141: Chapter 141 Two minutes! Hang in there, don't die so quickly!

The sound of the Double-headed Axe cleaving into flesh rang out; skin and muscle split open, and the bone beneath snapped with a crisp crack under the immense force.

Baron sank to his knees in agony, the spectral light in his eyes trembling violently.

Beside him, Rogge was completely stunned, never expecting Gu Changming's speed to be so fast or his strength to be so overwhelming.

Wasn't the opponent supposed to be a Mentalist?

Instinct drove him to turn and retreat, trying to put some distance between them.

However, before he could move, Gu Changming's attack arrived first.

With a flick of his wrist, Gu Changming wrenched the axe blade—still carrying residual momentum—out of Baron's body.

Then, the axe traced a semicircle in the air, the blade on the other side whistling through the wind as it smashed brutally into Rogge's flank.

*Thud!*

Rogge felt as if he had been hit by a heavy truck; he was sent flying diagonally, tumbling across the ground for nearly ten meters.

Baron was still half-kneeling on the ground, the expression of astonishment on his face not yet fading.

It all happened too fast. Just a second ago, they had arrived, thinking they would toy with these Trial Takers as they had before.

How had the situation shifted so drastically in less than a second?

Right now, they felt more like the Trial Takers being assessed than the opponent did.

In the midst of his shock, he suddenly saw the human who had sent Rogge flying look over at him.

Subconsciously, he looked up and met the man's gaze.

There were too many emotions flooding those eyes; for a moment, Baron couldn't decipher them.

Was it anger? Or joy and excitement... while simultaneously containing a trace of pure, absolute killing intent.

In the next instant, the opponent reached out and grabbed the sparse hair on top of his head.

Then, tightening his grip, he yanked upward.

Baron was forced to tilt his face up, and before he could react, his entire body was dragged forward by an irresistible force.

*Thump!*

His face was slammed violently into the ground by the opponent.

Before he could struggle, the hand pressed down on the back of his head and began dragging him forward like a dead dog.

His cheek scraped against the rough ground, sending a searing, stinging pain through him.

"Ugh... Ah!" Muffled sounds squeezed out of Baron's throat.

But the hand on his head remained motionless, even increasing its pressure as if trying to crush him into the earth.

In the distance, Rogge struggled to crawl back up.

A massive gash had been carved into his waist and abdomen, but thanks to the unique nature of their race, no blood flowed out, and it wasn't a fatal wound for them.

However... the agonizing pain of the broken bones was incredibly real.

Seeing Baron being ravaged like that, shock and fury finally surfaced in his eyes.

This was too much, too arrogant!

He was treating the two of them as if they weren't even human.

Rogge gripped his Bone Blade, arched his body to build power, and charged toward Gu Changming.

The Bone Blade in his hand glowed with a grayish-white light, the edge cutting through the air with a faint whistle.

He was an A-rank; even if his stats were suppressed to match the opponent's for this Assessment, he couldn't possibly lose to someone at the same level.

Their combat experience and techniques were more than enough to—

Fingers like iron pincers suddenly clamped around his neck.

Rogge's pupils constricted sharply, and for the first time, genuine terror appeared on his face.

This—no, how is this possible... I was the one who charged, my blade was about to strike...

Yet, before he could even trade a single blow, his neck had been seized.

In the next second, an irresistible force surged; he was hoisted up, the world spun, and then, just like Baron, he was slammed hard into the ground with a muffled thud.

The moment he hit the ground, the opponent released his neck. He instinctively tried to roll away to escape the man's control.

However, a dark flash suddenly descended—the Double-headed Axe in the opponent's hand hacked directly into his abdomen.

*Splat!*

His body made a sound like tough, dried leather being torn apart by brute force, and thick, black blood finally sprayed from the wound.

Agony flared. Rogge couldn't help but look down; his lower half was barely connected to his upper body by less than ten centimeters of flesh. This sight finally shattered his mental defenses.

"Aaaahhh!!!" he screamed in despair.

But then, Gu Changming's voice reached him, causing even deeper despair and terror.

"Two minutes," Gu Changming said, gripping the axe handle and wrenching it out.

The blade scraped against bone and internal organs, dragging out more black blood and shredded tissue.

"Don't die so fast."

Accompanying his words was a sudden, shrill scream from Baron on the other side.

...

The Double-headed Axe rose and fell, again and again.

Dull impacts, the crisp sound of shattering bones, and non-human shrieks of agony mixed together, echoing within the special Assessment space.

Black blood and fragments of tissue splattered as the axe swung, creating a messy and horrific scene.

Not far away, Cheng Yubai and the other two were completely dumbfounded.

Chen Shanshui quietly looked away, swallowed hard, and whispered under his breath.

"So brutal..."

Sun Ye nodded as well, watching the silent figure swinging the axe, and also lowered his voice. "In the previous stages... he never showed such terrifying strength..."

"We're doomed," Chen Shanshui suddenly hissed, sucking in a breath of cold air.

Hearing this, Cheng Yubai and Sun Ye both looked at him, confused.

Chen Shanshui had a complicated expression, his voice even lower. "He's so strong... if he doesn't pay the final balance later, would we even dare to ask for it?"

"..."

Cheng Yubai and Sun Ye fell silent for a moment; that actually seemed like a valid concern.

The opponent's strength was too great, and those methods... They looked over again. The two gaunt figures were no longer recognizable as humanoids, having almost lost all signs of life, yet the axe in Gu Changming's hand continued to rise and fall mechanically.

The methods were too cruel.

If he really didn't pay, they probably wouldn't dare open their mouths.

Finally... the two-minute time limit ended.

Gu Changming's hacking motions stopped abruptly.

He stood in place, holding the dripping Double-headed Axe, his chest heaving slightly.

Two pillars of soft white light descended from the sky, landing on the two broken corpses.

The light swirled, and after a moment, the pillars slowly dissipated.

But the two bodies did not "refresh" like the monsters in the previous Assessments; they remained lying there silently.

Clearly, they were dead beyond any doubt.

Everything was over.

Gu Changming closed his eyes and took several deep, slow breaths.

The pent-up frustration that had always existed deep within his heart finally subsided and cooled at this moment, transforming into an unprecedented peace.

Then, carrying the Double-headed Axe still dripping with thick black blood, he turned and walked toward Cheng Yubai's group.

Seeing Gu Changming approaching in such a state, the hearts of Cheng Yubai and the others couldn't help but leap into their throats, and they instinctively held their breath.