The Hegemon's Spear Throw

As Li Yèlái cleaved through the altar with a single slash, the Blue Brick House collapsed with a thunderous crash, burying him beneath it.

Wang De was both horrified and shaken when he saw this.

That was his greatest trump card, as well as the secret behind his family's rise.

Yet now, it had collapsed right before his eyes.

He had lost the Ghost Immortal's protection!

"How could this happen? What happened? Ghost Immortal?"

As Wang De panicked, he saw that the Detective, who was still lying on the ground in the distance, had raised his gun at him once more.

Deeply alarmed, Wang De immediately shook the Silver Bell and ordered the Dual Blade Knight, "Kill them!"

Everyone present except Wang De had just been dragged through the shadows and seemed to have wandered through the gates of hell. They were all in terrible condition and could barely stand.

Now that the Ghost Immortal's altar was gone and he had lost his greatest support, Wang De had to kill the forces resisting him while he still could. Only then would he have a chance of escaping.

After that, he had to find the Black Umbrella Youth as quickly as possible. Only then could he survive and make a comeback.

At the sound of his bell, the Dual Blade Knight, who had remained motionless after being entangled by those arms, vanished at once and appeared directly in front of the Detective. Its twin blades came slicing down!

The Detective, who had yet to get back up, was both furious and alarmed. He had no confidence in facing a knight with two abilities, equivalent to a twice-awakened psychic.

So he performed a practiced backward roll, trying to widen the distance. Unexpectedly, the Dual Blade Knight pursued him with a one-handed thrust, then swept horizontally with its other hand. It had actually anticipated the Detective's move and launched a continuous assault.

The Detective rolled rapidly, but was stabbed straight through the shoulder.

"Argh!" the Detective roared. Rather than resist as the blade pierced his shoulder, he grabbed the Dual Blade Knight's arm. His legs leaped up and wrapped around the knight's arm in a crossing lock as he used a joint technique. "Hurry!"

Almost at the same time, a hoarse voice rang out. "Listen to Me, commit suicide at once!"

It was Cheese. She was now sprawled weakly on the stairs, her dress torn to shreds. Despite her utterly miserable state, she forced herself to look toward Wang De and used her ability again. "Listen to Me, commit suicide at once!"

Earlier, Cheese's hypnotic ability had been warded off by the Ghost Immortal's protection.

Now that the Ghost Immortal's altar had been destroyed, Wang De could no longer resist the ability of a twice-awakened Whispers psychic.

Wang De also sensed that something was wrong. His arm was actually trying to draw the gun from his chest.

His body was truly carrying out the other party's command! The Ghost Immortal's protection had already begun to disappear and could no longer resist this power!

In his horror, Wang De ordered the Dual Blade Knight again, "Kill that bitch first! Hurry!"

As long as Cheese was killed, he would no longer be affected by this power and commit suicide.

He had to hurry—to kill that woman before the Ghost Immortal's protection vanished completely!

The Dual Blade Knight received the order and tried to turn into mist and flash away, but the Detective's close restraint prevented it from using its ability.

It could only forcibly lift the Detective with one hand, raise its great blade with the other, and charge at Cheese.

In less than two seconds, the knight had reached the bottom of the stairs. It seemed that in the next instant, it would sever Cheese's head from her body.

Already suffering terribly under the curse's influence, Cheese picked up a dagger and tried to delay things for a few more seconds.

She had already seen Wang De raise his handgun. He would soon commit suicide! She only needed to delay him for a few more seconds.

Yet just as the Dual Blade Knight raised its blade, and just as a victorious smile appeared on Wang De's face,

a muffled sound came from the ruins of the collapsed Blue Brick House.

A blood-covered figure burst out, cleaving through a beam with a blade. It was none other than Li Yèlái!

Before becoming a psychic, Li Yèlái would probably have been crippled even if he survived a collapse like this.

But after becoming a psychic, his Psychic Barrier had blocked the falling bricks and beams.

That allowed him to escape the ruins quickly.

Without the slightest hesitation, the moment he emerged from the ruins, Li Yèlái had already reversed his grip on the longsword and raised his right hand behind him. Clearly, he was about to unleash some kind of attack!

"Wait—" Wang De's face filled with shock at the sudden turn of events, and he tried to order the Dual Blade Knight to return and defend him.

But before he could finish, a howl tore through the air, and Wang De's voice abruptly fell silent.

A Crimson Longsword had pierced through his neck and pinned him firmly to the wall.

Li Yèlái had not wasted time approaching Wang De. If he had, the Detective and Cheese might have died.

So he had chosen the fastest method of killing him and thrown the longsword directly!

