As the fierce red tint of the Blood Sensing slowly disappeared from Sheyan's field of vision, he heaved a long breath. He held four b.l.o.o.d.y Invitation Letters at the moment, making him the ultimate Boss of this b.l.o.o.d.y World. He stood out so much during the Blood Sensing that it was impossible for the rest of the partic.i.p.ants to not see him even if they wanted to.
But, he kept the Galaxy in his hands and refused to complete the transaction, thus forcing the MIB to mobilise a large army to defend the place. To be honest, although the partic.i.p.ants were strong, they had yet to reach the point where they could simply ignore the official army. In addition, Sheyan and Aziz were also hiding inside, ready to attack any moment. The combination of these two forces were not something to be taken lightly. It wasn't surprising that no one had dared to challenge them.
Sheyan and Aziz both heaved a sigh of relief after the Blood Sensing ended. Their tense muscles instantly relaxed as they fell down on a sofa.
Although a battle didn't occur, they were constantly on edge the whole time. Their nerves were strung tight like a fully drawn bow. It was fine if the bow was released immediately after being drawn, but when it was kept drawn the whole time, it was very draining.
The two men persisted until the end of the long Blood Sensing and instantly felt an feeling of fatigue wash over them. It was not a physical fatigue but rather a mental one. Sheyan picked up the coffee that had turned cold and took a greedy sip, letting the bitter taste spread through his body. He then closed his eyes and rested for a while before exclaiming:
“It's finally over.”
Although Aziz was still sitting straight, he couldn't help but take a sip of the water and said with a low voice:
“We should return right away after a short rest! The sooner we return, the better! I don't know why, but in this b.l.o.o.d.y World, I keep having an ominous feeling, like there's a knife on my back!”
Sheyan narrowed his eyes. He did not speak, but the strange figure of the Cardinal appeared in his mind. It was the first time he saw a person who grew their own flesh into a coat. It felt so unreal.
Aziz took out some bullets and started to engrave something on them. Sheyan could feel mana fluctuating on the bullets. This seemed to be Aziz's secret strengthening spell. The two rested in the room for a while to restore themselves to their optimum state.
Sheyan looked at Aziz and said:
“Let's go.”
Aziz nodded and pointed at the map:
“There are two return points remaining – No.17 subway station in Brooklyn and the 11th floor of the Morgan Financial Center on 37th street in Manhattan. The rest of the return points have been faded. Which one should we choose?”
Sheyan smiled bitterly:
“I think I should go to the 11th floor of the Morgan Financial Center on 37th street in Manhattan.”
Aziz frowned and asked:
“Why?”
Sheyan kept his bitter smile and said:
“Because in my notification, the No.17 subway station in Brooklyn was faded too, so I have no choice! And did you notice that the return conditions have changed?”
Aziz wondered:
“What's the change?”
Sheyan narrowed his eyes as he said:
“The original rule was: the process to transfer back to the nightmare realm will take five minutes, and the person being transmitted cannot perform any action during that time. If the person is interrupted, the person will have to wait for an hour before they can start the transfer process again. Your rule should be the same as mine, right?
Aziz nodded:
“Yes.”
Sheyan's expression was calm, but an intense fear had gripped his heart:
“But my current rule is: I can return to the realm immediately after reaching the return point!”
Aziz's expression turned solemn!
Their reactions may seem rather odd. The difficulty of returning to the realm appeared to have greatly reduced, so why were they unhappy? That's because they both knew that even though the difficulty of returning to the realm was reduced, it did not mean that the difficulty of the Golden Side Mission was reduced!
The fact that the realm had suddenly reduced the difficulty of returning to such a low level could only mean that they would face obstacles beyond their imagination along the way! In order to balance the difficulty rating of the entire mission, the realm could only reduce the difficulty in returning.
“Maybe we can act separately?” Sheyan suddenly said, “You head to No.17 subway station in Brooklyn, while I go to 37th Street in Manhattan? If we do this, maybe we can divide the enemy's forces?”
However, Aziz did not approve of this plan because he was someone who liked to hold success or failure in his own hands. If they went their separate ways and Sheyan happened to fail, Aziz would fail too through no fault of his own. It was something he could not tolerate.
After thinking for a long time, they felt that they should scout the situation out first. With the help of the MIB, they slipped out of the headquarters and mixed into the bustling New York crowd. They were surprised to find nothing out of the ordinary after two hours on the streets.
A bizarre feeling surged inside them. All this while, the two of them once again had their nerves strung high like a tight bowstring. Sheyan couldn't help but gnash his teeth as he said:
“So they're waiting for us to go to them! The opponents know that I can only return to the realm through the Morgan Financial Center on the 37th Street in Manhattan, so they have no intention of wasting their energy to look for us. There's no way around it; we can only give it our best shot!”
Aziz nodded gloomily. He saw a BMW Z4 convertible beside him so he jumped in and made the car start without much effort. He seemed to be very familiar with this kind of work.
Under Aziz's control, the BMW Z4 travelled at an alarming speed through the long traffic of New York thanks to its outstanding horsepower. The red lights along the way were completely ignored. They had some close shaves where they brushed past other vehicles with merely inches between them; there was an elegance in the craziness.
The other vehicles avoided them like the plague. A few police cars chased after the BMW in anger, but the performance of their vehicles and driving skills were far inferior, and they were soon left in the dust.
Aziz quickly drove them two kilometers within the vicinity of their destination, from where the twin buildings of the Morgan Financial Center could be seen. By the time Aziz stopped the car, the tires were spewing smoke and there was a smell of burnt rubber coming from them.
Aziz took a deep breath and said:
“Let's go.”
They continued to stride forward, but when they were within a kilometer from the Morgan Financial Center, their bodies shook at the same time! They found that their spirits were contaminated by something, like an insect that flew into an invisible cobweb! The cobweb was soft and sticky, but full of hidden murderous intent!
The next second, a warm feeling akin to the suns.h.i.+ne in spring washed over them like a wave. It made one them extremely lazy and content, to the point where they didn't feel like lifting a finger. This instantly put them on high alert.
“They're coming!”
This may sound a bit strange, but although they were attacked, because they were mentally prepared for it, it was actually a relief.
Suddenly, both Sheyan and Aziz felt a burning sensation from the left side of their body like the feeling of sunburn from a scorching summer sun.
They turned around simultaneously and saw a tall man slowly walking over from a sidewalk hundreds of meters away. He wore a suit, a tie, a pair of sungla.s.ses, a pair of brown Berluti leather shoes, diamond earrings, and had cropped-cut hair. His exquisite sense of fas.h.i.+on was apparent in its elegance.
This person's face and eyes felt very familiar to Sheyan! He turned out to be the strange creature born from the huge underground reproductive system – the Cardinal! Sheyan did not expect him to make an appearance with this kind of image!
