Qiao Jing’s pupils constricted violently.
Cold sweat instantly drenched his back. The chill pressing against his skin felt like a venomous snake slithering up his spine.
Having traveled the continent for many years, he recognized the woman standing behind him the moment he heard her voice!
“Scorpio?!” Qiu Jing’s voice was dry, tinged with disbelief.
“What are you doing here?!”
Leaning back against him, Kong Man chuckled softly and brushed her hair back with effortless charm.
“Oh? You know me?” Kong Man’s tone was perfectly casual, devoid of any hostile tension.
“Well, I am famous, so it’s only natural that you’ve heard of me. But I don’t think I know you~.”
“I was just out for a stroll. I figured something interesting might happen here, so I came over.”
“Let’s not fight. I want to see what this little girl is up to. Be a good boy and stay still for a bit.”
Her tone was lazy, as if she were genuinely negotiating.
Yet the water membrane pressing against Qiu Jing’s skin did not recede at all. Instead, it seeped half an inch deeper.
Qiu Jing’s fingers froze in midair, his expression extremely grim.
He didn’t know why someone from the Rangers would appear here, nor did he know what connection this woman had with the girl charging the platform.
Right now, he was debating whether to make a move.
Scorpio Kong Man was one of the twelve executives of the Rangers, a Prophet-level expert. It was said that her abilities were ever-changing and impossible to defend against.
Right now, this was merely an internal matter of Dawn City. If Liang Shuguang himself wasn’t in a hurry, why should he be?
There was no need to fight the Rangers right now. He would wait and see!
Having made up his mind, he slowly lowered his fingers.
Seeing that he was behaving, Kong Man’s smile widened as she praised him:
“Oh, not bad. I thought you were going to fly into a rage and attack right away.”
After her teasing remark, she stopped talking and looked toward the high platform with great interest.
This girl’s strength truly surprised her. No wonder Yueyue highly praised her without even meeting her in person.
But was this girl all on her own? Trying to assassinate the City Lord head-on with only this level of strength seemed highly improbable.
Where was the legendary Sinking Black?
Hehe, let’s watch for now. This is getting interesting...
At the very center of her vision, Bai Feifei stood a dozen meters away, her eyes reflecting Liu Qing’s distorted face.
“Today, I finally have the power to kill you!”
Liu Qing roared, trembling as a yellow whirlwind coalesced around his body.
“It’s all your fault... You ruined United Pharmaceuticals’ plans! You ruined everything for all of Dawn City!”
“You should have died a long time ago!”
By the end of his words, he was practically howling. Yellow light exploded from his body, and he lunged forward, shrouded in a flurry of wind and sand.
The Edgerunner’s Escape Art carried the hatred he had harbored toward Bai Feifei for who knew how long.
Yet Xu Mo stood in place without a change in expression, looking at him as if he were an idiot.
What makes you think you can just rush in and throw your life away?
Through his perspective, on the game panel, the other man’s level fluctuated erratically, clearly indicating that something was highly amiss.
Furthermore, the man’s sudden ascension to an Edgerunner sparked a bold theory in his mind.
Clang!
Their weapons clashed sharply. Liu Qing had already charged right in front of Xu Mo, his eyes bloodshot.
Xu Mo didn’t even look at him. Instead, he cast a glance at Liang Shuguang on the platform.
Could you have done this?
The Edgerunners you instantly killed—can you actually extract their power and transfer it to someone else?
That’s incredibly overpowered. Where did you get such a unique ability? I want it too!
Let’s test it...
With this thought in mind, he looked at Liu Qing and mocked,
“You’re too weak. Did you skip out on the mutton skewers before coming here?”
“Besides, you seem really poorly adjusted to your status as an Edgerunner!”
In the next second, the tip of his sword flicked upward, moving so fast it seemed to vanish into thin air for an instant.
Sring!
Liu Qing instinctively tilted his head to dodge the fatal blow, but a moderately deep bloody line still appeared on the side of his neck.
He had drawn blood!
At the same moment Xu Mo sliced the man’s neck, his left hand tapped the wound, and a droplet of pitch-black blood coalesced at his fingertip.
【Source of Bloodline】 activated.
He knew that using this skill frequently drained him significantly, but right now, he wanted to see how Liu Qing would react to it.
“Aaaaaah!”
In the next second, Liu Qing let out a bloodcurdling shriek. Clutching the wound on his neck, he doubled over in excruciating pain.
The blood vessels across his entire body bulged simultaneously. Green veins throbbed violently beneath his skin, looking as if they might burst at any moment.
Xu Mo raised an eyebrow, looking down at the figure curling up before him.
“Just as I thought. Your state isn’t just from juicing.”
“Hehe...”
Liu Qing’s face was already so distorted by pain that he barely looked human. His lips trembled, unable to utter a single word.
Before he could even register terror, he saw Xu Mo twist the bracer on his wrist once more.
Gaze of the Ancient One, activate!
Liu Qing, who was already thoroughly broken by the Source of Bloodline, completely lost the light in his eyes. Every shred of his rationality vanished.
Despite being an Edgerunner, he no longer even had the ability to flee using Escape Art.
Xu Mo raised his sword. Without even looking at him, he casually stabbed downward.
Crack.
The strike was clean and crisp. Liu Qing’s head fell with clean precision.
This development utterly shocked both Prophets, Kong Man and Qiu Jing.
It was one thing for this girl to possess a unique power and easily slaughter Rank 5 Scavengers of her own level.
But how could she bypass the entire gap and kill an Edgerunner with such effortless ease?!
Kong Man was dumbfounded. She poked her head out from behind Qiu Jing, her peach blossom eyes filled with intrigue as she muttered to herself,
“What kind of useless trash was that? He got put down just like that?”
“This girl... just what is her ability?”
Watching this unfold from the platform, Liang Shuguang’s eyelids twitched slightly. Then, he smiled and began to clap gently.
“Splendid.” He leaned forward with a smile. “I knew you wouldn’t disappoint me.”
Xu Mo turned to face him. Holding his nearly shattered longsword, he walked step by step toward the center of the high platform.
The high-ranking Scavengers and the representatives of the various factions who had been invited all stood up.
Every eye was locked onto him, their faces grave.
They shielded Liang Shuguang behind them, but their eyes were filled with hesitation and doubt. Xie Xuan and the others didn’t even know if this was the will of the Masked Hermit Society.
The massive venue felt as oppressive as the deep sea. At this moment, every single gaze converged on a single person!
Xu Mo slowly raised his head and smiled at Liang Shuguang.
“I’m here now. There’s no need for these small fry.”
“I do find you quite interesting, but your posturing over the past couple of days was even more obnoxious than mine. It really rubbed me the wrong way.”
“So, before our game begins, I hope you can pass a test of mine as well.”
The crowd was instantly taken aback, unable to grasp her meaning. Under everyone’s wary gazes, Bai Feifei did not make a sudden violent move. Instead, she simply snapped her fingers.
Snap!
A crisp sound echoed. At that exact moment, a colossal blood-red sword erupted directly through Liang Shuguang’s chest!
Rate on N.U.
