The air in the passage solidified.

Lu Qingyi's hand, condensed with a ball of destructive energy and mere inches from Wen Shifei's head, trembled violently. The dark purple light in her palm flickered and flickered wildly, like a lighthouse in a storm, ready to go out or explode at any moment. Her hollow purple eyes fixed on Lu Chenen's bloodshot right eye. Deep within her gaze, like boiling magma beneath the surface of a frozen lake, a vortex of pain, chaos, and despair tore wildly apart.

"Brother...killed...me..."

That silent, blood-soaked plea, like a poisoned ice spike, fiercely pierced the barriers of Lu Chen's soul. The sharp silver light of the demonic blade was only a hair's breadth away from his sister's uncontrolled arm! The mercury sheen flowing on the blade reflected the thrilling struggle in Lu Qingyi's eyes, and also reflected the pain in his own eyes that instantly exploded, enough to incinerate the world!

Stop!

This thought exploded like thunder in Lu Chen's will, which was on the verge of collapse! The huge backlash brought about by forcibly reversing the knife's momentum was like an invisible hammer hitting his chest!

"puff--!"

Another mouthful of boiling blood gushed out! The energy cracks on Mithril's left arm suddenly widened under the violent shock of the forced retraction. The spider-web-like cracks instantly spread above the elbow, and dazzling white energy burst out like uncontrolled steam! The burning pain in the core of the chip in his brain soared to a peak. His vision was completely engulfed by scarlet and strange purple spots. The whole world was spinning and roaring wildly!

The knife flashed dangerously past Lu Qingyi's arm and slashed fiercely on the metal wall beside her!

boom--!!!

The solid alloy wall was cut open like tofu, leaving a terrifying crack several inches deep and several meters long! Sparks and molten metal flew like fireworks!

The huge recoil force caused Lu Cheneng's already seriously injured body to completely lose balance, and he staggered and flew backwards like a kite with a broken string!

"Brother Lu!" Ajie was terrified. He threw away his shotgun and flew over to try to catch Lu Chenshang.

Wen Shifei walked on the brink of life and death. Her mind was blank and her body was stiff and unable to move. She could only watch Lu Qingyi's palm containing destructive power approaching, and feel the breath of death emitted by the violent energy ball that almost froze her soul.

The storm of struggle in Lu Qingyi's eyes was completely shattered like a fragile layer of ice thrown into a huge rock at the moment when Lu Cheneng spurted blood and flew backwards, and the sword light was deflected!

The dark purple light at the chip interface on the back of her neck suddenly surged, its brightness blinding! It seemed to come alive, instantly spreading upward along the nerves in her neck, spreading and drawing eerie, cold purple lines beneath her pale skin. Like living thorns, it instantly covered half of her cheek!

"External...interference...clear...command...reset!" The cold, mechanical voice suddenly rose, carrying a programmed fury of being offended, completely overwhelming the faint trace of humanity! In the empty purple eyes, all struggle and pain instantly disappeared, leaving only the pure, cold, destructive light that locked onto its prey!

The dark purple energy ball in her palm instantly stabilized, and the destructive fluctuations were even greater than before! Her paused hand, without any hesitation, with a scream that tore through space and an absolute will of death, fiercely grabbed towards Wen Shifei's head!

"No--!!!" Ajie's roar was mixed with desperate cries. He caught Lu Cheneng who was flying backwards, but he could only watch Wen Shifei's head being crushed in the next second!

Wen Shifei's pupils contracted to the extreme, and the cold touch of death had already strangled her throat.

In this desperate situation of one ten-thousandth of a second!

A blurry black shadow, so fast that it was beyond the limit of vision, appeared beside Lu Qingyi without any warning, like a ghost that emerged directly from the shadow of the huge pipe at the top of the passage!

The timing was so precise it was terrifying! It happened right at the exact moment when Lu Qingyi's full attention was locked on Wen Shifei, her old strength exhausted and new strength yet to be generated!

The shadowy figure made no unnecessary movements. A mechanical arm, covered in matte black armor and with cool, smooth lines, silently extended out. In its palm, it held a strangely shaped, short-barreled weapon, its muzzle flashing with unstable blue-white arcs. Almost the instant it appeared, the muzzle pressed against the chip interface at the back of Lu Qingyi's neck, which was emitting a dazzling purple light!

Buzz——!!!

An extremely brief, yet extremely piercing, high-frequency pulse boom suddenly exploded! A blue-white arc of electricity shot out like a living snake, striking the chip interface with incredible precision!

Sizzle——!!!

The piercing sound of burning electricity and the subtle sound of energy annihilation rang out simultaneously! A ball of tiny electric sparks exploded from the back of Lu Qingyi's neck! Her body suddenly stiffened, like a puppet whose strength had been instantly drained! The hand that grasped Wen Shifei, filled with terrifying energy, suddenly drooped with only a few centimeters away from its target! The dark purple energy ball in the palm of its hand was like a bubble being popped. With a slight "puff", it instantly disintegrated into a chaotic energy stream and dissipated into the air!

Those eyes, once blazing with a cold purple light, suddenly went out like a power outage, leaving only a dead, unfocused blankness. Her body swayed, and she fell softly backwards.

The shadow's movements remained unwavering. The moment Lu Qingyi fell, the black-armored mechanical arm reached out with lightning speed, precisely grasping her waist, holding her firmly against its side like a lifeless package. The entire process was fluid, so fast that only an afterimage remained on the retina, as if it had been rehearsed a thousand times.

It was not until this moment that the other people in the passage could clearly see the outline of this "ghost".

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