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It's not a smart idea to dwell on a question that may not be answered quickly in the middle of a tense battle, especially when the question itself doesn't have much to do with the current situation. Originally, as an experienced veteran, Ed should know this kind of thing very well, but now that his brain has been a little hallucinatory and hyperactive under stimulation, he can't calm down like an addict who has just taken drugs, and he can still maintain basic thinking calm, which is the result of enough sophistication, but the pounding heart and the breath of continuous recovery in the body are extremely familiar, and his spirit has become a little confused, and there is a tendency to become more and more serious.

This affected his judgment to a certain extent, making his attention firmly attracted by the word that Bai Lin had just said, and he wanted to go deeper.

"Hades ......"

"Yes, yes, 'Hades.'" Ed couldn't help nodding, his eyes that were extremely condensed and no longer human-like looked at Bai Lin eagerly, "Where did you know about it, who told you that?" Tell me, tell me. ”

His tone was light, and he spoke quickly, but there was an inexplicable darkness lurking beneath the words that he listened closely.

"Immortal...... It's ......"

Carried by Ed in his hand and held in the air, Bai Lin's eyes were half-open—this was almost closed—only a little light could be revealed, and he was in an unusually sluggish state, as if he had opened his mouth with all his might, but his voice was not much stronger than that of a mosquito. It seems like a very hard thing to get her to finish a complete sentence like this, both for the speaker and for the listener.

Ed rolled his eyes helplessly, pulled Bai Lin's body close to him, and put his ear to her mouth. This time he finally heard it clearly, and Bai Lin finally said it a little easier.

"Immortal...... It was a big man who told me ......"

"What kind of big shot." Ed asked gently.

She ...... Wearing glasses...... Feathered ......"

"What?"

"She's ...... Her name is ......"

“……”

"Poof!"

Just as Ed was holding his breath and listening intently to Bai Lin as he continued, the sound of a sharp blade piercing into flesh suddenly sounded. His body shuddered, and his brow furrowed.

Slowly lowering his head, Ed saw Bai Lin's arm, his five fingers grasping a flying knife vigorously, and the blade stabbed deeply into his abdomen.

He felt something, pushed his arm forward, raised his eyes, and looked again at the half-dead whip girl who was held in his hand, and saw her expressionless face, narrow eyes, looking at him coldly, where was there still a little weakness!

“…… Hey! ”

The corners of Ed's mouth moved, and he finally grinned exaggeratedly. The two made movements almost at the same time, and at the same time that Ed pushed Bai Lin out with one palm, Bai Lin also kicked out, even if he was half a beat slower than Ed, he also kicked on Ed's chest with the advantage of high heeled boots and long legs.

The two swept back at the same time in opposite directions. Bai Lin turned over in mid-air to dissolve the surging power in his chest, and the half-squatting of the windbreaker swayed and fell to the ground, waving the grenade whip and retracting it beside him. Ed, after taking a few steps back, was picked up by two people, Duroc Sr. and Little Git, with three hands.

Old Duroc tilted his head from behind to glance at the mechanical throwing knife stuck in Ed's flank, his eyes widened, and at the same time he looked up to stop Little Git, who was trying to pull it out.

"Wait a minute." He looked at this gangster engaged in logistics, and quickly roared, "Don't pull it out yet, think of a way to stop the bleeding first!" ”

“……”

Little Git flickered, blinked twice under his sunglasses, and then tried to take off his coat. But Ed broke free from the support of the two at this time, opened his mouth with a strange face on his left side and stammered, his eyes looked straight ahead, and with one hand, he grabbed the handle of the flying knife inserted in his body and pulled it out, and threw it on the ground. Looking at the menacing posture, I almost didn't make up for a mouthful of phlegm.

"What the hell you."

Cursing in a low voice, Ed licked his lips and slammed his fist into the wound as Old Duroc's eyelids twitched. Blood poured out from between his clenched teeth, Ed closed his mouth, and the great pain spread throughout his body, making his pupils, which were not human, even smaller, and the strange aura that wrapped around his body stirred again, and the corners of his clothes and the tips of his hair rose without wind, and the suffocating twist spread out in all directions.

In a trance, little Getter seemed to hear some strange wheezing sound, some slow, loud wheezing, a gasp full of primal hunger desires—the wheezing sound from Ed's body next to him.

It's as if some vicious monster is being born in Ed's body.

