Chapter 524: The Trap of Time

Chen Ling’s eyebrows raised slightly.

"...Yeah." Chen Ling laughed, "If you're afraid, you don't have to come in. Anyway, your gun has been destroyed by me. We can just stand far apart and see who gets exhausted to death first."

Nie Yu’s eyes grew colder, especially the wolf’s eye overlapping in the sky, which was frantically devouring his remaining mental power, wisps of light flickering within it.

The 【Eye of the Hunting Ground】 was constantly overdrawing Nie Yu’s body, and coupled with the fact that his body was already at its limit, if this continued, he would definitely be the first to die... Chen Ling was counting on this, smiling as he stood amidst the rain curtain, looking as if it had nothing to do with him.

Even though Chen Ling was the one locked in the domain and was in the absolute weak position, he occupied the dominant position at this moment. With just one sentence, he forced Nie Yu into a dilemma.

Nie Yu stood at the door holding his knife. After a brief hesitation, he made up his mind and walked slowly into the factory.

"Then let's try... if your trap can kill me."

Whether Chen Ling had set a trap or not, Nie Yu couldn't wait here to die. He would rather step into a trap and fight Chen Ling head-on than cowardly die outside the door under the other’s gaze.

The blade of the hunting knife reflected the surrounding rain curtains. His steps were heavy and slow. Even though Nie Yu’s vigilance was maxed out, he still couldn't find where the trap was hidden... In the current environment, he couldn't find any factors that could pose a threat to him.

Chen Ling wasn't surprised by Nie Yu’s choice. He casually picked up two metal gas canisters from the repair shop and threw them forcefully at Nie Yu’s figure. The heavy canisters broke through the air, emitting a low hum.

Nie Yu frowned. He didn't use his hunting knife to slash them but dodged sideways vigilantly, letting the two canisters land on the ground behind him.

Following the clanging sound of the two pieces of metal hitting the ground, the trap Nie Yu imagined didn't appear. He tensed his body and said:

"What kind of tricks are you trying to pull?"

"Ordinary traps, for a veteran hunter like you, are of course useless... especially under the enhancement of the domain, you can ignore obstacles and terrain and directly see through the layout of the traps." Chen Ling said unhurriedly, "So, I didn't prepare anything."

"You're playing with me again??" Anger rose in Nie Yu’s eyes again.

"That's not quite it."

Chen Ling took out his flip phone and looked at the time on it, "00:17:49"

"The trap I prepared... is time."

As Chen Ling forcefully pulled open a corner of the tarp beneath him, lines of text outlined in blood were exposed to the air!

【00:10:__】

【00:11:__】

【00:12:__】

【……】

【00:17:__】

【……】

The first thing that caught Nie Yu’s eyes was a long string of half-written times, from 00:10 to 00:30, all arranged in order, lacking only the seconds.

Nie Yu didn't understand what these numbers meant, and he had no interest in watching Chen Ling play god anymore. He gripped the hunting knife in his hand tightly and sprinted toward Chen Ling at high speed!

At the same time he moved, Chen Ling raised his blood-stained fingertips and quickly wrote the current seconds in the blank space of "00:17:__"!

As a gust of wind swept through the factory, the tarp was completely lifted, and a long string of complete narrative text outlined in blood was completely exposed to the air.

【00:17:54, thunder rumbles. The metal roof of the abandoned factory becomes the best conductor in the wilderness. A bolt of lightning strikes from the sky, happens to pass through the gap in the broken metal roof, and hits Nie Yu, who is moving quickly with his knife!】

Rip—

Threads of electric arcs flashed across the metal roof. The next moment, a pale bolt of lightning like an angry dragon roared down from the sky!

Nie Yu’s pupils shrank suddenly.

Boom—!!!

Thick thunder flashed crazily in the rain curtain. The oxygen and acetylene tanks from the repair shop that Chen Ling had thrown out earlier were also ignited by the splashing sparks at this moment. Lightning mixed with flames exploded beneath the roof, as if a scorching sun had swallowed Nie Yu’s figure!

Electric arcs wandered beneath the metal roof. Chen Ling’s bright red opera robe was blown wildly by the wind. He held one hand in front of him, his pupils narrowing slightly as they reflected the blinding explosion of flames.

Before the remaining fire dissipated, Chen Ling rushed out like an arrow from a bow!

At this time, Nie Yu, after being hit head-on by the lightning, was charred all over and unrecognizable. Coupled with the subsequent explosion of the oxygen and acetylene tanks, even with the 【Iron Armor】 attached to his body, it was mostly shattered. But even so, he still hadn't died.

He roared angrily, the last of his potential erupting from within his body. But before he could raise his knife and rush out, a sharp bone-carving knife was thrown by a blood-colored palm, breaking through the rolling thick smoke and accurately piercing into his left eye!

Pfft—!

Even the 【Iron Armor】 couldn't cover the vital point of the eye. A burst of blood splashed, and Nie Yu’s wolf’s eye was replaced by the hilt of the bone-carving knife. A painful low roar instantly echoed through the factory.

At the same time, a cold voice sounded from his side:

"Judgment."

From the muzzle of the pitch-black pistol, a beam of bullets capable of deconstructing all things shot out, instantly tearing a vacuum path through the black smoke, shattering Nie Yu’s hunting knife along with half of his body into a molecular level, annihilating them into nothingness.

From the moment Chen Ling wrote the time to the explosion and now, a total of less than two seconds had passed. Ninety-nine percent of the viewers in front of the screen hadn't seen what happened, only to see Nie Yu, with only half his body left, flying backward out of the thick smoke and smashing heavily into the wall, with a bone-carving knife still stuck in his eye, looking extremely miserable!

"Ugh... cough cough cough cough..."

Gurgling blood spread on the ground. Nie Yu’s shattered half-body was charred and ferocious. His only remaining eye stared fixedly at Chen Ling, who was walking over slowly, his eyes full of unwillingness and horror.

Nie Yu didn't understand why that bolt of lightning could hit him so coincidentally, nor did he understand how Chen Ling could tear open his 【Iron Armor】 with one shot and annihilate half his body into nothingness... He felt the power of a domain in that shot, but this guy was only Tier 3, how could he possibly have a domain?!

Blue smoke drifted from the pitch-black muzzle. Chen Ling, covered in injuries, walked over from afar, his face as pale as paper due to excessive blood loss... His body was also approaching its limit.

He looked up and saw that the wolf’s eye hanging in the sky had gradually dissipated, meaning Nie Yu could no longer maintain the domain, and the power locking onto Chen Ling had also vanished.

"It seems... the outcome is decided."

At this moment, Nie Yu had completely lost the ability to move, like a shattered corpse leaning against the wall, with only his one remaining eye still staring grimly at Chen Ling.

Chen Ling stood still in front of Nie Yu, the muzzle raised again, pressing against Nie Yu’s charred forehead.

He said faintly:

"Do you... have any last words?"