Chapter 77 The young man from Blackrock City's heart pounded violently at the man's touch...

Ji Yang looked up and saw the young man suspended in mid-air.

He clenched his fists, his eyes red-rimmed, but there was nothing he could do. He could only... wait, as Jiang Yang had instructed.

On the panel, Jiang Yang laid out the entire plan, saying, "It's too risky, Jiang Yang."

Jiang Yang said, "Ji Yang, I've told you my plan, so you must trust me."

Suddenly, the young man fell downwards. In a daze, Ji Yang seemed to see Jiang Yang falling in front of him time and time again. He staggered forward and opened his arms. The hardened weight pressed down on his arms and he fell to his knees as well.

Ji Yang remained silent, a tear falling from the corner of his eye.

"Jiang Yang, I regret it."

[Player Ji Yang's talent core has been detected to be unstable]

[Player Ji Yang's Talent Card - Justice]

"My father wanted me to govern the country and bring peace to the people..."

"I always thought that as long as I kept my desires within limits and upheld fairness and justice, everything would be fine..."

[Instructions for Use - Me: Justice]

"But Jiang Yang, what is right and what is wrong..."

[Instructions for Use - Justice: Under the judgment of justice and reason, the opponent can be temporarily restrained]

"I've cared about the lives and deaths of so many people, but looking back, I suddenly realize I've never had the instinct to love..."

[Instructions for Use 1: Sword of Justice: Under the guidance of justice and reason, it can kill any threat that violates justice.]

"And what about your sense of justice...?"

[Instructions for Use: First-Instance Judgment Weights: One side of the scale represents justice, and the other side represents evil. Please maintain its balance.]

"Who will side with you?"

On the scales, Ji Yang once again placed his own soul weight, which he had placed countless times before but which had never had any effect. This time, the weight of his soul slowly increased, and the fairness and justice that the scales had maintained for so long tilted to one side.

Ji Yang carefully put the person down, thinking to himself: It's okay, I'll side with you.

He stood up and looked at the Hanged Man. Through the Hanged Man, he saw a tall tower. He had never thought of becoming the master of the tower. At the same time, a face appeared in the tower that was the same yet different. The man seemed to sense something and walked to the window. The two looked at each other from afar.

"Jiang Yang, I will become strong, strong enough that you will no longer need to risk your life."

[Congratulations to player Ji Yang for raising the Justice rank of his talent card to SSS!!!]

In the alley, Nan Ke, unable to control himself, rushed toward the upside-down man. The Well of Despair appeared in the path that people must take, forcing the man to fall heavily. But he quickly got up without hesitation. Xiong Bingxin and Meng Jiang stepped forward to stop him, and their past relationship was directly torn apart. Nan Ke went mad and attacked the man. Xie Lu also protected Nan Ke from behind and launched an attack.

One by one, metal cards were hurled by Ji Yang towards the Hanged Man. The Hanged Man raised his hand, and the water from the Well of Despair surged out in front of him, forming a wall of water that completely blocked the metal cards. Just then, the Sword of Justice flew out from between the cards and pierced into them with force. The water surface enveloped the sword, and the sword twisted, carrying SSS-level power, finally breaking through the Hanged Man's proud defense, taking the metal cards with it.

The Hanged Man couldn't dodge in time, and his clothes were scratched several times, and even his mask was torn, making him look extremely disheveled.

The longsword returned to Ji Yang's hand. The well water blocked Ji Yang's way time and time again, but he cut it down swiftly each time. Slowly, he approached the upside-down man, his scarlet eyes locked onto him.

The Hanged Man appeared calm and composed, but his gradually disordered aura was enough to show the pressure Ji Yang was putting on him. His long-standing number one ranking on the strength list meant he rarely had violent conflicts with others, and he was quite surprised by Ji Yang's strength.

[Whether to use skinny monkeys and giant bears]

【yes】

The Hanged Man, catching his breath, took a step back, preparing to hand over the battlefield to the Skinny Monkey and the Giant Bear.

The skinny monkey's claws attacked Ji Yang. At that moment, the giant bear had a dagger in its hand, and the tip of the dagger pierced into the upside-down man's body. Jiang Yang, who replaced the giant bear, did not kill him after all; the piercing only caused the upside-down man to temporarily lose his mobility.

As Ji Yang said, it was too risky.

Jiang Yang never expected that her heart would stop beating when she chose to take the place of someone else.

In his plan with Ji Yang, Ji Yang was responsible for attracting the Hanged Man's attention from the front, while he would launch a sneak attack on the Hanged Man from behind. After cutting off the Hanged Man's escape route, they would focus their attacks on Xiong Bingxin and coerce her into releasing DisKi, as he wanted to protect DisKi.

Ji Yang resisted the plan, but they couldn't persuade him. They all understood that the Hanged Man's trump card and his relationship with the Tower were something they couldn't compete with no matter what. So, only by restricting the Hanged Man could they find a new way to survive.

To Jiang Yang's even greater surprise, the black mist surrounding the puppet dissipated.

DisKi took the opportunity to break free and put on the clothes he bought from the Bat Clothing Store. However, he didn't leave immediately and stood not far away watching.

Looking in Xiong Bingxin's direction, one could see that her palm had been pierced by Nan Ke's star rays, which might have been the reason she lost control of the puppet.

Taking advantage of Nan Ke's inattention, Meng Jiang kicked him. With his talent exhausted, Nan Ke sat on the ground panting. Beside him, Xiong Bingxin's large sword was broken in two on the ground. He couldn't help but laugh loudly.

With a dark expression, Xiong Bingxin ignored the blood dripping from her palms and angrily kicked the broadsword away. Then, after uttering a lot of harsh words, she led Meng Jiang toward the upside-down man.

