When the explosive sounds of fists gradually stopped, the colorful palace returned to its quiet state. Apart from the twisted red monster gasping for breath, there was no other unnecessary noise.

The large phantom created by the punch dissipated, revealing Li Ke who was hit and dented. Not only his head, but also the entire upper body of the metal structure was beaten into pieces, turning into a ball of irregular liquid metal.

Li Ke didn't even have time to react before being beaten into this state.

"Hehe..." Xu Xianxian stretched out her little fist and waved it, blowing on it and chuckling smugly: "Isn't it impressive? Are you scared? I only used a fraction of my strength just now...less than that."

In reality, she had already used all her strength, with the amplification fully activated, the purest form of power, each punch equivalent to a howitzer. However, in order to highlight the gap between us and the enemy, the little girl decided to brag a bit.

"Ahem..." Li Ke, who had turned into liquid metal, did not die immediately. The metal liquid began to flow slowly, and then a second later, it returned to Li Ke's appearance. "That's a good attack. It could cause great damage to a flesh and blood body. Unfortunately, you miscalculated one thing. I'm a robot."

“Uh…” Xu Xianxian’s smug expression froze, and a hint of panic appeared in her eyes, but she still managed a smile: “In that case, I’m going to give it my all now!”

Li Ke shook his head and sighed: "No chance."

He gave the girl a chance just now, which shows that he didn't cherish her, so don't blame him for being ruthless.

"rise!"

As Li Ke finished speaking, Xu Xianxian felt her body sink, and then the ancient secret book in her arms exploded instantly, turning into dozens of dark red chains that tightly bound the little girl's limbs.

"how so!?"

Xu Xianxian swung her arms hard, but even with her strength amplified dozens of times, she was unable to break free from the dark red chains.

"I don't know why you're so sure the Luxian Sect possesses some secret technique, but in reality, we don't have what you're looking for." Li Ke looked at the chained little girl, his metallic pupils reflecting a blurry flash of lightning. "I've waited for hundreds of years, and finally, today. The data was originally estimated to belong to that middle-aged man, but for some reason, you became a variable."

"Of course, it makes no difference. Whether it's you or him, you're just a 'key'."

"key?"

After hearing this, Xu Xianxian stopped struggling violently and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Since it has come to this, it doesn't hurt to tell you. I'll let you die knowing the truth."

Li Ke waved his hand, and the hadron collider surrounding the laboratory began to run rapidly. The black matter separated by the spiral camel instrument was sucked into the air by an unknown force and fell not far from Xu Xianxian.

"What's this?"

When the distance got closer, the little girl could see the specific structure of the dark substance. It was a mass of flowing black gravel with a bright colored stone nucleus in the middle.

"Sands of Time." Li Ke looked at the flowing black sand, his eyes filled with longing and desire. "Ever since I fell into this ruin along with the laboratory over three hundred years ago, after my resurrection, I have been investigating and extracting the fundamental power here. I even went so far as to integrate into the human city and establish the Luxian Sect, which is tailored to the local conditions."

"Then, two hundred years later, in order to shape this sand of time, I massively extracted the original power here, causing extreme instability within the ruins and even the appearance of numerous cracks leading to the outside world."

"And the so-called outsiders are nothing more than simulated robots I sent. They send intelligence to the outside world on my behalf, fabricate lies, and then return here through the cracks."

As Li Ke said this, he began to float up gradually. His hand loosely grasped the ball of sand of time, and he looked down at the little girl whose blood was being drawn.

"That's right. By now... you should understand. There's no such thing as a Bloody Gate. Even the so-called ancient books you new humans have found are nothing more than fabrications I've made up over the past two hundred years. This place might truly be a relic left behind by the Bloody Witch, but in reality, there's nothing there to communicate with."

"And now, I will extract the last remaining essence of the ruins, which is the blood baptism you received when you entered the Bloodwood Gate." Li Ke clenched his hands, and the little girl floated in front of him. He looked directly into her scarlet eyes. "As long as I complete this Sand of Time, I can use the collider to create a micro black hole. By fusing it with the Sand of Time, I can open the door to the past."

"I will go back three hundred years, cooperate with the will of the Dark Crimson Book, and destroy the remnants of your human civilization."

This is Major Lionheart Li Ke, who has been planning a plan for more than three hundred years. It not only involves the entire bloody ruins, but also includes all powerful Force users like Lin Kongzhi who have been deceived by him.

What those people called plans were all included in his plan.

"...If you weren't a bad robot, I think you'd be a huge hit in a science fiction movie."

Xu Xianxian, who was hanging in the air and having her strength drained away, suddenly giggled when she heard the other party's crazy and grand plan.

But at this moment, this sweet smile was indescribably strange. "Do you think that a genius like me, Boss Xu, who is so smart and the embodiment of wisdom, could be caught so easily by you?"

"You don't really think that everything is under your control? That if you play tricks, others won't?"

"Stupid robot!"

Boss Xu was what she had said before in the nuclear ruins, and bringing it up again now was simply ironic.

"you...!?"

Li Ke's expression changed and he subconsciously reached out to grab the little girl, but what awaited him was an explosion of blood plasma.

Two lines of blood and tears appeared on the little girl's delicate face, and then she laughed strangely. Her whole body began to melt like a candle, turning into an irregular mass of sticky blood plasma.

Snap——

The ball of plasma exploded instantly, splashing directly across the entire colorful palace. All the instruments were slowly corroded and perforated by the high concentration of blood, revealing charred marks.

The sand of time floating in the air was also corroded by the blood in a small part, and even the originally black sand was faintly stained with a hint of bright red.

If all Force users are sources of contaminated radiation, then Xu Xianxian is the embodiment of corrosive substances.