Chapter 279: Instant Kill?

After Song Xingmian disappeared around the corner,

the two waited for a full thirty seconds.

Under the cold white fluorescence, the shield thinned layer by layer at a speed visible to the naked eye, decaying from a light blue transparent light wall to an extremely faint white before shattering on its own.

The Skinny Tall Guy snorted coldly, "Damn it, she's really troublesome. After her!"

"Mm."

The burly man nodded. "That Huaxia woman has no combat ability. Relying solely on props, she definitely wouldn't dare enter the stone chambers. She must be hiding in the corridors of another floor."

The two rushed out together...

But they hadn't even taken two steps.

Ahead, a dark figure stood quietly in the depths of the corridor.

The rune glow on both sides of the corridor outlined his silhouette. His face was obscured, but one could see he held a ghost head blade in his hand, with purple patterns spreading upward from the hilt.

Unusually, a black ribbon was wrapped around the hilt, connecting it to his wrist.

"?"

The two stopped simultaneously, as if facing a great enemy!

Because that person slowly raised the blade, tapping the wall with its tip as he walked toward them slowly!

"You... who are you!"

The Skinny Tall Guy swallowed hard, feeling an unprecedented pressure!

"From Huaxia? There are two of us! We're both S-rank!"

The burly man also kept backing away!

Not far away, Chen Yu spoke coldly, "The one who just ran away is my person..."

The Skinny Tall Guy quickly explained, "Friend from Huaxia, this is absolutely a misunderstanding!"

The burly man chimed in, "Right! Right! Huaxia and Sakura are currently enjoying a period of friendship, we..."

Puchi!

The burly man's head flew off!

The Skinny Tall Guy's eyes widened, his face sprayed with blood. "You... you..."

Chen Yu shook his head. "Friendship? What a joke. Inferior bloodlines like yours should be eliminated."

"I'll kill you!"

The Skinny Tall Guy lunged with his dagger!

And then, there was no then!

The Skinny Tall Guy was also instantly beheaded!

From the moment the three met to the two becoming headless, only three or four seconds had passed...

In the distance—

"Miss Song, let me go first!"

Zhang Lieyang's voice came from around the corner of the corridor, steady and resolute.

"Mm, I'll take the rear."

Chen Muqing's voice followed immediately, his tone as calm as ever, devoid of emotional fluctuation.

To think the two had already teamed up.

And they had found Song Xingmian so quickly.

Chen Yu flickered and disappeared from the spot; he had also roughly deduced the reason.

His own random location was not far from here either.

If a team was within the same area, finding teammates wouldn't be difficult.

And with the Haicheng Team having an SSS-rank Talent Perception Awakened like Chen Muqing, this stage was even easier for them.

If that was the case,

didn't that mean... the Sakura Team was also distributed nearby?

"It's right around here!"

Song Xingmian stopped in her tracks. "Those two Sakura men were guarding this corner just now. One blocked me from the front, the other sealed my flank, they even wanted to..."

"Miss Song, no need to say more."

Chen Muqing waved his hand and pointed not far away.

There, two corpses lay on the ground, both with their heads severed, their heads rolling not far from their bodies.

The cuts at the break were extremely clean, sliced through perfectly without any signs of repeated hacking or bruises from a struggle...

"How can this be?!"

Song Xingmian's pupils constricted. Just a few minutes ago, those two were alive and well!

How were they decapitated so quickly?

"It wasn't a fierce battle, nor a desperate struggle. It was an instant kill."

Zhang Lieyang frowned and crouched down. "And... it's the work of the same person."

Everyone immediately realized the severity of the situation.

Song Xingmian nodded. "They were at least S-rank in ability, yet they couldn't even resist? Then the one who acted must be at least SS-rank?"

Zhang Lieyang shook his head. "Miss Song, I couldn't do it this cleanly. The one who acted must be SSS-rank!"

In an instant,

Song Xingmian and Zhang Lieyang both felt a chill down their spines.

In the team, the only combat power left was Zhang Lieyang, and he was only SS-rank. If they really encountered that person, wouldn't that mean trouble was coming?!

And this situation wasn't entirely unexpected...

After all,

those who could participate in the Global Slaughterhouse were not simple characters.

Only Chen Muqing remained very calm,

but this also aroused Zhang Lieyang's suspicion.

"Owner Chen, you're not worried at all?"

"Is worrying of any use?"

"It's not, but from your appearance, you seem more like you're full of confidence."

"Officer Zhang must be joking."

Chen Muqing hadn't expected that a slight micro-expression of his would make Zhang Lieyang think so much.

The reason he wasn't nervous at all

was naturally because

he had perceived a familiar aura.

Lu Heng,

this guy was indeed hiding his strength. This ally of his seemed very reliable.

But this fellow didn't seem to want to show his face? Instead, he was walking further and further away...

Song Xingmian suddenly asked, "Owner Chen, what's the situation around us? Can you find Lu Heng?"

Zhang Lieyang also looked over.

The feeling Lu Heng gave him had gone from stupid at the beginning, to confusing in the middle, to unfathomable now.

Unfortunately,

Chen Muqing shook his head. "Let's walk a bit further. We'll try our best to find him, but on the way, we should find Miss Song's origin mark first. After all, the significance of the radio broadcast outweighs everything else."

Song Xingmian pursed her lips. "No, find Lu Heng first!"

Zhang Lieyang: "..."

Chen Muqing: "..."

The two looked at each other, and Chen Muqing said helplessly, "Alright then, let's go."

With that, Chen Muqing led the team in the opposite direction from where Chen Yu had left.

...

...

On the other side,

Chen Yu was also very helpless.

He was

only one step away from clearing the stage!

Now, Song Xingmian's red luan level had stabilized at lv5.

This was his only red luan in this mission.

In other words, this was his only hope for doubling the rewards.

He couldn't be too careful.

If... his appearance caused Song Xingmian to be suspicious...

and ultimately led to his Talent rank being exposed, then all his previous disguises and acting would instantly turn into bubbles.

Chen Yu could only maintain the status quo for now and then clear the stage, nothing more.

"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile."

Chen Yu murmured to himself, then pushed open the nearest stone door.

Just as he stepped in, the stone brick under his foot suddenly sank half an inch.

Boom!

Here we go again!

The trap mechanism above the dome exploded with a dull thud!

Buzz!

Water Bubble's second skill instantly activated!

Chen Yu took a quick look and immediately withdrew!

Next,

he leaned against the stone wall and closed his eyes!

Although his Perception was mostly suppressed, if he calmed down and listened intently...

he could still capture a trace of extremely subtle energy induction!

It was right around here!

He couldn't say exactly which door it was, but he could feel that it was indeed here!

"If I really can't find it, I'll go back and find Chen Muqing..."

Chen Yu comforted himself and opened the next stone door.