The Hanged Man showed no emotion. He reached behind him and pulled the dagger out without changing his expression, then looked up and his gaze fell on the giant bear.

Jiang Yang's heart skipped a beat. As the Hanged Man's mask rippled like a whirlpool from the Well of Despair, he ended the substitution prematurely. But the Hanged Man did not let the giant bear go. The conscious giant bear, after seeing what had happened, had no time to react before the water that rushed into its mouth and nose blocked its breathing.

The giant bear drowned.

Jiang Yang slowly woke up, momentarily stunned.

Their gazes shifted to Ji Yang, who had knocked out the skinny monkey. Ji Yang was about to attack the upside-down man with his sword drawn, his entire body radiating a distinctly turbulent aura.

The young man swayed as he got up, and couldn't help but call out worriedly, "Ji Yang."

The squeezed throat made the voice soft and hoarse. At first, Ji Yang thought it was an illusion. Then, incredulously, he turned around and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

By the time Jiang Yang realized what was happening, she was already being pulled into Ji Yang's arms.

I thought you were going to leave me again...

The young man's heart pounded violently at the man's touch, and his remaining rationality led him to rather jarringly remind him, "Observation room."

A hot tear suddenly appeared on the transparent shoulder. The inexplicable pain made Jiang Yang shrink back, but the arms wrapped around his waist tightened even more. Ji Yang murmured, "Jiang Yang, I will become very powerful. Don't leave me."

The hand that had been reaching out to push someone away slowly lowered.

Never mind, the observation room probably can't hear it from this close.

Just because they couldn't hear it from the observation room doesn't mean they couldn't understand what was happening.

Someone had already initiated a 1v1 throw between Ji Yang and the Hanged Man as soon as Ji Yang made his move. At this moment, everyone spontaneously stopped throwing and focused all their attention on the two people embracing.

But no one noticed that DisKi was slowly approaching Jiang Yang.

After the Hanged Man took the special painkiller and changed his outer robe, he couldn't help but applaud when he saw this.

Displeased at being interrupted, Ji Yang released Jiang Yang, turned around, flipped his palm outward, and returned his longsword to his hand. Then, arrogantly, he asked, "Want to fight again?"

A major battle seems imminent.

Just then, Jiang Yang felt something cover her eyes. She subconsciously reached out towards Ji Yang's position, and then a dizzying sensation struck her. Several other people's voices chattered in her ears.

He tried hard to distinguish between Ji Yang and Nan Ke, but after finally overcoming his dizziness, he found himself in a black cage.

The person carrying the cage was tall and had a loud voice. He looked at the person's face in confusion and saw that it was DisKi. DisKi took a piece of black velvet cloth and covered the cage with it.

DisKi said, "You've been in the sun too long, I'm going to take you to Zone 2."

"Don't worry, I'll return your skin to you once we get to the second district."

Jiang Yang opened his mouth, but a hissing sound like a bat came out of his throat.

He slumped in the cage, feeling utterly hopeless. He thought, "I should be able to turn back, right?"

In the alley, the group of people who watched Jiang Yang being taken away by DisKi looked at each other in bewilderment. There was a positive review card where Jiang Yang disappeared. Nan Ke went forward and picked it up, followed by the full trial report.

[Bat Clothing Store Completes Promotion]

Ji Yang didn't speak, his eyes fixed on the ground.

Just as Xie Lu was about to say something, Ji Yang suddenly said, "I will find him."

Congratulations to all stores for completing the upgrade!

Main Quest: Check into the Bat Hotel

**Important: Do not go out at night! Absolutely!**

On the other side, the Hanged Man, having lost interest in the spectacle, walked towards the main road.

Xiong Bingxin followed beside him, and without the support of the big knife, she unexpectedly lost her bandit-like aura, but she seemed rather uninterested.

"Where are your other two teammates?" the Hanged Man suddenly asked.

"I don't know, maybe they're trapped somewhere?" Xiong Bingxin squinted, speaking casually.

The upside-down man stopped, his scrutinizing gaze falling on Xiong Bingxin. Xiong Bingxin nonchalantly put her hands in her pockets, her right toe grinding back and forth on a protruding pebble on the ground.

"Stop your little schemes, I'm only giving you this one chance."

After saying that, the upside-down man walked straight ahead without looking back, and the skinny monkey hurriedly followed.

"What happened?" Meng Jiang asked.

Xiong Bingxin smiled slightly. She was always honest and never afraid of being found out that she had done it.

Yes, she deliberately let DisKi go, and she also deliberately sent messages to Zhang Qing and Sha Qiu telling them not to move. But why did she do that?

It turns out that she had already obtained some information from the cheetah when she saw its carcass.

It was the same kind of sign used in pancake shops to attract bats, just like the one that killed the cheetah—the same bats that the Hanged Man deliberately lured there.

The Hanged Man knew Blackrock City well. Although she didn't know the Hanged Man's intentions, her vengeful nature meant she wouldn't let this go, so she didn't mind causing trouble for him from other places.

Xiong Bingxin kicked the pebble nearly ten meters away with a powerful kick, and said cheerfully, "What else could it be? My defenses were breached!"

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Author's Note: We've reached 77 chapters and almost 250,000 words! It shouldn't be a problem for Jiang Yangyang and Ji Yangyang to hug, right? Hehe~

From the moment I started thinking about Jiang Yang's transparent heart, I was determined to make sure that Ji Yang could see his transparent, beating heart.

At the same time, that heart would pound violently at Ji Yang's touch.

I missed yesterday's update because I felt this chapter wasn't quite right, so! Hehe~ I was late~ It wasn't intentional, please accept my apologies~