Meng Chao's pupils shrank to the size of two needles.
Then, they instantly returned to normal.
He did not slow down. Instead, as if nothing had happened, he continued staggering toward Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang.
But his brain cells let out screeches as they worked at high speed.
'Is this a coincidence?'
Meng Chao thought nervously. 'Did Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang run out of the ruins and run to this place?'
No, it wasn't a coincidence.
Gao Yang wore a cloak made of a very unique material. It seemed to have optical camouflage and mimicry functions that allowed it to change according to the environment.
When he hid in the corner, the cloak also became a mass of darkness.
Besides, he minimized his heartbeat, breathing, and vitality magnetic field, so the fleeing villagers ignored him.
Even Meng Chao did not notice his existence in the beginning.
Such a high-grade optical camouflage cloak had to have an intricate internal structure. It was impossible for it to withstand the damage from high temperature, high pressure, and shockwaves.
Hence, Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang was not affected by the explosion.
He did not run to this place, but intentionally waited there!
Meng Chao thought about it carefully, but it made sense.
Although Ghost Eagle Song Yu was also a notorious wanted criminal, the most brutal crime he had committed was the murder of some innocent citizens who were walking at night.
He was a person with a high cultivation realm, but not enough fighting experience, and a relatively weak will. He was the classic example of someone who could not accomplish anything but ruin things. It was impossible for the Vortex to treat him as a trusted subordinate.
Using him as bait to lure the hunting squad was the same as making use of trash.
But Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang was different.
He was an elite who had slaughtered his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Even if they did not care about whether he stood on the path of righteousness or evil, his experience, cultivation realm, willpower, and fighting strength were all top-notch.
Besides, he was a hunter. After he went through spirit energy deviation, he escaped dozens of encirclements from other hunters. During that period of time, he even counterattacked and killed quite a number of hunters.
It could be said that he knew the situation in the hunter circle as well as the strengths and weaknesses of veteran hunters.
The Vortex would definitely not be willing to use him as bait.
In fact, the plan to use the fake Deification Capsule pharmacy, robbers, and wanted criminals as bait to gather the hunting squad and kill them might have been made by the Vortex and Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang together.
Even Ghost Eagle Song Yu and Tsunami Wan Zhuiyun were kept in the dark.
Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang must have known the truth, and at the moment the super crystal bomb was about to explode, he had already retreated to the largest area that the explosion could destroy.
So, since he had safely escaped, why did he come back?
Meng Chao gulped under the cloak.
He was here to finish them off.
The Vortex naturally knew that it was impossible for the explosion of one super crystal bomb to kill all thirty-three Heaven Realm elites.
However, many of them must have been heavily wounded by the explosions, and they couldn't move under the tens of thousands of tons of debris.
And practically everyone was affected by the impact wave and the spirit energy tsunami. They temporarily lost their fighting strength, or at the very least, their fighting strength and cultivation realm plummeted.
This was the weakest moment for the hunting squad.
It was also the moment when the prey and the hunter switched positions.
If the veteran hunter, who was heavily injured, drained of spirit energy, and whose qi realm had plummeted, was found by the unscathed Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang, he would definitely die.
This fellow's sense of smell was also very sharp.
He deduced that some of the veteran hunters might not run up but choose to crawl underground.
Hence, he deliberately hid here and waited for them to walk into his trap one by one.
Now, the problem was, did Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang notice him?
Meng Chao quickly recalled everything he did after he appeared in Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang's sight.
He knew that his breathing, heartbeat, and vitality magnetic field were all restrained to the point that he was no different from a normal Leprosy Village villager.
Then, he used the cloak to cover his entire body. His face was so swollen that even his parents would not be able to recognize him.
Even if the outline of Bloody Soul could be seen under the cloak, weapons were just daily necessities in a place as dangerous as Dragon City.
Forget about cold weapons, it would not be strange if he carried a rocket launcher with him.
The only thing that could possibly expose him was his hands under the cloak when he crouched down to pick up the can of synthetic food.
Meng Chao was a veteran harvester, so he had to rely on his hands to bring out 70% of his skills. Usually, he used a lot of monster blood and fat to maintain his hands. He also used spirit energy to nourish them day and night through the spirit meridians around his fingers.
His hands were naturally different from the villagers' hands, which had become incredibly rough because of life.
But it only took him an instant to pick up the can.
Besides, when he was digging through the ruins just now, his hands were also covered in mud, dust, and blood.
Did Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang really see through him?
Or was he just scaring himself?
Meng Chao was conflicted.
But he did not slow down. He blended into the fleeing villagers and slowly headed to the corner of the corridor.
He was only five meters away from Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang.
Right then, he had two choices.
First, he could hope that Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang did not notice him and walk past him as if nothing had happened.
Second, he could fight.
