# Chapter 516: Timing
When Yu Guo said this, he was also testing Bai Kou, but Bai Kou's expression didn't change at all. She merely said casually, "If you can get out alive, turning District 011 into a plague land is fine too."
As she finished speaking, she snapped her fingers. The metal that had been clinging to the hospital walls rapidly contracted and gathered, condensing into long strips that shot toward the two of them from all directions!
"Ha!" The Whale bellowed, grabbing the train car beside him with one hand and swinging it with all his might, knocking away all those metal strips. However, those metals weren't solid—once struck, they immediately turned into a pool of liquid, splashing and wrapping around the train car, then closing in toward the two at the center, gradually forming a massive sphere.
"Get out quickly!" Yu Guo warned the Whale. The latter continued swinging the discolored train car, slamming it heavily against the curved metal, but only managed to dent it. So he changed direction, thrusting the train car upward, breaking through before the metal sphere could fully close.
But Bai Kou was already waiting for them up there. She reached out her hand, and the ring on her index finger flashed with light. The radiance enveloped the two of them, and the train car in the Whale's hands instantly turned into a heavy, dead weight, pressing down hard on his head.
The Whale tilted his neck, hoisting the train car onto his shoulder, and finally managed to escape from the sphere's encirclement. But he and the train car were both stepped on by Bai Kou.
Yu Guo looked up, using his pitch-black arm to scrape against the underside of the train car. The black pathogens immediately surged upward.
The Whale was wearing special protective clothing and gloves, ignoring the threat of the pathogens, while Bai Kou, standing above, was still dressed in her previous gown, looking quite vulnerable.
Unfortunately, before the pathogens could even touch the edge of her shoe, they were pressed back by an invisible force. Bai Kou pressed her right hand downward through the air, as if compressing the air into a wall. If the pathogens hadn't been squeezed into a flat plane, no one would have been able to see her making a move!
Both the Whale and Yu Guo below showed shock on their faces. Because there was a Super Item within this space, the effects of all time-space items were suppressed. They couldn't use theirs, and naturally, Bai Kou couldn't use hers either. Of course, that Super Item could also belong to Bai Kou, but using a Super Item to control such a small area would be overkill. Moreover, when a Super Item was used, it either completed an attack without anyone noticing, or it brought visible catastrophic destruction...
Therefore, it was highly likely that Bai Kou's move was either a Trait or Super Evolution.
After so many exchanges, both sides had a basic understanding of each other. Bai Kou was skilled with metal, mostly using metal in combat, so the possibility of a metal-related Trait was high. Additionally, she had undergone Super Evolution in the mental aspect, which was a self-control type of Super Evolution. Neither of these aspects seemed capable of controlling gas, and items had been ruled out, so it was very likely that this was also Super Evolution.
The worst-case scenario was that Bai Kou was an Advanced Player with multiple aspects of Super Evolution.
With this realization, the Whale threw the train car with all his might, then grabbed Yu Guo and charged into the distance. But before they could run more than a few meters, they slammed into something invisible in midair. They were blocked back, and only broke through on the second impact.
Watching the two fleeing, a flash of pain crossed Bai Kou's face, but she quickly pursued them again.
The two sides fought all the way to the first floor, affecting far more than just the Red Bracelet and Black Bracelet players who had been nearby. Also caught up were Ashis and those other Advanced Players—these people were now locked in fierce combat due to internal conflicts. Mona Douglas's side was at a disadvantage. She exchanged glances with her ally, Vinson Maney, and took out a palm-length spike. The entirely black spike looked like it was made of metal, but upon closer inspection, countless worm-like things were writhing on its surface.
Mona Douglas aimed the black spike at Ashis Werner and smeared it with blood that clearly hadn't come from her own hand. She said, "Target name: Ashis Werner. Identification marker: Blood. Mission objective: Kill the target."
As she finished speaking, the black spike seemed to gain life, flying toward Ashis Werner on its own. When Ashis saw Mona Douglas smearing the collected blood onto the black spike, his expression changed slightly. He took out a triangular, glowing piece of metal and threw it: "Destroy everything!"
This wasn't literally capable of destroying everything. The glowing triangle flew out and began destroying the Seventeenth Hospital on its own—Ashis was trying to forcibly destroy the Instance venue to escape.
At the same time, the black spike had already reached him. Long-range defense items, Traits, and powerful lethal weapons were all as fragile as paper before it. Not only did they fail to work, but they were also easily destroyed.
Ashis used items to dodge elsewhere, but the black spike seemed to have tracking ability, instantly following him again, as if it wouldn't stop until it killed him.
His companions, the curly-haired noble Carg Helta and the freckled noble Lynn Oz, tried to intercept from the side. After two failed attempts, they were held back by Mona Douglas's companions.
The glowing triangle was continuously destroying the walls, and half the floor was on the verge of collapse. Hearing the noise, Xu Huo simply opened a window in the wall, letting the triangle fly out on its own. However, he couldn't freely change the hospital's structure, so when the glowing triangle flew back, he instinctively glanced toward Bai Kou—this Instance probably wouldn't hold the Whale and the other for much longer.
And just at that moment, the Whale, carrying Yu Guo, and the pursuing Bai Kou burst into the battlefield one after another. The Whale was the first to block the black spike's attack trajectory. Glancing at the incoming object, he covered his right arm with a layer of black metal and swung it, sending the black spike flying.
The flying black spike returned to its trajectory in less than a second, but this time it collided with Bai Kou.
Bai Kou's face darkened. She released the sphere she had been using to modify the hospital's layout, directly using it to block the black spike.
No one knew what material the black spike was made of, but when it hit the sphere, it shattered into pieces. The writhing objects fell to the ground, some dissolving into the floor, and the rest recombined into a black spike that was now only two-thirds of its original length.
"My item!" Mona Douglas cried out in pain. The remaining black spike's speed was slightly reduced, but its attack was still fierce. Unfortunately, this time it failed to tear through Ashis's defense items and was instead blocked by them!
Having missed such a good opportunity, Mona Douglas gritted her teeth as she looked at Bai Kou. For some reason, she didn't use the black spike to kill Ashis again but instead withdrew it. Then she engaged Ashis in close combat herself.
But her luck was bad. The Whale, who had already moved far away, was forced back by Bai Kou and happened to crash into her. The energy bomb the Whale was holding exploded, sending her flying along with him!
(Chapter End)