Actually... Twenty-Three and Lu Te didn't need to worry.

Ruo Yu herself had already seen the trend of the battle. She understood... she had to make a move.

Just as the two Derivatives were about to call out to her, she suddenly unleashed her Soul Intent and soared into the sky.

In an instant, another figure radiating pale blue Dou Qi joined the swirling vortex of gold and crimson energy...

"Good... you'll all die!" Yin Lou Lan was seeing red; he had no strategy, didn't care about consumption, and feared nothing... There was only one thought in his mind, to kill the enemies before him, leaving no corpse intact, not even a scrap of armor.

Most people entering such a state would make monotonous, reckless attacks, easily exposing weaknesses.

But Yin Lou Lan was different... Relying on years of combat experience and an innate combat talent, he discarded all reason and calculation, becoming a veritable killing machine. It could be said... that his current state was extremely close to Ruo Yu's Soul Intent "Maximum Efficiency."

"Unconsciously, his fatal spot is the left side of his chest." In the heat of battle, Ruo Yu was as calm as ever. Having just joined the fray, she quickly found the opponent's fatal weakness and told her teammates.

"Understood..." Feng Bujue responded immediately. Ruo Yu's arrival greatly reduced the pressure on him, but... he still didn't cancel Spiritual Consciousness Convergence Technique - Modified, because this battle... wouldn't allow it, "The problem is... how to break through his dual swords..."

Even as they spoke, the dual swords in Yin Lou Lan's hands suddenly became several degrees faster, and the force behind them increased again...

Reaching the limit of moves, there are no moves within the moves. Reaching the limit of change, there is no change within the changes.

Yin Lou Lan, a genius of his generation, finally comprehended the ultimate realm of his swordsmanship at this very moment—the strongest swordsmanship has no pattern, leaves no trace, the sword moves with the heart, and is indestructible.

Jue-ge and Ruo Yu were both exceptionally skilled, but compared to this swordsman who had lived for hundreds of years, they had almost no advantage in terms of techniques. Therefore... even with the two of them joining forces, they couldn't gain the upper hand in the slightest.

"This isn't going to work if we keep fighting like this." After another ten seconds or so of fighting, Feng Bujue said, "He has the Kongtong Seal protecting him, so not only is he unharmed... but the consumption of his Saint Origin Power and stamina is almost negligible."

He was right... a war of attrition would be very disadvantageous to them. Setting aside stamina, Spiritual Consciousness Convergence Technique - Modified also consumed 1% of their Survival Value per second... even with the support of recovery potions, they wouldn't last more than a few minutes.

"Do you have a plan?" Ruo Yu asked.

"Now that it's come to this..." Feng Bujue continued, "Let's use that move 'Chi' and 'Qing' taught us..."

Ruo Yu's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, but after considering it for a few seconds, she said, "Alright! Let's risk it!"

"Have you two lovebirds... finished talking?" Yin Lou Lan's storm of attacks didn't stop, and he continued to hurl insults, "You can't win against me! Hurry up and die!"

"Enough nonsense!" In that instant, Feng Bujue and Ruo Yu shouted at him in unison.

Then, the two exchanged a glance, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding, and then... they activated a technique learned from the Derivatives.

Please note... this was a "technique," not a "skill."

This technique was learned directly by Jue-ge and Ruo Yu in the Inner World. It was not a "skill" generated by the system, but a dual combination technique invented by the Derivatives "Chi" and "Qing" themselves.

Therefore, this "technique" didn't have any "skill description," and the system couldn't accurately quantify and express its effects.

But... one thing was certain—this move was very strong.

This wasn't the first time Feng Bujue and Li Ruo Yu had used this combination technique. Since visiting the Inner World... the two of them had worked together on many scripts, and in those scripts, they would practice this technique whenever there was a suitable opportunity.

Everyone should be clear that these two were both unusually talented oddballs, and their comprehension was not bad either; moreover, in the game world, Feng Bujue had the assistance of "Zero Time Difference Calculation," which allowed him to achieve twice the results with half the effort during training... Therefore, the process of learning this technique was much smoother than they had imagined.

In summary, their decision at this moment... was undoubtedly based on a certain degree of confidence.

"Do it!" Five seconds later, Jue-ge and Ruo Yu once again, almost at the same second, said the same words.

Obviously, their analysis of the battle was also very consistent, knowing when was the best time to strike.

"Ha!" Yin Lou Lan grinned hideously upon hearing this, "You even need to verbally communicate before combining moves? Are you afraid I won't know when you're attacking?"

