Chapter 202: Art, Is

Ying Duo now cannot at all take Shen Zexi's orders, focusing entirely on syncing herself with the newly obtained "limited-time mount".

Shen Zexi was so angry his forehead veins throbbed, but the situation was urgent so he couldn't leave the unconscious Luo Jinyou unattended.

Yue Chengzhang was confronting the reassembled stone golem leader, sword aura crisscrossing, shards of rock scattering.

The battle's aftershocks kept battering the area, and the opening above was unsafe, with stones occasionally falling from above.

"Chen Mo Zhi, lend a hand!" Shen Zexi shouted to the barely standing Chen Mo Zhi, while simultaneously diverting his attention to lower his flying sword to a suitable height.

Chen Mo Zhi, bearing his pain, helped carefully lift the unconscious Luo Jinyou onto Shen Zexi's flying sword.

Shen Zexi immediately leapt up, secured Luo Jinyou, then poured all his energy into the flying sword, stabilizing its blade as it rose toward the opening above.

On the other side, Qi Hengyu's eyes glowed crimson as he stared intently at Min Tianyou, who lay on the ground not far away.

Fresh blood still spread beneath Min Tianyou; he let out a beast‑like growl from his throat, ignoring the perilous surroundings as he charged at Min Tianyou.

At least… he must also take his corpse away.

"Boom!!"

Yue Chengzhang's fierce clash with the stone golem leader generated a violent shockwave mixed with shattered massive rocks that poured down, landing precisely between Qi Hengyu and Min Tianyou.

A boulder the size of a house crashed down with a "crack" sound, as if something were crushed, completely blocking Qi Hengyu's view and path.

"No!"

Qi Hengyu punched the boulder hard, cracking a fissure, but his fist was drenched in blood.

More debris rained down, the stone golem leader's roar echoed in the cramped space, and Shen Zexi's voice came from above, urgent.

"Qi Hengyu! Come up quickly!"

Chen Mo Zhi had also mounted his flying sword, anxiously looking toward him.

Qi Hengyu clenched his teeth, casting one last glance toward the direction buried by the boulder and dust, his eyes full of resentment.

He knew Shen Zexi was right; staying would only mean being killed by the battle's aftershocks.

Qi Hengyu finally leapt onto his pale‑gold flying sword, following Shen Zexi and Chen Mo Zhi toward the sole escape route.

Below, Ying Duo still piloted his "new toy", reveling on the death stage where boulders collapsed and sword light intertwined.

Not to mention, even though it's just pixel art, the fight scene looks truly cool—could this be the legendary "team‑mate sacrifice", boundless magic?

In the chaos, no one noticed Ying Duo's ease; the battle's lingering force never reached him, as if the two's fight had completely forgotten him.

Ying Duo only needed to focus on dodging the indiscriminate massive meteors.

The boss's hatred was on Yue Chengzhang; wasn't this the perfect opportunity?

Seeing Shen Zexi and the others had reached the opening, Ying Duo was also done playing; he pressed "Shift" to accelerate toward the opening.

Yang Yixie glanced at his completely empty backpack, then turned back to the most prominent, longest, reddest Blood Bar at the top of the computer screen, silently calculating damage.

He hadn't obtained Yue Chengzhang's NPC panel before, so he didn't know his level, and this monster was a string of "???"; he could only hope his damage wouldn't fail to break its defense.

Ying Duo emerged from the opening, then silently activated auto‑follow behind Chen Mo Zhi.

Yang Yixie's gaze stayed on that long, thick Blood Bar; as it neared empty, he moved the mouse and without hesitation pressed the confirm button at the screen's lower right.

What we call art is........

"Boom!!!"

When Yue Chengzhang's ears caught the barely audible "drip‑drip" sounds almost drowned by the battle's roar, it was already too late.

It was a series of explosions denser and more chain‑like than when Yue Chengzhang previously shattered the Dome, erupting simultaneously from every support of the underground Dome.

Blazing fire instantly engulfed everything below, and the terrifying shockwave surged upward like a solid tsunami.

Shen Zexi and the others, who had just emerged from the opening, felt a massive blast of heat surge from below, hurling them upward.

While rolling and struggling to see, they watched the exit they'd fled collapse downward amid relentless explosions, smoke and flames shooting skyward, forming a small mushroom cloud.

The entire Black Stone Mountain Range wailed, its once‑continuous range now ripped open by a massive hole.

The few tumbled clumsily onto a pile of rubble far from the collapse zone, struggling to rise, their flying swords now unusable.

"What… what on earth is this........" Shen Zexi's voice was hoarse, staring at the sudden scene, unsure how to speak.

At that moment, a somewhat weak voice with a lazy tone sounded from not far behind them:

"Looks like it's the Flame City Cannon's doing; it concerns the design draft, and as long as he hasn't left Tianmian City, he'll definitely be sent over to help."

When he only saw Bai Mu Yun and Lu Mu earlier, he realized something was off, but the situation was too dire to dwell on it.

The group all snapped their heads back at the familiar voice.

They saw Min Tianyou leaning against a boulder, pulling a somewhat weak smile, waving at them.

"Min Tianyou? You… you're not dead?!"

"Just a little survival trick."

Min Tianyou coughed twice, wincing in pain.

"A fragile prophet like me must have some hidden ace up my sleeve, right?"

His smile was bitter; he muttered a few curses under his breath, too low for the others to catch.

"Fate, that damn thing, is really unfair."

Fate didn't choose him, yet it insisted the prophecy came true on him.

What's this? Fate's irony?

"Damn, what a whore—people don't believe in fate yet still have to foot the bill."

Min Tianyou gave Shen Zexi a complicated look, wondering how someone could be a Divine Oracle yet be unaware.

The price was his, yet all the good went to that "Child of Destiny"; otherwise, he'd be the child of destiny.

Min Tianyou shook his head, shaking off the ominous thoughts; if he kept thinking, he'd lose control and start cursing.

"These tricks can't even hurt Team Yue; you all come with me to the Supervision Bureau's temporary camp, it's safe there, and it'll keep the Co‑Absorption folks from crawling out of some rat hole again."

He struggled to stand, and Qi Hengyu hurried forward to help.

"Ying Duo, hurry up and keep up."

Shen Zexi, carrying Luo Jinyou on his back, happened to notice Ying Duo still standing there, staring blankly.

Ying Duo said nothing, while Yang Yixie was checking a long list of system pop‑ups.

【Congratulations, you participated in the kill and dealt the Last Hit to the "Crimson Ying Titan (Boss)", gaining a large amount of experience.】

【Level increased to Lv. 18!】

【Level increased to Lv. 19!】

【Level increased to Lv. 20!】

【Congratulations, you have unlocked a new skill: Teleport】