After midnight

In the corridor from the fourth floor to the fifth floor of the underground tower, Su Ziling held Yin's arm and walked down carefully and quickly. Lin Nuan and Song Xinjun followed behind him, keeping silent tacitly.

"Let's go!" A minute ago, Su Ziling rushed into the battlefield and dragged the two away without saying anything. After leaving the thick fog, they saw Yin, who was covered in wounds.

When they entered the negative fifth floor of the underground tower, Lin Nuan said cautiously: "They didn't catch up."

"Yes, I don't know what he is planning." Song Xinjun took over the conversation. There was silence behind them, which was disturbing.

"San'er is a smart man. He must have guessed the situation and dared not catch up rashly." Yin said.

"Yin, are you okay?" Seeing that the atmosphere was not as solemn as before, Song Xinjun stepped forward to help Su Ziling support Yin. He didn't dare to touch him just now.

"It's okay, but we have to evacuate quickly. As long as we are still here, An Yan will be cautious."

"Well, An Yan has temporarily blocked Lingyi and Song Yu, but no one knows what will happen next. We have to get out quickly." Su Ziling was anxious but did not dare to show it too obviously.

"Well, let's go." Lin Nuan became more and more anxious after listening for a long time. She hoped that Shangguan Can and Zhou Chen had already prepared everything.

After entering the floor they were familiar with, Song Xinjun led the way and Lin Nuan followed behind, so they quickly returned to the seventh and last floor of the tower, which they entered through the secret passage.

"New Lord!" Zhou Chen saw them and ran towards them.

"What's the situation now?" Lin Nuan took the initiative and spoke first.

"Lu Li is waiting outside, and Shangguan Can has already led the group out. But there are still a few children who can't be woken up no matter what. We can't take care of them all at once, so they are now hiding in the storage room behind the kitchen."

"several?"

“Seven or eight.” Lin Nuan roughly calculated and thought that there might not be enough people.

"Don't worry, Shangguan Can said he would bring people back, and they might be here soon. What's going on over there? Are you going to evacuate? But..."

"The situation is not good. The situation in the tower is more complicated than we imagined. We have run into Zero One, Three Two and Six Nine head-on, and none of them is easy to deal with. Saving these children is already the biggest success. Leave the rest to An Yan." Song Xinjun said.

"I understand." Zhou Chen replied, ready to take them out as soon as possible.

"Song Xinjun." Just as the group was about to leave, Lin Nuan suddenly called him with a hesitant look on her face.

“Is it that child?” Lin Nuan nodded.

"What's wrong?" Su Ziling asked.

"There is a child, about eleven or twelve years old, who can already use water abilities. Lin Nuan wanted to take him out, but she was too panicked just now, so..."

Su Ziling was in a dilemma. He understood Lin Nuan's idea in an instant. So, he couldn't refuse righteously. He thought Lin Nuan also understood how urgent the current situation was. However, when he looked at Lin Nuan, Lin Nuan seemed to have made a decision.

"Didn't you say you would take me out even if you turned the world upside down? I'll follow you to see what you plan to do." A boy's voice suddenly sounded, and Su Ziling looked over fiercely.

"Lin Bei!" Following Lin Nuan's scream, Su Ziling saw a little boy. He was about the same age as Ajiu, standing on the stairs half hidden by the fence. His face was tight with a smile and expectation, and a little bit of trepidation. He thought others couldn't see it, but he looked like a kid who was still awkward after eating candy.

He must have heard the conversation between Lin Nuan and them. Seeing the boy coming over in a shy manner, Su Ziling's mood suddenly became better. So he said briskly, "Then let's go."

An Yan stood in the ruins and keenly noticed that Song Yu was missing just when Ling Yi rushed towards him.

He turned to look at Lingyi. Lingyi was an absolutely strong man with great strength. Otherwise, he would not have been able to withstand the blow just now and stand up intact after pushing away the fallen soil. The blood that had just flowed out of his injury seemed to have solidified.

"An Yan, your 'Absolute Defense' is very useful." Lingyi said as he stretched it out again as if to show off.

