Translator: Sean88888 Editor: Elkassar1
Pokan had recovered by now, but the shadow of the Arbitrator had completely enshrouded him. The spear was so fast that it left a trail of afterimages as it continuously stabbed at Pokan. The rock shield that Pokan had barely managed to put up cracked, burst and turned into dust in an instant.
Blood sprayed and Pokan screamed as his right arm was pierced by the spear! He struggled helplessly after he was flung upwards into the air by the Arbitrator. The Arbitrator rushed forward like a devil and knocked his knees into Pokan’s chest one after another! Two muffled sounds could be heard from the strikes.
Pokan’s scream halted, because most of his chest had already caved in! Most of his ribcage had probably been broken. However, Pokan was someone who had experienced many battles. He immediately administered an honorary dosage and summoned Stone Blader Raijo.
The fierce elemental creature suddenly appeared from another plane to overlap with Pokan’s position, thus protecting Pokan within its body.
This was Pokan’s ultimate life-saving tactic. Stone Blader Raijo was a legendary creature and it was connected to the earth at this moment. It may not be totally invincible, but keeping itself safe should not be a problem. Under Pokan’s order, Stone Blader Raijo initiated its innate power. It immediately sunk into the ground after landing like the ground was water, disappearing from view and running away.
But the powerful Arbitrator had not given up just yet!
The crystal on his abdomen sparkled, and the smell of sulphur in the air got ten times stronger in an instant. The wrist blades on the Predator’s arms glowed crimson and from the tip of each wrist blade grew a bone spur which dug deep into his muscles. Then, the wrist blades turned transparent like crimson crystals!
The massive, overbearing body of the Arbitrator suddenly disappeared like a ghost. When he reappeared, he was right on top of Stone Blader Raijo which was submerged in the ground. He thrust his hands into the earth.
The spot he stabbed made a deafening rumble akin to an earthquake. Then, the soil surged upwards. Stone Blader Raijo roared furiously as the wrist blades pierced into its gigantic shoulders. Its navy blue stone skin turned completely crimson and it was forcefully pulled out from the ground.
Next, the Arbitrator flung the prey in his hands away and aimed his two high-energy shoulder cannons at the legendary elemental creature. Several high-energy plasma bolts shot out like machine gun ammos, bombarding Stone Blader Raijo continuously into the air!
However, such intense rapid fire appeared to have caused considerable strain to the Arbitrator’s equipment. The high-energy shoulder cannon on the Predator’s left shoulder burst open, billowing smoke.
Raijo wailed in agony after taking eight consecutive high-energy plasma shots, but alas, there was nothing it could do to change its fate of being crushed into smithereens. Even though it would not really die on this plane, its strength and rank would probably drop.
Pokan fell pale-faced out of Stone Blader Raijo. Even in such a predicament, he still managed to summon a stone spike to attack the enemy, but the Arbitrator simply stomped down hard and broke the stone spike into several sections.
Next, there was a flash of crimson, and when the Arbitrator was visible again, he was already in the after pose of throwing a spear. Meanwhile, Pokan’s mouth was agape but he could not utter a single word. A burning spear had passed through his chest and nailed him to the ground!
How much HP could Pokan have? The blow instantly brought him to the state of near death.
Pokan’s party ability came into effect. A huge, sinister-looking mouth emerged behind his back and swallowed Pokan into an alternate dimension. The sound of the mouth swallowing greedily could be heard.
About five to six seconds later, the huge, sinister-looking mouth re-appeared at a spot not far away, about twenty or thirty meters away from where it was before. It vomited Pokan back out. The resurfaced Pokan was no longer in a state of near death; a small amount of his HP had been restored.
Now that about 6 seconds had passed, all of them, except for Sheyan who was still struggling to break out of the net, knew for certain that the enemy was targeting Pokan. They already saw Paul die right in front of them, and they knew that if Pokan died too, they would be significantly weakened, so the three of them who were free instantly rushed to protect Pokan with a shout.
However, the Arbitrator indeed lived up to his name of a high tier Predator. He unexpectedly arrived in front of Pokan after only two bizarre leaps.
