After finishing that stroke, Cao Yuan seemed to lose all his strength and collapsed to the ground.
The black Malevolent Qi Flames dispersed into the air. Soaked in sweat, Cao Yuan raised his head, his eyes bloodshot. Beside him, Baili Pangpang had put away the forbidden item restraining him and helped him up from the ground.
"Is training over?" Cao Yuan asked weakly.
An Qingyu nodded. "Time's up."
"Old Cao, you really put me through hell this afternoon." Baili Pangpang wiped the sweat from his forehead and patted his head. "Listening to you giggle like an idiot all afternoon, I think I'm still hearing things..."
"..." Cao Yuan lowered his head and looked at the tic-tac-toe grid on the ground. In the bottom-right square, a huge "X" occupied the space of four squares.
By the rules of tic-tac-toe, that stroke was clearly a foul. But that did not matter to him. Being able to control himself in his berserk state and draw a symbol meant he had taken a crucial step toward controlling Black King Annihilation.
After this attempt, he seemed to have grasped something important.
"Where's Lin Qiye? He's not done yet?" An Qingyu asked, as if he had suddenly remembered something.
"He and Jialan went outside to find somewhere to train. No idea how they're doing now..." Baili Pangpang glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already getting late outside. "How about we go look for them? It's almost time to eat."
The three left the warehouse and searched around for a while before finally hearing a series of explosions in the distance.
Golden pillars of light shot into the sky one after another, punching holes through the heavy clouds. Blinding firelight and darkness surged where the pillars rose, while terrifying waves of energy spilled outward.