Chapter 83: Are You Sure You Can Survive?
"Wait a minute!" 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. Double wood Lin." Lin QiYe looked at Cao Yuan in confusion. "Is there a problem?"
"Double wood standing firm, eight gods gone, ten years in the night, crossing over to our world... So it's you." Cao Yuan stared at Lin QiYe in a daze, muttering to himself.
Lin QiYe didn't catch what he said, seeing him mumbling alone, and he rolled his eyes.
"Crazy."
"...."
Lin QiYe didn't waste more time with him and turned to run toward another battlefield.
Cao Yuan stood silently, watching his retreating back, lost in thought.
Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder from behind.
Cao Yuan turned to see Tian Ping looking at him expectantly.
"Come on, cut me. I'm curious."
Cao Yuan glanced at him, then turned to look at Lin QiYe, who was fighting on the battlefield, hesitating for a moment before slowly bending down…
He picked up the knife from the ground.
Tian Ping's eyes lit up.
"Seems like now he thinks I'm a deserter... I've got to change that bad impression." Cao Yuan murmured as he held the knife.
"What did you say?" Tian Ping didn't quite hear.
"Are you sure you can survive?" Cao Yuan gripped the knife sheath with one hand, and his other hand slowly moved toward the knife handle. His eyes were serious as he spoke to Tian Ping.
"If you're not sure, I can go find that man with the 'King' mask over there."
Tian Ping shook his head decisively. "Don't worry, this little thing doesn't need the captain to handle it."
"Oh, then I'll draw the knife."
Cao Yuan took a deep breath and placed his hand on the knife handle.
The moment his fingers touched the hilt,
A terrifying chill rose in Tian Ping's heart! At the same time, Wang Mian, who had been silently watching, suddenly turned his head, staring at Cao Yuan in the distance with a flash of shock in his eyes!
The blade was drawn.
Black murderous energy surged like a wild pillar of fire, shooting straight into the sky!!
Dark flames shot out from Cao Yuan's skin, instantly burning off his shirt and revealing his muscular, scarred body. The black flames of death intertwined around him, gradually solidifying into a strange humanoid armor.
It was like a man, or like a demon!
Sss—!
The corners of his mouth twisted into a grin, and a wisp of white smoke emanated from his body. He slowly opened his eyes to reveal a pair of blood-red, eerie pupils!
His eyes showed no sign of rationality or calmness; he looked like a beast.
Tian Ping's pupils contracted sharply, and his sense of unease grew stronger. He immediately floated back, preparing to distance himself from Cao Yuan.
As his feet left the ground, Cao Yuan's figure flashed, appearing in front of him like a ghost.
With a vicious smile, Cao Yuan swung the knife toward his neck!
Black flames surrounded the blade, easily cutting through Tian Ping's defensive force field, aiming directly for his head!
Tian Ping's heart skipped a beat!
In that instant, he remembered how this young man had stared at him seriously and asked:
"Are you sure you can survive?"
Sure?
What the hell?!
This blow truly made Tian Ping feel the danger of life and death.
If he didn't unleash his realm, with just his current power, he wouldn't survive this strike!
Just as Tian Ping was about to release his realm, he felt a blur before his eyes, and suddenly, a figure appeared before him!
It was a man wearing a "King" mask, holding a black sword.
Clang—!!
The sharp clash of blades rang out, and blinding sparks erupted in the twilight. Wang Mian's Yi Yuan and Cao Yuan's knife collided, creating a violent wind that exploded around them!
Immediately after, a terrifying sword aura shot out from Yi Yuan, sending Cao Yuan and his blade flying, crashing into the distant ruins.
Wang Mian sheathed his sword and turned to look at Tian Ping, speaking with a helpless tone:
"Tian Ping, you underestimated him."
"It's not..." Tian Ping rubbed his eyes, still recovering from the shock. "What exactly was that?"
"Forbidden Zone Sequence 031, [Black King Slash]."
"[Black King Slash]... I've never encountered a human with a Forbidden Zone this high up in the sequence before."
"Indeed, the top 30 Forbidden Zones are called the Divine Domains, meaning not only are most of these zones related to gods, but also that those who possess them have stepped into the realm of divinity."
"And Sequence 031, [Black King Slash], is truly above all but the gods—above all sentient beings."
Wang Mian glanced at Cao Yuan, who was rising from the ruins, and spoke faintly:
"This power is too strong, and he is too weak, causing him to lose all sense when using the Forbidden Zone, relying entirely on combat instinct to control his body. This is truly indiscriminate killing—when he goes crazy, he might even cut down his teammates."
"I see..." Tian Ping's body slowly ascended as he watched Cao Yuan, now in a berserk state. He spoke seriously: "I was careless earlier, but now... I'm going all out to deal with this madman."
He clasped his hands together, and the weapons and debris scattered around him began to float. The objects, massive and overwhelming, surrounded Cao Yuan, locking him in.
Cao Yuan gripped the knife, his blood-red eyes fixed on Tian Ping in the air. The black flames swirled around him as he grinned savagely.
In the next moment, his figure flashed again, darting through the ruins like a ghost.
"Go." Tian Ping lightly tapped his finger, and the floating bricks and weapons shifted direction, shooting toward Cao Yuan like machine gunfire, shaking the ground beneath them.
Boom, boom, boom—!!
The black flames exploded, and the blade glinted as Cao Yuan easily cut through the falling objects with incredible speed, reaching Tian Ping in an instant...
With a powerful push of his legs!
He jumped high into the air!
Just as his blade was about to strike Tian Ping's body, Tian Ping wobbled upward, flying a dozen meters higher...
At this point, the berserk Cao Yuan realized a serious problem—
He couldn't reach him...
"Hehehe..." Tian Ping floated higher, mocking Cao Yuan.
Cao Yuan: ...
"Damn, that guy is shameless!" BaiLi PoPo, watching from a distance, couldn't help but curse.
"That guy is too strong. If it were a one-on-one on the ground, besides Wang Mian, no one else would stand a chance. So, we have to keep him distracted like this." Lin QiYe rubbed his chin, muttering to himself.
"That guy just now... is really strong..."
After a moment of hesitation, his gaze shifted to Wang Mian, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Take care of yourself." Lin QiYe patted BaiLi PoPo's shoulder, then vanished in a flash.
BaiLi PoPo was about to say something, but Lin QiYe had already disappeared.
He scratched his head, letting out a helpless sigh.
Just then, a shadowy moonlit figure stealthily approached from behind...
A short sword raised high,
It swung toward BaiLi PoPo's head!
Smack—!!
A blinding golden shield appeared around BaiLi PoPo, sending the short sword flying from YueGui's hand!
BaiLi PoPo blinked, slowly turned to look at the embarrassed YueGui, and tilted his head.
"Eh? Were you trying to sneak attack me?"