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Chapter 279 Gu Qiye and You Ruier Join the Battle (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

As things stand, the situation regarding this prison break in Xinye Township has far exceeded Ji Minghuan's expectations.

He never expected that the Salvation Society would not send reinforcements. Julius was left to fight alone and was almost killed by the White Raven Brigade. In the end, it was Gu Qiye, who had just joined Rainbow Wing, and Yuriel, the ice girl, who came to help.

Or perhaps Rainbow Wings were actually the reinforcements sent by the Salvation Society? In any case, since Rainbow Wings and their companion rescued the unconscious Julius, they would have to be forced to retreat if they wanted to take Julius away.

Thinking of this, Xia Pingzhou subconsciously looked around. "Since Rainbow Wing came after the White Raven Brigade, then Urushihara Ruri is most likely nearby. How could she let go of the opportunity to contact her brother? So, as long as we force my brother and this Ice Maiden into danger, let Urushihara Ruri use her ability to pick them up, and then we can retreat."

Looking around, he could see no one but the soldiers who had been knocked down by the crows. So he turned around and looked straight ahead.

Yuriel slid down the steep ice cliff.

She looked up at the three members of the group and said, "Please give up resistance; this will save time."

The Bloodline couldn't help but laugh, laughing so hard he was shaking; the Ripper remained expressionless, simply raising his demonic blade in silence.

Xia Pingzhou turned to look at the two women and said to them, "The one wearing the black mask should be Lan Hu. I just saw him use lightning. I guess he joined Hong Yi after faking his death, and this woman is naturally also one of Hong Yi's people."

"Blue Arc?" the Ripper murmured.

"Have we run into that show-off hero again?" Bloodline raised her beautiful eyebrows. "What a coincidence."

A scene suddenly flashed through her mind: at the auction, Blue Arc knelt on the ground, shouting hysterically at them.

Xia Pingzhou thought for a moment: "Right now, we only have the two of you Cataclysmic-level enemies left on our side, and the other side also has two Cataclysmic-level enemies, so it's pretty fair. Could you two suddenly unleash your power like in a shonen anime and take them both out?"

“Quiet down, you feline. Just protect the young lady,” Ripper said. “Don’t come any closer. Wait for the captain to return. The old woman and I will stop these two.”

Xia Pingzhou turned to look at the Ripper, thinking to himself, "It's easy to say, but do you know how terrifying my brother's strength is right now? Since ancient times, turning evil has made you three times stronger..."

"Ha...then I'll take care of beating up that white-haired one. I hate white-haired little girls the most," the Bloodline said self-deprecatingly.

Xia Pingzhou sensed the jealousy in the other person's voice: "After all, 1001 likes white-haired little girls the most."

"Shut up, we'll settle accounts after the operation is over."

In the next instant, almost simultaneously, the three of them acted in perfect unison.

Xia Pingzhou gave the order to the Empress statue. The Empress, carrying the unconscious Ayase Origami in one arm and Xia Pingzhou in the other, rushed towards the prison walls.

The Bloodline, with its wings formed from black blood, vibrated and charged toward Yuriel, while the Ripper, sword in hand, rushed toward Gu Qiye.

Their objective was very clear: to hold off the two members of Hongyi so that Xia Pingzhou could take the unconscious young lady away, and then wait for the captain to return so that they could completely retreat from Xinye Township.

“It seems… you’ve chosen the worst possible path,” Yuriel said expressionlessly.

Ice dust churned. A chill ran through her feet, and the steep ice slid her backward, creating distance between her and the Bloodline. As her white hair flew, the air above Yuriel's head suddenly froze, transforming into enormous icicles.

"Bang—!" The moment it took shape, more than a dozen ice spikes of varying thickness shot forward, stirring up a cold wind like that of winter.

"Hey, why do you guys who play with ice all like these unimaginative things like icicles? Have you been playing too many mobile games?" Bloodline smirked, his pupils reflecting the approaching swarm of icicles. The scorching summer sun seemed to have transformed into a frozen wasteland.

At that moment, blood gushed from between her fingers, instantly coalescing into a giant scarlet datura flower that tore through the air and, as if alive, twisted and coiled around the ice spikes in mid-air.