An Yan looked at him and ignored him. Song Yu's disappearance made him a little anxious. So he rushed forward with his bare hands without any nonsense. Avoiding the sand and gravel that were still falling, An Yan took two or three steps forward, and then cleaved the "absolute defense" without mercy!

The strong wind came, and the moment the 'absolute defense' was broken, the oppressive feeling belonging to An Yan came over like a tidal wave. Lingyi closed his eyes in horror, feeling despair. He was about to die in pain, but nothing happened.

Lingyi opened his eyes and found An Yan standing there condescendingly. He was not much taller than him, but his aura was full, like an emperor descending to the earth.

"'Absolute defense'? Do you know why Song Hongtian let me go?"

Lingyi had a bad feeling, as if something was about to be broken.

"That's because he thought 'Absolute Defense' was the limit of pure power. Isn't it ridiculous that a thirteen-year-old kid created something and he regarded it as the truth."

"What do you mean."

"What it means is that the stronger than the stronger is even stronger. I am stronger, but what about you? What about your own moves? Are you trying to defeat me or to imitate me? I am going to completely shatter your childish fantasies and make you realize that you can never defeat me."

You will never be able to defeat me. These words suddenly cast a shadow over Lingyi's entire body. He raised his gloomy eyes and asked, "You didn't kill me just now just to tell me this?"

An Yan acquiesced, his silence standing there like a mountain, unquestionable.

Lingyi clenched his fists subconsciously. He hated Anyan's casual and straightforward attitude more than his sonorous words. Anyan, Anyan, Lingyi clenched his fists. This nightmare that he had repeated countless times since he was three years old, go to hell!

A fierce burst of pure energy burst out from Lingyi's body. Pure blue light flowed everywhere like a storm. An Yan pursed his lips. After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the wind gradually died down. Lingyi lay on his back, breathing heavily, blood and sweat dripping from his body. He raised his eyes with difficulty to look for An Yan.

Like him, An Yan's body was stained with blood. He was very satisfied with this and closed his eyes.

An Yan wiped the bloodstains from his shoulder and looked at Ling Yi who was lying on his back in the pile of rocks, unable to move.

Dark red blood spread out from Lingyi's body in large chunks, and An Yan raised his foot and left.

"An Yan, I finally understand. I can't defeat you because I am not myself."

An Yan paused, then continued walking forward. He came to the end of the corridor, raised his hand, and plunged the sharp knife into the cracks in the wall. After a series of crisp cracking sounds, the house suddenly collapsed behind An Yan.

Lingyi was buried here and never woke up again. In his dreams, there was an endless, blue and clear sea.

The thick fog on the fourth floor of the underground tower lasted for two minutes before it gradually dissipated. Liujiu looked at the empty and dark corridor and felt anxious. He ran past Saner who was standing still and ran to the stairs. But he hadn't run a few steps when he heard two crackling sounds and several pieces of broken ice hit his feet, forcing him to stop.

"Hey, why are you attacking me?" Liujiu asked Yilingyi. Yilingyi didn't answer, but when Liujiu wanted to move forward again, he threw the ice cube at him again.

Liujiu understood that this guy had betrayed him. He was about to speak when Saner came over and said, "She said she would take you away, but she didn't."

"You don't need to meddle in my affairs with her. She doesn't want me, and I certainly don't want her either." The child said this seriously, but he didn't move his body away at all. After a while, seeing that Saner and Liujiu didn't make any more moves, he turned around and left.

"You say one thing and mean another." San'er gave a barely perceptible smile to the back of Yilingyi as he chased after him.

"San Er, why didn't you let me chase after him?" Liu Jiu asked San Er after Yi Ling Yi disappeared. San Er's attitude was obvious, and Liu Jiu couldn't be that stupid.

"Can you defeat them? Lin Nuan, Song Xinjun and Su Ziling. Especially since Su Ziling's ability is fire, Lin Nuan and Song Xinjun are already difficult to deal with. And think about it, when we left, Yin was up there, Song Yu was up there, and Lingyi was up there too, but now Su Ziling has come down from up there and can attack us. Think about what this means?"

