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Bang, bang, bang!

Somewhere in the empty, majestic city, a series of collisions suddenly rang out.

"Something's up ahead!"

Three mercenaries, clearly from the same faction, stopped in their tracks, looking warily ahead.

Evil Qi was mixed within the surging elemental energy of heaven and earth, causing fear to appear on the faces of the three mercenaries.

"Captain, it seems someone else has encountered a Nightmare Ghost!"

Among the three mercenaries, a burly man with a full beard pursed his lips and said softly, his voice trembling unnaturally.

"Let's go around it."

He looked inquiringly at the tallest figure in the team.

"Let's go take a look. If we can handle it, we'll help out."

The tall captain shook his head, his voice heavy.

"No… Captain, that's a Nightmare Ghost!"

"In this situation, we should be running for our lives. You still want to help others?"

The bearded mercenary and another mercenary widened their eyes upon hearing this, their voices full of confusion, and anger even appeared in their eyes.

Everyone was avoiding the Nightmare Ghost now. Helping others, wasn't that just pure suicide?

"What do you two know? We can get into this ruin, but we can't get out. If we don't unite, we'll all die here."

The tall captain rebuked him, saying:

"Helping others now is helping ourselves."

"There's strength in numbers. We only have a chance to leave this ruin if we unite!"

"Besides, don't forget, many of our Fire Fox brothers are currently in this ruin. What if it's our brothers up ahead? Are you two going to just stand by and watch them die?"

At this point, a chill had already entered the captain's eyes.

"This… impossible, impossible, we'll listen to you, Captain!"

Upon hearing this, the bearded mercenary and the other mercenary's lips moved, and in the end, they could only reluctantly choose to obey.

They belonged to the second squad under the third brigade of the Fire Fox Mercenary Group. Before entering this ruin, they were scattered in the Black Forest searching for the entrance on the treasure map. The result… no need to mention it.

They encountered a sinkhole and excitedly rushed in, only to discover that there was a Nightmare Ghost here.

Originally, at the first sign of the Nightmare Ghost, they immediately wanted to withdraw from the ruin, but the black mist surrounding them was easy to enter but impossible to leave.

Even though all three of them had the strength of the Four Realms, and Captain Cui Hao was even at the Four Realms Middle Stage, they were completely helpless against the barrier formed by the black mist.

Finally, the commotion they caused attracted the attention of the Nightmare Ghost, forcing them to choose to break into the ruin again.

"It's good that you two understand. I'll take the lead and go take a look. Be careful."

Cui Hao saw his two companions agree, nodded, and then took a step, cautiously walking towards the direction where the battle had erupted.

Soon.

The three passed through a dark alley and arrived next to a small square where a battle was raging.

Just as they had guessed, the two sides fighting were a Nightmare Ghost and two mercenaries.

However, those mercenaries were not from the Fire Fox Mercenary Group. Judging by their attire, they were members of the Storm Mercenary Group, and even official members, both possessing the strength of the Four Realms Middle Stage.

The opponents of these two Storm Mercenary Group mercenaries were a Nightmare Ghost the size of a normal person, with arms like blades.

The power fluctuations emanating from this Nightmare Ghost were also at the Four Realms Middle Stage, but its speed was extremely fast. Even Cui Hao, also at the Four Realms Middle Stage, could only barely catch the Nightmare Ghost's figure.

The two Four Realms mercenaries from the Storm Mercenary Group could only struggle to hold on in front of the Bladefiend Nightmare. Wounds had already appeared on their bodies, and their faces were incredibly pale, clearly having had a lot of their life force plundered.

"It's an agile Nightmare Ghost. This monster, with its superior speed, is enough to contend with a Four Realms Late Stage, and once it targets you, it's like sticky candy that you can't shake off."

"Captain, if we want to help kill this Nightmare Ghost, I'm afraid we'll have to pay a considerable price…"

"Look, those guys opposite are from the Storm Mercenary Group. They are our competitors. How about we just retreat?"

Watching the battle in the distance, the bearded mercenary said cautiously.

"That's right, Captain. If it were our Fire Fox brothers, I would risk my life today to help, but for the guys from the Storm Mercenary Group, it's not worth it."

The other mercenary beside him also chimed in, agreeing.

"Let's watch first."

"Those two guys from the Storm Mercenary Group should still have some trump cards. If there's an opportunity, we'll act; otherwise, we'll retreat."

Cui Hao thought for a moment, his tone softening slightly.

Upon hearing this, the bearded mercenary and the other mercenary both nodded.

Bang!

Just then, the battle between the two Storm Mercenary Group mercenaries and the Bladefiend Nightmare had entered a white-hot stage.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!!"

The Bladefiend Nightmare let out a low, evil roar, and the black mist on its body suddenly surged violently, condensing into two arms from under its armpits, which it then struck forward fiercely.

The sudden change caught the two Storm Mercenary Group mercenaries by surprise.

Bang, bang!

There was no time to dodge. The two arms formed by black mist swept them, directly sending the two Storm Mercenary Group mercenaries flying.

Pfft!

While still in mid-air, they spat out blood wildly. After landing, they couldn't even stand steadily.

Seeing this scene, Cui Hao's eyes showed deep apprehension.

This Nightmare Ghost was probably not transformed from a Four Realms Vicious Beast, but rather from a cultivator from ten thousand years ago who was corrupted and transformed, still retaining powerful combat intelligence.

"Retreat!"

"These two guys from the Storm Mercenary Group can only fend for themselves. Even if we intervene, we probably can't save them."

Cui Hao made a decisive decision and gave the order to retreat to the two behind him.

Whoosh!

However, as soon as they moved, a whooshing sound suddenly echoed in their ears.

The Nightmare Ghost, which had just severely wounded the Storm Mercenary Group mercenaries, was actually rushing straight towards them.

"Damn it!"

"This guy actually found us?"

Seeing this scene, Cui Hao's expression became extremely grim, and the bearded man and the other person both exclaimed in surprise.

"I'll hold him off!"

"You two hurry and go!"

Cui Hao shouted at this moment, took out a long saber with a backhand motion, and met the charging Nightmare Ghost.

With his Four Realms Middle Stage strength, he could barely hold his own against this Nightmare Ghost. If his two Four Realms Early Stage teammates were to face it, they would probably be wounded or even killed in a few exchanges.

Boom!

The Bladefiend Nightmare crossed space, its left arm slashing straight down, like a heavenly saber about to cut through everything. The space in front of the blade was compressed into a vacuum, and rolling airwaves spread to both sides.

"Go!"

Cui Hao roared again, his long saber held horizontally across his chest, meeting the descending attack.

Bang!

A collision sound rang out.

The Bladefiend Nightmare, charging at extreme speed, struck with immense power.

The moment the attacks collided, Cui Hao's arm, which was struck, trembled violently, and his long saber almost pressed against his chest, returning to the ground at an even faster speed.

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