"It's not that we're afraid you won't know..." Feng Bujue replied coldly.

"It's that we're not afraid you'll know..." Ruo Yu also replied coldly.

Before the words were finished, the two figures changed dramatically, crisscrossing and spinning...

Suddenly, dual blades condensed and dual styles emerged simultaneously.

At the moment of impact, it seemed as if two phantom images appeared... one as holy as jade, steady as a mountain; the other a fiendish demon, demonic energy surging.

Saint and Demon, converged in that instant, destroying all things caught between light and darkness...

【Saint Demon Flash Annihilation】

This was the strongest strike that Jue-ge and Ruo Yu currently possessed... None of their individual skills could compare to the power of this move.

Of course, the consumption of this move was also extremely terrifying... In addition to all of their Spiritual Power (the more Spiritual Power used during the cast, the greater the power of the move), the demand on physical strength was also astonishing (there was no fixed number, but it usually consumed more than half).

Using this strike here was undoubtedly a gamble. Feng Bujue was taking the risk of overdrawing his Stamina Value, but fortunately... the final result was that he still had a few dozen points of Stamina Value left, and he didn't lose his ability to act due to exhaustion.

"This guy..." A few seconds later, Feng Bujue's expression became solemn as he looked at the diffused light and shadows before him.

"Isn't he dead yet..." Ruo Yu also looked at Yin Lou Lan's location with a solemn expression.

Before long, the energy floating in the air dissipated, and Yin Lou Lan reappeared.

At this time, his dual swords were broken, his armor was destroyed... even the light of the Kongtong Seal had vanished.

But he wasn't dead yet.

"I... I want..." Yin Lou Lan was covered in blood and his injuries were terrifying, but he showed no signs of collapsing. He was still floating in the air, standing proudly, "... I want to kill you..." His eyes had lost focus, but his expression was still very firm, "... I want to avenge Brother Ji!"

Seeing this scene, Ruo Yu suddenly landed, sheathed her sword, and silently turned her head.

And Feng Bujue continued to stand in the sky, staring at the other party with dead fish eyes, and said, "I think... there's no need, right?" He sighed, "You'll be able to see your Brother Ji soon..."

"Is that so..." Yin Lou Lan's consciousness was clearly blurred; he should have died the moment he was hit by 【Saint Demon Flash Annihilation】... But his strong will had surpassed the limits of his body, allowing him to continue to stay in this world, "... That's great... we can... be together again..."

"Yeah." Feng Bujue looked at him, his eyes becoming quite complex, "You can be together forever from now on."

"Heh..." At this time, Yin Lou Lan smiled, a peaceful, gentle smile. In his life, he had only smiled like this in front of one person, "Brother Ji... thank you for coming to pick me up..." He suddenly said these words again, and then, his unfocused eyes finally closed... His body also disintegrated at this moment, turning into a sky full of bloody mist, falling on the glowing trees under the moon.

No one knew what Yin Lou Lan saw at the last moment before his death... but everyone who saw this scene was willing to believe... that he did see the person he wanted to see.

…………

A moment later, Feng Bujue floated to the ground, and he had one more thing in his hand—the Kongtong Seal.

【Hidden Mission Completed】

【Current Mission Completed, All Main Quests Completed】

Immediately afterwards, two consecutive system prompts entered the players' ears.

However... the sentence that should have followed, "You have completed this scenario, you will be automatically teleported in 180 seconds," was delayed.

"I say... can we get out now?" Jue-ge, who silently put the Heavenly Book Bamboo Scroll and the Kongtong Seal into his arms, the first thing he did after landing... was to ask the two Derivatives to send him out of the Sandbox.

"You know the basic settings of the Sandbox, you have to go through the 'back door' to get out." Lu Te jumped down from the top of the building, walking towards Jue-ge while saying, "Force quitting is useless... Also, if you get killed now, your character data will be cleared."

Twenty-Three also jumped down from there, landing lightly, "Of course, because the creator of this Sandbox is Lu Te, you don't have to go through so much trouble to find the back door like last time with Leng Feng."

"Okay~" Feng Bujue nodded upon hearing this, and then waved to signal his teammates to gather around, "Everyone from Broken Sword Teahouse, come on, get ready to teleport."

