346: Chapter 346 Instant Kill! The Psychological Defenses Crushed!

"Haa... haa... haa..."

In the silence, Captain Shen Xiuan's breathing began to become abnormally heavy and ragged.

His Supernatural Ability, [Asura War Soul], inherently affected his mind, making him irritable and bloodthirsty.

This Supernatural Ability required him to suppress his violent emotions, and what it feared most was this kind of claustrophobia and stillness, suppressed to the extreme.

"Xiuan, steady your mind! Don't let your Supernatural Ability backlash!"

Although Yan Qinghuan was blind and could not see, he keenly sensed the rampage of Qi and blood within Captain Shen Xiuan's body through his spiritual power.

He hurriedly reached out a hand, wanting to press down on Captain Shen Xiuan's shoulder in an attempt to stabilize his mind.

However, Yan Qinghuan's hand had not yet touched him.

"Don't touch me!!!"

Captain Shen Xiuan suddenly let out a low roar like a beast, took a sudden step forward, and broke directly out of the four-person back-to-back defensive formation!

"Captain Shen Xiuan! Have you lost your mind?!" Chu Tiankuo was shocked and reached out to grab him.

"Get lost! All of you, get out here!"

At this moment, Captain Shen Xiuan's state was completely wrong.

His eyes, which were originally hidden behind black-rimmed glasses, were now completely filled with scarlet bloodshot veins, like two burning blood beads.

The originally dark red Asura malevolent aura, having lost control, began to rampage wildly around his body, and even the muscles on his face became distorted due to pain and mania.

The berserk state had been triggered!

Under the long-term suppression of fear, the backlash of the Asura War Soul had directly destroyed his sanity.

"You hiding, tail-tucking scum! Come out! Kill! I'll kill you all!!!"

Like a complete madman, Captain Shen Xiuan gripped the blood-colored long blade tightly with both hands and slashed wildly at the thick, impenetrable black fog in front of him.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The sharp Asura blade light tore open temporary gashes in the black fog, but they were quickly filled by the encroaching darkness.

While swinging his blade frantically, he stumbled toward the depths of the unknown darkness ahead.

"Brother Shen! Don't be impulsive, come back! This is the enemy's psychological tactic!" Helan Que also shouted anxiously, trying to use his voice to call back the other's sanity.

However, all comfort and persuasion were ineffective.

In his berserk state, only the most primitive desire for destruction and killing instinct remained in Captain Shen Xiuan's mind.

Any sound he heard seemed like mockery and provocation to him.

"Those who block me will die! You all must die!"

Captain Shen Xiuan roared as he walked further and further away. His figure was soon mostly swallowed by the black fog, leaving only the flickering, dark red malevolent aura, like a candle in the wind in the darkness.

Chu Tiankuo gritted his teeth, just about to step into the black fog to forcibly drag this madman back.

"Captain Shen Xiuan, come back..."

However, before his shout had fully faded.

"Boom!!!"

Deep in the thick fog ahead, a roar that pierced the clouds and shattered stones suddenly erupted!

That roar was mixed with the full, unreserved power of Captain Shen Xiuan's Qi and blood; clearly, he had encountered the real target and poured out all his mania!

Immediately after.

"Crack!"

A blinding purple lightning bolt, like a sharp sword, instantly tore through the black curtain ahead.

"Clang! Clang! Bang!"

The deafening sound of metal clashing, accompanied by the crackling of lightning, came densely from the direction where Captain Shen Xiuan had disappeared, like a violent storm.

Blade energy crisscrossed, lightning flashed.

Separated by the thick black fog, the three of them—Chu Tiankuo, Helan Que, and Yan Qinghuan—could even feel the violent air waves generated by the intense collision rushing toward them.

"They're fighting!"

Helan Que's eyes suddenly lit up, and a glimmer of hope finally ignited in the depths of his desperate eyes.

They weren't afraid of a strong enemy, only an enemy who wouldn't show themselves!

