Chapter 246: Reinforcements

Chapter 246: Reinforcements

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Did he go help?

Impossible.

He didn’t know the way Phantom worked. If he recklessly approached Ghost Horse, he would most likely get tied down by the shadows and end up killed too.

Did he run?

That wouldn’t work either.

Xiran had already pulled the dagger out of his mouth—corpses couldn’t be killed again.

He extended both hands toward Gao Yang and opened his mouth, prepared to activate Mute once more.

In the dark steel forest that was the abandoned chemical plant, the ten puppeteered bodies eyed Gao Yang like a prey as hunters hidden between trees.

Crackle.

Crystal-clear ice converged under Gao Yang’s feet, making quiet yet piercing crackling sounds.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

Gao Yang felt currents running wild around him, a sign that air was going to be compressed into translucent air blades, cutting Gao Yang up like a blender.

Above Gao Yang were ravenous crows. They hovered in a dense pack, cutting off one possible escape route.

And on top of a behemoth tower, an archer nocked an arrow, waiting for an opening to shoot through Gao Yang’s head or chest.

His logic told him that he was doomed to die.

“Yiyayiya, yiyayaya, yayaya—”

Then a strange voice rang through the chemical plant.

Two seconds later, the shadow restricting Ghost Horse retracted into the ground, and a black two-dimensional surface fled from Ghost Horse’s shadow, diving into the darkness.

The frost under Gao Yang’s feet stopped spreading as well, and the crows above him scattered like they had woken up from a charm.

Xiran’s Mute failed to activate.

It was all because of the strange scream. It disturbed and disrupted the mind, making one blank out and unable to focus.

Gao Yang was no exception, but relief was rising from the bottom of his heart.

It was Ronnie’s Disorientation!

That meant the fifth team was here!

As expected, Can was the first to show up, and she was standing less than ten meters from him.

Holding onto her with both hands, Ronnie raised his voice and ‘sang’.

Naturally, Can couldn’t endure the disruption of Disorientation, and her Invisibility lost effect.

“I’ll cover you and look for other enemies,” said Lithe Snake.

“Can,” Gao Yang said to the air. “Stay hidden with Ronnie. When it seems like things are getting bad, activate Disorientation to stop the enemies from attacking.”

Can had heard the order, but she stayed quiet to avoid exposing her location.

Swish, swish.

Two arrows came. Gray Bear swatted them away with his thick arm. Then, on all-fours, he charged at the hood of a small working room, on which stood a long-haired woman.

Her backlit figure was petite. The fog around her revealed that she was the one with Talent: Frost. There was a faint web-shaped mark on her pale collarbone.

Gray Bear was big and looked dull, but he was actually faster and more agile than he seemed.

He scaled up onto the hood in no time and lunged at body number 7.

She dodged back as the bear’s arm swung down with tremendous force.

Clang!

The fragile hood collapsed, and Gray Bear and number 4 fell down into the working area below.

...

While Gray Bear rushed out, Nine Frost had been jumping between and through the complicated maze of pipes. Soon, he made it to the spiral staircase of a large tower facility, rushing toward the young man at the top, Xiuyi.

Holding a recurve bow, Xiuyi shot arrows at Nine Frost. Nine Frost dodged swiftly and pressed his back to the tower, unable to advance.

Xiuyi nocked three arrows at once, aiming at the bottom of the spiral staircase, making sure that Nine Frost wouldn’t take another step forward.

...

Gao Yang first burned most of the crows with Fire so that they no longer posed a threat. Then he bolted toward the figure on the reactor.

The body was charred. It looked to be a man based on his physique.

It must be Three Air, former captain of the fifth team.

Strange green light burst out of his eyes. He splayed his right hand at Gao Yang—if it could still be considered a hand.

Gao Yang felt the air around him grew erratic as it compressed quickly. Two seconds later, Three Air balled his five brown half-melted fingers into a fist.

Gao Yang ducked down to dodge the air blade sweeping above his head. It had meant to decapitate Gao Yang.

Following the motion, Gao Yang made a roll forward and curled his legs to make a powerful jump, landing on the reactor and facing down Three Air.

He swung his dagger at Three Air’s chest, where he could faintly make out a web-shaped brand. It embodied the contract that enabled Puppeteer.

Unfortunately, Gao Yang’s dagger was stopped short before it could pierce Three Air’s heart.

Gao Yang saw a rippling translucent current at the tip of his dagger.

It was a gale shield!

Three Air had conjured it to block his attack.

Then a powerful gust of wind hurled Gao Yang off his feet.