Seeing Lin Xi Chen's actions, Cao Yuan took a deep breath and slowly moved his hand away from the hilt of the sword...
After the headless man cut Li Shaoguang in half at the waist, he did not continue to attack Lin Qiye and the other man. Instead, he stood quietly in place, his body slightly turned towards the direction where the two men were standing, dragging his decapitation blade as if he were thinking.
At the same time, an extreme darkness spread from Lin Qiye's body, enveloping Cao Yuan and Lin Xi Chen as well. In this darkness, Lin Qiye consciously blocked their heartbeats, preventing them from spreading outside the darkness.
Seemingly confirming that there was no sound coming from nearby, the headless man turned around, dragging his exaggeratedly designed decapitation sword, and continued to slowly move forward.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to breathe a sigh of relief as the headless man's figure walked further and further away, the surrounding space suddenly became disordered again.
The surrounding environment changed one after another. After everything stabilized, the corridor in front of the two had become a dormitory, and the headless man's figure had disappeared.
Lin Qiye put away the Dark God Ruins and Lin Xi Chen finally relaxes as she released her grip on Cao Yuan's arm.
Cao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when the crisis was over...
"Li Shaoguang..."
"Don't worry, he's not dead." Lin Qiye seemed to know what Cao Yuan wanted to say and said with a smile.
"Not dead?" Cao Yuan was stunned. "But he was clearly stabbed by that man..."
"It's just a trick." Lin Qiye shook his head. "At the very moment the sword was about to strike Li Shaoguang, my mental power sensed the presence of two people who suddenly appeared. They instantly teleported Li Shaoguang away and simultaneously created a highly realistic 'Li Shaoguang' body, which was then cut in two by the sword."
"If I'm not mistaken, these are all tactics used by the instructors."
Cao Yuan seemed to have realized something. "You mean, the corpse we saw in the cafeteria earlier, and the female corpse in the corridor just now, were all fake?"
"Yes, I didn't notice it at first either. If it weren't for that brief exchange just now, I wouldn't have realized it either."
Cao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, but the image of Li Shaoguang being instantly cut in half at the waist flashed through his mind again, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"That 'mysterious' creature is too fast, and its attacks are extremely fierce. In a head-on fight, we are no match for it."
"That's right, but his weaknesses are also obvious."
"Sound?" After what had just happened, Cao Yuan also noticed the strangeness of this "mysterious" creature. It seemed to only attack objects within its range that had made a sound.
Li Shaoguang was executed by being cut in half at the waist because he said something in front of it.
"Yes, but perhaps this can't be called a weakness, it should be considered... a triggering mechanism?" Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, then continued, "Perhaps, its speed itself isn't fast, but it can keenly detect nearby sound sources, and then use its own abilities to move there at an almost teleporting speed..."
"No, that doesn't seem to explain why it can draw its blade so quickly."
"Could it be that…?"
Lin Qiye seemed to realize something, and his gaze gradually became serious.
"What could it be?"
"Its speed is boosted by any nearby sound? Or rather, the louder the surrounding noise, the faster it goes?" Lin Xi Chen tilted her head in thought. "If that's the case, then this 'mysterious' creature is far too dangerous. If you just throw it into any corner of a modern city, it would possess terrifying destructive power."
"Nightclub killer, KTV addict?"
"...That's what I mean." Lin Qiye continued, "If that's the case, then its weakness is also very obvious. As long as some kind of forbidden object is used, or the noise of movement is deliberately reduced, even a 'Pool' realm cultivator might be able to kill it."
"In short, if my guess is correct, this is a 'mysterious' entity that is ridiculously strong in some ways and pitifully weak in others..."
"If that's the case, why didn't we just kill it?"
"Because I'm only thinking of this possibility now."
"..."
Lin Qiye shrugged. "I'm not a god. How could I possibly think of so much in such a short time?"
"So, what about now?"
"Let's search slowly. If my reasoning is correct, that mysterious creature couldn't possibly still possess spatial powers. In other words, there's a second mysterious creature in the 'River' Realm here."
"It is here, but every time I pin point it, it keeps changing the terrain." Lin Xi Chen sighed and shrugged.
"Hm..."
...
Three buildings outside.
Baili Pangpang rushed to the door, panting heavily, and knocked on the glass door.
"Hey? Is anyone here?"
He waited at the door for a long time, but there was still no movement. So he gritted his teeth and reached out to push the door, but no matter how hard he pushed, he couldn't move it.
Baili Pangpang took two steps back, pulled a piece of chalk from his pocket, and snorted.
"You think you can stop me with such petty tricks?"
He reached out and held the chalk, drawing a circle of moderate size on the glass door. As the chalk connected end to end, the center of the glass door suddenly rippled, and the glass in the center of the circle disappeared.
Baili Pangpang slipped through the circle and easily entered the three buildings.
"Molly! I'm here to save you!" Baili Pangpang said confidently, and as soon as he took a step forward, the surrounding space became chaotic.
To Baili Pangpang's astonishment, his surroundings changed rapidly. The stairs in front of him disappeared, replaced by an ordinary storage room.
"What the hell? Inception?" Baili Pangpang muttered, looked around, and chose a direction to walk forward.
After passing through several dormitories and corridors, Baili Pangpang was completely lost in this chaotic spatial maze. Logically speaking, the building was not very large, but it seemed like there was no end in sight no matter where you went.
Baili Pangpang scratched his head, hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly:
"Molly!!
"Qiye!!!"
"Cao Yuan!!!"
"Xi Chen!!!"
"Where are you guys～～～～"
Baili Pangpang's voice echoed through the maze of rooms. As he listened to his own echo fading, he sighed helplessly...
Scrape--Scrape--Scrape!!
Just then, a faint dragging sound came from afar.Baili Pangpang turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, let out a soft "hmm," and the dragging sound in the distance grew closer, along with the sound of doors opening and closing...
Something's not right.
Baili Pangpang muttered something, hesitated for a moment, then took out the [One Transforms into Three Thousand] sword from his pocket, gripped it tightly in his hand, and casually put the [Eye of True Sight] on his nose.
The dragging sound grew closer, seemingly only a room away. Baili Pangpang stood there warily, his brows slightly furrowed...
Just then, two figures suddenly emerged from the other side of the wall, one of them grabbing Baili Pangpang's wrist.
Just as Baili Pangpang was about to cry out, a hand swiftly covered his mouth.
"Don't speak, come with me!" Molly glanced warily behind the door and said in a low voice.