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Chapter 391 The Brigade's Wrath, the Arrival of the Child of the Year Beast (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

About a minute ago, at Haifan City.

On the edge of this fjord city, the Zodiac Team and three members of the Lake Hunters are locked in fierce combat.

Meanwhile, the "Nian Beast King" and the "White Greedy Wolf" wearing the Demon Crown stepped onto the huge wall and ran together toward the strongest in the lake hunt—the "Lin Awakening Lion".

At the same time, the port was also engulfed in flames, with flocks of crows scattering and frantically flying through the night sky, their hoarse cries tearing through the darkness.

The flock of crows formed a black curtain, dividing the entire harbor in two. This was to isolate Ghost Bell and Su Wei, allowing them to be defeated one by one.

Under Qi Yuanli's command, he and the Bloodline faced off against "Ghost Bell," while Enma Rin and Anluns, two other members of the group, faced off against another uninvited guest, "Su Wei."

At that moment, as Enma Rin raised the hilt of her sword, the demon sword instantly transformed into a long, scythe-like blade.

She wielded a scythe capable of stretching a hundred meters, its blade seemingly extending to the ends of the earth. Her skirt billowed, and a flash of cold, eerie dark red light streaked past.

In an instant, the wooden houses and fences in the harbor shattered, splinters flying like snow. Even the distant sea surged with towering waves.

However, as if he had anticipated this, Su Wei put his hands behind his back and moved forward using the ruler as a springboard, easily dodging the phantom-fast scythe. Each of his dodges was effortless, as if he didn't take his opponent seriously at all.

After several exchanges, Enma Rin's expression grew increasingly cold, and her black, tousled hair fell down, obscuring her eyes.

She felt like she had been tricked, so she switched Sky Chaser to Demon Blade mode.

Compared to the scythe form, the demon sword form is faster and more ruthless, but its attack range is not as wide as the scythe form, which means she decides to engage in close combat with her opponent.

“Anlens… if you keep just standing there watching, I’ll chop you up first.”

Enma Rin spoke coldly, almost word by word, glancing sideways at Anlens, who was watching with his arms crossed. Then, she brandished her sword in the air, creating a gust of wind that swept through Anlens's golden hair.

"What's the rush?" Anlens smiled. "He doesn't seem quite right, don't you think?"

“Anyone with eyes can tell,” Enma Rin said.

Anlens thought for a moment and then blurted it out.

"Reading thoughts?"

"It couldn't be mind reading. The moment he knew what I was thinking, I had already made my move," Enma Rin said decisively.

Anrensto stroked his chin, pondering, "That's strange. Since he didn't dodge your attacks by reacting, and his speed wasn't that uncontrollable, why was he able to see through your every move and even counter it?"

He paused, then looked up. "Could it be... foresight?"

Enma Rin thought for a moment, "Possibly."

Hearing their conversation, Su Wei was slightly taken aback, then lowered her head and raised the corners of her mouth.

He hadn't expected that there would be such a clever person in this gang of robbers.

Su Wei slowly took off her glasses, revealing her deep-set eyes. "Young people these days are all terrifying."

"Looks like I guessed right." Anlens tilted his head. "That's outrageous. One can stop time, and the other can predict the future. Are all your people this twisted?"

"If you utter another word, I'll freeze your time in this very second."

With that, Enma Rin pressed her katana against Anrons's neck.

"I told you, don't worry, everything is under control."

At this moment, Anron finally summoned the "Death Slot Machine." He leaned his elbow against the side of the slot machine, standing crookedly in a flamboyant pose, and at the same time extended his left hand, which was wearing a "gambler's glove," and pulled down the lever.

As the joystick slammed down, accompanied by the clanging and banging of game sounds, the three symbols on the slot machine screen rapidly changed, displaying at a glance "rocket launcher," "pool cue," "coin pile," and "bomb"—

Suddenly, a faint purple light emanated from the back of the gambler's glove, and soon, three symbols froze on the slot machine screen.

