139: Blood mist descends, the true hunt begins!

Night Crow was practically fuming.

He watched the fool rush out of the darkness, his face plastered with "loyalty" and "anxiety," shouting "I'm here to save you," and a surge of dark fury shot straight to his head.

Save me?

My whole family thanks you!

If it weren't for you, this good-for-nothing idiot, I'd still be in the shadows watching the show!

"Get lost!"

Night Crow roared.

Lin Yuan's steps "stopped abruptly," and he stood frozen in place, like a loyal dog severely scolded by its master.

"My lord, I..."

Night Crow no longer had time to bother with him.

Behind him, the heavy fists of the two Gargoyles were already smashing down, accompanied by a foul wind!

"Seeking death!"

Night Crow spun around abruptly, no longer holding back.

Shadow energy wrapped around his arms.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, striking out with both palms simultaneously, arriving before their attack, and imprinted them on the chests of the two Gargoyles.

"Puff! Puff!"

Two soft thuds.

Shadow energy surged in, corroding the energy cores within the Gargoyles' bodies.

"Roar..."

The two monsters froze instantly, the red light in their eyes rapidly dimming, until they collapsed with two loud "booms," turning into two piles of shattered stone.

Instant kill!

Lin Yuan's eyelids twitched as he watched, silently giving Night Crow's professional capabilities a thumbs up.

Awesome, much stronger than that Explosive Fist who only knows how to set fires.

However... judging by his panting, the blow he just took must have injured him quite badly.

Night Crow slowly retracted his hands, his chest heaving violently, clearly indicating that those two strikes had taken a considerable toll on him.

He turned around and walked towards Lin Yuan, step by step.

The eyes hidden beneath his hood were like knives, staring intently at him, as if wanting to flay him alive.

"My lord, are you... are you alright? That's great!" Lin Yuan's face lit up with joy, and he eagerly tried to go greet him.

"Stop."

Night Crow's voice made Lin Yuan's steps halt.

"You, how did you find me?" Night Crow's voice was hoarse.

Lin Yuan froze, a look of bewilderment on his face.

"Find you? My lord, what are you talking about? I... I was being chased by those two monsters just now, scared out of my Soul, so I just found a random hole to duck into..."

He said, patting his chest, his acting completely natural.

"Oh? Is that so?" Night Crow's voice revealed no emotion.

"Then what about that wall?"

Lin Yuan's bewilderment deepened.

"Wall? What wall? My lord, I don't know!" he said, sounding aggrieved, "I was just trying to escape with my life, you know, besides being a bit strong, I don't know anything else!"

Night Crow didn't speak.

He stared at Lin Yuan's face for a full ten seconds.

On that face, there was only the relief of having escaped, admiration for himself, and disappointment at the previous scolding.

No flaws whatsoever.

Could it be... it really was just a coincidence?

This guy named A Li is a born jinx, capable of messing things up wherever he goes.

But he always manages to survive through Heaven-Defying luck, and even inadvertently "helps" himself?

As soon as this thought appeared, Night Crow himself found it absurd.

But if it wasn't like this, how else could it be explained?

A D-rank who had just advanced, capable of seeing through his stealth Dao item?

And even able to manipulate the Secret Realm's rules to create a wall to trap himself?

Impossible! This isn't scientific!

"Anyway, my lord, it's good that you're alright!" Lin Yuan's voice was filled with joy, "I thought you... you had abandoned us! Now that I see you, I'm relieved!"

"My life, A Li's life, was saved by you! From now on, I will definitely work like an ox and horse for you!"

Night Crow's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Trust!

This damned, baseless sense of trust!

It was practically burning his CPU!

He suppressed the killing intent and suspicion in his heart.

He patted Lin Yuan's shoulder, his voice softening slightly: "How could I abandon you? Just now, it was merely the organization's final test for you."

"Test?" Lin Yuan suddenly understood, then showed an expression of admiration, "I knew it! The organization would never abandon any loyal warrior!"

Night Crow: "..."

I'll believe you when pigs fly.

He was too lazy to waste any more words on this guy with an abnormal thought process and turned to look outside the passage.

The battle in the hall was nearing its end.

After paying the price of nearly ten lives, the remaining factions finally cleared out all the Gargoyles.

But no one was smiling.

Everyone was slumped on the ground, panting heavily, their faces etched with exhaustion.

And the sky.

That bloody giant eye had descended to a horrifyingly low altitude.

It was barely a hundred meters above their heads!

They could even see countless tormented Souls struggling and roaring within that giant eye!

"Boom—Rumble—Rumble—"

The ground began to tremble incessantly!

This tremor was stronger than any previous one!

"Crack! Crack crack!"

Centered around the stone rudder in the middle of the hall that Night Crow had turned, hideous cracks spread outwards!

"What... what is that?!"

Someone pointed at the cracks and shrieked.

Through the cracks, thick, bloody mist surged out!

The mist carried a nauseating smell and quickly spread.

"Oh no! This mist is poisonous!"

Zhao Junwei's face changed drastically; he felt his protective True Qi being rapidly corroded by the blood mist!

But it was already too late.

In just a few short seconds.

The entire circular hall was completely enveloped by the dense blood mist.

Visibility was less than half a meter!

Everyone's vision was stripped away.

Electromagnetic Induction!

Lin Yuan immediately activated his perception ability.

The blood mist possessed strange properties; it not only obscured vision but also interfered with the Divine Sense probes of ancient Martial Artists.

However, for Lin Yuan, this was meaningless.

In his perception, the bio-electric signals of every living person were very clear.

The violent energy fluctuations of the Hunter's Guild's strong man, Zhao Junwei's venomous Sword Qi, Scorpion Sting's chilling poison... "Everyone, don't move! Gather back to back!"

The roar of the bearded strong man from the Hunter's Guild sounded particularly muffled in the mist.

But before he finished speaking.

"Ah—!!!"

A scream came from not far away!

"What is it?! Help... help me!"

"Don't come over! Get away!"

"Pfft!"

That was the sound of some soft object being pierced.

The scream stopped abruptly.

Everyone held their breath, cold sweat trickling down their temples.

Everyone could feel that in this dense blood mist, something... something invisible, was moving at high speed around them!

"Swoosh—"

A sound of air being torn reached Lin Yuan's ears!

He didn't have time to turn around!

Several streaks of crimson light burst out from the thick mist behind him, stabbing straight towards his back!