Formless Battle Technique—Test Sword!

Le Yuren was ruthless and sparing with words. He immediately bent down, pressed forward with his right leg, and tested his sword with a slash!

Bang! Bang!

Two gunshots rang out, followed by the sound of steel colliding—Bai Yu's bullets all landed on the bandaged assassin's helmet. Even cutting him in half couldn't kill him, so targeting other spots was pointless. Directly aim for the head and fire madly!

Clang!

The Demonic Soul-Purifying Sword halted mid-air. Le Yu's swordsmanship was ultimately lacking (having never practiced), only relying on the sword skills practiced in Qin Le Yin's youth, and with no light, it didn't even stir a glimmering wave. The bandaged assassin actually grabbed the blade directly!

ZZZ—

He pressed hard, his five fingers burning through the sword's blade!

"Demonic Soul-Purifying Sword? That's it? The scabbard? That's it? How amusing!"

The bandaged assassin taunted while fiercely pulling back with his right hand, his left palm of ice darkness pouncing. Le Yu, forced by circumstances, could only abandon the sword to evade.

Slap!

He swung vigorously, and the Demonic Soul-Purifying Sword flew towards the ceiling. With a roar, he lunged at Le Yu to bite, as if the darkness stirred, a spiritual storm as vast as a mountain of corpses and sea of blood surged forward!

Even though Bai Yu shot him twice, it couldn't halt his momentum in the slightest!

Biting Battle Technique—Universe Chant, Desolate Bite!

Le Yu drew a circle with his left hand toward his opponent's tiger's mouth, while his right hand's Desolate Bite tore open his chest!

When it comes to risking life, with ice flowing in his veins, Le Yu feared nothing!

Other than his own, he had already sacrificed three lives!

ZZZ—

Le Yu indeed hit the tiger's mouth and the chest, but his palm and fist simultaneously emitted the burning, rancid smell of scorched skin fat. The contact with the opponent's wrist and chest felt slick, almost slipping away!

"Full body corrosion!" Le Yu gasped sharply in his mind—as it turned out, the bandaged assassin could apply the Corrosive Kiss not only to his hands.

He could even apply the corrosion effect to his entire body!

Instinctively, Le Yu wanted to retract his hand and change his attack strategy. However, if he could hit the bandaged assassin, it meant the bandaged assassin could also hit him!

Thud!

The armor-piercing corrosive fist struck heavily into his chest; Le Yu coughed up a mouthful of blood, splattering onto the bandaged assassin's face in the darkness, making a sound like evaporation.

It was as if he was facing not a person, but a war machine filled with endless rage.

Le Yu suddenly realized; his corrosion and self-healing were actually a miraculous symbiosis.

What kind of despair must one have endured to pray for such a miracle?

Bang!

Le Yu was suddenly pulled back by Bai Yu, and then he fired three shots rapidly: first to the throat, second to the mouth, third to the nose!

He had completely gauged the bandaged assassin's height!

Even though he didn't hit the brain, shooting the head thrice still dealt critical damage to the bandaged assassin. With a 'thud,' he crashed heavily to the ground, letting out a beast-like roar!

"Suppress him!" Bai Yu said while changing bullets; Le Yu groped to the side, grabbed a chair, and smashed it down onto the bandaged figure to prevent direct contact!

However, as soon as the chair touched his body, it seemed to sink quickly as if into a swamp; Le Yu realized that the chair had also been corroded away.

Could the tiles in my bedroom already be completely corroded? If given enough time, could he corrode all the way to the Earth's core just by lying there... Le Yu was still pondering how to avoid contact, as his hands were nearly destroyed. But the bandaged assassin had already recovered, roaring as he swatted the chair aside and reached for him!

Just then, Le Yu suddenly remembered something. He clasped his hands together and smashed down hard!

Earthquake Battle Technique—Sunflower Triple Strike!

Le Yu's fist slammed heavily onto the bandaged assassin's helmet, yet such feeble attacks couldn't stop his berserk seizing and gnawing; hence, Le Yu had another backup plan!

It seemed absurd to him, but it had a slight chance of success!

He grabbed the bandaged assassin's helmet; it was locked securely, seemingly fastened with mortise and tenon techniques to the bandaged assassin's head, completely irremovable.

Then—

Le Yu fiercely headbutted it!

Formless Battle Technique—Empathy, intentions taken from... Seven Emotions Battle Technique!

Seven Emotions Battle Technique has no distinctions of mastering, integration, or reaching the pinnacle, and the essence of this move inherited the characteristics of Seven Emotions Battle Technique—you have no idea how to use it.

Simply put, this move uses one's spiritual power to affect the target's spiritual power, achieving effects like dizziness, persuasion, or charm through emotional confusion.

Empathy has many implementations, but the most direct is head-to-head—because the spiritual power distance is shortest this way!

It sounds very ridiculous, but Le Yu wasn't unfamiliar with its use.

In a moment of deep emotion, he once whimsically tried this move with Qing Lan.

The effect was present, and both parties experienced it well, affirming they'd try again next time. But he wasn't sure whether it was genuinely the empathy effect or other influences.

Thud!

