Chapter 355: Take One Apart First

The hood couldn't hold down the Ying Guang Lu fragments of hair, which the wind blew into a chaotic spray, looking in the darkness like a cluster of unextinguishable ghost fire.

Yang Yixie opened his backpack, and the backpack interface unfolded before his eyes, with countless icons covering the entire translucent screen.

White, green, blue, purple, gold, red—backgrounds of various colors intertwined, like an armory waiting to be detonated.

Yang Yixie's finger hovered over the mouse, his gaze scanning the rows of icons.

Unlimited Experience Card.

Twenty-one minutes.

He can, within these twenty-one minutes, use it at will, test it at will, explode at will.

But it's only these twenty-one minutes.

"Which one to choose…?" Ying Duo's cursor lingered on a few golden icons for a moment, then moved away.

Some of them should be ones he used last time, but the icon models have become much more detailed now, and he really can't tell which is which.

Anyway they're all red-quality, using any of them should be the same… right?

He lifted his hand and selected a red‑glowing icon.

【Equipment Name: Penetrating Annihilation Blast Cannon (Red)】

【Features: High Damage, High Penetration】

Ying Duo's finger made a slash in the void.

The next second, a mass of Ying Guang Lu Data Stream surged from his hand, coalescing on the vacant ground before him.

Boom—!

A massive Cannon platform materialized out of thin air, slamming onto the ground with a heavy thud, raising a cloud of dust.

The cannon body was entirely jet black, its surface coursing with intricate Rune circuits; the muzzle was so wide a person could be jammed into it, the base a hefty metal structure, and the most reassuring part was that as soon as it appeared, its four supporting legs sank deep into the rock.

Bai Mu Yun leaned against the broken wall, watching that Cannon, and furrowed their brows.

No.

They hadn't seen this Cannon.

The last time at the auction hall, Ying Duo used a shoulder‑mounted Cannon, and at that moment Ying Duo used that Cannon to duel Chi Jin An.

Even when later a Cannon that almost blew the entire underground apart was pulled out, it was also of the shoulder‑mounted type.

Back then, to investigate Ying Duo's background, he even sketched the Cannon's appearance and had someone look up related information.

Although the data found then was scant, the Cannon's outline, the Rune circuit pathways, the base structure—

were definitely not this Cannon in front of us.

Bai Mu Yun hasn't studied Rune circuit design, but they can still distinguish these basics.

Bai Mu Yun stared at Ying Duo; after activating the Cannon platform's charge, he tossed that Cannon aside, and the Ying Guang Lu lines under his hand traced the shape of a keyboard.

Ying Duo's fingers were already hammering the keyboard at breakneck speed, showing none of the usual stiffness; the Ying Guang Lu energy lines extended from the fingertips, like countless tentacles burrowing into the Cannon Barrel.

He is dismantling that Cannon.

Realizing this, Bai Mu Yun's eyelids twitched.

"The Cannon you set up is different from the one at the auction hall last time,"

Ying Duo's hand kept moving, and without turning his head he skillfully tossed the pan, "It must be your illusion."

Bai Mu Yun: "......."

His illusion?

He, to investigate this kid's background, specifically sketched the Cannon's appearance, had people peruse all heavy Cannon records, and in the end only got the reply, "No records found, but the craftsmanship is definitely top‑tier."

And this kid tells him he was mistaken?

Bai Mu Yun took a deep breath and decided to change perspective.

"Then what are you doing by dismantling it now?"

Ying Duo replied offhand, "Just grinding proficiency."

Grinding proficiency?

Bai Mu Yun glanced at the Cannon barrel being "dismantled," and although its shape differed from the previous one, the intricacy of the Rune circuits was undoubtedly of the same caliber.

Just those flowing energy patterns would be enough to keep Tianmian City's Rune masters cautiously studying for at least three months, fearing to damage the thing.

And now, this kid is, as if taking apart building blocks, dismantling the entire Cannon barrel.

Bai Mu Yun fell silent.

Fine, it's not his Cannon anyway.

Ying Duo ignored Bai Mu Yun's gaze; his entire attention was now focused on dismantling the Cannon barrel before him.

His fingers hammered the keyboard at breakneck speed, the Ying Guang Lu energy lines coursing inside the Cannon Barrel; every Rune pathway, every node connection, was logged by the system.

【Dismantling equipment structure......】

【Probability of obtaining current equipment blueprint: 0.13%】

Originally, Yang Yixie intended to wait until his 【Modification】 skill level was higher before using the Experience Card, aiming to obtain a red equipment blueprint.

But now the twenty‑one‑minute Experience Card has already started counting down, and his current 【Modification】 proficiency is indeed rather low.

【Countdown: 19:47】

He doesn't have time to study slowly; he can only dismantle, and whatever he can get out is fine.

Even if the dismantling fails, he can still accumulate plenty of proficiency, and some blueprint fragments may drop, which he can later piece together.

But if he doesn't dismantle, once the twenty‑one minutes pass these items will return to void, and who knows when he'll get another Experience Card.

Ying Duo's fingers hammered faster and faster, the energy lines raging through the Cannon Barrel, and a small pile of parts had already accumulated on the vacant ground beside it.

Lu Mu watched Ying Duo's determination to tear the Cannon apart into parts and couldn't help but speak up:

"Aren't you worried he'll ruin the thing by dismantling it?"

Bai Mu Yun heard that and turned their head, giving him a glance.

"So what if it's broken?"

Lu Mu was startled.

Bai Mu Yun's gaze fell back on Ying Duo, and the tone carried an indefinable emotion.

"If he can break a cannon today, he can forge ten better ones tomorrow."

Compared to that… Bai Mu Yun watched the cannon that was gathering energy, and at its muzzle a pale‑blue orb of light was slowly coalescing.

The orb was not large, only about the size of a basketball, yet its radiance grew increasingly blinding and dense, as if it were drawing in all the surrounding light.

But in just ten seconds the orb's brightness had already become dazzling, forcing Bai Mu Yun to squint.

He looked toward the distant ground shrouded in the shadow of the Floating City; with this cannon's power level, a single shot—

He dared not imagine what the consequences would be.

But why aim at the ground?

If the goal were to deal a heavy blow to the Floating City, aiming at Tianmian City itself, or even at the most conspicuous "Pale Throne" cathedral atop Tianmian City, would be far more worthwhile than targeting the ground Slum.

Moreover, the buildup of energy for this thing was so massive that he didn't believe the Church was doing nothing.

Ying Duo again wore the look of someone guarding the cannon platform, as if it were none of his business.

So that means, when the Church sends people later, they'll have to deal with it, right?