Wu Yan's expression was ugly, his hash-shaped scar hideous and menacing. None of the other members dared approach him.
Of their three thousand Card Adepts, their losses had now reached seven hundred! A casualty rate of nearly a quarter was enough to prove just how terrifying the force ahead of them was. What infuriated him most, however, was that damned slow-acting poison! He had absolutely no idea when his troops had been poisoned. The accompanying Medical Card Adepts were helpless against it, too. Their estimate was around twenty days! As long as the poisoned Card Adepts endured those twenty days, their perception would not only suffer no damage, but would actually improve.
Damn it, twenty days! Every time Wu Yan thought of that number, his heart involuntarily lurched.
Twenty days was enough time for far too much to happen!
Worse still, they had departed in such a hurry that they had not brought enough medicine. When the head of the medical team reported this to him, he wanted to crush the logistics chief's skull!
Shi Fengfei, Wang Yong, and Qi Li approached Wu Yan together.
"Chief!"
"Boss!"
Wang Yong and Qi Li looked at Wu Yan with concern. His expression was truly awful.
Shi Fengfei sat down, exhaustion impossible to conceal on her radiant, alluring face. Her deep-blue smoky eyes had lost their luster. She was deeply dispirited, her voice sorrowful. "The captain of Squad Seven didn't respond to treatment. He's dead."
Wu Yan's hands froze, his face turning ashen. This was the third captain-level Card Adept they had lost. The captain of Squad Seven had possessed Level Seven perception strength. He would have been considered an expert anywhere.
"An Energy Shuttle struck him in the left side of his chest," Qi Li added tersely.
Everyone fell silent. The Snow