“Two more hits?”
“Time is really running out!”
Yin Yang let out a long breath and threw his staff with a sudden flick of his wrist!
Swoosh!
Thud!
The staff thudded into the ground in front of the black coffin. Black Feather and White Feather immediately scrambled away without a second thought.
This guy's methods were too bizarre. He wouldn't throw his staff just for show, would he?
Boom!
The staff exploded into a mass of reddish-black mist that began to seep into the black coffin.
The rest of the mist chased after Black Feather and White Feather. Yin Yang's gaze landed on a corner of the ruins as his hands rapidly formed seals.
The phantom behind him released a sliver of divinity, which drifted toward the reddish-black mist.
Boom!!!
It was as if the reddish-black mist had been injected with a Ten-Treasures Great Tonifying Pill; it suddenly went berserk!
As it billowed, it transformed into a hideous ghost face.
“Sister, we're dead if we try to run! Let's take him down with us!”
Black Feather looked ferocious. Having advanced all the way from the Criminal pathway to the Sequence 6 Treacherous rank, she had killed countless people.
How could someone like her ever accept death quietly?
They were the type to drag their enemies to hell with them!
“Fine!”
“Damn Chiwu! If I make it back alive, I'm definitely reporting him!”
The Chiwu White Feather mentioned was the man in the trench coat waiting for them outside.
Spiritual energy erupted from the two women. The lotus crowns on their heads ignited, and even their feathered robes began to burn fiercely.
They were pushing the potential of their transcendent items to the limit. Doing so would heavily damage or even destroy the objects!
But in a life-or-death situation, they couldn't afford to worry about material possessions.
Flames enveloped the two women. Instead of burning them, the fire ignited the surrounding mist.
Yin Yang acted as if he hadn't seen a thing, his hands still moving in a blur of seals.
Boom!!!
The barrier shuddered, now covered in a web of cracks. Anyone could see that one more attack would shatter it completely.
At that moment, Yin Yang took several steps back.
Amidst the ruins at his feet lay a door, likely knocked loose when the altar had pushed upward earlier.
Swoosh.
He slapped the Traveler's Badge onto the door and kicked it open. Beyond was pitch-black darkness, leading to an unknown destination.
“Aaaagh!!!”
A weak roar echoed in the distance. Qi Xiangyang had been completely devoured by the monsters; one was even licking the blood off the ground.
Their gazes soon shifted to the Feather sisters and the black coffin.
“Brand!”
As Yin Yang spoke those two words, the monsters fell to their knees simultaneously. The light in their skulls vanished, and the skeletons collapsed to the ground.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Orbs of light emerged from their bodies. Some flew toward Yin Yang, while others merged with the mist.
The reddish-black mist went berserk once more before suddenly condensing.
In less than a second, the vast cloud of mist compressed into three red needles and shot out.
“Defend!”
Black Feather roared, channeling all her spiritual energy as she stood shoulder-to-shoulder with White Feather.
Two red needles sliced through the air, completely ignoring the flames as they pierced the foreheads of the two sisters.
The third red needle vanished into the black coffin.
“What kind of technique is this?”
Black Feather touched her head nervously, but found no wound. It felt like a hallucination.
Boom!!!
The barrier shattered completely, and an unimaginable pressure descended.
Black Feather, White Feather, Yin Yang, and even Xia Zhiqiu inside the black coffin were pinned in place almost simultaneously.
A single thought surfaced in all their minds.
I must not move. If I move, I'll die!
Yin Yang let out a long breath and whispered softly.
“Thankfully, I made it in time.”
His voice was quiet, but a Demigod's five senses were terrifyingly sharp.
The figure's gaze snapped toward him. At that exact moment, a brilliant white light erupted from the ruins!
The source was the statue that had been bound by the copper ring!
Yin Yang had prepared for this long ago when he sent it to the Qi family. Fearing they might only take the ring and discard the statue, he had even painstakingly added some fakes.
If necessary, the statue could emit a transcendent aura.
As it turned out, Mr. Qi had kept it without a second thought, rendering those extra precautions unnecessary.
“Hmm?”
The Demigod reached out to suppress the white light! Simultaneously, the blade-wielding ghost appeared in front of Yin Yang and gave him a powerful shove.
The Demigod narrowed his eyes. He looked at the white light, then at the escaping Yin Yang, and finally at the Security Bureau members rushing toward the scene.
In the end, he chose to stop the white light from exploding rather than pursue Yin Yang.
Swoosh!
The Demigod teleported in front of the Security Bureau team, pressing his hands forward to forcibly suppress the violent explosive force!
At that moment, Yin Yang tumbled through the door and vanished.
Boom!!!
An incredibly domineering force swept out in all directions.
Caught in the Demigod's aura, Black Feather and White Feather couldn't move. They could only watch as the terrifying power surged toward them.
“No!!!”
The sisters' faces were filled with despair as they were annihilated in the explosion.
On the other side, the Demigod went all out, forcibly suppressing the shockwave to keep the blast within the Qi family estate.
After about ten seconds, the dust settled. The Security Bureau team was unharmed, but the hill where the Qi family manor stood had been lowered by over ten meters.
Neither Wang Dong nor the Demigod looked pleased.
“With an explosion like that, not a single clue will remain.”
“What about spiritual residue?”
“Forget it.”
“Our opponent was very cautious. Do we know who it was?”
“Preliminary assessment points to the Shadow Lotus Church. They seem to have collaborated with the Qi family.”
“The Shadow Lotus Church?”
“Bureau Chief, we found a black coffin on site!”
Uncle Huang trotted up to Wang Dong, not even sparing a glance at the Demigod.
“A black coffin?” Wang Dong's voice sounded surprised, then he seemed to recall something. “It's Xia Zhiqiu's coffin, a transcendent item. If he was here, we might be able to find out what happened.”
The Demigod nodded and walked to the coffin with Wang Dong.
Sensing that the outside was safe, the black coffin slowly creaked open, revealing Xia Zhiqiu, who looked like a mummified corpse.
Wang Dong stepped forward to help him up. “Old Xia, what happened here?”
“I...”
“Don't move!”
The Demigod suddenly stopped Wang Dong, his brow furrowing as he stared at Xia Zhiqiu's forehead.
His expression was grave, frightening the other two into staying still.
The Demigod reached out and tapped Xia Zhiqiu's forehead.
Hum—
A red ripple shimmered, and a brand appeared clearly on his forehead.
“A brand?” Wang Dong asked in surprise.
“Yes.”
“What's the effect?”
“He's been marked as a sacrifice!” The Demigod's expression was incredibly grim. “The moment you die, everything you possess will be plundered by that evil god!”
Xia Zhiqiu, who had been nervous, suddenly didn't seem to care anymore. “Hah, if I'm already dead, why would I care what happens next?”
...
An abandoned mine.
Yin Yang pushed open a dilapidated wooden door and stepped out.
Hiss, hiss, hiss—
A rustling sound echoed. Yin Yang turned his head and saw hundreds of venomous snakes coiled inside the mine.
Traveler's Badge.
Its effect was to randomly open a door to an unknown location. The drawback was that as the number of uses increased, the danger behind the door would grow.
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