As the chandelier hit the floor, taking a badly wounded mercenary with it, several more screams rang out in the hall.
The Zombie Cat and Lin Zhiluo split up.
One charged at the mercenaries from the left, the other from the right.
Lin Zhiluo's Tang Dao swept through the air while the Zombie Cat's Sharp Claws slashed.
In an instant, they took two more mercenaries' lives.
Rong Zhan finally saw the true face of the "Death God."
He was wrapped in black, his face covered by a mask that looked mysterious yet somehow utterly ordinary.
His eyes were bright beneath the mask, but revealed no emotion.
As he reaped the mercenaries' lives, he seemed as carefree as if he were out for a stroll.
Rong Zhan tried to inspect the "Death God's" attributes.
[Basic Information] Nickname: ??? Title: ??? Level: ??? ???
Why couldn't he see this person's information?
Rong Zhan was dumbfounded. This was the first time he'd encountered anything like it.
He had no idea that Lin Zhiluo had already activated the concealment effect of the Hidden Mask.
In the time it took to do that, the men beside Rong Zhan had fallen like stalks of grain beneath a scythe.
The mercenaries Lin Zhiluo killed didn't even have time to scream.
Those attacked by the Zombie Cat, however, screamed again and again.
The Zombie Cat had inherited only sixty percent of Lin Zhiluo's base attributes.
In terms of attributes, it was only a little stronger than the mercenaries.
It couldn't overwhelm them outright.
So it could only use its Sharp Claw talent to slash deep across their necks, making them bleed to death.
The process was excruciating, and the wounds left by the Zombie Cat's claws kept bleeding no matter how hard they tried to staunch them.
All they could do was watch their blood keep flowing until they finally died.
"Enough! Who the hell are you?" Rong Zhan was on the verge of madness.
His men kept dying, he was being toyed with, and he still hadn't figured out who his opponent was.
Rong Zhan chased after Lin Zhiluo with all his might.
But Lin Zhiluo couldn't be bothered with him just yet.
After observing him earlier, Lin Zhiluo no longer had the high hopes he'd once had for Rong Zhan.
His fighting skills were terrible, his attributes pitiful, and even his temperament was nowhere near as steady as it would be a few years later.
It was more worthwhile to kill the mercenaries first.
Lin Zhiluo had forgotten what level he was at now.
Two world announcements and six extra attribute points had raised his level by three, and he was decked out in "divine gear."
No matter how strong Rong Zhan had become in the later stages of the apocalypse, he couldn't possibly match Lin Zhiluo now.
Rong Zhan was desperate. He couldn't keep up with Lin Zhiluo's speed.
All he could do was watch Lin Zhiluo attack again and again while he trailed behind, choking on dust.
Even when he tried to warn his men about Lin Zhiluo's location, they were already getting their throats slit before he could get the words out.
At last, through Lin Zhiluo and the Zombie Cat's efforts, every mercenary in the hall had met their end.
A few still had faint breaths left, writhing in agony on the floor as they teetered on the brink of death.
Rong Zhan was utterly despairing. He sank to his knees, dazed and broken.
The helplessness of being unable to stop Lin Zhiluo had left him with nothing.
He knew that with his strength, he had no way to stop Lin Zhiluo's bloody killing spree.
Lin Zhiluo first withdrew his consciousness from the Zombie Cat.
Then he gave it an order.
"Go after Li Haobo and the others."
It looked like Li Haobo and the others hadn't chosen to flee the Li Family Manor.
The Revenge Barrier hadn't activated.
The Zombie Cat darted away as soon as it received Lin Zhiluo's order.
Though it had turned into a zombie, it still had a cat's abilities.
Tracking them by the trail they'd left behind was no trouble at all.
Lin Zhiluo walked over to Rong Zhan, still kneeling on the floor.
"Move, Hunting Mercenary Group leader," Lin Zhiluo said.
Rong Zhan raised his head and looked at Lin Zhiluo.
Then he suddenly burst into raucous, hoarse laughter.
"Hahahahaha! The Hunting Mercenary Group has been almost completely wiped out. How can I still call myself its leader?"
Lin Zhiluo felt great.
Even though he hadn't fought Rong Zhan this time, seeing him like this made Lin Zhiluo feel even better!
Right in front of Rong Zhan, Lin Zhiluo had slaughtered all his men and destroyed the fruits of years of effort.
Rong Zhan had lost all desire to resist. He was like a man who'd lost his soul.
That was the pinnacle of revenge!
Physical torment was nowhere near as painful as mental torment!
Lin Zhiluo believed that even if he didn't kill Rong Zhan, Rong Zhan would never recover for the rest of his life.
That might be true, but he still had to kill him.
If killing Rong Zhan would make him feel better, why not do it?
Looking at Lin Zhiluo, a flicker of longing returned to Rong Zhan's despairing face.
He hurriedly asked, "Who are you? Who are you really? Tell me, or I'll die without knowing the truth!"
Lin Zhiluo's eyes lit up.
Die without knowing the truth!
Could there be a better opportunity?
The Tang Dao flashed, and Rong Zhan's head fell.
His head rolled across the floor a few times.
His eyes were wide open.
He seemed astonished that Lin Zhiluo had attacked without saying a word.
And because he died without knowing Lin Zhiluo's identity, he truly had died without knowing the truth.
Lin Zhiluo walked over to Rong Zhan's head.
He nudged it with his foot, turning Rong Zhan's face toward him, then spoke.
"I still remember the look on your face that day."
"You pinned me to the ground and said I was an ant. Why would I be worth your attention?"
"You said I was nothing but an orphan! A good-for-nothing! How could I have the face—or the nerve—to challenge the Li family's authority?"
"You said I was a filthy bug living in the sewers!"
"You said killing me would dirty your hands!"
"Actually, I'm grateful you were so arrogant back then."
"It gave me the chance to escape—and even take two of your fingers with me."
"And your actions taught me something, too."
"When you're about to kill someone, don't waste time talking. If you can act, don't run your mouth."
"See? I cut off your head first, then chatted with you. Isn't that just as satisfying?"
By the end, Lin Zhiluo couldn't help laughing aloud.
No, he couldn't get too carried away.
Li Haobo was still waiting for him.
Lin Zhiluo lifted his foot and stomped down hard.
Rong Zhan's head burst like a watermelon.
Blood and brains splattered together.
They stained Lin Zhiluo's shoe red and white.
Rong Zhan, the mighty Hunting War God!
One of the Li family's three guardian deities!
One of the Dragon Kingdom's Ten Great War Gods!
A figure who'd been revered by countless people after the apocalypse!
Had fallen!
Lin Zhiluo let out a long breath.
The invisible shackles around him had loosened considerably.
He stripped all three Bronze-grade pieces of equipment from Rong Zhan.
Lin Zhiluo was about to check their attributes.
"Meow."
The Zombie Cat's thoughts came to him.
It was telling Lin Zhiluo that it had found Li Haobo and the others.
Lin Zhiluo didn't waste any more time.
He sensed the Zombie Cat's location.
Then he carefully checked the corpses he'd just killed once more.
Only after making sure everyone was dead did he set off after them.
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