Bai Feifei shuddered, her eyes instantly turning savage.
The moment Xu Mo logged in, the pulsing white energy at her chest vanished instantly. Thick black mist erupted in its place, surging furiously through her blood vessels.
This time, Xu Mo's intense killing intent felt far more real than ever before.
Because this was fucking painful!
Whenever he had fought before, he had always aimed for a flawless, damage-free run. Even in the Black Smoke Coal Mine, he hadn't experienced much pain.
But now, this sensation of countless glass shards piercing his flesh was absolutely agonizing, making him genuinely pissed off.
“If you're awake,” Xu Mo said to Bai Feifei in her mind, his tone carrying a hint of reassurance.
“My state right now will probably cause your Sanity to drop continuously, and both your mind and body will be subjected to intense pressure.”
“But it shouldn't take too long. Hang in there. I'll try to insta-kill them.”
Bai Feifei didn't know what the Old-Timer was planning, but feeling an inexplicable mental pressure weighing down on her, she quickly gave her assent.
Channeling the power of the Heart of Reality, Xu Mo raised his head and glared savagely at Yi Jing.
“I'll give you one chance. Beg for mercy now.”
“My second personality is coming out!”
Yi Jing froze, tilting her head as she stared in confusion at the “Bai Feifei” before her.
Just a moment ago, she had indeed sensed something amiss. The aura of the person before her had completely transformed in the blink of an eye.
A gaze that had been firm and stubborn had instantly turned wildly unhinged.
She usually relished watching a weak genius struggle desperately in her grasp, waiting for them to fall into utter despair before harvesting them.
Seeing her opponent suddenly undergo such a drastic shift, she couldn't help but sneer.
“A second personality? Have you gone mad from fear?”
“Hehehe... Come on then, show me.”
By now, the heart was fully channeled. Xu Mo threw his arms wide and barked his Word Soul toward the sky.
【The dark night gave me eyes to tear through reality!】
Hearing the Word Soul, Bai Feifei was instantly stunned in her mind.
She had no idea when “she” had acquired a Word Soul.
Before she could ask, she felt the phantom heart in her chest throb violently. Then, black energy billowed out like a vast ocean.
Looking down, she watched the black energy sweep wildly over her once-smooth, now-bloody arms. Then, black armor plates began to manifest one by one.
Clack, clack, clack—
Crisp clicking sounds echoed through the empty street as the armor plates crawled up from her fingertips, covering her entire arms in the blink of an eye.
Hideous spikes snapped out at her joints, and a black faceplate encased her entire head, leaving only two narrow slits for her eyes. What gleamed from within was pure, absolute darkness.
Her body also shot up in height. As the scaled armor covered her upper body, her gaze down at Yi Jing became a towering, downward stare.
Yi Jing's narrowed eyes instantly went wide.
Staring at the black humanoid figure that had suddenly materialized before her, her mind went completely blank.
This aura... This overwhelming pressure...
She was an Edgerunner! Let alone a Rank 4 Scavenger, even if the opponent was also an Edgerunner, they shouldn't be able to exert this level of pressure on her!
“W-What?!”
Yi Jing's voice cracked. Her brain felt like it had seized up, entirely unable to process what was happening before her eyes.
Was this person hiding her true strength?
But how old was she!
Did she bring her cultivation from her past life with her?!
Xu Mo ignored her. He simply rolled his shoulders, his joints popping with crisp cracks.
“Phew...” He exhaled slowly. His voice filtered through the faceplate with a metallic resonance. “I've been holding back for so many days. This mode is still the most comfortable.”
Inside her mind, Bai Feifei was equally dumbfounded, her shock no less than Yi Jing's.
Looking at her current physical state and feeling the immense mental pressure, her own Sanity began to plummet!
Was this... her own body?
Was this the true power that could be channeled by the heart of that Evil God?
Terrifying...
“Is this... what you previously called the Sinking Black?” she asked, unable to stop herself from trembling.
“Yes. You should be able to access a similar mode in the future,” Xu Mo replied in her mind. “You can start thinking of your own codename ahead of time.”
The surrounding assassins exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with shock and confusion.
The sudden shift in the aura of the person before them triggered an instinctive, primal dread.
The woman from earlier, though highly skilled in combat, had felt like a Rank 5 Scavenger at best. They hadn't found it particularly difficult to gang up on her.
But now...
What the fuck was this thing?!
“Stop trying to scare me with parlor tricks!” Yi Jing grit her teeth. Forcing down the inexplicable dread in her chest, she waved her hand fiercely.
The surrounding mirror world shuddered once more. Countless shards coalesced in midair into hundreds of long blades, thrusting toward Xu Mo from all directions simultaneously.
Yet Xu Mo didn't even budge.
The mirror blades struck his black armor, producing a rapid, metallic clattering before shattering into pieces. They failed to leave even a single scratch.
“Is that all?” Xu Mo tilted his head.
Yi Jing's pupils contracted violently.
In the next instant, Xu Mo moved.
He was so fast that no one present could track him. They only saw a black afterimage flash, and in the next second, he was already standing right in front of a Huang family assassin.
Before the assassin could even react, Xu Mo's right hand was already pressed against his head.
No Word Soul, no flashy techniques—just a casual, effortless press.
Boom!
The man's head was driven straight into his chest cavity. His entire body collapsed to the ground like a heap of wet mud.
An instant kill.
Dead silence enveloped the street.
Xu Mo shook the blood off his hand. With a casual wave, a single black scale detached from his arm, turning into a streak of black light that shot toward another direction.
Splat!
Before a Li family assassin could react, the scale sliced clean through his neck, sending his head flying into the air.
Xu Mo could see that Bai Feifei's Sanity was dropping by about one point every second.
Since she couldn't lock her Sanity by entering Slaughter God Mode, he could only maintain this state for five minutes at most. He had to wrap this up quickly.
“You...!” Yi Jing's voice caught in her throat, her heart trembling uncontrollably.
She had considered that Bai Feifei might be difficult to kill. After all, rumors suggested this girl had a special identity and possibly a powerful background.
Yet, she had stalked her for so long without detecting any other powerful auras nearby, which was why she had confidently deployed her barrier to begin the hunt.
Who would have thought that instead of some hidden guardian appearing, the girl herself would transform?!
“Who... who on earth are you?!” Yi Jing's voice now carried a distinct trace of terror.
Xu Mo turned around, his pitch-black eyes locking onto her. A savage grin filtered through his helmet.
“It seems you don't even know who I am in this form.”
“How pitiful. You don't even know such basic information. Hehehe...”
He spread his arms, the scales on his body clinking and rustling.
“Oh dear, I was careless and let you in on a little secret.”
“But that's fine. I trust you'll keep my secret... right?”
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