Chapter 615 - 396: Sinful City

Chapter 615: Chapter 396: Sinful City

"Be careful. There are at least three more Tier Fours here."

Li Xiye reminded him coolly without turning her head, her cold gaze fixed on the enemies in the distance. Anyone could feel the awe-inspiring fighting spirit and soaring morale rising from her. It was suffocating, and the entire prison trembled slightly.

"So it was you."

The burly man who had been sent flying shook his arm and grinned menacingly. "I heard that over fifty years ago, you were number one of the younger generation. I’d like to see if this so-called Tyrant is as terrifying as the rumors say. Remember the name. I’m Ho’olhais, the ’Undying War Ghost’!"

"Eisen Berger." Li Xiye suddenly said a name.

The burly man’s expression changed slightly, and he frowned. "That’s my master’s name. Why do you bring him up? You know him?"

Li Xiye said lightly, "Back then, I beat him so badly his will to pursue the Martial Arts was shattered, and his path of ascension was severed forever. After that, he retired from the Extraordinary Realm, opened a company, and focused on teaching. I can see traces of the ultimate Martial Arts technique he was so proud of in you. You must be the disciple he personally trained. I’m surprised he managed to train you to Tier Four. I suppose he has some skill.

But not much."

"Arrogant!" A vein throbbed on Ho’olhais’s temple. With his explosive temper, he couldn’t stand Li Xiye’s lofty, disdainful attitude. He took a sudden step forward, Shrinking Inches to rapidly close the distance to Li Xiye, and threw a straight punch.

The fierce wind rushed at her, like the roar of a ferocious tiger in the mountains. This was precisely the ultimate Martial Arts technique that Eisen Berger had been so proud of—Tiger Kill.

With the essence of Dongzhou Xingyi Fist as its core, it blended numerous Combat Techniques from around the world and combined them with a specific Extraordinary Ability. This fusion created a unique, ultimate Martial Arts technique. As its creator, Eisen Berger had relied on this combat skill to become an Ascender who captured the world’s attention.

Now, Ho’olhais had not only surpassed his master by advancing to Tier Four, but had also further developed and enhanced this ultimate technique, becoming a world-renowned Martial Arts master.

But a defeated foe is a defeated foe, and the disciple of a defeated foe will always be a defeated foe.

A blinding flash of lightning flared in Li Xiye’s eyes as she took a step forward.

A frantic tide of Cyan Thunder converged on her Iron Fist, which she swung forward with unprecedented, terrifying speed.

BOOM!

The two fists collided with a deafening roar, and the entire prison shuddered as if a celestial drum had been struck. Dazzling wind and thunder erupted from the impact, and thousands of fine arcs of cyan electricity burst outward.

Under the Tyrant’s absolute, murderous will, the roaring tiger vanished into thin air, its form and spirit annihilated. More than half of Ho’olhais’s Power dissipated in an instant. In the flash of lightning, flesh and blood flew from his fist, exposing the stark white bone beneath. His eyes widened in horror and disbelief.

Then, an overwhelming killing intent swept over him. A pressure like that of the deep sea and a bone-chilling cold descended upon Ho’olhais’s Soul.

’The next one will be a left hook!’ The thought flashed through Ho’olhais’s mind, but his body couldn’t keep up. Li Xiye was faster than him!

BANG!

The left hook struck, its savage, immense power completely shattering Ho’olhais’s stance. A violent shockwave blasted outward, and the ground caved in with a roar.

Immediately after, another straight punch!

The Thunder Dragon roared!

BANG!

Ho’olhais’s face caved in. The sound of his nasal bone and skull shattering was clearly audible. Cracks appeared on his face, along with the black scorch marks left by the lightning.

The next second, Ho’olhais vanished, replaced by a common pebble that was instantly pulverized by the Cyan Thunder. Ho’olhais reappeared among Dupe’s subordinates. A refined-looking man wielding a painted feather fan had used some sort of displacement Extraordinary Ability to save him.

"Ngh..." The man grunted. Blood flowed from his seven orifices, and the feathers on his painted fan fell off one by one until only a few remained, making it look like a plucked chicken.

He spat out a mouthful of blood, his heart still pounding with fear. "What terrifying will..."