“You're finally here, heretics!” Besides the usual ruthlessness in the Cardinal's eyes, there was actually a trace of cruelty and excitement! Perhaps he regarded being forced to flee in such a pathetic manner thanks to Sheyan and Aziz as the humiliation of his life.
“G.o.d's guidance was right. We finally meet again!”
Sheyan and Aziz had long prepared themselves for battle. When Sheyan saw that the opponent was the Cardinal, he was secretly relieved. This was understandable because anyone who faced an enemy that they had defeated before would feel a bit of psychological superiority.
Aziz had already disappeared silently; no one knew where he'd gone. On the other hand, Sheyan took large steps towards the Cardinal! The Cardinal merely stood there waiting for him with a sneer on his face. Then, he suddenly raised his hands in wors.h.i.+p!
“O lowly sinners, tremble under the glory of G.o.d! G.o.d is omnipresent; G.o.d is omniscient. Confess to the sins you have committed throughout your life!”
Chapter 951: The Sin of l.u.s.t, the Sin of Gluttony!When the Cardinal finished his chant, Sheyan and Aziz felt as if time itself had stopped. They could clearly see dust particles floating around in the air. The surrounding turned murky and unclear like ripples on a water surface.
They wished they could do something to respond to this change but they found it impossible to move, as if they had fallen into a very deep nightmare!
'This is …. attributes suppression!' This thought immediately flashed in Sheyan's mind. 'It's another freaking illusion!'
Immediately afterwards, scenes after scenes of illusionary images started appearing behind the both of them. All the scenes were replays of events in their lives!
The illusionary image behind Aziz froze at multiple scenes. When Sheyan looked at them carefully, he saw that they were all scenes depicting Aziz's s.e.xual encounters with women.
Aziz seemed to be a pretty energetic guy. All the women in the images behind him had amazing figures and consisted of almost every type of skin colour imaginable. There were even scenes of threesomes and such. At a glance, Sheyan estimated there to be over 50 different women!
“Lowly sinner!!” A majestic, sacred, and magnificent voice drifted down from the sky! The Cardinal calmly said, “You have fallen into the sin of l.u.s.t. Cleanse your sins with pain and blood!”
“The sin of l.u.s.t?” Sheyan immediately recalled that one of the sins from the seven deadly sins in Catholicism was the sin of l.u.s.t. Only now did Sheyan realise that, before this, the Cardinal had faced them with his weakest aspect!
When the Cardinal's words ended, a huge milky-white cross appeared behind Aziz!
The Hebrew word for “l.u.s.t” (תְשׁוּקָה) was engraved on the cross. The word brimmed with age, solemnity and desire!
Aziz soon left the illusion. Suddenly, a surge of magma and flame appeared around him, enveloping him in a pungent smell of sulphur! Aziz, who had regained his mobility, quickly moved out of the area covered by magma and flame, but magma and flame gathered into a few gigantic humanoid fire figures and rushed furiously towards Aziz.
The battlefield was right in the middle of the bustling New York City! The flame giants left burning footprints as they strode forward. The only thing that could be seen in their cruel eyes was the determination to complete the task given to them!
Next, the Cardinal turned towards Sheyan. Sheyan tried to avoid the Cardinal's eyes, but in the end, the illusionary images behind Sheyan began to slowly freeze too. He looked at them and saw that they depicted the scenes of him gulping down a variety of food including oysters, meat, shaved ice, lobster, chicken…..
“The spreader of plague.” The Cardinal's tone was particularly angry because Sheyan had severed his arm before this. He never forgot about this act of blasphemy! “I judge you guilty of the sin of gluttony!”
As the Cardinal handed down his judgement, another huge milky white cross appeared behind Sheyan. The Hebrew word for “gluttony” (גַרגְרָנוּת) was engraved on the cross!
The next instant, the cross turned into a giant palm which caught the neck of Sheyan. After that, several disgusting rats, toads and snakes appeared of thin air and tried to burrow their way into Sheyan's mouth.
The appearance of the hairy rats and slimy toads caused Sheyan to struggle desperately. No normal person would willingly swallow these creatures! Sheyan could confirm by now that the Cardinal's power was indeed derived from the seven deadly sins because gluttony was also one of the seven sins!
Although Sheyan struggled furiously, he could not escape from the tight grip of the giant palm. His head started hurting and he began to see stars, as if he was knocked hard on the head. He felt like his limbs were being mercilessly shackled by a huge force, making him lose control over his body!
When he finally regained a bit of control over his body, another giant palm had emerged and ruthlessly pinched open Sheyan's mouth, trying to force feed Sheyan. Sheyan had no doubt that if he really did swallow those things, there would be some really serious repercussions.
“AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!”
Sheyan screamed wildly as muscles bulged all over his body. His tendons went taut and became as hard as iron, while the green veins on his muscles looked like they were about to pop out. A blinding light flashed from his nightmare imprint and the picture of a clenched fist on a s.h.i.+eld appeared!
His eyes were bulging and bloodshot like the eyes of a fish due to the lack of oxygen. His whole body twitched violently. His feet left a deep pit in the ground in his struggle.
Suddenly, the illusionary image of the 'Stairway of the Sun' emerged behind Sheyan. Its black tendrils frantically whipped at the illusionary giant hands gripping Sheyan! All the powers inside Sheyan felt the threat of death in this moment, causing them to break out together in full force!!
Finally, crack marks started appearing on the surface of the giant palms. The stronger Sheyan struggled, the more force the palms used to restrain him. The cracks kept getting wider and wider until finally, the palms shattered into pieces which disappeared with the wind.
By then, Sheyan's lips were already in contact with the skin of a toad that was delivered to his mouth. The toad's skin was cold, b.u.mpy, and had a pungent smell. Sheyan slapped the toad away.
When his feet landed on the ground, the surrounding scene turned back into reality. He was once again in bustling Manhattan.
But the toads, the grey rats, and the coiling snakes suddenly attacked each other in a frenzy. In the end, it was the toad that won. It quickly grew into a large monster and pounced towards Sheyan!
“This is the materialisation of illusion! The d.a.m.n guy has even learned this ability! ” grumbled Sheyan through clenched teeth.
The essence of the terrible power of the Seven Deadly Sins was still the power of illusion, but the Cardinal had advanced the power of illusion to the degree where truth and falsehood were intertwined together! It could be considered the combination of the power of faith, his own strength, and the power of the realm. The resulting power was terrifying.
The so-called materialisation of illusion may sound somewhat mysterious, but it was not difficult to understand. For example, in many Chinese mythologies and legends, there were a lot of demon hunters who would use spells to create heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals with their imagination to suppress demons and evil spirits.
