Doomsday Roulette

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Seeing Ye Zhongming lying in ambush beside him, Jie Kui swallowed the words "Can it really work?"

When they killed the aspis beast, Ye Zhongming's vision and strength had already been proven; asking again seemed pointless.

However, Jie Kui still felt uncertain. After all, what they were facing this time was... even more dangerous life forms.

What Ye Zhongming retrieved from the aspis beast's belly was a structure that only occurs during the lactation period of the female beast, known as the Gestation Ring among the All Races of the Universe.

The King of Cloud Summit was not clear whether this so-called lactation period of the parasite beasts was the same as the classification methods on Earth, but he didn’t care much about that. He only knew from the records of the Star-Eye Clan that the smell emitted by the Gestation Ring had a powerful attraction for certain life forms.

And one of those life forms happened to be within the Foggy Death Rainforest.

This time, they did not have to wait long. The ground began to rumble, and as the vibrations grew closer, Jie Kui's face turned increasingly grim.

Isn't this a bit too many?!

Since they didn't need to act immediately, he turned to look at Ye Zhongming, hoping to catch some sign on his face, even if it was just caution.

But there was nothing. Ye Zhongming looked as calm as if he were merely watching the clouds drift by...

"Thirty-seven."

Ye Zhongming suddenly stated a number.

Jie Kui was stunned for a moment, understanding that Ye Zhongming was referring to the number of monsters charging towards them, causing his whole body to shudder.

How could he not shake?

Their target was a type of mutated life form that was at least eighth level, the spirit fire heavy rhinoceros, a powerful, aggressive life form that preferred to gather in family packs.

The leaders were mostly ninth level, and their mates were usually of the same level. In some powerful families, one or more strong male family members could also be ninth level.

Jie Kui originally thought that a family with two ninth-level spirit fire heavy rhinoceroses and a total of a little over ten would be enough to handle the two of them, but now there were thirty-seven?

By proportion, there must be at least three ninth-level among them, with the rest being eighth level. This... is seeking death, isn’t it?

"Four ninth-level and thirty-three eighth-level."

Ye Zhongming's next words made Jie Kui wish he could die.

"How about we withdraw?"

Jie Kui thought he was making a very constructive suggestion.

But what answered him was the sight of Ye Zhongming charging out.

A long whistling sound alerted the spirit fire heavy rhinoceroses following the scent, and they rushed over with red eyes.

"I'll take out the smaller ones and do guerrilla tactics."

Ye Zhongming's voice drifted back, filling Jie Kui's heart with helplessness.

Bang!

The sudden sound startled Jie Kui, realizing it was a trap set by Ye Zhongming that had been triggered. An incoming spirit fire heavy rhinoceros lost its balance and flipped over. When Jie Kui turned his gaze, he saw a substantial black shadow suddenly appear, and a dagger plunged into the eye of the overturned creature.

A spurt of blood erupted, accompanied by a shrill scream.

Jie Kui did not look back to see what happened next or if the spirit fire heavy rhinoceros was dead; instead, he quickly maneuvered to another side, hiding in a location previously designated by Ye Zhongming.

To be honest, he didn’t understand why it was here, nor did he know how hiding here was easier to achieve victory than charging out to fight together.

In fact, Jie Kui overlooked one thing: that trap had tripped an eighth-level life form that was charging...

The black shadow was attacked by other spirit fire heavy rhinoceroses, and having completed its task, it exploded instantly, releasing black mist that carried toxins and mental shocks.

Ye Zhongming appeared, skimming past the side of the black mist, leaving behind a scene of blood and a downed spirit fire heavy rhinoceros, before disappearing back into the rainforest.