Chapter 100

Ma Le had just picked up Helias' key when he suddenly sensed a strange movement behind him. Without a word, he grabbed Helias' short sword and swiftly turned to slash horizontally.

There was not a single person behind him, but Ma Le still felt resistance on the blade, and a woman's scream echoed through the air, "Ah..."

"Yue Hu? Trying to sneak up on me?" Ma Le recognized the voice and examined his sword, finding a streak of blood on it. "Attacked but still not revealed, the skill effect is quite powerful..." Ma Le muttered, but his actions were not the least bit hesitant as he charged straight toward where the scream had come from.

Suddenly, Ma Le keenly noticed bloodstains appearing on the ground near the target point. Soon after, a second and a third bloodstain appeared, moving rapidly toward the river. Clearly, the injured and bleeding Yue Hu was moving swiftly in her invisible state, planning to jump into the river to escape!

Ma Le would not let her get away and immediately chased after the bloodstains at full speed. The bloodstains ran for several dozen meters before suddenly stopping. Then, with a splash, a pebble near the last bloodstain moved, as if hit by something invisible. Ma Le rushed forward and found a woman's right arm slowly appearing on the ground, the wound above the elbow still bleeding, gradually staining the riverbank stones red...

"Damn, I fell for it!" Ma Le slapped his thigh in regret. It seemed that Yue Hu was quite clever. Ma Le's sword had actually severed her right arm, but the woman was also very calm. In a flash of inspiration, she threw her right arm toward the river and ran in the opposite direction toward the forest.

Although her right arm was severed, as an important limb, it could still maintain its activity for a while, thus remaining invisible. However, the blood was different; once it left the body, it quickly became visible. Therefore, as the arm flew, the blood it shed on the ground was seen by Ma Le, while the arm itself remained invisible. To others, it looked like an injured invisible person was fleeing.

Ma Le hurried back to the starting point and carefully examined the ground around him. Finally, he found a few barely noticeable bloodstains leading into the forest. No matter how cunning Yue Hu was, without proper medication, she could not find a way to stop the bleeding instantly. Although she tried to pinch the artery to prevent bleeding, the insignificant "escaped blood" was still noticed by Ma Le.

Ma Le followed the hidden bloodstains into the forest and eventually found a new bloodstain. Just as he was about to follow the trail, he felt a drop of water on his face. Looking up, he saw a second and third drop... Soon, a heavy rain began to pour, drenching Ma Le and washing away the already faint bloodstains. This made the search for Yue Hu even more difficult...

In the rain-soaked forest, a woman with a severed arm was running... No, "running" was not the right word; it was more like fleeing. This woman was Yue Hu, who was holding her severed arm, trying to stop the bleeding. Thanks to the adventurer's special constitution, her wound healed and stopped bleeding quickly, so even with a severed arm, she was not in danger of excessive blood loss.

"Damn it, didn't Helias boast about being the strongest beginner? Is this what the strongest looks like? Damn it, what kind of monster is that guy from District 12? A regular? No, no, a regular wouldn't have such explosive power. Could it be a veteran... Impossible, I've never heard of a veteran coming to the beginner world..."

Yue Hu, while fleeing madly, ranted to herself. She could not accept that she, who had gathered three elites from two major city-states, had been defeated in an instant by a beginner.

Earlier, after becoming invisible, Yue Hu still had confidence in Helias' strength. Although she had been severely injured by Ma Le, Helias quickly stood up again with his powerful recovery skills, and the momentum of his comeback was very inspiring. Yue Hu, taking advantage of her invisibility, moved behind Ma Le, planning to strike a fatal blow when the two strong opponents were engaged.

However, the reality shocked her. The "two strong opponents" she had envisioned did not exist, and the battle ended with Helias being instantly killed! This outcome was completely unexpected by Yue Hu, and she was even startled by the sudden result, her body stiffening as she instinctively tried to brake to get away from Ma Le. This loss of balance caused the stones on the ground to rattle, alerting Ma Le to her presence, and he swung his sword, severing her right arm.