Those were also illusions that they materialised with the power of faith and their own abilities. The ones with really high cultivation were said to be able to invite real heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals to descend! This was actually the materialisation of the illusions of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals. With their own abilities and strong beliefs, they could transform the illusions into real creatures of flesh and blood for a short period of time! This was the real terror of materialisation!
Aziz was being chased by several lava monsters while Sheyan had to deal with a vicious and evil toad monster! Not only were they in a precarious situation, the poor innocent citizens had it even worse.
These materialised monsters were all extremely ferocious. Although their main targets were Sheyan and Aziz, they didn't mind taking down the pa.s.sers-by along the way. The citizens thus suffered heavy casualties. Their bodies were even consumed by the monsters!
When Aziz discovered this, he ruthlessly led the monsters into the crowd on purpose. He naturally had a very shameless purpose for doing this – the more people who died, the more serious the situation would become, and the faster the government agencies would intervene in this matter. As for the possibility of attracting the attention of other partic.i.p.ants as a result of doing so, he could not longer care about that.
The toad that attacked Sheyan, the embodiment of the punishment for gluttony, may have looked fat and bulky with its frame that was as tall as a two-storey building, but it actually moved with great agility. This was especially so for its lightning-fast tongue that could shoot out and retract back in no more than 0.1 seconds.
Sheyan had already been hit by the tongue three times in a row. Of course he wanted to avoid the tongue, but he couldn't!
The penetrating force of the tongue was unbelievably strong. Every time Sheyan was. .h.i.t by it, he felt like the tongue would puncture a hole in his chest. Not only that, the mucus sticking to the tongue was also poisonous. When it came into contact with the skin, it would turn that part of the skin green and the skin would start to rot away. Fortunately, Sheyan was immune to poison. Unfortunately, he wasn't immune to the force of the tongue. The impact from the attacks made him cough up blood. One time, the tongue even coiled around him and he was almost swallowed whole by the toad. He only managed to stop that from happening by throwing a timely 'Beast of Corrosion' on to the tongue.
Sheyan was glad to finally get out of range after retreating for a few dozen meters while he fought, but the giant toad sudden gathered force in its back legs and made a leap. This action caused a ten-storey building behind it to shake violently for a few times, then collapse to the ground. The toad's plump body was now high in the air, aiming straight for Sheyan. Sheyan felt as if a whole mountain was about to crash down on him!
He instantly rolled and scurried away. The toad crashed onto a nearby Ford Raptor, squas.h.i.+ng the car flat under its horrible weight! Fortunately, the car did not explode, or Sheyan was bound to get seriously hurt too!
An unfortunate young man who was practicing parkour on the street also fell victim to the toad. He was flattened to a thickness of three centimeters. The smell of blood instantly permeated through the air. The young man was picked up by the toad with its tongue and became its food.
Chapter 952: The Sin of WrathWhen the huge toad smelled the blood on the corpse, it immediately uttered two greedy cries. Its tongue popped out like a lightning bolt and stuck to the corpse, then easily brought the corpse into the toad's mouth. The white throat of the toad wriggled and the corpse was gulped down into its stomach. From the toad's satisfied expression, one could see that the corpse was extremely tasty.
The ordinary humans in the vicinity immediately screamed and fled upon witnessing such a frightening scene. The giant toad instead looked towards the fleeing Sheyan. It suddenly bent down, exposing the glands on its back. The venom glands wriggled violently and, like high-pressure water guns, shot out two streams of milky-white poisonous liquid, one of which hit Sheyan with great accuracy.
The hapless Sheyan stumbled and fell down, but he immediately rolled back up and continued his run. He now looked like he was drenched in milk. This was the advantage of having the 'Stairway of the Sun'. The only threat that vemons might pose to him was that they could drown him if there was enough of them…..
The toad was visibly shocked that its venom turned out to be ineffective, so it could not help but try two more shots. This time, both shots missed their target. When the milky white venom fell on the concrete floor, the floor hissed and emitted a stinging smell. The innocent pa.s.sers-by who were sprayed by the venom couldn't even utter a scream before they dissolved like ice cream in a microwave.
The short delay gave Sheyan the opportunity to slip into a nearby subway station and disappear from view.
When the giant toad realised that its target had disappeared from its sight, it immediately croaked angrily, then jumped towards the subway station. The airflow generated when it landed toppled over several cars on the side.
The entrance of the subway station was a staircase that extended downwards. The toad crawled down, its tongue continuously shooting out along the way, greedily hunting the pa.s.sers-by. Right when it stepped onto the next floor, Sheyan quietly dropped down from the upper floor and clung to the back of the toad's head like a bat. A fierce gleam flashed in his eyes as the '+7 West' in his right hand stabbed silently into the toad's right eye!
It was a blow of unimaginable ferocity and cruelty!
The fatal blow left the giant toad croaking madly. It kicked out with its two st.u.r.dy thighs and instinctively tried to jump away. Unfortunately for Sheyan, they were in the subway station! Sheyan suddenly saw his vision turn black – the toad's back had crashed towards the concrete ceiling, crus.h.i.+ng the light tubes that had been lighting the place up with their warm white glow. The heavy impact also caused Sheyan to throw up a mouthful of blood. He was lucky that he had a strong body; if he were an ordinary human, he would have been squashed to death.
But Sheyan was a fierce and determined person. While enduring the pain from the collision, he forcefully pulled '+7 West' out. A red liquid instantly gushed out from the hole in the basin-sized eye.
The liquid happened to spray onto a pair of frightened couple next to them. The couple immediately uttered a wail that was sharper than a dolphin's cry, but after a few seconds, they realised that nothing had happened to them. Although the venom produced by the toad was very strong, the toad's body fluids were not toxic.
At that moment, the skin on the back of the Toad broke abruptly and a strange snake's head popped out. It was the snake that had been swallowed by the toad before this. The snake leapt towards Sheyan.
Sheyan did not dodge the snake, and instead chose to give in to his barbaric side. A brutal fire burned in his eyes as he raised his right hand and thrust it deep into the toad's injured right eye, right up to his shoulder!
His whole arm could feel a disgusting, slippery, squirming sensation around it.
A vicious current flashed across his face and the force of the 'Beast of Corrosion' burst forth from his hand, crus.h.i.+ng half of the head of the toad. A shower of blood rained down on the area while pieces of bones and skin were blown away.
But Sheyan was also bitten by the snake on the shoulder, causing half his body to go numb. With a flick of its neck, the snake sent Sheyan flying towards a wall at the side. Sheyan slammed heavily into the wall. Fortunately, the damage done to the toad was simply too severe. It persevered for a few more steps before falling to the ground. Then, it gradually turned transparent and vanished.
Sheyan shook himself and rolled over so that he faced upwards, then took a few greedy breaths. Right now, he was still seeing doubles. He stood up and stumbled a few steps towards a bathroom, where he poured some water on his face. He gulped down a whole bottle of mineral water before he felt better.
