Chapter 500: Such a short blade, I fear it cannot pierce my heart!

"Such a short blade, I fear it cannot pierce my heart!"

Poison fled in a wretched state.

Although assassins are most adept at concealment and evasion, when facing the pursuit of three players—especially with a 【Silent】 Hunter among them—she had almost nowhere to run.

After running for a long time, seeing the towering city wall right before her eyes, Poison knew she could no longer escape.

A strange, inexplicable light flashed in her eyes. She let out a heavy breath, and taking advantage of the fact that the hunters had not yet caught up, she paused for a moment beneath the city wall and took out the dagger she used for life-or-death struggles.

This was a dagger imbued with the power of 【Filthy Corruption】, named "Dance With Me." Whether it was the wielder or the one stabbed, once touched by the aura of this dagger, their desires would be infinitely stretched and magnified, until they fell into endless madness, satisfying their unreachable, extreme desires through unrealistic delusions.

To put it simply: first you fall ill, then you go insane.

The effect of "Dance With Me" was excellent, but Poison rarely used it. Unless forced into a desperate fight to the death, she rarely even took it out, precisely because its effect was too good.

So good that even a 【Filthy Corruption】 God-Chosen could not resist the tug of desire within it.

But today, right now, she took this dagger from her personal space, gripped it tightly in her hand, her face filled with solemnity.

All of this was because Poison had suddenly discovered she could no longer understand this little priest she had once matched with.

In her impression, he was a player full of lies, extremely cautious yet calm in the face of danger, capable of turning the tide. Most importantly, he was a good person worth trusting.

But today, this good person had changed.

It wasn't that he had become bad, but rather... he had become too strong.

Poison knew very well that Gong Yangjiao must have died at the time, yet only a few hours had passed, and this resurrected Scream Earl had suddenly become the little priest's henchman.

Indeed, she felt the little priest had orchestrated this attack.

When Gong Yangjiao, who wished to devour her flesh and blood, gave up on attacking her first and instead raided Jiang Chi, Poison realized things were starting to get strange. A chameleon might use detours, but the straightforward Scream Earl certainly wouldn't; his tactics had always been frontal assaults to create fear in his enemies, so he wouldn't play games with his targets.

And among the three on the other side, the only one who liked to use such methods to divide the battlefield was likely that little priest.

So, the moment that warrior of the same faith took the opportunity to turn and face her, Poison knew she was the little priest's target!

Must run!

In the past, she might have tried to guess the other party's intentions, but in the current situation of being bitten by a mad dog, she had no such opportunity.

So Poison ran.

But she didn't get away.

She knew well that in front of three hunters, running for her life would only delay the arrival of the battle; it was impossible to avoid it completely. Furthermore, she was unwilling to exit the trial without finding news of the dagger, so she could only change her strategy and strike first.

Poison didn't know what agreement had been reached between Gong Yangjiao and Cheng Shi; she only knew that if she killed Gong first, there might still be room for maneuver between her and the little priest. After all, they were old acquaintances, and she had no deep hatred for the chameleon.

And this 【Silent】 Hunter looked more like a "mercenary" hired by Gong Yangjiao.

It was just that this mercenary seemed a bit... too professional.

So Poison stopped, took out "Dance With Me," and prepared to fight Gong Yangjiao before the three hunters converged.

She gripped the dagger tightly, quietly hiding in the wind and snow beneath the city wall. The moment the three black dots in the distance approached rapidly, a ghostly figure suddenly appeared beside Gong Yangjiao, who was in the middle.

A God-Chosen assassin, using her most perfect assassination to prepare a huge surprise for this warrior who had been seeking revenge on her.

Gong Yangjiao had already begun to vigilantly scan his surroundings when he saw the chameleon slow down, but Poison's break-stealth strike was still too perfect—so perfect that, just like when he raided Jiang Chi, the victim had no time to react.

The Scream Earl didn't even have time to let out a roar before a terrifying gash appeared on his neck.

A hit on the first strike!

But it wasn't over!

