They rushed to cover their noses and mouths, but it was too late.
Then, the death row inmates felt their bodies weaken, their limbs go limp, and they uncontrollably collapsed.
Ye Xinran curled her lips, took out a dagger from her Sumeru ring, and slowly approached them, sneering, "Next, it's your turn to be prey!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Xinran, her expression unchanged, swung the silver dagger and cleanly slit the throats of the three death row inmates, blood gushing out.
The remaining death row inmates were in a panic at the sight, but their bodies wouldn't move.
"Don't...don't come near!"
"Heh heh, you think you can escape after being hit by my Soft Bone Powder."
Ye Xinran chuckled disdainfully. Fortunately, she had come prepared before participating in the selection for the disciples of the Killing Heart Holy Court.
After killing three death row inmates, Ye Xinran's score displayed on her bracelet became three.
It was just the beginning. If she could kill the remaining death row inmates, perhaps her score could enter the top ten.
However, just as she was about to continue killing the fallen ones, another twenty death row inmates jumped out from the forest, surrounding her from all sides.
Ye Xinran's expression immediately turned serious.
There were too many death row inmates, and they were more familiar with Ghost Vine Valley than the examinees. They had caught up instantly.
"Hahahaha, that's great, we caught a lone one, and it's a little lady too."
"Be careful, that wench has poison on her, don't get too close."
"What are you afraid of? We have archers, shoot her with arrows! Quick!"
These death row inmates were arrogant and smug, as if they already had Ye Xinran trapped.
However, Ye Xinran was not afraid of them. Even without using her true essence, she had many treasures in her Sumeru ring that could be used without true essence, and she had plenty of ways to deal with these desperadoes.
But looking at the uncollected heads on the ground, Ye Xinran couldn't help but wonder, "Damn it, I haven't collected all my heads yet, and more death row inmates are coming. This is so troublesome!"
At this moment, the arrows of the death row inmates were strung and aimed at her simultaneously.
Ye Xinran's expression remained unchanged, and with a flicker of her body, she easily dodged the arrows.
In the blink of an eye, she was in front of a death row inmate. The man's widened eyes only saw a flash of silver light. When he came to his senses, his throat had been slit, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, dead.
The criminals imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison of the Killing Heart Holy Court were all those whose hands were stained with the blood of countless innocent people.
Therefore, Ye Xinran had no hesitation or mercy when killing them.
The other death row inmates did not stop attacking because one of their own had fallen; instead, they became even more enraged.
A man twice Ye Xinran's size swung his giant axe and chopped at her.
Ye Xinran dared not confront him head-on and tried to dodge, but she was surrounded by other death row inmates.
At the same time, arrows attacked her again. This time, she had no chance to dodge.
Just as Ye Xinran was about to take out a few more disposable martial skill scrolls from her Sumeru ring to deal with them.
The giant axe man in front of Ye Xinran and several nameless death row inmates behind her suddenly stopped.
Then, to her astonished gaze, they fell to the ground one after another, dead.
"What? What's going on?!"
Not only Ye Xinran, but the remaining death row inmates were also bewildered.
Their companions had died for no apparent reason?
Before they could recover from their shock, the rest of them seemed to have suffered strange attacks, their hearts or heads inexplicably pierced by something.
Without even a scream or struggle, they lost their lives and fell.
Ye Xinran stared in astonishment. She immediately scanned her surroundings vigilantly but found no one.
Where did these attacks come from?
However, she quickly realized that the person who had secretly killed more than twenty death row inmates should have seen a surge in their score.
Ye Xinran then looked at the white jade ring on her wrist, and the top ten examinees were displayed.
She saw a green ghost mask pattern rapidly ascending among the various evil ghost mask icons, directly reaching the top.
It had been less than an hour since the competition began, and the person wearing the green ghost mask had already killed forty death row inmates.
"Could it be that this person just helped me from the shadows?"
Ye Xinran pondered in her heart.
However, this green ghost mask looked somewhat familiar, like that of the little guy.
Could it be... !
Ye Xinran's beautiful eyes suddenly widened. Through the white jade ring, she quickly displayed the image of the green ghost mask.
It was indeed Xin Ci!
"How did that little guy do it?!"
Upon seeing that it was Xin Ci, Ye Xinran's eyes widened in disbelief, and her voice involuntarily rose.
Could it be that the little guy was nearby?
Ye Xinran's heart surged with emotion, and she murmured to herself, "I didn't expect that little guy to have a conscience after all, to save me when I was in danger."
However, as Ye Xinran's lips curved into a shallow smile, still lost in her own imagination, the death row inmates who had been incapacitated by her Soft Bone Powder on the ground.
The next second, they were also attacked and died.
On the top ten ranking board, Xin Ci's kill count had also reached fifty.
Xin Ci's actions completely stunned Ye Xinran, and she froze on the spot like a statue.
Only then did she realize, "Perhaps... that little guy wasn't trying to save me just now, but to... steal! HEADS!"
"Damn it!!!"
Ye Xinran's lungs nearly exploded with anger.
"You hateful little guy, I actually had a better impression of you just now. I didn't expect you to steal my kills!!"
The more she thought about it, the more she felt wronged. Ye Xinran frantically searched the area within a thousand-meter radius centered on her, but found no trace of Xin Ci.
Ye Xinran wondered, "This shouldn't be right. That little guy shouldn't be so far away!"
After searching fruitlessly, Ye Xinran could never have dreamed that Xin Ci was on a desolate mountain cliff nearly twenty thousand meters away from her.
A sniper rifle, manufactured by Luo Fei and improved with rune arrays, was set up on the ground by Xin Ci, its muzzle pointed in the direction Ye Xinran had been.
Relying on the long-range search of the mechanical raven, Xin Ci quickly found the lone death row inmates and killed them one by one.
However, as he used the sniper rifle, he couldn't help but marvel at the miraculous power of this weapon.
"Qingqing, this weapon you had Luo Fei forge is indeed incredibly powerful."
Xin Ci couldn't help but exclaim.
Old Han also materialized, examining the sniper rifle closely, and couldn't help but ask, "Little girl, how did you come up with this weapon? I was still doubting if this strange-looking thing would work, but I never expected it to be used like this, and with such impressive power!"