A few minutes after that, he started sweating all over. The strange thing was that the sweat was slightly black and smelled very foul. Only after that did the numbness in his hands and feet go away.
“What a terrifying snake venom.”
But at that moment, Sheyan suddenly felt an extremely powerful threat approaching quickly from a distance. His pupils contracted because he immediately realised that what he feared most had happened.
Sheyan kicked the part.i.tion beside him without the slightest bit of hesitation, then rammed it with his shoulder. A large piece of three-ply wood flew straight out. Sheyan strode into the women's toilet next door, ignoring the screams, then smashed through the window and ran towards the train that was just pulling into the station….. But as he was about to enter the train, time and the surroundings froze again. Sheyan was once again drawn into an illusion by the Cardinal who had rushed over!
After Sheyan's memory was read, the memory fragments behind him slowly settled down. Surprisingly, the images this time depicted the scenes of him killing Xide, Yi Wufu, Huashan Fei and other ordinary people outside the nightmare realm.
This time, the Cardinal judged Sheyan's sin as the sin of “wrath” among the seven deadly sins.
Sheyan surprisingly regained control of his body right after being handed the verdict, unlike the previous time when he had to go through a struggle first. Sheyan was still in a state of astonishment when he suddenly felt the air move behind his head. He instinctively jumped forward and raised his left hand to block.
A severe pain instantly transmitted over from his blocking hand! Sheyan was sent flying for over 7 meters. He looked back and saw a transparent saber about 5 meters in length floating in the air!
The saber had a distinct medieval style. It looked simple and st.u.r.dy while exuding a feeling of blood.
Sheyan next looked down at his left arm. There was a wound deep enough to show the bone inside, but no blood dripped out from the wound. The pale white muscles on both sides of the wound rolled up like a fish's lips with no intention of healing. It was a chilling sight.
The transparent saber mysteriously swung upwards a little, then thrust itself at Sheyan. This time, Sheyan was ready for it. He grabbed a nearby steel locker and, with a roar, threw it at the transparent saber.
The transparent saber showed no intention of dodging. Instead, it increased its speed and pierced deep into the metal locker, then flicked hard!
A loud crash resounded as luggages and papers flew everywhere. The transparent blade looked absolutely unstoppable as it carved the metal locker up into pieces. After that, the saber vibrated and an orange flame rose on the surface of the blade. With a horizontal slash, the saber sent burning wooden and metallic pieces towards Sheyan!
By the time Sheyan turned a corner, he had enquired and obtained the information that according to the teachings of the seven deadly sins, the punishment for l.u.s.t was burning in fire and brimstone, the punishment for gluttony was being force fed with rats, toads and snakes, while the punishment for wrath was live dismemberment! Sheyan gritted his teeth and muttered a very vicious swear word under his breath when he read this information.
He cut a sorry figure as he kept dodging the saber's attack by rolling and crawling until he managed to get into the waiting room next door. By this time, he had completely dismissed any thought of fighting back.
Even if he managed to launch a successful counterattack amidst the non-stop attacks of the saber, all he would eliminate was a materialised illusion. Furthermore, Sheyan realised that the transparent giant saber did not move very fast, so he decided on the strategy of wasting time. After all, the Cardinal had to divide his attention between Aziz and Sheyan, which was by no means an easy feat.
What's more, according to history, if a sinner survived all seven punishments for the seven deadly sins, the Inquisitor would then impose the ultimate punishment. Sheyan didn't know what the punishment was, but he was sure it was nothing pleasant. His objective wasn't to kill the Cardinal, but to return after all.
Five minutes later, the saber once again hit Sheyan and slashed open a wound on Sheyan's back. All the blood that flowed out from the wound was absorbed by the blade! Sheyan staggered and rolled, causing the next strike from the transparent saber to miss him and cut into a pillar instead. At that moment, there was an uproar near the entrance; a group of police, with some MIB agents mixed inside, had finally arrived.
Sheyan almost cried tears of joy. He immediately ran towards the group, screaming and wailing like a poor victim, all the while raising the medal the MIB gave him high above his head. The transparent saber followed close behind him. The MIB agents and police officers naturally shot at the saber. Normal guns may not be that powerful in the face of the transparent saber, but the shots from the pulsed weapons were enough to send it flying.
Presented with such a great opportunity, Sheyan took a deep breath, suppressed his dizziness, jumped on a pa.s.sing bus and left the area.
Chapter 953: Hot PursuitIt was a double-decker bus. There weren't too many people on it, and Sheyan's act of scrambling to get on the bus did not attract too much attention.
In densely populated places, there were all kinds of people. In bustling New York, thieves, robbers, drug addicts and the likes existed in droves. There were also a lot of performance artists who would deliberately perform strange acts in public. Sheyan did not appear too conspicuous. He quickly took a seat.
Soon after, Sheyan started feeling an increasingly painful sensation spreading from his feet. The pain gradually converged on his thighs!
Suddenly, a wave of unbearable pain transmitted over from Sheyan's legs. It was the same sensation as having a red-hot branding iron pressing down on them, except there was no scorching smell and no feeling of intense pressure.
Sheyan was very tough mentally, but in the face of such severe pain, he couldn't help but drip with cold sweat. His teeth were grit so tightly that they made creaking sounds! The muscles on his whole body spasmed. A pool of sweat quickly acc.u.mulated underneath his seat.
A couple and a young girl originally sat next to Sheyan. They exchanged glances when they saw him acting that way, thinking that he may be a drug addict or maybe he was having a seizure. It scared them into changing their seats to get away from Sheyan.
Sheyan raised his head, opened his mouth and gasped greedily for breath like a fish out of water. He finally felt better after a while. He relaxed, knowing that the spiritual connection between himself and the Cardinal had been severed. He wiped away the cold sweat on his face and the saliva on the corners of his mouth that he hadn't even noticed was there before. He found that the bus had left Manhattan.
Sheyan pondered for a moment, then ripped open his trousers to find two strange and mysterious symbols burnt onto his legs, engraved deep into the skin! They were the Hebrew words for gluttony and wrath! Looking at these two symbols, Sheyan had a strange premonition in his heart. He knew that the matter would probably not end so easily. Not only were the two symbols branded on his body, he felt like they were imprinted on his soul too!
'I wonder how Aziz is doing,' the thought flashed across Sheyan's mind, but he quickly snapped back to reality because the door had opened and admitted two men inside. One of them was rather burly while the other was crooked and looked a bit shady.
The burly man was all smiles and even helped an old man off the bus. Without saying a word, one of them sat in front of Sheyan and the other behind him, keeping Sheyan in the middle.
The two men were Shali and Stend who had tried to a.s.sa.s.sinate Sheyan in the MIB headquarters. Even when the two had him surrounded, Sheyan appeared relaxed. He asked:
“How come you guys are here?”
