Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Sparks erupted wildly across Qin Yu's chest plate.
It was the roar of the "Tyrant" Railgun Rifle at point-blank range.
Each bullet carried immense kinetic energy. Even with the cushioning of his S-Rank Battle Suit, Qin Yu still felt as if he were being hammered hard in the chest with an iron mallet.
"Die! Monster! Die!"
Li Ruobing was straddling Qin Yu, her eyes bloodshot and her face contorted.
From her perspective, the Qin Yu beneath her had already transformed into a giant spider with a bloody maw, eager to devour her.
She screamed hoarsely while frantically pulling the trigger.
The scorching barrel was almost pressed against Qin Yu's faceplate.
"Warning! External armor integrity at 88%..."
"Warning! Energy Shield overloaded..."
Qin Yu didn't move.
He firmly pinned down the hand with which Li Ruobing was trying to draw her blade, letting the bullets rain down on him.
"Qin Yu! Fight back!"
From deep within the mist, Yu Weiwei's voice was sharp and piercing, laced with the glee of long-awaited vengeance.
"Aren't you supposed to be so capable?"
"This is your most trusted subordinate, and your lover too, isn't she?"
"Kill her!"
"If you don't kill her, she'll turn you into Swiss cheese!"
"Hahaha! This drama of you killing each other is simply too entertaining!"
Qin Yu grunted, appearing utterly overwhelmed and unable to fight back.
While restraining Li Ruobing's struggles, he roared into the void:
"Yu Weiwei!"
"The grievance has its head, the debt its owner! Come at me!"
"Leave them out of this!"
His voice sounded frantic, even carrying a trace of unprecedented terror.
The laughter from within the mist grew even more unrestrained.
"Scared?"
"So our top-ranked Qin Yu can feel fear too?"
Yu Weiwei's figure flickered in and out of the mist, like a cat toying with a mouse.
"A pity. It's too late."
"Your two delicate little wives are being very obedient right now."
"They think that's the exit."
"But actually, ahead lies a massive gear trap."
"Just ten more steps."
"Only ten steps, and they'll be dragged in and crushed into two flat pancakes of flesh and skin."
"Do you want to hear that sound?"
"The squelch of bones and flesh shattering together..."
Qin Yu jerked his head up, the "terror" in his eyes intensifying.
"Stop!!"
"I'll give you anything you want! I have S-Class Items! I have Blueprints!"
"Let them go!"
Hearing this, Yu Weiwei felt every pore on her body relax in pleasure.
Ecstatic.
So utterly satisfying.
That high-and-mighty, arrogant Qin Yu was now begging her like a dog.
"S-Class Items?"
"After I kill you, all those things will be mine anyway!"
"Just hold your lover and repent in hell!"
Yu Weiwei sharply waved her fan.
The mist thickened, churning and pressing down towards Qin Yu.
Li Ruobing's struggles also became more violent; she even opened her mouth and bit down on the armor on Qin Yu's arm, producing a grating, teeth-setting noise.
However.
Just as Yu Weiwei thought victory was assured and prepared to witness the final tragedy...
The man pinned beneath, who seemed desperate...
Suddenly stopped struggling.
Even.
Before the trailing echo of that "I surrender" had even faded.
Beneath Qin Yu's faceplate, his expression—which had been etched with "terror"—instantly returned to its usual indifference.
The corner of his mouth even lifted slightly, curling into a mocking arc.
"Ten steps, huh..."
"That is a bit tight on time."
"Acting really is quite exhausting."
Qin Yu murmured to himself.
His voice was so soft only he could hear it.
From the very beginning, he had never panicked.
Right at the start, his extremely powerful mental attributes had awakened a unique system. Although the mist had briefly blocked his perception, Yu Weiwei's fan wasn't enough to completely control his mind.
The reason he had feigned weakness.
The reason he had let Li Ruobing press the attack.
Was simply to confirm that woman's position.
And.
To make her let her guard down, even for just a second.
"System."
Qin Yu called out in his mind.