The first image is a "pool cue";
Those two pictures are "pool cues";
The third design is still a "table cue".

"First prize." Anlens curled the corners of his mouth.

At that moment, the opening at the bottom of the death slot machine clanged and spat out a gleaming golden pool cue. He bent down and grasped the cue in his hand.

Anrons stood up again, lowered his eyes, and gently tapped his right palm with the pool cue.

This is a perfect quality pool cue, with an extremely low probability of winning. Its impact is no less than the massive explosion caused by drawing three "rocket launchers" at the same time.

Anlens trusted his luck; since he had drawn this weapon in this situation, it meant it had a purpose.

Su Wei showed no intention of launching an attack; he simply remained on the defensive. It was simple: unless absolutely necessary, he didn't want to provoke the White Raven Brigade's lunatics. His mission was merely to delay their members.

Once the battle between Lake Hunter and the Nian Beast is over, his mission will be complete, so there's no need for him to take the initiative to attack; that would only be asking for trouble.

At this moment, Su Wei looked at Anlens with great interest, "Oh, you're the 'Slot Machine Kid' they're talking about, right? That's certainly an interesting ability."

“Thank you for the compliment,” Anrons said.

In an instant, Anlens raised his golden cue, aimed the tip at Su Wei, and then slammed the cue down, hitting an air ball at him.

"Bam—!"

The air-filled billiard ball shot out.

The speed of this air-ball is unbelievable, perhaps even comparable to Gu Qiye's speed.

Fortunately, Su Wei has the ability to foresee the future two seconds from now.

He reacted in time, riding the pointer towards the sky. However, something unexpected happened: the billiard ball actually curved in mid-air!
Su Wei was slightly taken aback. His ability to foresee the future was limited to predicting a scene of about one second, so he was unable to obtain this information.

He looked up and saw not only an invisible air billiard ball coming from directly below, but also Enma Rin appearing before him like a phantom.

The demon sword in the schoolgirl's hand sliced ​​through the night, its tip pointing straight forward, aiming for his chest.

"The grand prize is death snooker."

Anrons clapped his hands with the top of the pool cue and smiled.

The next moment, Su Wei's ruler suddenly expanded in mid-air, heading towards the invisible table tennis ball.

The air ball struck the bottom of the ruler, causing a faint crack to appear. The recoil propelled Su Wei upwards, allowing her to dodge the incoming demonic blade.

Immediately afterwards, he did a somersault in mid-air. The ruler shrank back to the size of a longsword, caught him, and then pulled him away from his opponent.

Enma Rin doesn't have the ability to fly, so fighting in mid-air is clearly not her forte. But she still leaped into the air, flipping and bounding towards Su Wei like a hawk.

At the same time, the swastika on the hilt opened. The demon sword seemed to come alive, its pores wide open, and ghostly roars surged from its blade, creating a suffocating sense of oppression!

“This is…” Su Wei frowned.

With no room to dodge in mid-air, he had no choice but to hold the ruler in front of him and confront the opponent head-on.

The next moment, the schoolgirl in her "Ju-on" state turned cold, and her demon sword slashed out in a crescent-shaped arc. The eerie dark red sword light, carrying a wisp of ghostly spirit, surged toward Su Wei with violent force and crashed onto the teaching ruler.

At that moment, thousands upon thousands of cracks appeared on one part of the ruler, and under the corrosive influence of the ghost, Su Wei's pupils turned a thick black. He clutched his chest, thrown back by the enormous impact, his body flying a full hundred meters away.

Before he could catch his breath, with a "bang!", Anlens struck the cue stick, and another air ball came flying through the air, carrying a surging airflow.

The billiard ball shot from the golden cue had the ability to track the enemy. Su Wei had no choice but to widen the other end of the cue stick and once again withstand the bombardment of the billiard ball.

At that moment, his pupils contracted, his internal organs churned, and a corner of the ruler shattered, leaving a piece missing from the perfect cuboid. He spat out a mouthful of blood and finally crashed into the interior of the wooden house, his figure shrouded in dust.

