75: Magneto trial card! Let's increase the power of that stick!

"What are you thinking?"

Chen Du rolled his eyes. "I need to make a Sacrifice to boost my combat power."

"I don't have anything else on me..."

Chen Du's gaze was sincere, filled with urgency.

Xia Lai's cheeks instantly turned bright red as she glared at the bastard through gritted teeth.

If looks could kill, Chen Du would have already been turned into a QR code.

"Chen Du, you bastard!"

Xia Lai took a deep breath and suddenly reached her hand into the collar of her camouflage uniform.

After a series of rustling sounds.

She pulled out a black lace bra, still warm and carrying a faint fragrance, and slapped it hard onto Chen Du's face.

"Take it! Pervert!"

"If this doesn't yield a good skill, I'll twist your head off and kick it like a ball!"

Chen Du felt the warmth in his palm, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Don't worry, Second Sis. It'll definitely be worth it."

"Sacrifice!"

A dark red light flashed and vanished in his palm.

The offering, laden with resentment and fanservice, disappeared instantly.

[Detected a personal bond from a Mechanic girl, Rare quality!]

[Sacrifice successful!]

[Obtained temporary skill: Metal Control]

[Duration: 5 minutes]

[Evaluation: Although the size is impressive, it cannot hide the owner's explosive temper.]

[Go! Feel the rhythm of metal!]

The notebook's nonsense is really getting out of hand!

Seeing this improper evaluation, Chen Du's eye twitched... "Aaaah—!!!"

At that moment, the battle below took a sudden turn!

Brother Shan let out a desperate roar as his muscles swelled unnaturally, his skin splitting and spraying blood.

He actually ignored the suppression of the Slow Aura and charged madly toward Park Young-chang!

"Die, you stick! Let me show you the spirit of a Chinese man!"

The fire axe whistled through the air, hacking down at his head!

Park Young-chang's expression changed drastically; he clearly hadn't expected this cornered beast to have one last burst of strength.

"Shadow Shield!"

He shrieked, and a pitch-black energy shield suddenly erupted around him.

Boom!

The fire axe slammed into the shield, sending sparks flying!

Although it didn't break through the defense, the massive impact sent Park Young-chang stumbling back several steps, blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

"High noon has arrived! Let's move!"

On the high slope, Chen Du's gaze turned cold.

Xia Lai, who had been ready for a long time, pulled the trigger.

Twang—!

The hand crossbow, enhanced by the [Mechanic] talent, had a bowstring that vibrated like thunder!

A sharpened bone bolt tore through the air, flying toward the battlefield with a lethal intent!

The bolt precisely zipped through the gap as the shield dissipated, piercing the throat of a Kimchi Country team member who was about to sneak attack Brother Shan.

The man clutched his neck and collapsed, dead instantly.

At the same time.

Lin Keke also pulled the trigger.

"Accept your judgment!"

The bolt grazed another person's scalp and thudded into a nearby tree trunk.

"Oops! I missed!" Lin Keke's face fell.

"Move aside! Watch me!"

An Nuonuo lay flat on the ground, her right arm gauntlet humming.

"Air Cannon! Fire!"

A ball of highly compressed air whistled out, slamming hard into the group of enemies.

Maximum AOE damage!

Dirt exploded as two Kimchi Country team members were flipped over by the air blast.

Just as they tried to get up, they were cursed by Li Yaozhi.

"The one on the left, trip on flat ground!"

Word Spirit activated!

The man, who was about to roll away, slipped as if he'd stepped on a banana peel, face-planting spectacularly.

"Who's there?!"

Park Young-chang was horrified and whipped his head around.

What met his eyes was a figure charging down like a ghost.

Under the red glow, the man held a titanium alloy longblade, his eyes as cold as if he were looking at a pile of dead pigs.

As he ran, the scattered weapons and metal fragments around him trembled slightly, emitting a humming sound!

Where did he come from?

"korean expletive! There's an ambush?!"

Park Young-chang panicked and summoned two more Ghouls to defend. "Stop him! Quick, stop him!!"

"Too late."

Chen Du was in mid-air, golden light bursting from his Golden Wheel Pupils!

[Tyrants Gaze]!