The petals had sharp edges, and as they spun at high speed, ice crystals burst open, scattering debris everywhere.

The ice dust shimmered in the sunlight. Yuriel raised her eyebrows, extended her right hand, and the air in front of her palm suddenly froze, coalescing into a long, ice-blue blade, which she grasped in her hand.

"A sword?" Bloodline said, "I happened to have practiced swordsmanship in Japan decades ago. You've chosen the wrong opponent to try and show off your sword skills in front of me."

As he spoke, dark red blood seeped from between his fingers, congealing into a three-meter-long sword.

Her enormous dragon wings flapped, propelling her forward to meet Yuriel, who was riding the wind. Her crimson longsword danced, tracing an arc of blood, deadly and dazzling.

In an instant, the swords made of blood and ice collided violently, producing a metallic clang. Their forces were evenly matched, and they were thrown back dozens of meters in opposite directions.

The two of them went up and down.

Bloodline spread its wings, swooping down and slashing like a falcon descending from the sky; Yuriel, however, glided lightly across the frozen air like an ice dancer.

With each dodge, the white-haired girl left behind a trail of swirling ice dust.

After ten rounds of close combat, Yuriel suddenly retreated. The Bloodline's lips curled into a wide grin, and he was about to give chase when he suddenly froze. A bone-chilling cold exploded from his spine, spreading upwards to his brain, and every pore on his body suddenly widened!
She turned her head and looked around, only to realize that during her battle with Yuriel, the scattered ice dust had quietly filled the air and then enveloped her entire body.

At that moment, the swirling ice dust seeped into the pores, and an extreme cold swept over, freezing the blood under the skin; the deadly chill penetrated the blood vessels, and the ever-flowing dragon blood quickly stagnated.

“A trap…” Bloodline raised an eyebrow, his body feeling as if he were in an ice coffin, unable to move even his fingertips.

Yuriel explained expressionlessly, “I’m not good at close combat. I’m only engaging in close combat with you to set traps. The ice dust I create will freeze your pores and blood. This is a double guarantee: first, to ensure you can’t squeeze blood out of your pores; second, even if you can still use your abilities, it will be blood whose activity has been reduced after being affected by the ice dust.” She paused, then pulled up her black gloves. “In this way, your abilities are basically nonexistent.”

"The little girl is quite cunning," the Bloodline remarked jokingly.

“I don’t think you’re older than me. Don’t judge a book by its cover,” Yuriel said calmly. “It’s just that due to the side effects of my powers, I look like a child.”

"Are you sure I'm really going to surrender after all this casual chatting? Maybe... I'm hiding some killer move."

As soon as she finished speaking, the Bloodline had no choice but to unleash her trump card after fusing with dragon blood. She activated her "Dragon Transformation" form, causing her blood to boil violently.

In the next instant, her pupils shot upwards, flashing with a crimson-gold light, and layers of fine scales covered her entire body, spreading from her neck to her ankles. From the vampire girl's body, a fiery blood burst through the ice, gushing out from between the scales, instantly burning away the icy dust on her skin.

The price of doing this is that it might make me lose my mind, something I didn't want to do in the first place. The Bloodline thought.

She licked her lips, her breathing becoming hoarse, like that of some brutal, inhuman creature.

Yuriel raised an eyebrow, her expression turning slightly serious. "I underestimated you. It seems I need to take this battle more seriously."

Meanwhile, in another corner of the supernatural prison in Xinye Township.

A bolt of jet-black lightning crisscrossed the ravaged earth, constantly colliding with and ricocheting off the dark red katana, repeating the cycle endlessly, like a black beast relentlessly pursuing its prey under the influence of a wild and brutal will, each attack brimming with ferocity and rage.

The pitch-black arc of electricity tore through the air, flickering wildly. As he ran, Gu Qiye's body didn't even emit its usual roar—even the sound he made was swallowed up by the black lightning.