"Is he dead?" Anrons asked with a smile.

"not yet."

Enma Rin landed with a somersault, raised her eyes, and stared at the dust cloud with eyes as black as the polar night.

A moment later, Su Wei slowly emerged from the ruins of the wooden house. His hair was disheveled, and the glasses he was holding were shattered. The lenses clattered to the ground, but a calm smile still lingered on his lips.

"I really am getting old..." he murmured.

The next moment, the broken ruler fell from the sky and hit the ground in front of him.

On the other side of the harbor, Ghost Bell's tattered cloak fluttered in the sea breeze as he summoned a massive five-meter-tall clock tower behind him.

The clock tower rose from the ground, and at the same time, a golden clock appeared in the pupil of the Ghost Bell.

Despite harboring deep hatred for the members of the troupe, he did not act impulsively, but silently stood guard in front of the clock tower.

He also understood that his goal was simply to delay the White Raven Brigade. If he rushed in recklessly, it would only backfire and give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of him.

"Aren't you going to attack? That's really not like the bull I knew you to be..."

Bloodline grinned. The pair of enormous, jet-black wings formed from dragon blood unfurled, vibrated violently, and propelled her toward Gu Zhuo'an.

In an instant, a deep red longsword appeared in her right hand. She gripped the hilt tightly and slashed at the figure of Ghost Bell with both hands.

The clock hands on the tower began to spin rapidly at that moment, then instantly stopped above 0 o'clock. A layer of mercury-silver enveloped the entire world, and the figure of the Bloodline was frozen in mid-air.

Ghost Bell seized the moment, took a step forward, twisted his body to use the momentum, and suddenly punched out with his clenched fist.

"Oh!"

The fist, imbued with metal, bypassed the blood sword and blasted a deep crater in the vampire's abdomen, sending her flying like a cannonball for hundreds of meters, smashing countless wooden houses in its path.

At this moment, time begins to flow again.

Qi Yuanli controlled two crows carrying playing cards in their beaks, flapping their wings and attacking Ghost Bell.

However, a violent roar suddenly erupted from the huge clock tower behind the Ghost Bell, and a burst of violent sound waves shot out from inside the clock tower, crushing the two crows into ashes.

Immediately afterwards, the playing card in the crow's beak exploded, and flames rose up like fireworks, briefly turning the night sky into daylight.

"Still as difficult as ever," Qi Yuanli said expressionlessly.

“This time, I won’t leave you any more underhanded tricks,” Ghost Bell said coldly, staring at him.

Not far away, the Bloodline once again flapped its dragon wings, shooting through the ruins of the wooden houses and arriving in front of Ghost Bell. At this moment, the bloody wound on her abdomen had completely healed.

Qi Yuanli's figure switched positions with a crow in mid-air, and together they attacked Ghost Bell.

The three of them fought several rounds in a very short time. Every time the clock hands of the clock tower started to turn and fell to 0 o'clock, Qi Yuanli would release his supernatural power and exchange positions with one of the crows in the harbor, thus creating distance between himself and Gu Zhuoan.

Gu Zhuo's case had no choice but to target the Bloodline, but without using "other time's abilities" to strengthen his own power, he simply couldn't crush the Bloodline into dust in an instant.

Every time a bloodline is seriously injured, or even if their heart is crushed by the Ghost Bell, they will be able to rebuild their flesh and blood and recover completely in two or three seconds thanks to the terrifying regenerative power of the dragon blood.

Thus, the battlefield on this side was temporarily deadlocked, and the three sides remained locked in this stalemate for a full minute.

Qi Yuanli stood on the wooden house, silently watching the Ghost Bell.

After Qi Yuanli's Sky Chaser was upgraded to the third tier, each of the playing cards in his hand received a corresponding number of points.

From 1 to 10, the higher the point value of the generated playing card, the more powerful the explosion will be.

Then there are the three special English cards: "J", "K", and "Q".

