Zhu Qunqing took off his sunglasses and activated his supernatural power, 【Killing Gaze】, staring intently at the slumped Jiang Cifei as if to vent his rage.
Jiang Cifei let out a muffled groan, his body convulsed, and then he went completely still.
Dr. Luo watched this scene without saying a word. She knew Zhu Qunqing was killing the chicken to warn the monkey, trying to intimidate her.
She had always been one to know which way the wind blew. Although she looked down on Zhu Qunqing's behavior in her heart, she didn't show it on her face at all, lowering her head slightly with a respectful posture.
Having recruited a subordinate who possessed both ability and beauty, Zhu Qunqing's mood eased slightly. He turned and walked toward the corpse of The Crucible of Life.
Even though this supernatural creature was dead, in theory, such creatures retained their traits after death. The corpse of The Crucible of Life still held immense value.
Zhu Qunqing didn't notice when he turned around that Jiang Cifei's fingers were trembling slightly, and his hair was moving despite the lack of wind.
Dr. Luo saw it, but she had no intention of telling Zhu Qunqing.
Zhu Qunqing walked up to the massive corpse of The Crucible of Life and squatted down, attempting to peel away the fused ordinary human bodies on the periphery to recover the original core parts.
The moment he touched it, however, his expression changed drastically!
The corpse felt cold and slimy to the touch, seemingly having lost all its supernatural attributes and become ordinary. The fused limbs and heads were self-destructing and falling away, no different from a heap of rotting meat.
“How is this possible!” Zhu Qunqing growled under his breath.
He naturally didn't know that the moment The Crucible of Life had crashed to the ground, its source had been entirely absorbed by Yue Shi, who was hidden in the shadows.
At this moment, Yue Shi was experiencing an unprecedented impact.
The source provided by The Crucible of Life was vast beyond imagination—it was even severely excessive. Not only did it grant him a new supernatural power, but it also pushed him toward a critical point, plunging him into a mysterious and profound state. It was as if a quantitative change had reached a qualitative threshold, and he was about to cross a major boundary.
Yue Shi felt that his current state was exactly like the feeling of being on the verge of breaking through a major realm in a cultivation novel.
His consciousness was exceptionally active, his spirit was extremely hyperactive, and his aura was incredibly unstable. His senses were distorted, and he felt a faint sense of out-of-control madness, as if he were about to fall into a bottomless abyss.
On the other side, Zhu Qunqing stubbornly searched the corpse of The Crucible of Life for a long time, yet he still couldn't find any useful parts.
“Could it be that The Crucible of Life didn't actually die?”
At that thought, Zhu Qunqing's face turned grim. He turned and walked toward the Red House. Since The Crucible of Life was gone, he had to get The Glutton as quickly as possible; he couldn't let himself come away empty-handed.
Once Zhu Qunqing's figure was in the distance, Dr. Luo immediately tried to save Jiang Cifei. However, as soon as she reached out to him, her fingers were cut by an invisible wind.
The airflow around Jiang Cifei's “corpse” was turbulent, and his body was vibrating slightly, as if undergoing some wonderful transformation. Dr. Luo was filled with suspicion and uncertainty, but in the end, she chose to wait and see, not daring to interrupt the process.
Zhu Qunqing entered the Red House. Just as he was about to enter the prison, a scalp-numbing, lethal chill suddenly struck.
He instinctively dodged to the side, but unfortunately, he couldn't avoid it completely.
Rip!
A hand-claw appeared out of thin air, raking savagely across his left arm. A decaying curse immediately began to spread from the wound.
“Ah!” Zhu Qunqing cried out in pain, but his reaction was lightning-fast; he immediately drew his blade and cut off his own left arm.
Blood sprayed everywhere. His eyes were bloodshot as he scanned the surroundings, activating 【Killing Gaze】 indiscriminately on everything around him.
A moment later, just a few paces away, ripples suddenly appeared in the empty air, and then Yue Shi revealed himself.
“How can it be you?” Zhu Qunqing said in shock. “You can turn invisible?”
“Oh my, you actually found out~” Yue Shi's current expression and demeanor were very pseudo-human, his gaze toward Zhu Qunqing dripping with cruelty and malice.
Zhu Qunqing instantly realized that something was wrong with Yue Shi's state. He could feel the extremely unstable, chaotic aura radiating from him.
After thinking for a second, Zhu Qunqing realized something and suddenly raised his voice: “You're about to undergo an advancement?!”
“Ad...vancement?” Yue Shi repeated the word in a low voice.
He didn't know what was happening to him; he only felt his power surging and spiraling out of control. Otherwise, he wouldn't have deactivated his hidden state and revealed himself.
Zhu Qunqing retreated repeatedly while clutching his severed arm. His eyes couldn't detect Yue Shi's weakness, and his stealthily activated 【Killing Gaze】 hadn't taken effect either. Given his current terrible situation, he didn't want to face a Rank 3 transcendent who was about to fail their breakthrough and go out-of-control.
At the same time, he understood why his schemes in Peace Alley had been a total loss—with such an invisible disruptor working in the shadows, it would have been hard not to lose.
Zhu Qunqing's gaze swept over Yue Shi's face, filled with both jealousy and covetousness. A god-tier support ability like invisibility was something he wanted too!
If he could turn invisible, the difficulty of some of the things he wanted to do would drop instantly.
However, he knew how to prioritize. Right now, the most important thing was to run!
Where there's life, there's hope. No matter how much he coveted someone else's ability, the prerequisite was being alive to use it.
Unfortunately, Yue Shi gave Zhu Qunqing no chance to escape. The moment he showed any sign of fleeing, Yue Shi rushed in front of him with incredible speed.
Bang!
A heavy punch smashed into Zhu Qunqing's face. Zhu Qunqing heard the distinct sound of bones shattering, and his vision went black as he collapsed to the ground.
Yue Shi stepped on his head, his sole grinding against the man's cheek. He looked down from above as if looking at a loathsome bug.
“You seem to know a lot about the secrets of high-rank transcendents. Would you mind chatting with me about it?” Yue Shi's voice was very polite, but his expression was manic.
Zhu Qunqing used his severed left arm to poke the ground, using the intense pain to resist Yue Shi's manipulation and hypnosis. He grit his teeth in silence, not uttering a single word.
Yue Shi's eyes turned fierce, and he suddenly increased the pressure under his foot, forcing Zhu Qunqing's skin to rub harshly against the rough ground.
Then, Yue Shi grabbed him by the hair, lifted his upper body, and formed a fist with his other hand. With his knuckles protruding, he slammed it into the man's abdomen and ribs.
“Pfft!” Zhu Qunqing spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yue Shi didn't pause for a moment. His fists fell like raindrops, specifically targeting the most painful spots. The dull thuds of breaking bones rang out continuously.
“Ugh... ah!” Zhu Qunqing convulsed in agony, yet he bit his lip hard, determined not to beg for mercy or say anything.
The intense pain blurred his consciousness, but his will remained exceptionally firm. Although he had only had a few brief interactions with Yue Shi, his former colleague, he knew deep down how cruel and malicious the man was. Falling into his hands would never result in a good end.
Since he was destined to die a tragic death anyway, why should he reveal the confidential secrets he knew?
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