In the jungle, after every rain, there would always be new characters that stood out. Perhaps they were just unknown at first, but they would gradually improve and then amaze the world with a single brilliant feat.
The increasingly heavy rain washed away the haze in the air, and the raindrops fell to the ground along with the suspended particles in the air. The blurry scenery gradually became clearer.
The giant lizards seemed to enjoy the rain today. They stayed outside and let the rain wash over them.
On the other side of the forest, Oskulow walked at a steady pace. He did not ride a hoverboard or fly a drone.
Oskulow's strength lay in his perception, which surpassed that of a machine. As long as he wanted to find his prey, he would definitely be able to find it. This was the perception of a top hunter.
Oskulow liked to solve problems in a primitive way.
Gadar had said that Oskulow was a cruel and arrogant person. He would only fiddle with equipment when he was not paying attention. In reality, he trusted himself more. No human or machine could change his mind, even if it was wrong.
Therefore, the leaders of many violent groups that were related to Oskulow were more or less influenced by his habits. For example, Skeleton King and Caragno were like this.
In the rain, Oskulow did not use any mechanical equipment. He wore the hood on his coat and walked in the rain. He felt that the machine was an irritating thing, always chattering beside him, annoying him to no end.
If Silin knew what Oskulow was thinking, he would be amazed at Oskulow's understanding of machine language. However, Oskulow was not a person who listened to others' opinions.
Oskulow put away his longsword. He did not like his blade to be stained with anything other than blood, especially the raindrops that he considered "dirty".
Oskulow did not move quickly, but he was very purposeful. He confirmed a direction and kept walking in that direction. He did not doubt that he would be able to find his prey. The direction that Oskulow was walking in was the lizard nest that Silin was in.
At this moment, Silin, who was hiding in the lizard nest, was focusing on recovering his body. He had already injected himself with the quick-acting medicine that he had prepared beforehand. Moreover, his own recovery rate was astonishing.
The wounds on Silin's body, big and small, had already begun to heal. The smaller and shallower wounds had already begun to scab, and the bigger and deeper wounds were rapidly healing. The muscles that had been severed seemed to be connected by strands of silk. They closed up and then fused into one, returning to their original state.
A few broken meridians also stretched out and connected spontaneously. Blood began to circulate normally again.
The shattered bones healed without a sound, as if they were executing a set of procedures. Every step seemed to have been carefully calculated, and every step was perfect, returning to its original position.
As for breathing, Genya had once said that people would have a specific breathing pattern in different situations. You could determine a person's physical condition just by looking at their breathing.
When the body healed spontaneously, there would be an optimal breathing rhythm. Under this optimal rhythm, the body would be able to recover efficiently with medicine in the shortest time possible. Many people who often experienced life and death situations would not pay attention to the rhythm of their breathing when they were recovering. Instead, they would follow their instincts. Experience and experience had made their bodies accustomed to that rhythm. Silin was one of them.
He did not need to deliberately adjust his breathing rhythm.
With his eyes closed, Silin felt the recovery of every part of his body. He also felt every pore and every hair on his body to reflect the condition of his surroundings.
His heartbeat. There were many heartbeats, and they did not just belong to Silin.
There were many lizard eggs in the lizard's nest, and heartbeats of varying intensity could be heard coming from the eggs. Silin's heartbeat was mixed in, and these lizard eggs provided Silin with the best cover.
As for the lizards outside the cave, the medicine that Silin had shot into their mouths had already seeped into various parts of their bodies. However, the medicine's effects would not be too obvious in a short period of time. As long as the lizards did not have strong emotional fluctuations, the medicine's effects would not immediately show up.
Silin, who was recovering with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and looked in a direction outside the cave.
Not long after, the lizards outside also looked in that direction. They stuck out their forked tongues and stared in that direction with cold eyes. Their animal instincts told them that a troublesome fellow was coming.
The rain in the forest came and went quickly. The light shining through the clouds shone in their direction.
