Chapter 457: Chapter 455 Pursuit and Kill

This was William’s plan.

After the first exchange, when the Hand Axe chopped into Gatekeeper Pim’s shoulder, William drew two conclusions.

1. Even “Deathlike’s Dark Hand,” which met the Knight Order standard, when deeply buried in Pim’s body, only reduced his epidemic value by 1/10.

Such a perfect opportunity to attack happened just once; getting another chance to strike in this manner during the follow-up fight was almost impossible.

It was concluded that it was not possible to defeat such a Skin Messenger across tiers.

Even if he were to win by an extremely small chance, William would pay a grievous price, and then he would be taken like fish meat into the wholly unknown depths of the Skin Factory without a sliver of chance to resist.

2. The effective hack from the Hand Axe altered Pim’s thought process, causing him to mistake William for a Death Plague Knight. Based on this, William inferred that if he could strike further into the brain, perhaps he could bring the crazily paranoid Pim back to his senses.

Once lucid, they might be able to communicate as Skin Slaves, perhaps even figure out the current state of the Skin Factory, allowing them to avoid battle and decide on whether to proceed into the Skin Factory.

Now,

With the plan successfully executed, William, having learned specific details from Pim, no longer insisted on delving deeper into the Skin Factory. Pim even kindly gave him a ride and a gift.

“Ah!”

As William was thrown out,

a piercing shriek from the Blood Citizens came from the sky. Under the leadership of the female noble, all Blood Citizens emitted high-frequency shrieks from their ‘Y-shaped’ mouths,

The shrieks caused the Blood River to tremble, reverberating inside the Skin Factory.

Immediately after, massive numbers of Blood Citizens, including some dressed like nobles of higher status, swarmed out like a dense insect horde, covering the sky.

“So many!”

The scene frightened William into running away, sprinting to the edge of the mountains while channeling the limit of his physical training, leaving behind a trail of ash-like afterimages.

…

On the female noble’s end, naturally, she could not tolerate the “container’s” escape. She immediately unlocked her blood restriction, transforming into an insect-human form with six pairs of thin wings, dramatically increasing her speed.

Just as she prepared to chase after the human youth as a beam of red light,

Crack!

Something caught her long hairy insect leg. Looking down, Gatekeeper Pim had leapt over a hundred meters high, grabbing her mosquito leg with one hand.

Before the female noble could react, a tremendous force was applied, smashing her forcefully into the ground below.

Crack!

The entire Blood River was split open, creating massive waves! The female noble’s body, crashed into the bottom of the Blood River, spurted out a large amount of blood, her eyes bright red with fury, as she shouted:

“Pim!”

The moment the female noble shouted out that name, a Spiral Giant Sword burning with Black Flame plummeted directly,

Even though she formed a blood barrier in front of her instantly, it was penetrated by an unbelievable force in an instant, the Spiral Sword piercing her body, releasing Black Flame!

Screams echoed in front of the factory gates,

Once it was confirmed that the female noble was completely restrained, Pim did not deliver a fatal chase but instead turned his gaze towards the sky.

With wings grown from blood, he flew up once again, using absolute strength to prevent any Blood Citizens daring to chase after William. Those ugly-looking Blood Citizens were torn into pieces the moment they touched Pim’s palm.

Madly tearing, skin splitting, crushing blows.

During his frenzied slaughter of the ordinary Blood Citizens,

a completely different fist appeared above Pim’s head, the fist wearing a special steel knuckle-duster, even carved with a cross-shaped emblem.

Crack!

The fist struck, a giant blood-colored cross appearing simultaneously.

The cross pressed Pim down, completely deforming his head, and when it hit the ground, it was also pierced through the body by the cross, fixed to the ground.

In the sky, a blond man exuding a pure aura slowly descended,

His dark gold-trimmed suit signifying his superior status compared to the Blood Citizens, he looked towards the noblewoman being scorched.

Wearing special gloves, he ignored the Black Flame and pulled out the Spiral Sword.

“Trinity, looking so disheveled… to think you’ve been suppressed by a wounded Skin Messenger like this.”

