The Death List Novel - Chapter 266

Chapter 266 Bait

“Eh, Black Rat, look, three o’clock!” As he approached the opening, silver light flashed in Yin Fan’s eyes as he quietly pushed his companion beside him.

“It’s that guy!” Black Rat followed Silver Sail’s instructions and his eyes instantly became bright. On their right, a faint black figure was sneaking towards the fortress’s opening.

Black Rat and Silver Sail each stretched out their elbows and lightly touched each other. A burst of ecstasy surged into their hearts. This was precisely where he could find no place to step through the iron shoes, and it didn’t take much effort to obtain them!

When the two Shadow Professions were invisible, they were unable to see each other. Even Silver Sail’s pupils could only see a blurry ripple. However, their guild belonged to the alliance guild, so they usually cooperated with each other. When they were close to a certain distance, they could sense the opponent’s body language through spatial fluctuations.

Black Rat secretly gave Silver Sail an agreed gesture, and the two of them tacitly surrounded each other from the left and right.

Qin Lun scratched the broken wall and looked outside, seemingly unaware of any movement behind him.

It was dawn outside, and it was the slackest moment for the apostles. If he couldn’t break out of their encirclement at this time, he would be trapped in the fortress. After all, he wasn’t an invisible thief profession.

As soon as Qin Lun thought of this, he did not hesitate any longer. His feet paused, and a cloud of smoke rose from the spot, and his figure swept towards the outside of the fortress like a gust of wind. His target was a ruin fifty meters away.

The ruins were considered to be the most complete and dilapidated building in the surroundings. More than half of the building collapsed, and only the bottom two or three floors remained in their original posture. Large swathes of broken walls stood around the building, forming a small obstacle labyrinth.

Qin Lun’s judgment was correct. The surrounding apostles had been blowing cold wind all night, and they were still a little confused. Only after he ran more than twenty meters did he react. More than ten figures rose from the nearest ruins and rushed towards him.

At the same time, many figures appeared in the distant ruins. Roughly speaking, the number of apostles waiting for him had increased rather than decreasing, and now there were more than thirty of them.

Although these people weren’t subordinate to each other, at this moment, there was an unusual tacit understanding. Because they were a beat slower than Qin Lun, they were no longer able to intercept the youth before he entered the ruins, so they quickly dispersed into a crescent moon arc and surrounded the ruins with a net.

Seeing that Qin Lun was about to rush into the ruins, the scene changed drastically. A short figure silently appeared behind the young man, sticking close behind him like a ghost. The ghost figure’s hand lit up like a rising sun and fiercely pierced into the youth’s back.

Quick, accurate, and ruthless. The apostles who saw this scene from afar couldn’t help but shrink their pupils, and their bodies felt a burst of horror. It was as if this saber hadn’t stabbed Qin Lun’s body, but had stabbed into their backs.

This was the standard core skill of the Thief profession-Bonesetting!

As a beginner Thief, many people would focus on stealth and speed, and then slowly improve their offensive abilities. Only when they were close to Second Grade would the Thief profession reveal its terrifying fangs.

However, being able to stand out in the selection contest, the black mouse was even more outstanding than an ordinary beginner thief. Amongst the many Thieves’ offensive skills, he had only cultivated a few two or three skills. Among them, the Bonesetting skill was at the highest level, reaching B +.

Bonesetting was the core skill of a Thief. It was famous for its damage, but it was very difficult to grasp. The reason for that was because this skill required a very high level of attack power. If it pierced into a thick, fleshy area, or the front of a bone, it would lose most of its power. Only by piercing into the joints of the bones would the Bone Cleaning Skill show its greatest effect.

It had the effect of severe paralysis, and even if a high-grade apostle was stabbed, his body would not be able to react immediately without a few seconds of buffer time. Right now, the target of the black mouse’s attack was Qin Lun’s back spine.

“Pu!” Blood splashed everywhere, and a fanged dagger pierced deeply into the target’s spine. Qin Lun, who was running, instantly straightened his body. A trace of confusion appeared on his face. He stiffened his body and fell forward like a fallen tree.

Just as Qin Lun was about to collapse, a spatial ripple appeared on his left side. A white-clothed man bent his knees and hugged his body appeared in the air.

After the man appeared in the air, there was an obvious stagnation in the air, and his figure was even slightly pulled up. Then, a flash appeared in front of Qin Lun, and a resplendent white tail flame appeared behind him.

The white-clothed man’s arms crossed in front of his chest, and a silver-white metallic light flashed on the target’s fair neck like a pair of scissors. “Kacha!” Qin Lun still flew into the sky with some confused heads, and blood sprayed out from his neck like a fountain several feet tall.

Compared to Black Rat’s Bonesetting, Silver Sail’s [Falling Goose Strike] was a rare skill in the Assassin profession. It was characterized by high power, long time to accumulate momentum, and it was impossible to change the landing point halfway. If the target dodged ahead of time, it would be easy to miss.

