“Wait!” Cao Yuan suddenly spoke up, stopping Lin Qiye who was about to leave.

Lin Qiye frowned and turned around.

“What’s your last name?”

“Lin, Lin Shuangmu.” Lin Qiye looked at Cao Yuan with confusion. “Is there a problem?”

“Lin Shuangmu, the one who stands with two trees, the eighth god to leave, ten years in the night, crossing the world… So it’s you.” Cao Yuan stared at Lin Qiye in a daze, muttering to himself.

Lin Qiye didn’t hear what he said clearly and only saw him muttering to himself. He rolled his eyes.

“Crazy.”

“…”

Lin Qiye didn’t bother with him anymore and turned to run towards another battlefield.

Cao Yuan silently watched his departing figure, lost in thought.

Suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder from behind.

Cao Yuan turned around and saw Wang Mian looking at him with anticipation.

“Come and attack me, I’m curious.”

Cao Yuan looked at him, then turned to look at Lin Qiye who was still fighting on the battlefield. After hesitating for a moment, he slowly bent down…

And picked up the knife from the ground.

Wang Mian’s eyes lit up.

“It seems that he sees me as a deserter now… I need to change this bad impression.” Cao Yuan muttered to himself as he took the knife.

“What did you say?” Wang Mian couldn’t hear clearly.

“Are you sure you can survive?” Cao Yuan held the sheath of the knife with one hand and slowly reached for the handle with the other, looking at Wang Mian with serious eyes.

“If you’re not sure, I can go find the man over there wearing a mask with the word ‘Wang’ on it.”

Wang Mian shook his head decisively. “Don’t worry, Captain doesn’t need to intervene in such a small matter.”

“Oh, then I’ll draw my sword.”

Cao Yuan took a deep breath and placed his hand on the handle of the knife.

The moment his fingertips touched the handle, an inexplicable sense of horror rose in Wang Mian’s heart!

At the same time, Wang Mian, who had been quietly watching the battle, suddenly turned his head and stared at Cao Yuan in the distance, a hint of shock flashing in his eyes!

The blade was unsheathed.

Black aura surged like raging flames, shooting up into the sky!!

Strands of black flames burst out from Cao Yuan’s skin, instantly burning his shirt to ashes, revealing his scarred and muscular body. The black aura and flames intertwined outside his body, gradually solidifying into a strange humanoid armor.

Half-human, half-demon!

With a click!

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, a wisp of white smoke dispersed from his body, and he slowly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of blood-red and eerie pupils!

In his eyes, there was no trace of reason or calmness. He was like a wild beast.

Wang Mian’s pupils suddenly contracted, feeling an even stronger sense of unease. He immediately floated backward, preparing to create distance from Cao Yuan.

But just as his feet left the ground, Cao Yuan’s figure flashed and appeared in front of him like a ghost.

Aiming at his neck,

He swung his knife with a sinister smile!

Black flames surrounded the blade, easily breaking through the defensive force field around Wang Mian, directly aiming for his head!

Wang Mian’s heart skipped a beat!

In that instant, he seemed to recall the serious look in the young man’s eyes as he asked:

“Are you sure you can survive?”

Sure?

What a load of crap!

This strike made Wang Mian truly feel the threat of life and death.

If he didn’t unlock his boundary, with only his ‘Zhan’ boundary, he would definitely not survive this strike!

Just as Wang Mian was about to unlock his boundary, he suddenly felt his vision blur, and a figure abruptly appeared in front of him!

It was a man wearing a mask with the word ‘Wang’ on it, holding a black knife.

Clang!

A sharp collision sound rang out, dazzling sparks erupted in the twilight. Wang Mian’s Yiyuan and Cao Yuan’s knife clashed, and a violent gust of wind erupted around them!

Then, a terrifying blade aura slashed out from Yiyuan, directly sending Cao Yuan flying with his body and knife, crashing into the distant ruins.

Wang Mian sheathed his knife and turned to look at Tianping, speaking helplessly:

“Tianping, you underestimated him.”

“No…” Tianping rubbed his eyes, still not fully recovered. “What exactly is that thing?”

“Forbidden Ruin Sequence 031, [Black King’s Annihilation].”

“[Black King’s Annihilation]… I’ve never encountered a human with such a high-ranking sequence in a forbidden ruin before.”

“Indeed, the first 30 sequences of the forbidden ruins are known as the realm of deities. It means that not only do most of these 30 forbidden ruins belong to deities, but it also implies that… those who possess these 30 forbidden ruins have already entered the realm of deities.

And Sequence 031, [Black King’s Annihilation], is truly above the deities and above all living beings.”

Wang Mian looked at Cao Yuan, who stood up from the ruins in the distance, and calmly said:

“This power is too strong, and he is too weak. After using the forbidden ruin, he completely loses consciousness and relies solely on his instinct to fight. This is truly an indiscriminate attack. When he goes mad, he even attacks his own teammates.”

“I understand…” Tianping’s body slowly rose, he looked at the now frenzied Cao Yuan, and earnestly said, “I was careless just now. Now… I will give it my all and have a good fight with this madman.”

He clenched his fingers, and the weapons and bricks scattered on the ground floated up at the same time, hanging in the air like a storm, locking onto Cao Yuan on the ground.

Cao Yuan held the knife, his blood-red eyes fixed on Tianping in the air, the black aura and flames swirling around him, a ferocious smile on his face.

In the next moment, his figure flashed, ghostly shuttling through the ruins.

“Go.” Tianping lightly tapped his finger, and the flying bricks and weapons changed direction, shooting out like machine gun bullets, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Boom boom boom!

Black flames erupted, under the flickering blade aura, Cao Yuan easily cut through the falling objects. His speed was astonishing, and in an instant, he arrived beneath Tianping…

He kicked off with both legs!

Leaping high into the air!

Just as his knife was about to touch Tianping’s body, Tianping swayed and flew dozens of meters upwards…

Thus, Cao Yuan, in his mad state, discovered a serious problem,

He couldn’t reach…

“Hehehehe…” Tianping laughed at Cao Yuan below while flying. “You can’t fly, are you mad?”

Cao Yuan:……

“Damn, that guy is so 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 duel on the ground, no one but Wang Mian could be his match. So, they can only try to wear him down.” Lin Qiye stroked his chin, murmuring to himself,

“That guy just now, he’s so strong……”

He hesitated for a moment, his gaze falling on Wang Mian in the distance, his eyes slightly squinted.

“Take care of yourself.” Lin Qiye patted Baili Pangpang on the shoulder, his figure flashed, and he left the spot.

Baili Pangpang was about to say something, but Lin Qiye had already run far away.

He scratched his head, sighing helplessly.

Just then, a blurry moon shadow sneaked up behind him……

The hilt of the dagger was raised high,

And it struck hard towards the back of Baili Pangpang’s head!

Smack——!

A blinding golden light shield suddenly appeared around Baili Pangpang, directly repelling the dagger in the moon ghost’s hand!

Baili Pangpang was stunned, slowly turning his head to look at the embarrassed moon ghost, tilting his head,

“Eh? Were you just… trying to ambush me?”