499: Everyone has their own things to do.

The spiky-haired man clearly hadn't expected someone else to be paying attention to the Cleric's corpse just like him, and he was currently looking for an opportunity to approach it.

While everyone rushed toward the appearing giants, this guy directly followed the crowd and quickly headed toward the corpse.

After confronting the giants, people quickly drew them away, establishing separate battle circles in different areas.

From the memories of those Clerics, Gu Qinghan learned that the Cleric Alliance hunted Clerics for two main purposes.

First, they wanted the resources, equipment, and items held by the Clerics.

Second, they seemed to have considerable interest in the Clerics' corpses, having been told by Number Two that they must bring back the Cleric's corpse if they had the chance.

Gu Qinghan immediately wanted to follow in that direction, but Qian Yuanqing pulled him back and asked:

"Hey brother, where are you going? We just need to get some rewards!"

"Something came up, I'll be right back!"

Gu Qinghan didn't have time to explain. In just two seconds, he had put some distance between himself and the spiky-haired man.

Fortunately, the spiky-haired man also had to navigate obstacles on his way, and the short distance of nearly a hundred meters was not easy to cover.

Luckily, no one else seemed to be paying attention to the corpse, so the spiky-haired man reached the body without major incident.

Just as a smile appeared in his eyes and he was about to collect the corpse, he suddenly heard footsteps rapidly approaching behind him.

Although the sounds of battle were loud all around, those footsteps were clearly heading straight for him!

In a rush, he immediately turned around, warily watching the newcomer.

Gu Qinghan looked at the spiky-haired man, narrowing his eyes slightly as he asked:

"Are you from the Cleric Alliance?"

But the spiky-haired man clearly had no intention of answering. He immediately tried to run into the distance, simultaneously kicking the corpse toward another direction.

He seemed to think Gu Qinghan was there to snatch the corpse, and immediately tried to use the body to distract Gu Qinghan.

After all, he originally had the strength to fight, but since his arm had just been reattached, his strength was significantly weakened.

Gu Qinghan chased directly after the spiky-haired man without any hesitation, but quickly noticed something was wrong.

This spiky-haired man's speed was ridiculously slow.

He was currently letting Deaths Touch possess him for the chase, so his speed was significantly faster than that of ordinary Professionals.

However, the spiky-haired man's speed was clearly only slightly above that of an average Professional.

A Cleric's speed, even without skill bonuses, definitely shouldn't be this slow.

Sensing that something was amiss, Gu Qinghan immediately pulled out the staff and shot several Ice Cones toward the spiky-haired man.

Each of these Ice Cones was nearly half a meter long, which was one reason Gu Qinghan had requested this piece of equipment from Chu Tian.

The attack method was singular, but it was sufficient to handle most situations.

The Ice Cones sealed off all the spiky-haired man's escape routes, with one even pinning his calf directly to the ground.

Gu Qinghan quickly rushed over, frowning as he looked at the man's somewhat pale face:

"You..."

Before he could speak, the spiky-haired man suddenly begged for mercy:

"Big brother, I was wrong, please let me go. I just wanted to see if there were any leftover items or equipment on that corpse.

I'm just a bit foul-mouthed, but I already kicked the corpse away. I really didn't take anything!"

Gu Qinghan frowned. This guy actually just wanted to check if there were any leftover equipment or items on the corpse?

Furthermore, based on the strength he displayed when Gu Qinghan chased him, he didn't resemble what a Cleric should look like.

After all, being chased likely meant his identity was exposed. Would an enemy be caught so easily?

His heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously looked toward the direction where the spiky-haired man had kicked the corpse.

But now, that direction was completely empty.

The giants and the Professionals were fighting in relatively open areas, so Gu Qinghan could see clearly.

Nothing. The corpse was gone!

Gu Qinghan abruptly turned back and glared at the spiky-haired man, a fierce look flashing in his eyes.

He didn't care about the guy's previous excessive remarks, but now, this guy had directly interfered with his judgment.

The corpse disappearing could mean another Professional took it, but it could also mean someone from the hidden Cleric Alliance took it away.

Gu Qinghan wasn't sure if there were any Cleric Alliance members in the crowd, but his direct pursuit just now was definitely seen by anyone paying attention.

In other words, his plan this time could be considered a failure.

He glanced at the spiky-haired man pinned to the ground. The man's crotch was already wet, and an extremely unpleasant smell was emanating from him.

"Get lost. If you appear in front of me again, I will kill you!"

After coldly tossing out the threat, Gu Qinghan quickly rushed back to his original position.

He didn't kill the man because he didn't want to turn himself into a cold-blooded killer.

But now, his misjudgment was a fact, and he didn't know how to salvage the situation immediately.

Casually summoning an Ice Elemental Spirit covered in chilling frost, Gu Qinghan heard a faint cracking sound from the staff in his hand.

That meant the staff had permanently lost one skill, but Gu Qinghan felt no regret.

As this Ice Elemental joined the battle, the pressure on the Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Fledgling team, which was also dealing with a giant, instantly decreased. The members looked gratefully toward Gu Qinghan.

But Gu Qinghan showed no sign of joy, anxiously contemplating his own situation.

At this moment, most people in their team were slacking off. A few ranged Professionals threw out several ineffective skills, but they couldn't deal much damage at all.

Meanwhile, the melee Professionals circled around the giant like a swarm of flies, weaving back and forth, with not a single person daring to step forward and deal damage.

How wonderful. Everyone had something they were busy with, yet it was unclear what they were actually doing.

If it weren't for the sheer number of people, a team like this would definitely have been wiped out by the giant.

Just then, Qian Yuanqing suddenly leaned over from the side and said to Gu Qinghan:

"Brother, what were you doing just now?"

"I was nervous and went to take a shit. What's wrong?"

Gu Qinghan was too lazy to make up a lie, so he casually gave him information that was obviously false.

Unexpectedly, Qian Yuanqing nodded in deep agreement, then muttered to himself:

"It seems to be a food issue. Another person in our team left with you just now, but he came back before you did.

He must have gone to relieve himself. Didn't you see him?"

"No... Wait, who followed me out?"

Gu Qinghan instantly sobered up, turning to look at the somewhat sleazy guy.

Qian Yuanqing scratched his head, pointing at the guy who was throwing skills at the giant not far away and said:

"It was him. He came back about half a minute before you did."