"Swish! Swish! Swish!" With the sharp slicing sounds of air being cut, several streaks of blade slashed across the bald man, leaving him no room to evade.
His clothes had already been shredded to tatters, and thin lines of blood streaked down his back.
After enduring several of Meng Ran's attacks, the bald man felt a creeping sense of danger.
If the sight of blood on his right hand had once thrilled him, the marks now spreading across his back brought nothing but an intense sense of crisis.
Although the bald man was strong and burly, he was not all muscle.
Repeatedly sustaining injuries could not excite him—he didn't have any peculiar fetishes.
He had now become serious, and the trash talk had vanished from his mouth.
"This demon… actually might kill me," the bald man thought anxiously, keeping a tight eye on Meng Ran not far away.
Seeing the bald man look on high alert, Meng Ran started mocking him, "Not so fierce anymore, huh? Weren't you full of courage just a moment ago?"
"Don't think that staying silent and taking it easy will save you. You're not some movie protagonist with a plot armor—you're due to die today."
Without waiting for a response, Meng Ran surged forward again, launching a furious assault.
"Cutting Star!" With a loud shout from Meng Ran, several slashes fragmented into countless finer arcs, exploding across the bald man's body.
Panting, the bald man scrambled to dodge, now riddled with dense, tiny wounds.
Fresh blood oozed from these cuts, turning his upper body into a canvas of red. His defense was beginning to crumble under Meng Ran's relentless assault.
As Meng Ran's attacks grew fiercer and his own stamina waned, the bald man gradually fell into an irreversible disadvantage.
Through continuous attacks, Meng Ran had gauged the bald man's strength and defensive limits.
The only way to take down a tank-like opponent was relentless offense. With sufficient power, he could render the man utterly harmless.
Ordinary punches had little effect on him, but Meng Ran's blade techniques were clearly beginning to surpass the bald man's defensive threshold.
Once his stamina dropped further, Meng Ran could deliver a single Cut Moon strike, crippling him and ending his combat capability.
Facing Meng Ran's increasingly aggressive onslaught, the bald man wracked his brain for a solution but found none.
Ever since awakening his powers, he had never imagined he would be so humiliated.
Luck clearly was not on his side—he had run into the freak that was Meng Ran.
He couldn't match Meng Ran's strength or speed; only his defense was superior.
But over time, Meng Ran's attack power was steadily surpassing his defense.
The bald man had never felt so helpless in his life.
Since he could not conceive any way to win, he turned his mind to a more pragmatic question: how to escape and withdraw from the fight safely.
While fending off Meng Ran's attacks, the bald man schemed silently.
"Cutting Star!" Another low shout, and yet another barrage of blade flashes hit him.
The bald man was hit again, spewing blood from his mouth this time.
Grimacing, he glared at Meng Ran and roared, "Demon! You've angered me!"
"I didn't want to use this move, but now you've crossed my line. You're coming to hell with me!"
Hearing the bald man's roar, Meng Ran tightened his grip on his blade, warily preparing for whatever was coming.
"Going for a death match, huh? What trick does he still have to try to take me down with him?" he thought.
Seeing Meng Ran halt his assault and take a defensive stance, the bald man smirked inwardly.
"Ha!" he bellowed, sending chunks of shattered earth flying.
Simultaneously, he bent his legs, tensed, and shot forward with tremendous force.
Meng Ran immediately extended a few tentacles, spinning them to fling the debris aside, revealing the bald man behind.
By now, the bald man had used his raw strength to rebound from the ground.
But he wasn't charging at Meng Ran—he was fleeing in the opposite direction.
Meng Ran was stunned. He hadn't expected this imposing S-tier power user to run away.
The bald man had exploited this very expectation to his advantage, managing to bluff the "demon."
Strong, intimidating, but not foolish.
He saw no hope of victory and continuing the fight would only lead to death. So why not escape?
After all, this mission wasn't life-or-death; failing it wasn't catastrophic. He didn't need to risk his life for it.
With this thought, the bald man's sense of guilt lightened slightly as he sprinted across the ground.
"Didn't expect the demon to be this strong… looks like the company underestimated him," he muttered.
"Next mission, we'll prepare for every contingency."
He ran toward a set direction. As for Lang and the others, he couldn't help them now—they were on their own.
"Ha! Run when you can't win—smart move. You even tricked me," a hoarse voice echoed.
The bald man's face darkened. "He caught up after all," he sighed internally.
He hadn't expected the demon's reaction speed to be so fast, nor his uncanny precision in predicting the escape route.
"Cutting Moon!"
Before the bald man could react, a crescent-shaped blade of light sliced toward him.
The sheer radiance of the attack triggered an unprecedented sense of danger.
He knew if he couldn't block this strike, his day would end here.
"Haah!" he shouted, channeling all his strength into the move.
An invisible energy surged from him, forming a skin-tight armor over his body.
Focusing, he slammed both fists against the Cut Moon blade.
Summoning his full power, he managed to hold the attack.
The blade shattered. Simultaneously, his invisible armor vanished without a trace.
Crisis averted, but the bald man remained wary, scanning his surroundings and staying alert for Meng Ran's next move.
"Not bad… but how many more times can you block?"
The hoarse voice sounded again. A massive blade of electric energy slashed across the bald man.
This time, he hadn't even reacted in time.
Looking down in disbelief, he saw a diagonal line of blood slowly spreading across his abdomen.
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