Qi Yuan was not sure if Scorpion knew that there was a hidden snow area below, but it was highly likely that he did not.
Sure enough, Scorpion's expression turned serious when he heard the news.
"Is the source reliable?" Scorpion asked in a low voice. He could not care less about anything else.
They had already cleared out the entire occupied area before the confrontation with the three opposite gathering points. There were also people outside who were trying to find the hidden polluters.
Wolf's Teeth Hunt had entered this old city before, so they knew very well that the polluters in this city were definitely stronger than the ones they encountered outside. Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many Hunters to reach the top.
According to Scorpion's prediction, less than half of the Hunters who occupied the top should have reached the top. However, more than 80% of the Hunters had reached the top. There was only one possibility for such a huge difference, and that was that the polluters had deliberately hidden their strength.
"That intelligent polluter told me!" Qi Yuan decisively pushed the source of the news to Pepe. Scorpion would not confirm it anyway.
Scorpion stared deeply at Qi Yuan.
While the intelligent Polluters retained human wisdom, they also retained the tradition of human infighting. However, he did not dare to conclude that there were other Polluters hiding beneath the surface just because of the one-sided statement of one Polluter.
"Is there any other way to confirm this news?" Scorpion asked.
Qi Yuan did not answer Scorpion's question. Instead, he changed the topic.
"I've discovered something very strange!"
Qi Yuan paused for a moment, his eyes sweeping across the two broken corpses in the middle of the arena.
"Don't you see that there is too little blood on the ground?"
Scorpion's eyes narrowed. After taking a closer look, he found that there were only a few shallow blood puddles under the broken corpse of the Murderous Mackerel. Moreover, they were all gathered in the dents left by the battle. Compared to the huge body of the Murderous Mackerel, this amount of blood was not even 1% of the Murderous Mackerel's blood.
Where did the rest of the blood go?
"Could it have flowed away from the underground drainage system of the laboratory?" Scorpion asked with a frown.
This kind of underground laboratory must have an underground drainage system. The ground in the middle of the laboratory was not a whole piece of metal. There were many cracks disguised as patterns in many places for anti-slip and drainage of accumulated water.
Qi Yuan shook his head. He had already found the whereabouts of the blood through Area Detection.
There was a layer of complicated pipe structure under the laboratory. After a large amount of blood seeped into the ground through the cracks disguised as patterns, it gathered together through the underground pipes. Then, it flowed straight down to the location of the checkpoint.
Moreover, the blood in the underground pipes did not have any traces of it. Not a single drop remained. It was as if someone had destroyed the coagulation between the platelets.
"Not only did the blood secretly flow away, but someone also tampered with the blood. You can go take a look at the corpse behind."
Scorpion's face changed. In the previous duels, the corpses of the ability users who died in battle were piled up in a separate room. When these corpses came back, there was no problem. Otherwise, they would not have been able to hide from so many people's eyes. If there was a problem with these corpses now, it meant that there were enemies hidden among them.
Scorpion resisted the urge to check the corpses. If there was really a problem with the corpses, checking them now would definitely alert the enemy. It might even cause the polluters to attack in advance.
"You mean the corpses on our side have also been tampered with?" Scorpion asked in a low voice.
"The blood in the corpses has already flowed out!" Qi Yuan said.
Scorpion suddenly clenched his fists. This matter was easy to verify, but the meaning behind it made his scalp tingle.
If it was really the polluters who were collecting the blood of ability users, then what was their purpose?
The abilities of some mysterious domains could indeed harm or even kill the body through blood, but these corpses were already dead …
Unless it was those evil rituals of the Last Days Holy Court!
Scorpion thought of a terrifying possibility. The Last Days Holy Court had such a record.
Thinking of the Xu family polluters hidden in the old city, as well as the collusion between the Xu family and the Last Days Holy Court, Scorpion suddenly shivered.
The battle that broke out in the old city might be a conspiracy of the Xu family polluters.
"I will immediately send people to find the exit of the underground polluters and seal the entire passage. They will never be able to come out from below!"
Scorpion's eyes flashed with a fierce light. Since the underground polluters had not been discovered, it meant that their entry and exit must be very deep, and the exit must be very hidden. As long as the exit could be completely sealed, the possibility of the polluters attacking from their side could be cut off.
As for Venom's side, whether or not there was still a channel for the polluters, Scorpion guessed that there was a high probability, but what did this have to do with him!
As long as he could seal the exit on his side, it would be just right for Venom and the others to take the first wave of attacks from the polluters. As long as the other side could delay for a bit, he would be able to quickly retreat with the Asterite, just in time to avoid Venom and the others' chaotic battle.
