The bullet sank into Heize's mouth, snapping his head back and forcing him two steps backward.
"Ptui!"
Heize turned his head and spat out blood. The bullet lodged in the wooden bridge deck, while the shot from D had only wounded the inside of his mouth rather than piercing his skull.
Heize was clearly different from the Undead. He bared his bloodstained teeth, furious but not berserk, still retaining human rationality.
The spear, covered in Undead insects, pointed at Su Xiao. Its tip had clearly been burned to increase its hardness through carbonization, then reinforced a second time by the Undead insects.
The wooden bridge was roughly two meters wide. Heize stood on the inner side with his back to the depths of the swamp, while Su Xiao blocked the bridge's entrance.
Su Xiao exerted a little force with his foot. The wooden bridge, built from logs and vines, creaked as if it might collapse at any moment, dropping the two men into the swamp.
Heize was not easy to deal with. His speed was nothing special, and his techniques were merely 'average,' but his physical defense and healing abilities were astonishing.
Su Xiao's slash just now had nearly split Heize's entire back open. Yet after only a dozen seconds, the half-meter-long gaping wound had already begun to stop bleeding, and it was slowly closing as his muscles contracted.
Heize watched Su Xiao with total concentration. He knew that the moment he relaxed, he would die.
Creak~
Su Xiao stepped forward, and the wooden bridge let out a groan under its unbearable burden.
Su Xiao's movement had clearly provoked Heize. He gripped the spear with both hands, lowered his body slightly, dug his toes into the bridge deck, and drove all his strength forward.
The spearhead pierced the air with