Chapter 767: Slaughter (2/2)

The man lost the will to fight upon seeing that blade drifting over weightlessly. He let out a loud cry and turned to flee. Was this a joke? How was he to take Qianye’s slash when his defense was even weaker than one of the knight’s arms? There was no need for a square hit; a graze was enough to cripple him.

Qianye arrived behind the twin-bladed warrior with a single step and slashed at the man’s back.

“Grey shadow, save me!” the twin-bladed warrior screamed in his desperation.

A faint silhouette emerged from behind, holding a vaguely discernible sniper rifle in his hand. However, Qianye’s speed and acceleration were changing rapidly. The sniper muzzle kept following him, but there was simply no opportunity to fire. As a master sniper himself, Qianye naturally understood how to prevent being locked onto.

During this short period, the twin-bladed warrior had been forced into dire straits. Unable to evade one of the incoming slashes, he had no choice but to block with his dagger.

The swordsman felt a shock through his entire body as the blades came into contact. The dagger in his grasp was actually unbroken; only bent out of shape and useless. Desperation filled his eyes because he knew he wouldn’t last long with a single sword.

Seeing the swordsman hanging by a thread, the grey figure drifted toward Qianye. Proactively drawing closer would increase his accuracy, but it also placed him in harm's way.

A cold gleam flashed through Qianye’s eyes as he abandoned the swordsman and pounced at the grey figure. This charge, akin to a flash of lightning, finally revealed his true strength.

Greatly astonished, the grey shadow fluctuated wildly and flew backward immediately, hoping to put some distance between them. Qianye erupted with a low roar at this point—the space surrounding the grey silhouette became heavy, sluggish, and distorted from the massive force. The distance between the two was close enough for Qianye’s domain to take effect, rendering the grey shadow unable to escape.

Both the swordsman and grey shadow had fallen into a perilous situation. Under the knight’s protection, the two were able to play to their strengths without restraint, and this gave them a false sense of power. Now that the knight was gone, the entire group was quick to fall apart.

The grey shadow struggled with all his might, but the suppression grew increasingly substantial. Qianye soon arrived with East Peak raised high and slashed at the sniper’s waist.

However, the shadow seemed almost intangible and remained unaffected as the blade swept through him. He kept on struggling against the suppression of the domain, and Qianye could feel his resistance growing stronger and stronger as the man adapted to the pressure. Just as he was about to escape the domain, the shadowy figure let out a shrill, menacing scream at Qianye.

Qianye paid the wail no heed, however. With a jolt of his blade, a faint scarlet origin flame ignited on East Peak.

Seeing the origin flames formed of Venus Dawn, the grey shadow screamed continuously as though he had just encountered his nemesis. Judging from the reaction, Qianye knew Venus Dawn happened to be his weakness. Even if that wasn’t the case, he still had the dark golden blood energy to try. There had to be something capable of restraining this enemy in either daybreak or Evernight. Otherwise, he would have to be a heavenly monarch and not a minor character like this.

The grey shadow became fiercely distorted as he wailed in agony. In the end, the outer grey layer burst open, and taking advantage of the blast, a smaller silhouette charged out of the domain and fled.

Qianye was caught unprepared and couldn’t chase after the enemy in time. This mysterious enemy might prove fairly troublesome if allowed to escape.

Gazing at the receding grey figure, a cold gleam flickered in Qianye’s eyes. He was prepared to use spatial flash and assault the target from the air.

Faintly discernible threads of blood appeared in the air, connecting Qianye to the grey shadow. Just as Spatial Flash was about to activate, an odd but clear whistle reverberated through the air. An origin bullet streaked across the sky and struck the grey shadow at unbelievable speeds.

The shadow wasn’t afraid of physical attacks at first, but this bullet was like a powerful venom to him. It vanished right after entering the body, causing the silhouette to distort violently and eliciting a mournful scream from the man.

With a boom, the grey shadow soon burst into flames. Even with Qianye’s powerful perception, he had no idea what type of fire it was, only that it contained a trace of blood energy. The sanguineous blaze ignited the grey shadow, causing flames to burst out from within and turning him into a human torch.

The raging fire lasted for an entire minute before the grey shadow collapsed to the ground and his true form came into view. All that was left of him was a charred, human-shaped body whose facial features could no longer be seen.

With the grey shadow dead, the swordsman was naturally no match for Qianye. The latter caught up to the target within a hundred meters and slashed him through the waist.

Only after killing the swordsman did Qianye have the leisure to glance at where the bullet had come from. Naturally, there was no one there.

For some reason, though, Qianye had a feeling that it was the mysterious woman again.

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