Thinking

He snorted coldly. His neck suddenly cracked, becoming as hard as stone.

Ye Xin frowned and immediately released the thread around the leader's neck. Then, gritting her teeth, she pulled sideways with her other hand, completely severing the other man's carotid artery.

Blood sprayed outward like a fountain. The masked man pinned against the wall tilted his head, his entire body going limp. An invisible force had also sliced open his abdomen, leaving a mangled, bloody gash as his organs spilled out with wet slaps.

Ye Xin had no mood to inspect his condition. She immediately let go and retreated backward.

Boom!

The leader's face darkened as he punched through the glass and leaped out.

But the moment he landed, he noticed eight rings placed beside his feet.

His expression changed.

Boom—

The explosion engulfed the scene, and another wall of the house collapsed. Although it had not destroyed a load-bearing wall, the building was clearly already in ruins.

Having retreated twenty meters, Ye Xin struck again, wrapping all ten Spirit Threads around the leader's body.

"Get lost!"

The leader's muscles bulged, snapping three threads apart by sheer force.

Ye Xin hissed, enduring the discomfort in her mind and hands as she tightened the threads again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Battle Miss No. 1 threw five rings out through the window from inside the house, all of them landing behind the man.

This was the final explosion.

The violent shockwave even sent her own body flying.

After landing, Ye Xin endured the pain and rose to her feet. Her hands had already tightened the threads with all their strength.

"Aaaahhh—"

Covered in blood, the leader struggled desperately and let out a terrifying shriek.

At the same time, the other person upstairs had been so frightened that he jumped out the side window, trying to flee the battlefield.

Fortunately, Battle Miss had been prepared for this and threw out the last ring.

With a wave of his hand, the other party actually unleashed a swarm of disgusting insects.

Boom!

The flash of the explosion engulfed the insects and swallowed him as well.

Drawing her dagger, Battle Miss No. 1 did not wait for the smoke to clear before rushing toward the target and slashing down.

Sure enough, the man had not died and instinctively counterattacked. Unfortunately, his combat skills seemed inferior to those of Battle Miss, who possessed Sword Intuition. After swiftly dodging his strike, her blade cut into his neck.

After delivering the slash, she immediately retreated.

Only then did the man widen his eyes and collapse to the ground unwillingly.

"Finally... it's over."

Battle Miss No. 1 panted twice, leaning against the wall and breathing heavily.

A small bird sat in a tree over ten meters away. Alice was controlling it.

In essence, throughout this entire battle, she had been sharing Alice's intelligence. Combined with Ye Xin's thread sweeps, that allowed her to accurately pinpoint every hostile target and precisely throw the Explosion Rings in her hand beside them.

Though they had no shrapnel, the raw force of the explosions was indeed extremely destructive to flesh. Even so, it took multiple rings stacked together to injure the strongest enemies.

"That leader, and the man killed last... they were probably level 15."

Battle Miss No. 1 felt a lingering sense of fear.

Sure enough, thorough preparation before a battle had been wise. If she had not brought so many rings, the one who failed would definitely have been herself.

Behind the watch shop, near a patch of woods.

After struggling many times and nearly exhausting himself, the leader raised his head and saw a figure approaching him.

Long black hair draped past her shoulders, carrying a faint trace of red.

She wore a black zip-up jacket with a pitch-black short skirt and black pantyhose, giving her a pure, heart-fluttering aura.

She had the feeling of a goddess-tier school beauty in a JK uniform.

It was hard to imagine that someone like her had attacked an Insect Blood Society stronghold.

"I have a few questions. Answer truthfully." Ye Xin spoke calmly.

The man sat on the ground, still restrained by Spirit Threads and resisting the pain, but he did not answer.

He was certain that the pain inflicted on him came from the girl before him, yet her expression looked as though she had done nothing at all.

This strange ability truly exceeded comprehension.

"Do you know any information related to advancement?"

"Advancement? You mean the method of breaking through the limits of the human body and becoming a Transcendent?" The leader's mind stirred as he spoke. "Let me go and allow me to leave here. I don't know which idiot provoked you, but I have nothing to do with them. We of the Insect Blood Society do not like making too many enemies for ourselves."

"If you tell me, I'll let you go."

"..."

The leader said nothing, clearly hoping Ye Xin would loosen the threads first.

But that was obviously impossible. Who knew whether, the moment she released him, he would throw a punch and kill her?

Fortunately, Ye Xin had already sensed his thoughts through the Mystic Thread. "I see. You only know your own method of advancement? On the second floor, inside the safe, there's a black notebook."

The leader's expression changed at once. "You..."

"I'll give you one more chance. Tell me about the other Insect Blood Society strongholds and your leader."

"If I tell you, can you let me go?" Looking at the girl before him, the leader knew she was definitely no ordinary person, and he began to worry about his own safety.

She had remained calm throughout the entire battle, without a single injury on her body. Most strangely, she actually possessed the method of crafting Explosion Rings.

