Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

boom--!

On the crowded fifth floor, a heavy piano suddenly flew out like a cannonball, smashing and sending more than twenty black-armored cockroach soldiers flying.

Boom-!

The piano eventually crashed from the fifth floor into the atrium, carrying with it a dozen or so black-armored cockroach soldiers, with a loud bang.

"You're so smart! It really works!"

Qi Xie gave Chen Mu a thumbs up.

Chen Mu stared blankly at Qi Xie, his expression slowly twisting.

I'm blanching it!

What are you doing! You can use it, but you can use it!

"No, no, no, you're so smart, so incredibly smart."

"Not at all, not at all, hehehe."

The young man across from me, who looked mentally unstable, was surprisingly humble.

Chen Mu was speechless, and with a relieved expression as he awaited his death, he gave Qi Xie a thumbs up.

rumbling...

The roar of the wind rose again, and the giant cockroaches, resembling transport helicopters, flapped their wings and rose from the atrium once more, their abdominal sacs filled with the second batch of black-armored cockroach soldiers.

This batch is much larger than the previous ones!

Chen Mu looked utterly hopeless upon seeing this.

Although the "random passersby" around him were indeed very strong, even ants can kill an elephant if there are enough of them.

In this situation, even if the mentally unstable young man beside them is a great fighter, they have no chance to retreat or find another piano.

Even if the opponent can fly, it's useless. Chen Mu doesn't believe that these insects, which can even be created by "Armor Heroes", don't have specialized species that are good at single-target aerial combat.

Just then.

Qi Xie suddenly grinned.

"What are you laughing at? How can you still laugh in a situation like this?"

Chen Mu looked at Qi Xie with a completely bewildered expression.

"I laugh at those black-armored cockroach soldiers for their recklessness, and at the lack of wisdom of the being behind them!"

Qi Xie laughed heartily.

Chen Mu: ...

At this moment, with the mindset that he was doomed anyway, he desperately covered his face, no longer afraid of the young man's intimidation, and blurted out:

"Good heavens, I, Chen Mu, have been full of vigor and ambition all my life. My only girlfriend was my childhood sweetheart and first love, and my teammates are top talents in their respective fields."

In the end, the person by my side when I died was a mentally unstable idiot... *sobs*

Chen Mu was grieving.

Qi Xie chuckled beside him, seemingly unconcerned.

He kicked two more black-armored cockroach soldiers away, then turned around, patted Chen Mu on the shoulder, and suddenly said:

"Then let me ask you."

"If the piano music is the key to the insects entering hibernation, why were we fine after purifying the ghost on the fifth floor and even after we ate the food?"

Chen Mu's wailing stopped abruptly, and he raised his head blankly.

That's right.

He had forgotten all about it because the situation was so urgent.

Since the food was carried to the piano by the insects themselves, there must have been dormant insects inside the food, and it wasn't just containing insect secretions.

But even after they ate the food, the insects didn't wake up and attack them; they seemed to be dead...

died……

Chen Mu was suddenly startled, remembering something.

To prevent an ambush, "Passerby A" wore a thorn crown wrapped with white gemstones as a seal before entering.

The thorn crown had already demonstrated during the mushroom roasting that its purifying light not only had targeted attacks but also area-of-effect purification capabilities.

That is to say!

The insects in the food were likely accidentally and completely eliminated by the crown of thorns.

That crown of thorns has a powerful, wide-ranging effect on insects, no less effective than a piano!

"You think I hadn't thought about the piano?"

Qi Xie chuckled.

Chen Mu said blankly:

"Did you deliberately smash the piano?"

"Since you can think of using a piano to counter the insect swarm, wouldn't the intelligent being behind the insect swarm have thought of that as well? This shopping mall is its home turf; wouldn't it be aware of the impact on the insect swarm present if you discovered the piano's function?"

Qi Xie pointed to the black-armored cockroach soldiers outside the door, which were significantly more numerous than the first batch, and his smile was obvious:

"If I don't smash the piano, how can it feel safe enough to send out most of its forces?"

Having said that, he pretended to reach into his pocket, secretly conjuring up a crown of thorns entwined with white gemstones, and then took it out and put it on his head:

"If I don't lure it into sending out most of its forces to wipe it out in one fell swoop, how can I feel safe going to find it? Hehehe..."

Chen Mu stared blankly at Qi Xie, a look of joy at surviving a calamity gradually appearing on his face:

Qi Xie: "Hey~ I won't talk about it~"

Chen Mu: "If you ask me, the person who thinks you're an idiot is the idiot themselves. Everyone else is at most on the second level, you're practically on the atmosphere!"

Qi Xie: "Hey~ Keep it low-key!"

Chen Mu gave a thumbs-up again: "You're really insightful! Anyone else understand?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Hehehehe..."

The two laughed for a while, then looked at each other, staring at each other with wide eyes.

Chen Mu struggled silently for a moment, but couldn't break free from Qi Xie's hand on his shoulder. He chuckled dryly and said:

"Um...you remember that thing hurt me too, right?"

"Of course, I have a very good memory."

Qi Xie chuckled and said:

"I remember exactly what you just said."

The next second, amidst Chen Mu's ferocious and terrified expression, a warm and sacred golden light suddenly shone from the crown atop Qi Xie's head.

Master Qi never holds grudges, because he doesn't let a grudge linger overnight.

Om-!

A dazzling and holy golden light spilled out from the dilapidated music room, illuminating the entire mall from the fifth floor, as if a miniature sun had risen and was shining on the earth.

Every insect illuminated by this pure light emitted puffs of black smoke from its body, as if it were being scorched by flames.

The small food-mimicking insects flying all around only had time to let out a sharp screech before they twisted and turned into scorched and shriveled corpses in a cloud of black smoke.

The controlled corpses twisted their limbs and ran around, trying to find various places to hide from the pure light, but they fell to the ground in a few seconds and went silent along with the worms that had been roasted and purified inside their bodies.

The swarm of black-armored cockroach soldiers screamed and retreated, trying to get away from the light that purified all impurities, pushing their companions behind them so that they fell off the railing and tumbled from the fifth floor.

Even the enormous cockroach let out a high-pitched screech, as if it had lost control, and swayed and crashed against the surrounding floors and pillars before falling to the ground.

Of course, it wasn't just the insects that screamed.

And then there's Chen Mu, who's rolling around on the ground in a frenzy.

Qi Xie was also suffering.

His cheeks were slightly flushed, and veins bulged on his forehead, as if he were enduring unspeakable pain.

In order to deal the greatest possible damage to these insects in one go, he pushed the Light Chaser to its limits.

A scalding, lava-like sensation came from the top of his head, a pain that struck straight to his soul. Even Qi Xie, who was almost immune to pain, couldn't help but groan.

Splash splash splash splash...

The thorny, dark red brambles grew wildly, but did not burrow into his flesh. They either fell down or wrapped around his face and body, like a veil, a mask, or an instrument of torture, scratching his skin with bloody marks.

Under the holy, brilliant golden light overhead, the youth, as if pitying the suffering of all beings and willingly donning thorns to bear all the pain, spoke with difficulty, his face slightly contorted yet solemn:

"Light!"

Let there be light!

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