A ray of light appeared in the dark secret passage.

It was a faint flame.

This flame had emerged from somewhere, attached itself to the wound on Qin Ye's palm, and was slowly "burning"... However, because of the [Sumeru]'s effect, no matter how it burned, the blazing light spreading around it always remained a hair's breadth away from the wound.

Trying to launch a sneak attack?

Unfortunately... the strength was far too lacking.

Qin Ye stared expressionlessly at the young man clutching the bronze box, flicking his fingers lightly to scatter the flame in all directions.

The bronze box had already been opened.

The key was correct.

The password was accurate.

At this moment, Gu Shen held the box tightly... The bronze box left behind by Lu Cheng should contain the most complete Lion's Roar technology data.

"Give it to me!"

A low shout rang out.

A vast mental force surged like a tide, and Gu Shen's expression suddenly turned pale. He felt as if his mind was being pierced by thousands of fine needles, as if it was about to explode in an instant.

The bronze box slipped from his grasp.

In an instant, the box transformed into a straight line, shooting towards Qin Ye's hand.

As the bronze box slipped from his grasp, a touch of "shock" appeared on Gu Shen's face at just the right moment. His mind suffered the pain of being stabbed by thousands of silver needles, but the wisp of "purity" deep within him remained.

The visualization of the Jingzhe breathing technique appeared in his mind.

The immense pain was suppressed at this moment.

All of his mental energy was focused on that "blazing fire" that had been easily scattered earlier.

"...Merge!"

A gleam flashed in Gu Shen's eyes, shining brightly. He clenched his fist, making a fist gesture. In an instant, it was as if fireworks exploded in the dark underground passage. The faint flame actually flowed back in a streamline, crashing towards the bronze box that was flying towards Qin Ye.

The characteristic of the blazing fire was to devour everything!

Even extraordinary source matter could not avoid it!

The layer of illogical material wrapping the bronze box leaked out the moment the flame struck the box, joining this beautiful and tragic display of fireworks.

Qin Ye's pupils suddenly constricted into a tiny black dot. His pupils reflected the "slowly" sputtering black annihilation radiance. That black color wrapped in flames carried a familiar aura of order collapsing... and suddenly bloomed before his eyes.

All the data, all the remnants, turned into nothingness the moment the flames shattered the bronze box—

Destruction happened in an instant.

The bronze box flying towards his palm was not a spoil of war.

But... a real bomb.

[Sumeru] had never been exerted so desperately. In the split second he realized something was wrong, Qin Ye tried to shake off the bronze box and layered his domains to lengthen the distance between the box and himself.

Though close, yet worlds apart.

But it was too late... In the face of illogical materials, the extraordinary power of [Sumeru] completely lost its effect. The ball of light symbolizing death and annihilation exploded instantly in front of Qin Ye, and the rampant black light pounced on him like a face-hugger. All of this happened violently and quickly, without screams or cries of pain... The explosion of this bronze box did not even make a sound.

Everything was devoured by the illogical material inside the bronze box.

It was unimaginable how Lu Cheng had added this kind of substance to the coating of the bronze box... This was simply a more terrifying weapon than mithril weapons.

"Run!"

Gu Shen's reaction speed was extremely fast.

At the moment the bronze box exploded, the pain of thousands of needles in his mind suddenly disappeared... He knew that Qin Ye had been hit, but there was not a trace of rejoicing in his heart.

Because Gu Shen also knew that no matter how terrifying illogical materials were, they were essentially "objects of collapsed order." As an "Apostle" walking the Five Continents on behalf of the God Seat, the most primitive instinct was to eliminate the "Black Spot."

He had not seen Qin Ye's keepsake yet!

This assassination attempt was very lucky, but unfortunately, the self-destruction of the bronze box could not really kill an "Apostle"... And the time gained now was the most precious escape time.

Qin Ye's mental energy was all concentrated on the struggle against the illogical material, and the restrictions of [Sumeru] had been lifted!

Gu Shen's words awakened the dreamer.

Madam was the first to start, followed by Gu Shen escorting her. The two quickly fled along the iron ladder, towards the top of the well.

Lu Nanjin guarded the rear, she remained calm, staring intently at Qin Ye lying motionless on the ground, guarding against him launching a sudden attack at a critical moment.

But the destructive power of that black radiance was too strong.

Qin Ye's head seemed to have been sucked in and collapsed.

Could he still survive such "injuries"?

With this thought in mind, Lu Nanjin added a stab when she retreated... The "Obstructing Blade" used for the final unsheathing and close combat was thrown out by her forcefully, stirring up a gust of wind in the underground secret passage.

Because the throwing speed was too fast.

The sharp Obstructing Blade streaked out in a straight line.

But unfortunately... Even though he was "face-hugged" by the illogical material inside the bronze box and seemed to be dying, Qin Ye had not lost his consciousness. The extraordinary power of the [Sumeru] domain was tightly attached to his body, so the Obstructing Blade came quickly and went even faster, "clang"-ing as it was ejected and splashed away, the hilt embedded in the stone wall on one side of the iron ladder.

Seeing this scene, all three of them felt a sinking in their hearts.

Gu Shen's previous guess was confirmed... As expected, Qin Ye would recover soon.

They had to seize every second to escape!

Arriving on the ground.

Gu Shen raised his head, his expression grave. In the vision enhanced by the blazing fire, he could see clearly that there was a layer of faintly flowing darkness covering the sky above the old district at night.

Was this the full extent of the area covered by [Sumeru]?

Chu Ling sent the latest location information of the two titled ones at the first moment.

"Gu Zhi entered the [Sumeru] domain from due south, signal lost."

"Zhou Jiren is preparing to cut in from the southeast, it is recommended that you retreat to the southeast."

After discerning the direction.

Gu Shen took a deep breath: "Go!"

Originally, Madam was supporting Lu Nanjin, but now that Lu Nanjin had awakened... She carried her sister on her back and darted off in the direction Gu Shen pointed. Although "Lanqie" was a strong offensive ability, it was not only for killing people.

The essence of Lanqie was the control of wind.

In addition to "defending against enemies," it also had other wonderful uses.

Gu Shen ignited the blazing fire and ran quickly, feeling his feet extremely light, as if there were a pair of hands pushing him from behind. Countless wind sounds whizzed past from behind, and the winds flowing in the night of the old district gathered like elves at this moment, pushing the two forward quickly!

At this point, he couldn't care about anything else... The Ruler of Truth in his sleeve began to consume mental energy.

Lu Nanjin looked somewhat surprised.

She was carrying her sister and running with all her strength. With the blessing of "Lanqie," her speed was already so fast that she could see afterimages, but suddenly a second light assistance was born behind her, as if she had grown wings—

With a light leap.

She swept onto the roof of an old building.

The two ran quickly under the great moon and on the old building, the crisp sound of old bricks and ancient eaves under their feet.

Lu Nanjin turned her head to look at Gu Shen.

The young man was running extremely fast, his upper body almost parallel to the ground, his sleeves fluttering, constantly overflowing with brilliant silver light, interweaving and spreading like water in the flowing wind behind him.