"Damn!"
Everyone's hearts jolted. Their vision went completely black, and they instantly lost sight of their targets. The gunfire ceased as well.
The entire surrounding area was shrouded in Black Mist.
Forget their opponents—even their teammates were impossible to see. If they fired blindly, they could easily hit their own people.
"Brother Yuan, those people are right ahead. Let's chase them!" a Tek Awakened said impatiently.
"Wait. Don't rush in. We'll move later."
Cai Yuan frowned as he spoke.
His intentions were obvious. He still wanted the Black Scorpion Organization to go in first. It was simply too dark ahead to see anything clearly, and who knew what might happen.
After all, Wang Di was an S-rank Awakened with considerable strength, yet he had still vanished at the hands of those people. That meant there had to be powerful enemies inside...
"Mm, Brother Yuan is right."
Having guessed his thoughts, his subordinates all voiced their agreement.
Meanwhile, upon spotting their targets, the surrounding Black Scorpion members revealed savage expressions. Killing intent filled the air as they charged toward Chen Ming's group.
With the Black Mist covering everything, they could only engage in close combat.
Cai Yuan watched as the Black Scorpion members entered the mist one after another, feeling very satisfied.
"These country bumpkins only know how to kill for fun. They don't understand strategy at all."
Unbeknownst to them, a ghostlike figure gradually materialized within the Black Mist behind them, silent and soundless.
Not far ahead was Tek's Fifth Elite Squad, around thirty people strong, all Crystal Core Awakened.
At that moment, they were standing by in place.
"This ability that releases Black Mist is pretty strange..."
"Don't worry. According to our company's investigation report, there aren't any particularly powerful Zombie Kings in this city."
"Yeah, but... why would