At the center of the swamp, more than thirty contractors surrounded two giant apes. Strangely, none of them attacked the two apes.
The illusionist stood on the black ape's shoulder. A closer look revealed a translucent pocket watch floating beside him, its only second hand ticking away.
Click, click~
With every tick of the second hand, the two giant apes' expressions grew more savage. The illusionist could not affect them for much longer.
A blur shot over from the distance. It was Mu Xiao. Her outfit had completely changed. She wore a long, hooded coat, with buckles restraining her arms, waist, and other parts of her body. The hood was pulled low over her head.
'Original Sin · Execution Scythe.'
Mu Xiao held out her right hand. A large amount of blood gushed from the wound in her palm, forming a huge blood-red scythe.
Mu Xiao gripped the blood-red scythe with both hands. Using her forward momentum, she flipped through the air and swung the scythe at the white ape.
Whoosh! A huge blood-red arc slashed across the white ape's chest. The confusion in its eyes vanished at once, but the excruciating pain in its chest nearly made it collapse on the spot.
With a boom, the white ape slumped onto the ground, its huge palm raised before it as it let out a deafening roar.
After swinging the scythe, Mu Xiao's face paled slightly. She vanished into thin air after several backward leaps. She had clearly used an ability beyond her body's limits and needed time to recover.
Although Mu Xiao had withdrawn, the contractors surrounding the two giant apes did not merely stand by and watch. The first attack came in the form of an energy beam resembling a laser, blasting into the white ape's head.
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