The function of "J" is to cause a medium-sized explosion that will freeze enemies caught in the blast wave in place for 2 seconds.
The function of the "K" is: when the "K" card is on Qi Yuanli and he is injured, the playing card "K" can be transformed into a dummy to take one hit for Qi Yuanli;
The function of "Q" is to heal a target who has been hit by this playing card.

Finally, there are two Jokers, also known as the "Big and Little Jokers".

These two cards have a rather unique function. The "King" card can be used to steal the enemy's Sky Drive when it is used to stab the corpse of an exorcist, and then use it for your own purposes (you can only steal the Sky Drive of one person at most).

The role of "Xiao Wang" is to switch the paint principle with the position of a target object within 100 meters and cause a small-scale explosion on the spot.

However, as a "limitation" of the evolved Sky Drive ability, Qi Yuanli can no longer draw playing cards from the deck an unlimited number of times as before.

Now, he can draw a maximum of five playing cards from the deck at a time.

Every five seconds, his Sky Chaser will automatically "shuffle" the deck. At this time, the playing cards that Qi Yuanli originally held will return to the deck and then be randomly drawn again until his hand is replenished with five playing cards.

However, each time the deck is shuffled, the player can choose to keep one of the original playing cards.

Within those five seconds, the SkyDrive of Qiyuanyuan once again "reshuffled the deck".

For some reason, Qi Yuanli only drew four cards from the deck instead of five—he seemed to have reserved one card, and that card wasn't in his hand, but somewhere else.

His four cards were: 5, 8, K, and Joker.

"Bloodline, don't move yet," Qi Yuanli suddenly said.

"Is that so?" The Bloodline put one hand on his hip and tilted his head. "Then I look forward to your performance, Commander."

The next instant, Qi Yuanli rushed towards the Ghost Bell while simultaneously generating two crows on the back of his hand.

One of the crows flew towards the Ghost Bell from the front, while the other crow circled around and flew towards the back of the Ghost Bell.

At that moment, the massive clock tower suddenly erupted with violent sound waves, crushing one of the crows; while the other crow bypassed the sound waves and attacked the back of the ghost bell.

The crow had a lacquer-colored playing card "5" in its beak. Suddenly, the card exploded, turning into a burst of fire that struck Ghost Bell's back.

At the same time, the clock hands on the clock tower began to spin rapidly and stopped at 0 o'clock.

As the deafening chimes faded, the world fell silent. Everything was covered in mercury, including Qi Yuanli, who was rushing towards the Ghost Bell, and the flames rising behind it.

"Is this thing crazy?"

With that thought in mind, Gui Zhong broke free from the flames of the explosion, charged forward, covering more than a hundred meters in a second, and then punched Qi Yuanli's head.

The next second, time resumed its flow, and Ghost Bell suddenly felt something was wrong. At that moment, Qi Yuanli's head was indeed blasted off, but what was flying in the air was the head of a red-nosed clown, not a human head.

"What?" Ghost Bell was taken aback.

He stared at the mannequin flying in mid-air, his pupils filled with disbelief.

【“K”: When the “K” card is on Qi Yuanli and he is injured, the playing card “K” can transform into a dummy to take one hit for Qi Yuanli.】

The next instant, Qi Yuanli appeared beside Gui Zhong. At this moment, the "K" in his hand had disappeared—he had calculated Gui Zhong's movement speed and the duration of time stop.

So they bet that Ghost Clock would cross the distance of over a hundred meters exactly at the moment the time stop ended and punch him. And so this scene unfolded: he used the effect of the "King" card to replace himself with a dummy.

The "King" card was useless in this situation; the "5" had already turned into flames in the crow's beak, leaving Qi Yuanli with only the "8." He used his index and middle fingers to shoot the card at the Ghost Bell. At the same time, he switched places with a crow that remained on the wooden house.

The moment Ghost Bell turned its head, the playing card "8" had already cracked open layer by layer, and then turned into a huge raging fire that swept outwards.

Logically speaking, he had already used time stop, so he had no way to dodge the explosion at such close range.

