Chapter 499

Identity Reversal, New Hunters

The evolution of the war situation is never driven by the passive side.

How to fight this sudden attack is not up to Da Yi and Poison; the one truly guiding the direction of the situation is the attacker.

Which is...

Cheng Shi!

That's right, the mastermind behind this sneak attack is indeed Cheng Shi!

He was not hiding behind the scenes either. Not long after Chameleon repelled the three, he appeared on the roof of the residence to their side.

Under the cover of 【Silence】, the three of Da Yi didn't discover at all that this Weaver of Fate was hiding right beside them, even less than 100 meters above their heads!

As soon as Cheng Shi appeared, he took out three small colored balls with a playful expression and threw them behind the three in the alley. At the same time, his left hand flicked out five scalpels, shooting them one after another toward Da Yi, who was at the front.

The small balls exploded upon hitting the ground, creating clouds of smoke, and the flying knives accurately pierced toward Da Yi's face.

It seemed the smoke was more of a diversion, while his real target was actually the 【War】 assassin who could fight the best, Da Yi!

Seeing this, Da Yi frowned but did not panic. He didn't rush forward; he just easily blocked the flying scalpels with his iron spikes, which flipped like flowers in his hands, while glancing at Chameleon in front to prevent the opponent from taking the opportunity to sneak attack.

But the two behind him were not so relaxed.

Poison knew Cheng Shi's heart; she didn't believe the smoke exploding behind her had no tricks, so she jumped high onto the roof, facing Cheng Shi across the alley.

Jiang Chi's expression darkened, and he directly rolled his long sword, waving it like the wind to blow the permeating smoke backward.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that although the flying knives thrown at Da Yi were fast and accurate, they were perhaps too accurate. All five knives aimed at the center of his face, and the trajectory didn't change at all. This rigid technique, like teaching a class, made it hard not to wonder if Cheng Shi was using this way to send a message to Da Yi.

So Jiang Chi's heart skipped a beat, and he retreated first to be safe.

He was afraid that this was Cheng Shi wanting to join forces with Da Yi to clear him out of the game first, so after seeing Poison flash away, he immediately jumped to the roof at the end of the alley, distancing himself from the other two teammates.

And so, the most magical scene appeared.

The attacker only fired a fake shot, and the small team of three being attacked split up directly.

Cheng Shi seemed to have guessed this scene long ago; he smiled sarcastically, taking in the ugly expressions of the three.

As for why it was called a fake shot, it was naturally because those three small colored balls had no special effects at all; they were just ordinary smoke bombs that Cheng Shi had collected a long time ago.

Their only use was to fish in troubled waters in low-end games. Since he started matching in high-end games, this kind of low-end exclusive prop hadn't been used for a long time.

But smoke without extra effects doesn't mean there were no hidden means in the fog.

When the smoke blown away by Jiang Chi drifted to the end of the alley in a cluster, a terrifying howl suddenly came from the dense smoke. A figure with extremely fast speed instantly rushed out of the smoke, pouncing straight at Jiang Chi, revealing those sharp claws and a ferocious face.

And this killer hidden in the smoke, who else could it be but Gong Yangjiao!

"Gong Yangjiao!! You didn't die?"

Jiang Chi's pupils shrank, his expression changed drastically. His pointer long sword was too late to swing, and he fell backward in a sorry state, attempting to use a clumsy method to dodge this unexpected blow.

But the distance between Gong Yangjiao and him was too short; a warrior's burst was enough to send him directly in front of Jiang Chi.

In the process of falling backward, the Pointer Knight even saw Gong Yangjiao's ferocious smile stuck right in front of his face, and his cheeks were flawless, clearly in the peak state of body and soul!

"I felt your fear, Knight, you are afraid!"

He resurrected!?

And was even healed by that Weaver of Fate!

But wasn't he going to kill Cheng Shi? Why did Cheng Shi resurrect him?

Huh? Is he sick?

The prey killed the hunter, then resurrected the hunter, and then came together with the hunter to hunt new hunters?

What kind of abstract behavior is this?

Jiang Chi didn't figure it out for a moment, but there was no time for him to figure it out now. Gong Yangjiao's claws had already inserted into his shoulder, hitting him down heavily.

In the eyes of others, Jiang Chi, who fell backward, looked like he had been pounced off the wall by the crazy Gong Yangjiao, the two overlapping and disappearing from everyone's view in an instant.

But just at the moment Jiang Chi was knocked off the wall, the ferocious smile on Gong Yangjiao's face suddenly froze.

Not just him, the entire space behind the wall froze.

The power of 【Time】 quietly dissipated from Jiang Chi's left hand, freezing everything in front of him.

But Jiang Chi did not take the opportunity to counterattack; instead, he stabbed his sword into Gong Yangjiao's shoulder, borrowed the force to swing away, and retreated further away.

When he retreated a sufficient distance and believed that Gong Yangjiao could hardly launch another attack like the one just now, he quietly snapped his fingers, letting Gong Yangjiao, who was frozen by 【Time】, become "lively" again.

"Boom—"

Gong Yangjiao fell to the ground due to inertia. Upon feeling that he had been hard-controlled by 【Time】, he looked at Jiang Chi in front of him in shock, and then smiled weirdly.

"So that's how it is!"

Saying this, he didn't pursue; instead, he turned and retreated without hesitation, killing toward the direction of Poison behind him.

Gong Yangjiao's real target had been Poison from beginning to end; it had never changed!

But this time, choosing Poison as the target was not decided by him, but by the core of this sneak attack team, Cheng Shi.

That's right, Cheng Shi decided to solve Poison first!

The moment Gong Yangjiao turned around, both sides, who had been confronting each other, moved.

Poison sensed something was wrong, the smile on her face froze, she glanced at Cheng Shi in disbelief, and then turned and ran.

Chameleon drew his bow and shot, locking onto Poison's escape route, while striding forward in hot pursuit.

Cheng Shi chuckled, walked slowly along the roof to the place where Poison had originally stood. On the way, he didn't move against Da Yi, who was tense and motionless, but instead left a cold sentence, "The eldest prince is inside," and then chased in the direction Poison fled without looking back.

Seeing the three hunters of the surprise team suddenly aim at Poison, Jiang Chi, who had recovered and returned holding his shoulder, and Da Yi, who was stunned, looked at each other, both seeing the confusion in the other's eyes.

"There's a trap inside!" Jiang Chi frowned and reminded.

Da Yi originally thought so too, but thinking of the scene where Cheng Shi killed Gong Yangjiao, and then thinking of Cheng Shi's tone of looking down from above just now, he frowned, spat, and asked back:

"Damn it, Jiang Chi, can I still trust you? Whose side are you on?"

Jiang Chi's gaze condensed, and he retreated half a step: "Do you want to break the contract?"

"Break the contract?" Da Yi took out six iron spikes, holding three in each hand, and said with a gloomy face, "Your previous partner was hunted by three people together, yet you stand here motionless.

Damn it, with a cold-blooded partner like you, shouldn't I be afraid?"

These words stunned Jiang Chi; he was so angry he wanted to curse.

No, wasn't it because I cooperated with you that I gave up the cooperation with Poison? How can you turn around and blame me?

But soon, he knew this was just Da Yi's excuse. This seemingly irritable 【War】 believer was actually very shrewd; the other party was just wary of him and didn't want any more accidents.

"Damn it, you just keep watch here. If they come back, notify me immediately. I'm going in to take a look!"

Saying this, Da Yi rushed into the eldest prince's hiding place without looking back.

Jiang Chi looked at Da Yi's back with a gloomy expression, then looked at the direction Poison fled, feeling that his situation seemed...

... to be getting worse.