275: aura of death

"What is that?!"

Amidst the exclamations of most people, the descent of the giant bone hand was a foregone conclusion.

With a boom, nearly a hundred people were affected by the Curse of Aging and couldn't dodge.

But these people were not useless; knowing they couldn't escape, they immediately began to use their skills to save their lives.

A golden protective shield appeared beneath the giant bone hand, forcefully buying the people below a moment of time.

But very quickly, numerous cracks appeared on the protective shield, soon becoming as dense as a spiderweb.

With a crunch, the shield shattered.

Following that was the screams of those who hadn't managed to escape.

However, the giant bone hand didn't disappear immediately after shattering the shield; instead, it swept out horizontally.

Everyone caught in its path was either thrown into the air or directly crushed onto the ground.

If one had to use a single word to describe the scene, "guts and brains splattered" would be quite fitting.

Within a mere five seconds, Gu Qinghan directly killed nearly a hundred people, yet those people hadn't even touched the hem of Gu Qinghan's clothes.

"Kill him! This kind of skill must have a cooldown!"

The survivors shouted furiously, charging at Gu Qinghan with all their might.

They looked incredibly frenzied at this moment, as if they were the victims.

But these people seemed to have forgotten one thing: it was their greed that led them here.

They were the challengers; Gu Qinghan had merely been passively accepting the challenge from beginning to end.

The challengers cooperated with each other, repelling Gu Qinghan's Skeletons, trying to get close to Gu Qinghan.

Gu Qinghan, watching all this, simply extended both hands forward.

His long, well-defined bony hands made a slight lifting motion, causing the expressions of the charging Professionals to suddenly change.

They immediately adopted defensive stances, expecting something terrifying to appear.

But unfortunately, they found nothing.

"No, it's behind us!"

After confirming there was no danger in front or to the sides, someone suddenly heard dense footsteps coming from behind them.

These footsteps were extremely chaotic, even accompanied by some scraping sounds, completely different from the sounds they had just made.

Turning back, these people were so scared they nearly wet themselves.

The distorted corpses of those Gu Qinghan had just killed were rushing towards them like vengeful spirits.

Some of these corpses were no longer even human-like, yet they still charged into the crowd, emitting black smoke.

For a moment, some timid individuals screamed in terror.

They weren't afraid of death; since the game began, each of them had the blood of enemies on their hands.

But the situation before them was completely different from normal combat!

People who were originally dead beyond dead were now rejoining the battlefield.

Moreover, these people were their teammates just moments ago, but now they had suddenly become enemies!

"I didn't mean to kill you! If you hadn't blocked that for me, I would have died!"

Someone's psychological defenses instantly collapsed, and he fell to the ground, losing the will to fight.

Gu Qinghan's Bone Spear had almost pierced his body just now; at the critical moment, this person pulled someone else next to him over.

The person pulled over died in his place, dying with eyes full of anger and disbelief.

But now, among the corpses chasing him, one was the person he had just caused to die!

Suddenly, a milky white light spread through the crowd, as if light was dispelling darkness.

A somewhat sharp female voice rang out, instantly sobering up these somewhat fearful people:

"This is Gu Han's skill effect! He amplifies the fear in your hearts!

These people are already dead; they are just corpses!"

But her voice only affected some people; many more still spun around like headless chickens, being chased.

Especially when the Death Poison Mist on these corpses spread, and people found their vitality gradually decreasing.

That slowly approaching despair made the fear in their hearts grow at an alarming rate.

Ugh ah—ugh ah—

The Crow King continuously shook off its feathers in the sky, occasionally creating several clones to interfere with the battlefield below.

Meanwhile, the Bear King and Little Black cooperated to kill isolated Professionals; those targeted by them all met tragic ends.

Gu Qinghan had originally intended to continue attacking, but he quickly discovered a problem.

A black aura gradually appeared on the bodies of the fallen enemies.

Unlike the Death Poison Mist, this black aura was more like the kind found on a Death Swordsman.

Death Qi!

Death Poison Mist would gradually spread and even dissipate, while the Death Qi remained dormant on the ground.

The Death Qi gradually intensified, seemingly forming chains that trapped the enemies within it.

But at the same time, the Bear King and Little Black gradually grew stronger within this Death Qi.

"Is this the passive effect of Death Aura? It's much stronger than I imagined!"

Gu Qinghan could clearly see that those caught in the Death Poison Mist and Death Qi were like people stuck in a quagmire, unable to extricate themselves.

But they didn't have much of a solution for this situation, as many Skeletons were still attacking around them.

"Perhaps... I should try the active effect of this skill?"

Gu Qinghan pondered for a moment, then directed the Bear King and Little Black to charge towards a small squad of Professionals who had broken through.

These few people clearly had good coordination, with little need for communication.

These people knew each other beforehand!

Seeing the Bear King and Little Black rapidly charging towards them, the leader immediately gave an order:

"Don't be afraid! Focus fire and kill this black bear first! That cat has no protection and can't withstand many hits!"

Almost instantly, he made his decision.

And even more terrifying, not a single person in the entire team questioned his decision.

This was a mature team, and their goal was to reach Gu Qinghan.

So far, the only obstacles were the Bear King and Little Black!

Blinding light instantly erupted from this small squad, transforming into streaks of light that surrounded the Bear King's massive body.

Dark golden light burst from the Bear King's body, resisting the attack, while it also pounced at one person in front.

But the attacks of these people were too swift; the Bear King let out a scream before it could even grab its target.

Gu Qinghan's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately manipulated the Death Qi spreading on the ground to converge around the Bear King.

The Death Qi spread across the battlefield like a tide, quickly climbing onto the Bear King's body.

Immediately after, this Death Qi was like perfectly fitting armor plates, adhering to the Bear King's body.

Even the newly appeared wounds became much smoother after the Death Qi swept over them.

Gu Qinghan's eyes instantly brightened, and he then manipulated the Death Qi on the ground to rush towards the crowd.

Several people didn't react in time and were enveloped by the Death Qi, immediately feeling their movements hindered.

With the Curse of Aging also in effect, these people could only watch as a nimble black shadow darted past them.

Their bodies made evasive movements, but their vision gradually darkened.

In their last moments of life, the scene they saw was their own body, cut in half, standing still in place.