Shali, who sat behind Sheyan, answered in a low m.u.f.fled tone:
“Do you think you can still escape?”
Sheyan nonchalantly said:
“Maybe I can't kill the two of you by myself, but you two won't be able to kill me either! I'm afraid Fate will make an appearance if he wants me dead too.”
When Shali heard the name “Fate”, his hands gripped hard on the bus seat handle. The handle, together with the steel bar inside, was bent out of shape. He looked around and said through gnashed teeth:
“Do you think using the name of Fate will scare me?!”
Sheyan rested his hands behind his head and, without missing a beat, said:
“Fate! What do you say if we forget about everything that happened today? As a gift, I'll leave these two guys for you to kill. You probably hadn't noticed yet, but when I escaped from that monster's territory just now, there were already 5 intruders tailing me. If you try to kill me and I get desperate, both of us will be injured. We'll only benefit the people lurking in the dark.”
Shali and Stend got more nervous with every word that came out of Sheyan's mouth.
Shali gulped, his eyes glued to Sheyan's face. The muscles on his jaws and temple were bulging from tension. The air in his mouth cracked when he chewed on it, as if it was not air that he was chewing on, but large chunks of gla.s.s!
As he chewed on the air, his muscles began to swell up and his skin started to s.h.i.+ne. Meanwhile, Stend was rubbing his nails together, making metallic sounds.
But apparently Sheyan's words had its effect. He could sense that both Shali and Stend were obviously distracted. Although they were facing him, most of their focus was on the surroundings – just like students in the afternoon who would appear to have their eyes glued to the blackboard, but their mind had actually drifted away to what they would have for lunch…..
Nevertheless, they were still b.l.o.o.d.y World partic.i.p.ants carefully chosen by their respective realms! Both of them were recognised as the strongest fighter in their own party, so of course they wouldn't lose their will to fight over a few words! They came here looking for a fight, so that's what they would do!
With a flick of Shali's wrist, he uprooted the entire seat in front of him and bashed it at Sheyan. It was the chair above the bus. The two main materials that made up the seats of public buses were hard plastic and reinforcing steel bars. They were held down with large bolts the size of wine gla.s.ses. Shali could simply reach out and grab one as his weapon, so it was apparent how strong he was.
But Sheyan still sat in his seat with a smile on his face, without the slightest intention of dodging. The broken chair flung by Shali would not be recognised as an equipment so the damage bonus it provided was very limited. Sheyan had dealt with Shali before so he had a thorough understanding of Shali's strength.
Bang
An ordinary human was sure to have their skull broken from Shali's. .h.i.t, but when the chair hit Sheyan, it might as well have hit a cement pillar. Plastic debris and steel parts scattered everywhere. Sheyan remained perfectly fine.
Stend crossed his left and right forefinger's nails and shot a trail of flame which looked like a snake crawling in the air towards Sheyan. Sheyan nonchalantly put his right hand up to block it. After the flame wound around Sheyan's arm several times, the smell of skin and flesh burning permeated through the air, but that was the worst the flame could do. It completely disappeared after a few seconds.
Upon seeing such a spectacular movie-like scene, the people inside bus screamed in hysteria. They proceeded to jump out the windows when the bus stopped at a traffic light. Shali's body had grown even bigger after he inhaled. When he stood up, his head crashed into the roof of the bus. Although he was not hurt, it was unexpected. Shali's action was naturally delayed for a moment.
Taking this opportunity, Sheyan grabbed the smaller Stend.
Stend revealed a bloodthirsty smile. He flicked his fingers and a very sharp sound penetrated into Sheyan's ears, causing Sheyan to pause momentarily. With a swing of Stend's hand, the seat next to Sheyan was sliced in half. The finger continued towards Sheyan's neck.
“Interesting,” said Sheyan indifferently. He raised his left fist to block, and the strong wind force generated by Stend's finger instantly left a trail of sparks on his boxing glove. By this time, Shali had freed himself and had smashed at Sheyan's head. Stend was sure that Sheyan had to dodge, so he paused, ready to cooperate with Shali's attack. However, Sheyan simply ignored Shali's attack and caught Stend's throat, then followed up with a vicous headb.u.t.t on Stend's nose!
Sheyan then broke out in a frenzy and beat Stend up. Although he had to receive Shali's fierce attacks at the same time, Shali's attacks seemed to mean nothing to him!
In the end, Stend was grabbed by Sheyan and was smashed through the winds.h.i.+eld of the bus with a fierce 'Tactical Throw'. He was. .h.i.t head-on by a fast-moving Audi TT sports car closing in from the opposite direction.
He was immediately rammed over ten meters away and fell heavily to the ground, dragging a long trail of blood on the clean road. An ordinary human would have died a terrible death with their body in pieces. Although he was a contestant, Stend was still left severely injured.
Stend climbed up in a daze. With an angry roar, a dull golden glow appeared on his left hand – he was ready to use an ultimate skill in his next strike.
Right after Sheyan sent Stend flying, he had turned around to deal with Shali. He completely gave up on defence and opted to exchange blows with Shali instead.
Although Shali was wary of possible hidden enemies and did not display his full power, he was still secretly shocked by Sheyan's unimaginable formidability – Defence comparable to an MT, shocking HP and powerful Strength!
When Shali saw that Stend was about to launch his attack, he instantly made a decision. His neck suddenly became huge and thick, the green veins on it protruding like a toad that had drawn in air. The next instant, he opened his mouth and launched from the depth of his throat a violent and explosive gush of air right towards Sheyan's face.
This was Shali's ultimate skill: 'Air Cannon'!
Chapter 954: Hunting FateIf Sheyan had not fought with Shali before, there was no doubt that he would have fallen victim to the 'Air Cannon', but because he was prepared, Sheyan could see the abnormality in Shali's actions. Although it was impossible for him to dodge agilely like Agility-type contestants, he could immediately put up a guard by crossing his hands in front of him.
The next instant, Sheyan felt a terrible force pressing on his arms. For Sheyan, the force was not so strong that it was impossible to resist. However, Sheyan suddenly had an idea. He did not resist the force but instead allowed it to blow him away.
The force knocked Sheyan off the ground and sent him cras.h.i.+ng into the winds.h.i.+eld. The gla.s.s broke and Sheyan tumbled out. But after several rolls on the ground, Sheyan immediately bounced up. He jumped, then with one hand grabbed onto a pa.s.sing box truck which happened to make a turn at the traffic light at that moment. The truck quickly drove away, carrying Sheyan with it.
Of course Shali and Stend could not allow Sheyan to escape. They immediately pursued after Sheyan. Although they were both mainly melee-type contestants, they also had several long-range attacks in their a.r.s.enals.