Tender sprouts had sprouted all the way from the forest to the grassland. It seemed to be full of life. A drop of water slid off a tender leaf and created a series of ripples in the puddle on the ground.
A spider-like creature smaller than a sesame seed crawled down from the leaf and dragged a crystalline thread behind it.
Shu, shu, shu.
A person slowly walked out of the shadows of the forest. It was Oskulos.
He did not hide his tracks or the sound of his footsteps. He liked the fear his prey showed when they heard his footsteps.
Oskulos faced the lizards. These ferocious-looking creatures were at most small prey in his eyes. He could kill them with a simple swing of his blade.
"Do you think you can escape from my blade by hiding in the holes of these little worms?" Oskulos chuckled. Although the laughter was very soft and not suppressed, it made people feel as if the sky was filled with blood.
The lizard at the outermost edge crawled toward Oskulos. As it crawled, it stuck out its tongue and swung its tail, turning the grass on the ground into dust.
Oskulos did not dodge when he saw the lizard crawling toward him. Instead, he watched the poor prey's movements with interest.
The lizard moved faster and faster, its sharp claws splashing mud everywhere.
When the lizard opened its mouth to bite Oskulos with its sharp teeth, there was a flash of white light from the metal, and the lizard was split in half. Blood splashed out and mixed with the puddles on the ground that had not yet dried up.
Silin closed his eyes again and focused on healing his wounds. He ignored Oskulos, who was standing not far from the cave.
The hunt had only just begun.
The lizards were enraged when they saw their comrade killed. The smell of blood in the air further stimulated their violent instincts. They roared hoarsely and crawled toward Oskulos.
This time, however, Oskulos narrowed his eyes.
These lizards were changing rapidly. Their entire bodies were changing as if someone was inflating them. With every step they took, they would swell up. The further they went, the more their cells were stimulated to divide, and the faster they expanded. The rough skin on the surface of their bodies became thicker and thicker, and the thorns on their backs stood up like spears.
With every step the lizards took, the ground trembled more and more violently.
By the time they reached Oskulos, they were almost ten times their original size.
Oskulos raised his hand and slashed each of the five lizards. This time, however, they were not cut in half like the first lizard. The blood stopped flowing, and the wounds healed. In fact, they had swollen even more in the short time it took for Oskulos to attack.
Oskulos looked around. More than eighty percent of the lizards had started to swell and become violent. The lizards that did not change were eaten by the mutated lizards.
Oskulos did not know if the changes in the lizards had anything to do with Silin, but one thing was for sure: Silin knew that the lizards would change, which was why he hid here.
In truth, the substance Cillin had injected into the lizards' mouths was a substance he had extracted from the giant tree on the plant planet. He had modified it to become the medicine he was using on the lizards right now. The medicine would make the lizards gigantified, but at the same time, the unnatural gigantification would make the lizards lose their sense of self. They would become violent and bloodthirsty, which was why they would kill their own kind that did not change.
The mutated lizards charged at Oskulos. Facing more than ten mutated lizards, Oskulos was not going to have an easy time.
However, this did not mean that Oskulos could not cut the lizards in half with one slash.
Inside the cave, Silin did not open his eyes, but he had a gun in his hand and was loading it with bullets.
Although Silin's movements were very quiet, Oskulos could hear him clearly from outside. He was especially sensitive to danger. The gun in Cillin's hand was aimed at him, and Oskulow himself was feeling a strong sense of danger. This was why he was paying extra attention to Silin.
Cillin abruptly opened his eyes the moment the giant lizards pounced at Oskulos. Then, he raised his gun and emptied every single bullet in it.
The lizard cave was not a straight line. It had a small curve, so Silin could not see outside from where he was. However, Silin's bullets followed a strange curve and flew out of the cave, heading straight for where Oskulos was. Every bullet grazed the gaps between the lizards.
Oskulow swung his sword, deflecting all the bullets with a clang. He had an energy shield, but Oskulos did not want to use it. He felt that using one would be a sign of weakness. Plus, the barrier would slow him down. Oskulow trusted himself more than the barrier.
