Chapter 166
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Chapter 166: Sudden Attack
Crack, crack, crack–
The familiar sound rang out, and Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan simultaneously stopped in their tracks. The rooms above, below, left, right, front, and back rapidly shifted, finally settling at a certain point.
It was another spatial distortion, and the surrounding environment changed once again.
Lin Qiye, who had been sensing the surroundings with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.
“Horizontal 19, 27, 33, 20, 17… Vertical 04, 09, 37, 18, 23…” Lin Qiye sat on the ground, his brows furrowed, constantly muttering to himself.
His fingers lightly traced patterns on the tiles, as if calculating something, or perhaps drawing something.
Meanwhile, Cao Yuan could only sit on a chair hugging his sword, watching Lin Qiye mutter incomprehensibly, feeling like a complete idiot.
After about two minutes of muttering, Lin Qiye let out a long sigh and slowly stood up from the ground.
“How is it?” Cao Yuan couldn’t help but ask.
“My spiritual power can only cover a range of about a hundred meters. During the spatial distortions, I can’t monitor all the changes, but I did notice some clues…”
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, his hands gesturing in the air. “The spatial distortion seems complex, but there are actually only two basic types of changes: horizontal cross-section rotation and vertical cross-section rotation. Each rotation must be an integer multiple of right angles, and which cross-section starts rotating is not fixed. Although only one cross-section can rotate at a time, the rotation speed is extremely fast, creating the illusion of spatial chaos…”
Cao Yuan listened with a growing headache. “So? Have you predicted the pattern of spatial changes?”
“…No, the information I have is still too fragmented, and I haven’t observed enough instances.” Lin Qiye shook his head, pondered for a moment, and then said somewhat uncertainly:
“But I feel like this pattern of changes is somehow familiar…”
Just as Lin Qiye was thinking, the familiar dragging sound came from afar once again. Both of their expressions tensed, and they exchanged a glance, silently placing their hands on their sword hilts.
Lin Qiye had said earlier that once they understood the mechanism of this mysterious killer, it wouldn’t be difficult to eliminate this mystery with their combat abilities.
They had been wandering in this chaotic space to grasp the pattern of changes, and if they encountered the mystery again, eliminating it directly wouldn’t be a bad idea.
An intense darkness spread out from Lin Qiye as its center. The thermos, teacups, coat racks, and other items in the dormitory gradually floated up, hovering around him.
Lin Qiye gave Cao Yuan a look, and the latter immediately understood, slowly walking towards the door behind them.
The dormitory space was too cramped. Fighting the headless man here would leave too little room for evasion, which would be very disadvantageous for them. They needed to change locations.
Creak–
Lin Qiye had tried to open the door as gently as possible, but this door seemed to have some issues to begin with and made a slight noise. Under normal circumstances, this wouldn’t have been a problem, but in this situation, the sound was unusually conspicuous.
Lin Qiye’s pupils contracted slightly, and without thinking, he quickly retreated. Cao Yuan did the same.
The next moment, a huge black shadow flew across two rooms. The blade of the beheading sword flashed, and the door that had made the noise was instantly cut in half!
In the Darkest Mystic Realm, Lin Qiye’s movements were as silent as a ghost, making no sound at all. Cao Yuan had long since taken off his shoes to avoid making footsteps and had been walking barefoot until now, landing almost silently.
Now, Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan were in a long corridor. Although it didn’t appear to be on one level, the space was much larger than the dormitory.
After cutting through the door, the headless man stood still for a while, then slowly moved forward, dragging the large beheading sword behind him…
He hadn’t discovered the presence of the two.
Lin Qiye gave Cao Yuan a look, and the latter nodded, leaning against the left side of the wall, regulating his heartbeat through breathing to minimize any sound.
Lin Qiye leaned on the other side, like a dark specter, without any trace of energy.
Thud– Thud– Thud–
The headless man’s massive body almost occupied the entire corridor. He dragged the beheading sword behind him, moving forward step by step. Fortunately, both Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan were not fat, so by leaning against the sides of the corridor, they could perfectly avoid his path.
If it were a certain fat person here, the headless man might bump into his belly and then confusedly swing his sword…
The headless man slowly moved forward. Just as he was about to pass by Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan, Lin Qiye’s eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his hand on the sword hilt suddenly exerted force!
Clang–!!
Two swords were drawn in an instant!
At the same time, Cao Yuan on the other side suddenly gripped the hilt of the sword in his arms. Black, resentful flame burst out from the scabbard, following the blade as it was drawn, slashing out in an instant!
Three swords – one aimed at the headless man’s sword-wielding hand, two at his chest!
The moment the slight sound of the swords being drawn was heard, the headless man seemed to come alive, swinging the beheading sword in his hand at an extremely fast speed!
Clang–!!
A loud collision rang out as the beheading sword clashed with Cao Yuan’s black flame straight sword. Originally, the strength of the berserk Cao Yuan was greater than that of the current headless man, but at the moment of collision, the headless man’s strength multiplied several times. With one strike, he sent the berserk Cao Yuan, sword and all, crashing into the side wall!
Boom–!
The berserk Cao Yuan’s body was forcefully smashed through a wall, crashing into a dormitory room, raising clouds of dust.
In this split second, Lin Qiye’s two swords had already pierced the headless man’s chest!
The blade of the straight sword pierced into the solid muscle. Just as it was about to pierce the heart, at the moment when the huge crash of the berserk Cao Yuan smashing through the wall sounded, the headless man’s body instantly hardened several times over. His muscles, as hard as rock, firmly gripped Lin Qiye’s swords, not allowing them to advance even a bit!
Lin Qiye’s pupils suddenly contracted!
According to the original plan, their sneak attack should have been able to kill, or at least severely wound the headless man. But he never imagined that although this headless man had no brain, his wisdom was not low. He knew how to create sounds in a silent environment to enhance his various attributes!
If not for the huge crash of Cao Yuan being smashed through the wall just now, the headless man would already be a corpse.
Is this the mystery of the Chuan realm?
Even after completely figuring out its mechanism, successfully killing it is still incredibly difficult!
Lin Qiye decisively let go of the sword hilts, leaving the two straight swords stuck in its chest. His form, like a leaf in the wind, swiftly drifted backwards. At the same time, the headless man’s second strike swung out like lightning!
The edge of the beheading sword grazed past Lin Qiye’s forehead!