They had chased Sheyan for ten or so meters and had managed to shorten the distance to the truck when a crystal bottle was suddenly thrown towards them, leaving a trail of green smoke in its wake. It crashed to the ground and a large cloud of dark green smoke immediately burst forth from it. The shockwave produced by the broken bottle hit both of them at the same time like a strong wind, stunning them and making them dizzy. All the while, the dark green smoke cloud continued to spread, wrapping them inside it.
Sheyan was about to successfully escape when suddenly, he was overcome by a strange feeling. He felt like a pair of vicious eyes were staring at him, but when he looked around, he couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. However, the feeling of being stared at only became more intense.
There was a pedestrian overpa.s.s ahead of the truck he was clinging to. It was a busy time, so there were a lot of people on the overpa.s.s. There was a teenager on a skateboard on the left side of the overpa.s.s. This was a pretty common sight on the streets of New York; it was nothing to be surprised about.
But when the skateboarder was trying to avoid a person in his path, he accidentally slipped and fell. His skateboard flew up and shot towards a young man in front of him. The young man was pretty agile so he managed to avoid the skateboard by leaning back slightly.
The skateboard finally stopped when it hit the back of the head of a middle-aged man in suit. It naturally caused a lot of pain. The middle-aged man in a suit instinctively grimaced in agony and reached for the back of his head, but when he raised his hand, he accidentally hit the hand of a child next to him.
The little kid had just come out from a McDonald's, where his mom had bought him a strawberry-flavoured McFlurry…. The child of course felt painful when he was. .h.i.t. He was initially licking the McFlurry in bliss, but the hit caused the McFlurry to slip away from his arm. The McFlurry fell off the gap between the steel frames of the overpa.s.s and rather coincidentally landed on the winds.h.i.+eld of the box truck that Sheyan was. .h.i.tching a ride on.
The McFlurry immediately splashed over the winds.h.i.+eld, triggering the automatic winds.h.i.+eld wipers. The result was that the driver's sight was completely blocked. Therefore, he had no choice but to stop his car at the side of the road, turn on the warning light, and jump out of the driver's seat cursing.
Sheyan narrowed his eyes and focused his gaze, but he had no idea where he should look at. He was merely bluffing when he spoke to Shali and Stend just now. He didn't expect the guy called Fate to actually be here!
Sheyan's feet did not remain idle as these thoughts flashed across his mind. He had skillfully jumped onto the sidewalk as soon as the truck stopped. When you're not as fast as the opponent, there were two practical ways to overcome that. You could either find ways to make yourself as fast as the opponent, or make the opponent as slow as you.
Therefore, Sheyan did not hesitate to move into a large commercial square nearby which had a Wal-Mart and a Carrefour, as well as a few cinemas, entertainment centers and five steak houses. It was literally overflowing with people. Since Blood Sensing was not active at the moment, Sheyan was like a fish in water in the crowd with his rather decent Perceptive Sense.
Shali and Stend, too, rushed into this large commercial square ten seconds later. But Sheyan was like a needle in a haystack right now. How could they find him?
But at that moment, something that had very little chance of happening normally, inexplicably occured. An elevator in the distance suddenly broke down and was stuck between the third and fourth floor. It caused an uproar among the tourists on the elevator. That place immediately became the focus of everyone in the commercial square.
There were about twenty to thirty people on the elevator. Shali and Stend glanced over and saw Sheyan mingling with the crowd. If the elevator didn't break down, it would only take another two or three seconds for Sheyan to completely disappear around the corner.
The two of them were overjoyed. Shali instantly dashed straight towards Sheyan. He was a giant of a man; the people he ran over were all left bleeding or injured. Stend jumped and clung to a wall. His nails enabled him to scale the wall like a spider as he quickly moved in Sheyan's direction.
Sheyan was not alarmed when his whereabouts were exposed. He squeezed out of the broken elevator with little effort, then took a turn and went into the next elevator. By the time Stend and Shali arrived, the elevator that Sheyan was in had gone up three storeys. However, Stend's vision was unbelievable. From the mirror inside the elevator, he could see that Sheyan had pressed the b.u.t.ton for the eleventh floor. They immediately took another elevator in pursuit!
When Stend and Shali stepped out of their elevator, they found Sheyan standing on the window at the end of the eleventh floor corridor, smiling at them. He then took out a s.h.i.+ning golden pearl in his hand, and actually crashed through the window to jump straight down from the eleventh floor!
Stend and Shali held their breath. The surest way to stay in pursuit was, of course, to jump down following after Sheyan.
But neither Shali nor Stend had the confidence to escape unscathed, or even to escape with their lives, jumping down from the eleventh floor! Don't forget, Sheyan might be waiting for them below!
This is the most shameless aspect of Sheyan plan. He had already used the 'Gloryheal' ability while he was in the elevator to fully recover his HP in preparation for jumping from the building. He was blatantly mocking Shali and Stend for their low Defence and HP. What could they do about it? Jump from the building?
When Sheyan reached the bottom, he landed on a BMW X6 and made a huge dent on the roof of the car. He jumped down casually and looked up to see Shali and Stend staring at him. He laughed out loud, pointed at them and shook his index finger. He then walked leisurely to a motorcycle ten meters away, pulled the man on it down, got on the motorcycle, and started the engine.
Sheyan's expression at the moment seemed quite relaxed, but there was a sharpness hidden in his eyes, waiting to be unleashed!
'If you've been observing me all this time, Fate, you should know that when this bike starts moving, Shali and Stend won't be able to catch up to me any longer.'
'Your goal is simple – to force me and the two of them to fight each other to the death, and when all of us are gravely injured, you will swoop in and reap the greatest benefit. That's why there is a very high chance of you activating your ability the moment I got on the motorcycle so that I can't run away from Shali and Stend. C'mon then! I've boosted my Perceptive Sense to the limit with the 'Goldpearl of the Caribbean Sea', and I'm fully focused on sensing your skill right now. I'll definitely find you!'
'Yes, this is it! This is the feeling! The feeling of forcefully changing the flow of the world, like the s.h.i.+ver when a finger stopped the ticking of a clock! You fool, you're three hundred meters to the West!! '
'The fact that you can keep up with the change in our battle location means that you should be on a vehicle. I've found you, Fate! So you're disguised as an NYPD officer so that you can ignore the traffic lights when you chase after us and monitor our movements. Well then, enjoy my disease!'
Sheyan abandoned the motorcycle when the engine started to smoke, and ran away!
For Sheyan, getting rid of Shali and Stend in this busy urban area was really not that hard. It was the ability of Fate that he was concerned about. Fate's ability was simply too mysterious. Sheyan would not have been able to locate him if his own Perceptive Sense wasn't so high.
