The bustling city that was vibrant during the day now appeared desolate and lonely in the deep night. The towering structures resembled colossal steel tombstones.
Perhaps some people had noticed the intense battle on the highway, but no one dared to approach. The New York police, true to their tradition of tardiness, showed no signs of showing, it was as if they were oblivious to the turmoil.
Lorna had truly exhausted her strength and spirit. Her life force was extremely weak as she lay on the increasingly cold coagulated ground, quietly awaiting the arrival of death.
Lifting the scythe, the humanoid and monstrous Blood Abyss, acting as an executioner, was determined not to allow any unforeseen events. With a half-second of preparation, it mercilessly swung down the scythe.
In the swift chopping motion, the dark blood scythe sliced through the air, producing a cheerful and rapid sharp sound, carrying a shockwave slashing toward Lorna's smooth and pale neck from behind.
A split second before the blade fell, a nearby building's wall suddenly caved in, and shockwaves shattered several floors' glass as a dark figure swiftly traversed the low airspace.
"Please, let me catch up!"
Driven by the urgent determination, the shadow forcefully stamped the ground along the way. Its speed soared to another level, crashing into the location of Blood Abyss and Lorna.
"Huh?" Blood Abyss turned its head in surprise but was directly collided with by the oncoming figure like a meteor hitting the Earth. The pure physical collision generated an explosive effect, sending Blood Abyss flying with its scythe.
It tumbled several times, tossed twenty meters away, and crashed through a roadside green plant before barely coming to a stop.
Lorna opened her eyes slightly, her gaze difficultly moving upward. In the blurred vision, she saw the dark figure and the demonic face of the monster. Instinctively, she joyfully exclaimed, "Boss?"
"Huff, what Boss? Are you alright?" The humanoid monster panted heavily, urgently speaking, with a hint of anxiety in its tone.
"Are you... Eddie?" Lorna closed her eyes and opened them again. Her dizzy brain gradually cleared, realizing that she had mistaken the person before. Surprisingly, her frosty face revealed a look of disappointment. She sighed and said, "So, it's you. Why did you come back again?"
"Hey hey, I risked my life to come back and save you. Don't treat me with the attitude!" Eddie said. At the same time, in the symbiotic armored state with Venom, he firmly held Lorna's slender waist.
"Let's go quickly! I can't maintain this form for long!" Venom called out in Eddie's mind.
"I know without you saying it, and she's too badly injured. We need to get her to treatment promptly," Eddie replied.
As Eddie tried to leave, a gust of strong wind roared in. He hastily raised his other hand to block, focusing on protecting the semi-conscious Lorna in his arms.
*Swoosh!*
The deformed large scythe of Blood Abyss struck Eddie's arm. The blade broke through the dark leather, entering deeply into the muscles and bone, almost cleaving the arm into two.
Eddie groaned in pain, retreating a few steps, using the injured hand to grasp the blade. Meanwhile, his other hand continuously held onto Lorna.
"I thought letting you go would be troublesome, but I didn't expect you to come back by yourself." Blood Abyss laughed maniacally as he took a step forward and pressed the scythe against Eddie's body, causing him to continuously retreat. The blade penetrated the muscled armor.
Already in a state of exhaustion and now carrying an injured person, Eddie struggled. In an instant, he found himself in a dangerous situation where the symbiote was suppressing him mindlessly.
"I just let you go, and now you've returned, which means that not just one but three lives will be ended here," Lorna spoke sarcastically, weakly but venomously.
"Leaving a beauty like you to be killed, I am a model citizen and I can't really do that. I don't want something like that on my conscience" Eddie gritted his teeth, using both hands to protect Lorna, using his arms and body muscles as shields as he resisted Blood Abyss's powerful strikes.
At the same time, he stomped on the ground, creating cracks in the concrete pavement. He desperately used his remaining strength to break through and escape.
But before he could go ten meters, Blood Abyss, like a haunting specter, closed in above Eddie's head. The swinging scythe left a deep cut on Eddie's back, and even Venom's liquid form splashed from this impact.
Eddie and Venom emitted overlapping groans as they fell to the ground with Lorna, creating a gruesome trench on the road, stretching for more than ten meters.
"Eddie, my time has come."
Venom sighed in Eddie's mind. In accordance with its words, the dark external armor on Eddie's body gradually disintegrated, transforming into a viscous black liquid.
The grotesque monster mask fell off a bit, revealing half of Eddie's true face. He gasped heavily, his pallid face covered in a mixture of sweat and Venom's essence.
Despite this, he continued to shield Lorna, preventing her from enduring further trauma.
Lorna's lips moved, and she firmly whispered, "Eddie, from now on, I'll treat you like a brother."
"My dear sister, let's talk about it after we survive." Eddie managed to force a stiff and awkward smile as he spoke while weakly kneeling on the chaotic ground. A few meters away, Blood Abyss was dragging its scythe, approaching them with a sinister grin on its face.
"What? Not running anymore?Good. I'll chop off your heads and swallow them now."
Blood Abyss taunted as he approached Eddie and Lorna. However, at this moment, the surrounding roadside echoed with numerous and densely packed footsteps.
"What's this?" Eddie surveyed the surroundings.
*Shua Shua Shua!*
One, two, three...
Three people in a team, over five teams in total. The arriving individuals all wore black uniforms with demonic masks, each armed with an array of weapons, ranging from cross-era high-tech to finely crafted cold weapons.
They moved agilely, closing in on the battlefield. Each person exuded a cold and indifferent aura, and their actions were seamless as if they had rehearsed countless times.
"Who are you?" Blood Abyss asked cautiously.
The members of the arriving team remained silent, just coldly staring at it. Soon, they parted, creating a passage for someone to pass through.
From the rear, a woman with black hair, black eyes, a long black dress, black stockings, and black boots gracefully walked out. Upon seeing Lorna critically injured in Eddie's arms, her beautiful eyes emitted a silver light devoid of emotion.
"It's over..." Lorna whispered before she closed her eyes in peace, her breathing becoming faint as she fell into a deep unconsciousness.
"You... you are members of the Supernatural Incident Bureau." Eddie recognized Raina, who led the group, and joyfully exclaimed.
"Yes, leave everything here to us."
Red One, a redhead, stared directly at Blood Abyss, expressing dominance.
"No need." Raina suddenly shook her head, calmly instructing, "Red One, take your team and escort Lorna back for treatment. The rest of you, stay put. As for the enemy— leave it to me."
The Cardinals' expressions changed dramatically upon hearing this, realizing that Raina was genuinely angry.
Since taking on the role of Kyle's assistant, Raina rarely personally engaged in battles. However, the members of the Carl Family understood one fact very well.
For half a century, ever since Logan and their mother left Earth, Raina had been the absolute Second-In-Command of the Carl Family, in terms of both strength and prestige.
She was the combat ceiling beneath Kyle!
(End of this chapter)
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