At this moment, Chang Le in the center is like a piece on the chessboard that is about to be captured.
Shuai Xian was the Dragon Soul Army soldier closest to Chang Le, yet he was completely unable to move. As he watched the invisible arrow shoot toward Chang Le, it was as if the scene had been slowed down instantly.
"kick!"
An invisible arrow pierced through his chest, and Chang Le collapsed to the ground with a thud, the vines suddenly vanishing.
The world was silent.
Qin Shaoji's smile froze as he looked up: Something's not right! Why hasn't the atmosphere in the chessboard changed?
He looked closely and realized something was wrong: the arrow had pierced Chang Le's chest, but not a drop of blood had flowed out!
In the instant his mind went blank, a figure suddenly approached from behind. Qin Shaoji reacted quickly to block, and it was Ghost Blade again. He casually deflected it, but the next moment, dozens of sharp, silver needle-like hidden weapons shot out from behind Ghost Blade.
The distance was too close, the speed too fast, and the needles posed too little of a threat. Qin Shaoji casually parried, but was hit by several of them.
Before he could even realize what it was, a large patch of dark green spread out from behind Ghost Blade, revealing a familiar face: "Old Master Qin!"
Chang Le?!
Qin Shaoji was taken aback and reacted a beat too late.
Just then, countless vines wrapped around him. Qin Shaoji subconsciously tried to break free, but the energy of the ninth realm swept out and he couldn't completely break free from these seemingly fragile vines!
To his astonishment, he discovered that golden light was faintly flowing on the vines, and when struck, the vines produced a metallic clang.
Ghost Blade grazed Qin Shaoji's left hand. He twisted his wrist to prevent his tendons from being severed, but the intense pain caused him to loosen his grip. Iris, Wan Buxun, and the others, who had been waiting in ambush, attacked simultaneously.
A purple array derived from the bloodline of the demon race suddenly unfolded beneath his feet, while a sun-like purple-gold wheel spun behind him, and a purple giant rose up, breaking through the limitations of the chessboard's layout.
Iris roared and unleashed a powerful punch: "True Form, Demon Slayer—"
The black, thirty-six-section bone whip clanged, and a dense, dark red, bloodthirsty aura seeped from the ground, completely enveloping Wan Buxun, as if Yama, the King of Hell, had descended upon the world.
The Untamed Demon Whip flashed, its afterimages flying: "Martial Technique, Nine Fiends!"
The four elements of wind, metal, water, and wood surrounded him, and the Poisonless Sword, Woodcutter's Knife, Slaughtering Blade, and Soul-Destroying Sword were all drawn. They condensed and compressed elemental energy, creating a gap in the shackles, and the four sharp weapons were unleashed simultaneously.
Wang Yao waved his right hand: "Kill—"
The Dragon Soul Army reacted quickly, combining their strength to unleash a powerful attack.
Swords and blades are for killing, fists can shatter mountains, and demonic whips can split the sky, their momentum unstoppable, shaking this small world.
Chang Le smiled, and Qin Shaoji suddenly realized that the energy in his body was rapidly draining away, along with his already fading life force!
Qin Shaoji was shocked and lost his composure, causing the Heavenly Evolution Thirteen Bureaus, which had not yet been activated, to collapse.
Just then, Chang Le pulled out a sharp short knife, and with a barrage of sharp blade energy, fist wind, whip shadow, and sword light, all attacks came at once!
Qin Shaoji spat out a mouthful of blood and was blasted away.
Chang Le, dressed in Dragon Soul Army uniform, landed lightly beside the lifeless "Chang Le" lying on the ground. Ghost Blade was still standing beside her.
Iris and the others quickly returned to her side.
The man in black protected Qin Shaoji, and the old man staggered a couple of steps before regaining his balance, his face ashen.
What harmed the old man most was not the attacks themselves, but the "needles" and vines that landed on him. Their domineering and blatant devouring power further weakened the old man's already waning life force.
Qin Shaoji clearly underestimated Chang Le's ability to devour, especially since this was the newly upgraded [Swallow] and vines.
