[Area 75]
A magnificent three-story church building stood there, with every window sealed by thick, opaque gel.
From the outside, not a single light could be seen coming from the entire building, making it look like a huge urn.
Inside the building, a hole more than ten meters wide ran through all three floors, leaving a deep pit in the ground.
At the center of the pit, a woman in a black robe had her foot planted on the chest of an orange-haired, middle-aged man lying on the ground with his face covered in blood.
Her gaze was cold as ice, "Dibaxi, you had a perfectly good position as a state governor, yet you insisted on coming to the Trinity Church to become a Buddha-Robe Protector."
Dibaxi, lying in a pool of blood, was filled with shock, "Yu Ziying... you... how are you still alive?"
He had thought that Hu Chan, Jin Shengyu, and Chris were no match for him at all, so he had not requested much additional support from Church Master Ulit.
He never expected that after driving back the three of them, he would actually be defeated by Yu Ziying, the Black-Robe Protector of the Zephyr Church, who had supposedly been dead for years.
Yu Ziying did not answer. She simply raised her toes slightly and stepped down again. Blood kept pouring from Dibaxi's mouth.
"Dibaxi, your strength doesn't seem to have improved much. Back when I was doing charity work and attended an event with you, you were already a useless man who knew nothing but lining his pockets and chasing women. You made your Sequence ability sound impressive, but in reality, you were no match for anyone. Several years have passed, and you're still the same."
Dibaxi said unwillingly, "I'm already Sequence Level Seven! I'm one of the strongest existences in the entire safe zone! You terrifying woman! You were clearly already dead! How did you come back to life? And how did you break through to Sequence Level Seven?"
Yu Ziying glanced at Hu Chan, who was unconscious nearby and covered in injuries. A trace of pain appeared in her eyes, followed by a relieved smile, "There are some things I don't need to explain to you."
Crack!
Yu Ziying lightly pressed down with her toes. Like snapping a section of lotus root, she crushed Dibaxi's throat.
Blood instantly flooded into his mouth. As he struggled violently, the last trace of fear and anger in Dibaxi's eyes gradually faded.
Yu Ziying kicked again, directly smashing Dibaxi's head. She leaped out of the pit and walked toward Hu Chan, Jin Shengyu, and Chris.
Chris and Jin Shengyu's faces were pale. Like two withered vines relying on each other for support, they struggled to keep each other standing.
When faced with Yu Ziying's gaze, both of them guiltily looked away.
Yu Ziying paid them no attention.
She came to Hu Chan, crouched down, and took a bottle of translucent green medicine from her pocket.
This was a healing potion she had exchanged from Qin Siyang for some valuable materials before setting out.
She also had her own healing medicine, but its effects were mediocre, so it was of little use in most situations.
Qin Siyang was close with Zhao Fengjun and Chen Fenghe, two famous doctors, while also having a teacher-and-friend relationship with Hao Liang, an expert in pharmaceuticals. His stock of potions was among the largest in the entire safe zone.
She was confident that she could kill Dibaxi directly, so she originally had no need for a healing potion.
But for her safety, Hu Chan had insisted on keeping her exposure to a minimum. He wanted to work together with Jin Shengyu and Chris and see if the three of them could fight to the death and take down Dibaxi.
Even after hearing from Chris, who had been seriously injured while escaping from Dibaxi, that Dibaxi was very likely a Sequence Level Seven ability user, he still insisted on trying first.
Only when the situation became unavoidable would he have Yu Ziying make her move.
Yu Ziying knew that Hu Chan was a proud man.
Especially after seeing Qin Siyang slaughter his way through all opposition and grow farther and farther beyond him in strength, he had gradually developed the desire to catch up.
He wanted to prove that he could still be an opponent capable of matching Qin Siyang.
To increase their chances against Dibaxi, Hu Chan had rushed to complete the God-Worship Ritual over the weekend and stepped onto the path of a believer.
Seeing how determined Hu Chan was, Yu Ziying could not persuade him otherwise and could only agree to his plan.
Then, just in case, she secretly went to Qin Siyang and asked him for some insurance.
Sure enough, Hu Chan, who had only just stepped onto the path of a believer, together with two Sequence Level Six protectors, still could not defeat the Sequence Level Seven Dibaxi.
But his caution and experience during the battle, along with his endless trump cards, cleverly kept the lives of all three of them intact. He had already done everything he could.
Only after Hu Chan lost too much blood, became exhausted, and fell unconscious did Yu Ziying take over the battle.
Then, like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, she took Dibaxi's life.
Chris and Jin Shengyu, who had watched the entire process from the side, first became confused, then shocked, and finally afraid.
They were confused about how Yu Ziying had recovered from her serious illness, shocked that after suffering from the illness for years, Yu Ziying's strength had actually become even more terrifying, and afraid that Yu Ziying would settle accounts with them afterward and wipe them out completely.
Especially since Yu Ziying was now saying nothing at all, which made the two of them even more frightened.
At this moment, all of Yu Ziying's attention was on Hu Chan. She had no thought to spare for the two people beside her.
After Hu Chan took the healing potion, the color returned to his face at a visible speed. Perhaps because he was too exhausted, Hu Chan remained asleep.
Yu Ziying was relieved.
She couldn't help marveling at how ridiculously powerful Qin Siyang's stock really was.
Now that Hu Chan was out of danger, she turned to look at Chris and Jin Shengyu.
The two of them could not stop trembling. They felt as if they were walking along the edge of life and death, and it was even more dangerous and nerve-racking than their battle with Dibaxi just now.
"Hu Chan saved the two of you from Dibaxi. If I killed you now, it wouldn't exactly be what he wanted."
"Whether you live or die, I'll let him decide after he wakes up."
The two nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, Protector Yu! Thank you, Protector Yu!"
After hearing this, the two felt that they probably weren't going to die.
Chris asked, "Protector Yu, it seems the Holy Son doesn't want you exposed to the public. While my gel is still effective, why don't you disguise yourself and change your appearance? That way, you won't attract anyone's attention."
Jin Shengyu shot Chris a glare. He had never expected the thick-browed, big-eyed Red-Robe Protector to betray their "Holy-Son-Killing Alliance" the moment he opened his mouth and start thinking about Yu Ziying instead.
Didn't that make himself look even more deserving of death?
But the situation was stronger than the people involved, so Jin Shengyu immediately anxiously agreed, "That's right, Protector Yu. Why don't you hurry up and find somewhere to hide? Once people know you're still alive, many of them will target our Zephyr Church and the Holy Son."
Yu Ziying shook her head and took out her phone to show them, "No one has the time to pay attention to the little squabbles between our two churchs right now."
The two looked at the news on Yu Ziying's phone screen:
[Lu Daoxing killed Jiang Yuanxiu, mayor of City 121, and apparently identified Jiang Yuanxiu as the Snake Card's Queen of Hearts [Remnant Thought].]
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