163: Chapter 163 Xue Heng, what else are you hiding from me?

The sword qi surged and instantly descended upon Lu Ziliang.

But in that split second,

Lu Ziliang suddenly snapped his eyes open.

In this moment, his pupils had actually turned into vertical slits, eyes that truly resembled those of a ferocious beast.

Especially when these vertical pupils appeared, everyone present felt as if their bodies had turned stiff, their movements completely restricted.

Even Wang Xianzhi, who had just unleashed the power of a sword strike, was unable to follow through; her body froze completely in place.

As for that burst of sword qi, it simply dissipated into thin air.

"This... how can this be!"

Wang Xianzhi looked at the scene before her in disbelief. She hadn't expected to kill the opponent with that single strike,

but it should have at least caused some damage.

Yet the current result was that

not only did the strike fail to cause damage, it had even led to all of them being directly restrained by an invisible force.

Everyone was exceptionally shocked, finding the current situation hard to imagine.

In the next second, Lu Ziliang's figure blurred as he instantly appeared in front of—Zhang Qilin!!

"Hehehehe,"

A ghostly whisper escaped Lu Ziliang's mouth.

"A familiar sound, a familiar scent... it's you..."

"..."

As always, Zhang Qilin remained expressionless, even unleashing a stronger surge of Kylin Bloodline power at this moment!!

A terrifying power instantly surged upwards, helping him directly break through the restriction Lu Ziliang had created.

Gripping his black gold ancient blade, he slashed forward with a sudden strike!

BANG!!!!

But Lu Ziliang neither dodged nor avoided it, simply standing there. The blade struck his shoulder as if blocked by a layer of invisible armor.

It was unable to cause him any real harm.

"The Zhang family, a bunch of traitors!"

The voice coming from Lu Ziliang's mouth was like a demon's whisper, making everyone's head throb with pain.

Zhang Qilin, however, remained unfazed, further activating the Qilin Blood within his body!!

"Hah!!!!"

A roar erupted from his mouth as his aura billowed wildly.

Lu Ziliang just watched quietly, as if watching a mantis trying to stop a carriage.

But just then, a strange, delirious whisper suddenly appeared by Lu Ziliang's ear.

"What??"

It looked around in surprise, feeling quite startled.

However, it wasn't truly affected.

Instead, it spoke in confusion,

"Ants can be quite interesting too."

"Is that so?"

In the next second, Song Yiqing had already arrived behind it.

Five Thunder Heavenly Star Art, erupt!!

BOOM!!!

Terrifying lightning power instantly poured down!!

The scene was instantly filled with bursts of white light, causing the livestream screen to turn into a vast expanse of white.

[Holy crap!! Song Yiqing's strike is seriously fierce!!]

[Ferocious! Too ferocious!!]

[Oh my god! Oh my god! I thought we were bound to lose for sure,]

[but it turns out Song Yiqing had a hidden trump card! He was still holding something back!!]

The viewers excitedly spammed the comments, the emotion conveyed by everyone being pure ecstasy.

But just then, on the livestream screen,

the white light receded.

Lu Ziliang stood in place, completely unharmed,

while Song Yiqing's body had been brutally pierced through.

This horrifying scene left everyone present stunned.

"Lord Song!! Lord Song!!"

Fatty cried out in alarm, but he was completely unable to move even if he wanted to.

Zhang Qilin's eyes turned blood-red as the activation level of his Qilin Blood continued to rise.

"Hah!!!"

He roared madly, veins bulging on his hands as he gripped the black gold ancient blade, repeatedly trying to slash down.

But that invisible armor stubbornly blocked him.

Then, the whispering voice continued to emerge from Lu Ziliang's mouth,

"Humans, ants, hehehehe!"

His laughter echoed throughout the area,

like the scythe of the Grim Reaper completely shattering everyone's hope for survival.

At this moment, every person on the scene and every person watching the livestream

watched all of this with extreme despair.

[Is it over?]

[Have humans lost again?]

[Why... why did it turn out like this, why...]

[How can this be...]

[Are we doomed to die after all?]

The number of comments in the livestream was rapidly plummeting.

That feeling of despair had temporarily robbed them of the motivation to send messages.

In the boardroom,

Wei Chengjun sat back down in his chair and took a sip of tea.

"Fifteen years of planning, and in the end, nothing went wrong."

"..."

Looking at Song Yiqing with his chest pierced through on the screen, Xue Heng felt waves of indignation in his heart.

He didn't like Song Yiqing; in fact, he hated the man.

But right now, only if Song Yiqing lived would there be a chance for a turnaround.

Now, however, hope had shattered like a bubble.

All hope for life had vanished into nothingness.

"Elder Wei..."

He murmured under his breath.

Wei Chengjun looked at him with a meaningful gaze.

"What? Still want to kill me?"

"Ah???"

Xue Heng was stunned and looked at him in surprise, then gave a bitter smile.

"Hehehe, Elder Wei, what are you saying?"

"Stop pretending,"

Wei Chengjun said with a faint smile.

"Human emotions cannot be hidden, and besides, my perception of emotions is extremely keen."

"..."

Xue Heng didn't speak, just quietly watched him.

"Why must the entire world be turned into a Forbidden Zone? This might not necessarily be a good thing for Penglai, right?"

"Hehehe,"

Wei Chengjun shook his head slightly and said calmly,

"Once, we didn't want the world to be turned into Forbidden Zones either, until we saw a certain family."

"A family?"

Xue Heng was first confused, then looked at Zhang Qilin on the livestream screen.

"Are you talking about the Zhang family?"

"Exactly,"

Wei Chengjun nodded slightly.

"According to my understanding, the reason the Zhang family possesses a special bloodline is that they themselves made a deal with the Forbidden Zone,

allowing their lineage to pass down this special bloodline through generations.

Unfortunately, they betrayed the Forbidden Zone and betrayed everyone, which is why the price demanded by the Forbidden Zone increased.

But... if one can attain eternal life! What does such a small price matter?"

As Wei Chengjun spoke to this point, his expression became increasingly relaxed, as if everything was within his grasp.

However, when Xue Xingye appeared on the livestream screen, dragging his battered and exhausted body,

and Kang Mo also reappeared,

he sat up straight again.

"That son of yours... he's actually not dead yet?"

"Xingye..."

Xue Heng looked at the screen in shock at Xue Xingye, who was already unrecognizable as human, his heart filled with extreme bewilderment.

"How is he not dead yet..."

"Hehehe, interesting, truly interesting,"

A sinister look gradually appeared on Wei Chengjun's face.

"Xue Heng, what exactly are you hiding from me?"

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