Bloody Battle in Slumber

Somehow, Ryuseki let out a roar, his emotions clearly fluctuating wildly from the sound. Gradually, his skin began to turn red, and his blood vessels showed an abnormal black-red hue. Sweat poured down him like rain, and his body began to emit large amounts of steam, like a steamed crab escaping its cage. Along with this transformation, Ryuseki's body began to tremble uncontrollably, his cells boiling as if in a frenzy.

"How is this possible?" Slumber's eyes widened as he stared at Ryuseki, asking in utter shock, "Are you trying to die, you idiot?"

At this moment, he also recalled that Ryuseki's current abnormality was likely related to that Full Moon Dragon, perhaps a resonance had occurred.

Ryuseki's next words shocked Lin Yingbin and Ryuu Mufei standing nearby. "As long as I can take your life, that's all that matters."

A chilling wind swept through the surroundings, rustling the tall grass. The clouds in the sky rapidly changed their shapes and colors, everything appearing as if in an accelerated video. Ryuseki's rage was fully ignited; the power within him resonated with his emotions, and the trembling of his body caused his blood flow to increase exponentially.

Slumber's worry was not unfounded. Ryuseki's body was now like an exposed internal combustion engine, his entire being a crystal of energy. His heart began to beat faster, and judging by the surge of energy from his body, his attack power, speed, and burst strength had increased unprecedentedly. The so-called airflow was energy emanating from his body's cells, and now all his cells were operating at maximum capacity. His heart, capillaries, and vascular network could not withstand this extreme blood pressure. If this continued, it would lead to the rupture of his heart valves and the bursting of peripheral capillaries, resulting in death.

Malice. Slumber sensed malice from him. It seemed the emotional resonance was filled with malice. That guy's goal wasn't just to enhance Ryuseki's combat power, but to kill him.

"Calm down, or you'll die!" Slumber shouted at Ryuseki anxiously.

"What are you afraid of? I'm not worried, are you admitting defeat now?" Ryuseki roared, his eyeballs completely filled with blood. Unlike Slumber's eyes, his entire eyeballs were blood-red, a truly terrifying sight.

"Stop it!" Lin Yingbin and Ryuu Mufei, seeing the situation was dire, immediately moved to stop Ryuseki's next action.

Lin Yingbin rushed forward and hugged Ryuseki, only to find that Ryuseki's body temperature was incredibly high, so high that Lin Yingbin felt as if his skin was being scalded. Ryuu Mufei, standing nearby, quickly used Psychokinesis to restrain Ryuseki.

"What are you guys doing? Let go of me, the enemy is him!" Ryuseki yelled at the two blocking him, struggling against them.

"Enemy? What enemy? There's no enemy here at all." Lin Yingbin held Ryuseki tightly, feeling the scorching heat radiating from him, but he still held on with all his might. He knew that if he let go, Ryuseki would charge at the Bounty Hunter like a madman, and that Bounty Hunter would show no mercy. Therefore, he endured the unbearable heat, not letting go even as Ryuseki pushed and shoved him.

Ryuseki was getting desperate. He grabbed Lin Yingbin's hair with his free hand and yanked hard, causing Lin Yingbin to lose his balance and fall to the ground. While speaking, Ryuseki pointed at Slumber with his other hand and asked, "No enemy? Then who is he?"

Psychokinesis couldn't restrain him? That was Ryuu Mufei's first thought. Without time to be surprised, he quickly increased his energy output.

"Oh, I get it. You guys must have been assimilated by him. He's with the Zhi, and the Zhi want to kill us! You're the one who needs to wake up." As he spoke, the airflow surging from Ryuseki's arm spread towards Ryuu Mufei.

Ryuu Mufei's Psychokinesis could restrain Ryuseki's body, but it couldn't restrain the airflow he generated. Seeing Ryuseki's airflow attack, he had no choice but to release Ryuseki to protect himself.

Freed from their restraint, Ryuseki charged straight at Slumber.

In that instant, Ryuseki vanished from Slumber's sight. When he reappeared, he was already behind Slumber.

"So fast!" Slumber couldn't help but exclaim.

"How is Ryuseki so fast?" Lin Yingbin sat on the ground, panting heavily, his shirt still emitting hot steam.

Ryuu Mufei was equally amazed. "That speed has to be beyond human capability!"

Meisha, who was originally the furthest away, became anxious seeing Ryuseki in this state. She didn't know what had happened to Ryuseki, but she had heard the Bounty Hunter say that Ryuseki would die if he continued like this, which made her extremely worried. However, she could only worry and do nothing. Seeing that Lin Yingbin and Ryuu Mufei couldn't stop him, she couldn't hold back any longer. Even though she couldn't help, she still wanted to try and stop him.

"Stop it, Ryuseki, you'll die like this!"

"I won't! I will kill him!" Ryuseki seemed possessed, looking terrifying. His original goal of simply defeating him had now turned into a desire to kill him.

"Why do you hate me so much?" Slumber asked as he dodged Ryuseki's attacks.

"Because I hate you."

Within three exchanges, the consequences of Ryuseki's impulsiveness began to show. While this had given his body functions an unprecedented boost, the side effects were also quite severe. Just as Ryuseki's airflow-wreathed fist was about to strike Slumber, Ryuseki spat out a large mouthful of blood. The side effect of accelerated blood flow had appeared; Ryuseki's skin began to ooze blood, and countless tiny bleeding points had emerged on his skin.

"Stop it!" Slumber watched Ryuseki spit blood helplessly, unable to do anything to him. As his opponent, he couldn't even call for a ceasefire. "Stop it, you'll die like this, stop this foolish, insane behavior!"

"I'm gonna~" Ryuseki roared.

Meisha couldn't bear to watch any longer and ran towards Ryuseki. "No, Ryuseki!" She couldn't help at all, but she wanted to stop him.

Seeing Meisha charge forward, Lin Yingbin quickly moved to stop her. He had tried to stop Ryuseki with his own body earlier and had been burned by his incredible body temperature. If he was like this, how could Meisha's delicate body withstand it? He ran forward and knocked Meisha unconscious.

However, this only enraged Ryuseki further. At this moment, he couldn't think straight. All he saw was Lin Yingbin knocking Meisha unconscious, not realizing it was to protect her. Ryuseki, now lacking the ability to think rationally, charged at Lin Yingbin.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"Psychokinesis—Shield!" With that, Ryuu Mufei extended his right palm, aiming at Ryuseki. A muffled 'buzz' was heard as an invisible barrier appeared in front of Ryuseki.

Ryuseki crashed into the barrier and was repelled, falling to the ground.

"Are you done causing trouble?" Slumber asked, standing in front of Ryuseki.

"Shut up, you guys, I won't forgive you!" Ryuseki roared at the three of them, then flipped over and stood up.

"Look clearly, they are your friends!" Slumber replied angrily. "This is all the result of your recklessness!"

"It was you, you brainwashed them. You… cough cough…" As he spoke, Ryuseki spat out another large mouthful of blood. The bleeding from his skin intensified, and his capillaries began to rupture. The previously black-red skin slowly turned pale.

"This kid is really out of control," Slumber muttered. Although he wasn't injured, seeing Ryuseki like this made him break out in a cold sweat. Suddenly, his body trembled, and he felt something was wrong. Although it was only a slight tremor, he knew it was definitely not a sign of injury, but something else.

At the same time, Ryuseki felt his legs go weak. His trembling body could no longer support him, and he collapsed onto the ground.