aircannonsinc Chapter 516 The Overlap Period Ends, The Final 12 Hours
Chapter 516 The Overlap Period Ends, The Final 12 Hours
His knife was still in his hand, but the hand holding it was still trembling slightly, and he couldn't stop it.
Hikaru Kobayashi walked over, his gaze falling on the bloodstains at the corner of Kenichi Satoh's mouth, his brows furrowing slightly.
"It failed?"
Takeru Sato nodded.
Chishima Rin bit her lip, her eyes reddening slightly: "He hurt you? We'll go back and get reinforcements—the entire Dark Raven Group, I refuse to believe it—"
"no."
Kenichi Sato interrupted her.
Chishima Rin was stunned.
Kenichi Sato looked at the distant cliffs with a complex expression.
He didn't hurt me.
Chishima Rin: "???"
Kobayashi Hikaru: "???"
The two looked at each other, their minds filled with questions.
The bloodstains at the corner of Sato Takeru's mouth were still there, the dust on his clothes was still there, his hands were still trembling, and he could barely walk steadily.
This is considered no injury?
Kenichi Sato was silent for two seconds.
"This blood is from when I fell."
He said, in a calm tone as if he were talking about someone else, "He... just deflected my knife."
Chishima Rin's mouth dropped open; her jaw almost fell off.
Repelled?
Deflect it with a knife?
Or with your hands?
Kenichi Sato continued, "He used two fingers to pinch my twin swords. Then, with a light flick, I flew away."
Chishima Rin: "..."
Kobayashi Hikaru: "..."
Two fingers?
Clamp the two swords?
A gentle flick?
Flying thirty meters?
Chishima Rin's mind was in complete chaos.
She imagined the scene—the president went all out, using a flash attack and a spiral slash, only to have it caught between two fingers and flicked away like a fly.
What does this mean?
This is beyond what the word "strong" can describe.
Kenichi Sato added, "He said... I passed."
Chishima Rin: "..."
Kobayashi Hikaru: "..."
qualified?
He ambushed someone, only to have his twin swords caught between the opponent's fingers, sending him flying thirty meters and spitting blood upon impact.
Then they say, "You've passed?"
What kind of operation is this?
Chishima Rin opened her mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.
She really didn't know how to evaluate it.
Hikaru Kobayashi pushed up his glasses and remained silent for a long time.
Then he asked, "President, how strong is that person?"
Kenichi Sato looked at the distant cliffs.
Under the moonlight, all was quiet there.
It was as if nothing had happened.
"I don't know," he said.
Kobayashi Hikaru frowned.
Kenichi Sato continued, "All I know is that if he wanted to kill me, I wouldn't even have time to react. If that finger had landed just now, I would be a corpse by now."
Hikaru Kobayashi fell silent.
Chishima Rin also fell silent.
They've followed Kenichi Sato for so long, they know how strong he is.
He's never failed to kill anyone, not even the boss.
One-on-one, never lost.
But today—
They couldn't even get him to stand up.
They didn't even manage to get someone to take a proper look.
A long time passed.
It was long enough that the night wind dried the blood from the corner of Sato Kenichi's mouth.
So long that the moonlight shifted a few inches.
After a while, the calls of night birds could be heard from afar.
Kenichi Satoh smiled.
That was the second time Chishima Rin had seen him smile that day.
It wasn't excitement.
It's not crazy.
Instead, I felt... relieved.
It's like finding the answer.
"Let's go." Kenichi Satoh turned around.
Rin Chishima followed.
Hikaru Kobayashi followed.
We walked a long way.
A night breeze blew by.
Chishima Rin couldn't help but look back at the cliff.
Under the moonlight, nothing could be seen there.
There was only darkness.
And in the darkness, there was a person sitting on the bluestone.
She looked away and quickened her pace to catch up with Kenichi Sato.
The three figures gradually disappeared into the night.
......
Below the cliff.
Celia stretched.
"Brother Tian, that guy... he's interesting."
Lin Tian kept his eyes closed and didn't say anything.
Little Whitey was wrapped around his wrist and had fallen asleep again, its little head resting on his thumb, making soft snoring sounds.
Celia tilted her head, looking in the direction where Kenichi Sato had disappeared.
"His eyes are different from most people's."
A night breeze blew by.
Lin Tian opened his eyes.
He looked at the night sky, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"I know."
Then, he closed his eyes again.
The night wind continued to blow.
At the foot of the cliff, all was silent.
Only the moonlight shone down, illuminating the figure sitting cross-legged, coating him with a faint silver edge.
......
The figures of Sato and his two companions had long since disappeared into the darkness.
At the foot of the cliff, Lin Tian remained seated on the blue stone, closing his eyes to rest.
Celia was bored, so she scribbled her feet across the ground, leaving shallow marks.
Little White was wrapped around Lin Tian's wrist, its tiny dragon head buried in its scales, fast asleep, occasionally letting out soft snores.
Everything was quiet.
It was as quiet as if nothing had happened.
Only the night breeze occasionally blows, swirling a few withered leaves around them at the foot of the cliff.
......
Sudden.
The sky brightened briefly.
It wasn't lightning.
It's that feeling... like the whole sky is glowing.
It was as if an invisible giant hand had lit countless lamps in the sky.
Lin Tian opened his eyes.
Celia also raised her head, a hint of doubt flashing in her charming eyes, and her tail stopped wagging.
"This is......"
Before he could finish speaking...
A system notification sounded in everyone's ears.
[Global Announcement: The overlapping period has ended.]
[Global Announcement: The second round of the Battle for Supremacy, "Double-Edged Battlefield," has 12 hours remaining.]
[Global Announcement: Round 2 will end in 12 hours. The top 100,000 players in the standings will qualify for Round 3.]
Players, please hurry and kill monsters to earn points.
The announcement was repeated three times.
The same sound echoed in everyone's ears.
The voice was mechanical and cold, yet it stirred up ripples like a pebble thrown into a calm lake.
Lin Tian stood on the cliff and looked up at the sky.
The overlapping bands are dissipating.
Those distorted spaces and overlapping phantoms seemed to be smoothed out little by little by an invisible hand.
The previously chaotic and intertwined sky is now returning to normal nighttime.
"12 hours."
He spoke softly, his tone as calm as if he were saying that the weather was nice today.
Celia tilted her head, her tail curling up in front of her: "Brother Tian, want to rack up points?"
Lin Tian did not answer.
He only glanced at his points panel.
the first.
The value is more than a hundred times that of the second place.
The combined number of people ranked second through 100th is less than half of his.
Earn points?
waste time.
"Let's go." He turned around, the hem of his clothes fluttering gently in the night breeze. "Let's find something interesting."
......
At the same time.
The border between the east and west.
The ground shook violently.
Those players who were still killing the fusion monsters only saw a blur before their eyes—the next second, everyone was forcibly teleported away.
When I opened my eyes again.