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Chapter 823: Guarding and Caught
"Whoosh!"
Under the massive water current impact, the Inquisitor of the Tribunal was immediately pushed out of the water.
Although Lin Yu had held back, it was enough to directly fling the old man into midair.
And for Fish on the shore...
This was practically something that required no hesitation.
"Bang!"
Fish hadn't even clearly seen what had emerged from underwater; she only confirmed that it definitely wasn't Raymond or Lin Yu before pulling the trigger.
A flash of white light pierced through the Inquisitor of the Tribunal's body. Blood sprayed from the air, and then the Inquisitor's body tumbled backward.
But where would Fish let him fall back into the water? She raised her hand, a grappling hook flying out to snag the Inquisitor of the Tribunal in reverse and drag him back.
By the time Lin Yu and Raymond climbed back onto the shore, they already saw Fish aiming her gun at the Inquisitor of the Tribunal.
The old man lay on the ground, looking extremely weak.
"Good job, Schreiber!"
Fish's praise came as she looked at Lin Yu, who was drenched from head to toe. "That was a huge help—your timing was really spot-on."
She said this while pointing at the Monarch-tier snake descendant on the water's surface.
"Any later, and that thing was about to attack."
Lin Yu looked in the direction Fish pointed, seeing that the snake descendant seemed to have completed its synchronization and assimilation with the stitched monster's soul within its body.
The snake descendant's mouth was already slightly open, looking much more alert than before.
Fish's successive bombardments had inflicted numerous injuries on it—but those wounds were now fully healed.
Without a doubt, the reason it hadn't attacked was precisely because it feared the Inquisitor of the Tribunal that Fish was currently aiming her gun at.
Their guess was correct... The Inquisitor of the Tribunal had created this thing, and it did obey his commands.
The weak and disheveled Inquisitor of the Tribunal on the ground, seeing Lin Yu ashore, spoke in a hoarse voice.
"As expected of the 'Golden Cross Medal' holder... Your Excellency, even without using mana, relying solely on physical strength, mental power, and external tools, you're still terrifyingly strong."
"You must be a top-tier powerhouse who's been roaming the Abyss for a long time, right?"
The Inquisitor of the Tribunal let out a breath.
As Lin Yu had discerned, his strength was indeed greatly diminished, which was why he'd been pushed out of the water by Lin Yu.
But...
The Inquisitor of the Tribunal had absolutely not held back.
In fact, after sensing his position locked by mental power, he had immediately guarded against any spells this "Golden Cross Medal" holder might unleash.
For Abyss adventurers and top-tier Demon Hunters of this level, their spells could often achieve the impossible trinity of power, speed, and stealth that defied common sense.
Normally, magic with high power, fast launch speed, and a concealed casting wind-up was an impossible triangle.
But those "monsters" who walked the Abyss and targeted high-ranking dark creatures year-round couldn't be judged by common sense.
Their spells could be relatively stealthy while still combining power and speed.
This was a skill honed through countless life-or-death battles, the sole gift left to them by brutal survival and combat.
Especially those who had obtained the "Golden Cross Medal"... Those people were monsters among monsters.
So, the Inquisitor of the Tribunal clearly knew that to guard against Lin Yu's spells, he couldn't wait until the moment the other side began casting.
He had to set up defenses in advance!
Thus, he placed three layers of seals within his soul and prepared a defensive spell within the Mana Streams in his body.
The Inquisitor of the Tribunal had spent most of his mana maintaining these "defensive" formations!
As for Lin Yu's physical combat and attacks...
In the Inquisitor's view, they should just be feints and aggressive strikes!
Once he was too busy to construct spells, a fatal spell would probably directly blast him apart!
After all, while Lin Yu's strength was terrifying, it was far less frightening than his mental power.
How could he have known... that the source of that mental power was Old Zheng, not Lin Yu!
"He actually used my expectations of battle to drain my massive mana reserves," the Inquisitor thought, deeply admiring the wet Lin Yu on the shore. "What terrifying combat intelligence, what terrifying resolve, to be able to resist using high-level power entirely... It seems he's been in the Abyss longer than I might have imagined."
"This must be a habit formed by always facing another fight at any moment in the Abyss—winning battles with the 'minimum cost'... Even if this seems like a risky move to me, for someone long-term in the Abyss, it might actually be the 'optimal solution.'"
Thoughts swirling, the Inquisitor of the Tribunal nodded at Lin Yu.
"Your Excellency Schreiber, losing to you leaves me fully convinced."
"Hey, you old man... I was the one who shot you dead! Sure, Schreiber is impressive, but how can you forget about me?"
Fish poked the Inquisitor of the Tribunal with her gun barrel, displeased.
The Inquisitor looked at her and only let out a cold laugh.
"Ignorant little Transcendent from the academy!"
In the Inquisitor's view, the founder of the Holy Relic faction did have some strength, arguably one of humanity's top adventurers.
But... that founder was only on the same level as Schreiber over there.
This little girl actually thought her victory was all because of her?
What a joke!
If he hadn't been guarding against that spell Lin Yu never actually cast, he could have easily blocked this shooting too!
However, the Inquisitor of the Tribunal couldn't be bothered to explain to Fish.
This attitude only made Fish even more irritated.
"Damn it, Old Bastard, if you keep looking at me like that, I'll blow your head off!"
Fish cocked her gun and cursed angrily.
But she was just venting.
After cursing, Fish spoke again: "Forget it, I won't haggle with you... Just tell us how to get out of this underground place."
The Inquisitor of the Tribunal let out a cold laugh: "Leave? You've come here, and you still think you can leave?"
Hearing the Inquisitor's words, Lin Yu also spoke.
"Haven't you already conceded? A bet is a bet."
"Given your current wounds, you're the one who can't afford to drag this out, right? With you in our hands, that monster doesn't dare attack us, and you probably don't have the courage for mutually assured destruction."
"If your goal really was to kill us and burn everything down, we wouldn't be standing here right now—you would have had that monster attack earlier."
Lin Yu analyzed as he walked over to the Inquisitor of the Tribunal and crouched down.
"So, stop putting on airs... If you still have a trump card, bring it out quickly."
"If you don't, then surrender quickly."