"Wait a minute!" Cao Yuan suddenly called out, stopping Lin Qiye who was about to leave.
Lin Qiye frowned and turned around.
"What's your last name?"
"Lin, Lin Qi Ye." Lin Qiye looked at Cao Yuan with a puzzled expression. "Is there a problem?"
"Two trees stand tall, one of the eight gods departs, kindness over pride, ten years have passed since nightfall, entering the night for ten years, saving my people... So it was you." Cao Yuan stared blankly at Lin Qiye, muttering to himself.
Lin Qiye didn't hear what he said clearly, and just saw him muttering to himself, so he rolled his eyes.
"Pschyo."
"..."
Lin Qiye stopped arguing with him and turned to run towards another battlefield.
Cao Yuan watched his departing figure in silence, lost in thought.
Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind.
Cao Yuan turned around and saw Tianping looking at him expectantly.
"Come and chop me up, I'm curious."
Cao Yuan looked at him, then turned to look at Lin Qiye, who was fighting on the battlefield. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly bent down...
He picked up the sword from the ground.
Libra's eyes lit up.
"It seems he now sees me as a deserter... I need to change this bad impression." Cao Yuan muttered to himself as he picked up his sword.
"What did you say?" Libra didn't quite hear.
"Are you sure you can survive?" Cao Yuan gripped the scabbard with one hand, his other hand slowly reaching for the hilt, his eyes fixed on Libra, and asked earnestly.
"If you're not sure, I can go find that man over there wearing the 'Wang' mask."
Tianping shook his head decisively, "Don't worry, this is a small matter, the captain doesn't need to get involved."
"Oh, then I'll draw my sword."
Cao Yuan took a deep breath and placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
The moment his fingertips touched the hilt of the sword,
A strange sense of dread rose in Libra's heart!
At the same time, Wang Mian who has been locked in one place and Lin Xi Chen who had chained him suddenly turned their head and stared intently at Cao Yuan in the distance, a look of shock flashing in their eyes!
"Holy..."
The blade is drawn from its sheath.
Black Evil Qi surged like a raging pillar of fire, shooting straight into the sky!!
Strands of pitch-black flames shot out from Cao Yuan's skin, instantly burning away his upper garment and revealing a muscular body covered in scars. Black, malevolent flames intertwined around his body, gradually solidifying into a bizarre humanoid garment.
Human, demon!
Sizzle—!
His lips parted slightly, a wisp of white smoke emanated from his body, and he slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of eerie, blood-red double pupils!
His eyes were devoid of any rationality or composure; he was like a wild beast.
Tianping's pupils suddenly contracted, and the unease in his heart grew stronger. He immediately floated backward, preparing to distance himself from Cao Yuan.
The moment his feet left the ground, Cao Yuan flashed in front of him like a ghost.
Pointing at his neck,
With a sinister grin, he swung his sword!
Black flames swirled around the blade, easily breaking through the defensive force field surrounding Tianping and heading straight for Tianping's head!
Tianping's heart skipped a beat!In that instant, he seemed to recall again the question that the boy had asked him, looking earnestly into his eyes:
"Are you sure you can survive?"
"Sure?"
Sure, my ass?!
This strike truly made Libra feel a life-or-death crisis.
If he doesn't unleash his full potential, he absolutely won't survive this blow with only the 'Zhan' Realm!
He braced himself to block the blow, yet he felt no impact. Slowly opening his eyes, he saw that Cao Yuan had been chained in place by brilliant golden chains.
SHING!
Clang—!!
"What the hell is this???"
"It's my special skill.... [Chains Of Heaven]... The stronger the opponent, the more secure the chain; the more the opponent struggles, the tighter the chain binds."
"I demand compensation! I'm not done with you yet, [Masked] Captain!" Lin Xi Chen playfully slapped Wang Mian on the back as she smirks as she walks over from a distance with Wang Mian, who coughs a few times—a gesture intended to make her spare him some face.
Wang Mian turned to look at Libra, and spoke with some helplessness:
"Libra, you were too careless."
"No..." Tianping rubbed his eyes, still not quite recovered. "What was that thing?"
"Forbidden Ruins Sequence 031, [Black King Annihilation]."
"[Black King's Annihilation]... This is the first time I've encountered a human with such a high-ranking Forbidden Ruins in the sequence."
"Indeed, the first 30 of the Forbidden Ruins sequence are called the realm of gods. This means not only that most of these 30 Forbidden Ruins belong to gods, but also that... those who possess these 30 Forbidden Ruins have already entered the realm of gods."
"Sequence 031, [Black King Annihilation], is truly below the gods and above all living beings."
Wang Mian looked at Cao Yuan, who was struggling against Lin Xi Chen's chains in the distance, and spoke calmly:
"This power is too strong, and he is too weak, so much so that he completely loses consciousness after using the Forbidden Ruins, relying solely on his fighting instincts to drive his body. This is a truly indiscriminate attack; when he goes berserk, he'll even cut down his own teammates."
"I understand..." Tianping slowly rose, gazing intently at the crazed Cao Yuan before him, and said earnestly, "I was careless just now. Now... I will give it my all and give this madman a good lesson."
"Hm.... All yours then." The chains vanished, and Cao Yuan immediately targeted the weakest among them—Lin Xi Chen.
"Alright temporary truce over" Lin Xi Chen immediately turned to attack Wang Mian, catching him off guard by instantly binding his limbs with golden chains.
"????"
"Y-You.... I thought we are bonding!! W-Wait! XIao Chen, hear me out!"
Libra clasped his hands together, and the weapons and bricks scattered around him rose up at the same time, forming a vast, suspended mass in the air, locking onto Cao Yuan on the ground.
Cao Yuan gripped his knife, his blood-red eyes fixed on the scales in the air, black malevolent flames churning beneath his lips, a ferocious smile spreading across his face.
The next moment, his figure flashed, moving like a ghost through the ruins.
"Go." With a light tap of his finger, the countless brick and stone weapons all changed direction and shot out like machine guns, causing the ground to tremble slightly.
Boom boom boom—!
Black flames erupted, and with a flash of blade light, Cao Yuan easily sliced through the falling object with incredible speed, arriving beneath Tianping in an instant...
With a powerful kick!
Leap high into the air!
Just as his sword was about to touch Tianping's body, Tianping wobbled and flew upwards for dozens of meters...
Thus, in his mad state, Cao Yuan discovered a very serious problem.
He can't reach it...
"Hehehehe..." Tianping laughed as it flew, looking down at Cao Yuan who was standing there dumbfounded. "You can't fly, aren't you annoyed?"
Cao Yuan:...
"Damn, that guy is shameless!" Baili Pangpang, who was watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help but curse.
"That guy is too strong. If it were a one-on-one fight on the ground, apart from Wang Mian, no one else would be a match for him. So we can only stall him like this." Lin Qiye stroked his chin and muttered to himself.
"That guy was actually that strong..."
He hesitated for a moment, then his gaze fell on the King in the distance, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Take care of yourself." Lin Qiye patted Baili Pangpang's shoulder, then vanished in a flash.Just as Baili Pangpang was about to say something, Lin Qiye had already run far away.
He scratched his head and sighed helplessly.
Just then, a blurry moon shadow crept up behind him...
The hilt of the short sword was raised high.
It struck Baili Pangpang hard on the back of the head!
Thwack—!
A blindingly bright golden shield suddenly appeared around Baili Pangpang, directly knocking away the short sword in Yue Gui's hand!
Baili Pangpang was taken aback, slowly turned his head to look at the embarrassed Yue Gui, and tilted his head.
"Huh? You were just... trying to ambush me?"