290: Chapter 290 The Black-Robed Corruptor

A blood-colored cloud flew across the night sky, soon arriving at the other side of the city at a residential complex with dozens of high-rise buildings.

Nie Ning revealed himself, and his eyes were met with dozens of Transcendents gathered there.

A green circular barrier separated the crowd, with more than ten Transcendents inside the barrier.

In the center was a 'person' wrapped in a black robe whose face could not be seen, but whose entire body exuded a Power of Corruption.

"Damn Serrated Society, playing this game of monopolizing the Corruptor again!"

At this moment, a male knight shouted with a face full of anger.

"Tell me about it. Every time they use the excuse of 'everyone's safety' to hog public resources!"

"Sigh, there's nothing we can do. I heard their guild leader hasn't shown his face for a long time; he might be in seclusion trying to break through to Rank 5."

"Damn guy, I'd say there's a higher probability he offended someone and got taken out!"

"Keep it down, don't let them hear you..."

"Let them hear..."

Those present vented their dissatisfaction one after another.

Listening to their talk, Nie Ning couldn't help but think of Vimos; that fellow would never have the chance to break through to Rank 5.

Looking at the barrier before him, Nie Ning had no intention of destroying the boundary.

The Corruptor's strength was still unclear, and it was currently trapped inside the boundary; if the Corruptor escaped, he would likely be the one to take the blame.

Nie Ning scanned the area; there were many high-level professionals watching, including five Rank 4 Transcendents.

Looking back inside the barrier, Nie Ning found it quite amusing, feeling a sense of déjà vu like players hogging a mob-spawn in an online game.

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At this moment, the Black-robed Corruptor inside the boundary moved.

The Black-robed Corruptor appeared abruptly beside one of the Rank 3 Sky Knights like a ghost.

The Rank 3 knight was startled, but his reaction speed was fast; the runes on his longsword lit up, and the blade, wrapped in Battle Qi, swept across.

Suddenly, the Black-robed Corruptor's body darkened, the surface of the black robe bulged, and then a black hand reached out, directly grabbing the knight's longsword.

However, before the Black-robed Corruptor could attack, other members of the Serrated Society surrounded it and began a righteous beatdown.

The Black-robed Corruptor was very fast, evading the attacks like it was blinking, and attacked the Rank 3 knight again.

But the Transcendents of the Serrated Society coordinated well; the Black-robed Corruptor couldn't succeed for a moment, and over time, it even seemed to be getting cornered.

Nie Ning observed their fighting style; they valued their lives too much, causing them to constantly miss opportunities to counterattack.

At this rate, once the Black-robed Corruptor found an opening, the situation would likely collapse and be reversed in an instant.

Of course, normal battles were like this.

Power of Corruption was very troublesome, and no one had a good way to deal with it.

Furthermore, injuries took a long time to recover from, and spending money on pills and items would reduce their profits.

"So slow, it would be better if everyone just charged in together!"

"Nonsense, did you forget last time? Everyone rushed in to surround it, the Corruptor found a breakthrough, and several Rank 4s died in moments."

"That was because a few low-level people insisted on joining the fun. Everyone else was standing far away just to chip in some damage, but they just had to rush up."

"Forget it, forget it, just treat it like watching a show."

"This Corruptor's speed is too fast; it's indeed unfriendly to us."

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Nie Ning watched the battle inside the boundary and suddenly frowned.

The corrupting aura had intensified!

Just then, the Black-robed Corruptor flashed in front of a knight.

The knight slashed out a wave of Sword Qi to force the Corruptor back, but the Black-robed Corruptor reached out and crushed the Sword Qi, grabbing the knight's longsword.

Seeing this, the knight thought the Black-robed Corruptor was repeating its old trick, intending to attack with the hand inside the cloak.

The others remained calm, seemingly unconcerned.

Perhaps in their eyes, they had already seen through the Black-robed Corruptor's little tricks.

Indeed, the area around the Black-robed Corruptor's chest twisted slightly, as if that black hand was about to reach out again.

"Not good!"

Nie Ning's expression became solemn.

At that moment, the knight's Battle Qi erupted, wanting to force the Black-robed Corruptor back.

But the black robe on the Corruptor's chest suddenly tore open, revealing a pitch-black, deep rift.

The Battle Qi the knight erupted was entirely absorbed, and then a powerful suction burst from the black rift, pulling the knight toward the Black-robed Corruptor.

The others realized something was wrong and tried to help by attacking the Black-robed Corruptor.

However, their energy attacks were sucked in by the black rift.

The terrifying suction erupted again; the knight, who had just stabilized himself, and another Third-Ring Wizard were caught off guard and swallowed by the black rift.

A moment later, chewing sounds came from the black rift, and blood dripped onto the ground.

"Hao Yan!"

One of the Fourth-Ring Wizards saw this and was filled with grief and rage.

Energy erupted from his body, summoning a blue-and-white magic circle beneath the Black-robed Corruptor.

A massive amount of blue-and-white arrows rained down on the Black-robed Corruptor.

"Oh no!"

Nie Ning's eyes narrowed, inwardly cursing the idiot.

He already knew the Black-robed Corruptor could absorb energy, yet he still dared to use such a pure energy attack; he was simply beyond stupid!

Sure enough.

The Black-robed Corruptor did not dodge; its body floating in the air assumed a prone position.

The black rift in the cloak aimed at the blue-and-white energy arrows and swallowed them all into its belly.

A blue light appeared on the surface of the Black-robed Corruptor's body; clearly, there was a limit to energy absorption, but for now, it was enough.

Under the full-force attack of the Rank 4 wizard, the Black-robed Corruptor's body suddenly jolted, and the terrifying suction erupted from the black rift once more.

Compared to before, the Black-robed Corruptor had already devoured two Rank 3s, plus the Rank 4 wizard's desperate strike.

Except for the two Rank 4 Transcendents, all the other Rank 3s were swallowed by the black rift.

In an instant, the situation was reversed.

After absorbing so many Rank 3s, the Black-robed Corruptor's aura climbed directly to Rank 4!

Hearing the chewing sounds coming from the Black-Robed Person's chest, a look of panic clearly flashed in the eyes of the remaining two Rank 4 Transcendents.

"You morons! Open the barrier now!"

Nie Ning shouted loudly at the two inside the boundary.

The barrier's defensive effect was very strong; even Nie Ning couldn't break through it in a short time.

But if the Corruptor was allowed to devour two Rank 4s, and with no Rank 5 Transcendent on the field to suppress it, things would likely become uncontrollable.

Then Nie Ning turned to the others: "Are you all not running? Are you waiting to feed the Corruptor?"

As Nie Ning's Rank 4 aura unfolded, most people began to retreat.

But there are always stubborn ones; about a dozen Rank 3s who didn't believe in the danger remained where they were.

Nie Ning's face turned cold; without much nonsense, he sent out a Lightning Edge Blade, knocking one of them flying.

"Since you want to die, I might as well send you to your deaths first, so you don't harm anyone else!"

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