115: The fight begins!

"What... what the hell is this?"

Scarface subconsciously took a step back.

The scene before him had exceeded the scope of his understanding.

And what shocked him even more was yet to come.

As the bloodlines continuously left his body, Zhao Tianyang's originally colossal, mountain-like physique began to shrink at a visible speed!

His muscles shriveled, his skin tightened, and his entire body became darker and thinner.

In just a few breaths,

The giant man, previously bulging with muscles, transformed into a 'zombie' that retained his height but was gaunt, with skin clinging to his bones, and an ominous dark red hue all over his body!

His entire being seemed to have been drained of all flesh, blood, and moisture, leaving only a refined skeleton and sinews.

But the dangerous aura emanating from him had increased tenfold, if not more!

"This..."

Let alone the enemies, even Old Ghost and Seventh Master felt their scalps tingle.

They had been with Zhao Tianyang for some time, yet they had never seen him display such a bizarre and terrifying form!

Was this the true power of the Mythic-grade profession, [Asura]?

Zhao Tianyang slowly raised his head.

His eyes had completely turned a pure dark red, devoid of any emotion, containing only the most primal killing instinct.

He moved.

He ignored Scarface and instead locked his target onto the Silent Man.

Whoosh!

The countless bloodlines suspended around him, like a swarm of snakes receiving a command, straightened in an instant, transforming into a sky-filling rain of blood-red arrows, overwhelmingly shooting towards the Silent Man!

Each bloodline carried a piercing shriek that cut through the air!

The Silent Man finally showed emotion.

He clasped his hands together in front of him.

"Defend."

Hum!

An invisible air barrier instantly formed in front of him.

However...

Puff puff puff puff!

The bloodlines, as if the air barrier were nothing, easily pierced through it!

Their targets were not the man's body at all, but the ground beneath his feet, the wall behind him, and the ceiling above his head!

In just an instant,

The entire front hall of Old Ghost Hall was thoroughly penetrated by these bloodlines, woven into a giant, inescapable red spider web!

The Silent Man and Scarface were completely trapped in the center of the web.

"Not good!"

The Silent Man's face changed drastically; he finally realized what the other party intended to do.

He wanted to detonate these bloodlines!

"Too late."

A dry, hoarse, utterly inhuman voice squeezed out of Zhao Tianyang's shriveled throat.

He stretched out his hand, which had become like a mummified claw, and gently clenched it.

"Bind."

Hum—

The blood-red spider web, spread throughout the entire space, tightened abruptly!

The terrifying binding force made the very space groan under the strain.

Scarface cried out, attempting to use his spatial abilities to escape again, but found that the surrounding space had been completely locked by these bloodlines, becoming even more solid than steel!

"Open!"

The Silent Man roared, powerful energy surging through his body, attempting to break the bloodlines with a force of vibration.

But those seemingly slender bloodlines were incredibly tough; no matter how his power impacted them, they only trembled slightly, showing no sign of breaking!

Instead, they tightened even further!

"Damn it!"

Scarface and the Silent Man felt panic for the first time.

They were trapped!

Trapped by a young man who had only recently awakened, using a bizarre, unheard-of ability!

Old Ghost and Seventh Master were utterly stunned.

One against two!

And he was dominating them!

Was this the person the boss valued?

This potential could no longer be described as merely terrifying!

Just as Zhao Tianyang was about to completely tighten the blood web and strangle the two of them,

The Silent Man suddenly gave up resisting.

He merely looked at Zhao Tianyang coldly through the gaps in the blood web.

Then, with all his might, he roared a single word.

"Enter!"

The voice was not loud, but it carried a special frequency that penetrated the entire room.

The next second,

"Boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Old Ghost Hall's already dilapidated main gate was violently smashed open from the outside in the most brutal way!

Heavy door panels mixed with brick and stone fragments exploded inwards!

Amidst the smoke and dust,

Countless figures, like a black tide, surged in madly from outside the door!

Their uniforms were identical, their aura fierce, and each person carried a strong scent of blood.

Black uniforms, black killing intent, instantly filled the entire Old Ghost Hall.

The leading figures moved swiftly and with clear objectives, heading straight for Scarface and the Silent Man, who were bound by the blood web.

The remaining people formed a crescent-shaped encirclement, tightly surrounding the gaunt-formed Zhao Tianyang in the center.

The smoke and dust in the air, mixed with a strong smell of blood, was so oppressive it was hard to breathe.

Old Ghost and Seventh Master were forced back several steps by this sudden onslaught, leaning against the medicine cabinet behind them.

Looking at this group of well-trained, murderous men in black, Old Ghost's first thought was not fear.

It was contempt.

Chen Ao's people?

Is that all?

So unrefined in their actions?

Fighting, smashing doors, and wrecking things on someone else's territory—these were the actions of street thugs.

True underworld magnates kill invisibly, valuing 'decorum'.

Making such a huge commotion, were they afraid others wouldn't know that Chen Ao was targeting Old Ghost Hall?

Foolish.

However, Old Ghost was not unable to accept this answer.

There are always some foolish gamblers in this world; their current good fortune is because, so far, their foolish decisions have won.

But such an unrefined fellow will surely lose one day!

Despite his contempt, the current situation was indeed perilous.

Originally, they had made preparations to deal with potential dirty tricks from the three major potion merchants.

But who would have thought that the first to strike would be Chen Ao, the manager of the black market?

And in such a merciless, brutal manner.

"Seventh Master, get ready."

Old Ghost's voice was very low; he pulled out a palm-sized, scratched brass compass from his in my arms.

The compass needle was spinning wildly and erratically.

Seventh Master understood, discreetly slipping his hand into his sleeve, where several small, ready-to-activate array plates were hidden.

Their gazes all fell upon Zhao Tianyang in the center of the scene.

At this moment, Zhao Tianyang had become the eye of the storm.

"Kill!"

Without any superfluous words, one of the closest men in black in the encirclement roared, and a long saber burning with flames appeared out of thin air in his hand, striking down at Zhao Tianyang's head.

This one strike triggered everyone else's attacks.

In an instant, ice cones, wind blades, shadow arrows, earth spikes... dozens of skills of different attributes, from all directions, overwhelmingly blasted towards Zhao Tianyang!

They clearly intended to use the most direct focused fire to instantly kill this bizarre fellow!