Chapter 657: Why are they two blocky people?!

Red Blood Crystal and Ying Guang Lu‑colored Data Stream intertwined, flickering in the high air, constantly colliding; occasionally one could see a one‑sided crushing cannon barrage, and in the blink of an eye a round of blood‑red blade light would annihilate everything.

Shen Zexi had just knocked down a mouse Aberrant Species that charged out of the parking lot passage, and looking up he saw a dark‑red arc slash descending from above the mall entrance, then intercepted mid‑air by a Ying Guang Lu shield, shattering simultaneously into a splendid shower of light.

He had rushed out of the underground parking lot to check the situation after sensing something odd, but in just a moment the outside had turned into this.

He had only gone with Qi Hengyu to clear Aberrant Species from the underground parking lot, and it hadn't taken long—how had the outside changed so drastically?

"Let's go over and check the situation."

Ying Duo's energy was really conspicuous, and the frenzied annihilation aura in the energy of the person he was fighting was not unfamiliar to him.

But how could they have run into each other?

How could they possibly run into each other!

Ying Duo plus Chi Jinan—separately they were still controllable disasters, but together they were absolutely a catastrophe.

"Let's hurry over and take a look!"

Qi Hengyu saw Shen Zexi go out to check the situation outside the parking lot and not return for a while, so he followed out to have a look, and then heard Shen Zexi calling him to catch up.

Habit really is a frightening thing—once Shen Zexi spoke, Qi Hengyu, still unclear about the situation, had already fallen into the habit of following along.

Above the mall entrance, two figures were moving at high speed; all they could see were two light traces constantly colliding in the air—one surrounded by Ying Guang Lu energy, the other wearing light‑striped clothing and wielding a Blood Crystal Scythe.

The worst thing still happened.

The ones fighting were none other than Chi Jinan and Ying Duo!

"... Is that Ying Duo and Chi Jinan?" Qi Hengyu stared in disbelief at the two trading blows in the sky, "Where's Luo Jinyou?"

Yang Yixie deliberately shifted the battlefield into the air; he had long studied levitation‑type rune devices, which were still only prototypes and couldn't be mounted on a frame, but carrying just himself was more than enough.

Chi Jinan became a living target on the ground; to hit Ying Duo in the sky became much harder, requiring Blood Crystal to give him leverage, so Blood Crystals started flying everywhere along with the bullets.

"Bring it on!"

Chi Jinan was already thoroughly excited, high on adrenaline, laughing unrestrainedly; even after being bounced back by Yang Yixie once more, he merely adjusted slightly and charged forward again, swinging his scythe.

Ying Duo also briefly revealed his silhouette in mid‑air; besides the gun barrel extending from his Ying Guang Lu Panel at the back, he had set up two Energy Cannons on his sides.

But fortunately those two cannons weren't the type needing long charge‑up or having especially high damage; Yang Yixie knew that relying on a pure energy shield for prolonged defense would drain his Blue Bar, so those two cannons instead became his weapons in close‑quarters combat.

Unlike Chi Jinan, whose excitement and smile grew brighter the more they fought, Ying Duo's face grew uglier, turning cold and stiff, becoming more like the Ying Duo they knew.

No...... that previous Ying Duo, all smiles and full of mockery, was surely just their illusion.

At least the Ying Duo they knew was like this.

Even in a fight, he deliberately changed his hair and eye color!

Still as ostentatious as ever, just...

"Why are they two blocky people!"

Qi Junyi didn't know where to start complaining; when Chi Jinan stopped just now and he saw that it was a square‑square‑normal person, he felt a bit dazed, and then a bubble popped up on Chi Jinan's head!

Even though they were far away, they kept seeing bubbles popping up around Chi Jinan, basically all jeering trash talk.

Whatever harsh words were spoken, they truly saw them crystal clear.

If you look closely, you'll notice it's not just people—the outlines of surrounding buildings, Chi Jinan's Blood Crystal, the ground, plants...

Everything became edged and angular.

"That's Ying Duo's domain." Luo Jinyou's voice came from beside; the mech didn't come with him but went dutifully elsewhere to exterminate Aberrant Species.

"I saw him use it back when I was in Tianmian City; it seems in his eyes the world has always looked like this..."

"Isn't the urgent priority right now to stop those two?" Shen Zexi lifted his chin toward the sky; leaving aside what went wrong with Ying Duo's vision, if they kept fighting the square might have to be demolished and rebuilt.

"Tsk, where did the older brother go? Chi Jinan came over and caused this mess—shouldn't he be staying with Chi Jinan?"

Qi Hengyu's words were cut off by a loud bang from above; a Blood Crystal Fragment fell from mid‑air and landed exactly three steps away from their feet.

In fact, Luo Jinyou had already tried to intervene in their clash.

But as soon as he approached the edge of the ever‑expanding Blood Crystal Domain, an invisible barrier bounced him back, and the Blood Crystal Fragments, sensing his approach, would actively converge to shut him out.

Obviously, Chi Jinan didn't want anyone to interfere in their fight.

Almost at the same time, a low‑rumbling engine sound came from the mall's road.

A dark‑painted armored vehicle was speeding toward them; because Aberrant Species had appeared, the main road normally had almost no traffic, yet this car was driven with a feeling of speed and passion.

The tires ground over the gravel on the road, producing a huge friction noise, a beautiful drift, and it came to a stop at the curb.

The car door was pushed open from inside, a figure stepped out onto the shattered glass, his legs still trembling slightly as he held the door, his gaze falling on the two combatants in the air.

Qi Junyi wore a light‑gray coat, its hem lifted by the wind into a corner, making him look inexplicably miserable; he gazed at the distant red‑green‑tinged battlefield and shouted toward Luo Jinyou and the others.

"... How long has he been out here?!"

Qi Hengyu answered from afar: "Just got here not long ago! Where did you run off to?!"

Qi Junyi didn't answer Qi Hengyu's question, he lifted his head to look at the distant battlefield still erupting, and nearly fainted from rage.

How did Chi Jinan manage to go from the suburban psychiatric hospital straight to the mall in such a short time?!

As expected, next time he'd better just run over himself—driving himself is better than driving a car, because sitting in this world's vehicles always gives him the feeling that he could take off at any second.