Two Realms: The Dark Wizard Evolves Madly in the Wasteland

However, before the smile on Raven's face had completely faded, his sharp eyes swept across the edge of the battlefield.

"Um?"

He frowned slightly.

Joanna, the woman who had always followed the side of the group with a very low profile, was gone.

From the start of the battle until its end, she had quietly slipped away from the group without leaving a sound.

A sense of unease immediately arose in Raven's heart.

He gripped the communicator tightly.

"Little Fish," Raven whispered, "did you notice where Joanna went?"

She sat upright in the car, constantly sensing the battlefield.

A hint of confusion flashed in her gray eyes. She tilted her head slightly, then shook it with great certainty.

"Mr. Lei... Xiaoyu couldn't sense that woman's presence. It's as if she... vanished into thin air."

Vanished into thin air?

Raven's heart sank.

The sudden disappearance of a Tier 3 superhuman with a score as high as 45 from the group after just experiencing a fierce battle and when their defenses were at their lowest is definitely not a good omen.

"Ah Shui!"

Before Raven could continue to ponder, a voice filled with surprise and excitement suddenly came from behind him.

Immediately afterwards, Li Jing rushed over like a gust of wind and hugged Lei Wen tightly.

She was so excited that her voice trembled. She hugged Raven tightly around the waist and kissed him twice!

"Ah Shui! We did it! After killing the eight crawlers, we'll complete the mission!"

Raven was jolted back half a step by the sudden hug, feeling the warmth and excitement emanating from Li Jing.

The eyes behind the glasses did not reveal much elation at the victory.

He gently patted Li Jing's back, the gesture seemingly gentle, yet it carried an irresistible force that pushed her away.

"Don't rush to celebrate."

Raven's voice wasn't loud.

"Li Jing, have everyone rest where they are, check their ammunition, call Da Bao and Er Bao back, drive the vehicles into the park, establish a defensive perimeter using that half-collapsed factory building, everyone on alert..."

Li Jing's smile froze for a moment.

She keenly sensed the unusual tone in Raven's voice, immediately composed herself, and resumed the capable demeanor of the Black Rose mercenary leader: "What happened?"

"One person is missing," Lei Wen said succinctly.

Li Jing was startled, her gaze quickly sweeping around. When she realized the figure on the heavy motorcycle was gone, her expression instantly changed: "Joanna? Where did that crazy woman go?"

"have no idea."

Raven shook his head, his gaze fixed on the depths of the factory area ravaged by artillery fire. "Little Fish can't sense her. A third-tier superhuman, disappearing on the battlefield—do you think that's a good thing?"

Li Jing gasped, her hand instinctively reaching for the holster at her waist: "You mean, she's planning to stalk the cicada from behind?"

"Whether she's the one unaware or not is still unclear... but I'm certain she slipped in while we weren't looking!"

Raven didn't explain further. He carried the heavy Remington 870 in one hand, his brow furrowed. This woman was something else; she had managed to slip past his line of sight and infiltrate the area.

"Ah Shui! It's too dangerous, I'll go with you!"

Li Jing followed without hesitation, pulling her adjutant beside her.

He quickly gave the order: "You take ten men and come with us. The rest of you, form pairs, each a sentry post every hundred meters. If anything happens, send out a signal flare immediately!"

After saying that, she carried the still-warm rocket launcher and quickly caught up with Raven's retreating figure.

Li Jing had her trusted confidants lead the way, surrounding herself and Lei Wen, and the group slowly made their way deeper into the factory area.

The ground felt sticky and disgusting, littered with the corpses of crawlers.

And all of these crawlers were killed with a single shot.

The wounds were all very strange, all piercing directly through the brain from the ears, which was similar to what Li Jing had told her. Without a doubt, these crawlers were mostly killed by Joanna.

"Click, click."

In the deathly silence, the only sound was the crisp crunch of people's footsteps on the ground.

[High-energy biological reaction detected! Quantity: 2 Distance: 300 meters! Movement speed: Extremely fast]

Joanna is dead. Strength: 25, Constitution: 25, Agility: 18, Spirit: 6, Danger

[Wang Lin: Strength: 5, Constitution: 5, Agility: 5, Spirit: 15 Extremely Dangerous]

Li Jing's heart was pounding in her ears as she stared intently at the shadowy area ahead, the safety on her rocket launcher already off.

"Ah Shui, look, that's..."

Li Jing's voice suddenly caught in her throat.

Ten meters ahead, between two broken concrete pillars, stood a figure standing silently.

It's Joanna.

That once beautiful face now appeared ashen and bluish-purple, with spiderweb-like black veins covering the skin, as if something was moving under the skin.

Her head was tilted to one side at an extremely unnatural angle.

The cervical spine appeared to be broken, with only a few pale bone fragments piercing through the skin and protruding.

Most horrifyingly, there was a huge hole in her chest, where her heart should have been, and her lower body was naked, clearly indicating that she had suffered inhuman torture before her death...

Seeing Joanna's miserable state, Li Jing's lips trembled and she couldn't speak. Even though she disliked Joanna very much, she couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow for her.

The once dashing man now stands there blankly, like a broken rag doll.

"vomit!"

"Hehe...hehehe..."

Just then, a sickeningly loud laugh suddenly echoed through the air.

"Smack."

A crisp snap of fingers rang out.

A white-haired boy dressed in a hospital gown appeared without warning next to Joanna, who had turned into a rotting corpse.

He was barefoot, stepping on the filthy ground, and on his pale, youthful face was a manic smile that was almost morbid.

"Shh!"

The white-haired boy put a finger to his lips and tilted his head.

He wore an almost sickly smile.

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes gleaming with fanaticism, and began to mutter incantations, his voice clear yet carrying a chilling echo:

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

(From Matthew 7:13-14 in the Bible, the general meaning is: things that are truly valuable often require a great price to obtain.)

As he chanted, he joyfully tiptoed in place, as if performing a sacred dance.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

The boy turned his head and looked at the crowd in front of him with great interest.

However, before anyone could react...

"Bang!"

A deafening gunshot suddenly rang out, instantly shattering the eerie atmosphere.

Raven frowned, and without uttering a single unnecessary word, his gun spit out a scorching flame.

The immense recoil caused the gun barrel to jerk violently.

The bullet shot towards the white-haired boy instantly.