Ding~
The triangular-shaped moving "fortress" had just passed over the fat man's corpse. It hadn't moved very far into the room when it seemingly triggered another trap. Once again, a sharp arrow shot out from the wall-mounted wardrobe, hitting the metal surface of the fortress with a piercing clang!
"This guy is so alert! How many traps did he set?!"
The leader at the center of the triangular fortress's expression darkened further.
Without the protection of the outer shell, he and his subordinates would probably have been killed by various traps without even seeing their opponent.
But the more it was like this, the more he couldn't leave this guy alive!
He didn't want his own territory to be littered with traps set by others.
It would give him the feeling of being prey to someone else.
That was absolutely unacceptable!!
As they entered the living room with utmost caution, they saw the remains of the giant beetles and the ghost-faced spider still twitching slightly.
It could be roughly inferred that the person who set the traps must have been fighting the recently killed ghost-faced spider, unintentionally creating the noise, rather than deliberately luring them here.
However, apart from the signs of battle, there were no other signs of people around.
"What's going on? Could he be invisible?"
The leader remained vigilant, lightly touching the trigger of his homemade crossbow. As soon as he spotted the target, the arrowhead would be aimed directly at the enemy's forehead without hesitation.
In this world, there was no room for negotiation—either you die, or I die.
"Boss, look! The window is still swaying slightly. Could the guy have escaped through the window?!"
At this moment, the tall, thin man noticed the rusted glass window in the living room was gently swaying in a rhythmic motion, with the range of movement gradually decreasing.
It was a windless night, so it couldn't be the wind causing it. A closer look through the crimson moonlight revealed a clear palm print on the dust-covered glass.
From a height of three floors, jumping down with the right posture wouldn't result in death, but it would definitely cause leg injuries or even fractures.
However, in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, a fracture that prevents movement is not far from death.
"Damn it, he must not escape!"
The leader pushed aside the partition in front of him and prepared to move to the window to check the situation.
But after taking a few steps, he recalled the various traps set by the opponent and instinctively slowed his pace.
However, several subordinates behind him were not as cautious. To show off in front of the boss, the short man bypassed the leader and hurried to the window to check.
As soon as he poked his head out of the window, he saw no figures on the ruined street below.
"Uh..."
Just as the short man instinctively looked down, he saw a horrifying sight, his mouth wide open as if about to scream!
Swish!
Suddenly!
A sharp, slightly serrated bone knife blade pierced through his open jaw from below, thrusting into his palate and skull, closing his mouth once again!
Xia Leng gripped the edge of the window ledge with his left hand, suspending his entire body at a height of three floors.
His other hand held a bone dagger high, making the short man "close his mouth."
Warm blood dripped from the horrifying wound on the opponent's jaw onto Xia Leng's cold, resolute face. After dealing with this one, there were still three left!
If he jumped from here and injured his legs, he would become a live target for the crossbow on the leader's waist!
The others saw the short man poke his head out of the window but remain motionless, with a creaking sound coming from his throat, as if something was blocking his mouth.
"Hey, what did you see?? Why aren't you saying anything?"
When an ugly hunchbacked man saw this and was about to approach, suddenly he heard a creaking sound of bones sliding!
The short man's entire body was pulled out of the window by an external force and fell!
Two seconds later, there was a heavy thud of a body hitting the ground!
At this moment, the tall, thin man also saw four fingers gripping the window ledge.
"That guy hasn't left! He's still hanging on the window ledge!!"
As soon as the words were out, the four fingers also disappeared, followed by a dull sound.
Xia Leng let go and jumped down, landing on the body of the short man who had fallen first. This significantly increased the cushioning effect, and apart from a slight pain in his ankle, he wasn't seriously injured.
"Boss, let me handle him!! Let's avenge our two brothers!"
The hunchbacked ugly man also took out a crude crossbow from his waist. Among this hunting team, his eyesight and shooting skills were quite good.
However, when approaching the window, he took extra precautions by placing a board horizontally in front of him to prevent the opponent from having a long-range weapon like a crossbow, aiming at the position and waiting for himself to reveal.
But there was none. Looking closer at the window, the black, thin figure below was taking large strides and running away...
"Damn it! I'll see how far you can run!"
The hunchbacked man, feeling mocked, raised his crossbow and instinctively opened the partially closed window, aiming his crude crosshair at Xia Leng, who hadn't run far yet.
As soon as his hand touched the other half of the window frame, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his fingertips. Looking down, he saw his index finger was pricked by some small nails on the wooden window frame, causing blood to bead.
The hunchbacked man didn't care about this small injury. However, as he prepared to lift the crossbow to shoot, he found his hand uncontrollably unable to lift!
Thud~
In less than three seconds, he collapsed to the ground and began convulsing wildly. Before he fell, he saw the inconspicuous sharp nails coated with green liquid—that was the poison from the ghost-faced spider...
...
The leader looked in shock at his third subordinate, whose body had swollen up from the fluid inside, foaming at the mouth and staring with wide eyes, as if suffering immense pain.
But he burst into laughter, his grin terrifyingly fierce!
"Impressive. Taking out three of my useless subordinates in such a short time, I'm almost reluctant to kill him."
The traps and escape methods set by Xia Leng made the leader unconsciously consider bringing this guy under his wing.
"Carry that woman. This time, I'll personally capture him."
The leader instructed the remaining tall, thin man and then walked to the window, seeing the increasingly distant figure.
With a cold snort, he directly jumped out of the three-story window, falling towards the ground!
Boom!
The moment he landed, a thick cloud of dust was kicked up, and the rubble and bricks underfoot were ground into powder, but his legs did not suffer any fall damage!
As Xia Leng was fleeing, he heard a heavy sound behind him and instinctively turned around, immediately stunned by the scene behind him!
The strong leader, holding a steel knife emitting a strange red glow in the crimson moonlight, had a grim smile on his face. He was sprinting after him at a speed of eight meters per second, with dust billowing up in his wake!
"A Baptizer?! There's even a Baptizer in this hellhole?!"