"Hold on!" At this time, Ji Fenglong, whose injuries had initially healed (Hua Jian's healing skills were much more efficient than the medical skills in the Saint Origin World), took a few steps forward and walked to Feng Bujue, "Lodge Master Feng..." She couldn't help but lower her noble head and made a slight bow, "I..." A trace of hesitation flashed across her beautiful face, "Fenglong... has received the life-saving grace of Lodge Master Feng, and has no way to repay it..."

"City Lord Ji doesn't need to be so polite." Feng Bujue said, "Today's matter... we didn't come here specifically to help you, so there's no need for thanks; as for what you did to us before... I didn't take it to heart, and you don't need to apologize." Jue-ge's words blocked both sides, just not wanting to waste time with the other party, "In short... we're about to leave, City Lord Ji doesn't need to keep us..."

"Lodge Master Feng!" Suddenly, Ji Fenglong grabbed Feng Bujue's wrist, "Wait a moment!"

This action startled Su Xiaoxiao and Lin Que, who had followed the City Lord for many years... because they had never seen the City Lord take the initiative (or even passively) to touch a man's body.

"Fenglong... has another request." Ji Fenglong looked directly into Jue-ge's eyes, tightly clutching Jue-ge's wrist, as if to say, "If you don't agree today, I'll die in front of you."

"Hey hey... This isn't going to turn into accepting BuJue as a concubine, is it..." Hua Jian, who was more gossipy, immediately thought of that aspect, and said softly (actually not very softly, because everyone standing on the street heard it) to Xu Huai Shang next to her.

"Oh?" Xu Huai Shang was also intrigued when she heard this, and cast her gaze towards Jue-ge with a non-smiling expression, "Don't tell me... there's really a possibility..."

"Heh... looks like..." Ruo Yu, who happened to be walking towards this side, heard their words, and also said sourly, "Someone can't leave anymore."

"Hmm... I'll just watch and not say anything..." Uncle Waste Wood adjusted his sunglasses and used a piece of nonsense to show his presence.

"You guys are like this~ all you know is to think wildly and talk nonsense." Feng Bujue didn't change his expression, "How could City Lord Ji make such a request?" He looked at Ji Fenglong and said, "Right?"

The other party didn't respond, and lowered her head.

"Hey... you should say 'yes'..." Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes, and cold sweat trickled down.

A few seconds later, Ji Fenglong released Feng Bujue's hand, straightened her expression, and then raised her head and said, "Lodge Master Feng... the Heavenly Book Bamboo Scroll is the treasure for the foundation of the Harem City. If it is taken away from this place, the barriers in the city will all become ineffective. I hope that the Lodge Master can leave it behind..."

"Oh... so that's what it's about..." Feng Bujue breathed a sigh of relief, put on a very troubled look, and said, "This... it's a little difficult..."

"Fenglong knows that she is no match for the Lodge Master. If the Lodge Master insists on taking the Heavenly Book, Fenglong is powerless." Ji Fenglong continued very earnestly, "However... now that all the city guards have died in battle, and the soldiers have been poisoned with Gu; and I, Xiaoxiao, and Que'er are all injured... If we lose the Heavenly Book, I'm afraid..." She didn't continue, but paused, and then said, "I beg Lodge Master Feng to consider my family of wives and at least lend me the Heavenly Book for a while longer... until I have settled down..."

"City Lord Ji." Hearing this, Ruo Yu directly interrupted the other party, "You don't need to say anymore..." She walked to Ji Fenglong, and said softly, "The Heavenly Book is originally your, the City Lord's, thing, and we have no intention of occupying it..." As she spoke, she reached out and grabbed the back of Jue-ge's neck without turning her head, pulled him over, and glared at Jue-ge coldly, "Give it back to her."

"Uh..." Feng Bujue didn't want to return it, but it wasn't easy to say.

"What?" Ruo Yu said again, "You don't want to leave the thing behind... you want to leave the person behind, is it..."

"Sigh..." Jue-ge sighed long, and reluctantly handed the Heavenly Book Bamboo Scroll back to Ji Fenglong.

Then, he didn't say much more, turned his head and walked towards Lu Te's side, "Okay... how's the door coming along?"

"You ask at the right time." Lu Te turned her head and replied, "Just finished."

As soon as the words fell, a blue, oval-shaped halo appeared out of thin air beside her.

"Then... everyone please..." Lu Te originally wanted to let the players leave the Sandbox, but she couldn't finish her sentence.

Because... at this moment, something unexpected happened to everyone (including Lu Te and Twenty-Three).

It could be seen that a thick arm was actually sticking out from the portal...

"Hmph... you..." A familiar voice sounded, "... where do you think you're going?"