One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

It has no facial features, but a gaping maw filled with sharp teeth has split open on its chest.

What's even more chilling is that its body is covered with a layer of liquid armor that shimmers with silver light.

That was the mercury magic that Sherko had just released!

"It stole the captain's alchemical properties?!"

On the left flank of the group, a nimble black figure leaped and landed between the stone pillars; it was none other than the Night Assassin Finn.

"Not only that, its internal energy circuit has reached a critical point!"

Allen yelled, "Get out of the way!"

"Roar!!!"

The mutant let out a deafening roar, and its massive maw opened wide.

A black shockwave, infused with mercury poison and violent kinetic energy, hurtled towards the team's most vulnerable rear ranks like a heavy compressed cannonball.

Ellen and Cecilia!

This force was so immense that it even blocked all escape routes in the surrounding space!

"Don't think about it!"

A resolute glint flashed in Sherko's eyes as he prepared to bite his tongue and forcefully activate the forbidden technique to block the attack.

"Captain, save your blood. Leave this heavy work to me."

A light laugh, tinged with a hint of cynicism, suddenly rang in Sherko's ears.

It's Finn.

This top assassin usually enjoys playing with daggers and is indifferent to everything.

At this moment, however, his eyes were burning with an unprecedentedly brilliant light.

"Finn! Don't go! That thing's gravity will tear you apart!"

Sherko was horrified and reached out to grab it, but only caught a fleeting afterimage.

"Don't blink, guys, this is my most beautiful farewell ever."

Finn's figure was like an aurora tearing through the night, advancing instead of retreating, going against the current to meet the destructive shockwave!

He held the two daggers coated with deadly poison in his hands, one in front of the other.

"Shadow Dance Secret Technique: Thousandfold Killing Strike!"

To the astonishment of the crowd.

Finn's speed actually broke through the limit, and his body left hundreds of materialized afterimages in mid-air!

Those afterimages perfectly avoided the direct impact of the shockwave, like a flock of black swallows, simultaneously cutting into the mutant's close range from all directions!

"Ta-da!"

A dense chorus of metallic clangs filled the air.

"Stop...!"

Finn roared in mid-air and slashed his dagger fiercely!

The mutant's massive body stiffened abruptly, the shockwave spewing from its chest was abruptly interrupted, and a large area of ​​its mercury armor disintegrated.

He single-handedly paralyzed this terrifying monster!

"Well done!" Gao Wen was overjoyed.

However, smiles had not yet appeared on everyone's faces.

A sudden change has occurred!

The enormous energy accumulated within the mutant's body was forcibly severed, causing a terrifying spatial collapse!

A visible black spatial rift suddenly tore open beside Finn!

That unreasonable suction force directly entangled Finn, who was suspended in mid-air!

“Finn!!!” Cecilia screamed.

Finn's lower body had been mercilessly swallowed by the spatial rift, and the sound of his bones being crushed was chilling.

But he didn't scream.

His face, pale with pain, still bore that defiant smile.

With his last ounce of strength, he threw the two remaining daggers in his hand, shattering two rocks that were hurtling towards Sherko from mid-air.

"team leader……"

Finn looked at Sherko, whose eyes were bloodshot, and his lips moved slightly:

"The rest of the journey... is in your hands..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the spatial rift closed.

This exceptionally talented assassin vanished completely from the white jade steps, like a drop of water merging into the ocean.

Not a single drop of blood was left.

Sherko's hand, gripping the rapier, trembled violently.

His fingernails dug deep into his flesh, and blood dripped from his palm.

He stared at the spot where Finn had disappeared, feeling as if his heart was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, and even his breath tasted of blood.

These are the soldiers he trained, his brothers who fought alongside him.

Now, she died so cruelly right in front of him.

"Damn it... damn it!"

A violent killing intent surged in Sherko's eyes. He gritted his teeth and forcibly suppressed the boiling emotion back into his body.

He is an excellent leader.

He knew that anger wouldn't solve anything.

"A way to break the deadlock!"

Sherko stared at Allen, his voice terribly hoarse: "Tell me, how do I break through this damned maze?!"

Chapter 375 Cracking the Zombie Horde and the Captain's Duty

On the white jade steps, the white mist was so thick that it was almost impossible to dissipate.

Sherko's hoarse question echoed in the deathly silence.

Allen stared intently at the panel in his hand, his glasses stained with bright red blood vessels.

His fingers tapped faster and faster on the virtual keyboard.

"Found it!! But..."

Allen's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty, and large beads of sweat splattered onto the screen from his forehead.

“Speak!” Sherko grabbed Allen’s shoulder.

"This is a spatial dead loop based on the principle of 'equivalent exchange'."

Allen took a deep breath and forced himself to report rationally:

"The staircase absorbs our magic to revive the horde of corpses, and the horde then forces us to output even more magic. The only way out is at the core of the staircase."

He raised his hand and pointed to the mountain of corpses ahead:

"There's a capacity threshold there. If we force energy far exceeding its absorption limit into that point at the same instant, we can completely burst this closed loop!"

Upon hearing that there was a solution, Cecilia, who had always been responsible for support in the team, had a glint in her eye.

But before she could even speak, Allen's next words plunged her into an ice cave.

"However, the core of the formation is constantly moving."

Allen's voice lowered:

"Someone must rush into the very center of the zombie horde and pin that point down with their own body. Then, in a very short time, they must detonate all of their life force and magical energy."

"Only such reckless detonation can achieve the equivalent of penetrating the threshold."

"Moreover... the person who detonates it will be completely wiped out as space collapses."

A suffocating silence fell once again on the stairs.

Finn just left.

Now, another life has to be lost?

"I come."

Without any hesitation, Sherko gripped the rapier in a reverse grip.

His handsome face now held only the coldness and determination befitting a captain.

"Allen, mark the coordinates. Cecilia, the moment I detonate, you take Gawain and Allen and rush across the fault at full speed."

"Captain! Are you crazy?!" Cecilia grabbed his sleeve, tears welling up in her eyes.

"You are the heir to the Emerald Academy, our commander! What's the point of us winning the championship if you die here!"

"Let go." Sherko didn't turn around; his voice was eerily calm.

"I brought you here to compete, not to die. Finn already shielded me once, I won't allow you to do it again..."

"boom!"

A large hand pressed heavily on Sherko's shoulder.

They forcefully pulled him back from the step he had taken forward.

It's Gao Wen.

This giant, who was over two meters tall and wore heavy alchemical armor, had somehow appeared in front of Sherko.

His once gleaming armor was now covered with deep, bone-revealing dents and claw marks.