While the two of them were discussing countermeasures, Venom, who was in the arena, thought that they were delaying the experiment and shouted:
"Scorpion, Magic Puppet, come up and fight me!"
Scorpion glanced at Venom. While he was hesitating on how to deal with it, Qi Yuan was already ready to enter the arena.
"Are you really going to duel with Venom?" Scorpion couldn't help but ask.
"Venom sent people to kill me several times. It's time to settle this score with him!" Qi Yuan waved his hand.
"Leave Venom to me. I feel that the polluters below are about to make their move!"
If they still don't make a move after this battle, I will force them to!
Qi Yuan touched the plasma bomb in his pocket and silently added in his heart.
"Don't worry, I have a way to deal with Venom!"
Without waiting for Scorpion to say anything, Qi Yuan had already stepped into the arena and walked toward Venom.
Scorpion was silent for a few seconds before he turned and left. Whether it was to uncover the hidden traitor or to find the underground exit of the polluters, both were urgent matters. They had to solve this hidden danger before Black Sand and Bloodshadow made their move. If the polluters really took advantage of the chaos to launch a sneak attack, their side was likely to suffer heavy casualties.
Luan stared blankly at Qi Yuan who had walked into the arena. She was obviously stunned for a moment. She turned to look at the "unconscious" Zhui and muttered to herself, "He really went up.
That's Venom we're talking about, an enemy that even the captain finds very difficult to deal with! "
Xiao Hei touched his chin and said, "Do you think that Qi Yuan can really —"
Xiao Hei was cautious and did not finish his sentence, but Chestnut and Luan both understood what he meant.
In order to deal with Venom, they had to face his Touch of Poison directly. If Qi Yuan could not even deal with the Touch of Poison, then he would only be courting death.
Chestnut nodded solemnly and said, "Qi Yuan can definitely do it. I believe in him!"
"It's not that simple!"
Luan said with a serious expression.
"Venom's strength is not just because of the Touch of Poison. His Combat Domain is not weaker than any Tier 3 pinnacle fighter. Moreover, Venom also has a powerful Mechanical Armament. Even if Qi Yuan can deal with Venom's poison, he will definitely be at a disadvantage in a direct confrontation."
"I still believe in Qi Yuan!" Xiao Hei said.
"Don't forget, Qi Yuan did not even use his full strength when dealing with Hou. He has the Decapitator and Doomsday Strike. Whether it is close-range or long-range, he has the ability to kill Venom!"
Luan nodded lightly.
In the battle with Hou, Qi Yuan only displayed his speed and defense. Qi Yuan did not display his truly powerful offensive skills at all.
With the power of Doomsday Strike, Qu Shi's special bullets, and Qi Yuan's powerful ability, as long as he could hit Venom's vitals, he would definitely be able to kill Venom in one shot.
That was Qi Yuan's true trump card!
What Luan was really worried about was that even if Qi Yuan had Doomsday Strike, he might not be able to hit Venom. With Venom's speed and reaction, it would be too difficult for physical bullets to hit him.
"It's you again!" Venom looked deeply at Qi Yuan.
After the humiliating battle with Hou, Venom had already regarded Qi Yuan as an elite of the same rank as himself. Although Hou's defeat was largely due to his stupidity, it would be foolish of him to underestimate Qi Yuan because of that.
"You killed my people, I will make you pay with your blood!" Venom said in a deep voice.
As a formidable person whose strength spanned across several Gathering Points, Venom's threat had always been very powerful. In the past, most of the people who were targeted by Venom had already become corpses.
Qi Yuan chuckled at Venom's threat.
"I also said that I will kill all of your people!"
Facing a peak rank 3 ability user who stood at the peak of the Gathering Point, Qi Yuan did not have much fear in his heart. Instead, a sense of bravery rose in his heart.
Venom was definitely the strongest enemy he had ever faced since he stepped into the new era. He was not like Hou who had obvious weaknesses. Even if he had obtained multiple rank 2 talents and grasped the opponent's trump card, this battle would still be a tough one.
Qi Yuan was betting, betting that Venom would not be able to use Mechanical Armament while holding Asterite Dagger!
That Asterite Dagger might be a trump card against others, but in Qi Yuan's eyes, it was a burden that would drag down Venom.
Just like how Qi Yuan could not use Doomsday Strike, Venom who had Asterite would not be able to use Mechanical Armament.
Qi Yuan slowly pulled out Decapitator, the pitch black blade reflected a sharp chill. Venom's pupils shrunk slightly.
If he wanted to win, he had to force Venom to use Asterite Dagger and complete the kill the moment he decided to use Asterite Dagger!
Once Venom noticed something was wrong and chose to abandon Asterite Dagger and use Mechanical Armament, that would be the real fatal danger!
"Good blade!"
