Chapter 574: Feign Obedience, Secret Defiance! Not a Single Hair Damaged?!

"Pa pa pa…"

The oppressive, cloud‑laden atmosphere suddenly unleashes a Heavenly Disaster.

Hail swirls across the sky, as if the heavens are enraged, rolling white crystals pelt down, and the vibration sounds are dull and piercing.

It sends chills down the spine!

"Wow, it's raining!" Cao An changes his aggrieved expression and instantly becomes excited.

He darts out of the Burial Ground, racing toward the fiercest hailstorm.

"Cao An!" Su Yang shouts, his complexion slightly changing.

But just as he is about to chase out, a human‑head‑sized hailstone explodes with a roar, countless fragments shooting out like bullets.

"Ripping—"

The fragments tear a sudden gash in his clothes, and a streak of blood instantly appears.

Fresh blood seeps out, staining the skin red.

The intense stabbing pain shows that the terror of this Heavenly Disaster surpasses that of a typhoon.

Although disasters have a degree of randomness, their impact force is stronger and more terrifying than wind.

A hailstone 20 mm in diameter can hit the ground at up to 20 m/s, while those over 60 mm can exceed 30 m/s.

Overall, hailstones everywhere are larger than six centimeters in diameter.

Some are as big as a basketball, like meteor impacts, punching a huge crater into the ground.

Earth flies up, dust fills the sky.

Su Yang, who had intended to intervene, abandons the thought.

After all, Cao An is neither kin nor acquaintance, nor a partner.

He simply wants to probe the other's Innate Talent.

But the risk and reward are disproportionate; there's no need to take the chance.

"The sky just darkened and the Heavenly Disaster appeared; this contradicts the rules," Su Yang says, his gaze heavy, his brain constantly pondering the cause.

Each time a Heavenly Disaster is about to appear, the rules clearly state the countdown.

Moreover, he has long been accustomed to judging the time by the sky's color.

A disaster that suddenly descends and conflicts with the rules can only be explained by one possibility—

Innate Talent!

"Zhu Xiang?!" Su Yang furrows his brow.

Su Peixian's Innate Talent is known, and Cao An spends most of his time right under his nose.

As for Dong Qianqing…

Pregnant, she cannot possibly act in a way that might endanger the child while the safety of the Safe Zone remains uncertain.

Therefore, aside from him, there is no second choice.

"So he's not dead!" a strange hue flashes in Su Yang's eyes.

What happened during the pursuit remains unknown.

But one thing can be confirmed.

Zhu Xiang is determined to kill Su Peixian.

Yet the latter appears unharmed in the Small Wooden Cabin, with blood still on her face.

Su Yang originally thought she employed some method to turn the tables.

Now it seems the situation has progressed more oddly than he imagined.

"But… Zhu Xiang isn't staying in the Safe Zone; where else can one be guaranteed safe?" Su Yang wonders.

Every player, before doing anything, first considers mutual benefit, then selfish gain at others' expense.

If one can't even protect oneself, they're no different from an idiot.

"He returned to the Small Wooden Cabin?" Su Yang's heart flutters.

If that's true, doesn't it mean the recent cooperation was merely a joke?

Then his true purpose is certainly more than just killing.

With this in mind, Su Yang suddenly looks up at the sky.

A handful of fist‑sized hailstones suddenly fall.

Directly targeting the Heavenly Spirit Cover!

"Damn it!"

Su Yang curses aloud, instinctively dodging to the side.

In an instant, a hailstone grazes his cheek, and a chunk of flesh tears off alive.

Su Yang is amazed by the hail's lethality.

How is this different from knives falling from the sky?!

"This isn't a Safe Zone!" Su Yang immediately reacts.

He's been outmaneuvered by Zhu Xiang!

Now he finally understands what Su Peixian's glance truly meant.

Mockery, ridicule, as if looking at a dead person.

"Trying to kill Su Peixian is a lie; killing me is the real goal," Su Yang sneers inwardly.

One must admit, Zhu Xiang's acting surpasses Dong Qianqing's by far.

From start to finish, he never regarded the other as an ally; Su Peixian's life or immortality has nothing to do with him.

Wang Daohui is his true prey, and he actually did a great service by helping restrain Su Peixian.

Yet unexpectedly, his feigned cooperation was actually part of his plan.

"What a scheme—you read my mind perfectly. You've truly mastered the art of insincerity."

Tricks have always won people over since ancient times.

Having grown accustomed to surface compliance, this was the first time I'd encountered such tactics.

"You tried to use the Heavenly Disaster to finish me off, but you didn't count on me being someone who loves to run his mouth."

The next moment, Su Yang spoke bluntly: "Within a one-meter radius, prohibit any object from approaching."

"'Deception' activated successfully. Player Su Yang's one-meter radius has generated a 'Resistance Zone'."

Hail poured down like a torrential rain, smashing countless bones into fragments—some hand bones even shattered into pieces.

Yet Su Yang stood motionless, facing the fierce Heavenly Disaster head-on.

Just as the hail was about to land on his head, it suddenly veered off course, as if an invisible barrier enveloped the area around him.

And so, he was like an immortal from a storybook—untouched by all spells!

Seeing that he was safe and unharmed, Su Yang began pondering his next move.

"If I were Zhu Xiang, upon learning that my framing attempt had failed, my next step would surely be to pretend I knew nothing and continue plotting the next murder plan."

If so, why not go along with it?

He bore a natural malice toward the 'Ascend God' Seed.

The longing and greed revealed in his eyes were genuine—they didn't seem like an act.

However…

"He has a Third-tier Gene Modification and an Immunity-type Innate Talent directed at me—why doesn't he just make a move directly?" Su Yang was puzzled by this.

Why would killing require hesitation?

If you find an opportunity, just strike.

Why rack your brains and go in a big circle, relying on the power of a Heavenly Disaster?

This was what confused Su Yang.

Suddenly, Su Yang looked toward the bushes, and a startling thought emerged in his mind: "Could it be…"

"Boom!"

A loud sound rang out as a massive hailstone, one meter in diameter, suddenly crashed down onto the ground not far away.

Its force directly smashed a bottomless pit into the earth.

The terrifying impact instantly swept the surrounding broken wood flying.

Accompanying it was the silhouette of Cao An.

"Hehe, this is so much fun!"

He was blasted a great distance away, but his body landed in a pile of leaves, greatly cushioning the impact.

Not only that, but the area he occupied seemed to be under a spell.

The falling hail seemed to have eyes—not a single piece landed on him!

Cao An patted the dust off his pants, turned his head to look at Su Yang, and said with a grin, "Su Yang, come play with me."

"Huh?" Su Yang's eyes showed suspicion.

Cao An walked toward him step by step, his body completely unharmed!

The hail had been falling for half an hour, bombarding randomly without discrimination—yet he was perfectly fine?

At first, Su Yang had worried that running out of the Safe Zone would put him in danger.

With his level of intelligence, he might even mistake danger for fun.

But unexpectedly, he had survived until now?