When he used his Extraordinary Ability, he had encountered the resistance of Li Xiye’s will. Although he had succeeded in saving Ho’olhais, he was severely injured by her will in the process, and even his Extraordinary Artifact was destroyed.

’What a waste!’ Dupe was furious when he saw this. The subordinates he had spent years cultivating turned out to be so useless, getting severely injured one after another.

His expression darkened, and his gaze flickered as if he were weighing his options.

"Master, the ritual construction is complete. It can be activated," came the voice of his Secretary, Yue Xiao.

Dupe no longer hesitated. He immediately pulled a black-covered book that emanated a cold aura from the void.

A sense of crisis rose in Li Xiye’s heart. She returned to Zhou Chen’s side, ready to grab him and run at any moment.

"Is no one else coming?" Zhou Chen asked hurriedly.

"I don’t know what arrangements the Star Association has made, and no one notified me. I came on my own," Li Xiye replied. Cyan Thunder condensed in her hand, forming a long spear that she hurled forcefully at Dupe.

Like a bolt of thunder, it tore through layer after layer of Barriers with unstoppable momentum, plowing a straight, cyan trench in the ground. In an instant, it was right in front of Dupe.

Ho’olhais appeared abruptly, roaring as he threw a punch to block the spear’s advance. But the spear pierced through his arm. Then, the force it carried surged through his muscles and meridians, spreading throughout his body. The explosive power ran rampant inside him, causing his skin to bulge and then burst.

In an instant, he became a mangled, bloody rag doll.

But he had successfully bought Dupe some time.

The black book opened, its pages flipping rapidly. The entire book looked quite thin, yet it contained an uncountable number of pages.

"March 17th. I have committed the sin of pride..."

Dupe chanted the contents of the book. Plumes of black gas rose from it, and within the gas, the image of a chaotic city could be faintly seen.

"What is that..." Zhou Chen frowned.

"I don’t know, but it’s definitely nothing good."

The light of a thunderstorm flared in Li Xiye’s eyes. A bolt of Cyan Thunder descended from the sky without warning, striking down at Dupe.

However, the Thunderbolt was swallowed by the spreading black gas, as if it had struck the city within.

"I know what it is!" Jiang Che’s voice suddenly came through the earpiece.

But before she could say more, the black gas erupted as if a bomb had gone off. It spread out in a surging tide, swallowing the entire prison, then advanced toward the city like a tsunami, enveloping the nearby urban area in just half a minute.

In the city, a sacred Purifying Light quickly flared up to disperse the black gas, but the areas that had been engulfed by it became eerily silent. Not a single living person could be seen.

The grounds of Liushan Prison were empty. Even the Ritual Array that was being set up had vanished.

·

In the darkness, Zhou Chen felt someone giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

He snapped his eyes open and saw Li Xiye’s face inches from his, her cyan pupils magnificent and imposing.

Li Xiye blinked, then pulled her mouth away and nonchalantly wiped her lips. "You’re finally awake."

Zhou Chen sat up, rubbed his head, and looked around. They were in a dilapidated room with old furniture, everything covered in a thick layer of dust.

He was stunned. "Where is this?"

"Here."

Li Xiye pulled open the curtains, revealing the World outside.

Dilapidated streets, burning buildings, collapsed ruins, a blood-red sunset, an apocalyptic dusk...

And on the streets, thugs were smashing things and committing acts of violence everywhere.

She shrugged. "Welcome to the Sinful City."

"Sinful City?" Zhou Chen was stunned.

Li Xiye explained, "This is the Forbidden Object B-033, Sinful City. It’s that crappy book Dupe took out earlier.

Thirty-three years ago, a city in America fell during a long-planned terrorist attack. The entire city, along with several million people, was devoured and assimilated by Forbidden Object B-033. Then it turned into this hellscape.

Dupe activated that Forbidden Object and transported all of us inside.

Jiang Che said Dupe must be trying to create a ’Sin Beast’ in here."

As Li Xiye spoke, she handed him an earpiece. "She got dragged in here too. We contacted her for a moment while we still had a signal, but we’ve already lost contact."

Zhou Chen took the earpiece, put it on, and stood up. He looked at the scene outside and scratched his head in a daze.

’I’m screwed.’

’What am I supposed to do now?’