Doomsday Roulette

The woman let out a small sound and revealed a faint smile, then lowered her head, silently pinching the corner of her shabby gray leather armor.

In the wind and rain, her body trembled slightly, unsure whether it was from the cold or from fear.

"Actually, if I don’t show up, you could get rid of this person, even kill him, right?" Ye Zhongming stared at the woman for a few seconds before suddenly speaking.

The woman immediately raised her head, a look of confusion on her face, and finally spoke. "Y-you, what did you say?" She glanced at the corpse not far away and whispered, "I’m not his opponent; I don't dare to fight anyone. I... I can't do anything."

Ye Zhongming stepped forward, slowly approaching the woman, his gaze never leaving her eyes.

When the two were almost face to face, Ye Zhongming spoke again, “There’s a broken spot on your left sleeve where a bullhead needle launcher is hidden, and the needle is coated with deadly poison. If that guy’s battle beast hadn’t discovered me, you might have already attacked me.”

After Ye Zhongming finished speaking, the woman’s left hand instinctively moved.

“The thick rope belt at your waist isn’t ordinary; it’s at least a piece of golden equipment. This one is worth more than all the gear on that dead man.”

The woman took a step back, the softness and confusion on her face slowly fading away.

“You possess the Medusa Bloodline, and you are even an intermediate profession practitioner, because you not only have the ability of snake hair but have also learned the petrifying gaze.”

“Who are you?!”

The woman’s voice sounded like a dividing line, transforming her completely. Before, it seemed the whole world could bully her, she wouldn’t fight back or even curse, but now, her long hair had turned into strands of little black snakes, flicking their crimson tongues. A layer of gray veiled her eyes, like a ghost, her entire body surrounded by black smoke, clinging closely to her.

“Not pretending anymore?” Ye Zhongming sneered, “Oh, and the most important point, you’re not a six-star evolver, but a seven-star!”

The words of the King of Cloud Summit struck the woman like a heavy hammer, causing her to lose all calm and teeter on the edge of striking.

“Don’t force me to kill you!” Black, sharp claws started to protrude from the woman’s hands, sliding away from the raindrops in an instant.

“You escaped from the zero commerce association.”

This single sentence provoked the woman into an attack. Ye Zhongming first felt his body sink, followed by countless black little snakes rushing towards him, among them glimmered dim cold light, presumably the woman’s sharp claws.

The ability of the Medusa Bloodline—petrification and snake hair strike; the skills of the ghostly profession—shadow wind claw.

First, it slowed the target’s agility, then launched a vicious attack laced with poison. This woman was no longer a pitiful figure; she was clearly a highly skilled cold-blooded killer.

If it were someone of the same level, like Meng Veterinarian who had just been killed by Ye Zhongming, it would have been tough to defend against this sudden attack, not to mention the notorious weapon in the apocalypse, the bullhead needle launcher.

Unfortunately, she was up against Ye Zhongming.

The effect of petrification on Ye Zhongming lasted barely an instant before vanishing. At that moment, the woman’s snake hair attack and shadow wind claw had just been unleashed, but when these attacks were supposed to land, she found that her target had disappeared.

The cold tip of the Revenant Sand Moon Blade pressed against her back, causing her previously strong aura to weaken.

“Too slow!”

Ye Zhongming’s simple two words evaluated the exchange that had just happened.

He had come to the northwest this time to search for the pavilion of quality and the zero commerce association.

He knew the location of the pavilion of quality, but not to mention it was situated on an island in a lake, making it difficult for outsiders to enter. Even considering the relationship between Cloud Summit, the divine hall, and the zero commerce association, Ye Zhongming wouldn’t waste so many monsters on that Wens surname.