With a dull thud, Le Yu suddenly felt a wild frenzy crash into his mind, filled only with red and white: blood-red like loneliness, bone-white like silence, nerve-red like hatred decaying, sadness dissolving bone-white, carrying the weight of countless corpses blood-red, abandoned in a desolate ice plain bone-white... but these sensations were instantly cleared by his Ice Blood.

But the bandaged assassin fell into a dazed dizziness and collapsed once more.

Bang!

Bai Yu, who had finally finished reloading, fired a shot directly, but it was still deflected by the bandaged assassin's helmet. He crouched beside him, moving the muzzle, trying to find the assassin's chin to shoot through his head!

Thud!

Bai Yu let out a muffled groan, as his hand was grabbed by the bandaged assassin! Le Yuxin quickly searched for something to throw, but his bedroom had been corroded to the point of being almost empty!

"I envy you," the bandaged assassin's voice suddenly calmed down: "Although your dreams are laughable, it's precisely this kind of dream that is ridiculed that holds the value of being realized, even if you fall, you do so with elegance."

Le Yuxin was taken aback.

"But people like us are destined not to walk peacefully into the grave, we can only roar... and die!"

As he shouted the last word, his voice was like a dam about to burst, producing a deafening explosion sound!

Boom!

Le Yuxin instinctively fell backward to avoid the splattering sea of blood. In the darkness, he felt the soul filled with rage silently dissipate, yet the sorrow in the air didn't fade but grew heavier.

Realizing something, he tentatively asked, "Bai Yu?"

No response, only heavy panting. Le Yuxin immediately stood up: "I'll go find the Medical Officer—"

"Wait."

"How bad is your injury? I'll carry you outside for emergency treatment—"

"No need, I can't feel my lower body… not my right side either… one of my eyeballs fell out. It's strange, is this the flash before death? I'm not even in much pain. Come here."

Le Yuxin groped his way to his side, reached out and touched, then fell silent.

"Smoke… never mind, no fire. The Holy Sword Radiance doesn't necessarily take twenty years to recognize a new master."

"Huh?"

"There's a way for the suspended Holy Sword Radiance to directly recognize a new master, even without twenty years of nurturing. I don't know the method, Qin Xiao told me. Qin Xiao wasn't that obedient either; he coveted the Holy Sword Radiance too. He told me this information on his deathbed. I intended to wait for you to decide before telling you, but evidently, there isn't time now. I didn't want to be that useless senior in dramas who dies before finishing their message."

"I remember. Any other instructions?"

"Instructions? No more, from now on you'll have to judge things yourself…"

Le Yuxin suddenly had a strange thought - if he didn't have the Ice Blood Physique, would his current mood let him transcend the threshold of the Seven Emotions Combat Technique, achieving the miracle of flesh and bone rejuvenation?

"Could you… perform that? Qin Xiao's favorite one…"

Le Yuxin was startled, then spoke confidently: "I only believe, destiny, cannot be violated."

"Yes, yes, that's it hahaha, destiny cannot be violated hahaha, good people get good rewards hahaha, really funny… Seriously, how can there be such stupid people in this world… I remember when he died, he wore a smile on his face walking to the execution ground. No one would think he was going to marry a bride, and I laughed to death back then."

"The funniest part is that I became a fool myself, hahaha."

"Haha…"

"Huh…"

...

...

Qin Yueshi held a lantern and walked toward the sound of gunfire. She was so exhausted from training during the day that she fell asleep as soon as she touched her pillow after washing, not waking even when the lamp went out, but the gunfire startled her awake.

The moon was covered by clouds, leaving the entire Qin mansion pitch dark. The servants dared not move around recklessly, and Qin Yueshi could only rely on the lantern to find her way.

As she walked, she suddenly saw blood stains on the corridor, causing her to stop and cautiously move forward.

Soon, she saw someone sitting in a pool of blood, immediately dropping the lantern and rushing over: "Second brother! What's wrong with you? I'll call the Medical Officer right away, wake up, don't drift off to sleep!"

"I'm fine." Qin Yueyang pushed his younger sister away, continuing to breathe evenly: "This isn't my blood. You should quickly go to the Shi Family and ask them to send someone over."

Qin Yueshi nodded while observing her surroundings, soon seeing several bodies lying in a nearby intersection, but they were all servants. There were many gray-black fragments, the air filled with an acrid burnt smell, and a faint mist present, so she asked, "Second brother, what happened here?"

"Someone killed them."

"I can see that, and then?"

"Don't know, it was like this when I came."

Qin Yueshi furrowed her brows: "Then why are you sitting here?"

"My lantern caught fire on its own, I dare not move recklessly, so I'm sitting here waiting for someone to come."

It didn't sound odd, but Qin Yueshi still felt something was off: "Is that all? Second brother, do you know something?"

"Do I look like someone who would know anything?" Qin Yueyang stood up: "I'll go ask our brother, you should hurry to the Shi Family."

"But—"

"Go."

Qin Yueshi was stunned, Qin Yueyang rubbed his temples, shaking his head: "I mean go quickly, but someone from the Shi Family should check the situation too. You might meet them at the gate."

"Oh, okay." Qin Yueshi nodded repeatedly, hurriedly picking up the lantern and leaving quickly, as if some fearsome beast were behind her.

Just now, the look in her second brother's eyes seemed unfamiliar to the point of being frightening, yet somehow familiar.

Like… she had seen it in a dream.