With Asterite Dagger, Venom was not afraid of any energy weapons, but the Decapitator in Qi Yuan's hand made him feel a chill.
Venom held the hilt with his right hand and swung it with force.
Clank!
The scabbard was embedded into the ground like a flag, a scarlet long blade that was close to one meter long appeared in his hand.
Both of them chose a physical weapon at the same time.
Venom's fingers touched the blade, and a touch of dark green faintly appeared on the scarlet blade. The onlookers' faces changed slightly. That was the poison that Venom had concocted, and it was also Venom's most frightening means.
On Venom's path of rise, the number of Stage Three that died under his poison could be counted on two hands.
Qi Yuan's eyelids drooped. Not only on the blade, but the surrounding air was also filled with a faint poisonous gas. Venom wanted to let the poisonous gas invade while they were talking, and Qi Yuan also wanted to test whether he was immune to Venom's poison. That was why the two of them had a tacit understanding to talk nonsense for so long.
The result of the secret confrontation between the two was naturally Qi Yuan's complete victory.
The poisonous gas that Venom emitted in the air did not have any effect on Qi Yuan.
After realizing that the poisonous gas did not take effect, Venom was not surprised. If Qi Yuan could not even deal with the poisonous gas in the air, that would be the real surprise.
However, Venom was not worried about the result of this battle. The poisonous gas in the air was just an appetizer, and the real killing move was yet to come.
The first time the Asterite dagger appeared, it would definitely kill a powerful opponent!
Moreover, Qi Yuan might not even be able to force him to use his trump card!
Although Qi Yuan had displayed great strength in the battle with Tian, it had also exposed his weakness. The weakness of strength would be infinitely magnified in a battle of this level. If Qi Yuan did not have the ability to make flesh puppets lose control, he would not even have been able to defeat Tian.
"Don't think that you have the right to challenge me just because you defeated Tian!
The Abyss, or Qi Yuan, you will soon know how big the gap between us is! "
Venom raised his long blade and pointed it at Qi Yuan.
"It's been a while since I killed anyone!
The person I wanted to kill was Sickle, but since you want to die, I can only kill you first! "
Before he finished speaking, Venom had already disappeared. Qi Yuan's eyes narrowed, and the Beheader in his hands was placed in front of him, with his two blades against the back of the blade.
Clang!
A thunderous sound of collision rang out.
An explosive force came from the edge of the blade, pushing Qi Yuan back a step.
The Beheader trembled slightly, but was quickly calmed down by Qi Yuan.
The blade covered one of Qi Yuan's eyes, revealing only a black pupil. It stared faintly at Venom, who had retreated with one strike.
"Your strength!"
Venom was somewhat bewildered. The strength of the blade just now was definitely greater than the Beastman enslaved by Tian. With the strength Qi Yuan had displayed before, this blade should have been enough to knock the weapon out of his hand, but he had actually blocked it.
This meant that although Qi Yuan's strength was slightly weaker, it was definitely enhanced by the Third Order. Venom could not suppress him in terms of strength.
When fighting Tian, he had actually hidden his strength!
A thought of disbelief surfaced in Venom's mind.
When fighting Tian, Qi Yuan had already made his choice. He had upgraded the Second Order Talent Point he had just obtained into Steel Strength. That was why he had the confidence to challenge Venom and block his blade.
Qi Yuan's eyes flashed, and the Second Order Talent Steel Speed suddenly erupted. This time, Qi Yuan took the initiative to attack.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
The sound of weapons colliding rang out continuously. The speed of the two had reached the extreme. For a moment, the arena was filled with the figures of the two combatants.
Although Venom had more combat experience, Qi Yuan also had the buff of Area Detection. Although he was at a disadvantage, the Beheader's defense was watertight. No matter how Venom attacked, his blade would eventually collide with the Beheader's blade.
Looking at the afterimages of the two combatants, Xiao Hei was so nervous that she could not speak properly.
That was Venom!
Venom was someone that even the Captain feared. Qi Yuan could actually fight him head-on for so long without losing.
"How can Qi Yuan's close combat strength be so strong?!"
Luan was silent, but her right hand was clenched into a fist. Although Qi Yuan was currently at a disadvantage, this situation would not last for long.
Qi Yuan was already barely resisting, but Venom had not used his full strength. His Mechanical Armament had not been activated yet. Once Venom activated his Mechanical Armament, Qi Yuan might be defeated.
As for Qi Yuan's trump card, Doomsday Strike, although it was very powerful, the speed of physical ammunition was a fatal flaw in a battle of this level. Even if Qi Yuan pulled the trigger at close range, he might not have a chance to hit Venom.
Therefore, if Qi Yuan did not have any other trump cards, he would definitely lose this battle!