The sky was filled with whips, lashing down and covering a vast area, with the center point being Heaven Bing’s location.
The sound of so many whips striking a single target was in unison.
Then, the whips all lifted again, like a blooming flower, and the next second, they came crashing down again.
After the whip’s cracking, everything fell silent.
Heaven Bing knelt motionless on the ground.
Faced with an unavoidable attack, he could only kneel, curl up, and use his back, which carried the strang cannon, to endure the countless lashes.
This way, his defense would be slightly higher.
Heaven Bing had no other solutions. Not everyone was like the people of Cloud Peak, with their space equipment filled with valuable items. Most evolved, while ensuring their evolution level was high enough, considered it a success just to have a complete set of equipment.
The butterfly wings reappeared behind Liang Chuyin, and the whip returned to a single strand, which she held firmly in her hand.
At this moment, Heaven Bing’s mechanized armor was severely damaged, almost destroyed.
His limbs were sprawled, and he remained unresponsive even as Liang Chuyin wrapped him up, exposing all his vital points.
The tip of the whip lightly tapped, and the helmet fell off, revealing Heaven Bing’s blood-covered face.
His neck was twisted, and his breathing had stopped. This eight-star evolved had not survived the attack and was already dead.
The whip moved again, piercing through the cracks in the armor and into Heaven Bing’s heart. After passing through, it turned and pierced into his throat.
Liang Chuyin would not give him a chance to counterattack.
After killing her opponent, Liang Chuyin lowered her guard, breathing heavily.
The Moon Saint Armor was indeed a good item. Its abilities were all very powerful. With six set pieces, each with four skills and three additional set stats when combined, it was a formidable set.
But as good as it was, the armor came at the cost of mental energy. With Liang Chuyin’s current mental energy level, she could only use it for a short time.
Fortunately, Heaven Bing wasn’t a particularly strong eight-star evolved. His attacks were one-dimensional, relying entirely on his mechanized armor for ranged attacks. This type of evolved was better suited to linger at the edges of the battlefield, providing firepower support for teammates rather than engaging in solo fights.
Today, he had chosen to face Liang Chuyin head-on, underestimating her. He thought that even as a ranged evolved, he could rely on his level advantage to kill this core member of Cloud Peak.
His plan was well thought out, but he had encountered Liang Chuyin in her current state, equipped with a full set of gold-grade equipment. Thus, his death was not surprising.
After storing the nearly destroyed armor in her space equipment, Liang Chuyin took another mental energy recovery potion and began considering whether to return to Cloud Peak immediately or continue to rendezvous with her team.
Both options were dangerous.
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While Liang Chuyin was killing Heaven Bing, Ye Zhongming had also locked onto the person who had received the signal and was rushing to provide reinforcements.
The man stopped on a pile of ruins at a certain moment, halting his previous rapid movement.
When Ye Zhongming appeared, the man showed no sign of surprise.
“Heaven Yi?”
Ye Zhongming looked at the man about thirty meters away, tilting his head as he asked.
The man frowned, not answering immediately. Instead, he stared at Ye Zhongming for a long time before slowly saying, “Ye Zhongming.”
“It’s me.”
“It seems our operation has failed.”
Seeing Ye Zhongming, Heaven Yi guessed many things.
They had been assassins before the apocalypse. Although the organization had only a dozen members at the time, these lawless individuals who lived by the blade were more adapted to this world than ordinary people.
They evolved quickly, using gory and brutal methods to plunder resources from others. Since they had no fixed base, no development concept, and barely any humanity, these people took anything they could find.
By now, the dozens of members in the organization had likely taken more human lives than some large factions with tens of thousands of members.
As Earth Jia had said, they had even robbed super factions like the Glory Army and Resistance Zone. Since they left no survivors and operated in the shadows, with the help of their space mage, they came and went like ghosts. Even now, many of the large factions they had robbed might not know who was behind it.
This time, someone had approached them, offering an astronomical sum in exchange for targeting Cloud Peak. Faced with such wealth, the Heavenly Stems and Earth Branches were tempted. Since the targets didn’t include top-tier experts like Ye Zhongming, Xia Bai, or Red Hair, they had fewer concerns and agreed to take the job.
The timing was also perfect, with Cloud Peak’s surroundings in chaos.
They would make a few big deals, kill a few core members of Cloud Peak, and then vanish as they always did, with no one knowing it was them.
But now, the King of Cloud Peak had appeared before him, blocking his path to reinforcements. This meant that their operation had been exposed.
What followed was simple: either compromise or fight to the death.
Heaven Yi chose the first option.
“The compensation for this job is yours. Those you killed deserved it. I’ll leave.”
Ye Zhongming inwardly praised the man—truly, an assassin with no humanity. Once the operation was exposed, he immediately sought to escape without attempting to rescue his comrades or kill Ye Zhongming.
Such people could be called selfish and cold-blooded, but undoubtedly, they were more suited to the apocalypse.
“That depends on what the reward is.” Ye Zhongming took a step forward, his aura suddenly intensifying as he locked onto Heaven Yi
“A gold-grade equipment and a seven-star evolution potion.”
Ye Zhongming sneered.
“That’s not enough to buy your life.”
Heaven Yi frowned.
“Plus ten level eight demon crystals. This is my personal apology on behalf of the Heavenly Stems and Earth Branches.”
Ye Zhongming shook his head. “First, it’s not enough to move me. Second, no one can attack Cloud Peak and then settle it with money. Third, I really want to kill someone like you.”
In his naturally lowered hand, Wind and Lightning appeared.
Heaven Yi leaned back slightly, narrowing his eyes. “Mr. Ye, I respect you as the King of Cloud Peak and have made the biggest concession. If you continue to press, it will be a fight to the death. Your organization is here while we are scattered to the ends of the earth. You will never sleep well again if you reject my peace offer.”
Ye Zhongming laughed, charging forward with his giant blade, using his attack to answer Heaven Yi’s threat.
Cloud Peak feared no threats.
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