Right now, Fate did not know that Sheyan already had his eyes on him. When he saw Sheyan fleeing, he immediately started his own motorcycle and gave chase. He seemed to have some miraculous way to perceive Sheyan's position, so he was not very worried about losing Sheyan. However, Sheyan had chosen a very clever escape route, forcing Fate to get as close to him as possible.
Chapter 955: The Power of FateTime pa.s.sed by in the blink of an eye. Sheyan ran with all his might, while Fate very calmly tailed him from behind. Fate was like a spider steadily moving on a cobweb, leisurely observing the actions of the prey that had fallen into its net.
But fate did not know that Sheyan was counting down in his mind.
'10, 9, 8, … … 2, 1! '
'120 seconds is up!'
Sheyan suddenly turned around and dashed in Fate's direction!
Sheyan had turned back when the distance between him and Fate was the shortest at less than 150 meters. Like a 100-meter hurdles sprinter, Sheyan jumped up with his hands in front of his face, cras.h.i.+ng hard into a window in front of him.
The gla.s.s shattered and collapsed. A shocked saleswoman stood in front of Sheyan; Sheyan gently pushed her away. Then, after a tumble, he rushed out the door and finally saw Fate, who was riding a motorcycle in the distance on the long street!
Fate, of course, realised that he had been exposed. He turned around in an instant and pounded on the throttle, attempting to flee in the opposite direction.
Honestly, speed wasn't Sheyan's specialty. To catch up with the motorcycle with his legs was unrealistic. But Sheyan remained silent and continued to chase after Fate, refusing to give up.
Right at the moment Fate's motorcycle had accelerated to top speed, Sheyan unleashed his new ability: the 'Power of Corrosion'!
This ability could only be used after an enemy had been affected by his disease for 120 seconds, and could only target a single enemy.
(TL note: From ch. 907: 'By activating the 'Power of Corrosion', Sheyan could, in the next five seconds, actively trigger the next appearance of the disease symptom instead of waiting for it to randomly appear like before. The enemy would not experience any of the remaining symptoms in the next 30 seconds to two minutes.' )
After activating the 'Power of Corrosion', Sheyan could, in the next five seconds, actively trigger the next appearance of the symptom. He could also choose the symptom instead of waiting for one to randomly appear like before!
Sheyan coldly watched Fate put on a show of motorcycle skills as he navigated through the busy street hundreds of meters away. His lips curled into a sinister smile.
“You've had me dancing in the palm of your hand for too long! Now…. Hmmph! I'll let you have a taste of your own medicine! Pneumonia symptom: activate!! Activate symptom: severe cough! (The enemy will be a.s.saulted by a fit of coughing, during which they will be rendered unable to move, attack or cast.)”
Fate was currently traveling between a bus and a Ford Raptor, and he looked so skilled that he could achieve a speed of nearly 100 kmh even in traffic (about 62 mph). A slight gap between vehicles was enough for him to sneak through.
But as Fate revved on the throttle to overtake the Ford Raptor ahead, an inconceivable itch spread through his throat. He immediately stiffened and had to cough to relief the uncomfortable sensation.
'd.a.m.n, I was attacked by the enemy!' Fate reacted extremely fast. There was instantly a flash of light on his body, indicating the use of medicine to dispel abnormal states.
But it didn't work!
A light flashed on Fate's body again. Besides the medicine, he also had a skill to lift abnormal states!
But it didn't work too!
Fate actually managed to remain calm and collected under such circ.u.mstances. The final move he pulled was to summon a dinosaur with a scroll! The dinosaur could cause confusion and could also delay the enemy. Every second was precious.
His thought process was as calm and as meticulous as a robot. He would not be affected by any external factors. If he must get hurt, he would make sure to keep the damage to a minimum.
A relentless urge to cough finally overcame him. Fate coughed fiercely for three seconds. While he coughed, he was unable to move, attack, and cast, so the direction of the police motorcycle, which had reached 100 kmh, remained askew.
The bus in front and the Ford Raptor in the back were traveling at a speed of at least 50 kmh. Under such circ.u.mstances, the motorcycle's skewed handlebar eventually led to very serious consequences. Everything happened like a movie – the collision, the fall, the rear-end!
The police motorcycle, caught in the middle, was slammed into the bottom of the Ford Raptor. The bus kept pus.h.i.+ng hard from the back. The police motorcycle finally could bear the excessive pressure no longer, and exploded.
It was only then that Fate recovered from his violent coughing. He had the honour to be the piece of meat in the steel sandwich. He struggled to climb out of the wreck with blood in his mouth. If it wasn't for the summoned dinosaur cus.h.i.+oning the blow, he would have suffered even more serious injuries. Fire started spreading over his body, but Fate had no time to put them out. Instead, he kicked the wreckage of the motorcycle that pinned him down, and staggered away in a hurry.
That's because he could feel a great threat approaching behind him. The opponent had suppressed his fury for so long and had painstakingly laid down the trap, so the chance left for him to escape was slim to begin with!
Fate was a mage-type contestant, after all. His Physique and Agility could never compare to Sheyan's. His strength was that, by changing some small events, he could create a chain reaction which could produce extremely serious consequences. It was not dissimilar to the disaster that befell the U.S. s.p.a.ce shuttle Challenger – 1.2 billion USD$ worth of scientific research and technology, as well as seven human lives, lost to a $3.70 O-ring.
His ability was called 'Foresight', and in the real world he was a famous detective comparable to Sherlock Holmes. His talent matched perfectly with his 'Foresight' ability.
More importantly, Fate's attacks were rarely directed at the target themselves. Rather, he would create a deadly attack by utilising the surrounding environment. This at least cut down the risk of him being found by 50%. A lot of his victims didn't even know the real reason they died. His attack method was more bizarre and unpredictable than a powerful sniper.
Nevertheless, that Fate who had always been unstoppable, found himself falling prey to Sheyan today! While he plotted against Sheyan, he had also inadvertently stepped into Sheyan's vicious trap. He was now disease-ridden and must fight to the death!
Sheyan had taken the opportunity to close down to within 50 meters of Fate. Fate staggered to stand up while holding his forehead with his hands. He glared at Sheyan through the blood flowing down his face. Sheyan instantly had a strange feeling. Suddenly, both of them went totally still. The surrounding scenery completely disappeared, replaced by a darkness akin to the starry sky. Then, Fate pointed to himself with his index finger.
When Fate did that, Sheyan suddenly heard a soft snap in his ear. He felt as if a thread that was very important to him was snapped. He look around at the surrounding. Although he could once again see the bustling concrete jungle, he felt completely out of place for some reason.
At the same time, the nightmare imprint transmitted some notifications to him:
[Warning: Your connection with the current world is temporarily cut off for ten minutes.]
[Warning: During this period, you will be rejected by this world. Misfortune will follow you and your luck will fall to its lowest point.]
[Warning: It will be a good idea to hole yourself up in a a park, a stadium or other open s.p.a.ces immediately.]