Most people, even Silin, would not have the time to deal with the incoming lizards after blocking all the bullets. The lizards could crush them with a single stomp.
But Oskulos could.
Almost as soon as he blocked the bullets, the light from his sword flashed. The lizard at the front was cut in half before it could crush Oskulos to a pulp.
It was no longer five meters long, but a hundred meters long. Oskulos had managed to cut it in half with a single slash.
It was not a simple slash. There were too many factors that went into it, such as strong concentration, perfect integration of the mind and the sword, and skillful and precise swordsmanship. Although only a third of the blade had sunk into the lizard's body, the wound was torn open. It was as if some powerful force had torn the lizard apart.
The slash was so fast that it was impossible to see the shadow of the blade. All that could be seen was the lizard that had been cut in half.
This was only the beginning. Before the lizards could react, they were cut in half. Even though they had thickened their skin and strengthened muscles and bones, they were just pitiful prey to Oskulos's sword.
The blood on the ground became thicker and thicker, and the stench of it spread.
Oskulos, who was immersed in the excitement of the blade cutting through flesh, did not notice that the grass around him had begun to grow crazily, and they were also heading in his direction. In the air, thin threads floated in the wind. At one end of the threads were tiny spiders the size of sesame seeds.
Some of these spiders landed on the ground, while others landed on Oskulos's body. The ones that landed on the ground also crawled in Oskulos's direction.
The dozen mutated lizards had been cut down in less than a breath's time. The giant lizard on the ground was still twitching, and blood kept flowing out.
Oskulos was about to go look for Cillin after he was done with the giant lizard, but he suddenly stopped and looked around vigilantly.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Vines curled in from all directions like a beast that had seen a delicious meal.
Oskulos had seen many strange plants before, and he knew that plants were often scarier than animals, so he cut them down one by one.
However, these plants grew too quickly. It seemed that as long as he did not uproot them, they would continue to grow.
Oskulos slashed at the vines again and again, lifting them up along with the soil. However, unlike the plants he had seen before, these vines didn't stop growing after they left the soil. Even when they were lifted into the air, they didn't stop growing. When they landed on the ground, their roots quickly grew back, and the vines that were chopped off would grow into a few more plants after they landed on the ground.
One of the vines that had fallen on the lizard that had been cut in half quickly took root in the carcass and grew madly.
Oskulos swung his sword and cut down the vines that came at him while looking for a chance to kill the kid hiding in the cave.
Just then, a sound came from inside the cave. Oskulos also sensed that Silin was heading toward the cave.
Hmph, is that kid trying to sneak up on me?!
It was not that Oskulos looked down on Silin, but he looked down on everyone other than Star Hunters and Heavenly Edict Warriors. To him, this little bastard was just a young man who had not seen much of the world and had not been through many life-and-death situations.
Although Oskulos looked down on Cillin, he still spared some of his attention to observe Cillin's movements while chopping down the wildly growing vines.
The moment Cillin walked out of the cave, Oskulos abruptly spun around and swung his blade at Cillin. He was incredibly fast, but Cillin was prepared for it. He activated the energy shield around his body.
However, the shield was broken almost as soon as it was activated.
The fact that Oskulos's sword was able to break through an energy shield activated by a special energy block without being damaged showed how good the material was.
Although the shield was broken, it still slowed down Oskulos's movements. Silin used this time to fire another round of fiber needles. When Oskulos returned to block the needles, Silin gave him a slash. It did not hit Oskulos's vitals, and Silin could not find the right time to do so, so he had to settle for the next best thing.
Oskulos's arm was cut, but Silin's waist was also injured. The old wound had not yet healed, and now there was a new one.
The wound on Cillin's waist did not slow him down in the slightest. He swiftly ran away from that place.
After blocking the needles, Oskulos turned around and cut down the vines that were chasing him. Then, he ran after Silin in a flash.
Just as Oskulos's sword was about to reach Silin's back, Oskulos suddenly felt dizzy.
After all, he was an experienced fighter. He quickly noticed that something was wrong with his body, as well as the things that had burrowed into his body.
