CHAPTER 230: CHAPTER 230: WEI TIANHE’S BATTLE! (REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIPTION)

Without Pei Yan saying a word, his awkward expression already betrayed him. Zhao Yuanhu shook his head and smiled wryly, "It’s really disgusting, isn’t it!"

Another difficult question to answer, caught in a dilemma, a flash of insight came to Pei Yan’s mind as he suddenly realized, "So that’s why you often wear Hanfu?"

"Sort of! That’s partly the reason, but mainly it’s because I love it!" Zhao Yuanhu didn’t expect Pei Yan would think of this, was momentarily stunned, nodded, and answered with a smile. Indeed, beyond the inner love for Hanfu, it’s mainly because its wide sleeves can perfectly cover the arms he himself finds so disgusting when stretching his abilities.

Recalling the first time he awakened to the third stage, his joyful mood was completely wiped out by the transformation of his skin. For this, he secretly cried many times; how could a girl obtain such a power? Since then, she has never used her abilities in front of others unless absolutely necessary.

Facing the contemplative Zhao Yuanhu, the two looked at each other in silence, Pei Yan could even feel the air around them almost frozen by the awkwardness between them, deciding to break the silence. He cleared his throat and said in a deep voice, "Actually, I think....!"

"Alright, everyone has rested enough! Prepare to leave the Jiezhi Space! Our battle today is not over yet!" From a distance, Shangxing, who had been observing, finally couldn’t take it anymore, stood up, clapped his hands, and called out.

"I know!" Zhao Yuanhu stood up and flashed Pei Yan an impeccable smile; without him finishing, she already knew what he was about to say. After all, comforting her kindly after seeing her abilities was not the first time she had heard it.

Watching Zhao Yuanhu’s desolate back as he stood up, Pei Yan pounded the ground with his hand in frustration, shook his head, exhaled a deep breath to dispel the stuffiness in his chest, stood up, and chased after him.

"Xue Buli has exhausted too much, the upcoming battle will not include you, stay behind to guard Liang Guangsheng. Qi Hua, stay with her, remember, if he makes any moves, or if any outsiders enter Jiezhi Space intending to snatch it, don’t hesitate to kill him immediately, then quickly retreat!" Before leaving Shangxing instructed the physically drained Xue Buli, worried she might not be ruthless enough by herself, leaving Qi Hua to handle unexpected situations.

Having arranged everything, they took a short rest. Hearing Xue Buli’s words reminding everyone to stay safe, they disappeared into the light.

Appearing on the battlefield again, stepping on the soft mud, Jiang Feiyang’s foot slipped, and he fell face-first into the mud. Only when half his body was buried did he find out the cause of his fall was a corpse. He cursed his bad luck under his breath, stood up, and looked around in shock, "Is this damn place still the Secret Prison?"

This was also the question in Pei Yan’s mind. The second layer of the Secret Prison’s wall had been mostly demolished, the entire ground was muddy, as if washed by a flood. The field was littered with corpses and wounded all around; yet, those still standing hadn’t given up fighting, stepping on others’ corpses to continue this battle.

Surveying the battlefield, the balance of victory tilted towards the Investigative Division. As another reserve team was deployed, a large number of modified humans were cleared out. The downfall-prone members of the God Wish group, without numerical advantage, revealed their fatal weaknesses; unorganized and undisciplined, they could fight smoothly when the situation was favorable, but the moment the tide turned, they fell apart, fighting on their own and fleeing chaotically!

For those fleeing, the two Superpower Special Forces teams did not pursue them, continuing to surround and eliminate the stubborn defenders inside, while the Investigative Division and its operatives created a perimeter line preventing counterattacks. Because these escapees would soon find out their teleportation array was now locked from the outside, and as low-tier Awakened they didn’t have the ability to break out from the Secret Prison’s Jiezhi Space, eventually, they’d be trapped like fish in a barrel by the Investigative Division.

Pei Yan shifted his gaze from the group of God Wish zealots running around like headless flies and looked toward the Secret Prison’s half-destroyed main building. The shattered walls revealed empty cells inside. Fortunately, prisoners had been moved to deeper levels of the Secret Prison after the battle began, otherwise, just escaped prisoners would have been enough trouble for the Investigative Division.

Amidst the ruins, the fiercest battles unfolded. Prison Director Li, whom Pei Yan had met several times, was now fighting an elderly man in black with youthful hair and a rosy countenance. Elsewhere, the other two directors of the Secret Prison were respectively battling a Mechanical Puppet and a grey-haired youth.

On another side of the ground, the battle between Wei Tianhe and Zhao Liben had also reached a fever pitch, both ignoring their wounds as they attacked each other fiercely! Watching the intense fight made one dizzy and caused concern for Wei Tianhe, who seemed to be under Zhao Liben’s suppression!

What puzzled Pei Yan most was that since he arrived, he hadn’t seen any sign of Du Guangyuan, only the massive body of trash rolling joyfully in the mud, splattering drops of mud everywhere, heedless of the ongoing battle around.

Could Du Guangyuan have been eaten by it? What happened while I was in the Jiezhi Space?

Pei Yan still didn’t know that shortly after they pulled Liang Guangsheng into the Jiezhi Space, a full-scale war broke out outside.

Initiating the action was Zhao Liben, who engaged in a fierce battle with Wei Tianhe. Although his fast and furious attacks forced Wei Tianhe to retreat repeatedly, he couldn’t take his life in a short time. Once Wei Tianhe had thoughts of stepping back to maneuver, Zhao Liben would rush up and engage in another scuffle.

After several such rounds, as the situation increasingly turned disadvantageous for his side, Zhao Liben furiously shouted, "Three Heroes Battle Lü Bu!" With a slash, as he condensed entities of Zhang Fei and Liu Bei wielding weapons from both sides for a pincer attack.

Under this pincer attack, Wei Tianhe could barely hold on. Clutching his hands, he shouted sternly, "Iron Maiden!" As soon as he spoke, a tall humanoid iron cabinet enveloped him.

Thud! Thud! Thud! All attacks landed on the iron cabinet, sending sparks flying, leaving several deep dents. Zhao Liben, seeing this, removed his ability, channeled internal energy into his arms, and delivered a powerful slash while yelling, "Open!"

Before he could cut through, at the instant the blade touched the iron cabinet, it opened on its own, and Wei Tianhe rolled out, not waiting to stand firmly, clasped his hands together, and muttered, "Merge!"

The opened Iron Maiden twisted in movement and instead trapped Zhao Liben, who had overexerted and couldn’t retract his hand, within.

"Damn it! What the hell is this!" From within the Iron Maiden, Zhao Liben’s muffled curses echoed, and the entire iron cabinet shook violently, as if about to split apart.

Sweating profusely, Wei Tianhe gritted his teeth, repeatedly infusing internal energy into the Iron Maiden, attempting to end Zhao Liben’s life with the emerging spikes.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go as he wished. With a loud bang, the Iron Maiden was split into two from the middle. Zhao Liben, injured by several spikes on his body, walked out slowly, a fierce aura emanating from him.

Seemingly possessed by a deity, Zhao Liben was no longer his original self at this moment. A green light flowed in his eyes; the words from his mouth sounded like divine commands no one could resist.

"Mortal, face your death!"