Silver Sail successfully struck, but his footsteps did not stop. He nimbly raised his saber behind the headless corpse and hooked down the large canvas bag on the target’s back. He fled into the distance like lightning. The black mouse behind Qin Lun also retreated without hesitation and followed the silver sail.

The apostles who were encircling them all had different expressions on their faces, but they were even faster than before. Some of them had already reached into their bosoms and were planning to use scrolls.

In just over ten seconds, they had determined that the first apostle to leave the fortress was the one who had rushed into the division of Wheel of Heaven last night, and the apostle who had attacked him was the two thieves who had sneaked into the fortress earlier.

Although Black Rat and Silver Sail were highly skilled in stealth, the apostles surrounding the fortress also had plenty of detection experts, avoiding everyone’s eyes and ears.

‘”Yi, no, Yin Fan, the bag in your hand” The black mouse’s eyes widened as soon as it ran a few steps with Yin Fan.

“Huh?” Yin Fan was reminded by his companion. He turned around and saw that the large canvas bag on his shoulder was slowly melting away, turning into a pile of rotting flesh.

“This is … a flesh and blood puppet!” Yin Fan was shocked and immediately slowed down. He looked at the spot where the attack had taken place and saw that the headless corpse that had fallen to the ground was turning into a pool of blood.

“We’ve been tricked!” The Black Rat’s expression changed as he looked fiercely at the opening of the fortress.

At the same time, a faint black shadow rushed out of the fortress’s opening like lightning, flying in the opposite direction of the encirclement at several times its previous speed. The figure also had a large canvas bag on his shoulder. It looked exactly the same as the canvas bag that the silver sail had snatched away.

At this time, the apostle encirclement changed its target from Qin Lun to two thieves. The original encirclement changed its formation slightly and no longer surrounded the direction of the fortress’s opening.

“Damn it, he used us as bait!” Black Rat’s blood and qi surged up, and he couldn’t help but curse loudly.

“Black Rat, the second plan!” Yin Fan’s face was also ashen as he turned around and flew towards Qin Lun after adjusting his body.

“Fuck, this is a big loss!” The corners of the black mouse’s mouth twitched slightly, and his heart ached.

Not only did the two thieves not pull away from the pursuers behind them, they even seemed to take the initiative to welcome them.

However, the two of them seemed to have anticipated this situation long ago. As they ran, they tore off the parcels behind them and threw them at the dozen or so apostles who were chasing after them. Behind the dozen or so apostles, there was a group of apostles hurrying over from the periphery.

In a flash, the two thieves actually took the initiative to fall into the encirclement of more than thirty apostles.

“Stop that guy. He has the half-plane coordinates of the ‘Wheel of Heaven’ branch on him!” As the two of them ran, they shouted at the pursuers in front of them.

The apostles’ gazes flickered and their thoughts spun. However, only the few nearest to Qin Lun changed their direction of pursuit. The others were still surrounding the black mouse and the silver sail.

These apostles’ minds were extremely firm. If they changed the direction of their pursuit, they might not be able to stop Qin Lun, but they would definitely be escaped by the two thieves. Everyone heard the shouts of the two thieves, but two birds in the forest were inferior to one bird in the hand. They would not easily change their minds for a single sentence.

Amongst the dozen or so apostles who were running at the forefront, a sword light flashed in their hands and the parcel thrown out by the black mouse was immediately shattered.

Dang! The parcel instantly exploded and the contents of the parcel were thrown into the air. Under the dawn light, the surface of the parcel lit up and emitted a mysterious fluctuation of Laws.

“Eh!” The apostle swordsman was slightly stunned. He reacted swiftly and swiftly as he flew backwards like a swallow, forcefully stopping his advance. The empty left hand grabbed onto a crystal hatch lid that had exploded out of the package like a bolt of lightning.

“Dark Gold-quality shield materials!” As soon as the swordsman received the crystal hatch cover, his expression changed. His eyes lit up and he looked up at the other items in the air.

However, at this time, the other apostles behind the swordsman also noticed that the situation had changed. The few people at the front soared into the air and each took out an item that had exploded from the parcel.

“Dark gold material!”

“Dark gold material?”

“Could it be that those two thieves are telling the truth?!” The seven or eight apostles who had obtained the Dark Gold materials flashed through their minds like lightning. Without hesitation, they immediately turned around and flew towards Qin Lun’s escape.

One of the leopard-headed apostles let out a thunderous roar, “Stop him! Those two thieves are telling the truth! The coordinates of half of the plane are on that fellow!”

The ruins in front of the fortress seemed to have paused for an instant, and then like an erupting volcano, more than 30 figures instantly exploded. Many people’s bodies lit up with a wave of Laws. Their bodies transformed into streaks of light, erupting with several times their previous speed as they flew towards Qin Lun.