He had always thought that they were just spiders in the forest. He did not expect them to be parasites, and parasites that secrete poisonous substances at that!
Oskulos stopped attacking Cillin first. He knew all too well how powerful these little things were, so he began to mobilize his muscles and even his internal organs.
The sudden tightening of his muscles crushed the parasites to death.
Silin, who had not gotten far, was shocked to see this. Until now, Silin had only seen Oskulos do something like this. Other people could not even stop the parasites from moving, much less kill them.
He might be able to kill the parasites, but could he resist the poisonous substances that the parasites secrete?
The parasites were not living creatures. They preferred dead bodies. Therefore, when they chose a suitable host, they would kill the living host and then absorb the substances needed for their growth at this stage from the dead host. This substance would only be produced when the host was in the process of decay.
There were some on the lizard as well, but the lizard was competing with the vines for nutrients, so the most attractive parasite in this area was Oskulos.
Compared to viruses, the parasites had independent thought processes.
These parasites were one of the parasites that Bart had given to Silin. Silin had modified the parasite's genes a little to create them.
The parasites secreted venom that could quickly lower the host's blood pressure and prevent the blood from clotting. Normal hosts, even those with rank A genotypes, would pass out before they could even struggle. After that, the host would bleed for hours until they died. Ordinary wounds wouldn't be like this. Ordinary wounds would stop bleeding very quickly.
Oskulos could clearly feel that his spirit was not as focused as before. The wound that Silin had left on his body had not healed immediately, and it was still bleeding.
The vines around him pounced on him again.
Silin did not dare to run too far away. If he ran out of this area, he would have nothing to rely on. The other areas did not have this many vines, nor did they have such a good environment for them to grow.
Oskulos could not wait for Silin to leave this place, so Silin would not let him do as he wished.
He jumped between the vines, using the dead lizards and the vines as cover. Whenever he found an opportunity, he would shoot his fiber needles at Oskulos and cause him trouble.
Oskulos was confused. Why did the vines not go after Silin instead of him? There was no way he would believe that this had nothing to do with Silin.
Silin admired Oskulos's physique for being able to withstand the parasite's venom for so long.
Oskulos blocked the fiber needles that Silin shot at him, but as the venom seeped into his body and more and more parasites floated over, he was under a lot of pressure. Unfortunately, Silin was very slippery. He almost got hit a few times, but the kid still managed to slip past him.
As for why the vines kept chasing after Oskulos, the answer was something that Oskulos would never have guessed.
The fiber needles were not merely corrosive, as Oskulos had thought. They were coated with some kind of drug that could excite both the vines and the parasites. Just like how Udoze's blood had made the vines go crazy, the vines were now looking at Oskulos like he was blood. Even the blood of the lizards did not excite them as much as they did.
These drugs had drained a lot of Silin's energy and brain cells. Silin had experimented with them before, and even Silin's special body could not block the venom immediately. It would take him some time to expel the venom, which was why he was confident that he could use the parasites to deal with Oskulos.
Only when he was prepared would he have the confidence and the opportunity.
Oskulos kept using his knife to block the fiber needles, so the smell naturally lingered on the knife. As long as the knife was not corroded, the smell would not dissipate.
Oskulos did not like to use guns, because he could not use the same bullet to kill every trophy. Oskulos liked his knife very much. He used it to harvest every trophy, letting the blood of each trophy drip across the blade. It was as if the life of the trophy had flowed from the blade to the tip of the knife, and then dropped to the ground.
That was why Oskulos was not going to put down his sword easily, nor was he going to wash it. He did not expect the vines and parasites to do something like this. The reason for all of this was because of his knife.
He had to focus on three things at the same time. He had to avoid the vines, prevent the parasites from entering his brain and organs, and stop Silin from jumping around!
Oskulos was not a person who liked to avoid things, so when he first encountered the vines, his first choice was to slash at them. Now, however, he was forced to avoid them.
