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Chapter 418: He Ao’s Arrangement and Resolution (Long - Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

Chapter 418: Chapter 418: He Ao’s Arrangement and Resolution (Long Chapter Please Subscribe, Bookmark, and Vote for Monthly Tickets)

What is the role of the ninth player?

He Ao lifted his head and looked at the intricate patterns of the Array before him.

A thought flashed through his mind.

This Array was not perfect; it had some inherent flaws.

And if he could exploit these flaws...

At that moment, He Ao felt countless pieces of information stringing together in his mind.

——

Outside the vehicle

The battle had gradually heated up, and the frail man had already received several wounds inflicted by He Ao, but he was only growing stronger as the fight progressed.

Such a style of combat reminded He Ao of the Bitter Monkey who he had killed in the Ronald Copy World— the more injured the Bitter Monkey became, the stronger its combat abilities grew.

As the thought passed, He Ao raised his sword once again to parry the man’s curved blade.

This time, he did not continue to advance but merely blocked, forcing the frail man to retreat.

Then, He Ao saw surprise in the frail man’s eyes.

Indeed, the opponent was gaining strength by ’selling blood;’ the more he was injured, the more powerful he became.

He Ao understood: to fight someone like this, he could not afford to drag out the time but had to kill with one strike.

However, before He Ao could make his next move, an abrupt change occurred in the nearby C-level battle.

Liu Zhengyun, already significantly pressured by fighting two against one, was struggling to hold on.

Seeing Liu Zhengyun’s gradually declining momentum, Sloane, who was attacking him, suddenly drew a sharp Bone-cleaving Knife from his waist and stabbed viciously towards Liu Zhengyun’s chest.

Threads of blood-red radiance emanated from the knife, carrying a sinister and bloodthirsty madness.

This was a C-level Transcendent item.

Liu’s complexion changed, and he turned to sidestep the Bone-cleaving Knife, but Rudel, the white-robed elder brandishing a Magic Wand, suddenly swung his wand, blocking Liu’s escape.

The two men coordinated perfectly, obviously having practiced this move more than once.

Liu’s expression was grave; Sloane hadn’t immediately drawn the Bone-cleaving Knife to prevent Liu from just leaving.

The pair had first lured Liu into combat, which easily gave them the advantage in a two against one situation.

Then, as Liu fell into a losing position, they brought out a deeply murderous C-level Transcendent item, targeting a vital spot with the intent to leave Liu there forever.

World Tree and Moonlight had made a ruthless decision to cut down a C-level combatant from the Research Institute.

Liu, with his escape path blocked and the Bone-cleaving Knife piercing straight for his chest, made a fierce decision to stretch out his hand and grab the sharp knife.

Crimson blood flowed down his fingers.

"Ah!"

Seeing Liu grab the blade, Sloane’s muscles bulged, and a pale green glow began to radiate from his body. He put forth all his strength, pushing the blade towards Liu’s chest again.

This time Liu didn’t withstand the blow; instead, using Sloane’s thrust to retreat rapidly, he crashed into the Magic Wand that was blocking his path behind him.

He took a heavy hit in the back, spitting blood from the corner of his mouth, but the collision had obviously exceeded Rudel’s expectations, and the great force sent Rudel flying as well.

Immediately after, Liu let go and retreated backward with a swift motion.

Sloane glanced back at the people gathered around the Velora, stamped forcefully, and a huge crack instantly opened up in the ground beneath him, rushing towards the Velora.

Then, turning to pursue Liu, he laughed as he chased after him, "Liu, this time you and this vehicle are both staying behind!"

And around the Velora, the four people from the Research Institute were quickly preparing to leave.

"Grab the tent stakes and retreat!"

As soon as Liu Zhengyun was injured, Yang De had issued the order to retreat.

However, it was already too late now. The fissure created by Sloane’s stomp had reached Wu Lan’s feet. Wu Lan, already in a difficult position being attacked from both sides and low on stamina, found it hard to continue, and the spreading fissure was carrying a tremendous force with it.

Wu Lan’s body couldn’t hold steady, and she was nearly sent flying by the fissure.

This mistake was fatal.

The tent stakes that were originally embedded in the ground sprung out having lost their restraining force, and a C-level from World Tree, seizing the opportunity, swung his thin sword aiming directly at Wu Lan’s heart.

At the same time, another C-level from Moonlight swung their hand into a claw, aiming for Wu Lan’s neck from behind.