“…..%&￥￥#%$#&” Sheyan was already less than 50 meters away from Fate. 20 meters more and Fate would be in his attack range, not to mention that Fate was still carrying a disease. How could he bear to give up?
Sheyan decided to risk it. He kept up the chase and soon reached the site of the accident. Fate was limping along the sidewalk across the street; his leg seemed to have been injured. However, he looked a lot calmer. He threw aside his burning coat and grabbed a bottle of water from a roadside stall, dumping the contents onto his face. The distance between the two continued to shorten.
A car that seemed to be in a hurry rushed over from a distance. The car had to drive to the side of the road due to the accident, but at that moment, someone happened to jump out from the bus involved in the accident. In order to avoid the person who jumped out, the car driver immediately slammed on the brake and turned the steering wheel wildly. The car, as a result, went out of control and rushed towards Sheyan with astonis.h.i.+ng momentum.
If Sheyan kept running towards Fate, he would be hit by this car!
Sheyan's blood was boiling by now. He decided to trust in his toughness and chose to pounce forward! In his plan, even if he was. .h.i.t by the car, he could adjust his body so that the force from the collision would propel him forward, thus taking advantage of the momentum to get closer to Fate.
With a loud bang, Sheyan was. .h.i.t by the car as he wished. For him, this kind of collision was absolutely acceptable. He borrowed the momentum from the collision to fly out like a baseball on a home run!
Wind whistled past Sheyan's ears. He looked at Fate coldly from the air, but Fate merely showed him a mocking smile and kept moving forward. He seemed certain that Sheyan would never catch up to him!
Chapter 956: Chaotic BattleFate was actually a gentle-looking man. He had soft eyes hidden behind a pair of gold rimmed gla.s.ses, as well as a calm demeanor. He looked somewhat similar to Steve Jobs in his forties. At this moment, he turned around to face Sheyan and solemnly exclaimed:
“No one can fight against fate. No one!”
With the help of the collision's impact, Sheyan had flown to within 30 meters of Fate. As soon as he landed, he could immediately activate 'Hornrage' to catch up to Fate, and then destroy him with punches and kicks!
Contestants might not be instkilled by Sheyan as soon as he got close to them, but they would find it extremely difficult to shake him off! Don't forget that Sheyan was a dual attribute Growth Hunter in Strength and Physique.
The force from the impact began to weaken. Although Sheyan could not keep his balance in the air, his body had responded instinctively. He would put his hand on the ground to flip himself upright before he landed, then activate 'Hornrage' right away. The whole series of actions would be executed smoothly without any delay in between.
If it was an ordinary person performing those actions, the only outcome would be a broken arm. But for Sheyan, they would present no difficulty.
Sheyan folded his belly in the air, stooped, reached out, and pressed his hand on the sidewalk ahead. Everything was going according to his script. But the moment Sheyan touched the sidewalk, he immediately felt something was wrong.
Because the seemingly solid sidewalk did not feel solid at all.
As soon as Sheyan pressed down on it, a crack appeared on the surface, and as Sheyan exerted more strength, several square meters of area around the spot simply collapsed with a rumble!
“F*cking h.e.l.l, this power of misfortune is way too strong!” Sheyan couldn't help swearing as he fell. “A sinkhole in the city? Are you kidding me?”
One could occasionally read reports of sinkholes on the Internet, sometimes even involving cars falling into them, but those events were very rare after all. Sheyan never thought he would b.u.mp into such a bizarre thing.
Even a mighty Growth Hunter could not go against the law of physics. Sheyan could not just grab his own hair and fling himself up like in an anime. Hence, Sheyan fell to the bottom of the sinkhole. Although the sinkhole was not that wide, it was at least 5 meters deep. There was some murky water at the bottom. Sheyan fell straight into the soft mud and struggled to s.h.i.+ft himself upright.
By the time Sheyan climbed out of the sinkhole with much difficulty, Fate was already over 100 meters away from him. More importantly, the man had found another motorcycle and, to Sheyan's surprise, he seemed to be wearing a thick grey scarf because he realised that he'd caught a cold. He started the motorcycle and accelerated away.
Sheyan stared at Fate's back, but there was no frustration in his eyes. Instead, he said coldly:
“You might have temporarily changed my fate, but you can't change the fate of other people, and you definitely can't change…..your own destiny! ”
Right when Sheyan's speech ended, the motorcycle Fate was riding on suddenly exploded and caught on fire!
The situation on the battlefield had gone completely out of control.
Sheyan's previous judgment was quite accurate. The strongest person around here was probably the Cardinal. He would probably attack anyone indiscriminately once they entered his range of control. Aziz and Sheyan may be able to sneak up to the Cardinal, but once they were attacked by the Cardinal, they were surely exposed to the rest of the b.l.o.o.d.y World partic.i.p.ants!
After such a long and fierce battle, those partic.i.p.ants that intruded into this world must have definitely sensed something. Otherwise, they would not have been qualified to enter the b.l.o.o.d.y World.
Fate was unimaginably powerful, yes, but the biggest mistake he made was to underestimate Sheyan, causing him to fall into Sheyan's trap. But even so, he was able to turn the tables and get rid of Sheyan's pursuit.
His strength was evident.
Unfortunately, the mysterious and powerful monster had a fragile body. Those lurking in the dark easily made their decision!
Sheyan was 70% sure that there were intruders observing him, and they should be very clear that he was as hard as nails with a plethora of debuffs in his a.r.s.enal. If he fought while running away, keeping himself alive for as long as half an hour would be a piece of cake.
On the other hand, Fate was a mage-type contestant – and he was already in a rather sorry state.
Even an idiot would choose to finish the mage-type contestant first before turning back to deal with Sheyan.
If they dared to deal with Sheyan first, who could guarantee that Fate wouldn't turn back later and pick them off? They wouldn't even know what hit them!
The enemies' attacks were swift and endless. After Fate's motorcycle exploded, seven or eight missiles were launched from a distance. They indiscriminately bombarded Fate's landing spot from all directions. Hundreds of square meters of area were completely shrouded in flames after the series of bombardments.
This kind of large area of effect attack was not that great a threat for Sheyan because since the attack was dispersed over a large area, the attack intensity would not be that great. With his HP of over 4,000, it was not a big deal.
Seeing the explosion, the pa.s.sers-by naturally screamed and ran away. A lot of people in the buildings nearby also looked out the windows to check what happened. Sheyan was just about to move forward, but a man suddenly ran over and was about to b.u.mp into him; Sheyan could smell the strong smell of alcohol on him before Sheyan even saw him. Sheyan of course couldn't let anyone get close to him right now, so he kicked at the man. He did not expect the drunkard to be just an ordinary person. The man was instantly sent flying. His crashed head first into a wall and bleed p