“My Lord! You actually came. We must quickly chase down the one who got away. I am certain he can become the perfect container, and My Lord will come into the world ahead of time.”

“Oh, really that impressive? Then I must check it out.”

“I’m going too!”

The noblewoman’s regeneration power was astonishing, healing the burns within seconds. Even though some areas were still charred, she was eager to earn merit and prepared to chase along with the blond man.

Just as the two of them were about to set off,

a strong adhesive sensation from the skin came from behind, severely restricting their speed and even felt like flaying their skin completely.

“As expected of the renowned Skin Messenger… really sticks like a fly.”

The blond man’s right hand opened, and a disproportionately large Blood Sword materialized simultaneously,

he swung around to strike, delivering multiple cuts.

Gatekeeper Pim was directly sliced into seven pieces, and thrown into the Blood River to be randomly scattered. Even if it could rely on its stitching ability to recover, it would still take a long time to search for its body in the Blood River.

“Hurry, my lord! That guy is going to escape,” the noblewoman urged incessantly.

“What’s the rush~ This is the land of the deep, even if that fellow escapes beyond the Conjoined Mountains, it doesn’t matter. Piyuan is quite spacious, and we walked a long distance when we first came here.

As long as we are within the boundaries of the Skin Factory, he can’t possibly escape.

Come on! Let me see just how impressive this vessel really is.”

Ensuring his suit remained intact, the blond man unfolded wings that far exceeded the human physique, the wing span reaching a full ten meters.

He turned into a streak of red light chasing after the fleeing human, with the noblewoman exerting all her strength just to keep up with this pace.

[Scene Switch – William]

Using the time bought by Pim, William was about to escape the Conjoined Mountains, and if he could set foot on Boundary Prairie, he could call the Black Worm Organization for backup.

Just when he thought he could escape successfully,

a terrifying aura with a blood density far surpassing any Blood Folk he had seen before, even higher than that of the noblewoman, struck from behind.

An eye sprouted on the back of William’s head, only to see that the underground sky behind him was tinged with blood red.

“So strong! This guy might be even stronger than Pim, and I’d surely die if caught!”

Ignoring his twisted ankle, William started wildly using “Instant,” but even then, he couldn’t outrun the pursuer… being caught was only a matter of time.

He leaped, falling through the mountains.

The moment his feet touched the ground of Boundary Prairie, William immediately shot a Black Worm Card to the ground… Buzz! A resonance of parasites released, and soon a Ascaris Car came driving towards him.

The conductor had already cut open the car’s membrane barrier, conveying through eye contact that William needed to prepare to jump onto the moving Ascaris Car.

Meanwhile, the blood red behind him drew closer.

Just as the high-speed black Ascaris Car was about to arrive, it performed a perfect drifting tail-flick. Using the turning moment, William took quick steps and got on!

The conductor promptly settled him down.

“You’re safe now, esteemed Mr. William! We will now drive at full speed to leave this place. Within the scope of the Old World, most organizations, even the Source Epidemic Area, will show some respect to the Black Worm Company and won’t…”

Before he could finish, a swath of blood red fell down.

A giant sword blade directly sliced the Ascaris Car in two, and the conductor was bisected as well, his blood instantly drained.

The blond man hovered in mid-air, a gigantic Blood Sword affixed to his right arm.

“What parasites dare to steal my prey… So, this is the so-called ‘vessel,’ huh? Indeed, it holds many attributes. Trinity did a great job.”

The blond man continued to wave, countless small Blood Swords killed every single conductor and train driver, leaving none alive.

Just as William was preparing to resist, Crack!

He suddenly felt his blood flow being restricted, even his heart stopped beating–blood control was seized by someone else.

Snap! The blond man extended his hand, and William was pulled up into the sky, voluntarily offering his neck into the opponent’s grip… the suffocation intensively invaded him.

Just as William was about to sink into deep unconsciousness, and a dark consciousness inside him was about to take over,

Tap tap tap!

The entire Boundary Prairie suddenly trembled, and everyone could hear the sound of hooves hitting the ground from afar,

the eye growing on the back of William’s head caught a glimpse of the approaching ‘flock of sheep’.