Chapter 512: Boom

She glanced to the side; Lin's Residence was only two hundred meters away, but this person blocked the only path.

And just now, to make up the time, she used Time Acceleration several times; now the magic power in her body needs to ease before she can use Time Stop again!

San Yue Qi clenched the bag in her hand, took a deep breath, and tried to make her tone sound calm:

"Sir, you and I have no grudges, and it's daytime now; could you let me pass?"

Sha Jin tilted his head, and the weight in his hand kept swinging.

"Miss San Yue Qi, right?"

San Yue Qi was stunned.

(Does he know me?)

Sha Jin looked at her expression and quickly analyzed in his mind.

(Doesn't know me? She completely forgets the Pinokanni incident? Or maybe... this San Yue Qi isn't that San Yue Qi?)

During Pinokanni, although he hadn't had deep conversations with this Fen Mao girl, he remembered her appearance perfectly.

But now, looking at her expression, it was as if he was seeing his own face for the first time.

(Amnesiac? Or... another her from a Parallel World?)

The curve at the corner of his mouth deepened.

Interesting.

San Yue Qi had no desire to play psychological games with him.

She just sent Lin a message again, but there was no reply from Lin's side!

She dared not imagine what that meant, but it was certainly not good!

"I, this lady, don't care who you are."

San Yue Qi gritted her teeth, waved her hand, tossed the bag aside, and an Ice Bow instantly formed in her palm, radiating cold, "Now, immediately, let me pass!"

She drew the bowstring, and an Ice Arrow pointed straight at Sha Jin!

"Otherwise I'll make you suffer!"

Sha Jin raised an eyebrow.

He looked at the Ice Bow in San Yue Qi's hand, then at her "I'm fierce" expression, and couldn't help but smile.

As far as he knew, the San Yue Qi on the Starry Sky Train... her strength, well...

"Miss San Yue Qi."

Sha Jin's tone was light and airy, with a hint of teasing, "How far can your bow shoot? Fifty meters? Eighty meters? Are you sure you want to fight me?"

San Yue Qi gave no answer, but tightened her grip on the bow a few more degrees.

Sha Jin stepped forward, and the weight spun faster between his fingers.

San Yue Qi pulled the bowstring even tighter.

Sha Jin smiled, his smile carrying a hint of cynicism:

"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm."

He said with a smile, his tone confident, "Just a bit curious—how did you end up here? Isn't your train supposed to still be at Pinokanni? Or maybe..."

He paused, and a trace of inquiry flashed in his eyes.

"Or do you know a guy named Xing? The gray‑haired one who looks at everything like he's staring at a trash can?"

San Yue Qi's brows furrowed.

(Does this guy know Xing?)

But she had no time to worry about that now.

The situation on Lin's side was more important than anything.

"I'm not interested in whatever you want to say!"

San Yue Qi cut him off, her voice already urgent, "I must get through now! Will you let me?"

Sha Jin looked at her and suddenly thought this San Yue Qi was rather interesting.

Clearly far weaker, yet she stubbornly held a threatening stance—such tenacity...

He was about to say some more rehearsed lines—

"Boom—!!!"

A deafening explosion roared from the direction of Lin's Residence!

The whole street trembled!

Countless shards of glass sprayed out from that direction, flashing dazzling light in the sun!

Billowing smoke and dust surged from the windows, like a massive black dragon soaring skyward!

San Yue Qi's complexion turned instantly ashen!

"Lin—!!!"

She didn't hesitate at all, even though her magic hadn't recovered, and shouted straight away:

"Zawa Rudo—!!!"

Time Stop!

Sha Jin hadn't yet processed what happened, and the Fen Mao girl before him vanished.

Only a crisp female voice echoed in the air.

He froze in place, staring at the empty street, then glancing at the smoking building in the distance.

Then he smiled.

"Interesting."

He slipped the weight back into his pocket, "This Holy Grail War... is getting more and more interesting."

—

Lin leaned against the wall of the second‑floor corridor, panting heavily.

The wound on her arm, cut by a Black Key, throbbed faintly, and a bead of blood dripped from her fingertip onto the floor.

Her clothes were torn in several places, her hair was disheveled, and she looked utterly bedraggled.

But she was still alive.

Yan Feng Qili stood at the stairwell, staring at her expressionlessly.

There was no emotional fluctuation in his eyes, as if the person before him were not a living being but an object that needed to be dealt with.

In his hands he held two Black Keys, their black blades stained with blood.

Lin clenched her teeth.

(This guy... why on earth does he have to kill me?)

She recalled the Warning before San Yue Qi—Yan Feng Qili had blocked her on the street and almost stabbed her.

But now this madman had chased her right to her doorstep!

"Yan Feng Qili!"

Lin forced herself to stand upright, her voice laced with uncontainable Rage, "What on earth do you want?! Ten years ago you betrayed my father, and now you want to kill me?!"

Yan Feng gave no reply.

He simply took a silent step forward.

Black Key slash!

Lin lunged to the side, stumbling yet managing to evade the strike.

The Black Key scraped across her back, leaving a deep crack in the wall!

She rolled to her feet, already gripping three gems in her hand.

She threw them simultaneously!

"Boom!"

The explosion roared through the narrow corridor, and Flame and smoke instantly filled the entire space!

But Lin knew that this level of attack couldn't harm that madman.

She didn't hesitate, turned and charged!

Yan Feng burst out of the smoke, moving far faster than she had imagined!

His fierce fist technique had no flourish, only the purest killing intent!

A single punch flew out, and the air itself emitted a booming crack!

Lin couldn't dodge in time, forced to grit her teeth and take the hit—

"Bang!"

She was blasted backward, slammed into the stair railing, and then tumbled down!

Pain.

Her whole body ached.

Lin lay on the first‑floor floor, feeling as if one or two ribs might be broken.

She tried to push herself up, but her legs gave way and she fell to her knees again.

(Damn...)

She lifted her head and saw Yan Feng descending the stairs.

His black priest's robe, in the dim light, resembled a moving shadow, each step planted firmly.

Lin's mind raced.

(Can't brute‑force... he's too strong in close combat... must use the terrain...)

She looked around—

This house was Sakura's prepared backup residence, and she was fairly familiar with its layout.

The first floor had a living room, kitchen, and storage room; the second floor had three rooms, and also—

Basement.

Lin's eyes flashed.

She pushed off the ground, stood up, and with her last strength surged toward the kitchen!

Yan Feng chased after!

Black Key thrown again!

Lin lunged to the side, dodging the flying Black Key, and rolled into the kitchen.

She yanked open the storage room door—

The stairs leading to the Basement appeared before her!

She didn't hesitate and rushed down!

The Basement was pitch black, with only a faint sliver of light filtering in from the stairwell.

Old furniture and cardboard boxes, coated in dust, were piled everywhere.

Lin hid behind a few boxes, covering her mouth and holding her breath.

Footsteps sounded above.

Yan Feng came down.

Lin's heart hammered.

The madman's steps were slow, as if he didn't worry at all that she might escape.

He descended the stairs step by step, the Black Key's blade glinting coldly in the darkness.