But at that very moment, the golden clock in Ghost Bell's eye began to rotate, and the flow of time around it slowed down instantly. Even the speed at which the flames from the explosion swept over became incredibly slow.

His right arm was burned, but fortunately he managed to take a step forward and shoot out, escaping the blast radius.

Meanwhile, Qi Yuanli switched places with the crows on the wooden house. He looked at Gui Zhong, who had only injured one arm, and raised an eyebrow slightly. "Truly troublesome..."

"Commander, it seems you still need me?" Bloodline teased.

“Be careful, Bloodline,” Qi Yuanli said. “I just tested him; he can not only stop time, but also slow down the flow of time around him. Otherwise, he should have been blown up already…”

"learn."

The bloodline member curled his lips and nodded.

Gui Zhong, clutching his burned right arm, slowly raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and glared at the two men with uncontrollable rage.

On the other side, Su Wei deflected the air billiard ball that was coming at her, and spat out blood once again.

He leaned forward slightly, feeling his internal organs churning violently; if he continued to push through, the odds would be against him.

So he stopped fighting and instead steered the pointer through the curtain formed by the flock of crows behind him—a curtain that Qi Yuanli had used to separate him from Gui Zhong.

Just as Su Wei stepped through the curtain, a playing card "J" that had been hidden in the crows' bellies since the beginning suddenly burst open.

【"J": Causes a medium-sized explosion that freezes enemies caught in the blast wave in place for 2 seconds.】

This was a trap set by Qi Yuanli in advance. If either Gui Zhong or Su Wei tried to support the other, they would be stopped by the playing cards in the crow's beak.

The missing playing card in Qi Yuanli's hand had been hidden in the crow's beak from the very beginning of the battle.

However, Su Wei had anticipated this scene long ago through Skydrive's "future foresight".

He bent and overlapped the ruler to form a perfect circle around his body, blocking the flames of the explosion. Then, using the force of the explosion, he bounced down to the side of Ghost Bell.

The circle formed by the ruler slowly unraveled, and Su Wei's figure fell out from it.

"Father-in-law, are you alright?"

"Ghost Bell asked hoarsely." Su Wei knelt on one knee and shook her head.

“It’s time to withdraw, Zhuo An. We’ve achieved our objective.” As he spoke, Su Wei glanced at the battlefield of Lake Hunting in the distance out of the corner of his eye and reminded him, “Even if the brigade rushes over now, it’s too late to turn the tide.”

“I understand, father-in-law, but Qi Ye…” Gui Zhong hesitated.

“No need to wait, none of them can control Qiye,” Su Wei said confidently.

"That's right."

After saying this, Gui Zhong mounted Su Wei's teaching ruler and shot off together toward the dark sky.

"Commander, should we give chase?" Enma Rin flashed to Qi Yuanli's side and asked.

“No, there’s no need to chase after them.” Qi Yuanli shook his head.

"It's more accurate to say we can't catch up," Anlens said with a helpless smile as he walked over.

“I’m really tired.” Bloodline shrugged. “We’ve almost finished hunting at Lake Hunting. Those people are really despicable.”

As the group was talking, a black and white dot of light suddenly flashed in mid-air, followed by a figure dressed in an ochre-red kimono appearing at the port.

"Where is Xia Pingzhou?"

Enma Rin turned to look at her and asked.

“Wait a minute,” Anlens raised an eyebrow, his hands in his suit pockets, “the newbie, is he going to get killed?”

Bloodline was startled, then suddenly turned her head to look at Ayase Origami.

Urushi Rin also glanced sideways, turning his gaze toward Ayase Origami.

At that moment, Ayase Origami stood frozen in place, like a kite with its string cut. She hadn't expected Xia Pingzhou to send her out ahead of time.

She was about to shake her head and deny what the others said when, at that moment, two more black and white lights appeared above the harbor.

Qi Yuanli's gaze swept over the two points of light. "Be careful, one of them should be Blue Arc," he warned.