It had been a long time since Oskulos had been this angry. He was now surrounded by a thick, murderous aura. A normal person would have retreated a long time ago, but two of the three creatures that Oskulos was facing were not human! The only human he was facing was an anomaly!
Right now, Silin's goal was to stall for time!
Oskulos was very stubborn when it came to his prey, and he was still angry. He looked like he would not stop until he killed Silin.
I'm not afraid of your anger, but I'm afraid you won't be angry.
A person's thought process would be affected by anger.
Still, Cillin had to admit that Oskulos's attack power was incredible when he was enraged. The giant lizard's carcass had been destroyed in a single hit, but Cillin was lucky that he had dodged the attack in time. The only reason he hadn't turned into mincemeat was because they were blocking his path.
That should be enough.
While Silin was dodging the vines, he took out a gun from his ring. It looked the same as the one he had used before, but the bullets were different.
Oskulos was regretting his decision. When did the parasites enter his body?
That's right, back then, when the kid was hiding in the lizard cave and fiddling with the bullets, he deliberately released the sound for him to hear, so that he would be vigilant and pay more attention to the bullets, instead of the parasites that were drifting over!
The parasites' toxins were too strong. Oskulos's body could not withstand it, and the toxins were getting deeper and deeper. If this continued, he would die. If he could not finish off the kid in two minutes, Oskulos would have to leave for now and go after Silin after the toxins were removed. But Oskulos did not want to give up. He was a Star Hunter, but he was forced to this extent by a nobody. If the military saw him like this, they would laugh at him!
While Oskulos was thinking, Silin hid among the vines and fired at him again.
Eight bullets flew at Oskulos from eight different directions, almost surrounding him.
You want me to retreat?
I won't!
Oskulos's stubbornness led him to take the wrong step.
Silin had never fired eight bullets in a row before, but Oskulos did not think too much about it. He did not think about the difference between these eight bullets and the ones before. He swung his sword and blocked all eight bullets.
However, when the knife came into contact with the bullets, the bullets exploded. Even though the scale of the explosion was not that big, and it was only five meters away from Oskulos, the shockwave from the explosion still affected Oskulos quite a bit. Wounds appeared on his body from the explosions, and blood flowed out of them. Due to the parasite toxin's ability to dilate blood vessels and inhibit blood clotting, a lot of blood flowed out of the wounds even though they weren't that big.
Oskulow's blood had stimulated the vines, and they swarmed toward Lucien.
Oskulos was a human, not a steel beast. He knew where his limit was, and the new wounds allowed the poison to spread even further. Oskulos had to spend time recuperating and expelling the poison from his body. The blood he had lost had also caused him to lose a lot of oxygen, and his movements were a lot slower than they had been before.
Oskulos cut down the vines that pounced at him with his sword. He stood there and looked at Silin, who was jumping between the vines and the lizard's carcass. It felt like he was standing in an even colder place.
Silin saw the look in Oskulos's eyes. He knew that Oskulos was going to leave for now, but Silin did not let his guard down. He kept changing his position so that Oskulos would not have a chance.
The details were the deciding factor. Against someone like Oskulos, Silin could not afford to be careless for even a second.
Oskulos's hovercraft flew over, and Oskulos turned around and jumped.
Oskulos did not like to retreat, so even if he wanted to leave, he only turned around and jumped with his back to Silin. He was not afraid of Silin attacking him from behind. It was hard to say whether Oskulos was overconfident or arrogant.
Either way, Silin did not attack him. Right now, Cillin's body was almost at its limit. In order to maintain his high speed and evade Oskulos's attack, he injected himself with three vials of Rikulab's stimulant. Three vials was the theoretical limit Rikulab told him, and two vials was already the limit for Cillin and Cillin's group. Any more than that and they would explode and die.
Oskulow stepped on the treetops and jumped right into the hatch that had just opened.
Oskulos would not use the hovercraft's weapons against Silin. The more he hated Silin, the more he wanted to kill him.
Silin spat out a mouthful of blood as he watched the hovercraft rise into the air. The vines, however, were not excited by Silin's blood. Silin had been injected with the relevant drugs, so his blood was still in it. Silin had also sprayed some on himself, so the vines and parasites were not affected by Silin at all.