Hard crowd control activated!

The terrifying aura of a top-tier predator made everyone shudder.

Park Young-chang's movements froze for a second.

In a duel between experts, this one second was the difference between life and death!

"...Dance!"

Chen Du clenched his hand in the empty air.

Over a dozen metal fragments and two machetes suddenly came to life, floating up on their own!

Swish, swish, swish—!

The floating objects turned into a storm of steel, raining down on Park Young-chang from all directions!

"korean expletive! Block it for me!!"

In a life-or-death moment, Park Young-chang's eyes bulged as he squeezed out every last drop of mental energy.

A pitch-black shield was forcibly expanded, protecting him tightly within.

Clang, clang, clang—!

The sounds of impact were dense, and sparks flew everywhere!

"Ha... haha... I blocked it!"

As the last piece of iron hit the ground, the pitch-black shield also ran out of energy and dissipated into the air.

Park Young-chang panted heavily, a look of wild joy on his face.

Suddenly!

A bolt of silver lightning shot toward him at high speed!

This strike had timed the shield's breaking perfectly!

A soft sound.

The longblade swept through like it was cutting tofu, pinning itself deep into the ground and sending a spray of blood droplets into the air.

The hilt of the blade was still vibrating.

Park Young-chang stood frozen on the spot, his hands trembling as he reached for his neck.

A large amount of blood gushed out from between his fingers, completely unstoppable.

His eyes widened as he stared at the man walking slowly toward him, his lips quivering. "You... are..."

Who are you?

It seemed to have become his final obsession.

However, the man didn't even give him a second glance, stepping directly over his twitching body to pull out the longblade.

"You don't deserve to know."

Chen Du flicked the blood droplets off the blade and turned around.

The remaining Kimchi Country lackeys had long been suppressed by Xia Lai and the others' firepower, unable to even lift their heads.

Seeing their leader killed in an instant, they were scared out of their wits and turned to flee.

"Nuonuo, block their path."

"Okay!"

An Nuonuo giggled and fired another Air Cannon, blasting those men onto the ground.

A few minutes later.

The reed marsh returned to silence.

Except for a few more corpses on the ground.

Chen Du slowly walked over to Brother Shan.

By now, Brother Shan had long lost his previous imposing manner.

He leaned against a rock, his chest heaving violently.

The human bone necklace was half-broken, rattling with every breath.

And Xiao Gang, having exhausted his strength, couldn't maintain his talent and had long been torn to shreds by the Ghouls.

With Park Young-chang's death, they had all disappeared.

Seeing Chen Du approach, Brother Shan gave a miserable laugh and spat out a mouthful of bloody froth mixed with fragments.

"*Cough, cough*... It's you again..."

"Should I thank you for saving me... or should I beg you to give me a quick death?"

Chen Du squatted down and patted Brother Shan's face with the back of his blade.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not here to save you."

"I just don't like people stealing my prey."

"Your life is mine. These sticks... have no right to take it."

After saying that, he pulled a piece of torn fabric from his pocket and wiped the blood stains off Brother Shan's face.

"Did you see my people?"

"If you don't tell the truth, I'll have Xia Lai take you apart piece by piece."

Seeing the golden light bursting from the other's eyes, Brother Shan's body trembled violently.

He looked at Chen Du with a complex gaze. "Those two girls... aren't dead yet..."

"They were taken away, and their current situation is likely very dangerous..."

Brother Shan struggled to raise his hand, pointing toward the looming ruins of the Golden City in the distance.

"We... were all deceived..."

"This isn't some battle royale game at all..."

"It's a... screening."

"A screening?"

Chen Du's brow furrowed.

"Those God Servants... they took away many women with talents..."

Brother Shan's voice grew weaker, and his eyes began to glaze over.

"At the... altar beneath the Golden City..."

"They are screening... screening for the most perfect... vessel..."

"Thank you... for helping me get revenge..."

Before he could finish, Brother Shan's head tilted to the side, and he breathed his last.

Leaving only his unclosed eyes, staring fixedly toward the Golden City.

Chen Du stood up and looked toward that ancient city.

"Physical vessel..."

A term suddenly came to his mind:

"Heavenly Dao Logistics Department?!"