Half a Blind Cane

"So bright!"

"What is that?!"

"Did a fire break out somewhere?"

"How is that possible? Fires aren't this bright! Besides, Cangnan City doesn't have any buildings this tall!"

"Quick, quick, quick! Take a picture! Post it on Moments!"

"..."

The sky-piercing pillar of light was so dazzling that half of Cangnan City noticed it. Pedestrians stopped in their tracks, excitedly speculating about the cause of its appearance.

Some said it was an explosion, others an optical experiment, and some even claimed it was a divine miracle... but only a very few knew what the appearance of this pillar of light truly signified.

Two minutes ago, the old district.

On the deserted street, spatial ripples gently spread, as if someone had lifted a corner of the canvas covering the old district. Immediately afterward, five figures clad in black and red cloaks emerged.

One of them glanced around, then stepped forward, picked up the "Road Closed Ahead" sign from the ground, and closed it.

The moment the sign was put away, the silent old district shattered soundlessly like a bubble, revealing the true old district within.

Gruesome blood stained the old streets red, and scattered monster limbs lay everywhere. If Lin Qiye were to see this scene, he would realize that what was chopped into pieces and scattered on the ground were the same grotesque-faced monsters he had faced!

There were at least thirty-four of them, densely packed!

"[Boundless Void Domain] recovery complete," the person holding the sign said calmly. "You can call the logistics team to clean up the battlefield."

"Where's Old Zhao?"

"He went to chase after the two Ghost-faced Men who escaped."

"...It was our oversight." The injured woman clutched her right shoulder, looking somewhat dispirited.

"Don't say that, Hong Ying. None of us knew there was a Ghost-faced King hidden among these Ghost-faced Men," the man beside her comforted.

"The captain should be fine facing the Ghost-faced King alone, right?"

"Of course, he'll be fine. Don't forget, the captain is a powerhouse in the Third Realm, the 'Chuan' Stage. Nothing will happen to him." The man paused. "I just hope... those two escaped Ghost-faced Men don't cause any casualties among ordinary people..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a scorching pillar of light shot up into the sky from another direction, illuminating half the sky!

All five turned their heads simultaneously, their eyes filled with shock!

"That's..."

"A Forbidden Zone has appeared! This energy fluctuation... it's outrageously powerful!"

"This... this is at least a Fifth Realm 'Immeasurable' Stage powerhouse, no, it might even be a Sixth Realm 'Klein'... How could such a powerful being be drawn to a small city like Cangnan City?"

"No, this doesn't feel like a human Forbidden Zone," the man frowned deeply.

Hong Ying was taken aback, then seemed to realize something. "You mean..."

"This resembles a Divine Forbidden Zone, meaning... a Divine Ruin."

Upon hearing the word "divine," their gazes all sharpened.

"Which deity?"

"Scorching, holy, powerful, and with this aura of creation... If I'm not mistaken, this should be..." The man stared intently at the gradually fading pillar of light and said word by word:

"Divine Codename 003, King of Angels, Michael."

Lin Qiye felt terrible.

At the very center of this golden pillar of light, his body had lost all control, eerily suspended in mid-air, with boundless energy erupting from his eyes.

Lin Qiye felt as if he had returned to ten years ago, seeing those eyes again across the vast expanse of the universe.

He still vividly remembered that supremely divine aura.

The difference was that ten years ago, this aura originated from the moon, while now it came from... his own eyes.

The aura of a Seraphim and divine power were surging madly from his eyes, his pupils like two burning suns, as if they could melt everything into nothingness.

Ten years ago, the Seraphim Michael made eye contact with him from the moon.

Ten years later, Lin Qiye opened his eyes, and the residual Seraphim power within them erupted completely!

Fortunately, the residual Seraphim power in Lin Qiye's eyes wasn't that much. After seven or eight seconds, the pillar of light gradually dissipated, and Lin Qiye's body fell from mid-air. He staggered but managed to steady himself.

Within his eyes, the brilliant golden light gradually dimmed, finally leaving only a faint golden halo.

If the previous brightness was equivalent to the sun, then the current brightness was merely that of a candle flame.

Although the golden light that erupted earlier was incredibly powerful, it didn't belong to him. The golden halo now contained within Lin Qiye's eyes was truly under his control.

A faint trace of Seraphim power.

Lin Qiye took a deep breath and slowly raised his head.

The dark night sky, the old streets, the gruesome monsters, the blood-soaked ground... As this less-than-pleasant panorama unfolded before Lin Qiye's eyes, he smiled.

He smiled with great joy.

For ten years, he had finally seen the world with his own eyes again.

At this moment, in Lin Qiye's eyes, the monster with a mouth full of blood seemed a little cute.

As soon as Lin Qiye unleashed the Seraphim's divine might, the two monsters were pinned to the ground by it, almost crushed into meat paste.

It wasn't until the golden beam of light disappeared that they recovered, looking around in confusion, and then continued to stare at Lin Qiye.

A bloodthirsty craving reappeared in their eyes.

"Creea—!"

One of the monsters let out a strange cry and lunged at Lin Qiye!

Compared to before, Lin Qiye was now much calmer. The instant the monster made a move, he had already determined its trajectory in his mind and lunged to the side.

Lin Qiye's speed was indeed slow compared to the monster, but his reaction speed was astonishingly fast. The few seconds of pre-emption were enough to buy him time to dodge.

It wasn't that he could predict the future, but after his eyes opened, his perception abilities had undergone a seismic shift.

One was the range of his mental perception, which had expanded from ten meters to twenty meters. It was worth noting that Lin Qiye had previously taken five years to achieve a ten-meter detection range, and now it had doubled.

The other was dynamic vision.

Within this twenty-meter range, Lin Qiye possessed nearly three times the dynamic vision of an ordinary person, with reflexes that could be described as monstrous. In close-quarters combat, he could almost predict the future.

As for other abilities these eyes brought him, Lin Qiye hadn't felt them yet.

However, in the current situation, he didn't have the luxury of slowly exploring them.

The monster shot past Lin Qiye's previous position like an arrow loosed from a bow, crashing through a large section of the wall. It pushed off the wall debris with its limbs and flew towards Lin Qiye again!

Meanwhile, Lin Qiye had already rolled out of the way of the monster's landing spot. He reached out to the side and grabbed the half a blind cane that had fallen to the ground earlier!

Lin Qiye quickly got to his feet, crouched down, and stared intently at the rapidly approaching monster, gripping the cane with both hands!

The monster left streaks of afterimages, and the churning wind blew Lin Qiye's black hair from his forehead.

It forcefully pushed off with its hind legs, its entire body leaping into the air!

This time, Lin Qiye did not dodge.

He tightly gripped the half a blind cane, his eyes fixed on the monster's eyes.

"Creea—!"

The monster's claws extended, slashing directly at Lin Qiye's neck.

The moment it was about to touch Lin Qiye, the latter's eyes suddenly contracted!

The faint golden halo in his eyes seemed to be fueled by a spark, suddenly brightening, like two blazing furnaces!

A wisp of divine might, using Lin Qiye's eyes as a medium, surged into the monster's body.

At this moment, Lin Qiye changed in the monster's eyes. He transformed into an Overgod with six wings, exuding a terrifying pressure!

And so, under this divine might, its body became momentarily stiff.

During this brief period, the half a blind cane in Lin Qiye's hand was raised high...

And precisely pierced the monster's right eye!