Chapter 388

Blood and rainwater blurred the vision.

The figure swayed unsteadily.

Kujo Mise looked around at the hideous swarm of insects.

Only at this moment

did she realize

that there is a fundamental difference between a dungeon and a war!

Pain, fear, despair—this entire series of negative emotions flooded her heart.

Even for someone with as high a psychological threshold as Kujo Mise,

she was unable to bear it at this moment.

"Kill!"

——00: 5: 2

Five minutes remaining until the agreed time for the coalition's support.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

The giant water-turtle insect let out a shrill screech.

Its massive body collapsed, splashing a large amount of scarlet rainwater.

In an instant, its body was crawled over by the swarm,

sucking its blood and gnawing on its flesh!

As for the remaining water-turtle insects,

Kujo Mise swept her eyes over them

and could count their number.

32.

In war, this was undoubtedly a pitifully small number.

"Pat, pat, pat."

The sound of a giant creature stepping through the bloody water rang out.

"Coalition swarm?"

A glimmer of hope ignited in Kujo Mise's eyes.

But

why was the sound coming from the front?

Kujo Mise wiped the blood smeared across her eyes.

"Boom!"

Thunder exploded.

The moment the lightning struck,

a massive black shadow appeared in Kujo Mise's sight.

A dull and thick voice sounded.

"I was wondering why a swarm of ant-like insects dared to come over."

"So, there are humans here."

The fifth-ranked elite of the Titan race grinned.

He looked at the broken and battered Kujo Mise with a playful gaze.

Kujo Mise's heart stopped.

Why

were there Titans here?

The torrential rain fell with a 'patter-patter' sound,

composing a bizarre symphony with the 'squelch' of flesh being gnawed.

Severed limbs and scraps of meat were everywhere.

The entire land was like a slaughterhouse.

After the S-rank insect tribe finished mauling the last water-turtle insect,

it stopped eating and piled all the remains into a small hill.

Before long,

insects responsible for transport would come over

to carry this 'fresh' food back to the stronghold to be fed to the Insect Mother.

Kujo Mise stood in front of the pile of corpses.

A hundred meters in front of her

was a humanoid creature nearly a hundred meters tall,

as well as

a dense swarm of S-rank insects whose numbers had not decreased even after battling the water-turtle swarm!

"Why"

"are there Titans here?"

Kujo Mise muttered.

Two-plus hours—

what she had waited for was not the coalition swarm,

but a

Titan race contestant!

One of the top-tier, most powerful individuals

within the Titan race's age limit!

"Just you alone?" the fifth-ranked elite sneered and asked.

"I recall that there was a group of people who came to monitor us, wasn't there?"

As he spoke, his massive form slowly shrank,

turning into a two-meter-tall purple-skinned youth.

Kujo Mise knew

this was an ability possessed only by the Titan royal family!

Lowering strength and stamina attributes to greatly increase agility!

The youth walked toward Kujo Mise step by step.

Even without being intentionally released,

that aura, cold and evil to the extreme,

made Kujo Mise feel as if she had entered an ice cellar!

The youth examined Kujo Mise.

"I remember that group wore clothing similar to yours. Are they companions? Can you tell me where they are?"

Upon hearing this,

Kujo Mise trembled all over.

The equipment dropped in every border region had certain differences.

For example, in the Sakura Country,

if it were a magic robe, it would mostly be in the style of a kimono.

In other words,

Kujo Lu Zai had come to monitor the Titans and also knew that the Titans were here!

These S-rank swarms were the swarms contracted and raised by the Titans!

In a flash,

Kujo Mise understood everything.

Kujo Lu Zai had sent her here

indeed to stall this S-rank swarm!

Increasing the range of the blessing

was never meant to buff the coalition's swarm!

Because it was impossible for them to come over at all!

And for Kujo Lu Zai to go to such lengths to do all this,

there was only one possibility:

to deal with Mr. Li Yao!

Mr. Li Yao had contracted an S-rank magic insect.

If this S-rank swarm before her had not been buffed,

a battle with Li Yao's swarm might have resulted in mutual destruction!

With Mr. Li Yao's strength, he could definitely find an opportunity to escape from it!

But if the agility were greatly increased,

with such a massive base, the buffed combat power would be unimaginable!

As long as Mr. Li Yao came over

and engaged this S-rank swarm,

he would definitely face certain death!

"What are you thinking about, so intently?"

The fifth-ranked elite walked in front of Kujo Mise.

He was somewhat surprised.

Daring to let her mind wander in front of him—

did this human not want to live?

"Boom!"

He threw a punch, so fast it left an afterimage.

Kujo Mise had no time to react at all.

【-】

A mouthful of blood sprayed out, and she was sent flying dozens of meters away.

The fifth-ranked elite had held back his strength;

he still had questions to ask this human.

"Tell me, where are your companions?"

Kujo Mise slowly stood up

and drank a bottle of life potion,

barely pulling her health back to the safety line.

Dozens of shikigami suddenly appeared and flew straight toward the fifth-ranked elite.

However,

the fifth-ranked elite waved his hand casually,

as if swatting a fly,

and the wind from his palm tore these shikigami into pieces!

"Forget it."

The fifth-ranked elite sighed.

"Judging by your strength, your companions are probably just the same."

"There's no value in killing them."

The fifth-ranked elite walked faster and faster, so fast that by the end, Kujo Mise couldn't see him clearly at all.

Kujo Mise hurriedly took out her longsword and held it horizontally in front of her.

"Crack!"

The longsword shattered.

The power of the fist, undiminished, slammed directly into Kujo Mise's abdomen.

【-0】

"Oh?"

"A professional's invincibility skill?"

"Swish."

Kujo Mise used a displacement skill and leaped dozens of meters backward.

But behind her was the encirclement formed by the S-rank swarm.

She had nowhere to run!

The next second,

Kujo Mise felt as if needles were pricking her back.

The Titan monster had actually relied solely on physical speed to arrive behind her in an instant.

He swept his leg out, destructive and unstoppable.

【- (Critical Hit!)】

【-304 (Bleeding Damage)】

【-482 (Bleeding Damage)】

Kujo Mise flew backward, splashing a large amount of bloody water.

All her ribs were broken, and her whole body seemed twisted.

She had completely lost the ability to stand up.

Her life was coming to an end.

Every breath required all the strength in her body.

She felt no hatred for Kujo Lu Zai now;

there was only one thought in her mind:

The trap had been set,

and now it was just waiting for the prey to appear.

Mr. Li Yao, based on my understanding of you,

Kujo Lu Zai cannot deceive you.

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Right?

On the other side,

inside a tree hollow,

beside a giant eyeball,

several professionals were gathered.

Through scouting mosquitoes,

the eyeball presented the scene of Kujo Mise's side to everyone.

Kujo Strip Lixin couldn't bear to watch.

In the Kujo family, she had grown up almost alongside Kujo Mise.

Aside from being a bit cold in temperament,

Kujo Mise had always been quite good to her.

"Young Master, are we not sending a swarm to support her?"

"Support?" Kujo Lu Zai looked at her with confusion.

"Where would we get a swarm to support her?"

"But—" Kujo Strip Lixin wanted to say something more.

"There are no 'buts'," Kujo Lu Zai interrupted with a smile. "Strip Lixin, you must know,"

"that my little sister's current predicament is not caused by me, but by the Dragon Country's Chief."