As a magical item passed down through generations, this ring was a family heirloom belonging to one of their members and was extremely valuable. Its worth could even exceed many genuine Transcendent items, yet this girl had obtained it.

Besides, an item like the Explosion Ring placed extremely high demands on mental power. It was not something one could simply make by following instructions. People with primary mental attributes were already rare, and precise control over the details demanded an immense amount from the maker. They would always feel as though their brains were not enough, and might not even be able to reliably make one per week.

Yet she had used more than ten or twenty of them at once?

Her backing was truly extraordinary.

But while the leader was thinking this, he did not know that Ye Xin had caught all of his thoughts.

More importantly, memories about the Insect Blood Society had flashed through them.

There were two more strongholds, and the leader was the head of a major family in Konghai City.

That was truly excellent information.

"There isn't much time. If I stay any longer, the police and the Shadow Bureau will arrive. I have to leave."

Having learned this information, Ye Xin glanced around from the corner of her eye, then revealed a cold smile. "Go ahead. As long as you provide accurate information, I'll let you go."

"Fine. I hope you keep your word."

Expecting an enemy to speak honestly was about as difficult as winning the lottery. But the leader's life was indeed in Ye Xin's hands now, so if he wanted to live, he could only gamble.

"335 Jiuhé 11th Street is one stronghold. The leader of the Insect Blood Society is the head of Konghai City's second-wealthiest family."

After speaking, he stared into Ye Xin's eyes.

"Very good."

Ye Xin curled her lips into a smile, turned around gracefully, and hooked a finger behind her back at him.

The Spirit Threads loosened at once, and the pain instantly lessened.

But before he could rejoice, several other Spirit Threads suddenly struck, piercing through weak points such as his mouth, eyes, and ears.

"Aah—"

The man's eyeballs burst open instantly, and he screamed in agony.

Ye Xin focused her mind. All the threads lifted him viciously, then with a bang, nailed his body to the wall.

An Explosion Ring was pressed into his mouth. With a boom, it exploded inside his abdomen.

His stomach swelled with a bang but did not rupture. A violent rush of air, accompanied by internal organs, burst from his mouth.

Whoosh!

With a movement of her fingers, the threads vanished completely. All that remained was a corpse firmly nailed to the wall, its feet dangling in the air and its head hanging low.

Thinking

The second floor of the watch shop.

"Whew, this is the place."

Ye Xin had already retreated. Alice was still monitoring the surroundings, and she saw that someone in the distance had already called the police. At the same time, people happened to be rapidly approaching from three kilometers away.

Not police cars, but... the Shadow Bureau?

"Looks like they had already been heading this way and just happened to arrive now."

At this distance, she still had time.

She pulled open the safe. A notebook and some cash came into view.

"There are even gold bars?"

A three-kilogram gold bar.

And five Purple Crystal Coins.

"They really are rich. I'm taking it all."

Wearing gloves, shoe covers, and a mask, Battle Miss No. 1 carefully placed the items into a bag she had picked up nearby. Then she quickly collected items from several corpses before lightly jumping down from the second floor.

Next, she just had to flee with the spoils.

The leader she had killed had been level 18, with more than 300 Life Energy. His individual strength had been close to that injured Holy See warrior Ye Qian had encountered in the Main World. He had been extremely powerful.

His physical strength had been incredibly high. His flesh and blood had been harder than the walls. After the threads pinned him to the wall, the bones and flesh embedded into the wall had somehow been able to keep him hanging there by brute force.

With such physical abilities, he had definitely used some kind of skill to enhance himself. Ye Qian found it difficult to believe that pure physique alone could reach such a level.

"Good thing I didn't clash with that guy at close range."

Compared to him, Ye Qian herself was practically made of paper.

A few minutes later, two cars stopped at the scene.

The doors opened, and several unfamiliar people stepped out.

Because Shi Jing had seen a photograph of one of them at the branch office, Ye Qian could determine that all of these people came from the Konghai City Shadow Bureau headquarters.

"Were we too late? This place looks like it was attacked." The moment she stepped out of the car, a woman close to thirty spoke. She looked rather ordinary, but there was a scar on her face, making her seem clearly fierce.

Raising her head and seeing the watch shop before her that had been completely blasted apart, the woman's expression turned solemn.

She saw the corpses on the ground.

"It was destroyed by someone. Who did this?" The man beside her frowned.

The woman did not speak. Keeping her nerves taut, she took the lead and entered.

The moment they entered the scene, the devastation inside came into view.

They stepped over several brutally killed corpses and arrived at the rear courtyard. When they raised their heads, they immediately saw a mangled corpse nailed to the wall.

The twisted facial features and bizarre expression undoubtedly gave everyone at the scene a fright.

"This..."

For the people at the scene, the sight before them was truly horrifying.

"This... who exactly did this?" One male team member sounded shaken.

The woman took a deep breath as well.