Is This Your Forbidden Ruins? If I Can Use It, It's Mine!

Although he had gained these two traits, Lin Qiye did not intend to rely entirely on their abilities.

The point of training was to keep improving his basic abilities. In Wen Qimo's words, he needed to train his perception and the speed of his movements.

Although he had traded the training room's rubber bullets for Sister Hongying as his opponent, the nature of the training remained unchanged.

So Lin Qiye's goal was not to win, but to keep training his perception and ability to anticipate attacks, so he could perform better in actual combat.

And aside from his Mortal Divine Realm's perception of the twenty meters around him, Ghost-Face Spatial Shift was also an excellent training opportunity.

Ghost-Face Spatial Shift could deceive the perception of every living being within its space whose realm was no higher than the user's. But that was the ability as it had originally existed in the Ghost-Faced King. After Zhou Meng stole it, it had changed slightly.

Now, Lin Qiye's Ghost-Face Spatial Shift could affect beings at a higher realm than his own, though the greater the difference in realm, the weaker the effect. With his Cup Realm mental power, he could exert some influence on Hongying, who was currently in the Pool Realm. But it was essentially useless against a River Realm being, only able to make an enemy briefly lose focus. Against those in realms above that, it was completely useless.

Moreover, although he could affect a living being's perception within the range of the Forbidden Ruins, manipulating that perception was neither easy nor cheap in terms of mental power.

That made it very suitable for training his perception, too!

"Sister Hongying, I'm ready. Come on!" Lin Qiye picked up a bamboo sword from a nearby weapon rack.

During his sparring session with Chen Muye that morning, Lin Qiye had done more than just take a beating. Through careful observation, he had picked up a move or two.

Wen Qimo, meanwhile, silently took several steps back.

He had no desire to get caught up in Lin Qiye's overbearing slash!

Seeing Lin Qiye tighten his grip on the bamboo sword, Hongying took a spear from the rack.

"Qiye, come on! Let your big sister see what you can do!"

Without another word, Hongying thrust her spear straight at the spot between Lin Qiye's brows.

The thrust seemed incredibly fast to Lin Qiye. Gripping the sword hilt with both hands, he forcefully knocked the spear tip aside.

Although the spear tip had been deflected, Hongying controlled it with her superb spear technique, flicking it gently to the side before thrusting it back at him.

After this happened several times, Lin Qiye felt he could barely hold her off anymore.

As expected of a woman who can go head-to-head with the captain!

"Little Qiye, aren't you going to show me what you can really do? What happened to that slash of yours? Come on, let me see it again!" Hongying spun her spear in a flourish, dazzling Lin Qiye.

Sure enough, my martial skills are no match for Sister Hongying's right now. I'll have to use a trick!

He immediately activated Ghost-Face Spatial Shift.

Hongying felt a moment of disorientation. Why was Lin Qiye standing at an angle? And why was Wen Qimo, standing off to the side, tilted too?

Having encountered the Ghost-Faced King before, she realized what was happening in an instant.

This is the Ghost-Faced King's Forbidden Ruins, Ghost-Face Spatial Shift!

But isn't the Ghost-Faced King already dead? Its Forbidden Ruins should have vanished with it, so how has it appeared again at a Nightwatcher branch?

Could Qiye be using this Forbidden Ruins?

Isn't he Michael's agent? How can he wield the Ghost-Faced King's Forbidden Ruins?

She had only heard of one ability that could copy other Forbidden Ruins: King's Ruins [Formless]! It could copy any Forbidden Ruins the user had most recently come into contact with.

Interesting!

Although she could not figure out the exact reason, Hongying felt the trip had been well worth it. Lin Qiye had so many more secrets.

Under Ghost-Face Spatial Shift, her sense of space would be affected, making this an excellent training opportunity. Since Qiye had used this Forbidden Ruins, she absolutely could not miss it!

After adjusting her stance, Hongying charged at Lin Qiye again.

Lin Qiye stirred his thoughts. He had actually been trying all this time to turn Hongying's perception upside down, but with his current ability, he could only tilt it.

Seeing that Hongying was unaffected and still charging straight at him, he could only try shifting her perception from side to side.

But Hongying's steps merely slowed a little. She did not run in an S-shaped line or stumble and fall straight to the ground.

Holy crap? Is she even human? I'm switching her perception back and forth like this, and Sister Hongying only slowed down a little? She adapted that quickly?

With Hongying closing in on him, Lin Qiye could only raise his sword to block, and the two clashed again.

This time, however, thanks to the Forbidden Ruins, he felt much less pressure.

As Wen Qimo watched from the sidelines, he took out his phone and began recording.

This was a rare sight. Lin Qiye had been beaten into a little pig's head by the captain at the start of the morning, yet now he was trading blows with Hongying?

Even so, he vaguely sensed that something was off. Even if Lin Qiye was exceptionally gifted, wasn't he improving a little too quickly?

He was standing some distance away, but he could still sense that something felt slightly out of place around the area where Lin Qiye and Hongying were fighting.

Could he be using his Divine Ruins? But we just discussed it. Lin Qiye's Divine Ruins only has perception-related abilities and uses divine might to suppress others by virtue of his higher status. It doesn't have any other abilities, does it?

No, I need to get closer and take a look!

Wen Qimo took a few steps forward, only to lose his footing and fall to the ground.

He shook his head, an expression of disbelief about to appear on his face.

Isn't this the Ghost-Faced King's Forbidden Ruins? How can Lin Qiye use two completely different Forbidden Ruins at once? Or can he obtain the Forbidden Ruins of monsters he kills? Could it be King's Ruins [Formless]?

Wen Qimo came up with all sorts of guesses in an instant, only to reject them one by one.

Qiye absolutely can't fall into the hands of that bunch of lunatic scientists, or they'll definitely take him apart and grind him to pieces to see how his body is put together!

How can one person be this lucky? This is simply one of the abilities that defy common sense the most!

Paying no attention to Wen Qimo at the side, Lin Qiye and Hongying were already fighting at a fever pitch.

But Hongying was not using her Forbidden Ruins at all. She was fighting Lin Qiye using only her body and her familiarity with Ghost-Face Spatial Shift.

"Qiye! Is this your Forbidden Ruins?" Hongying shouted, her spear striking like a dragon.

"Sister Hongying, don't worry about that! If I can use it, it's mine! The beating I took from the captain this morning wasn't for nothing. If I fight you all without using a Forbidden Ruins right now, I can't gain the slightest advantage. All I can do is be a punching bag!"

"Good! Then, little brother Qiye, your big sister is going to get serious now!" The spear in Hongying's hand suddenly stopped.

Then a spark appeared out of thin air on its tip. In an instant, the spark became a rose-red flame, illuminating Hongying's valiant face.

This was the ability of her Forbidden Ruins, [Rosefire Feather Robe]!

"Little brother Qiye, this next spear thrust is going to be a little hot!"