Confrontation
Only after leaving 11 did 07 unleash the stillness of time in the entire Mirage Abyss.
He coughed up the blood that had been suppressed for a long time and caught the pool of almost pure white liquid with his hands.
"Time is running out." He realized it clearly again.
Shi Youchen's voice came from behind: "Teacher, what you asked has been completed."
07 hummed, "Zao, don't leave Mirage Abyss for the next half month. Leave the things over there to me." As he passed by Shi Youchen, 07 raised his hand and patted his head, "I have to leave for a while, don't look for me."
——
Deep in the Mirage Abyss, in the center of the stands of the black arena area, 01 was admiring the bloody duel on the stage.
"What a rare visitor! You actually came to see me."
07 sat down next to him and held out a box. "Four years, make a deal with me."
01 He opened the box with his hand, and inside lay a snow-white pill.
"Four years? You're really getting stingy." Despite saying so, 01 still accepted the box and asked, "Tell me, who do you want me to help you save this time? That kid from the Ying family?"
"No." 07 put his cold hands into his robe. "In half a month, go find two people and have a chat with them."
01 raised an eyebrow: "You don't plan to save him? According to the current style of the association and the methods of those people, he will definitely die."
The arena fell silent. 01 glanced around, propped up his chin, and asked, "You went to so much trouble to send him the energy of the entire floating island. You didn't do that just to let him die immediately after his breakthrough, did you?"
"07, what exactly do you want to do?"
...Silence stretched between the two.
Finally, 07 spoke: "I want to gather the power of the seven bloodlines and create the most powerful psychic in the world. Ying Yungui is the carrier I have chosen."
"Ha, do you think I believe that?" 01 waited a long time for this answer and clapped his hands in boredom. "You don't even want the Maintenance Bureau, so how could you be so possessive of the entire world?"
On the ring below, the blood of the two people fighting was flying in the air, and when the lights were turned on, it was crystal clear.
07 said leisurely, "Bear, Snake, Wolf, just three more people are needed before my plan can begin." He tilted his head to meet 01's eyes and asked, "Lu Ming was barely enough, but you got there first. 01, I'm a little curious. You've lived so long, is there anything unresolved on your mind?"
The person being questioned actually thought about it seriously and said, "I'm just curious about what this world, where forces that shouldn't exist exist, will become."
"Because I was so curious, I wanted to live on and see it with my own eyes. Before I knew it, I had lived until now."
01's appearance is always hidden in the shadows, and no one can see him clearly, but his voice does not sound like that of an old man at all.
"Including Lu Ming, they all made deals with me voluntarily. They sacrificed their soul power to me, and I fulfilled their wishes. It's fair." 01 fiddled with his fingers and said casually, "11 has also made deals with me several times, like the serial explosions and the burning of the medicinal forest. He said it was inconvenient for him to do it himself, and even this time."
He tore off the scar on his hand and said helplessly, "I tried to persuade him, but he insisted on getting involved. I told him that if he continued like this, he would either die in your hands or die in mine from exhaustion of his soul power."
07 listened to him reveal so much, but remained calm: "You told me all this, what's the matter, your partnership broke down?"
01 sighed. "Honestly, 07, if you're unsure about what to do next, I can help you. No extra compensation, I'll do it for free." Under 07's skeptical gaze, he confessed, "It's too difficult for me to find someone else to replace you, and I hate trouble."
07 stood up and rejected him: "I never owe favors to anyone, and now I can only afford to pay you for four years, so you just need to help me do the corresponding things." Then he threw a piece of bark to the other party.
01 took it, pouted with some regret, turned it over and saw an address engraved on the inside of the bark.
"Remember, half a month later."
After 07's figure disappeared, the bark immediately rotted away. In contrast, the battle on the ring continued, and blood splattered everywhere.
——
Christopher finally waited for his distinguished guest.
"You're here." He knelt on one knee in front of the visitor, reverently took the other's hand and placed it against his forehead.
07 pulled his hand back and gave a rare compliment: "You did well in the preliminaries, and your attack was measured."
Christopher looked up at him, unwilling to get up: "Everything is for your plan, I have no complaints."
His loyalty earned him the reward he'd always dreamed of. 07 reached out and stroked the side of his face, lowering his eyes and asking, "Do you resent me for having you play someone else all these years?"
Christopher knelt on his other leg and said, "My life has long been yours. It is my honor to be a Kuristan and share your worries. It is also the honor of the Kalanka people. We are willing to give everything for you."
07's hand slid down from the side of his face to his neck, and he said without emotion, "Then die for me."
Christopher closed his eyes in anticipation: "Please allow me to offer a sacrifice for you."
...
The news of Christopher's death spread quickly throughout the association, and there were only ten days left until the Orb trials resumed.
The association detected two strong stored energy attributes on his body, one from "Bai Wan" and the other from "07".
The Karanka tribe announced on the same day that they had elected a new tribe leader, a young girl who had inherited the "gift of life", and stated that she would take over Christopher's 180-year secret method of "life reshaping".
