The corpse lying on the ground was completely white without a trace of blood.
The blood on his body had been sucked dry by something in the past few minutes.
The leader took a few steps back and placed his finger on the trigger of the crossbow while gripping the long saber on his waist with the other hand.
Arrows flew out and hit the ground around the corpse, but there was no movement.
A breeze blew through the forest, rustling the surrounding trees.
Coupled with the strange actions of the leader, it cast a shadow over the hearts of all the killers. Everyone felt threatened.
The leader glanced at his subordinates. All of them had strange expressions. They were just one step away from a mental breakdown.
This place… was too strange.
This place was clearly only the periphery of the Dark Forest. It was still a long distance away from the center and core areas of the forest where powerful demon beasts that had gained sentience lived.
Why was there such a place?
The leader's Adam's apple bobbed. He regretted bringing his men to this damned place.
Not too far away from the pursuers, Qi Chen sneered coldly upon seeing the sight before him.
He knew that his opportunity had arrived.
Although he didn't know what these people saw, Qi Chen knew that these people were in a state of panic and were extremely tense.
He could use Shadow Ambush to assassinate them one by one.
"Little Tiger Egg, are you going to kill them?"
Liu Fuxue asked worriedly when she sensed Qi Chen's killing intent.
Qi Chen shook his egg body.
"…"
Liu Fuxue pursed her red lips into a line, somewhat at a loss.
She also wanted to kill these enemies in front of her, but now was obviously not a good time.
This place was really too strange. It was as if there was some kind of powerful existence constantly staring at her from every corner.
It made her shiver.
Qi Chen jumped onto Liu Fuxue's palm and bounced a few times, indicating for her to be at ease and to wait for him here. After that, Qi Chen began to move.
His figure disappeared into the dense underbrush.
After leaving Liu Fuxue's side, Qi Chen came to the bottom of a tree.
He had to level up first and use up his enhancement points.
System.
Qi Chen called out the system interface in his mind, but there was no response. The system warning just kept ringing in his mind.
What happened? Did the system hang?
Qi Chen's heart tightened. This place was indeed strange. Even the system had broken down.
When the system lost its response, Qi Chen also felt an energy in his body that had already reached a threshold.
As long as he could break through this threshold, he could level up without relying on the system.
Qi Chen took a deep breath and tried to mobilize this energy to break through that barrier!
He had to succeed. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for him to cause harm to a level-eight and above expert with just the strength of a level-five demon beast.
Just break already!
Qi Chen let out a soft growl as the energy within his body circulated through his meridians like a turbulent wave, violently crashing against the seemingly sturdy barrier.
First attempt, failure.
The second attempt, failure.
The third attempt was still a failure!
But unlike before, the barriers on his meridians were already showing signs of loosening!
Continue!
The waves of energy crashed one after another, each more ferocious than the last.
At the same time that the wave crashed into the barrier, Qi Chen also felt intense pain from his body!
The pain of this breakthrough only lasted for about ten seconds when he had the system.
However, this sort of heart-wrenching pain was now constantly assaulting him.
"Ahhh—!!!"
Qi Chen couldn't take it anymore and screamed in pain.
"Who!? Who's there!?"
In such an environment, all the assassins were frightened out of their wits when they suddenly heard this painful wail.
Chen Ergou was the closest killer to the source of the scream.
If not for the fact that his boss was pointing his crossbow at him from behind, he would have turned around and fled.
After exchanging glances with two of his companions, he carefully walked forward.
The hand holding the knife was covered in cold sweat.
"Hu… Hu… Hu…"
Qi Chen took deep breaths.
If he had a body, he would probably be drenched in sweat by now.
The breakthrough was a success.
The current Qi Chen had already stepped into the ranks of level-six demon beasts.
However, it was different from the previous advancement. For this advancement, he felt stronger than before.
Qi Chen heard the sound of the killers moving through the grass.
He didn't have time to think about why this was happening and immediately disappeared from the spot.
Chen Ergou pushed aside the bush and looked towards the direction of the screams, but there was nothing there.
"Nothing?"
His heart was beating wildly, and the hand holding the knife was trembling slightly.
He knew that the thing must still be nearby. Perhaps they had already become its target.
Chen Ergou was about to remind his companions to be careful.
When he suddenly heard the people behind him shouting, "Be careful!"
Chen Ergou felt a chill in his heart and quickly looked to his side. He saw a companion clutching his neck, his eyes bulging as he fell to the ground.
Blood flowed out from between his fingers and seeped into the ground.
"Dodge!"
Immediately after, another scream was heard. Chen Ergou turned around again and another companion fell.
This time, even his entire head had been cut off.
Blood gushed out from the severed neck and sprayed onto the ground like a blooming Paramita Flower.
"Who is it?!" Chen Ergou's eyes were red, and the veins on his head were bulging.
He gripped the knife with both hands and looked around.
Qi Chen hid behind a tree and silently watched these people.
He had just killed two level-seven killers. Every time he killed one, Qi Chen could clearly feel a stream of energy flowing into his body.
Now that he had killed two people above his level, the energy within his body had reached the brink of a breakthrough once again.
But now was not a good time to break through. Qi Chen had to first eliminate the last person in the group of three before moving to another battlefield.
"Ahhhh!!!"
Chen Ergou swung his blade and randomly chopped the weeds around him. His mind was already extremely tense and stretched thin.
"Come! Come and kill me!"
He roared.
No one dared to approach him.
Since you're courting death, I won't hold back either!
Qi Chen snorted, killing intent flickering in his eyes as he launched another Shadow Ambush.
His figure blended perfectly with the environment around him. Chen Ergou only saw a shadow pass by his eyes.
His gaze started to move down uncontrollably and spun one round.
Finally, he saw a familiar headless corpse.
Oh… it's my own body.
This was Chen Ergou's last thought.