Chapter 263 - Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Greed

Chapter 263: Chapter 263: Greed

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Ma Jiang and his two companions wanted to hunt down Song Jian. They originally thought that if they didn’t kill Song Jian with one shot, he would definitely run away. But what they didn’t expect was that Song Jian now wanted to kill them even more!

Chu Ping, like a shadow, kept leaping and running on the dimly lit street, his speed extremely fast. He was afraid of repeating the previous experience when they tried to surround and kill Dr. Ebsiting, only to let him escape.

Song Jian’s running speed was also extremely fast. In his mind, snipers always missed their shots, then disappeared miles away. If he arrived later, he might not even see the opponent’s back.

And just like that, on a road more than four meters wide, the two unexpectedly collided head-on.

Chu Ping looked at Song Jian’s name, red as blood, which was a distinctive feature of those hunted by the 101 Gathering Area. Only in the eyes of the hunters who took the bounty mission, Song Jian’s name would appear as blood-red as it was.

Correspondingly, in Song Jian’s eyes, the “101 Gathering Area Hunter” above Chu Ping’s head appeared bloody and scarlet, which was a unique characteristic of a hunter’s name in the eyes of the hunted.

Seeing Song Jian, Chu Ping’s lips revealed a mocking smile. He did not expect the other party to not escape but instead boldly appear before his eyes.

“Is he going to counter-kill us?” such a thought flashed through Chu Ping’s mind, and he couldn’t help but laugh at the wanted person who didn’t know his limits.

“When did the 101 Gathering Area’s hunters become so unthreatening?” Chu Ping looked at Song Jian rushing towards him, smiled faintly, and his figure slowly disappeared.

Stealth! One of the core inheritance skills of the thieves profession. Chu Ping had even chosen the profession’s branch, the Assassin occupation. This occupation weakened the stealing ability while enhancing the combat and assassination skills. He was confident in killing targets of the same level or even higher than him.

After entering stealth, Chu Ping did not directly rush towards Song Jian but turned into a side alley. He knew that Song Jian, seeing his stealth, would definitely use a wide-ranging group attack skill to strike the place where he disappeared and estimate his approximate location based on his movement speed after entering stealth.

Under normal circumstances, the movement speed after stealth would decrease significantly. If the stealth skill was only at level 1, the movement speed would decrease by 60%, and the decrease would be less with higher levels.

Chu Ping’s stealth level was not high, only level 3, with a 52% decrease in movement speed. But he had acquired a silver-quality thief skill book, Enhanced Stealth, which increased the stealth movement speed by 15% for 10 seconds. In other words, at this moment, Chu Ping’s stealth speed only decreased by 37%, which was equivalent to the effect of level 7 or even 8 stealth skills.

However, what surprised Chu Ping was that Song Jian did not immediately release a wide-ranging attack skill when he disappeared. Instead, he stopped, looking forward with a cold smile.

A bad thought suddenly rose in Chu Ping’s heart: “Does this guy have any skills or items that can see through invisibility?”

Thinking of this, Chu Ping, who originally planned to attack Song Jian from behind, immediately suppressed his impulse to kill and slowly retreated into the dark alley.

Sure enough, a faint vertical crease appeared on Song Jian’s forehead, emitting a silver light, and a vertical pupil slowly opened its eyes, looking forward.

Chu Ping was startled, and the chill struck his back. He was lucky to be cautious. Otherwise, his figure would have been exposed by now. As an assassin, exposing oneself before a fight, unless the enemy was significantly weaker, the smartest choice was to run immediately.

“Is this a superpower, magic, or genetic mutation?” Chu Ping wondered silently. Song Jian’s equipment and weapons had their aura hidden, looking no different from an ordinary close-combat profession.

But at the moment when the vertical pupil opened, Song Jian’s importance in Chu Ping’s mind had instantly risen several levels. As ordinary fighters didn’t have such means.

Song Jian looked around, his brows slightly wrinkled. He still couldn’t find any trace of the enemy. From the moment the enemy went invisible to when his vertical pupil opened, it only took a few seconds. How far could he have run in such a short time?

Song Jian, with his vertical pupil open, slowly searched the surroundings. The vertical pupil was an external attachment. From the moment it was implanted, it became a part of his body. As long as he did not release skills, being open did not consume any energy.

Chu Ping looked at Song Jian’s vertical pupil, which emitted a silver glow and remained open while scanning the surroundings. This state lasted for over ten minutes, and he was sweating cold bullets.

Skills, magic, and even wrapped items couldn’t last this long. So it must be something like genetic mutation or a biological warrior’s implant.

However, biological warriors and genetically modified soldiers who strengthened themselves by merging other organisms’ genes always had many side effects, but Chu Ping didn’t notice any obvious side effects on Song Jian!

“Could it be…” Just then, a thought flashed through Chu Ping’s mind, and he suddenly came up with another possibility, his eyes full of surprise and greed. “An external attachment! It must be an external attachment!” Chu Ping’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t help but slowly move towards the entrance of the alley overlooking the deepest part of it.

“An external attachment is equipment that can improve with the host’s strength. It can almost rival a growth-type equipment. It’s incredibly valuable. If I can get it, even without this bounty reward, that’s an external attachment!” For a moment, Chu Ping’s palms were sweating and anxious.

At this time, two figures appeared across the street. Ma Jiang and Qi Yun finally arrived and saw Song Jian standing alone on the street, looking a little confused.

“Where did Chu Ping run off to?” Ma Jiang muttered to himself.

“Perhaps he hid. Look at the kid’s forehead; it should be some kind of ability to see through invisibility!” Qi Yun stared at Song Jian and commented.

The two of them had just arrived and hadn’t linked the external attachment with Song Jian. After all, casually hunting a wanted person and encountering an external attachment sounded too good to be true. And if they were really hunting a wanted person with an external attachment, it wouldn’t be their turn as a small team.

“Go, kill him!” Ma Jiang said, drew a long knife, and rushed towards Song Jian.

Qi Yun also climbed towards the high ground nearby. He had to choose a distance where his healing skills wouldn’t exceed the range and not be too close to be easily attacked. The only one in the team who could provide long-range support was him.

Seeing Ma Jiang rushing towards him, Song Jian abandoned the search for Chu Ping, tightly gripped his long sword, and slashed at Ma Jiang. The dark red blade flickered with a strange silver sword glow, and the invisible Sword Qi inside Song Jian surged, revealing a murderous intent in his eyes.

“Sword Silk, Slash!” With a fierce shout, Song Jian’s long sword collided with Ma Jiang’s long knife, creating a loud noise!