Chapter 121

Pa Duo suddenly stood up!

At the instant she rose, the space around her twisted violently like rippling water!

Mei Bi Wu Si's chair, the flickering instruments nearby, and even Ke Lai Yin who had handed over the drink all became blurry like erased paintings in an instant, then vanished completely!

This is a meticulously woven trap!

Her sharp gaze instantly swept over this space, now unstable due to the dissipating illusion.

Then, her sight fixed on the area to her front‑left—

There, the space was forcibly torn apart by an irresistible force!

Beyond the fissure was not another region of Le Tu, but a void seemingly formed of pure will and sword qi!

And beyond that fissure, in the distance, a colossal golden blade, unimaginably massive, pointed its tip precisely at her!

The blade radiated a scorching, pure brilliance like the sun, exuding supreme sword intent that severs illusion and shatters all laws!

Even across the distant space, the pressure from that sword intent made her tremble.

A name involuntarily surfaced in her mind—

Great Void Sword Qi!

Perspective shift.

Ying silently followed behind Kevin and Qianjie, while Kesi Mo, as always, walked quietly at the very end.

(Something's off…)

A Xing's consciousness raced rapidly, (Kevin, Qianjie, and Kesi Mo… this lineup is absurd…)

She felt an intangible pressure slowly squeezing from both the front and behind.

As if an invisible net were quietly tightening.

Qianjie, who was at the front, stopped before a door etched with scorched earth and flame patterns, the entrance to his domain.

He turned aside, did not enter, but crossed his arms, his gaze beneath the Mask seeming to land on Ying.

Kevin stopped beside the door, his ice‑blue eyes calm and still, and with a slight raise of his hand signaled Ying to enter the door.

Ying's steps halted.

She glanced at the ominously warm door ahead and Qianjie blocking it, then cast a side glance at Kevin whose aura was like ancient ice, and finally, from the corner of her eye confirmed Kesi Mo's silent yet steadfast presence behind her.

(Surrounded… identity exposed? When? How?)

The air grew stagnant, and no one spoke.

A Xing's mind frantically calculated the odds of breaking through, concluding—under the gaze of three top elites, especially Kevin, the success rate was infinitesimally close to zero.

Just as her muscles tensed, ready to force a breakthrough at any cost—

A gentle, calm, yet irresistibly powerful female voice resonated directly in the depths of her consciousness:

"'Please', put down your weapon."

The voice seemed to carry an absolute 'command', and along with it countless invisible threads instantly coiled around her arm, attempting to dissolve her fighting spirit and make her obey this 'request'!

A Xing's body froze uncontrollably, gripping HanYuBingTian's hand; her fingers slightly relaxed, and the blade tip tilted downward a few degrees…

Now!

"Swoosh—!"

The frigid Ice Cone shot through the air, and wherever it passed, even the space seemed to freeze!

Simultaneously, Qianjie's roar, accompanied by towering flames, crashed from the front like an enraged fire dragon, slamming into Ying!

A pincer attack, a kill‑or‑die situation!

At the same time, in another space.

The golden Great Void massive sword, bearing supreme sword intent that eradicates illusion, pointed at Pa Duo like divine retribution!

Before the sword arrived, the sheer willpower pressure already caused the surrounding data to begin collapsing.

Pa Duo's disguise melted before that ultimate force like ice under sunlight; the violet‑red data stream instantly enveloped her body like a living thing, revealing Black Curtain Lady's true appearance—ashen‑white hair, a black‑purple Lolita Dress, and a pair of dull violet‑black eyes.

She lifted her gaze, looking at the sword tip about to reach her, with not a hint of panic on her face.

Just as the sword tip was about to strike her, a speck of violet‑red data stream, like the tiniest virus, abruptly appeared on the blade's tip.

Then, like ink dropped into clear water, the violet‑red instantly spread!

In almost a one‑in‑10,000‑second interval, the unparalleled Great Void massive sword, starting from its tip, was completely dyed the same violet‑red, and then… like a stroke erased by a rubber, it silently vanished into the air, leaving not even a ripple.

"What a pity."

Heimu lightly clapped, as if brushing away nonexistent dust, "I originally wanted to play a bit longer."

The scene before her shifted rapidly like turning pages, no longer the torn laboratory illusion, but a minimalist yet oppressive hall.

She gracefully walked to the comfortable‑looking sofa in the center, sat down, and leisurely crossed her legs.

In front of her, Mei Bi Wu Si, Hua, Su, and Wei Er Wei, the four elites, were tightly bound by solidified violet‑red data streams, like insects trapped in amber; though conscious, they could not move a single finger.

Heimu tilted his head, curiously observing the shocked, unwilling, helpless expressions on their faces, as if he had spotted an interesting toy.

"Tell me,"

In a relaxed tone, as if chatting, "How did you discover it? That was fast; I haven't even had my fun yet. No follow‑up prepared, and it's already ending? What a pity."

She even shook her head wistfully, as if truly regretful.

The several elites remained silent; none spoke.

Heimu's gaze shifted to the eyes‑closed Su: "Su, explain yourself. Your plan was quite successful, wasn't it? Virus injection, Great Void Sword Qi, data Lock… all interlinked; logically, even if you couldn't capture me, you should have at least delayed Kevin and the others from arriving, right? What happened? It ended instantly."

A bitter smile flickered at Su's mouth corner, but he remained silent.

In the face of such an absolute power disparity, any scheme appeared pale and powerless.

The 'Corrosion' power within that virus, before the opponent, is probably not even a joke.

Mei Bi Wu Si outright gave up struggling; in his serpentine eyes remained only a wordless "Where the heck did this thing come from?"

Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Heimu's mouth twitched slightly, as if a bit dissatisfied.

She feigned a serious expression, looked at the upright Hua beside her and said, "Hua, you explain."

Hua's body paused slightly, as if trying to resist, but the invisible force controlled her, making her speak involuntarily, her voice steady yet tinged with forced stiffness: "... At the very beginning, Pa Duo and Ying's return was the biggest flaw. Because they shouldn't have returned in the first place, that was our plan, so the moment they appeared, it was exposed. Su's 'disappearance' was part of the plan, Ying and Pa Duo's reappearance... So we turned the scheme on itself, trying to lure you into a preset trap..."

Heimu listened, clicking his tongue in amazement: "I see... was it exposed from the start? Or did we underestimate you old... ahem, seasoned warriors' experience."

At that moment—

"Boom!!!"

A tremendously intense energy surge, mixed with scorching heat and violent impact, tore through layer upon layer of spatial Barrier like an earthquake, and slammed into this hall!

Heimu raised an eyebrow slightly, sensing the source of that familiar wave.

"Oh? That is..."

Her gaze seemed to pierce the spatial barrier, landing on a battlefield plate in Letu where a fierce fight was raging, and a hint of meaning curled at the corner of her mouth: "Is that A Xing's side? Looks like it's quite lively over there."