The members of the Sand Scorpions group had been so focused on the person that they had taken down that they didn’t notice the Triple Axis group charging at them.
When they finally noticed them, it was already too late for them to dodge out of the way.
The only thing that they could do was wave their hand to summon up the sand to block this attack.
But because it was a forced effort, they weren’t able to gather enough spiritual energy in time to move that much sand. They were only able to move a bit of the sand in their haste.
It was almost like just throwing a handful of sand at the three of them that they quickly ignored.
Seeing the weapons that were approaching them, the people of the Sand Scorpions group raised the weapons in their free hand to block them.
But the difference was that one side was caught off guard and one side was swinging with all of their might, so there was no need to compare.
The weapons of the Sand Scorpions group weren’t able to block the full might of these swings, so they snapped like twigs. The swords of the Triple Axis group came down on these people and cut them down where they stood.
After that, the three from the Triple Axis didn’t remain still.
There were five Sand Scorpions to begin with and they had only cut down three of them.
There were still two that were left.
Seeing that their comrades had been cut down, the first response that these two had wasn’t to try and save them. The first response out of these two was to try and escape from this place.
They wanted to gather their spiritual energy to go into the sand again, which was how they had managed to ambush them in the first place. However, the three from the Triple Axis naturally wouldn’t let them do that.
They knew that once the Sand Scorpions went back into the sand, they wouldn’t be able to do anything again.
If that happened, they really didn’t know how to make it up to this person from the Treasure Hunters who had sacrificed themself.
So the three of them quickly surrounded these two and didn’t give them any space to breathe with their attacks.
The members of the Sand Scorpions were weaker than the three from the Triple Axis individually. If it wasn’t for the fact that they were in the desert which made the Sand Scorpions stronger, they never would have been able to do anything to the Triple Axis group in the first place.
In the end, it didn’t take long for the Triple Axis group to overwhelm them and the last two members of the Sand Scorpions were also cut down like the rest of their group.
After they had finished off the rest of the Sand Scorpions, the three of them couldn’t help stabbing their weapons into the sand and using them to support themselves. At the same time, they were panting to catch their breath.
To ensure that they could take care of the Sand Scorpions, they had gone all out. That had used up quite a bit of their spiritual energy, so they were quite tired right now.
Once they saw that all the members of the Sand Scorpions group had been taken care of, the Treasure Hunters came out of their hiding spot and came over to where the corpse of their friend was.
The members of the Triple Axis group had disapproving looks on their faces when they saw this, but they didn’t say anything.
But then before they could react, they saw the leader of the Treasure Hunters suddenly slap the corpse on the face.
When they saw this, they all revealed shocked looks as they couldn’t believe that they would do something like this.
All three of them were about to say something to protest this, but before they could say anything, something even more shocking happened.
The corpse suddenly took a deep breath before their eyes popped open.
Seeing this, their chins dropped again as they couldn’t understand what was happening.
When the ‘corpse’ opened their eyes, they looked up at the face above them before revealing a smile and saying, “Boss, what took so long?”
The leader holding the ‘corpse’ in his arms revealed a smile as well as he said, “They weren’t that easy to take care of.”
The ‘corpse’ gave a nod before standing up and dusting the sand off his body.
The wounds on his body also quickly began to heal and in no time, he returned to normal. The only thing that didn’t recover were his clothes that still had cuts in them which revealed parts of his skin.
But through those revealed parts, one could see that he had completely healed.
It was as if everything that had happened before hadn’t happened at all.
Seeing the looks on the faces of these three, the person who had ‘died’ explained everything.
“It’s a special ability that I have. I can go into a state of suspended animation once a day because of my body’s special physique. Once I exit that state, I will return to normal and it will be as if nothing happened.”
The three of them looked at this person with a strange look.
But they had no choice but to accept it since it had happened in front of their faces.
If they hadn’t seen it, there was no way that they would ever accept this.
So it seemed that they hadn’t abandoned their comrade and they did indeed have a plan.
Before any of them could even say anything, there was movement from around them again.
All of them immediately raised their guards, but they found that it was useless.
That was because they were already surrounded by countless people.
It was a large crowd that completely surrounded them, blocking off any escape path that there was for them.
But they couldn’t help being surprised by the fact that they had been surrounded by this without any signs at all. It was as if they had appeared out of nowhere and had suddenly surrounded them.
Even if the Triple Axis group didn’t notice anything, the Treasure Hunters group should have noticed something because they were specialized for that.
So just where did they come from?
After a while of staring at each other, the group split apart and there was a person that walked through.
The moment that they saw this person, they all knitted their brows.
That was because they recognized this person right away.
This person was also a famous C Rank Mercenary from Stirring Sands City, but rather than calling him famous, it was better to call him infamous.
That was because he had a reputation for hunting down fellow mercenaries.
There were many who had reported him, but he had always managed to get out of trouble. There were even people who had suspected that he had contacts inside of the Mercenary Guild who had helped him get away with all of this.
And there were secret rumours that…he was doing this on behalf of the Mercenary Guild.
After all, none of the records of the ones that he had killed were clean.
He was known as the Black Widow.
After walking out, the Black Widow said with a wide smile, “You never would have expected this, right?”
After hearing this, the members of the Triple Axis and Treasure Hunters group all revealed ugly expressions.
It was true, they didn’t expect to be surrounded by this.
After a moment of silence, the middle aged man asked, “What do you want?”
The Black Widow just said with a wide smile, “You should already know.”
Indeed, they did know what he was planning, but they had wanted to negotiate. Or at least buy some time to figure out a way to escape from this place.
After all, there was no way that they would be able to defeat everyone here.
The three from the Triple Axis were drained and the ones from the Treasure Hunters aren’t that strong in the first place. Not to mention, there were just too many people that were currently surrounding them!
Even if they were stronger, they wouldn’t be able to beat everyone.
So the only thing that they could do was try to find a way to break free.
The Black Widow could see through them and didn’t give them that chance.
So before any of them could say anything else, he raised his hand and gave a wave as he said, “Take care of them.”
After he gave this signal, the people all around them drew their weapons, but no one charged at them. Instead, they aimed all of their long range weapons at the group that were trapped in the center.
The people that the Black Widow had gathered weren’t anywhere as strong as the group in the center.
They knew that in a direct confrontation, there was no doubt that they would be defeated by the Triple Axis and the Treasure Hunters.
So they chose to use long range weapons to swarm them.
This was of course the best choice and it had been the Black Widow who had provided everything.
Seeing this, the ones from the Triple Axis and Treasure Hunters all revealed bitter looks.
Was this where they would die?
But before anyone could do a thing, there was a cloaked figure that suddenly appeared in the air.
This was a figure that everyone was familiar with.
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