, we guarantee a quick end for you!”

The knight glanced back; those two nightmare creatures had been his companions a month ago.

But now, they had become bounty hunters pursuing him.

The knight’s left hand touched his waist, and a black bean appeared in his hand.

He then tossed the bean behind him where it exploded mid-air into dazzling flashes of white light.

Under the glare of these lights, the pursuing nightmare creatures closed their eyes one after another.

But was a flash bomb such a trifling tool?

Even with their eyes closed, a vast expanse of white light appeared in their senses under the bomb’s brilliance, hampering their vision.

The knight swiftly whipped his steed in an attempt to take advantage of this moment to accelerate and shake off this group of pursuers, or at least open some distance between them.

However, as he brought his whip down, his body suddenly lurched forward.

He had neglected one thing: This steed had not stopped running day and night for the better part of half a month.

Even if the steed was a nightmare creature, it had now reached its limits.

“Damn it!” the knight cursed. In mid-air, he twisted his body and landed firmly on the ground.

Beneath his black robe, a pair of dark red eyes quickly scanned the pursuers.

Without the extremely fast steed, he couldn’t possibly escape these nightmare creatures.

He now had to seize the moment while the pursuers were still trying to recover from the “flash bomb’s” effects and kill the one who accelerated them.

Soon, he fixed his gaze on a horse-like nightmare creature.

Clang!

A refined gold greatsword, inscribed with dark red runes, surged out from the black robe, as the knight charged toward the horse-shaped nightmare creature.

At this moment, the nightmare creatures had just recovered from the effects of the flash bomb.

As their senses returned, they saw the knight with the refined gold greatsword, which had slain countless nightmare creatures, rushing toward them.

“Defend! Defend quickly!” a nightmare creature who had worked with the knight shouted in panic.

He had witnessed the extreme sharpness and unstoppable force of the knight’s refined gold greatsword, which their flesh could not withstand.

But his shouting was already too late.

Splat!

With one strike, the refined gold greatsword sliced a pus-covered humanoid nightmare creature in two; black fluids burst forth like a fountain from the severed body.

Immediately after, the fluids turned into dark dust.

With just one sword strike, the besieged knight managed to slay one nightmare creature.

The nightmare creatures shuffled back in panic, their spirits shocked by the knight’s sword strike.

They were mere bounty hunters, not a trained army by any nightmare lord; when compared to death, the bounty seemed far too cheap.

With his sword in hand, the knight lunged at the horse-shaped nightmare creature whose rapid acceleration ability couldn’t be utilized at such a short distance.

In this tense moment, a nightmare creature suddenly came to its senses and shouted:

“What are we afraid of? He’s just one man!”

With that, the nightmare creature boldly stepped in front of the knight. Its body resembled a moss-covered boulder, and its abilities were well-matched to its appearance.

Ting!

The refined gold greatsword struck sparks on the boulder’s surface, the moss layer acting like a coating of grease deflecting the sword’s attack.

Seeing this, the surrounding nightmare creatures regained their courage.

It was just a paper tiger.

Two nightmare creatures transformed into wolf-tiger-like beasts and lunged at him.

Their sharp claws and teeth even left clear tracers in the air.

Behind them, the other nightmare creatures also started using their abilities.

The skin stripper’s body inflated instantly, followed by a foul-smelling dark red liquid shooting towards the knight like a water jet.

On another side, the toad-like nightmare creature’s belly swelled, its back blisters grew, then it squirted out a stream of thick green poison.

Other nightmare creatures showed off their divine skills at this moment, and in no time, there was no space for the knight to dodge.

“Damn it!” the knight cursed again.

He then saw the knight, without dodging or flinching, brandishing his refined gold greatsword and tangling with the two onrushing nightmare creatures.

The distance attacks launched by other nightmare creatures corroded his black robe, but beneath the robe, a layer of golden armor glimmered brilliantly in the dark daylight.

Puchi!

An angled slash of the refined gold greatsword severed the front paw of a nightmare creature, but the fang of another tore a piece of flesh from his neck.

This was the first injury he had sustained in the battle.

Before he could react, a stream of dark green liquid struck his wound.

Instantly, a potent poison entered his body along with the power of nightmare, stiffening his limbs.

Then, a stream of blood also hit his wound.

This made the knight’s movements even more sluggish, and a burning sensation swept through his entire body.

“Ha ha ha, I hit him! We hit him! We might catch him alive!”

A cheer pierced the knight’s ears, and he suddenly remembered that the wanted poster suggested capturing him alive if possible.

The sluggish Knight posed no threat to these people, as he stiffly swung his Refined Gold Greatsword. Black, sticky ooze continually seeped from beneath his Pure Gold Armor.

“This is the end,” thought the Knight, a bit disheartened.