The creepy scalp explosion made little Geet's body stiffen for a moment, and all the movements he wanted to do were not made, and the posture of pausing in the middle looked funny. And Ed's attention didn't move to him at all, and after a little breath, he disappeared in place, rushing towards Bai Lin not far ahead.

This time he seemed to have learned a lesson, and decided not to dwell on that issue for the time being. He decided to beat Bai Lin firmly first, and then have a friendly and safe conversation if he didn't die in the end. He believed that by then they would be much happier than they were now.

If it was just him, it would be a fool's dream to take down Bai Lin in the state of being stabbed. But he can't, but the "serpent" can, all he needs to do is release it.

The feeling of being targeted by the natural enemies at the top of the food chain enveloped Bai Lin again. But this time she was much calmer, calmly retreating while swinging the whip in her hand vigorously, and the layers of whip shadows restrained her body in the middle, and the big egg that Ed had seen once again appeared in front of him.

Condensed pupils flickered, and Eddard's body gurgled like an empty stomach ready to devour a bloody meal. His heavy footsteps stepped on the ground, chopped the hard and smooth floor tiles and jumped up, falling towards Bai Lin like a plop, and his powerful fist hit the surface of the "eggshell" fiercely.

Lightning flashed, Bai Lin's layers of whip shadows were shattered and scattered, while Ed's body was forcefully knocked away by the rebounding current, flipping and flying backwards into the air. And just a little behind him, on the trajectory of his landing, another vague phantom suddenly passed.

"Carl!" Old Duroc didn't have time to call out that name, and subconsciously raised his pistol, but the speed obviously couldn't keep up.

The wild instinct was touched, and Ed only had time to reluctantly turn his head back and make eye contact with the cold mask, and then he was strangled by a strong, hard, metal-covered arm, and violently and brutally threw it around, falling directly to the ground at a right angle, making a "boom" sound that is characteristic of the weight when it landed.

This almost broke Ed's bones, but the severe pain immersed in the body seemed to become another kind of food and nourishment, so that the things in Ed's body were further awakened, and the surging power filled his limbs, making him get up without any pause.

But as soon as he raised his head, a hard foot fell from the sky and stepped on the middle of his spine, stomping him back again. There was no way, Ed could only roll to the side on the spot, barely trying to get out of Carl's suppression. This time it was very fast and decisive, because if he had been a little slower, he would have immediately ushered in a round of gentlemanly attacks from the old man in the situation just now. With that person's professionalism and conscientiousness, he wasn't sure that his slender body would be able to resist it completely. Even the "big snake" is the same.

The sharp pain from the wound quickly cleared Eddard's spirit. He sat up violently, and saw a distorted phantom flicker in front of him, incredibly fast, even now he had no way to dodge, and could only temporarily bend his elbow to face him head-on.

The strange aura that wrapped around the body turned into an invisible giant force at this moment, and exploded at the moment of collision. Ed, who had expected the impact, caught the reaction and his body was slid backwards and rubbed to the ground at the same time, his feet against the ground, and his body tilted sideways for a long distance. And Carl, although he surpassed Ed in speed and strength, paused slightly because his previous attack did not have the expected effect. This made him unable to catch up with Ed and unable to control the rhythm of the battle.

The rabbit without a rabbit appeared behind him and followed in pursuit. Carl couldn't care about Ed anymore, turned around and threw his hand and punched, Adele dodged sideways, and leaned over and kicked Carl in the waist. Carl bent his knees up and slammed into Adele's smash. Adele was about to change her tactics again, when she suddenly turned her head back with a sharp feeling, and saw a whip shadow turn into a vast net, centered on Old Duroc and Little Geet.

Adele immediately dodged and shifted, and just as Carl was about to block behind him, his arm suddenly turned around and turned sideways to block the domineering and vicious split. The strange invisible force transmitted through his body to the ground, causing layers of cracks to appear under Carl's feet. His sealed metal mask lowered slightly, reflecting Ed's monster-like condensed eyes, and he reached out and grabbed the joint of Ed's arm, dragging his body and throwing it in the direction of Adele's three.

Ed spun uncontrollably for half a circle, and then felt a powerful hand skillfully flick his body in the air, allowing him to easily regain his balance and roll back to the ground.

He turned his head and saw Adele wave him backwards, flicking his fingers on a whip shadow of Bai Lin, breaking the entire net and making the metal thunder whip fly back.

“……”

Glancing at Karl, who had turned his attention to this side, Ed considered the situation for a moment and exhaled with a deep sigh in his eyes.