Chapter 829
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Chapter 829: The Power of Corruption
Having lost his weapon, Lin Qiye could only choose to retreat.
Under the perception of the “Mortal Realm,” Lin Qiye possessed a combat foresight ability that could be described as prophetic. Coupled with years of accumulated rich combat experience, even without a weapon, he could easily maneuver around Lu Baoyou.
In his eyes, although Lu Baoyou appeared intimidating, his close-quarters combat skills and attack rhythm were no different from those of an ordinary thug.
Lin Qiye calmly sidestepped Lu Baoyou’s slash, his hands moving like lightning. He seized Lu Baoyou’s wrist with his right hand, using the force of the slash to push him away, while his left elbow shot up rapidly, delivering a heavy blow to Lu Baoyou’s chin.
His movements flowed like water, so fast that Lu Baoyou couldn’t react in time. With a dull thud, Lin Qiye struck Lu Baoyou’s head, leaving him dazed and causing him to fall backward.
Lin Qiye followed through with a kick to Lu Baoyou’s chest, sending him flying like a sandbag several meters away.
Lu Baoyou fell to the ground on his back.
In just half a second, he scrambled back to his feet, his crimson eyes fixed intently on Lin Qiye, filled with even greater fury.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with one hand and raised the other, grasping at the ground beneath Lin Qiye.
In the next moment, the ground beneath Lin Qiye twisted violently, transforming into a grotesque giant mouth the size of a lotus pond, opening its bloody fangs and lunging at Lin Qiye’s body!
Fortunately, as the ground began to twist, Lin Qiye prudently chose to retreat, leaping sideways with force and narrowly avoiding the giant mouth’s bite.
At that moment, from the depths of the giant mouth, a long crimson tongue shot out like a python, flying towards Lin Qiye, who was still in mid-air, and with terrifying momentum, it slammed him down to the ground.
Boom—!!
The deep red figure crashed into the earth, kicking up a cloud of thick smoke.
Lin Qiye slowly stood up from the ground, brushing off the dust from his cloak, his pale golden eyes gazing at Lu Baoyou in the distance.
“Realizing your shortcomings, so you gave up close combat and turned to using the Forbidden Ruins for battle?” Lin Qiye whispered in a voice only he could hear. “You’re a good seed…
But unfortunately, your temperament still needs a lot of work.”
Lin Qiye shook his head slightly, walked to the side, and casually picked up a grenade launcher abandoned by a rookie. With a flicker of his figure, he transformed into an afterimage and vanished from sight.
Lu Baoyou gripped his straight knife, his gaze darting to follow Lin Qiye’s form. Unfortunately, Lin Qiye’s physical abilities far surpassed his own. Even while carrying the grenade launcher, Lin Qiye moved with incredible speed. Unlike Lin Qiye, Lu Baoyou lacked spiritual perception and could only rely on his eyesight to track him.
Bang bang bang—!!
While moving, Lin Qiye raised the grenade launcher without even looking, firing three shots in Lu Baoyou’s direction.
This grenade launcher was specially made for the Night Watchmen, reducing the explosive power of the grenades but converting it to a rapid-fire mode. Three miniature grenades arced through the air, whistling down towards Lu Baoyou’s body.
Lu Baoyou frowned. The strange Forbidden Ruins opened again, and as he focused, two of the grenades twisted simultaneously, sprouting sharp beaks and fangs, transforming into two grotesque little demons that crashed into the ground.
The grenades that had turned into little demons did not explode; instead, they incessantly gnawed at the earth beneath them, emitting sinister laughter.
However, one grenade landed right in front of Lu Baoyou.
Clearly, this remaining grenade posed no threat to Lu Baoyou. Two dark red wings reappeared behind him, and he instantly soared away from the spot. As the explosion ignited, he retreated several dozen meters.
“I see…”
Beyond the roaring flames, Lin Qiye observed the two little demon grenades on the ground, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He hoisted the grenade launcher with one hand, drew out two straight knives that had been stuck in the ground with his left hand, closed his eyes, and hurled them towards Lu Baoyou. At the same time, a faint golden light spread out, covering a radius of several dozen meters.
Under the influence of the “Mortal Realm,” the two straight knives flew accurately towards Lu Baoyou. Lin Qiye raised the grenade launcher and pulled the trigger three times in succession.
Bang bang bang—!
Two straight knives and three grenades surged towards Lu Baoyou like a massive net.
Lu Baoyou’s expression changed.
In the blink of an eye, he seemed to make a decision, reaching out to grasp two of the grenades. The strange Forbidden Ruins consumed the bodies of those two grenades, instantly transforming them into the same little demons as before, falling helplessly to the ground.
At the same time, Lu Baoyou, holding his straight knife, flapped his dark red wings and darted past the one surviving grenade, charging straight towards the two whistling straight knives.
“A miracle.”
On the ground, Lin Qiye lightly snapped his fingers.
Boom—!!!
At the moment Lu Baoyou flew past the grenade, it suddenly trembled and exploded before hitting the ground, erupting into a surging fireball that blossomed in the sky, sending Lu Baoyou, who was closest to it, flying amidst thick smoke, tracing a parabolic arc as he fell to the ground.
Everything unfolded just as Lin Qiye had anticipated.
Through three observations, Lin Qiye had essentially grasped Lu Baoyou’s Forbidden Ruins ability.
From the initial decay of Fang Mo’s short knife into a demonic form, losing its “sharpness” and “hardness,” to the second transformation of the straight knife into a demonic form, losing its “cutting” and “swinging,” and finally to the third transformation of the grenade launcher into a demonic form, losing its “flight” and “explosive” capabilities…
All of this indicated that Lu Baoyou’s Forbidden Ruins had the ability to simultaneously “corrupt” two objects within his line of sight.
Once an object entered this “corrupted” state, it would lose its original characteristics and be endowed with demonic traits determined by Lu Baoyou. So far, Lin Qiye had only seen two different traits: “decay” and “gnawing.”
Although he couldn’t fully comprehend Lu Baoyou’s abilities, the limitations of “at most two objects” and “line of sight” allowed Lin Qiye to easily counter his Forbidden Ruins.
From the very beginning, Lin Qiye had not rashly used his own Forbidden Ruins but had instead engaged in a back-and-forth while observing Lu Baoyou’s abilities.
Now, Lin Qiye had thoroughly understood Lu Baoyou, while Lu Baoyou remained completely unaware of Lin Qiye’s Forbidden Ruins.
This was also the reason Lin Qiye could severely injure Lu Baoyou in an instant.
Although Lu Baoyou’s Forbidden Ruins were more suited for combat, he was still too young… Excessive aggression was not necessarily a good thing.
Lin Qiye had reached this point step by step, and aside from a degree of luck, his ability to calmly analyze any situation played a crucial role.
Amidst the thick smoke, Lin Qiye grasped the two straight knives that had fallen, and with a flicker of his figure, he appeared before the fallen Lu Baoyou.