Yue Hu was smart and immediately thought of the clever plan to use her severed arm to escape. However, she was not broad-minded or strong enough. Ma Le's strength had deeply impressed her, even affecting her mind, making her focus solely on escaping and oblivious to the approaching danger...

With a "splash," a huge mutated hunting dog leaped out of the bushes, charging straight at Yue Hu. Dazed, Yue Hu did not react in time and was knocked to the ground before she could struggle. As a charm specialist skilled in support and enchantment, she was helpless against such a ruthless beast.

Of course, with her high attributes, Yue Hu was not completely defenseless, but the beast did not give her the chance. One after another, mutated hunting dogs pounced on her, quickly biting her all over until she was no longer moving. The dogs seemed to be intentionally leaving her alive, stopping their attacks just as her life was about to end.

Seeing that Yue Hu was no longer capable of resistance, Soros, who had been operating in the shadows, finally revealed himself, followed by Sali and Lulu. Perhaps because Lulu was exhausted, the beehive was now being carried by Sali. Due to the rain, the killer bees were unusually quiet, all hiding in the hive.

Soros approached Yue Hu, lifted her beautiful face with his hand, and examined it closely. However, there was no trace of lust or evil in the old man's eyes. His seemingly cloudy eyes revealed a different kind of madness and excitement, as if he was holding not a woman's face but a deadly weapon!

After a moment of careful examination, Soros's face suddenly twisted into a grotesque expression. His right hand transformed into a demonic purple claw, which he used to grab Yue Hu's head. His five sharp nails pierced through her skull, deeply penetrating her brain. The dying Yue Hu had no strength to resist, and Soros used his fingers to inject an unknown purple-black gas into her head.

After about ten seconds, Soros completed the terrifying skill, and his purple-black claw returned to a withered human hand. Yue Hu's face turned purplish-blue, and her body trembled. It seemed that she had absorbed the evil energy from Soros's hand, and her body began to undergo a terrifying transformation.

First, her head began to change, with black, viscous liquid flowing from the five wounds, forming five sharp horns. Then her body elongated, her limbs deformed, and her back bulged. Two large, fleshy wings burst through her clothes... In a short time, Yue Hu transformed into a terrifying, tall monster with long, sharp limbs and purple-black wings that flapped in the wind, exuding a chilling aura. Her originally beautiful face did not twist but became even more alluring due to the purplish-black skin...

At the same time, all the adventurers received a message about someone's death, but due to the city battle system's intentional concealment, the audience did not see the gruesome transformation. When the scene resumed, the monster following Soros was interpreted as a newly developed mutant creature that had been tamed by the tribute with animal taming skills... The organizers, although they confirmed through the implanted tracker that the monster was Yue Hu, were also taken aback by the situation, leaving the staff at a loss. With the chief designer Seneca not arriving, the staff could not make a decision and delayed the announcement of Yue Hu's death.

As for Soros, he was overjoyed, circling his "latest masterpiece" three times, admiring every limb and inch of skin of the monster Yue Hu, and exclaiming, "I didn't expect such a good result. Using a skilled person as material is different. Ha ha, what good luck! Although I didn't catch that cunning trio, I found such excellent material... Since you were originally called Yue Hu, you will now be called Yue Mo!"

Yue Hu's original personality had been erased during the demonization, and she had now completely become Soros's slave, obediently accepting the name Yue Mo. Soros nodded and gave Yue Mo her first command: "Fly into the sky and search for the three kids from District 12." The rain made the killer bees unusable, so only the rain-resistant and flying Yue Mo could gather information.

Although Yue Mo's personality was destroyed, her memory remained, so she recognized the tributes from District 12 and flew up to search without further instructions.

After about ten minutes, Yue Mo returned, reporting that she had found the trail of District 12. When Soros asked about the other groups, she replied, "In the entire arena, only the trio from District 12 is active!"

Old Soros was taken aback but then suddenly realized, "That's right, paper talismans can't get wet. Now, not only the substitutes, but even the backup talismans must be mostly damaged! Ha ha... Even the heavens are helping me!"

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