Chapter 921

Except when the Death Row Team deploys, they are always imprisoned as condemned criminals in Tianlao.

Even so, theoretically, if they accumulate enough sentence reductions, they have a chance… to see the light of day again! To regain their freedom.

Qing Guo, as a great nation, still has sufficient credibility in this regard, since there are documented precedents—only because of this special entity, the Death Row Team, can it persist long-term in Lanshan.

Of course, convicts who complete their sentence reductions and regain their freedom are forbidden from stepping back into Qing Guo even a single step; they are merely randomly exiled to foreign wildernesses to fend for themselves.

Even so, the mere chance to regain freedom drives these condemned criminals mad.

The two characters "freedom" are simple, but only those who have truly lost it understand its value.

Therefore, from the moment Wu Feifei promised a sentence reduction, all the condemned criminals became ecstatic.

One man moved his foot—and in an instant, he shot forward like a cannonball.

"That weird head is mine! Nobody's taking it from me!"

But before he'd gone far, a dozen figures surged alongside him, and several even outpaced him entirely!

"Hahahaha! What a joke! My brother 【Zuijie Shuanglian】 hasn't spoken—what right do you, a Yun-level beginner 【Hutouqiang】, have to talk?"

The old man nearest him laughed heartily.

The man who had just spoken, 【Hutouqiang】, visibly stiffened upon hearing 【Zuijie Shuanglian】, his speed dropping slightly as other stronger figures surged past him, leaving him far behind.

"... Barking dog relying on its master's power! Wu Feifei clearly said everyone in the Death Row Team must compete fairly—no attacking fellow members!"

He clenched his teeth inwardly, his heart sinking, his gaze passing beyond these Yun-level beginners to the two figures leading the charge.

That cold-faced, ascetic-looking handsome man was 【Zuijie Shuanglian】!

In his hands were two massive scythes, taller than a man—he was a merciless killer, once responsible for slaughtering an entire city, and in his madness, even the strange entities lurking within the city were butchered to the last.

That insane massacre turned the city into a dead city; the surrounding strange entities fled in terror from this monster—after all, not every strange entity possesses Li-level power to provoke such a human warrior.

Yet beyond the heavens lie higher heavens; beyond men lie greater men.

Above Yun-level exists the almost legendary Yu-level powerhouse!

And such beings, once they act, never fail to capture their target.

【Zuijie Shuanglian】 was captured on the spot by such a Yu-level powerhouse and thrown into Tianlao.

Later, he was pulled into the Death Row Team by the Wu Family, and ever since, he has worked tirelessly for them—no, more accurately, he has savagely enjoyed killing!

Beneath that icy face lies a monstrous, demonic hunger for slaughter.

That man has secretly killed many during every external mission.

But Wu Feifei clearly knows—and still turns a blind eye, perhaps because some secret deal exists.

After all, in a certain sense, he is one of the two strongest members of the Death Row Team.

The other man, sprinting at the front alongside 【Zuijie Shuanglian】, matching his speed, is the Death Row Team's other strongest member!

But unlike 【Zuijie Shuanglian】, this man, nicknamed 【Zhuitian】, is far more mysterious—investigations into him leave almost no records; he is, quite simply, a mysterious, powerful monster.

With these two leading the charge, even those with speed specialization dare not overtake them, content to maintain their current pace and let them surge ahead.

Normally, even Wu Feifei couldn't offer a sentence reduction of ten years at once.

But the current situation is utterly unlike the Death Row Team's usual missions.

This is evident just by looking at the ground—piles of shredded flesh and blood staining the entire earth.

The strange entity ahead is so powerful, it likely cannot be matched by any ordinary human warrior!

Hence the need for the Death Row Team's deployment—and because of the severity, Wu Feifei can offer this level of sentence reduction.

In other words… this opportunity is a once-in-a-century event!

Swoosh!!

【Zuijie Shuanglian】 and 【Zhuitian】, who had been moving at identical speed, suddenly accelerated together.

Like twin jets of smoke, their figures surged forward at terrifying speed, instantly leaving 【Hutouqiang】 and all other second-tier Death Row members far behind!

And at that moment…

Boom!!

Ahead, where countless entangled black hands had enveloped the area, it exploded violently.

The black hands dispersed—and the man who should have been devoured by the Moon Lord strange entity now rose slowly, untouched, surrounded by thick black mist.

Simultaneously, a complete black moon slowly rose behind him.

The black light radiating from the black moon bathed him, making him appear both holy and sinister.

From within the black moon, an overwhelming torrent of black energy erupted wildly.

Such potent energy, such terrifying power that even a glance would strike fear into the soul—

Yet now, it spilled out aimlessly, uncontrolled, spreading everywhere.

But now it was spilling and spreading outward as if uncontrolled.

"No, it resembles Yu-level… but hasn't reached it yet… that's… half-step Yu-level!"

Under the influence of the external threat, 【Zuijie Shuanglian】 and 【Zhuitian】, once rivals, suddenly exchanged words.

They exchanged a glance, both eyes gleaming with excitement.

In the Death Row Team, beyond the fixed rewards for each mission and Wu Feifei's verbal promises, there is another incentive reward.

The criterion for this incentive reward is: who kills the head strange entity of each mission.

Without doubt, a strange entity radiating power nearly at half-step Yu-level is unquestionably the prime target of this mission.

If they could claim that prime target, they might reduce their sentence by fifty or even a hundred years!

The Death Row Team's reward system varies depending on the enemy killed.

From Ren-level to Yu-level, the closer to the head strange entity, the greater the reward.

Even 【Zuijie Shuanglian】, who has been in the team the longest, has never encountered such prey before.

And even 【Twin Scythes of Sin and Purity】, who had been in the party the longest, was encountering this kind of prey for the first time.

Especially since the prey right before their eyes seemed completely unguarded, completely unaware, emptying everything, casually letting itself be hunted down!

How could this not excite them? As for the Moon Lord Guai that vanished after the Black Moon rose? Naturally, it had already possessed Fang Yue's body—otherwise, how could Fang Yue possibly still be alive?

Just a strange possession, nothing more. Since Wu Feifei hadn't specifically pointed it out, that meant killing Fang Yue was perfectly fine.

The only problem was… he had an opponent whose strength was unfathomably deep!

The high-speed-moving 【Sin-Purity Twin Scythes】 glanced sideways at 【Falling Heaven】, and in that instant, what greeted him was a sword qi!

A piercingly sharp sword qi—the sword qi unleashed by 【Falling Heaven】!

The sword qi came head-on, yet the cold face of 【Sin-Purity Twin Scythes】 slowly split into a grin!

(End of Chapter)