The azure Virtual Panel, visible only to him, instantly popped up.
[Daily Lottery System Ready]
[Currently Available: Targeted Lottery Chance x1]
This was Qin Yu's contingency plan.
Before entering the Mist Ruins, he had anticipated various extreme scenarios.
He wasn't afraid of physical attacks.
The Mind Radar was on the ship and couldn't be brought down.
What he feared were precisely these insidious magical or control-based methods—like a soft knife slowly cutting flesh.
"Use Targeted Lottery."
Qin Yu's thoughts were swift as lightning.
"Lock category: Weapons/Support."
"Lock keywords: Purify, Dispel, Break Obstruction."
"Draw for me now!"
As Qin Yu issued the command.
The virtual roulette wheel began to spin wildly.
Golden light exploded across his retinas.
Yu Weiwei's Phantom Sea Peacock Fan was Quasi S-grade?
Then let's clash with a real S-grade!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host. Consumed Targeted Lottery Chance x1]
[Obtained S-grade Unique Item: World Cleansing Glass Lamp]
In his inventory, a bronze lantern of ancient design instantly appeared.
But this lantern had no wick.
Inside burned a pure white flame, blindingly intense.
[Item: World Cleansing Glass Lamp]
[Grade: S-grade (Unique)]
[Description: The legendary soul-guiding lantern said to illuminate the path through the Netherworld. Where its light shines, all spells are broken, and all evils retreat.]
[Active Skill: Great Light Realm — Instantly dispels all negative status effects, illusions, mist, and mental control effects within a 500-meter radius, and inflicts severe backlash on the caster.]
[Durability: 3/3]
"Good item."
Qin Yu's eyes sharpened.
No hesitation was needed.
No incantation required.
He directly selected [Use] in his consciousness.
"Yu Weiwei."
Qin Yu's voice no longer held any pretense, cold as if from the deepest hell.
Amplified through the tactical speaker, it rang clearly throughout the entire space.
"Do you really think..."
"that with a broken fan, you can overturn the heavens?"
Yu Weiwei, hidden in the mist, was taken aback.
This tone... it wasn't right.
Before she could process it.
A point of white light suddenly ignited on Qin Yu's chest.
At first, it was only the size of a grain of rice.
But in the blink of an eye.
That point of white light expanded violently, like a supernova explosion!
"Bzzzz——!!!"
An indescribable hum resonated through the area.
It wasn't a sound.
It was pure energy fluctuation!
Centered on this point.
A visible white ring of light swept outward like a nuclear blast shockwave!
"What is this?!"
Yu Weiwei screamed in disbelief.
The dense mist she took such pride in melted away before the white light like snow under the blazing sun—utterly defenseless.
Sizzle—
The sound resembled red-hot iron plunged into water.
All the snarling illusions and monstrous phantoms shattered into primal particles the instant the white light swept through them.
Next was Li Ruobing.
The madness in her crimson eyes receded as the white light washed over her, the chaotic and violent energy forcibly ripped from her body by an invisible force.
"Ugh..."
Li Ruobing stiffened, her gun clattering to the ground. She slumped against Qin Yu, gasping for air as if dragged from deep waters.
But it wasn't over.
The white light expanded, reaching Yao Xue and Yao Qian fifty meters away. The sisters stood hand-in-hand, trance-like, steps from a wall of rotating meat-grinding gears.
Hum—
The light jolted them awake. Dazed confusion gave way to stark terror.
"Ah!" Yao Qian shrieked, collapsing at the sight of the grinding teeth. Yao Xue reacted faster, yanking her sister back as cold sweat drenched their clothes. Two seconds later, they would have been pulp.
"No... impossible! This can't be!"
Farther off, with the mist gone, Yu Weiwei stood exposed on a rocky outcrop, clutching the Phantom Sea Peacock Fan. Now, the once-glorious artifact smoldered, its feathers withered and charred.
Crack.
The fan's ribs snapped. The quasi-S-grade tool lay destroyed, utterly suppressed by the S-grade World Cleansing Glass Lamp.