Before setting off, anticipating that the Qin family would make a move along the way, Chang Le absorbed the dragon scales and the medicine.
The process of fusing the potion was smooth, and the shape of the vines did not change significantly. However, to Chang Le's surprise, the number of original companion vines increased to nine. In other words, unless these nine vines completely shattered, her vines could quickly regenerate in a short period of time.
But then, to her surprise, the dragon scale also transformed into pure energy and entered her body, causing a strange change with the reverse scale in her heart and the [Dragon Pearl].
The energy that had been almost completely depleted in the reverse scale from saving her was filled by the energy of the Dragon Ball and the dragon scale, and a familiar energy was generated and entered her source.
It was a familiar yet strange superpower. After entering the source, it did not leave a "root" like other energies she had merged with. Instead, it completely merged into her body, with the remaining part merging into her symbiotic vines.
Immediately afterwards, her relatively weak physical strength was tempered and strengthened once again, and the vines also began to grow golden patterns, with their toughness significantly increasing.
This is a special ability, [Dragon Transformation]. However, it wasn't planted as an independent ability within her body; rather, it was truly integrated, merging with her body and the [Swallowing] vines.
The reverse scale further merged with her body, the Dragon Ball's affinity for her also increased significantly, and her cultivation level reached a new level.
Therefore, in terms of cultivation level, Chang Le is no longer considered a beginner at the ninth level, and the devouring ability of the vines has also been enhanced. Qin Shaoji had never come into contact with her devouring ability before, and he underestimated the devouring seeds and vines that landed on him, which caused him to suffer a great loss.
Moreover, to be honest, perhaps because Qin Shaoji is older, Chang Le felt that Qin Shaoji's strength was somewhat weaker than that of Hua Lihan and Wei Kunyu, whom he had witnessed during the Northern Frontier Campaign.
Qin Shaoji felt waves of weakness within his body. Looking at the lingering aura in his left palm that had not yet completely dissipated, he was about to make another move when the buzzing of aircraft and hovercars approached.
He turned his head abruptly and was shocked to find that, several hundred meters away, a small aircraft was hovering in the southern sky, bearing the wolf head totem of the Wolf Sect. Below the aircraft, a vehicle with the license plate of Hua'an City was parked. To the north, there were several hovercars, and the person at the front was tall and elegant, looking in this direction with a calm gaze. It was Ying Huaixia.
The Wolf Faction, the Investigation Team, Ying Huaixia, and the Dragon Faction have become participants and witnesses of this attack!
Qin Shaoji immediately put on his hood and turned to leave.
Iris and several members of the Dragon Soul Army immediately flew to stop them. Chang Le noticed that the eighteen men in black who remained looked strange, as if they were ready to die. He immediately threw out his vines and pulled them back.
Just then, Number One and his men suddenly rushed over, their exposed hands and faces covered in hideous cracks.
Self-destruct!
The self-destruction of eighteen ninth-tier powerhouses!
In the distance, Lu Jin'an led the Wolf Pack's aircraft away, and the investigation team's vehicles quickly retreated below. Ying Huaixia and the others also retreated.
A deafening roar followed, spraying out fragments of brutally torn flesh.
The highway was stained red by the red rain, and terrifying debris was everywhere. Even though they retreated instantly, Chang Le and the others still had to use several secret artifacts to block the impact of the explosion. The aftershocks still caused their blood and qi to become disordered.
As the smoke and dust dissipated, Chang Le walked into the charred and reddish ground and saw some scattered metal fragments.
The "Chang Le" that Qin Shaoji killed was not her, but a bionic robot like Xiao Ye, only without Xiao Ye's intelligence.
To conceal the fact that Ye Buqi and she were the same person, Fu Guang had Cuiwei Academy develop more than just Xiao Ye as a bionic robot. Providing one was enough to temporarily deceive Qin Shaoji.
Chang Le stopped next to a pile of unidentified body tissue and kicked out a piece of metal with his toe. The piece had unique patterns on it, and Wang Yao came over and picked it up.
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