The headquarters' decision-making group quickly updated the "Fugitive Bounty List". 07, who was already at the top of the list, had his "bounty" increased by 1 billion points in one go, far ahead of the others by several digits.
This makes sense. After all, when the Maintenance Bureau made its debut, it was 07 who declared war on the Association. Later, he appeared in many conflicts, big and small, so he has long been recognized as the Association's number one enemy.
It's just that no one would covet his bounty.
"You must be joking. That was the guy who managed to escape unscathed from the previous president."
"The previous president was a level 9 psychic and he couldn't be killed. You want me to go?"
"You mean a siege? Don't be ridiculous. Even if it succeeds, the bounty points will be divided equally. What's the point?"
"Besides, 99.9% of the time they're just trying to get themselves killed. Why would you bother doing that when you're doing well in the association?"
Over time, 07's top score has become a "gambling table" for some people, betting on how much it will increase this time and how long it will take to break through the next digit.
It's just that the gamblers miscalculated this time.
They didn't expect that Lynch Feller would simply add a bounty of 1 billion points to 07 and announce—
"Whoever kills 07 will be able to ignore the previous president's succession rules and become the next president of the association."
——
In the president's office, Ying Yunguizheng and Lynch Filler were confronting each other.
"It's clear that Bai Wan has fully joined the Maintenance Bureau. I'm afraid she's even used Christopher's life as a token of her allegiance to 07." Lynch Feller glanced at the uninhibited Ying Yungui and said unhappily, "Even so, you still insist on continuing the selection?"
"'Those teams are also staffed by other maintenance bureau personnel'—that's what you said, Ying Yungui."
Ever since Ying Yungui was discovered to have broken through level 8, no limiters have appeared on his body. Except for not being able to leave the association headquarters, his actions are completely unaffected, even though he is about to face a public judgment.
At this moment, Ying Yungui's face was even darker than Lin Qifeiler's. "President, I gave you a choice before. Either agree to hold the main competition as usual, or let Christopher and I meet alone. You chose the former, didn't you?"
"Now you are not going to say that he died because of me?"
Lin Qifeiler's beard was so angry that it blew a few strands straight. He said, "Ying Yungui, don't forget that you will be publicly judged soon."
Ying Yungui leaned back in his chair and said lightly, "No need to repeat it. I know very well that you want me to be sentenced to death to pay for your nephew's life." Then he glanced down and said, "Don't forget the contract we made."
"No matter what the verdict is, it must be carried out after the Kalangka clan's secret method is completed."
"Otherwise, the secrets of your Feller clan will be sent to Ryan and Chief Visa."
"I'm also curious about how long your triangular alliance can last by then."
Lin Qifeiler has been laughing more recently than before, but unfortunately, it's because he's so angry that he laughs. He pointed at Ying Yungui and said, "Well, let's see how long you can keep being so arrogant."
He didn't dare to really fight with Ying Yungui, because although they were both level 8 psychics, the inherited psychic ability of the Filer clan, "equivalent exchange", was a typical auxiliary ability and had no advantage over a pure combat system like Ying Yungui.
Ying Yungui's current status and position, as the youngest Level 8 psychic in the association's history, meant that as long as he developed normally, he would inevitably break through to Level 9 in the future. This earned him a considerable number of supporters around the world, including many from declining psychic families.
And this is exactly what Lynch Filler is most worried about.
So he had to make this rising star fall before it completely replaced him.
Lynch Filer couldn't argue with Ying Yungui, and most likely couldn't beat him either, so he simply chose to leave his office.
On his way out, he contacted the head of the Ryan clan: "Have the matters concerning those families been settled?"
The other side responded: "Except for some grudges from Belmond due to Labriel's death, everything else has been agreed."
"..." Lynch Feller regretted his previous treatment of Labriel. "Forget it, this is enough."
"I emphasize to them once again that the public ruling must support the execution of Ying Yungui."
...
Ying Yungui wandered to the natural park area of the headquarters base.
Then, when passing by a thousand-year-old tree, he was pulled in by the outstretched branches.
"Shh." Luo Zhao signaled his brother to keep quiet and pointed around. Several people from the team participating in the selection competition had arrived.
Lin Zhouze started spiritual sharing.
Lin Zhouze: [We've investigated and found that the Feller clan has bribed nearly 80% of the association's psychics to support your execution.]
Lu Zhiqi: [They are too insidious, letting ordinary people who are unaware of these things do them.]
Mai Er: [I asked the old patriarch for help. He 'prophesied' that a high-level psychic would perish on the day of the public judgment. Yun Gui, you should escape.]
Luo Zhao was almost crying: "Brother, run away. Don't worry about what's going on here. You'll be killed by those beasts."
Ying Yungui gently touched Luo Zhao's head, just like before, and then said: "I know everything, but I can't leave. I must obtain the qualifications for the Kalangka secret method."
[Don't worry, Lynch Feller won't let anything happen to me that day, or their clan will be finished.]
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