Click click click—
A familiar sound rang out, and Lin Qiye, Lin Xi Chen and Cao Yuan stopped in their tracks. The six rooms—up, down, left, right, front, and back—shifted rapidly before finally settling on a certain point.
Another spatial distortion occurred, and the surrounding environment changed once again.
Lin Qiye, who had been sensing his surroundings with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.
"Horizontal 19, 27, 33, 20, 17... Vertical 04, 09, 37, 18, 23..." Lin Qiye sat on the ground, his brows furrowed, muttering to himself.
His fingers moved lightly across the tiles, as if he were calculating something, or perhaps drawing something.
Cao Yuan, standing to the side, could only sit in a chair, clutching his sword, watching Lin Qiye ramble on and on, feeling like an idiot.
Lin Qiye muttered for more than two minutes, then sighed and slowly stood up from the ground.
"How was it?" Cao Yuan couldn't help but ask.
"My mental power can only cover a radius of about 100 meters. When space is distorted, I can't detect all the changes. However, I did manage to discern some clues..."
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, gesturing with his hands in the air, "Spatial distortion may seem complex, but it actually only involves two basic changes: horizontal and vertical rotation. Each rotation angle is always an integer multiple of a right angle, and the starting point is uncertain. Although only one section can be rotated at a time, the rotation speed is extremely fast, thus creating the illusion of spatial distortion..."
Cao Yuan, listening from the side, felt a headache coming on. "So? Did you foresee the patterns of spatial changes?"
"...No, the information I have is too limited, and I haven't conducted enough observations." Lin Qiye shook his head, pondered for a moment, and then spoke somewhat uncertainly:
"But I always feel that this pattern of change is somewhat familiar..."
Just as Lin Qiye was pondering, the familiar dragging sound came from afar again. The two men's expressions hardened, they exchanged a glance, and silently placed their hands on the hilts of their swords.
Lin Qiye had said long ago that as long as they mastered this mysterious killing mechanism, it wouldn't be difficult for them to wipe it out, given their combat strength.
They wander through this chaotic space in order to grasp the laws of change. If they could encounter that mysterious creature again, it wouldn't be bad to wipe it out directly.
An extreme darkness spread out from Lin Qiye, and the thermos, teacup, clothes hanger and other items in the dormitory gradually floated up and hovered around him.
Lin Qiye gave Cao Yuan a look, and the latter immediately understood, slowly walking towards the door behind him.
The dormitory space was too cramped. Fighting the headless man here would leave them with very little room to dodge, which would be a huge disadvantage for them. They had to find another location.
Creak—
Lin Qiye pushed the door very gently, but the door seemed to have some problem, making a soft sound. Under normal circumstances, this would not be a problem, but in this situation, the sound was unusually abrupt.
Lin Qiye's pupils contracted slightly, and without thinking, he quickly retreated, as did Cao Yuan.
The next moment, a huge black shadow flew across the two rooms, the blade of the decapitation sword flashed, and the door that had made the sound was instantly cut in half!
In the Darkest Ruins, Lin Qiye's voice was as silent as a ghost, while Cao Yuan had taken off his shoes long ago to avoid making any noise, and had been walking barefoot until now, so that his footsteps made almost no sound.
Right now, Lin Qiye and the others are in a long corridor. Although it doesn't look like it's on the first floor, it's at least much larger than the dormitory.
After the headless man slashed down the door, he stood there for a long time, then slowly moved forward, dragging the decapitating sword behind him...
It did not detect the presence of the two people.
Lin Qiye gave Cao Yuan a look, and the latter nodded, leaning against the left side of the wall, regulating his heart rate through breathing to minimize the sound.
Lin Qiye, on the other hand, leaned against the other side, like a ghost in the darkness, devoid of any vitality.
Time after time after time
The headless man's massive body almost filled the entire corridor. Dragging the decapitation sword behind him, he walked forward step by step. Fortunately, Lin Qiye, Lin Xi Chen and Cao Yuan were not fat, and by leaning against the sides of the corridor, they were able to perfectly avoid his path.
If it were that fat guy here, the headless man would probably just bump into his belly and then, in a moment of confusion, slash out with his knife...
The headless man moved forward slowly. Just as he and Lin Qiye passed each other, a sharp light flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes, and his hand on the hilt of the knife suddenly tightened!
Clang—!
The twin swords were drawn in an instant!
At the same time, Cao Yuan on the other side suddenly gripped the hilt of the sword in his arms, and black, malevolent flames burst forth from the scabbard, slashing out along the unsheathed blade in an instant!
Lin Xi Chen appeared with agile movements amidst a blinding flash of light; she darted around to the rear and aimed directly at its back.
Five swords, one aimed at the headless man's hand holding the knife, two at his back and two aimed at his chest!
The moment the light sound of the blade being drawn rang out, the headless man seemed to come alive, swinging his decapitation sword with incredible speed!
Clang—!!
A powerful clang rang out as the decapitation blade clashed with Lin Xi Chen light swords and Cao Yuan's black flame straight blade.
Lin Xi Chen barely dodged that sweeping slash; the tremendous force behind the headless mystery's attack sent her flying to the far end of the corridor.
Originally, the mad Cao Yuan's strength was greater than that of the headless man, but at the moment of the collision, the headless man's strength increased several times over, and he actually slashed the mad Cao Yuan, blade and all, against the wall to the side!
Boom—!
The crazed Cao Yuan's body was smashed through a wall and crashed into the dormitory, raising clouds of dust.
In that split second, Lin Qiye's twin blades had already pierced the headless man's chest!
The blade of the straight sword pierced into the solid muscle. Just as it was about to pierce the heart, just as the loud crash of the madman Cao Yuan smashing through the wall rang out, the headless man's body instantly hardened several times over. His rock-like muscles firmly held Lin Qiye's sword in place, preventing it from penetrating even a little bit!
Lin Qiye's pupils suddenly contracted!
According to the original plan, the two men's sneak attack was bound to kill or even seriously injure the headless man. However, he never expected that although the headless man had no brains, he was actually quite intelligent and knew how to create sounds in a silent environment to enhance his various attributes!
If it weren't for the loud crash that smashed Cao Yuan through the wall, the headless man would already be a corpse.
Is this the mystery of the "Sichuan" region?
Even if you fully understand its mechanics, it is still extremely difficult to kill it successfully!
Lin Qiye decisively released the hilt of the sword, letting the two straight swords get stuck in his chest. His body flew backward like a withered leaf in the wind. At the same time, the headless man swung his second sword with lightning speed!
The blade of the decapitation sword grazed Lin Qiye's forehead!