After Oskulos left, the vines and parasites shifted their target to the dead lizard.
Not even Cillin had planned to kill Oskulos directly. He was a Star Rank Hunter after all, and even if he was a stubborn, twisted, and dictatorial Star Rank Hunter, he was still a Star Rank Hunter. This time, Silin realized the difference between them.
Silin leaned against the lizard's body and sat down. He had just caught his breath when he suddenly looked up at the sky and smiled.
Oskulos, I can only say that you're unlucky today!
After Oskulos entered the hovercraft, he set it on autopilot and started to recover. He did not like to rely on drugs. Every time he endured a drug or poison, his body would automatically develop a resistance and improve his constitution. Oskulos liked this feeling.
Just as Oskulos was about to recover and expel the poison, he abruptly opened his eyes and enveloped the entire hovercraft with his telekinesis.
Normally, Oskulos would've made sure that nothing would go wrong, but in his current state, he was still a bit lacking. From a small area to a large area, from the thrusters to the control panel, the invasion program was pretty strong!
Oskulos stared in a certain direction. A hovercraft had burst out of the clouds and revealed itself. It was none other than Huimao and Czedow's hovercraft.
Right now, Oskulos had to defend against two powerful invaders, Huimao and Czedow. If Huimao and Czedow broke through the defense line, Oskulos's hovercraft would go out of control. Or rather, the hovercraft would change owners.
The green characters in Huimao's eyes were flashing brightly. Czedow wasn't idling around either. Enveloped by Oskulos's telekinesis, the hovercraft's magnetic field was a hindrance to Huimao and Czedow.
On the ground, Silin took out a handheld electromagnetic cannon. He had never thought of using this thing against Oskulos because it was too weak to lock onto someone like Oskulos. But now was the time to do so.
Oskulos didn't have the spare energy to defend himself against Huimao and Czedow if he wanted to dodge the electromagnetic cannon. If he wanted to defend himself against Huimao and Czedow, he would have to endure the bombardment.
So, which one will you choose, Oskulos? You can only choose one of them in your current state!
A bright beam of white light shot straight at Oskulos's hovercraft. In the end, Oskulos chose to dodge it.
But before he could envelop the hovercraft with his telekinesis again, Huimao had destroyed the hovercraft's energy system.
Boom —
The flames of the explosion shot out in all directions, even covering the original natural light, startling the animals on the ground and causing them to scurry around.
He had to admit that Huimao and Czedow's arrival timing was perfect. They didn't give Oskulos any time to recover at all. If Oskulos had recovered just a little bit, he would've had a chance to escape. But clearly, the God of Fortune wasn't on his side this time.
Silin thinks that Gadar had predicted this outcome. That was why he said what he said at the time.
Silin flew toward the hovercraft as he watched the debris fall from the sky. Silin wouldn't feel at ease until he was sure that Oskulos was truly dead.
The wreckage of the hovercraft landed in the forest, and the forest was ablaze. The rain that had not lasted for long did not make things any better. The trees that could burn were still burning, and the moisture was quickly evaporating.
Amidst the flames, a figure pushed aside the uneven steel plate above him and staggered out. The clothes on his body were burnt, and his skin was charred black. However, there was still blood gushing out. This unforeseen event had caused the poison to seep deeper into his body, and the blood vessels had expanded to an extremely life-threatening degree. However, the wound did not heal much.
Oskulos's current state could not be described as wretched. No one would believe that this was the Star Hunter Oskulos, the lone ranger.
Even though there was not a single part of his body that was unscathed, Oskulos was still holding his sword. The blade was still gleaming coldly, and it had not changed in the slightest because of the sudden change.
Oskulos turned his head stiffly in a certain direction, and then started walking in that direction. He started running faster and faster, and with every step he took, the wound on his body widened. Logically speaking, what he needed to do right now was find a quiet place to recuperate. He should not be doing such strenuous exercise.
