The Invincible Supreme Medical God
Chapter 413 - 282 Start Killing_2

Chapter 413: Chapter 282 Start Killing_2

"I’ll take that guy," Wang Julong pointed at the man behind him. This individual was clearly an expert with an affinity for the wood element.

"The guy without a hand," Sha Yun gestured toward the man. Although the man was now holding one hand, he clutched it with the other, his face displaying an obvious look of terror. As for why he was chosen as one of the contestants, Hui Yue couldn’t fathom. After all, the man had been thoroughly defeated both physically and mentally. Staying here was akin to a death sentence.

With a deep sigh, Xie Lan understood what Hui Yue and the others were going for, though she found it slightly childish. Soon enough, she joined in. "The one on the left is mine," she muttered with a hint of exhaustion, refusing to point at the girl who looked visibly confused.

It wasn’t just her confusion. When their voices echoed, the entire audience was startled, and the opposing team couldn’t figure out why their members were being singled out. Only a handful of mercenaries in the arena grasped the purpose behind this, their faces showing amused smiles. These unfamiliar figures undoubtedly stood apart from anything they had ever seen before.

"So, my dear invisible friends," Hui Yue stood beside Xie Lan and asked, "does your master prefer dead opponents, or ones who are still breathing?"

Calling out Xie Lan’s name in the middle of a crowded stage was foolish, as was calling out Xu Biao’s name. Thus, Hui Yue decided to improvise slightly. Hearing his question, Xie Lan’s eyes glinted with gratitude as she responded, "While we prefer them alive, sometimes it’s not possible. Keep them alive unless you can’t win. Otherwise..."

Hui Yue nodded. Killing an opponent was never difficult. All it required was determination and swift action.

Defeating an opponent while keeping them alive, however, was much harder. It demanded strict control over their energy, releasing just enough to ensure victory but not enough to cause serious harm. Moreover, the opponents clearly didn’t care about Hui Yue and his team, launching their fieriest attacks right away.

The arena was filled with chaos as gusts of wind surged, hearts pounding irregularly. Everyone was caught in a collective frenzy of excitement, eager to witness how this seemingly frail group of cultivators cloaked in black would fight.

Although most of the audience, save for a few mercenaries, paid no attention to the black-cloaked team’s act of calling out their opponents, most had completely overlooked it, failing to grasp the significance behind the gesture.

However, some mercenaries had a crystal-clear understanding of what this peculiar behavior implied, as did the masters.

The upcoming fight was a group battle. And while most of the mercenaries who understood the dynamics felt unimpressed by the black-cloaked group, the host couldn’t help but smile awkwardly as he remarked aloud.

"Let the battle begin!" the host declared in his usual tone, promptly retreating to a vantage point offstage, his gaze keenly tracking every move.

The opposing team didn’t launch their attacks on Hui Yue and the others right away. Instead, they began their chants, summoning elemental flames which manifested as faint hues of varying colors around their bodies, thus forming spiritual energy shields.

As Hui Yue observed Wang Julong, a faint smile appeared on his face. He noticed Wang Julong standing there, seemingly unfocused, yet beside her, an enormous poppy flower had already dug its vines into the stage, creeping toward the individual Wang Julong had initially singled out.

Sha Yun targeted her opponent, her entire tail gradually coming into view for both the audience and adversaries. A collective gasp ran through the crowd as astonishment gripped them. There was no doubt this was a Demon Beast concealed beneath the cloak. Could they all be highly intelligent Demons?

Deng Wu was also busy. Various inscriptions adorned his hands. Because their aim wasn’t to kill, Deng Wu didn’t utilize soul shadows. Instead, he relied on various attacks stored in inscriptions, releasing them one by one, preparing them for immediate use.

Hui Yue remained calm, refraining from using any abilities, opting instead to summon black blood from his Memory Stone after careful deliberation. This marked the first move exhibited by the black-cloaked group before the audience. freēNovelFire.com

Hui Yue drew a dagger, and vines from the stage surged forward, subduing the man Wang Julong had pointed to earlier. Poison seeped from the thorns, rendering the opponent incapable of continuing the fight. With the expert of the Wood element taken out, the opposing team’s situation instantly improved for Hui Yue’s group.

Once Wang Julong’s massive poppy flower eliminated her target, she let out a hum upon spotting Deng Wu. Though her face was hidden in the shadow of the cloak, her posture required little guesswork—she was obviously smirking, immensely pleased with being the first to finish her target.

After completing her task, Wang Julong gracefully sat on the stage, allowing her flower to blossom while she watched the rest of the battle unfold beside her.

The opposing team, driven by fury, gritted their teeth and lunged at Hui Yue, their bloodshot eyes burning after witnessing one of their teammates handled so easily.

Even in their rage, they remained tournament seeds. Sha Yun’s tail lashed out like a whip, relentlessly attacking her designated target. Whenever he failed to dodge swiftly, crimson streaks would appear on his skin, showing Hui Yue just how lenient she was.

This team lacked exceptional individual strength on their roster. Their high rankings stemmed solely from earning silver badges through arduous missions one after another. Their accomplishments stood in stark contrast to Hui Yue’s group, whose badges were unrelated to such efforts. Hui Yue stayed motionless until the leader of the opposing team almost reached them. Then, he activated Velocity Flow—a skill from advanced martial arts accessible even to cultivators with lower-ranked Dantians.

As Hui Yue activated Velocity Flow, a faint aura emerged from his body, no longer concealed by the cloak. However, the exposed aura merely matched that of a practitioner-ranked expert.

With Velocity Flow activated, Hui Yue’s movements possessed such experience and finesse that only the meticulously trained eyes of arena veterans could discern them. Hui Yue ultimately appeared behind the opposition’s leader, his dagger laced with black blood pressing gently against the man’s throat, drawing a single drop of blood. The middle-aged man halted in his tracks, paralyzed with fear, scarcely daring to move a muscle.

"Surrender," Hui Yue said coldly. An internal struggle raged within him. His body screamed for him to press the blade against the vulnerable flesh, while his mind urged restraint. Kill intent surged forth from Hui Yue.

Although the young man with white hair managed to suppress his bloodlust, he couldn’t entirely control the red fog emanating from his body, spreading across the stage and subtly drifting toward the audience.

The mercenaries present immediately recognized this killing intent as something entirely different from anything they had ever experienced. Even the host was deeply shocked. Such intense kill intent could only be forged after a lifetime of slaughter. However, no matter how he tried to rationalize it, the voice of the individual who earlier singled out their targets had clearly sounded young. For someone so young to exude kill intent of this magnitude was inconceivable.

The audience members trembled with fear but also wore expressions of exhilaration, seemingly unaware of how tightly they held their breaths. The mercenaries responded with smiles. Some grins teetered on the edge of madness, their sanity strained, while others radiated excitement, eager to confront this level of killing intent.

Hui Yue’s opponents abruptly stopped attacking. None of them wished to see their leader die. One after another, they stepped off the stage, refusing to continue the fight.

Holding their leader hostage, Hui Yue felt the overwhelming presence of kill intent gradually taking over his body. Using his final shred of rationality, he unleashed a tranquil cloud, spreading it throughout his form. Slowly, he retracted the red fog, forcing it back into the Qi Cave.

As the killing intent was engulfed once again, everyone in the audience suddenly felt the air grow lighter, their breathing no longer labored.

A few experienced dizziness, while others displayed varying degrees of nausea. Meanwhile, the mercenaries in the arena started discreetly discussing among themselves, debating whether they could manage to face such a formidable opponent.

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