"I see. Then why don't we chase them?"

"No, we should remain constant in the face of ever-changing situations. I want to see who will show up next."

"What if it's 'Son of God' An Yan?"

"Since we're bound to run into him sooner or later, why not kill him earlier?" San'er told Liujiu this, but Liujiu didn't know what he was thinking. He heard San'er continue to say, "Don't worry, Liujiu. If we really run into him, I will never let you die."

Since San Er said so, Liu Jiu had no choice but to wait with him. He silently raised his head and looked upward, trying to see something. He did not notice the apologetic look San Er gave him. Because only San Er knew that if he really met the "Son of God" here, it would be his wish.

Meeting the 'Son of God' here was the destiny written for him by God.

However, not long after, there were indeed faint fluctuations coming from above and in the wall, which seemed to be the dull sound of a huge rock falling. San Er pricked up his ears to listen, but there was no sound in an instant.

After a while, hurried footsteps suddenly appeared in the corridor. San Er frowned. The footsteps sounded familiar. Was it him? And he was the only one! Puzzlement flashed in San Er's eyes. He couldn't judge what his mood was. He just subconsciously shushed Liu Jiu, suggesting that he should keep silent.

Liujiu nodded, and like Saner, he miraculously recognized Song Yu's footsteps.

"Three-two, six-nine, why are you here?" Song Yu entered the negative fourth floor and bumped into the two people head-on.

"Liujiu was injured, and we were just about to go after Lin Nuan."

"Lin Nuan? Let's not talk about this. Have you seen Yin?" Saner and Liujiu shook their heads at the same time.

"Impossible. Yin was seriously injured. They must have come directly down. Where's Yang Rong? Ask him to bring 101 to see me."

"One Zero One ran away with Lin Nuan." Six Nine said.

"What did you say?" Song Yu was furious. Things were getting more and more out of his control. He was almost going crazy with anger.

"What are you standing there for? Why don't you chase after him?" Song Yu turned and ran towards the exit, with San'er and Liujiu following behind him.

So Su Ziling brought a seriously injured Yin with him? San Er thought as he ran, calculating something in his head. Yin was injured, Su Ziling came down, and after a while, Song Yu also came down. So now there is only Lingyi left up there, and Lingyi must be fighting with Anyan. Strange, where did Song Nan go?

Was he killed by the Son of God or was he helping Lingyi? No, he couldn't help Lingyi. But he didn't follow Song Yu closely, so he must have been beside Song Yu in the past.

Oh, he's not in this tower anymore. Something must have happened before they woke up. San Er suddenly understood but also became more confused.

"San'er, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Song Yu in front had already left them a long way behind, Liujiu noticed that San'er's steps were becoming more and more hesitant for some reason, so he had to slow down and ask him.

"People like Song Nan won't die so easily."

"Of course, he doesn't have pure ability but he's also very powerful."

"No, I'm not talking about that." San Er stopped completely and patted Liu Jiu's shoulder. Song Yu had already left them behind. "What happened tonight was not that simple. This was a long-planned war. Liu Jiu, no matter what, I will definitely let you live."

"It's not that serious, isn't it? Just defeat them all, right?"

"Liujiu, this is not a casual provocation from them!" Saner rarely yelled at Liujiu, who was startled and looked aggrieved and confused. Saner looked at him and sighed, extinguishing his anger. Forget it, what could he expect Liujiu to understand?

"Hurry up and go down." San Er said. After thinking it through, San Er suddenly felt a little scared. He was afraid that they would encounter more difficult enemies down there. He was afraid that Liu Jiu would not be able to accept it, because he knew that they would never come back here again.

The narrow passage could only accommodate one person, so Su Ziling walked slowly behind Yin and supported him carefully. They had already joined Shangguan Can and were leading the last group of people out.

The dark tunnel was dark, no one was talking, only the faint sound of breathing and scattered footsteps. Su Ziling was worried about Yin's injury at this time, and didn't know that Song Yu had already caught up with him. In front of them, besides Lu Li, there were other people waiting.