But right now, Oskulos's life and death were no longer his concern. When he sensed that the cunning prey was getting closer and closer, there was only one thing left in his mind: kill the prey!
Sensing Oskulos's movement, Silin turned around and ran. He did not expect Oskulos to be able to run so fast in his current condition!
The distance between the two of them was shrinking. Silin was already trying to find a way to hide behind the trees, hoping to use them as cover to block Oskulos's path. However, he did not expect Oskulos to be so agile.
It was like the shadow of a black ghost. Only the bloodstains on the ground indicated that such a person had passed through here.
Right now, Oskulos was like a soul reaper from hell. His aura was terrifying to the extreme.
Oskulos was getting closer and closer. Silin could already feel the hairs on his body trembling.
I can't escape.
If I can't escape, then …
When Oskulos's blade came slashing at him, Silin turned around abruptly and ran into Oskulos. He swung his wrist blade even faster.
Splat!
The sounds overlapped, and it was impossible to tell whose flesh they came from.
On Silin's shoulder, there was a ten-centimeter-long wound that extended from his left shoulder to his chest.
Silin's wrist blade was still stuck to Oskulos's neck.
Drip, drip …
Blood dripped down in large droplets. Both Silin's and Oskulos's.
Silin had wanted to cut off Oskulos's head, but he was surprised that he could not. He had only managed to cut a small wound, and the blade was still stuck there. Fortunately, the artery had been severed.
The flow of blood wasn't as intense as a normal person's anymore. Oskulos's blood pressure was so low that he was close to death's door, but he still had the strength to chase after Silin and stab him!
A giant claw had penetrated Oskulos's heart, and there were two hands on the blade. One belonged to Silin, and the other belonged to Czedow.
Without Czedow's hand, the blade would've cut Silin in half already. If Huimao's claw hadn't penetrated Oskulos's heart, he could've delivered another blow.
It was a close shave, and every factor was critical.
Splat!
Huimao crushed Oskulos's head with a single swipe.
The headless Oskulos was standing tall despite being stabbed in the heart. The blade in his hand trembled a little, but it didn't loosen its grip. It looked like he was going to stab Silin again.
Oskulos was a legend. He didn't rely on any force or organization, and he had fought his way to the top all by himself. More than half of the violent groups and underground organizations in the League of Stars had Oskulos's shadow behind them. Or rather, Oskulos was the one who created them and allowed them to usurp power from the older generation and become a special underground force in the League of Stars.
However, Oskulos had never stopped for a single person. He was a stubborn loner who brought blood and took it with him.
A man like him was destined to die a tragic death in this era. Even if he didn't fall into Silin's hands today, he would one day fall into the hands of the military or the cunning politicians.
Oskulos's existence was to keep the leaders of the underground forces in check. They weren't afraid of the military or the four great Hunter regiments. They were only afraid of one person, and that was Oskulos. Once Oskulos was gone, the entire underground force would descend into chaos. What would happen to the League of Stars then?
Silin collapsed to the ground. Even though Oskulos's final attack hadn't been complete, it had still dealt a heavy blow to Silin. If it was someone else who suffered such a wound, they would probably have died.
Huimao kicked the headless Oskulos aside and transformed back into his metallic form. Then, he ran up to Silin and circled him.
"Are you alright, Silin? Are you going to die? Do you need some blood? Do you need … "
Czedow sprayed some medicine on Silin's wound and stopped the bleeding first.
"Alright, don't touch me for now. I'll recover on my own."
After that, Silin closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Huimao crouched down and looked at Silin. Then, he moved closer to Silin and pricked up his ears to listen to Silin's heartbeat and breathing. Then, his ears drooped. Things didn't look good.
Wheeze suddenly remembered something and ran back to Oskulos's side. Then, it turned around and ran back to where Oskulos was.
Oskulos was still gripping his sword tightly in the same position as before.
There was the sound of flesh being torn apart, followed by a burst of energy. Then, there was a loud bang, followed by Huimao's angry voice.
"Meow meow! What kind of sword is that?!"
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