So, in the instant the two clashed, all that could be heard was the violent tremor of the demon blade almost shattering. The Ripper could not judge Gu Qiye's movements by the roar of the electric current!
Less than five seconds after exchanging blows with her opponent, her hands began to tremble slightly, and she was struggling to grip the demon sword tightly. Arcs of electricity crackled on her injured left shoulder. The reason no blood flowed out was that the blood was burned away by the remaining current before it could flow out of the wound.

At this moment, she was enveloped in a numbing sensation all over her body, as if her body did not belong to her.

"So fast... He's gotten so much stronger? No wonder he was recruited into Rainbow Wing." Enma Rin's dark eyes darted around, his gaze flickering as he rapidly shifted focus, trying to keep up with the black lightning bolt that was weaving through the surroundings.

The next second, she suddenly closed her eyes and, almost instinctively, drew her sword.

A beam of cold, moon-like blade light flashed past! However, before the blade light arrived, Gu Qiye transformed into a bolt of black lightning that grazed his face, the crimson light flashing in the eye sockets of his mask leaving a violent trail of afterglow in the air.

"Pfft—!" The sound of flesh tearing was extremely piercing. A slender arm was torn off Enma Rin's left shoulder and separated from her body in two.

Enma Rin frowned, opened her eyes and looked ahead, without even checking the wound on her shoulder.

"Next time... it won't just be an arm." Gu Qiye stopped, his right hand pulling at the left arm that had been torn from Enma Rin's shoulder, his voice behind the mask completely calm.

He raised his hand, and the dark lightning burned away the blood at his fingertips, along with Enma Rin's left arm.

Ten meters away, he looked up at the Ripper, who only had one arm left. Although both were of the Cataclysmic level, their speed and strength were vastly different; they were not even in the same league. If this battle continued, it would degenerate into a one-sided torture.

"You've gone astray, great hero..." Enma Rin said expressionlessly, "I've never seen you so decisive before." With that, he swung his remaining right hand and swung his sword, unleashing a burst of eerie red light!
At this moment, the demon sword switched to its scythe form, and a scarlet full moon expanded from the blade. Wherever it passed, the ground cracked and steel bars melted, forcing Gu Qiye's figure back.

Then, the scythe on the Ripper's right hand transformed back into a katana. In the eerie, blood-moon-like light, a swastika-shaped opening suddenly appeared on the katana's guard.

Immediately afterwards, the entire knife seemed to burst forth like a monster with its pores opened, countless twisted ghosts roaring and crawling out, binding her entire body.

This is a unique ability that the "Demon Blade" form awakens after the Ripper's Sky Chaser is upgraded to the third tier—to enhance its own power by using the Yin Soul residing on the Demon Blade.

The power of this move depends on the number of souls she kills; the more souls she kills, the stronger the curse becomes. However, the cost is that each use severely depletes her lifespan.

If used a few more times, her lifespan may be reduced to less than two years.

“Again.” She raised her head, her pupils flashing with a strange purplish-red light.

Gu Qiye frowned, slightly bent his knees, and his body was once again covered in dark electric light.

At this very moment, Xia Pingzhou had already retreated to the fortress with Ayase Origami, and together with the Queen Statue, they watched the battle between the four Cataclysmic-level beings from afar.

He thought to himself, "As expected of an officer of the Salvation Society, the warden 'Julius' just single-handedly stopped three Cataclysmic-level enemies from the brigade."

If it weren't for his age, Julius's individual combat ability would probably have surpassed Rainbow Wing's level and been comparable to the Lake Hunters.

Of course, the Bloodline and the Ripper hadn't revealed their trump cards yet when they fought Julius, otherwise the fight wouldn't have been so difficult.

"No matter what, the battle is over." Thinking this, Xia Pingzhou looked up at the sky.

A two-meter-long dark blue shark flew in like a rocket, its entire body covered in the black tide. From a distance, it looked exactly like a giant black seaweed rice ball.

"Stop, all of you, Shark!" Yagubaru roared, his body suddenly expanding in mid-air.

In the blink of an eye, a giant shark, three hundred meters long, opened its massive jaws in mid-air, casting a shadow that blotted out the sky and fell upon the earth, covering the four Calamity-level superhumans who were engaged in battle.

(End of this chapter)