Using the longsword as a spear, he had slain Wang De with a throw!

This was the Hegemon's Spear Throw!

Wang De had no last words. His eyes widened as a bubbling sound came from his throat, and then he died.

At the same time, the knight stopped its descending blade and tossed the Detective aside. It withdrew its weapon and stood where it was, seemingly waiting for its next command.

Li Yèlái, his face covered in blood, hurried toward Wang De. He did not pull out the Crimson Longsword, but raised his ax and struck Wang De again.

Only after taking the Silver Bell from Wang De's left hand did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Are you all right?" Li Yèlái looked behind him.

"I'm fine, but Cheese seems to be in bad shape." The Detective, who was also sprawled on the ground, shouted with all his strength.

Li Yèlái's expression changed when he heard that. Without bothering to retrieve his longsword, he rushed toward the stairs.

Cheese's curse required her to devour a sufficient amount of sugar after using her ability. Otherwise, her heart would weaken.

She had just been dragged into the shadows. Although she had escaped because the altar was destroyed, she seemed to have lost the specially prepared sweetener she carried. The curse was now threatening her.

When Li Yèlái reached the stairs, he saw Cheese, her face pale, leaning weakly against the stairwell wall.

The gorgeous dark-red strapless evening dress she wore had been torn to shreds by the black arms, exposing her fair abdomen and thighs, and even more.

She weakly covered her chest and looked at Li Yèlái. Her lips parted, but what came out was anything but proper. "While it's still warm?"

"You really do have something wrong with you!"

Li Yèlái hurriedly removed his suit jacket, which already had several tears in it, and draped it over Cheese.

Then he hoisted her onto his shoulder and rushed out of the basement, having no mind to enjoy the soft warmth in his arms.

Fortunately, Li Yèlái had seen the mansion's kitchen earlier. He immediately carried Cheese inside.

Because his face was covered in blood and the Double Pupils in his eyes radiated immense intimidation, the servants and cooks in the kitchen fled without a trace.

Li Yèlái ignored them and quickly searched through the kitchen under the curse of misfortune. After being struck by several kitchen knives, he finally found White Sugar and Rock Sugar.

He helped Cheese sit up, stuffed a handful of White Sugar and Rock Sugar into her mouth, then poured a large gulp of milk down her throat to help her swallow the sugar.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Cheese coughed as milk ran from the corner of her mouth, over her fair neck and delicate collarbones, and beneath the suit covering her.

Her complexion had improved considerably, however, and she could move freely again.

She wiped the milk from her lips and neck and gave Li Yèlái an annoyed look.

"You almost choked me to death, and you got me covered in milk." Cheese began pointing accusingly. "You lecher!"

Li Yèlái ignored her antics and finally relaxed.

After dispelling his facial mask and washing the blood from his face, he sat on the floor and exhaled. "I think I'm finally going to die from exhaustion."

Cheese put on Li Yèlái's suit. He was a little over six feet tall, while Cheese was around five foot three.

His clothes were enough to cover her upper body and the exposed springtime scenery of her thighs.

Cheese's eyes held a gentle smile, but her words were full of complaints. "I only came here for a meal, and I nearly got myself killed."

"This side job was more dangerous than I expected." Li Yèlái also complained softly. "Now that Wang De is dead, I wonder if I'll get paid."

However, not long after he sat down, a tremendous boom tore through the air, as if something had crashed down.

Li Yèlái was stunned. Could there still be an enemy?

In the next instant, someone rushed into the kitchen at a speed even Li Yèlái could not perceive. The speed was so great that it stirred up a gust of air throughout the kitchen.

The person's skin was crimson from head to toe, and golden light burst from his eyes.

The terrifying pressure nearly suffocated Li Yèlái.

But soon, the pressure eased.

The person had already spoken. "Are you all right?"

Only then did Li Yèlái recognize his own captain, Yáng Chén!

But Yáng Chén was supposed to be carrying out an investigation in the Old City District. Even if Cheese had called for reinforcements earlier, how could he have arrived so quickly?

And this state of his was—

"True Martial Path is the super-rare ability from the captain's fifth awakening. Because his blood and qi surge, his skin turns crimson, like Guan Erye's, so this ability is called Martial Saint Form! Against that knight who was fighting you just now, he could probably punch its stuffing right out." Cheese seemed to understand Li Yèlái's confusion and explained a few things.

She then said to Yáng Chén, "It's been dealt with. There's no danger at the moment, but there are injured people in the basement."

"Moon Shadow went to the basement before me. He's taking care of the injured." Yáng Chén replied, his expression somewhat strange.