Poison knew this strike couldn't kill Gong Yangjiao, so she vanished at high speed and reappeared beneath where Gong was falling, once again delivering a perfect strike, plunging the dagger directly into his lower back.

The extreme power of 【Filthy Corruption】 surged into Gong's wound instantly. Even though he was a believer in 【Filthy Corruption】, his desires ignited instantly at this moment.

"Stinking bitch! You're courting death!!"

His hoarse voice sounded like a leaky bellows. The peak warrior grabbed Poison's forearm, twisted his body in mid-air in an inconceivable way, turning from back-to-back with Poison to facing her head-on. Then, his other hand clawed at Poison's shoulder, his eyes filled with such intense desire that he wished to tear her apart on the spot.

Poison was not frightened. She knew she couldn't go head-to-head with a warrior, so she revealed a look of disdain, broke her own arm, vanished from the spot again, appeared behind Gong Yangjiao, and with lightning speed, plunged the knife into Gong's heart!

Three strikes, all landed!

In such a short time, anyone who took Poison's combo would lose half their life, not to mention the tug of desire from "Dance With Me." Gong instantly fell into a disadvantage.

But just as Poison prepared to seize the opportunity to close in and finish off the warrior, the 【Silent】 arrows arrived.

Three whistling consecutive arrows aimed at Gong's position. The angle was exceptionally tricky; based on the previous position, these three arrows didn't look like they were relieving the warrior, but rather like the little priest's helper was helping her finish off Gong.

But the problem was, Poison had dodged behind Gong and swapped positions with him, and in the process of falling, she happened to land right where the arrows were headed!

So this was a precisely predicted volley; the hunter had guessed that Poison would attack from behind again, and he had guessed correctly.

Poison's expression changed, and she immediately dodged backward, attempting to exert force again from another angle, but then an even more desperate scene appeared.

A stream of healing holy light poured directly onto Gong Yangjiao, the surging healing power causing his wounded flesh to recover rapidly.

Seeing this scene, Poison's heart sank.

Little priest...

No chance left; perhaps there never was a chance.

Poison realized her assassination would have no result, so she gritted her teeth and charged outward.

However, just as she wanted to use the shadows of the wind and snow to leave the battlefield again, she unexpectedly bumped into another person.

Her pupils shrank and she stabbed back, but when she saw who was behind her, she stopped abruptly. Yet it was precisely this pause that allowed the person behind her to bind her tightly with a bloody shackle in an instant.

Immediately after, a familiar scalpel was pressed rapidly against her heart.

Poison's expression froze, a strange light flashed in her eyes, and she gave up resistance entirely.

She laughed at herself, tilted her neck back, looked up at the face inches away, and sighed faintly:

"Little priest, you really have changed."

Indeed, the one who bound her was Cheng Shi, and it was Cheng Shi who had taken off his mask and returned to being a Fate Weaver.

As for why he chose to give up the identity of the current warrior and return to being a priest... naturally, it was to maintain his persona.

He didn't want to expose his "other profession" too early, and only in this way could he keep more trump cards in the peak circle.

Although returning to being a priest was risky, Cheng Shi had long since prepared a backup plan; at the very least, he still had the power to save himself when the situation headed toward total collapse.

So he switched back to being a priest, using a terrifying healing spell to block all of Poison's retreat paths.

But he also knew Poison wasn't that easy to catch. The reason the other party was able to fall into his hands was likely because...

She did it on purpose.

From the direction of her escape to the pause just now, it was likely all part of the script.

Tsk, the plan was well-calculated. Seeing that he was here, she just charged straight in. What, still want to use that 【Filthy Corruption】 will to win trust, sister?

Outdated!

However... why is her face so red?

Cheng Shi held the captive in his arms tightly, didn't expose her thoughts, just sneered and said:

"How is it? The feeling of having a knife held against you isn't bad, right?"

Poison's breathing was chaotic, her eyes somewhat dazed. She glanced at the scalpel against her heart, and instead of being afraid, she licked the corner of her mouth, whispering in an extremely seductive tone:

"Little priest, I suggest you change the angle, otherwise such a short blade...

I fear it cannot pierce my heart."

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