Chapter 77: Breaking Out
Molly, holding a greatsword, looked at Yuegui with shock in her eyes.
"How is this possible? Is this... regeneration?"
"No," Lin QiYe replied with a frown, his mental power clearly perceiving what had just happened, "At the moment the blade touched his body, half of him disintegrated into moonlight, dodging your attack."
"Troublesome forbidden ruins."
"It seems he's the only one who came." Lin QiYe's gaze swept across the surroundings, his eyes growing sharper. "This is an opportunity! As long as we can remove his mask, we win!"
Hearing this, Molly's eyes immediately lit up with excitement, and the dozens of new recruits who had just armed themselves with weapons from the warehouse all turned their eyes toward the lone Yuegui.
A member of the "Mask" faction, alone!
Yuegui noticed the unfriendly gazes around him, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. "This isn't what I expected..."
In his original plan, he should have been lurking in the warehouse like a ghost in the dark, silently taking down the new recruits.
How did he get exposed like this?!
Just then, Bai Li Pao waved his hand and pointed at Yuegui, shouting loudly:
"Brothers! Get him!"
With his command, the new recruits rushed forward, weapons and forbidden ruins shining in unison with a great momentum!
Yuegui cursed under his breath as his figure blurred and vanished into the air.
The recruits were momentarily stunned and began looking around in confusion.
Lin QiYe moved.
He shot toward a nearby void with lightning speed, his eyes blazing. The straight sword in his hand slashed through the air. In the next moment, a short sword appeared and blocked his strike!
Yuegui was forced to reveal himself, looking at Lin QiYe with a helpless expression.
"Brother, no need to go this far, right?"
Lin QiYe smiled slightly, his eyes suddenly bursting with dazzling golden light. A powerful divine might erupted from his body, charging straight toward Yuegui's mind!
However, though Yuegui had suppressed his realm to the "Zhan" level, his physical body was still that of a "Chuan" realm. The Seraph's divine might had little effect on him.
"Divine pressure? With such power at the 'Zhan' level, this is the Seraph..." Yuegui was briefly dazed but quickly regained his composure. His short sword swiftly danced in his hand, meeting Lin QiYe's straight sword!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Sparks flew from the clashes as the speed of the swordplay was astonishing. But within a few seconds, Lin QiYe felt immense pressure.
After all, Yuegui was a member of "Mask," and his swordsmanship was no joke. Lin QiYe had only recently started learning the sword, and after just a few exchanges, Lin QiYe found himself at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, he wasn't fighting alone. While Lin QiYe held off Yuegui for these few seconds, the new recruits surrounded him once again, completely cutting off Yuegui's escape routes and launching a relentless group attack!
Amid the barrage of attacks, Yuegui had no choice but to rely on his moonlight ability and rich combat experience to barely hold on. Thankfully, he could also turn his mask into moonlight; otherwise, it would have been shattered by the consecutive explosions.
"Where are those four guys? We were supposed to be fighting as a team! Why am I the one fighting a whole group?!"
As Yuegui angrily dodged the attacks, a figure silently appeared atop a building in the east.
It was a man with a balance mask. The moment he appeared, Lin QiYe noticed him and his expression grew serious.
On the rooftop, the man with the balance mask silently observed the chaotic battlefield below, gently clapping his hands and muttering:
"Force field conversion."
Immediately, all the metal fragments, debris, weapons, and bricks scattered on the ground around them began to float, forming a massive inverted bowl above their heads, seemingly ready to shoot at any moment!
"Double the gravity."
The man clapped his hands again. The recruits surrounded by the debris felt their bodies suddenly grow heavy, almost stumbling to the ground. Under the immense pressure, their movement slowed considerably.
In the crowd, Yuegui finally let out a sigh of relief. "If they were any later, I would have been done for!"
"Useless Yuegui, how are you so weak?"
On the southern road, Xuanwo walked slowly, speaking nonchalantly.
At the same time, Rose appeared on the western road, shaking the small hammer in her hand. It quickly grew to three stories tall. With a single swing, it could almost obliterate the warehouse!
To the north, Wang Mian stood there with his hands in his pockets. When had he arrived?
His gaze swept over the several dozen recruits present, and he spoke calmly:
"Sorry, you're surrounded."
Surrounded?
Four people surrounded forty?
It sounded ridiculous, but none of the recruits there thought it was a joke.
They... were truly surrounded.
In the crowd, Lin QiYe's expression grew increasingly grim.
"What now?" Molly, holding her greatsword, looked just as grim. "Do we fight them?"
"With just us, we can't win," Lin QiYe shook his head, his mind racing.
He turned slightly, his gaze crossing the collapsed half of the warehouse, landing on Xuanwo to the south.
"Wait for me to act." Lin QiYe whispered.
Molly and Bai Li Pao exchanged a glance, both nodding slightly.
"They only have four people, and they've sealed off four directions. As long as we focus our efforts and break through one direction, we have a good chance of getting out." Lin QiYe's voice grew slightly louder so that all the recruits could hear clearly.
"Once the balance guy makes a move, we all rush towards the woman in the west!"
The recruits' eyes flickered, and although they didn't speak, they had already made up their minds.
Sitting on the rooftop, the man with the balance mask gently waved his fingers.
"Fall."
In an instant, the metal fragments and debris surrounding the recruits above their heads fell, their sharp, jagged edges gleaming with menace!
At almost the same time, most of the recruits, burdened by double gravity, started running toward Rose's direction. Molly's eyes flashed with cold light as she swung her greatsword once more!
She let out a low shout and swung the sword towards the sky!
An immense, invisible shockwave spread from the sword, slamming into the falling debris, shattering it into smaller pieces that scattered down from the other side.
Meanwhile, Rose, holding the giant hammer now three stories tall, raised an eyebrow, looking at the swarming recruits. She sneered.
"Seeking death!"
Boom—!!
She swung the hammer again, now nearly the size of a residential building, and with terrifying speed, she sent it crashing toward the bewildered recruits!
The sky was blotted out by the massive hammer!