Cough—
Yu Weiwei vomited blood, reeling from the artifact's backlash and severed mental connection. Agony exploded in her skull like a live grenade. Staggering, she crumpled, blood streaming from her orifices, her beautiful face twisted into a ghastly mask.
Silence fell.
No mist. No illusions. Only the vast, hollow metal hall remained.
And the dark figure rising slowly to his feet.
Qin Yu set the dazed Li Ruobing aside, brushed bullet marks off his chest plate, and adjusted his tactical gloves. Then he strode toward Yu Weiwei, crumpled on the ground like a dead dog.
His footsteps were soft but echoed like death knells in the emptiness.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Yu Weiwei lifted her head with effort. Through blurred vision, the dark figure loomed closer—an insurmountable mountain.
"You... you set me up..." she rasped, blood frothing at her lips. "You planned this... all along..."
Qin Yu stopped before her.
Looking down at this once arrogant fourth-ranked player.
"Scheme?"
Qin Yu tilted his head, his tone as casual as discussing the weather.
"You think you're worthy?"
He crouched down.
Reached out and picked up the broken fan that had snapped in two on the ground.
Crushed it into powder with a casual squeeze.
"I was just waiting."
"Waiting for you to reveal all your cards."
"Waiting for you to think you'd won."
"Then telling you."
"In this world."
"There are some people you shouldn't provoke, not in this lifetime, nor the next."
Qin Yu stood up.
His black combat boot lifted.
Hovering above one of Yu Weiwei's legs.
"Earlier you said."
"You wanted to hear the sound of bones breaking?"
Yu Weiwei's pupils contracted sharply, her eyes filled with desperate fear.
"No... please don't..."
"Qin Yu! I can be your dog! I have many people! I can help you..."
"CRACK!!!"
Without any hesitation.
The combat boot came down hard.
The crisp sound of breaking bone was particularly piercing in the quiet hall.
"AHHH————!!!"
Yu Weiwei let out an inhuman scream, her body arching like a shrimp.
Qin Yu's expression remained unchanged.
Applying slight pressure with his foot as he ground down.
"Sorry."
"I have this habit."
"I don't like keeping dogs that bite their masters."
"Especially when."
"You bit my woman."
Not far away.
Li Ruobing finally regained her composure.
She looked at the scene before her, then at the knife in her hand that had nearly killed Qin Yu.
She slapped herself hard across the face.
"Damn it!"
She cursed, picked up the gun from the ground, and stood up unsteadily.
Her eyes filled with killing intent.
"Brother Yu."
"This bitch told me to shoot you earlier, right?"
Li Ruobing changed magazines while striding over.
"Leave her mouth for me."
"I want to shove this gun inside."
"Let her taste what real bullets feel like!"
Yao Xue and Yao Qian also approached, supporting each other.
Both sisters looked deathly pale.
Especially Yao Qian.
Tears fell drop by drop as she looked at Qin Yu's back.
Earlier in the illusion.
She thought Qin Yu had abandoned her.
That feeling was worse than death.
"Brother Yu..."
Yao Qian called out with a sob.
Qin Yu turned his head.
Looking at the three women who, though disheveled, were still intact.
His tense nerves finally relaxed.
Good.
Everyone's here.
That directional lottery card was worth using.
"Enough."
Qin Yu turned back to look at Yu Weiwei, still twitching beneath his foot.
"Don't waste time."
"Li Ruobing, you handle this."
"The maze isn't over yet."
He looked up toward the front.
At the end of the hall.
After the mist cleared.
A metal door shimmering with silver light was revealed.
That was the true core area.
The place where the final reward of this S-class dungeon was hidden.
"But before that."
A cold smile curled at the corner of Qin Yu's mouth.
"Let's clean up the trash here first."
"BAM!"
Li Ruobing didn't waste words.
The gun butt smashed heavily into Yu Weiwei's mouth as she tried to beg for mercy.
Teeth went flying.
"Shut up!"
"When you reincarnate in your next life."
"Remember to open your eyes before going out!"
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