This actor is full of tricks.

As the ice shattered, Huang Yong, who had been restrained inside, instantly regained his mobility. His expression was devoid of any human rationality, filled with ferocity, and countless scarlet tentacles stretched out from his back, attacking Lin Jue.

"Huang Yong!" Lin Jue reached out and burned all the tentacles to ashes.

Huang Yong's strength has improved rapidly. From the collision just now, it can be seen that the opponent has reached the third level. The opponent must have undergone the transformation in the mental hospital and is now like He Ping, carrying strange organs.

He has completely lost his mind and no longer recognizes Lin Jue. Even without the tentacles, he pounces on Lin Jue like a mad dog, tearing and biting him.

Lin Jue slapped him unconscious, looked at the clear teeth marks on his arm, and sighed: "Brother Hao, do me a favor and keep an eye on him for me."

"Are you going to take him back?" Qian Hao was taken aback. "Given his current condition..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear: in Huang Yong's current state, even if he were taken back, it would be difficult for him to regain his sanity, and he might remain like this for the rest of his life.

“He is ultimately one of us from Sanjiang, and it was because of the Sanjiang Inspection Division’s actions that he became like this.” Lin Jue stepped forward, looking at the chaotic battle before him: “So I have to take him back, even if he dies, he should die in Sanjiang, not stay in this godforsaken place.”

A magnificent, scorching sun appeared behind him, and the surrounding mist boiled over instantly, like water being boiled. The members of the New King and the patients fighting in the arena stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction where Lin Jue was.

Enveloped in raging flames, Lin Jue was bathed in the afterglow of the sun, and in this chaotic and collapsing fog, he seemed to be the only source of light.

"Such a scorching aura!" Qian Hao's expression turned solemn. His extraordinary ability was ice-based, and fire was the opposite of it, so his sensation was even more pronounced. It was as if a sun had fallen here, and the high temperature seemed to be evaporating the water molecules in his body.

"Everyone, let me handle this. You all go and rest in the car." Lin Jue's voice was loud. Since Huang Yong was here, Xu Xiaoqi and the others might also be here. Those people didn't recognize the members of Sanjiang. What if they just killed them?
Lin Jue wanted to find Xu Xiaoqi and the others and bring them back to Sanjiang.

The group was taken aback. Xiao Lin, who had just killed a giant monster, glanced at Huang Yong, who had fainted next to Lin Jue, and guessed what Lin Jue was thinking. She stopped and said, "Let's go find King Yama. We'll leave this to that guy."

Several members of the New King Project glanced at Lin Jue, but ultimately did not continue to attack, and all rushed in the direction where King Yama had left.

Looking at the unsteady patient in front of him, Lin Jue took a deep breath, carrying the flames, and rushed into the group of patients.

"This isn't it!" He set one patient on fire, tossed him aside, and then charged at another.

"This is not..."

"no!"

After killing more than a dozen patients, Lin Jue immediately called out to Bi Zheng: "Use your Ghost Realm to tie up all these patients. Don't let a single one escape!"

To prevent the patients from wandering around, Lin Jue had Bi Zheng use the Ghost Realm. In an instant, countless chains appeared out of thin air, binding all the patients together like dumplings, including the giant monsters, who were all dragged together.

"So strong!"

Qian Hao, who was guarding Huang Yong behind him, was shocked. The strength that Lin Jue had just displayed was definitely at the fifth level, which completely overturned his previous guess that Lin Jue was not strong.

Previously, they believed Lin Jue's current status was solely due to his strange powers, but now it seems his actual strength has already reached the fifth rank. This makes sense; if he weren't strong, how could he possibly control those chaotic and unruly monsters?

While setting the fire, Lin Jue identified the patients. When he reached the thirtieth patient, he stopped. This patient was also a member of the Sanjiang Inspection Division. Although he was not familiar with him, he remembered his appearance.

He gestured for Bi Zheng to loosen the chains, and the patient immediately rushed forward, baring his teeth and claws, trying to attack Lin Jue.

Lin Jue slapped him unconscious and then tossed him to Qian Hao, saying, "Brother Hao, could you please take care of one more person for me?"

“No problem.” Qian Hao’s attitude was much warmer than before. With the strength Lin Jue was showing now, any fifth-level cultivator would want to befriend him.

In this black-and-white world, having more friends truly means having more ways to survive.

Lin Jue continued to identify the patients, but even after burning all the patients to ashes, he still couldn't find Xu Xiaoqi.

This gave Lin Jue a bad feeling. He looked at the remaining few huge monsters made of human flesh and bone: "Could they be in there?"

Those human remains undoubtedly came from hospital patients. They were probably dismantled after they had lost all value and then reused to form these enormous monsters.

"That's unlikely. Xiao Qi is, after all, a transcendent being who has illuminated the Spirit Realm, far more valuable than ordinary people. Perhaps he's still in the hospital and hasn't appeared in this mist yet."

Lin Jue opened his palm, and flames rose, splitting into several strands, each falling towards the giant monsters.

This time, he used karmic fire, a flame that even the extremely vicious Rift Demon feared. Those monsters with only B-level strength couldn't withstand it at all. The black flames burned fiercely, and their bodies twisted and disintegrated.

However, the pieces of flesh on one of the monsters suddenly parted to the sides, revealing a pale human face with its eyes closed. The face opened its mouth wide and emitted a piercing sound wave.

The sound waves, layer upon layer, were like steel blades, instantly tearing apart the surrounding mist, but they could not extinguish the flames on his body.

The moment Lin Jue saw that face, his expression darkened.

The face was none other than Xu Xiaoqi's, and the sound wave was Xu Xiaoqi's extraordinary ability!

He abruptly withdrew the flames, rushed forward, and plunged his hand into the monster's body, tearing up pieces of flesh.

Amidst the monster's shrill screams, Lin Jue dug Xu Xiaoqi out—or rather, he dug out Xu Xiaoqi's head.

Looking at Xu Xiaoqi, whose eyes were tightly closed in his arms, Lin Jue remained silent for a long time. He hadn't expected that Xu Xiaoqi had really been shattered and become part of the monster, leaving only a head.

He and Xu Xiaoqi had a pretty good relationship. When they were in the Inspection Department, Xu Xiaoqi worked with him every day. Even after he left the Inspection Department, they met several times and worked together to resist the New World's attack on Sun Jiankang.

Little did I expect that would be the last time we met. The next time I heard news of Xu Xiaoqi was from Chen Fu—he learned that the mental hospital had disappeared. Now, seeing her again, not even a complete body remained. (End of Chapter)