Bai Ye quickly left the room and found many people gathered outside.
He casually pushed his way through the crowd, parting them.
While those targeting the ice pillar god-thunder Jialais didn't necessarily all come from the Beast Taming World, it was possible for people from other worlds to be interested in such a powerful beast. However, at least sixty to seventy percent of those who had come to the glacier were chosen ones from the Beast Taming World. Since taming beasts was their livelihood, they were naturally more interested in the beast.
Therefore, without their beasts, the physical bodies of these beast tamers were no match for Bai Ye. He easily pushed them aside.
After clearing the crowd, Bai Ye saw Jin Sha and asked, "What happened?"
Jin Sha replied, "Someone died."
Bai Ye looked up and saw a woman lying in the snow, her back stained crimson.
Jin Sha explained, "She probably came out for a cigarette, and shortly after leaving, screams were heard."
Bai Ye nodded, approached the body, and crouched down to examine it. He frowned.
There was only one fatal wound. Someone had used an extremely sharp and keen weapon to pierce through the woman's body from behind. Beside her, there was a pack of slim lady cigarettes, suggesting she had come out for a smoke and was ambushed.
But, something was wrong!
This was a vast snowfield with no cover. It was impossible for someone to approach without caution and be foolish enough to be ambushed from behind. Even with a significant difference in strength, they should at least have faced their attacker directly, been hit in the chest, and fallen backward, not been stabbed in the back and fallen forward.
Bai Ye's gaze slowly shifted to the side, and he saw footprints.
The footprints were similar to human ones, but strangely, at the front of the toes, there were hook-like imprints, like beast claws, though beast claws shouldn't be this short.
However, Bai Ye now understood.
Following the direction of the footprints, they led around to the back of the monitoring station.
Bai Ye immediately stood up, walked back to the main entrance of the monitoring station, and pulled Jin Sha's arm, signaling with his eyes for her to follow him.
Jin Sha looked bewildered. After being pulled about ten meters, she couldn't help but ask, "Hey, hey, Bai Ye, stop for a moment. What's going on?"
Bai Ye released Jin Sha, took out his cigarette case, and lit one.
Exhaling smoke, Bai Ye said, "I'm not someone who likes to meddle in other people's affairs, but for the sake of that hot chocolate, I'm willing to save your life."
Jin Sha looked confused, "Save my life?"
Bai Ye gestured towards the main entrance of the monitoring station, "All those people will die."
Jin Sha's expression turned solemn. "Can you explain clearly what happened?"
Bai Ye replied, "You can think of it as a monster appearing in the monitoring station, and that monster will kill everyone here."
Jin Sha said, "If that's the case, we should inform others."
Bai Ye shrugged. "I have no way to prove the existence of that thing, so how can I make them believe me? Just because a body appeared? When I pulled you away, didn't you hear what people around were discussing? They were speculating that someone among them killed that woman. A group of people gathered together temporarily, do you expect them to trust each other? No, their first reaction will be to suspect those around them."
Actually, Bai Ye's true thought was: what did the lives of others have to do with him?
Bai Ye wasn't someone who liked to interfere, but Jin Sha was very enthusiastic and the information she provided had indeed helped him. Therefore, Bai Ye intended to take Jin Sha with him to leave this place, but the keyword was "casually." If Jin Sha insisted on meddling, Bai Ye would definitely escape on his own. Someone with Jin Sha's personality clearly hadn't experienced the harsh realities of the world battlefield.
This damned place, it was good enough to just look after oneself!
Just then...
Jin Sha's gaze inadvertently swept over the snow behind Bai Ye. She suddenly froze, then shouted, "There are footprints behind you!"
Without hesitation, Bai Ye lifted his clothes, drew his Zanpakuto, and swept it backward.
Clang!
A crisp metallic sound echoed.
Before Bai Ye, a faint human-like outline appeared.
"Invisibility cloak!" Bai Ye gritted his teeth and said forcefully, "It's really a Predator!"
In terms of strength, Bai Ye was on par with the Predator before him, even slightly stronger.
However, although the Predator's body was powerful and they were proficient in many combat skills, they didn't rely solely on their physique. They also relied on...
Technology!
Bang!
A dull thud sounded. Bai Ye felt a pain in his ribcage and his body tilted slightly, revealing a grimace.
Bai Ye knew he had been hit in the ribs with a knee strike, but there was nothing he could do. The opponent was wearing an invisibility cloak, and Bai Ye couldn't see the knee strike.
"What's going on!"
At this moment, two men seemed to have heard the commotion and walked towards Bai Ye and Jin Sha, asking loudly.
And at this very moment...
Bai Ye suddenly felt the pressure on his Zanpakuto lessen. The Predator had withdrawn their weapon!
"Run, run..." Bai Ye shouted at the two approaching men, "Run quickly!"
The two men were confused, and then...
Splat, splat!
The sound of flesh tearing suddenly rang out. Fissures appeared on the throats of the two men, and large amounts of blood sprayed out, dyeing the white snow crimson.
The two men didn't even understand what had happened before they met their demise.
Bai Ye spat on the ground and cursed, then decisively pulled Jin Sha and ran.
If the Predator dared to engage in a head-on fight, unless they were exceptionally strong individuals, Bai Ye was confident he could defeat them, but that was only if they were willing to fight him head-on.
Predators were often more like assassins because they had three standard equipment: wrist blades, shoulder cannons, and invisibility cloaks!
The function of the invisibility cloak was self-explanatory. Furthermore, due to the existence of the invisibility cloak, unless absolutely necessary and their invisibility was broken, Predators would choose to fight like assassins.
This was also the most troublesome aspect of dealing with Predators: how to cope with their unpredictable appearances. Once this was resolved, most of their other technological weapons could be dealt with through sheer strength.
Bai Ye thought as he pulled Jin Sha to the rear of the monitoring station. Then, Bai Ye suddenly stopped, his gaze falling on a few snowmobiles.
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