Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1832: How did he do it

Helsky believed that, under the premise of controlling himself to avoid becoming a red name, killing two novices to obtain their points was the most cost-effective method.

That is to say, everyone should have two kill quotas.

The first one, he planned to use during the first small cycle. The second one… would have to wait until the final cycle. Killing people at that time would yield a very, very large number of points.

It was just unknown whether, while studying in the China region, besides learning “grasp both, and grasp both firmly,” he had also heard another phrase: “The ideal is full, but the reality is bony.”

He led his seven-person team and, as anticipated, encountered the number one from the China region, who could only hang his arm.

Helsky’s eyes nearly turned red; looking at Ye Zhongming was like looking at a pile of points.

But the next second, he was somewhat surprised.

Helsky was certain that this person had seen their seven individuals filled with killing intent, yet he still ran towards them. His speed was, in a way, actually quite fast, but far from the limit of this evolution level.

At a certain moment, Ye Zhongming turned a corner and threw a punch towards Helsky and the others. This punch struck the ground, splashing countless mud, dead branches, and rotten leaves, blotting out the sky and sun. Caught off guard, Helsky and the others could only slow down and did not dare to charge headlong.

Clearly, this number one from the China region opposite them had aimed at the ground, not them. It was obviously intentional. Without guessing his purpose beforehand, no one dared to advance rashly.

At the same time, they heard the footsteps of some other people, coming extremely fast, arriving nearby in an instant. Helsky, who understood Chinese, also heard a sentence.

“If you don’t come soon, I’m going to be killed.”

Helsky was stunned for a moment. What did that mean? Did he have help behind him?

Meanwhile, the Hawkins couple, who were chasing from behind, were also stunned. What did that mean? Did he have help ahead?

Next, both sides discovered at the same time that Ye Zhongming had stopped.

Helsky: Ambushed?

Hawkins: He really has help?

A smile appeared at the corner of Ye Zhongming’s mouth. Then, his still-good arm raised upwards. For some reason, his face, which had been flushed all along, seemed to release something at this moment.

With a boom, a huge shadow appeared above Ye Zhongming’s head, startling both Hawkins and Helsky, who quickly halted their forward momentum.

It was an enormous black shadow very similar to Ye Zhongming, so huge it was about a dozen stories tall. The only odd thing was that the shadow had no arms.

Before they could react, this black shadow suddenly exploded.

Dense, almost impenetrable black mist instantly filled a large area of the forest, enveloping both groups within it.

The black mist was too fast; so fast that each person had probably only moved one step before they were immediately wrapped within it. Everyone instinctively held their breath and then moved closer together.

Clear footsteps sounded, and everyone felt as though they were coming towards them.

After that, in the darkness, light flashed, and everyone still felt it was coming towards them.

These lives, which had almost gathered together, instinctively scattered quite a bit.

Ah!

A shout was heard, along with the sound of weapons colliding. Everyone became tense. And this tension reached its peak when one of them let out a scream.

“Apprehension” was the most apt phrase to describe the current situation.

Helsky suddenly turned his head. The special weapon arm blades in his hands buzzed as they extended, slashing towards the side where the sound of wind had passed, but the weapon returned without success.

He ran a few steps following the sound and struck out again when he felt he could almost hit, but still missed.

Yaka called out towards the front but received no response. She then had no more reservations, and the long-handled sword in her hand whistled down.

First came the vibrating sensation of weapons colliding, followed by the familiar feeling of cutting into a living body.

After that came the second scream.

These seemed to act like a signal; battles broke out everywhere. In the pitch-black mist, only the occasional flashes of skills and weapons could be seen.

About two minutes later, Aimusi, who had been under Hawkin’s protection and had almost recovered, suddenly relit that kind of light that lingered around her body. The wings on her equipment fully spread open, maximizing the range of the light’s illumination.

The surrounding black mist was dispelled somewhat. With Aimusi at the center, a visible area about half the size of a basketball court formed.

“What the hell is this?!”

Hawkins exclaimed in shock and dismay. He was very clear about his wife’s ability; it could completely dispel almost all mist, but now it had only pushed the black mist a short distance away. What was going on?

“Illusions! It’s Ye Zhongming.”

Aimusi’s eyes were sharp as she scanned her surroundings.

Just now, she had fallen into an illusion, as if Adam had come back to life, and the mother and son were happily playing in an amusement park. Even though she realized something immediately, she was unwilling to wake up, resulting in a two-minute state of stunned silence.

The light here attracted the lives around. Yaka was the first to approach. After coming in, Hawkins saw the blood staining her long knife, and on her shoulder was actually stuck a bone dagger!

The second to approach was Helsky. When he saw the Hawkins couple, he froze, neither greeting them nor launching an attack, just standing warily at the edge of the black mist and the bright light.

“We came to pursue and kill Ye Zhongming.”

Aimusi looked at Helsky for a while, then suddenly said in English.

Helsky’s eyes widened slightly, then he grinned and suddenly shouted into the black mist.

What he shouted was—Stop, we’ve been tricked.

Hawkins and Aimusi, seeing this, also called out Wade’s name at the same time, telling him to come and regroup.

Another two minutes passed, and everyone gathered here. Combined, there should have been eleven people, but only eight came.

Hawkins, Aimusi, Yaka, and Wade all came. Besides Yaka, Wade was also injured; he had only one eye left.

“It was Ye Zhongming; he wanted to kill me, but he didn’t succeed.”

Wade explained and even smiled, as if the one who had become disabled was not himself.

Helsky’s side was much worse off; only four remained. The other three—no one knew if they were dead or just hadn’t come.

The black mist gradually dispersed over time and completely vanished amid Helsky and the others’ calls for their companions.

On the ground, three corpses appeared.

One was chopped in half, one had its throat and most of its head slit open, and the other had a deeply sunken chest, with all its internal organs shattered.

Yaka glanced at the corpse that was chopped in half and shrugged.

Helsky looked embarrassed at the companion with the slit throat.

Aimusi squatted in front of the corpse with the sunken chest and reached out to touch the wound.

When she raised her head again, her face was full of bewilderment.

“How did he do it?”