With the attacks coming from both the front and the back simultaneously, both assailants were extremely swift, and Wu Lan, because of the double impact of the tent stakes and Sloane’s attack, was now hanging in the air with no foothold to adjust her position.

Her weapon was a long, slender red whip, and at this moment, she could only swing it in an attempt to block the sword in front of her.

However, the Transcendent from World Tree, with the agility of a serpent, dodged her whip and quickly closed the distance between them.

And in that split second, the claw from behind was already about to clench her throat.

Wu Lan swung her whip again, but it was already too late; her actions could no longer change the impending outcome.

Am I going to die?

Just then, a bone sword flew in from afar, striking the incoming thin sword and knocking it aside.

Wu Lan knew at once to whom the bone sword belonged.

She looked up to see He Ao gripping a tent stake in one hand, pulling on a thin rope attached to the bone sword, as if shot from a cannon, flying towards her.

At that moment, the bone sword was in front of Wu Lan, the rope taut and stretched to its limit. He Ao’s timing was impeccable.

If he was even a moment later, Wu Lan would have been pierced through the heart by that sword.

Without hesitation, she reached out and grabbed the hilt of the bone sword, using the momentum of the sword through the air to adjust her position, narrowly evading the claw that was swinging at her from behind.

At the same time, she whipped her long lash, catching the tent stake that had flown off in her mistake, and landed it back in her hand while her body fell towards He Ao’s direction.

By that time, He Ao too had landed, slightly crouching to absorb the force, but even so, the sheer impact made him create two craters in the ground, his feet sinking into the earth.

He had used the momentum of the tent stakes being flung out to accelerate his speed, making his arrival even more forceful.

At this moment, Wu Lan was also spinning her body to land next to him.

Her colleague was dressed in a tight outfit, her voluptuous figure framed by slender willow-like eyebrows and a pair of phoenix eyes, charming and heroic at the same time.

"Mission failed, retreat! Save yourselves, don’t engage directly,"

Yang De’s voice rang in both their ears.

By this time, Yang De and Ji Po had also removed their tent stakes and were breaking towards the distance.

And without the spatial control of the tent spaces, a water-like spatial disturbance began to appear around the Velora. The windows, once black as ink, rapidly returned to being transparent glass, and it was about to break through the space and leave.

At that moment, one of the C-level assailants attacking Yang De threw a palm-sized sphere above the Velora, which suddenly exploded, transforming into a pure white net, like a spider web, falling from the sky.

The disturbed space around it stopped at that instant, and the not-yet-fully-transparent windows rapidly darkened again.

The people from World Tree and Moonlight were also prepared with something to ’capture’ the Velora.

The two C-levels who had just been attacking Wu Lan immediately went to pull on the large net, leaving only the skinny man and the man with a scarred face who had been attacking He Ao to assault the two of them.

He Ao turned around to block the skinny man with a sword, then glanced at the front of the vehicle. Behind the rapidly darkening glass, he could vaguely see three figures.

At that moment, Wu Lan also looked at the train and called out on the public channel,

"Liu, there’s someone in the car! They’re all Central Earth people!"

"What?"

Yang De was clearly also surprised.

At this moment, the situation was very clear. After Liu Zhengyun was injured, he managed to lure the two B-level Transcendents away for a short time. They had to seize this opportunity to break out and retreat while the B-levels were absent, otherwise once the two B-levels returned, they might not be able to leave.

However, if they left now, there were only two possible outcomes for the three people in the car:

Either the Velora would escape, and these three people would become the "nourishment" for this Transcendent object, or the Velora would be captured by the World Tree faction, taking these three people as captives.

Of course, being captives was the best outcome since the Research Institute might still be able to negotiate their return.

The fear was that the World Tree faction wouldn’t care about the lives inside, and would forcefully take control of the Velora, resulting in the "accidental" deaths of the three people.

But if they attempted a rescue now, without a B-level to assist, they might not be able to break through the Velora’s defenses and would likely be ambushed by the World Tree faction, possibly resulting in their deaths inside the vehicle.

Yang De fell into a brief silence, and the entire public channel was quiet.

This was an unforeseen circumstance.

In this world, no plan is perfect and without the risk of unexpected problems.

Everyone knew what the right decision was, but the person making that decision had to confront the reality of those three living beings.

In a very short time, Yang De made his decision, barely opening his mouth.

Soft breaths could be heard in the quiet public channel.

However, at that moment, another voice interrupted him.

"I’ll go save them. Give me one minute."