He had been fleeing for over a hundred years, and yet, he was finally caught.

He planted the Refined Gold Greatsword into the ground, gasping for air weakly. The Nightmare creatures around him grew excited at the sight.

According to the bounty posted, capturing this Nightmare creature code-named Black Coffin alive would earn them a reward of five hundred thousand Nightmare Crystals.

However, none of the Nightmare creatures made their move immediately.

They were all waiting for Black Coffin to completely fall.

That astonishing strike just now had left them somewhat frightened.

The Knight looked at the Nightmare creatures surrounding him with a bitter smile on his face.

He turned to look at the coffin behind him and thought to himself, “My lord, if you don’t wake up now, your faithful underling is going to die.”

But the Black Coffin remained motionless.

The Knight, feeling somewhat desperate, pulled the Refined Gold Greatsword out of the ground once more.

He couldn’t possibly be captured alive; he wouldn’t die in such a humiliating way!

Amidst the cautious stares of many Nightmare creatures, the Knight let out a wistful smile and turned the blade towards himself.

If he couldn’t kill these people, could he not commit suicide?

The Knight closed his eyes, ready to embrace the eternal peace coming with the blade…

Boom!

A loud noise startled the Knight into opening his eyes, only to see his Greatsword held mid-air by a massive Magic Hand.

One after another, black fireballs flew from behind him, exploding upon the Nightmare creatures that had pursued him, causing them to cry out for their fathers and mothers.

“Bonehead, how come you keep getting trapped in desperate situations? You’re not the heroine, you know.”

A familiar voice came from behind him, bringing tears to the Knight’s eyes.

He turned around excitedly and saw a slightly ethereal figure holding a silver Magic Wand standing behind him.

Fireballs fell like meteors, hurled by the ethereal figure at the surrounding creatures.

Seeing this, Bonehead was somewhat stunned.

No, who are you?

Since Richard had entered the Nightmare World through the Gate of Nightmare, he was not in a Nightmare Body but fighting in the state of a pure Soul.

Bonehead had never seen him like this before.

In his memory, Richard had always been an enigmatic figure draped in a Wizard Robe.

Soon, the Nightmare creatures around them were swept away by Richard.

Richard used the Magic Hand to gather the remains of the surrounding corpses and turned to look at the somewhat dazed Bonehead.

“What, you don’t recognize me in a different getup?”

Hearing the familiar voice, Bonehead asked hesitantly, “Are you really the boss?”

At this, Richard was at a loss for words.

With a flash, he was next to Bonehead, tapping his Magic Wand lightly to break the chains behind him.

Bonehead wanted to dodge, but the poison inside him hadn’t dissipated yet.

All he could do was watch as Richard opened the coffin and took out the body it contained.

Then he was dumbfounded.

He saw Richard’s Soul dive into the Nightmare Body, which then opened its eyes.

“You recognize me now, right?” said the Nightmare Body.

Bonehead, dumbfounded, watched this scene, his mind practically smoking.

Is this even possible?

But it didn’t take long for Bonehead to come around and respectfully say to Richard,

“Boss, you’ve finally awakened!”

Richard nodded, “I have. What’s the situation with you now? Why are you being hunted again?”

Bonehead lifted his head and began to explain his circumstances to Richard.

Since the day Richard had left, Bonehead, following his instructions, had tried to traverse the Wilderness to leave the Nightmare Territory.

Yet as soon as he’d entered the Wilderness, a group of pursuers came after him.

Having spent much effort to deal with the pursuers, he learned from them that the Nightmare Lord had placed a bounty on him.

The Nightmare Lord had set the price for his corpse at a hundred thousand Nightmare Crystals, but capturing him alive would fetch five hundred thousand.

Had he not entered the Wilderness in time, he would have been overwhelmed by the tide of Bounty Hunters.

After crossing the Wilderness, Bonehead thought he wouldn’t be hunted in the new Nightmare Territory.

However, his bounty was quickly carried by the Bounty Hunters to the Nightmare Territory he was in, forcing him to traverse the Wilderness again.

Over and over, Bonehead had switched through more than a dozen Nightmare Territories, and still, there were Bounty Hunters pursuing him.

There was no helping it, half a million Nightmare Crystals was just too tempting a reward.

With that amount, even the Nightmare Knights would take action, not to mention the Big Nightmares.

Richard listened, nodding occasionally.

After Bonehead finished, Richard concluded,

“So, in other words, there’s a group of Bounty Hunters constantly after you, and they are all quite powerful, right?”

Bonehead nodded, “That’s right.”

“Well, that’s good,”

Seeing Bonehead’s puzzled look, Richard’s voice became surprisingly cheerful.

“Let’s head to the nearest Lawless Land after this. These Bounty Hunters are prime ingredients on the hook, Bonehead!”