"Again?"

Anlens picked up the golden pool cue from the ground, Enma Rin drew her sword, and a blood-red longsword materialized from her fingertips.

The girl in the kimono turned her head to the side, her empty yet beautiful eyes reflecting two points of light that sometimes expanded and sometimes contracted.

The next second, two figures appeared from the two points of light, one of whom was Xia Pingzhou.

In that instant, everyone understood who the other person was. In a flash, the members of the troupe surrounded Gu Qiye.

Gu Qiye raised her head, slowly looked around, and finally fixed her gaze on Xia Pingzhou.

"Tell me, what did you mean by what you just said?"

He asked in a cold voice, a gloomy expression shrouding his pale face.

Xia Pingzhou remained silent.

Seeing this, Gu Qiye originally wanted to continue asking questions, but he had no room to linger here. In the next instant, his figure was covered in a blue and black lightning bolt, like a blue and black leopard, and he shot towards the enemy commander.

Qi Liyuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

His figure vanished in an instant, turning into raven feathers, while Gu Qiye transformed into a swift bolt of lightning and disappeared in a short while. The air still held lingering arcs of electricity, and the members of the troupe exchanged bewildered glances.

“He got away.” Bloodline shrugged.

"There's nothing we can do about it," Anlens said, scratching his head. "Who can stop this guy?"

Gu Qiye's speed is unmatched. Even if we chase after him, it will be a futile effort. We might even fall into his trap in the end.

So they gave up decisively, turned to look at Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami, and scanned their bodies to check their injuries.

At this moment, the girl in the kimono raised her empty eyes and scrutinized Xia Pingzhou's entire body without moving. Only after confirming that he was unharmed did she slightly open her mouth and whisper:
"Angry."

"Me?" Xia Pingzhou tilted his head. "I'm not angry."

"I'm angry," the girl in the kimono said coldly.

"What can I do if you're angry?" Xia Pingzhou said, raising his hand to touch the top of her head. "I have to ensure your safety, which is why I sent you out of the domain first."

"I am not happy."

"so what?"

"The kitten has rebelled."

Seeing this, the rest of the group rubbed their foreheads, crossed their arms, and looked away from the two men with a speechless expression, turning to look at the silent leader.

At this moment, Qi Yuanli was looking up, quietly observing the battlefield between the lake hunter and the Nian beast in the distance.

From the city walls, the roar of a lion echoed continuously beneath the sky.

The Sky Wolf and the Year Beast Lord fought together against the crimson lion shadow.

Some held compasses, and bronze pillars crashed to the ground; some waved folding fans and unleashed a rain of fire; some wore masks and were as fierce as the mythical Qiongqi.

The Zodiac team was at a disadvantage in almost every aspect, and many of the demons had already been slain.

"The situation is not good."

The Bloodline gazed into the distance, raising a blood-red eyebrow.

“We arrived too late,” Enma Rin said coldly. “Things would have been different if we had been here.”

As she spoke, she turned to look at Qi Yuanli, who remained silent for some reason.

"Commander, what do we do next?" Anlens shrugged and asked curiously, "Are we just going to stand here and do nothing?"

Qi Yuanli remained expressionless. "Wait for the hackers to come out."

At that very moment, a deafening dragon's roar suddenly resounded. Immediately afterward, a corner of the port's space shattered, and a huge hole appeared.

Upon seeing this, everyone in the group turned to look.

Inside the hole was a black-and-white cinematic world, as desolate and cold as a silent film. The houses inside had all been destroyed, reduced to ruins.

At this very moment, the flames from the exploding dragon embers still swept across the long street, and the entire world was distorted into a hazy color by the high temperature.

"You actually used a 'Dragon's Embers' to take down a bunch of weaklings?" Bloodline raised an eyebrow and said helplessly, "Looks like Andrew still isn't calm enough. What happened to saving the bullets for Lake Hunter?"

"Did that guy even have a brain?" Anlens smiled slightly.

“Just as brainless as you,” Enma Rin said coldly.

