Chapter 178: Falling Into the Trap

Hailey and the others weren't the only ones who had noticed that Adam and his team were traveling toward that supply point.

While Goblin and his team were collecting the spoils of battle following Midget's demise, the large screen in the stadium had already turned to Adam and his team, giving them both a close-up shot and a long shot.

Soon, a second wave of excitement began to sweep through the spectator stands.

"Lean Mean Killing Machine is also about to fall into the trap!"

"Things are about to get interesting now!"

"I bet you 300 that two of them are going to die there."

"I agree. That woman and that dumbass steam robot are definitely going to die!"

"Yeah, those two are pretty trash, not gonna lie."

……

Unfortunately for the participants in the battle royale, they weren't privy to the information that the spectators outside had access to.

By the time Adam's team arrived at the supply point, all that was left was a set of ruins.

"We heard the sound of battle here just now, so this place has most likely already been looted." Adam quickly inspected the site from a high vantage point, then turned to Hook as he asked, "Do you see anything?"

Hook was peering through his telescope, and he replied, "No. It seems like it's really peaceful in there, but it's also kind of strange. It's almost like I'm looking at a mirage, as if what's actually there has been concealed by someone."

"In that case, we probably shouldn't go," Nie Yiyi said. "I feel like there's bound to be some danger there."

"You're right. The area has already been searched anyway, so even if there's no danger, there's no point in going there." All of a sudden, Adam seemed to have spotted something. "Did you guys see Oni no Miko just now?"

Adam felt as if he had just spotted Oni no Miko in the distance.

"I think I saw her as well," Hook replied. "She seems to be on her own. Could it be that she was involved in the battle just now?"

"You guys both saw her? Are you sure?" Initially, Nie Yiyi felt this to be rather suspicious, but all of a sudden, her doubts were erased by some unexplainable force, and she completely lowered her guard. "In any case, it can't hurt to go and take a look. If we manage to catch Oni no Miko on her own, we'll be able to take care of her quite early on, which can't be a bad thing."

King Arthur was just about to raise some objections, but he then suddenly found himself agreeing with their opinions, and he nodded in response. "I'll leave it up to you two."

"Alright, then let's go."

Adam also completely lowered his guard as he led the team into the supply point.

On the way there, they couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't quite right, but by the time they came to their senses, it was already too late, and they had already arrived at the center of the supply point.

"I don't think we should've come in." Hook was the first one to make the realization. As the most observant and sensitive member of the team, he quickly realized that something was wrong. "I feel like we were influenced by something, and all of us somehow ended up making the wrong choice!"

"There's a psychic disruptor here!" King Arthur was a seasoned adapter and combatant, and he immediately thought of that rare branch of adapters. "Someone lured us into this place!"

"In that case, this is most likely a trap."

Sure enough, as soon as Adam's voice trailed off, he spotted an anomaly in the distance.

……

While Adam and his team were discussing the situation, a heated argument was also taking place on the other side.

As it turned out, the sinister four-man team were having a difference in opinion. Goblin was actually opposed to this second ambush, and he was going to back out as soon as he spotted Adam from afar.

However, his teammates were vehemently opposed to the idea.

In contrast with Midget's team, where he was the sole decision-maker, Goblin couldn't call the shots for everyone on his team.

"I'm telling you, we can't afford to mess with a team with two S tier combatants!"

"So what if there are two S tier combatants? The one that we just killed was also an S tier combatant. Even if there are two of them, they're no match for us!"

"Exactly! You Shadow City locals think you're tougher than everyone else, but what you don't know is that the outside world is where all of the real big fish are. This is only a small pond compared with the rest of the sea!"

"I don't care if they're S tier or SS tier, they're going down!"

"You don't understand! One of them is different from the S tier combatant we just killed!" Goblin was still trying to explain the situation to his teammates, but he was impatiently cut off. "Cut the chit-chat. They've already arrived and discovered that artificial anomaly. If that thing dies, we'll lose a valuable asset."

"Do we do it or not?"

"Well, looks like we have no choice now, do we?" Goblin sighed, and he was beginning to regret recruiting these people onto his team.

They were far too arrogant. Prior to coming here, they hadn't watched any match footage or done any homework. They thought that with their abilities, they would be able to stomp all over everyone as they pleased.

"Let's give it a try then. It's not like we have no chance at all," Goblin sighed as he turned his attention to the supply point.

Not only had the artificial anomaly not been weakened from its battle against Midget, it had become more powerful instead.

The reason for this was that the massive black technomantic array was constantly nurturing the anomaly with its energy, slowly enhancing its powers over time.

However, even so, there was no way that they could rely on a single artificial anomaly to defeat Adam's entire team. In fact, it was yet to be seen whether it could even take on King Arthur on its own.

As the anomaly rushed toward Adam and his team, it was instantly forced back by King Arthur's holy sword and dragon flames.

However, after it was forced back into retreat, a burst of undead power was injected into its body, elevating its powers to a new level. This time, its body was radiating cold undead energy that allowed it to charge straight through King Arthur's attacks before gouging out a large chunk of flesh from King Arthur's body with a swipe of its claws.

Having been enhanced by both the black technomancy and the undead energy, the anomaly's individual power already exceeded King Arthur's, and Nie Yiyi hurriedly rushed in to assist him upon seeing this.

However, she had only just leaped up from the ground when countless goblin bombs emerged before converging rapidly toward her from all directions.

However, Nie Yiyi was also a seasoned veteran on the battlefield at this point, and she slashed her blades through the air, releasing ferocious gusts of wind to keep these bombs at bay. After that, she attempted to blow the bombs away with a wave of her hand, only for them to abruptly explode.

The shockwaves from the explosion burst through the wall of wind, carrying shards of shrapnel that sliced gashes all over her body.

However, that was only the initial explosion. As a well-established A tier combatant, Goblin was rather mediocre in direct combat, but given sufficient time to prepare, even an S tier combatant may not have been a match for him.

He and his teammates were indeed extremely arrogant, but they also had the power to back up their attitude.

𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Nie Yiyi was sent flying by the explosion, and before she had a chance to stabilize herself, a massive black technomantic hand suddenly erupted out of the ground before grabbing her tightly around the waist.

At the same time, the second wave of bombs had already arrived.

A string of resounding explosions rang out, and Nie Yiyi was completely enveloped in flames.

Did that kill her?

Goblin was peering intently into the epicenter of the explosion.

This first wave of attacks had been intentionally planned to target Nie Yiyi.

Adam and King Arthur were too powerful to realistically be killed by a single wave of attacks, while Hook was too weak, so killing him wouldn't have had much of a bearing on the battle anyway. Hence, it seemed like the best option was to focus their powers on getting rid of Nie Yiyi first.