Pinned to the ground by several long swords, the tattooed man gasped weakly.
He regretted his choices immensely.
He had never expected this woman to be able to interrupt his transformation so precisely.
This defeat was incredibly frustrating. How on earth had she stabbed him so accurately?
He had set out to bully some young juniors, but was he actually going to meet his end here?
He was a Rank 5 Scavenger, after all. He had used his Word Soul and even injected his potion, yet he was pinned to the spot before he could even land a single proper hit!
This person had turned hostile far too quickly, catching him completely off guard. Who in their right mind would inject themselves with a potion and transform before even starting a fight?!
Why had no one warned him about someone this bizarre in Dawn City? Damn it!
Xu Mo stood before him. He used the Heart of the World to listen around, but there were no other heartbeats within a radius of several miles.
Looking down at the tattooed man with a hint of disappointment, his voice carried genuine contempt.
“No accomplices? You really came to do this all by yourself? How pathetic. Or is it just that no one wanted to save a stray dog like you?”
“Forget it. Time is running out. Just die already.”
“What a waste.” He shook his head, looking deeply disappointed. “It would’ve been nice if you could’ve completed your aberration...”
That way, he could have gotten some experience points out of him. It would have been a good way to recycle trash.
Maybe I should ask if he has any more potions left? I could let him inject another dose.
Shaking his head, he dismissed the thoughts and prepared to deliver the final blow.
He had already wasted quite a bit of time. By now, some of the academy students might have already found some aberrations.
Inside his mind, Bai Feifei’s voice rang out urgently, “Wait!”
She had remained quiet earlier because she, too, realized something was off about this man. But seeing that Xu Mo was about to kill him, she could no longer hold back.
“Since there's obviously something wrong with this guy, shouldn't you question him first?”
“He has potions on him too, and they're different from the ones in Dawn City. Where on earth did he get them?”
Xu Mo paused.
Right. I still need to advance the storyline.
He had gotten carried away during the fight and completely forgotten. Besides, the premature appearance of these people was indeed worth investigating.
Shifting the tip of his sword down, he pressed it against the tattooed man’s Adam's apple and forced a highly insincere smile.
“Are you going to talk or not?!”
The tattooed man froze.
He had been frantically calculating a way to escape, but this sudden, contextless question left him completely at a loss for how to respond.
Talk about what?
Seeing him remain silent, the smile vanished from Xu Mo's face. “Staying quiet, are we?”
The tattooed man's pupils dilated. Feeling a very real surge of killing intent, his intense survival instinct made his mouth move before his brain could process.
“I'll talk! I'll talk!”
Xu Mo stopped and stared at him, but the man just kept his mouth open, completely stuck.
He honestly had no idea what he was supposed to say. With his mind a total blank, he blurted out,
“I... My name is Wang Gaofeng!”
With a sharp ring, Xu Mo slid his sword down and stabbed it straight into the man's collarbone.
Blood sprayed out. Wang Gaofeng arched his back in agony, a muffled growl escaping his throat.
“That's not what I asked,” Xu Mo said calmly.
That nonchalant tone made Wang Gaofeng's blood run cold.
Then what the fuck are you asking?!
And I just opened my mouth!
Holy shit, can't you just wait a second?
The excruciating pain in his collarbone clashed with his instinct to survive. Fear and fury mingled, turning his eyes bloodshot.
“You can't kill me!” Wang Gaofeng suddenly shrieked, his expression turning hideous.
“You're from Dawn City, aren't you? If you dare to kill me today, there are people in Dawn City who will never let you get away with it!”
“No, it's more than that! If you dare, you won't even leave this place alive today—”
He didn't get to finish his threat.
Because the moment he opened his mouth, Xu Mo stared at him with great surprise, his mind filled with question marks.
Oh? Still baring your teeth?
Nice.
Without giving him a chance to finish his rant, Xu Mo immediately drove his sword down twice more, piercing both of the man's shoulders.
“Still not what I asked,” he repeated. “Also, watch your tone.”
Wang Gaofeng convulsed in pain. He wished he could skin this person alive, pull out their tendons, and scatter their ashes to the wind!
But the stark reality of being the meat on the chopping block quickly forced him to face the truth. After all, the agony was very real.
He felt like he was truly about to die, and at the hands of a lunatic who couldn't even ask a proper question.
Then ask your fucking question!
Wang Gaofeng roared in despair in his mind, but he didn't dare say it aloud. He was terrified of getting stabbed two more times.
He was already in a weakened state. If he kept getting stabbed like this, he would definitely die.
He thought about it. In truth, he could guess what this person wanted to know. Weighing his words, he spoke up,
“I have ties to the Xu family in Dawn City. They were the ones who sent me here.”
“Don't kill me... We can talk this out!”
After shouting this, he felt as if all his energy had been drained. No matter what, selling someone out was his best bet to divert this psycho's attention.
Xu Mo raised an eyebrow. The Xu family. It was the Xu family again.
Ever since the last Voting Assembly, this family had been popping up quite frequently. Talk about a strong sense of presence.
From the driver to Xu Hu, and now to this tattooed man who could transform into a loach—the Xu family certainly had their hands in everything.
What about the Huang and Li families? And United Pharmaceuticals? Had they fallen out of the meta?
Why did it sound like only the Xu family was involved in this Graduation Show, which was supposed to be such an important opportunity to stir up trouble?
“Heh, the Xu family,” Xu Mo sneered. “They sent you to kill me, yet they didn't give you any information about me at all?”
“Or did you already know who I am and still decide to come and seek your death?”
Seeing the intense killing intent in her eyes, Wang Gaofeng frantically waved his hands, stammering incoherently,
“No, no! Don't kill me! I didn't come for you... I really didn't!”
“I came here to... conduct an experiment.”
...
Meanwhile, at the monitoring area outside the field, the air instantly froze.
Unnoticed by the others, Liu Yun's brow furrowed slightly as she let out a soft sigh in her heart.
Earlier, watching the footage of “Bai Feifei” committing such acts of violence, everyone had felt somewhat uncomfortable, thinking that this violent, crazy woman was as brutal as ever.
It was practically like watching a torture show.
Only Xie Xuan had watched with great interest, nodding repeatedly in approval of “Bai Feifei's” actions.
But now, the moment Wang Gaofeng uttered the words “Xu family,” the expressions of everyone from Dawn City shifted slightly. They cast sideways glances at the people from Turing City.
Xie Xuan remained silent for a moment before finally speaking. His face was serious, and his voice was dark, as if he were talking to himself:
“The Xu family... is that so?”
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