He truly could no longer sense that frightening rage.

Just now, he had thought some Void Realm Creature was trying to forcibly enter the physical world.

It was not only him—the entire official apparatus of the giant city had been alarmed. More than a thousand Iron Guards had been deployed, and a large number of official Handlers were on their way.

Yet everything was peaceful now. The shadow projected by that Void Realm Creature had rapidly vanished, and he had no idea what had happened.

Of course, the Void Realm was extraordinarily dangerous. Perhaps that entity had noticed something and fled quickly.

"What happened to the Forbidden Item?" Yáng Chén continued asking.

After thinking, Li Yèlái replied, "The Ghost Immortal's altar? I cut it down! The situation was urgent, so I had no choice."

"Indeed. If not for him, Captain, you'd have only arrived in time to collect our bodies." Wearing Li Yèlái's suit, Cheese stood behind him and spoke.

Yáng Chén stared at them in shock, utterly dumbfounded. "So that's what that entity was roaring about. You cut down the Forbidden Item? That was far too dangerous! If it had truly entered the physical world, no one would have had time to save you!"

"Can't we... attack Forbidden Items?" Li Yèlái asked in confusion. He had yet to look up any information about Forbidden Items.

"It's not exactly that. If a Forbidden Item can be safely destroyed, then that's naturally the best outcome. These things are all hidden risks."

Yáng Chén dispelled his Martial Saint Form and explained to Li Yèlái, "But as I said before, Forbidden Items are manifestations of certain forces in the physical world. Some even contain powers related to certain rules. The risk of completely destroying a Forbidden Item is enormous. So our Processing Department's method is to suppress them and deploy them when necessary."

Li Yèlái felt a lingering fear as he listened, but thinking about it carefully, he had had no other choice just now besides cleaving open the altar.

"However, perhaps we were lucky this time, or perhaps..." Yáng Chén hesitated. Looking at Li Yèlái, he truly could not convince himself that the other man's luck had been good.

He could only speculate, "Or perhaps your luck was too bad. Several entities were drawn here at the same time, and after becoming wary of one another, they retreated, allowing us to get through this incident safely."

Li Yèlái's heart stirred. Yáng Chén's guess was very close. But Mr. Shadow had not merely scared off the Ghost Immortal. He had directly eaten—

At this point, Cheese complained, "Several entities? Xiǎo Yè's luck is that terrible? Even Void Realm entities can't withstand it when they show up?"

"His misfortune really is troublesome. I have to ask headquarters whether there's a way to suppress it." Yáng Chén replied, "We can't let him stay this unlucky forever. What if he gets struck by lightning when he goes outside one day? I wouldn't even have anywhere to argue. He's my teammate, after all."

Li Yèlái complained, "You'd better be only saying that!"

He then made up his mind that whenever there was thunder, he would never use his abilities outdoors! With the effects of his misfortune, lightning would definitely strike him on the head!

Before long, many police cars and ambulances poured into the estate.

The medical personnel quickly carried the members of the Wang family and the Detective into ambulances.

Seeing that the Detective was there too,

Li Yèlái had wanted to hitch a ride, but Cheese stopped him.

"Don't let your bad luck harm other people. I'll take you home later." Cheese, who had changed back into her hoodie, complained, "Have you forgotten the three ambulances from before?"

Right. After Li Yèlái had fought the Skinner and lost consciousness, he had been taken to the hospital, only for three ambulances to break down. In the end, Yáng Chén had carried Li Yèlái into the hospital.

Once Li Yèlái remembered, he returned to the room to wait.

He sighed. "When will this misfortune ever end?"

Because of Wang De's actions, a large portion of his assets would be investigated and frozen.

He did not know whether the girl in white would still be able to provide the payment.

If not, this trip would truly have cost him dearly.

But Li Yèlái looked at the Silver Bell in his hand.

This was his spoils of war, the Psychic Weapon he had taken from Wang De's corpse.

It was clearly a bell, yet no matter how he shook it, it made no sound.

It seemed that he needed to infuse it with some psychic energy.

Where had Wang De's psychic energy come from? Had the Ghost Immortal granted it to him, or had someone else?

After thinking for a moment, Li Yèlái meditated and checked that he still had a little less than half his psychic energy reserves. He then guided his psychic energy into the bell.

He gently shook it, and a crisp bell chime rang out.

The next second, the Dual Blade Knight, clad in silver-gray Plate Armor, appeared beside Li Yèlái.

It knelt before him on one knee and waited for his command.

Looking at the knight before him,

Li Yèlái smiled. "Looks like I didn't lose out after all."