He Ao grabbed Wu Lan next to him and with a strong throw, he hurled her clear of the battlefield. Then, with a forceful backhand, he pushed the skinny man in front of him back.

Previously, the majority of his strength had been used to contain the tent pegs, but now he could finally test the full power of his true form.

"He Ao!"

Wu Lan didn’t expect He Ao to react so quickly. She was thrown out before she could even understand what happened, now realizing the terrifying strength of this ’little brother’, who could have killed her effortlessly without her noticing.

At that moment, He Ao’s figure flashed as he charged toward the large net that had not yet fallen.

Halfway there, his limbs once again felt the strong binding force, as if he was carrying invisible shackles.

He looked up and saw the scar-faced man grinning at him menacingly, and at the same time, the skinny man charged at him again.

Meanwhile, two C-levels from the perimeter rushed towards He Ao.

The World Tree had realized the threat posed by He Ao, and given that he was a new face not previously seen, he might very well be a young prodigy or secret weapon from the Research Institute.

Clearly, they intended to kill He Ao here and now.

A small encirclement was quickly forming around him.

He Ao glanced at the four people closing in on him. He first used the bone sword to block the hooked sword of the nearest skinny man, tilting his body to the side as the skinny man was thrown off balance.

With the skinny man’s already-cracked sword colliding and pulling against the bone sword, it shattered instantly. The pristine white bone sword immediately spun around using the contact point with the other sword as a pivot, and in a blink, the blade reached the skinny man’s neck.

He Ao gripped the hilt and yanked it upwards fiercely.

Pfft—

Accompanied by a faint sound, a round head rolled onto the grass nearby.

Mountain Collapse Tsunami: 3/5

At the same time, He Ao felt a tremendous external force suddenly grab hold of his hands and feet.

He looked up to see the scar-faced man stretching out his hands, gazing at him with a ferocious expression.

He was buying time for the two C-levels who were approaching.

But the next second, his ferocious expression froze on his face.

A crystalline bone sword pierced through his heart, and fresh red blood ran down the shining blade in the sunlight, dripping onto the grass and staining the greenery a bewitching red.

He Ao gripped the thin rope, gave it a twist and a yank, and the bone sword that had been flung out flew back to him; the long rope twirled and wrapped around his arm.

By then, the huge white spider web was about to fully descend, and He Ao’s figure flashed as he entered the confines of the web.

Mountain Collapse Tsunami: 4/5

A double kill, and both were one-hit kills.

Watching from a distance, Wu Lan was initially shocked, but now she was completely flabbergasted, "Old Yang, where did you pick up this monster?"

"Wu Lan, you and Ji Po move towards the rear of the train to cause a distraction. I’m heading to the front to hold off the C-levels as much as possible. Don’t let them get a chance to attack He Ao," said Yang De without replying to her, swiftly giving orders.

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

The two responded at the same time, and without hesitation, they quickly moved towards the rear of the train.

Meanwhile, He Ao had already made his way into the web, closing in on the front of the Velora.

The mechanics of the gigantic spider web seemed different from the tent-like space; the tent space sealed off the surrounding area, whereas the spider web seemed to be able to fixate on specific targets.

At this moment, not only He Ao was inside the web, but the people from World Tree and Moonlight were also inside, holding onto the web.

Seeing them inside, He Ao felt assured enough to burst in.

The sounds of battle came from not far away, seemingly Yang De and Wu Lan providing him with cover.

At that moment, as He Ao was halfway there, he suddenly stopped, then darted to the side.

A sharp blade pierced through the ground where He Ao had just stood.

The attacker failed to stab through his target, but in the next second, the crystalline bone sword pierced through the attacker’s body.

It looked like the Assassin’s ability "Stealth."

But not proficient enough.

This might be an advanced sequence of the Assassin, and He Ao had experience breaking "Stealth" once before. Having been an Assassin himself made it easy for him to detect the presence of the other.

As the attacker died, his body gradually became visible to He Ao.

This person was one of the two C-levels that had just encircled them, and it seemed that Yang De had already held the other C-level back.

Mountain Collapse Tsunami: 5/5

He Ao reached out to drag the body with him, moved to the train’s front door, leaned against the train, and took a quick look around.

The others seemed to be distracted by Yang De and Wu Lan, with some struggling to control the spider web, and no one had the spare attention to pay him any mind at the moment.

——

Inside the train

The main consciousness of He Ao descended onto his clone that had already taken out a red bead; his fingers pinched the object as his Divine Sense instantly immersed into the bead.