A short while later, Andrew, the hacker, Rukawa Chiba, and Robert slowly emerged from the gap in the fiery curtain.

Where is the baby bamboo?

Qi Liyuan sat on the railing, his gaze sweeping over the four people, and then he looked up and asked.

The four looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally Andrew pushed the hacker out.

The hacker hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Captain, she betrayed us."

“Betrayal…” Bloodline was stunned. She put one hand on her hip, tilted her head, and raised an eyebrow. “Wow, really? I can’t think of any reason why she would betray us.”

Anlens crossed his arms and muttered, "Miss Tong actually..."

“That’s true.” Robert scratched his mechanical head.

"What's the reason?"

Qi Yuanli silently looked into the hacker's eyes.

The hacker sighed. "Tong's mother joined the group to find that woman named Su Ying. Now that she knows that woman is dead and sees her relatives in front of her, it's normal for her to leave, right?"

"Is that so?" Qi Yuanli pondered.

"By the way, Commander, I just discovered something interesting."

As Rukawa Chiba spoke, he smiled and glanced at Qi Yuanli, then turned to look at Xia Pingzhou.

Xia Pingzhou was whispering with the girl in the kimono. Ayase Origami was very angry, not just a little angry. But she still didn't know how to express her anger. She frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed.

"What is it?" Qi Yuanli asked.

"Let's talk about it later. It's just some trivial matter," said Rukawa Chiba, shifting his gaze from Xia Pingzhou. "Aren't we still thinking about the lake hunt?"

Andrew said fiercely, "Yes, my bullets are ready. Commander, when do we set off?"

The principle of lacquer remained silent.

The hacker thought for a moment: "At this point, should we still get involved in the Lake Hunter and the Nian Beast's affairs?"

Robert scratched the mechanical box's head and sighed.

“No, we’ve already missed the opportunity,” Qi Yuanli said in a low voice. “If we act now, the risks will only double.”

Upon hearing this, Andrew gripped his sniper rifle tightly, his eyes widening as he glared at the commander in disbelief.

His eyes were bloodshot.

"Are you kidding me, Commander?!" Andrew roared, veins throbbing on his forehead, each word hoarsely squeezed out of his throat.

Qi Yuanli glanced at him silently, then turned his head to look in the direction Gu Qiye had left.

“These people are in cahoots with the Lake Hunters. Their goal is to keep us occupied and prevent us from participating in the war between the Lake Hunters and the Nian Beast. From the beginning, they never intended to fight us to the death.”

"So we're just going to let them succeed?!" Andrew roared.

"Don't push your luck, follow the commander's orders."

Enma Rin instantly drew her sword and pressed the katana against Andrew's neck.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Can't you see that?" the hacker sighed. "The situation with the Nian Beast is already settled. It's too late for us to intervene now."

Qi Yuanli remained silent, head bowed, staring at a playing card between his fingers, seemingly pondering something.

Bloodline crossed his arms and turned to look at White Wolf, who was being suppressed by Lin Xingshi. "We at least have to go and rescue Old Wolf first."

"Let's go, let's go rescue that guy."

As Robert spoke, he opened a portal in the wall of the wooden house in the harbor.

Qi Yuanli was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's go. Rescuing Bai Tanlang is the priority. Andrew, absolutely do not linger in the fight, understand?" As he spoke, he turned to look at Andrew.

Andrew, holding his sniper rifle, grinned menacingly. "Don't want to linger? Fine, then don't linger."

Qi Yuanli silently looked at Andrew, about to say something.

But the next moment, he was suddenly stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at the night sky in the distance. He saw that just as the battle between Lin Xingshi and the Nian Beast King was coming to an end, a huge purple-red lion suddenly appeared out of nowhere, its roar shattering the sky.

"Is that... the 'Child of the Nian Beast' that Bai Tanlang mentioned?"

Qi Yuanli murmured, his deep pupils reflecting the giant shadow falling like a meteorite in the night sky.

(End of this chapter)