On the backstreet of a building, following the flickering of light, a figure floated on the spot and ascended up to the roof of the building.
The Illusion's long black coat was draped over his shoulders, blending his body into the night. The Shadow was covering his face, shielding it as well.
Fang Ran stood on top of the building, looking down at the broad bird's-eye view of the scenery and the architectural lights that had turned miniature.
Although he looked outwardly calm, his hands were still trembling slightly under his long coat. The state of Si A's death and his last words supported him in hastily abandoning the shackles in his mind, spurring him in killing those five participants in a row. However, even though his mind was in a decent state right now, Si A's death kept replaying in his mind.
Using [The Float], he had flown to the highest point, spotting the magical trail from the escaping sorcerer.
He used [The Sword] card, combined with the Silver Split Dragontooth to multiply his attack value.
He used [The Shadow] to restrain the shadows of those participants, immobilizing them.
Using [The Illusion], he concealed his appearance and transmogrified into an image that deeply shook their hearts.
He extracted and manipulated his own shadow, putting it in an illusionary disguise, truly achieving a split-body illusion.
He extracted and manipulated his own shadow and that of the other party, accomplishing a kill in an instant.
Using the illusion to confuse the other party, he then used his shadow to pierce through their hearts.
He employed all sorts of inconceivable methods without any scruples, causing confusion, inciting them, driving a wedge between them, and launching sneak attacks.
Every time he killed someone, Pursuit's range would shrink a little. Now, the locations of the remaining two participants were displayed very clearly on the map on the system interface.
Those two people were the ones who had inflicted serious damage on Si A.
"Ha!"
The gale high above in the night sky was especially quick, blowing at Fang Ran's long black coat. Right now, he really resembled the villain boss in movies, not to mention that he had the blood of five lives on his hands.
Fang Ran had also struggled and questioned himself.
'Is it worth it to lose my mind and go this far for someone I've just met?'
There was a lingering fear in his heart that made him want to stop and return back to his past self. However, every single time he recalled the scene of Si A grabbing the fist of that punkish youth that threatened his life followed by the explosion of the fire pillar, Fang Ran could not suppress the rage in his heart!
'How can they take someone's life so easily?'
'Perhaps some people may feel I am hypocritical and somewhat crazy, but…'
'So what?!'
'All I saw was those participants shamelessly joining hands and because of the fear in their hearts, they killed someone who was stronger than them!'
'Since you can take the lives of others so easily…'
'Then why can't I take your lives?!'
Standing on the edge of the tall building, Fang Ran looked down from a height of nearly hundred meters. He retreated a few meters and adopted an 'on your mark' position.
Then, he sprinted forward with all his might!
The distance of several meters was crossed in the blink of an eye. Fang Ran stepped onto the edge of the roof and leapt!
His long black coat whooshed in the night wind and plummeted down amidst the countless vibrant lights.
The next moment, [The Float] was activated. As if he was carrying a paraglider, Fang Ran controlled [The Float] with minimum mana and quickly drifted away.
[The Float] only had the ability to float upwards and at best, it could change its angle slightly. Hence, Fang Ran could only go through the process of constantly floating from rooftops to rooftops, relying on the force of his forward thrust and gliding, in order to drift through the night sky.
At this moment, Fang Ran still did not know the price for killing all participants.
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Later in the night, at 3.45 am..
In an ordinary neighbourhood far from the city center, in a very ordinary family home on the third row and fifth column among hundreds of houses in the ordinary neighbourhood…
The man in the suit had a cold expression on his face as he sat in the small living room.
He had deliberately chosen such an unbelievably ordinary location.
However, he was still in a terrible mood at the moment. The other participants in this scenario might not know this, but the suited man was in fact someone from 'Midnight'!
Of course, his rank was not considered high in Asia's largest Night Battle Organisation, 'Midnight'. However, within China, he still had a rather strong influence.
He was the one who had proposed the alliance. The reason was naturally because he found out that that water-division sorcerer could suppress Si A's powers. Hence, he nonchalantly promised to let him join the organisation after they had succeeded.