He calmly took Aldaris’ lightning attacks, Ronnie’s throwing weapons and Dardanian’s explosive seeds while his right wrist blade once again burst into a crimson flame. He closed his fingers into the shape of a knife and plunged his hand into Pokan’s chest, swift and violent like a roaring thunder.
This stab was executed without any warning signs. It felt like he was still more than ten meters away a second ago, but in the blink of an eye, he had transcended time and space to arrive before all the reinforcements to give Pokan a kiss of death. His hand penetrated deep into Pokan’s body, all the way to his elbow!
The delight from making a kill caused the Arbitrator to scream in excitement. He then extracted his hand, which was holding onto a bright red object!
A fountain of blood gushed out of the fist-sized wound. Pokan bounced high into the air and fell heavily onto the ground, splashing with blood. Although his blood was still warm and hot, life had completely left his body.
Seeing this, Sheyan howled with fury!
Sheyan had seen his fair share of deaths, but watching helplessly as his teammate who believed in him die was a terrible feeling. His hands were dripping with blood. Wounds the size of nail caps densely covered his body, turning him into a tragic mess of flesh and blood. All of this was a result of his struggle when he tore up those ten odd layers of nets to free himself!
A huge illusion of a bull emerged, and Sheyan charged fiercely at the Arbitrator.
In the face of Sheyan’s aggressive attack, the large, majestic enemy showed a sharp and bloodthirsty glint in his red eyes. He actually did something no one expected, and that was to pull out a long, crimson spear and charged towards Sheyan too! His momentum was akin to a large fighter jet that flew close to the ground! He roared forward deafeningly!
Sheyan never imagined that his ‘Hornrage’ would be countered in such a way. He slammed into the enemy’s chest but received the notification that the enemy had resisted the stun that followed. Next, a cold sensation transmitted through his left arm. It had been punctured by the spear with the glow of blood.
To be suppressed so completely as soon as the battle started was something Sheyan had never experienced before. This showed that the powerful Arbitrator was someone who had survived by carving a path through mountains of corpses and a sea of blood. He possessed a strong battle sense and rich fighting experience, and the highly-advanced equipment he wore boosted his strength considerably. That was why every move the contestants made had been countered so well, resulting in such a one-sided fight.
But Sheyan was not someone who gave up so easily. At the cost of taking another stab of the spear, he hit the ground with a curse-mix.
A strong shockwave spread and immediately stifled the Predator’s movement! Sheyan instantly stepped forward and grabbed the Arbitrator’s left leg tightly, the ‘Planetary-Grade High-Energy Mechanical Power Gloves’ spewing thick black smoke.
The monster struggled wildly. His wrist blade became like a transparent red crystal again and stabbed into Sheyan’s chest!
However, Sheyan’s fearsome defence was not something that summoned creature Raijo nor the fragile Pokan could compare to. A similar stab could severely injure Pokan, but it only caused Sheyan extreme pain, which only served to bring out more of Sheyan’s brute force to throw the huge, bulky body of the Predator into the air.
Everyone was waiting for Sheyan to create this chance. Dardanian’s cannibal fruits, Aldaris’ ‘Mage-Nemesis’, as well as Ronnie’s ‘Mark of Death’ and cross-slash skill struck the Arbitrator’s body at the same time, but they only heard a series of metallic clashes. A part of the Predator’s armour shattered and burst; it had absorbed most of the damage in place of its owner.
A plethora of old scars could be seen on the body protected by the armour, a testament to the countless fierce battles and countless life-and-death situations the Arbitrator had experienced!
“Damn…” Sheyan cursed through gritted teeth. Suddenly, something flashed across his vision. He then saw the look of disbelief on Dardanian’s face, whose chest had been pierced by a spear with a bloody glow!
The Arbitrator slowly retracted his hand from the throwing position, then abruptly rushed towards Dardanian!
Seeing this, Sheyan instantly pulled ‘Verdict’ out! The air of solemn judgement and holiness filled the atmosphere; as expected of a special dark gold equipment that could evolve. The Arbitrator was originally rushing at Dardanian, but when he saw Sheyan pull the gun out, he actually shifted instantly from rushing to retreat – as if he could violate the laws of physics – and headed straight for Aldaris instead.
