Death Train: SSS-level talent right from the start!

"puff--!"

The tip of the Dragon Scale Halberd pierced Liu Meng's throat with pinpoint accuracy, cutting through his skin, piercing his muscles, slicing open his trachea, and exiting from the back of his neck.

Dark red blood spurted out from the hole, congealing into tiny droplets in mid-air before landing on the white stone bricks.

Liu Meng's body remained frozen in place the moment the spear tip pierced through him, and the red score of 1820 above his head instantly disappeared.

At the same moment, the blue score number above Chen Ye's head jumped from 2560 to 4380.

He pulled the spear tip from Liu Meng's throat, flicked his wrist, and a drop of dark red blood fell from the spear tip.

Then he glanced across the hall. Of the fifteen people in the group, apart from Liu Meng, six had already been killed by Gu Qinghuan's flying knives during the White Tiger Seal's confinement period.

The remaining eight people regained their mobility at the same moment the light of the White Tiger Seal dissipated.

Some staggered, some gasped, and some turned and saw their companion's body on the ground, their pupils shrinking to pinpoints.

"Run!"

Someone shouted something, the voice sharp and broken, carrying an almost distorted sense of fear.

The eight people moved almost at the same time.

They scattered and fled towards different exits on all four sides of the hall, their footsteps echoing rapidly on the gray stone floor.

Three of them, in their panic, ran into the east passage that Chen Ye had come in through.

The remaining five people fled to three other passages.

Chen Ye didn't turn his head to look at the direction of the east passage. Zhao Hai and his group were lying in ambush there, and he didn't need to worry about those three people.

He pushed off the ground with his right foot, his body springing out from the spot. The dragon-scale halberd twirled in his hand, the shaft of the spear drawing an arc with a faint purple halo, catching up with the two passengers in the south passage.

The two had already run nearly thirty meters. Their speed wasn't slow, but the gap between them and Chen Ye was still huge.

In just a few seconds, Chen Ye had already closed in on the two passengers.

The passengers running a little behind seemed to sense the sound of wind rushing behind them and turned around abruptly.

He saw the tip of the Dragon Scale Halberd, enveloped in a pale purple halo, rapidly enlarge in his field of vision. His mouth opened, but he didn't have time to utter a sound.

The tip of the Dragon Scale Halberd pierced his back with pinpoint accuracy, emerging from his chest, a string of dark red blood beads hanging from the tip.

With a flick of his wrist, Chen Ye pulled the gun from the man's chest. Without pausing, he pushed off the ground with his right foot again, accelerating past the passenger's corpse and catching up with the second one.

The second passenger heard the noise behind him and instinctively tried to turn around, but before he could complete the movement, the spear of the Demon-Slaying Halberd swept towards him.

The gun whistled through the air and struck him precisely in the side, the sound of bones cracking echoing through the hall.

The passenger's body flew out as if hit by a car, slamming into the side wall of the hall with a dull thud before sliding to the ground and remaining motionless.

The blue score number above Chen Ye's head jumped twice, reaching 4690.

At the same time, Gu Qinghuan's flying knife shot out rapidly, instantly piercing the chests of two passengers who were fleeing towards the south passage, before flying in an arc and landing steadily on her shoulder. The blue score number above her head also jumped to 3890.

Immediately afterwards, several loud noises came from the east passage. A moment later, Zhao Hai and Wen Ning walked out of the passage, with Qin Zhaoyang and Zhou Yating following behind them.

"Brother Hai's S-level skill is pretty strong. He sent those three people flying with just one punch."

As Qin Zhaoyang walked, he put away the alloy longbow, his tone tinged with excitement.

"Those three people weren't very high level, and they didn't know we were waiting for them around the corner, so they were killed so easily."

The metallic sheen on Zhao Hai's fists was slowly fading.

Qin Zhaoyang nodded: "If it's a head-on fight, the three of them working together can't beat the four of us, but they can at least hold out for a few moves."

The group gathered in the center of the hall.

Chen Ye's gaze swept over the group, confirming that no one was injured.

Gu Qinghuan's gaze fell on the entrance to the passage on the north side: "One of them escaped."

Chen Ye followed Gu Qinghuan's gaze and said, "It's alright that one escaped. Killing fourteen people is already far beyond our expectations."

Gu Qinghuan frowned slightly: "He will tell them our information about the high-combat-power passengers on the train, such as the effects of the White Tiger Seal item."

"There's nothing we can do about it. It's too late to chase after them now, and this maze can change at any time. If we chase after them, we might get separated."

Chen Ye withdrew his gaze and summoned the system panel, his eyes landing on the line of current points.

[Current Points: G4899 (Red) 28890 points, G4939 (Blue) 25460 points]

This move significantly narrowed the points gap between the two trains.

"Hey bro, this boss drops loot!"

Qin Zhaoyang had already squatted down next to the BOSS's corpse without anyone noticing.

Chen Ye went over upon hearing the sound.

Beside the BOSS's corpse, three jet-black throwing knives lay quietly on the white stone brick floor. The blades were long and thin, gleaming with a steady, pale blue aura.

But Chen Ye's gaze lingered on the three throwing knives not because of their color or luster, but because there was no protective shield around them.

His brow twitched slightly.

From the moment the BOSS was killed until now, it has definitely not been more than thirty minutes.

Based on the pattern observed in all previous trials, items dropped by monsters will have a pickup protection period of at least half an hour, during which only the person who killed the monster can touch them.

But there was nothing around the three throwing knives; they just lay there naked.

He glanced at Liu Meng's corpse, then at the BOSS's corpse, and instantly understood why: once the person who killed the BOSS died, the dropped items became unclaimed and anyone could pick them up.

He had never noticed this mechanism before, and with it, killing and stealing treasures became very easy.

If you want to steal dropped items, you only need to kill the person killing the BOSS. You don't have to wait for the loot protection to disappear, making it much easier to kill and steal treasure.

Chen Ye bent down and picked up the three black throwing knives from the ground one by one.

The throwing knife felt cold to the touch, and its blade was slightly wider than the ones Gu Qinghuan usually used, with a smooth, curved edge.

He summoned the item information panel of one of the weapons, and a pale blue light screen unfolded in front of him.

【Black Light Flying Blade (Blue Quality)】

[Type: Telekinetic Weapon]

[Effect: Spirit +3]

[Note: Increases the user's Spirit attribute by 3 points. Equipment-added attributes do not benefit from talent and skill amplification.]

Chen Ye's gaze lingered for a moment on the line of "psychic weapons".

He had encountered various types of weapons before, including melee weapons with strength bonuses, ranged weapons with agility bonuses, and magic weapons with spirit bonuses, but this was the first time he had seen a category called "psychic weapons."

He then summoned the information panels for two more throwing knives, all with identical attributes: blue quality, +3 Spirit. The attributes of the three throwing knives were completely consistent.

Qin Zhaoyang craned his neck to look at the item information screen in front of Chen Ye: "Isn't this the weapon Gu Qinghuan uses? That's so stingy! Blue quality only adds 3 attribute points?"

"Psychic weapons are quite different from the weapons you use."

Gu Qinghuan also came over and stood next to Chen Ye and Qin Zhaoyang.