Thud!

The skinny man shattered the asphalt with a kick, leaving a deep pit covered in spiderweb-like cracks. Baili Pangpang staggered back, barefoot, and let out a ghostly cry before swinging his great sword once more.

The sword shadow swept across the earth like a dragon.

The skinny man leaped with force, jumping four or five stories high to avoid the sword shadow, then landed lightly on top of a street lamp after dodging the attack.

Baili Pangpang heard a series of explosions in the distance, and his eyes gradually lit up.

“Cao Yuan! Hold on a little longer, reinforcements are coming… uh…” Baili Pangpang saw in the distance that Mad Cao Yuan had already pinned the three-knife man to the ground, grinning wickedly as he dismembered him with a knife, blood splattering on his face. He looked like a deranged serial killer.

This scene made Baili Pangpang doubt who the real villain was…

The rampaging Cao Yuan was completely out of control, even though he had already killed the three-knife man to the point of no return, he was still immersed in the pleasure of slaughter, not even thinking about helping Baili Pangpang.

In fact, it was already good enough that he didn’t kill Baili Pangpang on a whim.

“Useless thing!” The skinny man saw the miserable state of the three-knife man and cursed, launching an even more fierce attack.

But no matter how he attacked, the seemingly clumsy Baili Pangpang was like an agile loach, always managing to narrowly avoid his attacks, then turning around to disgust him with a bunch of strange things.

“Take this! Behold my invincible Great Mirror!” Baili Pangpang reached into his towel and pulled out a round mirror with an ancient design, shining it at the skinny man. The moonlight reflected by the mirror shone on the skinny man’s face, and he suddenly froze!

At that moment, the skinny man felt as if his brain had been severely hammered, his entire mind buzzing, and his face turned as pale as paper.

“Psychic attack…”

He barely steadied himself and looked at Baili Pangpang with eyes full of anger. Before he could make a move, Baili Pangpang smirked and swung his great sword again!

The dense sword shadows directly engulfed the skinny man’s figure, and a large cloud of smoke and dust rose.

Baili Pangpang stood with one hand on his hip, arrogantly touching his nose and snorting, “A mere ‘Pond’ Realm, how laughable.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared behind him like a ghost!

The skinny man, covered in blood on one side, looked extremely ferocious, as if he wanted to swallow Baili Pangpang alive! He raised his right hand high and suddenly slashed towards the back of Baili Pangpang’s neck!

Baili Pangpang felt a chill at the back of his head and thought it was bad, about to hurriedly dodge, when a muffled groan came from behind him.

A man in black clothes with a gentleman’s hat had somehow already sneaked up behind him, holding a straight knife, and the tip of the knife pierced the skinny man’s heart, and the blood dripped onto the ground.

The skinny man turned his head with difficulty and saw the face hidden in the shadows, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but the man simply pulled out the knife, and as blood splattered, the skinny man breathed his last.

Baili Pangpang saw the newcomer and exclaimed in surprise, “Qi Ye! You’re here too?”

Lin Qiye sheathed the straight knife, shrugged, “I just wanted to take a look, to fulfill the duty of a landlord, who knew it would be just in time…”

Lin Qiye’s gaze fell in the distance, his brow slightly furrowed.

“Never mind, let’s deal with that guy first…”

Baili Pangpang was stunned and turned to look, only to see that Cao Yuan had already stood up from the pool of blood, carrying the straight knife with black flames swirling around it, grinning as he walked towards them, emitting a murderous aura.

“Thank goodness you’re here, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to beat this guy…” Baili Pangpang looked at Cao Yuan, who looked like a demon, and couldn’t help but shiver.

“After advancing to the ‘Pond’ Realm, his Forbidden Ruin seems to be stronger and more ferocious,” Lin Qiye frowned and said, reaching out to Baili Pangpang, “The Sealing Scroll.”

Baili Pangpang reached out and handed the tape to Lin Qiye, sighing helplessly.

“From now on, it’s more appropriate to call this thing the ‘Cao Yuan Chastity Lock’…”

“…”

Lin Qiye’s mouth twitched slightly, holding the straight knife in his right hand and the tape in his left, and a touch of darkness spread out from him.

Mad Cao Yuan seemed to have sensed the aura of darkness, and became more cautious in his actions. He stared at Lin Qiye, who was in the center of the darkness, stopped in his tracks, seeming to hesitate whether to approach or not.

Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow, and like a ghost, he rushed towards Mad Cao Yuan.

Since Mad Cao Yuan had sensed the danger of the Divine Ruin and was unwilling to approach, he took the initiative to rush forward and close the distance with him.

Mad Cao Yuan saw that Lin Qiye had taken the initiative to attack, and took it as a direct challenge. After roaring in anger, he charged towards Lin Qiye.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

In the depths of the Divine Ruin, Lin Qiye and Mad Cao Yuan exchanged dozens of blows, sparks flying!Enshrouded by malevolent energy, Lin Qiye’s Utmost Darkness Corrosion couldn’t erode or control anything on Cao Yuan’s body. He could only rely on the passive bonuses of the [Starry Night Dancer] and the advanced [Mortal Divine Realm] to battle against him.

However, the promotion to the “Pond” realm had made [Black King’s Annihilation] equally formidable. Whether it was the heart-palpitating malevolent flame or the frenzied combat mode, it was enough to become a nightmare for anyone of the same rank.

After a brief stalemate, Mad Cao Yuan easily suppressed Lin Qiye’s offensive, instantly gaining the upper hand.

“Roar roar roar roar roar——!!”

Mad Cao Yuan roared twice, his blade techniques becoming even faster. Lin Qiye struggled to parry his attacks, his brows slightly furrowed.

The next moment, a blinding golden light burst forth from his eyes!

The Divine Might of the Seraph was indeed Mad Cao Yuan’s nemesis. With just a glare from Lin Qiye, the malevolent energy on Cao Yuan was greatly dispersed, causing him to stagger backward.

Without any hesitation, Lin Qiye unfolded the “Cao Yuan Chastity Lock” in his hand, swiftly securing Cao Yuan’s body, then flashed behind him, grabbed the tape, and suddenly pulled with force!

Boom——!

Relying on his formidable physique under the cover of night, Lin Qiye directly threw Mad Cao Yuan over his shoulder, sending him crashing into a nearby low-rise building.

Thick smoke billowed, and Lin Qiye stood there with a straight saber in hand, squinting towards the low-rise building.

After a long while, Cao Yuan, having reverted to human form, climbed out of the window with difficulty, coughing a few times, and slowly began to remove the tape from his neck.

“Qi Ye, could you be gentler next time…”

Cao Yuan rubbed his neck, which bore the marks of constriction, and looked at Lin Qiye with a grievance.

“You weren’t gentle when you were chopping at me just now,” Lin Qiye said expressionlessly as he sheathed his saber.

“…Holding a grudge?”

“…”

Lin Qiye didn’t answer his question but instead looked up at the sky. The [No-Restrictions Zone] had already been broken, and above, the burning hotel rooftop showed no signs of being extinguished.

“The instructors’ battle is still ongoing. The enemies they’re facing now should be from the ‘River’ realm… Luckily, we jumped down directly,” Cao Yuan said with a light sigh as he watched the scene.

Lin Qiye picked up the black box from the ground and turned to walk towards the other side of the street.

“Such enemies are not within our capability to deal with. Rather than standing here foolishly and increasing the risk of exposure, we might as well… go have a bowl of noodles.”