Not too long ago, they had fought against each other, and Meng Chao had even gained a slight upper hand. With his own strength, he had reduced Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang, Ghost Eagle Song Yu, and Tsunami Wan Zhuiyun, who were three peerless villains.
But Meng Chao knew very well that he was not strong enough to fight against all three of them.
The key was that at that time, he had the initiative. There were thirty-two Heaven Realm superhumans behind him, and they could surround him at any moment. He did not really need to kill the three criminals. All he needed to do was hold them back, so he could naturally choose his strategy with ease.
Now, he was the one who was alone and helpless.
Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang might receive the Vortex's reinforcements at any moment.
When he went through spirit energy deviation and became a lost person, he was a five-star superhuman.
Even if his cultivation realm had not improved over the years, he had been able to break out of the hunters' encirclement time and time again, which meant that his experience in hunting and counter-hunting was definitely great.
Now, he had become the Vortex's puppet, so he would definitely be able to obtain more benefits from the monster civilization.
Based on his overall evaluation, his fighting strength was at least at Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong's level.
Meng Chao's fighting strength on paper should not be his opponent.
But he had a trump card that could turn the tables.
Even in his wildest dreams, this fellow would never have imagined that he would recover so quickly.
Even if Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang recognized him, he should have been heavily injured and drained of spirit energy. His fighting strength should have been greatly reduced, right?
If he could use this trump card reasonably, he might be able to miraculously turn the tables against this peerless criminal and cut down one of the Vortex's most important right-hand men in the lair!
Four more steps.
Three more steps.
Meng Chao's mind raced, and he instantly extinguished his weak hope of getting lucky.
He would definitely not let anyone else decide his fate.
Even if he wanted to take a gamble, he would personally throw the dice.
Even if Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang really did not notice him, he did not intend to let go of this peerless criminal whose hands were stained with the blood of innocents, who had joined the monster civilization, and who was helping the wicked!
There were only two steps left between them.
Meng Chao intentionally increased his breathing and heartbeat a little to pretend that he had discovered Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang's existence and that he had revealed a flaw in his disguise in his panic.
He also used Walking Corpse to control his body temperature and vitality magnetic field so that he could pretend that he was drained of spirit energy and lost a lot of blood.
He believed that Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang would definitely hear his chaotic breathing and rapid heartbeat and notice that there was something wrong with him.
He also believed that Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang wanted to pretend to be a Leprosy Village villager and slip away from him.
And Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang would definitely beat him at his own game and attack him the moment he passed by him.
All of Meng Chao's muscles, bones, nerve endings, and even cells were prepared.
As long as Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang attacked …
Meng Chao was absolutely confident that he could cut off his claws with one slash!
Two steps.
One step.
The two of them passed by each other.
Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang did not attack. He continued curling up in a dark corner like a silent shadow.
He even shifted his gaze away from Meng Chao and looked at the next Leprosy Village villager.
It was as if he was not interested in Meng Chao at all.
"…"
Meng Chao's face was filled with question marks.
'Could it be that this guy didn't hear my intentionally breathing and heartbeat?'
The fact that Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang ignored him was against his expectations.
Meng Chao was caught off guard for a period of time. He lost the best angle and distance to attack, so he could only blend into the Leprosy Village villagers and continue moving forward.
He walked past the end of the corridor more than ten meters away.
It was another corridor that led downward.
He still did not hear Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang's footsteps, breathing, heartbeat, or spirit energy fluctuations chasing after him.
Meng Chao sighed in relief.
Even though he did not manage to ambush Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang, he was not discovered either. This was a situation that was neither good nor bad, and he could somewhat accept it.
But wait!
Meng Chao suddenly remembered something that made his skin crawl, and he felt like his skin was about to explode.
It was impossible for Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang not to notice him.
Even if Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang did not hear his intentionally leaking breathing and heartbeat.
But when Meng Chao forced his way out of the ruins, he had dozens of cuts and lacerations on his body.
Even though they were all superficial wounds, he had bled a lot, which was why there was a thick stench of blood around him.
Gao Yang was a Heaven Realm superhuman and an experienced ace hunter. These two identities made it impossible for him not to smell the stench of blood on Meng Chao.
But there was a problem. The underground area was not directly affected by the explosion. Even if the Leprosy Village villagers were injured, they suffered from internal injuries and concussions.
A person covered in wounds and blood had appeared here out of the blue. Could it be that Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang's wariness was so bad that he did not even bother to ask about it?
Meng Chao's pupils shrank to their limits.
A piercing scream came from the depths of his mind.
His vertebrae let out a series of crackling sounds, causing his head to jerk backwards.
Whoosh!
A sharp blade that was as thin as a shadow shot out of the wall in front of him without any sign and stabbed the spot where his head had been 0.01 seconds ago.
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