Hunting the Killer

Countdown.

10 PM.

The heavy darkness had completely enveloped the Forbidden Zone, making this already deep and mysterious human-controlled area even more terrifying and eerie.

Qing Huai ran with a limp; one of his arms was useless and the other was half crippled.

The wound on his thigh, which had been gouged out, continued to bleed, but fortunately, the self-healing ability of a C-Class expert was strong, and he could barely hold on.

Qing Huai still held a sliver of hope.

It's true that he lied to the Autumn Hunting Team before, but one thing he said is true: according to the tactical map, they could indeed leave the Forbidden Zone in another five hours.

Moreover, this is a calculated walking speed.

Logically speaking, he should have escaped long ago by now, having been running at full speed northwards.

Qing Huai calculated the time and figured that the troops from the Federation Second Army Group that were supposed to come to pick him up should have already arrived outside the Forbidden Zone.

That field battalion was led by his own uncle, so there was absolutely no chance of anything going wrong.

But he himself ran into trouble.

Qing Huai kept dodging the strange plants in the Forbidden Zone. What was most infuriating was that there were monkeys in the tree canopy throwing fruit at him from time to time.

Those little monsters are incredibly strong; if they are not careful and are hit by a fruit, they will lose their balance.

Qing Huai pondered to himself that the boy who had just cursed was not only able to unleash the Autumn Leaf Blade, but also had mastered so many rules of Forbidden Zone No. 002, so his identity as a knight was beyond doubt.

Legend has it that Forbidden Zone No. 002 is the knight's domain. So, could it be that the reason I haven't been able to escape after running for so long is because this terrifying and enormous entity doesn't want me to leave?

Just as he was becoming increasingly terrified, the boy reappeared, walking alongside him as before. "You are not your mother's biological child."

"Your wife cheated on you... I think I've already said that. Let me put it another way: your grandfather cheated on you."

Qing Huai: "???"

He almost spat out blood on the spot. "Are you fucking never going to stop?"

However, something even more terrifying happened the next second: the boy who had just been promoted to knight and could unleash the Autumn Leaf Blade... pulled out a thick wad of fallen leaves from his pocket.

So you were picking up leaves when you disappeared for a while?

But... you don't need to pick up so many!

Even if the opponent is weak and the Autumn Leaf Blade is not very lethal, it can't inflict a fatal wound on me, but the problem is that there are too many of them!

That stack of leaves must have contained at least a hundred leaves!

But then he saw Qing Chen running alongside him, suddenly pulling out a fallen leaf and flicking his wrist to throw it away.

Qing Huai instinctively dodged, but he soon realized that the leaf the other party had just flung out had not been transformed into a blade at all. It drifted weakly in the sky, as if scattering paper money at him!

Qing Huai's face darkened. "It's one thing for you to throw the Autumn Leaf Blade, but what's with scaring people?"

In fact, Qing Chen has just been promoted to knight. With his limited energy, he can only throw four or five Autumn Leaf Blade per hour. Moreover, his strength is far inferior to Qing Huai's. Even if all five hit, he still won't be able to kill the opponent.

Moreover, it's extremely difficult to hit all five targets at once.

The opponent's injuries were getting worse, but C-Class is still C-Class.

Therefore, the best approach is to use a mix of truth and deception to create the greatest impact with minimal cost.

Every now and then, Qing Chen would throw out a leaf. The leaf would fly straight for a second, then fly crookedly the next.

But Qing Huai still has no choice but to hide!

Hiding will slow down your movement speed!

At this moment, this elite member of the Qing family was so angry that his head and eyes hurt. He had gone to great lengths to defy the rules and run away, and on the way, people kept "scattering paper money" at him!

Moreover, after scattering more than twenty leaves, not a single real Autumn Leaf Blade has appeared. His speed has actually slowed down as he dodges the trajectory of the Autumn Leaf Blade, and the dark clouds behind him are about to descend upon him!

This is infuriating!

The next moment, Qing Huai saw out of the corner of his eye that the boy's wrist flicked again, but this time he did not dodge, because the dark clouds behind him were too close, and he could not dodge anymore!

With a hissing sound.

A leaf got stuck in his waist.

This time it's a real Autumn Leaf Blade.

"Hiss!" Qing Huai gasped sharply, his whole body tensing up.

It hurts so much!

The muscles in the lower back are the hardest to lift, especially the lower back. He couldn't possibly use his muscles to clamp the Autumn Leaf Blade!

Fortunately, his C-Class physique was indeed powerful, and the Autumn Leaf Blade only penetrated one centimeter.

But Qing Huai knew that the boy's goal was not to kill him with the Autumn Leaf Blade, but to slow him down!

His willpower wasn't strong enough to remain unfazed even after being stabbed. Just as his body instinctively tensed up, the dark cloud behind him flew overhead and swooped down!

As time went on, more and more poisonous insects followed Qing Huai. What was originally just a small cloud now looked like a huge thundercloud, which was extremely terrifying.

Qing Huai heard the buzzing sound behind him getting closer and closer, and his scalp tingled. He felt that he might have attracted all the poisonous insects on the edge of the Forbidden Zone!

He suddenly bent over, and the muscles in his thighs, calves, and feet burned and roared like a machine!

This is the last bit of potential that a C-Class expert possesses!

He could even feel the little fat he had on his body trembling, then turning into fuel for his body!

Leap forward!

Qing Huai shot out like an arrow, escaping the swarm's dive in the blink of an eye.

However.

Qing Chen had been waiting for this moment.

Qing Chen, who had been standing parallel to the trees, remained calm, like a still lake with crystal-clear water in his eyes.

Just as Qing Huai's momentum was about to wane from his leap.

Qing Chen scattered dozens of fallen leaves into the sky with his left hand. The falling leaves seemed to be bidding farewell to Qing Huai and also blocking Qing Huai's view of him.

In the blink of an eye, his right hand, which was behind his back, suddenly exerted force, throwing out the three Autumn Leaf Blades in his palm in turn!

Like a thunderbolt!

In Qing Huai's view, three Autumn Leaf Blade emerged from the gaps in the colorful fallen leaves, shooting towards him and targeting three vital points on his body.

Heart, spleen, chest and abdomen!

In mid-air, Qing Huai twisted the power of his waist and hips, turning his body around, intending to once again use the broad muscles of his back to take the blow of the Autumn Leaf Blade head-on.

But just as he turned his back to Qing Chen plucked another fallen leaf from his half-length hair and shot it into Qing Huai's carotid artery!

This is exactly the result Qing Chen wanted.

As Mother Ye once said, if we don't consider external factors, then the carotid artery is the most vulnerable part of a person: it is exposed to the air and is only protected by a thin layer of skin.

Once punctured, the brain's thinking will dry up within seconds due to lack of oxygen.

Enemies usually instinctively protect that area, but if one day you become stronger, you can learn to make them bring their vitals to you.

Time seemed to slow down.

No, time can't really slow down.

Instead, the moment Qing Chen threw the Autumn Leaf Blade, the dark clouds that had been chasing Qing Huai suddenly stopped and slowly dissipated.

It was as if the terrifying and enormous being of the Forbidden Zone already knew the outcome without even needing to see if the Autumn Leaf Blade hit its mark.

Those who break the rules will die; there's no need to pursue them further.

Qing Chen's pupils narrowed into vertical slits, like those of a wild beast.

His eyes were fixed on the trail of the Autumn Leaf Blade, as if the fallen leaf had left a clear trail as it passed through the air.

It also left a fine bloodline on Qing Huai's neck.

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