Sandy's big foot, imbued with inhuman strength, stomped down, and a dull roar like thunder instantly echoed in the room. However, before it could land, Lex, who should have been unconscious, timely rolled away, causing Sandy's foot to stomp a hole in the floor.
Charles was stunned, then exclaimed, "This is impossible!"
He was very clear about the power of the magical item in his hand; as long as its ability took effect, the target would be forced into unconsciousness and unable to wake up for 12 hours.
Lex naturally wouldn't explain to him that Richard had already told him about the magical item's ability, and the Magician had already given Lex a suggestion, allowing him to quickly realize he was dreaming if he fell into unconsciousness, thus escaping the dream.
Lex also knew that Charles's item could only be used once a day on the same target. So when he saw Charles raise his hand, preparing to use that ring, Lex didn't resist, thereby consuming the item's usage count.
At this moment, Sandy's foot missed, but he didn't pull it out of the floor. He directly kicked with all his might, not only blowing apart the floor but also sending numerous floor fragments hurtling towards Lex.
Charles got off the bed. He resumed his original appearance, still wearing women's clothes, and closed the door, intending to use the relatively narrow space of the second-class cabin to hunt Lex.
However, Lex nimbly jumped onto the bed, dodging Sandy's attack, and inexplicably shouted, "Curly-haired baboon!"
Charles knew that the sequence before Pyromaniac was Provoker. Was this guy provoking us? How naive. As he thought this, he saw Sandy suddenly turn around, his eyes filled with anger and malice for some unknown reason, and with a roar, he pounced towards Charles.
Charles was caught off guard and too close to Sandy, who immediately grabbed his neck.
"What are you doing!" Charles cried out with difficulty, and then saw Lex raise his revolver.
At this moment, Sandy furiously punched him in the stomach, as if Charles were his enemy.
The fist struck Charles, but this Charles suddenly thinned, turning into a Paper Doll Substitute.
Charles, who appeared behind Sandy, still had a mixture of shock and anger on his face. As Sandy suddenly turned around, he raised his hand, adorned with the gem ring, and firmly shouted, "Sleep!"
The anger in Sandy's eyes suddenly vanished, the big man's eyes rolled back, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
Charles breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing what had gotten into Sandy to suddenly attack him. In such a situation, he could only take him down.
But at this moment, a gunshot echoed in Charles's ears. He suddenly saw Sandy's head explode, red liquid splattering out, a few drops of which landed on his shoes.
Sandy was dead!
Charles didn't even have time to mourn his companion. He seized the opportunity to throw several playing cards at Lex, forcing Lex to roll to the other side of the bed. Even though Sandy was dead, even though his magical item could no longer be used, Charles still refused to give up.
He was unwilling!
Charles simulated gunshots with his mouth.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Lex, worried they were air bullets, leaped from the bed and fired his gun in mid-air.
There was no change on the bed. Charles was merely simulating gunshots, yet it made Lex jump into the air. Although Lex had already fired, Charles dodged with movements that were like an acrobatic performance, tinged with a bit of humor.
Then, as Lex descended, he calculated the timing and angle, throwing cards like flying knives.
He didn't dare to use 'Manipulate Flames', after all, the opponent was a Pyromaniac. When it came to playing with fire, the Magician couldn't even compare to a Pyromaniac. So Charles used the narrow environment of the second-class cabin, simulating gunshots to give Lex no other choice but to jump upwards.
Since he jumped into the air, he would fall, and Charles was waiting for this opportunity.
Even a Pyromaniac would die if his throat was pierced!
But at this moment, a raging inferno erupted between Charles and Lex. The flames acted like a wall, blocking the cards, scorching them, and making them lose their power.
Then, from behind the wall of fire, a long whip, condensed from flames, was thrown out. That whip also had sharp barbs.
It lashed at Charles, and an orange-red flame immediately ignited on Charles's chest, but Charles thinned in the flames, turning into a burning Paper Doll Substitute.
Charles appeared next to Lex. He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.
Bang!
Lex had already twisted his body when he saw him appear, but the clothes at his waist still exploded into fragments. He felt a burning sensation in his waist, as if grazed by a real bullet.
At the same time, Lex raised his revolver. From the revolver, which had already run out of bullets, this time fired bullets condensed from flames!
The bullet struck Charles. Flames were already rising from the Faceless Man's chest, but Charles's figure shattered like a broken mirror, breaking into pieces and rapidly evaporating, disappearing from sight.
This was an illusion!
At the same time, in the corridor outside the room, several scattered matches in the corner suddenly ignited, fiery red flames leaping up, and Charles's figure sprang out from the flames.
Before he could fully leap out of the flames, the burning crimson suddenly transformed into several fire snakes, coiling around Charles's arms, thighs, and neck. The color of these fire snakes quickly brightened, their temperature explosively rising, and then a 'bang' sounded in the corridor, flames splattering, and a Paper Doll Substitute burned and was blown into fragments.
On the other side of the corridor, Charles's figure was outlined. His hands and legs showed signs of being blasted. Even though the Paper Doll Substitute blocked most of the impact, he still inevitably suffered harm.
However, the most severe injury was to his neck. He clutched his neck, blood seeping through his fingers. Charles quickly pressed and wiped his neck, and the burning sensation and sharp pain in his neck disappeared, but his left arm was a bloody mess, as if hit by a bomb.
At this moment, Lex chased out of the room, firing flaming bullets from Blood Praise, forcing Charles to constantly move. Although his left hand was injured, it did not affect Charles's movements in the slightest.
He moved left then right, sometimes retreating, sometimes rolling, agile and nimble, like performing acrobatics.
Now Charles regretted it, regretting that he hadn't jumped into the water to escape in the room earlier. The Pyromaniac indeed had an unparalleled advantage in actual combat.
Originally, Flame Jump was Charles's second contingency plan for escape, but that last 'Jump' left a deep impression on him. The flames he used to jump were also under the Pyromaniac's control, and Charles didn't want to get entangled by those fire snakes again. If he were blasted again this time, both his hands would be completely useless.
Fortunately, he had prepared more than one contingency.
Charles snapped his fingers while moving, and then in a room ahead, the door opened, and an ordinary-looking woman walked out blankly, as if disturbed by the fight in the corridor.
Charles suddenly threw several cards, forcing Lex back slightly, then quickly rushed to the woman's side, holding a card horizontally against her neck, and stared at Lex, saying, "Don't move, if you don't want this lady to get hurt!"