However, never would he have thought that things would get completely out of hand!
The man in a suit looked at the system's notification interface right then.
[Current Number of Participants: 3/12]
"Humph! Don't confuse me with those weaklings! Although I don't know who you are, I have prepared a huge gift for you!"
The suited man said with a menacing expression on his face. He did not believe that under his surefire attack, that guy would have a stand-in to die in his place!
…
Boom!
In a flash, a strong blow struck and penetrated both sides of his two-bedroom house.
Then, amidst the light from the fiery explosion, a cloud of blackness instantly wrapped around a figure.
"You'd better… Oof!"
Fang Ran neither gave him a chance to speak, nor did he listen to the dying words of the villain like a protagonist filled with a sense of justice before refuting the other party till he was at a loss for words, and using his sense of justice to trial the other party.
"Even weaker than I expected, is it really because he is severely injured?"
From the beginning till the end, this suited man who had cunningly held back till the end when he launched a sneak attack during the siege against Si A, had only unleashed an extremely powerful attack at the very beginning. The moment he saw the black-haired youth appear behind him, he instantly launched this fatal blow.
Too bad that it was just his own shadow.
When a cunning individual encountered an individual even more treacherous with unimaginable power, the former would immediately feel powerless.
"One more left…"
With trembling hands but a calm expression, Fang Ran took back [The Illusion] and [The Shadow] and gently closed the security door of the house…
[Current Number of Participants: 2/12]
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There is a saying that goes something like this, 'The darkest hour of the night comes just before dawn.'
This saying was also applicable for this night of the Night Battle.
Later in the night, nearing dawn, at 4.59 am..
Su Qun was standing on the apron of the helipad on the roof of the tallest high-rise building in the city center. The night wind was very strong, as it blew against his long hooded coat. With a black mask covering his face and a Tang Dynasty sword in his hand,…
He was waiting.
From the moment he noticed that participants were getting killed, Su Qun understood.
He did not know how the other party managed to pinpoint everyone's location, but he knew that there was nothing he could do about it.
Thus, he could only choose the battlefield for himself. He chose a helipad on a wide-open roof.
To be able to kill the remaining six participants in a row, no matter who this person was, he must be very strong. This strength had to be reflected in many aspects, which was why Su Qun chose the battlefield to be at a place like this.
The field of view was wide and the space was limited. There were no buildings or strange objects around him that could threaten him.
For someone like him whose ability was ancient martial arts and Qi Condensation[Qi Condensation refers to the use of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to refine the body from inside out.], and was adept in hand-to-hand combat, this place could not be more ideal.
As China Official's Night Battle member, after becoming a participant, Su Qun received a series of elite training, before gaining the qualifications of a soldier. He was confident that the opponent would not be his match even if they were of the same grade.
As for the possibility that the opponent would be of B-grade?
It was impossible. If that person was a B-grader who hid himself, he would have revealed his strength and made a move long ago during the chaotic battle!
He simply waited, standing on one side of the helipad with his Tang Dynasty sword unsheathed, keeping his guard up at all times.
After God-knows-how-long, he saw it.
A black-haired young man in a long black coat came flying towards the high-rise building and slowly landed in front of him.
Su Qun's gaze flickered. 'To think that it's neither the guy in the suit nor the woman from Adversity.'
"Who are you?! I don't remember there being someone like you in this scenario!"
The unexpected twist of events shook Su Qun a little as he said this coldly to the figure facing him.
The young man in the long black coat did not respond to him, only a long silver-white sword appearing in his hands was given as a reply.
"Speed, activate."
His speed stats began to increase, reaching twice of its original value before it stopped climbing!
The mana value dropped by two points per second, and Fang Ran had already activated [The Sword] since a while ago. After his speed stats were doubled, he slowly lifted up the Silver Split Dragontooth.
'Mightiness depends on the magic of the heart'
'I remembered that all this while.'
Crash!
He dashed out from where he was standing! The pitch-black illusionary long coat flew up high!
"So fast!"
Su Qun's eyes widened. The next second, the pitch-black figure had already rushed up right in front of him!