I Pick Up Talents on the Interstellar Battlefield

Chapter 481: Chapter 399: Seventh-Tier Assassins, Qin Tian Appears (Part 3)

Dongfang Mingyue looked at the familiar figure in front of her; the taut strings of her heart finally eased a little, and she shook her head instinctively: “I’m fine.”

Qin Tian nodded slightly, and after confirming that Dongfang Mingyue was unharmed, his gaze instantly turned to the man in white ahead, as well as the ripple-like barrier surrounding them. A barely noticeable seriousness flickered in his eyes.

Regarding the barrier, it was also his first encounter with it.

From the moment Dongfang Mingyue’s flying device left the venue, he quietly followed until the device skimmed over a secluded street. It was then that he keenly sensed something amiss.

In a hundred-meter radius, centering on the flying device, there wasn’t any sign of life. Even the shops and streetlights seemed to emit a false sense of stagnation along the sides, as though they had entered a meticulously woven illusionary formation.

What heightened his alertness more was the presence of an invisible barrier enveloping the entire area. Even as he attempted to traverse with his spatial ability, he could feel resistance emanating from the depths of the barrier, clearly indicating that this was no ordinary barrier.

He realized then that the opposing force was premeditated; it was already too late to forcibly break through with Dongfang Mingyue.

During the bodyguards’ skirmish with the killers in black attire, he did not hastily reveal himself—not out of indifference, but because his perception had long captured several concealed auras beyond the obvious killers. The most dangerous among them was the man in white ahead.

He was waiting, waiting for all hidden enemies to surface, and searching for the best moment to strike.

“Ha, ignoring me, you’re interesting indeed.”

Faced with Qin Tian’s disregard, the man in white tilted his lips into a smile of interest, his eyes examining Qin Tian like a curious novelty: “But it doesn’t matter—”

He shifted his tone, calling out into the gray fog: “You all need not hide anymore, come forth and finish off the rest. I’m still waiting to report back.”

Before his voice could finish echoing, the fog churned, and three distinct figures slowly emerged, surrounding the bodyguards and Dongfang Mingyue once more.

On the far left was a burly man as robust as a black tower, standing nearly three meters tall. His arms were thicker than most people’s thighs, covered with hideous scars, and when his mouth stretched, it revealed two rows of yellowed teeth, eyes full of a cruel smile. Each step seemed to make the ground lightly tremble.

In the center was a withered old man, standing less than a meter and a half tall, hunched like a dead tree. His skin was wrinkled like old bark, and his arms hung weakly at his sides, while his fingernails gleamed with a gloomy blue hue, half a foot long and as sharp as blades, perpetually surrounded by a nauseatingly cold atmosphere, as if he had just clawed out from a tomb.

On the far right appeared to be a handsome young man in a gray robe, his fair complexion exuding an unhealthy pallor. Especially those eyes, with pupils of dark red, akin to bloodstained, while looking at people, carried a non-human chill that sent shivers down the spine.

What further sank hearts was that the aura of all three had reached peak Tier Six, just a step away from Tier Seven!

The bodyguards’ expressions changed dramatically; the hope ignited by Qin Tian’s arrival was instantly extinguished by these three new appearances—struggling against ten Tier Six killers was exhausting enough. Now, adding three peak Tier Six, plus one white-clad man of unfathomable Tier Seven strength, their chances were nonexistent.

Dongfang Mingyue looked at the three figures emitting terrifying auras and turned pale instantly. The bodyguards tensed their bodies, with despair even appearing in some of their eyes.

Just then, a calm voice suddenly rang out: “Leave them to me.”

Everyone’s bodies shuddered and immediately turned to follow the sound.

Only to see Qin Tian looking calmly at the opposite side, as the vine bracelet on his wrist abruptly twisted vehemently, growing frantically at a visible pace. Verdant vines, like a waking giant serpent, coiled up his arm and then fiercely plunged towards the ground!

In the next second, the sound of “swish, swish” resonated endlessly, as hundreds of emerald vines broke through the earth; some condensed into sharp half-meter-long thorns, others entwined into thick vine whips, tightly interlacing before Qin Tian, forming an indestructible vine wall.

No sooner had everyone recovered from the sudden appearance of the vines than a dense black mist burst from Qin Tian’s chest, swirling like a living entity, swiftly coalescing into a vague soul body.

The soul body grew clearer, transforming into a figure draped in a black cloak, wielding a gloomy blue scythe.

As soon as it appeared, a piercing deathly aura surrounded it, and with a gentle swipe of the scythe, the temperature around abruptly dropped, even suppressing the cold aura enveloping the old man a bit.

Following this, a dazzling white light flashed around Qin Tian, accompanied by a sharp insect-like screech. A figure covered entirely in a dark purple shell, bearing giant scythe-like forelimbs, suddenly landed, its void-like aura quietly spreading—it was Kazik!

Upon landing, it emitted a heavy sound, with its sharp forelimbs carving two deep grooves into the ground, its compound eyes fixed on the burly man, emanating a bloodthirsty ferocity, tightening the man’s muscles instinctively.

The power of three spirit beasts erupted simultaneously, the emerald vines, gloomy blue soul body, and void oppression, interweaving into a ferocious assault toward the enemies ahead!

In an instant, the faces of the burly man, old man, and young man changed, and even the face of the man in white revealed a touch of astonishment and doubt.

Dongfang Mingyue’s eyes widened, with a trace of color finally returning to her pale face, and the flame of hope rekindled in her despairing eyes.

Xiao Yu tightly covered her mouth, tears suddenly welled up, not out of fear, but excitement.

The bodyguards were stunned too, then their eyes erupted with radiant ecstasy.