Chapter 166: Ambush

Crack, crack, crack—

The familiar sound rang out, and both Lin QiYe and Cao Yuan simultaneously stopped in their tracks. Six rooms—up, down, left, right, front, and back—rapidly shifted, eventually settling at a certain point.

Another spatial distortion occurred, and the surroundings once again changed.

Lin QiYe, who had been keeping his eyes closed to sense the surroundings, slowly opened his eyes.

"Horizontal: 19, 27, 33, 20, 17... Vertical: 04, 09, 37, 18, 23..." Lin QiYe sat on the ground, his brows furrowed as he mumbled to himself.

His fingers lightly traced the tiles, as though calculating something, or perhaps sketching something.

Meanwhile, Cao Yuan could only sit on a chair, holding his sword, and watch Lin QiYe muttering away, feeling somewhat like a fool.

After muttering for more than two minutes, Lin QiYe sighed deeply and slowly stood up. "What did you figure out?" Cao Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"My mental power can only cover a range of about a hundred meters. When the space distorts, the changes I can detect are incomplete. However, I did notice some patterns..."

Lin QiYe pondered for a moment, then gestured with his hands in the air as if outlining something. "Space distortion seems complex, but in reality, there are only two basic types of change: horizontal rotation and vertical rotation. The angle of each rotation is always an integer multiple of a right angle, and it's uncertain from which plane the rotation starts. Although only one plane rotates at a time, the speed of the rotation is extremely fast, which creates the illusion of spatial distortion..."

Cao Yuan, listening to this, felt his head spin. "So? Have you figured out the pattern of the space changes?"

"...No, the information I have is still too limited, and I haven't observed enough instances." Lin QiYe shook his head, thinking for a moment before speaking uncertainly. "But I feel like this pattern is somewhat familiar..."

As Lin QiYe was contemplating, the familiar dragging sound came from afar again. Both of their faces tightened, and they exchanged a glance, silently placing their hands on their sword hilts.

Lin QiYe had already mentioned that once they understood the killing mechanism of this mysterious entity, clearing it out wouldn't be difficult with their combat abilities.

They had been wandering through this distorted space to grasp the pattern of the changes. If they encountered the mysterious entity again, they could directly eliminate it.

An extreme darkness spread out from Lin QiYe's body, and items in the dorm room, such as water bottles, cups, and clothes racks, began to float, hovering around him.

Lin QiYe gave Cao Yuan a look, and Cao Yuan immediately understood. He slowly walked toward the door behind them.

The dorm room's space was too cramped. Fighting the headless man here would leave them with little room to dodge, putting them at a disadvantage. They had to move to another location.

Creeeak—

Lin QiYe had tried to open the door quietly, but this door seemed to have some issue and emitted a slight sound. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but in this situation, the sound was particularly jarring.

Lin QiYe's pupils contracted, and without thinking, he quickly retreated, and Cao Yuan did the same.

In the next moment, a massive black shadow shot across two rooms, and the glint of the beheading sword flashed. The door, which had made the noise, was instantly cleaved in two from the center!

In the Darkest Forbidden Ruins, Lin QiYe's movements were as silent as a ghost, and Cao Yuan, to avoid making noise with his footsteps, had already taken off his shoes and walked barefoot. Even when he landed on the ground, there was nearly no sound.

At this moment, Lin QiYe and Cao Yuan were in a long corridor. Although it didn't seem like the same floor, the space was much larger than the dorm room.

After cleaving the door in two, the headless man paused for a moment, dragging his beheading sword behind him, and slowly moved forward...

He didn't seem to notice their presence.

Lin QiYe gave Cao Yuan a signal, and Cao Yuan nodded. He leaned against the left side of the wall, adjusting his breathing to lower his heart rate, minimizing the sound.

Lin QiYe leaned against the opposite side, like a ghost in the darkness, with no trace of presence.

Step—step—step—

The headless man's massive frame nearly filled the entire corridor. Dragging his beheading sword behind him, he moved forward step by step. Fortunately, both Lin QiYe and Cao Yuan were not heavy, so by leaning against the sides of the corridor, they could perfectly avoid his path.

Had it been someone like Bai Li, the headless man would likely have crashed into his belly, then, puzzled, swung his sword.

The headless man slowly moved forward. Just as he passed by Lin QiYe and Cao Yuan, Lin QiYe's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his hand, resting on the sword hilt, suddenly tightened!

Clang—!!

The two swords were drawn in an instant!

At the same time, Cao Yuan, on the other side, gripped his sword hilt tightly. Black flames surged from the blade as it was drawn, and with lightning speed, he slashed!

Three swords: one aimed at the headless man's sword hand, two aimed at his chest!

The moment the sound of the blades leaving their scabbards echoed, the headless man seemed to come alive. With incredible speed, he swung his beheading sword!

Clang—!!

A mighty collision sounded as the beheading sword clashed with Cao Yuan's black flame blade. Normally, the strength of the mad Cao Yuan would exceed that of the headless man, but the moment the collision sound rang out, the headless man's power surged several times over, and with one strike, he sent the mad Cao Yuan, sword and all, crashing into the side wall!

Boom—!

Cao Yuan's body was sent crashing through a wall, landing in a dorm room, with dust and debris flying everywhere.

In that fleeting moment, Lin QiYe's twin swords had already pierced the headless man's chest!

The straight swords' blades sank deep into the solid muscle, but just as they were about to reach the heart, with the loud crash of Cao Yuan breaking through the wall, the headless man's body suddenly hardened several times over, like rock, and his muscles gripped the swords tightly, preventing them from going in even a fraction!

Lin QiYe's pupils contracted!

According to the original plan, their ambush should have been able to kill or severely wound the headless man. But he never expected that, though the headless man had no brain, his intelligence was surprisingly high. He knew how to create sound in a silent environment to enhance his attributes!

If not for the crash caused by Cao Yuan breaking through the wall just now, the headless man would already be dead.

Is this the mystery of the "Chuan" realm?

Even after fully understanding its mechanism, killing it still proved to be incredibly difficult!

Lin QiYe decisively released the sword hilt, letting the two straight swords remain lodged in its chest. His body moved like a leaf in the wind, swiftly retreating. At the same time, the headless man's second sword swung out with lightning speed!

The edge of the beheading sword brushed past Lin QiYe's forehead!