Having lost his weapon, Lin Qiye had no choice but to retreat.

Under the perception of the [Mortal Divine Realm], Lin Qiye possesses the ability to take the initiative in battle and can predict the future. Coupled with the extremely rich combat experience accumulated over the years, even if he loses his weapon, he can easily deal with Lu Baoyou.

In his eyes, although Lu Baoyou had a terrifying momentum, his close combat skills and attack rhythm were no different from those of ordinary thugs.

Lin Qiye calmly dodged Lu Baoyou's attack by moving sideways, raised his hands like lightning, grabbed Lu Baoyou's wrist holding the knife with his right hand, and pushed away in the direction of his attack. He quickly raised his left elbow and hit the opponent's chin hard.

His movements were as smooth as flowing water, so fast that Lu Baoyou had no time to react. With a dull thud, Lu Baoyou's head became numb from being hit by Lin Qiye, and he fell backwards on his back.

Lin Qiye took advantage of the situation and kicked Lu Baoyou in the chest, sending him flying dozens of meters away like a sandbag.

Lu Baoyou fell to the ground on his back.

In just half a second, he climbed up from the ground, his red eyes staring at Lin Qiye, the anger in his eyes even more intense.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with one hand, raised the other hand, and grabbed the ground where Lin Qiye was.

The next moment, the ground under Lin Qiye's feet twisted violently, turning into a ferocious giant mouth as big as a lotus pond, opening its bloody fangs and biting fiercely at Lin Qiye's body!

Fortunately, Lin Qiye carefully chose to retreat when the ground just twisted. He jumped to the side with force and barely avoided the bite range of the giant mouth.

At this moment, from the depths of the giant mouth, a long red tongue shot out like a python and flew to the top of Lin Qiye's head who was still in mid-air, carrying with it terrifying kinetic energy, hammering him directly from the sky to the ground.

Boom!

The crimson figure crashed into the ground, raising billowing smoke.

Lin Qiye slowly stood up from the ground, reached out to pat his dusty cloak, and his light golden eyes stared at Lu Baoyou in the distance.

"You know your own shortcomings, so you gave up close combat and switched to fighting with the Forbidden Ruins." Lin Qiye whispered in a voice that only he could hear, "He's a good candidate...

Unfortunately, my character is still far from perfect."

Lin Qiye shook his head slightly, walked to the side, picked up a howitzer abandoned by the recruits from the ground, and his figure flashed and turned into a shadow, disappearing on the spot.

Lu Baoyou held a straight knife in his hand and his eyes followed Lin Qiye's figure quickly. Unfortunately, Lin Qiye's physical fitness was much stronger than his. Even with a howitzer, his speed was incredibly fast. Lu Baoyou did not have spiritual perception like Lin Qiye, so he could only rely on his naked eyes to lock on his figure.

Bang, bang, bang——!!

While moving, Lin Qiye casually raised the howitzer and, without even looking, fired three times in the direction of Lu Baoyou.

This howitzer was specially made by the Night Watch. Its explosive power was weakened, but it was changed into a continuous fire mode. Three micro grenades drew three long arcs and whizzed towards Lu Baoyou's body.

Lu Baoyou frowned, and the strange divine ruins opened again. As he watched, two of the grenades twisted at the same time, growing sharp mouths and fangs, turning into two hideous little demons, and plunged into the ground.

The grenade that turned into a little devil did not explode, but just kept gnawing at the soil beneath it and grinning hideously.

However, another howitzer fell in front of Lu Baoyou.

Obviously, the only remaining grenade could not pose a threat to Lu Baoyou. Two dark red wings appeared behind him again and flew away from the spot in an instant. As the flames of the explosion ignited, his figure retreated dozens of meters away.

"I see……"

Outside the blazing flames, Lin Qiye looked at the two little devil howitzers that fell to the ground, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He carried the howitzer in one hand, and pulled out two straight knives stuck in the ground with his left hand. He closed his eyes and threw them at Lu Baoyou. At the same time, a faint golden light spread out, covering a distance of dozens of meters around.

Under the influence of [Mortal Divine Realm], the two straight knives flew towards Lu Baoyou accurately. Lin Qiye raised the howitzer in his hand and pulled the trigger three times in succession.

Bang, bang, bang——!

Two straight knives and three grenades, like a big net, rushed towards Lu Baoyou.

Lu Baoyou's expression changed.

In a flash, he seemed to have made a decision. He stretched out his hand and grasped two of the grenades. The strange divine ruins devoured the bodies of the two grenades, instantly transforming them into little demons of the same type as the previous two, which fell powerlessly to the ground.

At the same time, Lu Baoyou held the straight knife in his hand, fluttered the dark red wings behind him, and passed by the only surviving grenade, rushing straight towards the two whistling straight knives.

"Miracle."

On the ground, Lin Qiye snapped his fingers lightly.

boom--!!!

The moment Lu Baoyou flew over the grenade, the grenade shook violently and exploded before it hit the ground, turning into a raging fireball that bloomed in the sky. At the same time, it blew Lu Baoyou, who was closest to it, away, mixed with billowing smoke, and fell to the ground in a parabola.

Everything was just as Lin Qiye expected.

After three observations, Lin Qiye has basically mastered Lu Baoyou's Shenxu ability.

From the beginning, Fang Mo's short sword was demonized and lost its "sharpness" and "hardness", to the second time, the straight sword was demonized and lost its "slashing" and "swinging", and then the third time, the howitzer was demonized and directly lost its "flying" and "explosion" capabilities...

All this shows that Lu Baoyou's Shenxu has the ability to "corrupt" up to two objects within its field of vision at the same time.

Once entering this "degenerate" state, the object will lose its original characteristics and be endowed with demonic characteristics determined by Lu Baoyou. So far, Lin Qiye has only seen two different characteristics: "decay" and "gnawing".

Although he was unable to fully understand his abilities, Lin Qiye could easily crack his Divine Ruins based on the two restrictions of "a maximum of two items" and "field of vision".

From the very beginning, Lin Qiye did not rashly use his Divine Ruins, but dealt with the opponent while observing his abilities.

Now, Lin Qiye has figured out Lu Baoyou, but Lu Baoyou knows nothing about Lin Qiye's Divine Ruins.

This is also the reason why Lin Qiye was able to seriously injure Lu Baoyou in an instant.

Although Lu Baoyou's Shenxu is more suitable for fighting, he is still too young... Being too aggressive is not a good thing.

In addition to luck, Lin Qiye's ability to analyze things calmly no matter what the situation is also crucial in getting to where he is today.

Amidst the billowing smoke, Lin Qiye grasped the two fallen straight knives and in a flash appeared in front of the fallen Lu Baoyou.