Chapter 511: Mutation! Crisis!

​Mutation! Crisis!

Only to see Earl Howl swiftly withdraw his hand, pulling the sharp claw from Jiang Chi's shoulder, then in one motion seized Jiang Chi's left hand—the sheer force nearly crushing the man's wrist bone on the spot—and his other hand followed right after, lunging for the pocket watch in his grip.

Seeing Gong Yang about to succeed, Jiang Chi not only didn't panic, but calmly twisted his arm in reverse, using the opponent's massive strength to shift his position away from Gong Yang, seizing the only window of time under such heavy pressure. While Da Yi's iron spike had yet to hit the ground, his uncontrolled hand suddenly drew the short blade from Gong Yang's chest, sliced clean through his entire left arm in one stroke, and at the same time tensed his waist and back, curling his whole body, his legs kicked violently into Gong Yang's waist and abdomen, and with a terrifying rebound force he escaped the 【War】 light-trap, sprinting away in the direction Gong Yang had come from.

This clever seizing of timing and the courage to cut off his own arm to survive left everyone watching shocked in their hearts, and Gong Yang was kicked by him like a kite with its string cut, sent flying toward Cheng Shi.

After landing and losing his target, Da Yi generously tossed out a "Holy shit, badass!", then in an instant his face darkened once more as he gave chase.

Chameleon fired off cold arrows from the side to slow Jiang Chi's speed, his eyes clearly showing some admiration for the man's reaction just now.

Seeing this guy still managed to get away, Cheng Shi's brow furrowed slightly, and a healing spell landed on the injured black worker.

This black worker really isn't cutting it......

Gong Gong Yangjiao really can't go on—he's furious!

The moment he was kicked back to Lord Foolery's side, this savage-faced Earl Howl couldn't hold back the fury in his chest, tilted his head back toward the direction Jiang Chi was fleeing and let out a long howl, using his 【Corruption】 power to unleash the most terrifying, soul-shaking shriek of this entire trial!

That piercing shriek was like claws scraping against every person's heart, so that hearing just one syllable made one's consciousness and spirit begin to drift, as if before their eyes they saw some great terror they feared most.

This strike was devastatingly effective—the good news being the howl's range was huge and its attack power fierce, and Jiang Chi was directly made to vomit blood.

The bad news was this roar made no distinction between friend and foe—whether the assassins in pursuit or the hunters holding the perimeter, or even Lord Foolery standing beside Earl Howl...... all were stunned for an instant.

Cheng Shi was affected especially severely—he was too close, so close it felt as if a giant hammer had slammed into his chest. He felt a sweetness in his throat and blood nearly spilled from the corner of his mouth; he forced it down, swallowing the bloody foam in his mouth, only to find that the Gong Yang before him seemed to have split from one person into three overlapping shadows. At the same time, his heart began to pump wildly, as if only this could relieve the surging terror rising in his chest.

"......" Cheng Shi's gaze stalled, his face gradually darkening, thinking to himself you wouldn't be giving me attitude on purpose, would you, Mr. Black Worker Horn?

But though this sudden strike was bad news, for certain people it was an excellent signal—for instance Jiang Chi, and also......

The Earl Howl who let out that terrifying shriek!

Yes, Gong Gong Yangjiao didn't think friendly fire was bad news, because from the moment he was kicked back, he no longer had any teammates!

Because—he did it on purpose!

A sudden change erupts!!

Only to see this Earl Howl, who seemed to be venting his fury, suddenly raise an even more savage smile on his face. He wiped the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth, and with a vicious grin extended his right hand.

Don't forget, at this moment the arm holding the pocket watch was still in his hand, so when Gong Yang raised that hand, the severed arm suddenly moved, as if by nerve reflex it opened its palm to reveal the pocket watch within, crushed and deformed. And the moment that pocket watch appeared before Cheng Shi's eyes......

Oh no, this is bad!!

Cheng Shi realized something was wrong, but it was too late—far too late.

The power of 【Time】 overflowed, and the entire space suddenly fell into stagnation.

And as it happened, where Cheng Shi stood was right at the very edge of that stagnated space!

This meant the Gong Yang outside could still move, but Cheng Shi at this moment had completely become a sitting target!

This was an absolutely perfect, exquisitely coordinated assassination—the initiator was the Gong Gong Yangjiao before Cheng Shi, the best support was the frantically fleeing Jiang Chi, and as for the target...... naturally it was Cheng Shi, hoodwinked and slow to realize!

Gong Gong Yangjiao has turned!

No, perhaps it can't be called turning—it's just that the desire he could no longer suppress in his heart told him that ring, so perfectly suited to Earl Howl, should never have been worn on someone else's hand, and that he himself should be that ring's final destination!

So at the very moment Gong Yang collided with Jiang Chi, he gave Jiang Chi a new choice.

Jiang Chi couldn't believe Gong Yang would still choose to cooperate with him at this moment, but he had no choice either!

To live, to take a gamble, he could only trust Gong Yang—because things couldn't possibly get worse than they already were!

So, who says only the Pointer Knight truly knows how to seize timing—every person present is a true master of timing!

And so these two warriors, under everyone's gaze, pulled off a reverse assassination even more brilliant than an assassin's strike. At this very moment, Cheng Shi, the target, was frozen in place by a pocket watch, unable to move at all.

Gong Gong Yangjiao turned around, his speed blistering fast, a single strike aimed straight at Cheng Shi's heart without the slightest hesitation.

In Cheng Shi's eyes, Gong Yang's vicious grin drew closer and closer. Since he couldn't move, he could only stare straight ahead, and this forced him to passively observe that the wrinkles at the corner of the opponent's eye and the fine fuzz at the corner of his mouth were all rendered in such exquisite detail.

But the more exquisite the detail, the closer the opponent.

When Cheng Shi felt the breath Earl Howl exhaled even land on his face, his heart sank heavily.

Careless.

He had never realized when he had shown a flaw before Gong Gong Yangjiao that let the other see through his identity.

But just as the helplessness and suspicion in his heart mingled together, his mind buzzing and unable to come up with an answer, he heard Gong Yang speak a sentence right at his ear.

"Goodbye, Lord Foolery! So what if you're an Envoy—deserve to die...... don't you still have to die?

Magnificent—I can feel your fear!"

The instant the words fell, the sharp claw pierced flesh and blood, stabbing straight into the heart, and the strong warrior's arm suddenly exerted force, directly seizing that still-beating heart......

"Pfft—"

And crushed it to pieces.

And at that very instant, the stagnating power of 【Time】 dissipated, the corpse fell with a "bang," and Gong Yang's vicious grin froze on his face.

He looked at Cheng Shi, who stood before him without falling, his expression changed, and he let out another heaven-shaking howl.

"Impossible!!!"

Gong Yang has gone mad—he never expected that at this moment, at this hairsbreadth instant, at the very cusp of slaying a god with one strike, there would still be someone who could save Cheng Shi, and die in his place!

Has she gone mad!

She hasn't.

She never has!

Don't forget, in this hunt there were more than four hunters—there was also one hunter who had long withdrawn from the battlefield, hanging motionless on the city wall.

Poison!

This 【Corruption】 Chosen One—no one should ever overlook her existence.

Everyone knew she couldn't possibly have been killed by Jiang Chi, but in their view, her choosing to hang there was nothing more than avoiding the trouble of combat.

But no one expected that at this very moment, at the very instant Cheng Shi was about to die, Poison appeared once more.

Just as she had been on Rosna's recruitment plaza—even wounded, she still instantly appeared before Cheng Shi, blocking the fatal strike for him.