Now, Captain Shen Xiuan had stumbled upon it and actually forced the posturing Faceless Man out for a direct confrontation!

As long as they locked onto the position, the three Peak Fourth-Order fighters could join forces and kill him; even if the opponent were an immortal, they would have to peel a layer of skin off him today!

"Quick! This is the only chance, let's go help!"

Chu Tiankuo made a prompt decision, holding his heavy, edge-less sword across his chest.

However, having the previous lesson of teammates disappearing inexplicably, he dared not be careless at all.

The three top geniuses of Great Xia were now like grasshoppers on a single string; hand in hand, they connected their Qi and blood into one, and facing the continuously flashing lightning and weapon clashing sounds ahead, they dove into the deeper darkness.

"Brother Shen, hold on! We're coming!"

Chu Tiankuo strode forward, getting closer and closer to the battle group where lightning was flashing.

Fifty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters...

Under the illumination of the lightning, he could even faintly see Captain Shen Xiuan's crazed back, holding the blood blade high.

However.

Just as the three of them were only a dozen meters away from the battle, let go of each other's hands, and were about to unleash their strongest killing moves to join the battle, that very moment.

"Ah!!!"

A shrill scream exploded from ahead without any warning!

The intense, deafening fighting sounds that were in full swing just a second before were, after this scream, as if someone had roughly cut the audio cable with scissors.

It stopped abruptly.

There was no more blade energy, no more lightning, and no more roaring of clashing Qi and blood.

The dark red Asura malevolent aura flickering in the black fog was also extinguished instantly, like a flame falling into ice water.

The surrounding darkness poured back in like a tide.

The entire forest once again fell into a dead, hair-raising, absolute silence.

"..."

At this moment, the footsteps of Chu Tiankuo, Helan Que, and Yan Qinghuan were forcibly nailed to the spot.

Their bodies were still leaning forward slightly due to inertia, but the blood in their bodies seemed to have been drained of its warmth in an instant, so cold that it made them shiver all over.

Helan Que swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva, his eyes staring fixedly at the black fog ahead that had returned to calm.

His palms, holding the war blade, were full of cold sweat, and his voice trembled so much that he couldn't even speak a complete sentence:

"No... no sound anymore?"

"How could it be silent so quickly?"

"Captain Shen Xiuan... Captain Shen Xiuan is a Peak Fourth-Order expert... And he even activated the Asura Berserk state; his actual combat ability could even touch the threshold of the Fifth-Order..."

Helan Que's breathing became more and more rapid, and an emotion called "collapse" began to frantically tear at his sanity.

From the sound of the fight starting to the end of that shrill scream.

All in all, it didn't even take a few seconds!

A Peak Fourth-Order Asura War God in a berserk state, in an encounter, couldn't even last a few seconds before losing all signs of life?

Couldn't even force the opponent to make two more moves?

"How is this possible..."

Helan Que's teeth began to chatter uncontrollably, making a faint clattering sound.

"Even a late-stage Fifth-Order great demon couldn't kill a berserk Captain Shen Xiuan in a few seconds..."

What on earth is the opponent?

Is this level of crushing, terrifying strength really something that a contestant from the same batch could possess?

The black fog ahead was as dense as a high wall, standing silently there.

No one knew what was hidden in that darkness now.

Captain Shen Xiuan's corpse?

Or was that monster wearing the Faceless Man mask standing in the darkness, quietly watching them—the three preys who had delivered themselves into the trap—with that cold, mechanical gaze?

The intention to retreat.

These three geniuses, who were usually so arrogant that they were insufferable, finally felt an uncontrollable desire to retreat at this moment.

"Hold hands! No matter what happens, you must not let go!"

Chu Tiankuo shouted sternly, taking the lead to stretch out his left hand and grabbing Yan Qinghuan's wrist tightly.

Yan Qinghuan closed his blind eyes, reached out a hand, and held the other hand that was extended toward him tightly.

The hands they had originally let go of were joined together again; no one dared to let go, and like three frightened quails, they began to retreat step by step, cautiously.