Rescued, Interrogated

"Are we really not going over? Just waiting?" Watching the intense battlefield in the distance, Lord Luojia turned his head to look at his two friends and asked softly.

Although he asked, his gaze remained fixed on Lord Lance.

Lord Guden stood with his hands on his hips, "I listen to Lance."

"You listen to Lance, so why don't I ever see you listening to me?" Lord Luojia sneered.

"Lance gives me good things when he gets them; you just look like you want to strip good things off me." Hearing his words, Lord Guden couldn't help but roll his eyes again.

Lord Luojia scratched the back of his head, having nothing to say.

Guden was right; he really did want to stuff anything good he saw into his own pockets. Perhaps it was because he had been poor for too long!

He shook his head inwardly, stopped bickering with Guden, and waited silently.

Lord Lance stood beside the two of them, his eyelids lowered, seemingly sensing something.

A moment later, he spoke.

"Alright, it's time to go!"

If they didn't go now, that kid would truly be dead!

Inside the internal world.

Li Yilin watched the cage of flames descending from the sky, his hands pressed against the ground clenching and relaxing, clenching and relaxing.

He was hesitating whether to use the Fire God Source Crystal.

But the explosive power of the Fire God Source Crystal was too great; he had no confidence that he could survive the center of an explosion capable of killing an Immortal.

Just as he hesitated, a golden blade beam lit up in the distance, instantly crossing the vast distance and cleaving into the world of Bertin.

The blade light swept past, tearing the world apart, and domineering golden light surged in, strands of golden thread breaking through the defenses of the flame cage.

"Boom!"

Amidst the massive explosion, a giant metal hammer descended from the sky.

The metal hammer was light green throughout, its luster warm and gentle. Wrapped around the wooden handle were emerald green vines that spread all the way up, finally stopping at the massive light green hammer head.

As the metal hammer pressed down, powerful force erupted, and strange phenomena suddenly arose. Countless phantoms appeared, surrounding the metal hammer. These phantoms took various forms: towering trees, delicate and dripping grass, and colorful flowers... blooming in layers within the void, a strong aura of life bursting forth.

The seemingly fragile vines easily shattered the flame cage, and the splashing flames were gently wrapped up by the seemingly weak vines, turning into refined energy that dissipated into the void...

A hammer, is it really this exquisite?

This was Li Yilin's thought.

He did not hesitate; the moment the flame cage shattered, he flashed out.

The metal hammer smashed the flame cage, and the intense shockwave spread, causing the internal world, already torn and severely damaged by the blade shadow, to suffer another violent attack. The world turned upside down and trembled, as if it were about to shatter at any moment, and Bertin's flame phantom could barely maintain itself.

Just at this moment, a black arrow pierced the void, instantly arriving in front of Bertin and heading straight for his face.

Bertin reacted extremely quickly, a shield blocking in front of him while he dodged to the side. Unexpectedly, the arrow had tracking capabilities; after flying hundreds of miles, it turned around and came at him with even greater speed.

This time, Bertin did not dodge it. The black arrow pierced through his body.

"Hah!" Bertin looked up in shock, just about to speak, when another blade shadow swept past.

It was Li Yilin, who had caught up.

"Boom!"

The blade light pierced into his body, striking precisely on the already-cracked core, causing it to shatter instantly.

"How is this possible?" Bertin stared with wide, shocked eyes, fixing his gaze on Li Yilin as numerous thoughts flashed through his mind.

There was unwillingness, regret, nostalgia... but all of it shattered in the blink of an eye, and his consciousness was extinguished.

"Swish!"

A world collapsed with a roar, the endless flaming stone mountains vanished, and the starry sky appeared once more.

Bertin's corpse floated in the universe, rising and falling with the gravity, while his shield and countless miscellaneous items drifted and bobbed alongside him.

Not far away, a spaceship that had been hidden behind a meteorite also quietly appeared; there was not a single living person left inside.

The pursuers, including Seren, were all without exception Bertin's slaves. Once he died, they naturally would not live either.

Such was the fate of slaves.

Lord Lance, Lord Luojia, and Lord Guden stood side by side, suspended in the void, looking at Li Yilin, who stood in the air as if he had not yet recovered his senses.

Li Yilin did not notice; he was truly in shock.

Just a moment ago, the instant his blade shattered Bertin's life core, the system panel in the top right corner of his vision flickered and updated.

[Check-in count: 1.]

The system's check-in count had updated!

He lowered his eyes, looking at Bertin's corpse, lost in thought.

What exactly is the pattern for the system check-in updates?

The first check-in happened because he had just transmigrated, causing the system to automatically refresh and update; the second update occurred after he killed a Domain Lord who had attacked him, and this time, it was because he had killed the person before him.

Could it be that it requires him to kill?

But in a thousand life-and-death battles, he had killed quite a few people already!

Was it because the update hadn't finished at that time?

He shook his head, temporarily casting these thoughts aside, and looked at the three people not far away.

"Many thanks to the three lords for stepping in to help in time!" He bowed and cupped his hands, speaking respectfully.

Although he guessed that they were likely the three Domain Lords from the Giant Axe Arena that Sawatdee had mentioned, he wouldn't assume their identities until they confirmed it themselves; if he were wrong, it would be truly embarrassing.

Lord Guden was the first to flash over, approaching him and circling him once, his eyes full of scrutiny.

Unsure of his intentions, Li Yilin stood where he was, his body tensed up in nervousness, not daring to move a muscle.

"Kid, you're Li Yilin?" Lord Guden put his hands on his hips. "You look no different from an ordinary person. Your comprehension of laws isn't particularly high; you're a genius, but nothing too special..."

He leaned in close, looking into Li Yilin's eyes, and asked curiously, "How did you convince Sawatdee to let us come and help you?"

These days, favors are hard to repay, and unless necessary, no one is willing to owe one.

To be able to make Sawatdee owe three Domain Lords a favor for his sake—he had to admit, this kid was interesting!

So they really were the three Domain Lords Sawatdee had mentioned. The thought flashed through his mind, and Li Yilin nodded slightly. "Lord Sawatdee is kind-hearted; I was just lucky enough to catch his eye."

"How could a small fry like me change Lord Sawatdee's mind?"

His response was airtight. Finding no fun in it, Lord Guden pursed his lips. "Fine, fine!"

"My name is Guden." He introduced himself, then pointed at Lance and Luojia. "The one with the golden blade mark on his forehead is Lance, and the one in black armor is Luojia. We were all entrusted by Sawatdee to come and assist you."

"Greetings, Lord Guden, Lord Luojia, and Lord Lance. For this life-saving grace, if you ever have a request in the future, I will surely repay it." Li Yilin bowed to each of them in turn, and the three accepted it calmly.

Lord Lance flashed forward, his gaze landing on Li Yilin's forehead.

A purple mark, resembling the eye of some creature, sat on his forehead. If not for the lack of any law fluctuations, one might have mistaken it for a mark of law recognition.

"Before we arrived, what method did you use to withstand that Domain Lord's pursuit?" he asked, his eyes sharp as he stared into Li Yilin's, as if he would show no mercy and kill him if he lied.

As soon as his question was out, Lord Guden also put away his smile and looked at him; Luojia even crossed his arms, watching the three of them with a composed expression.

Three gazes landed on him.

Swish!

A bead of sweat slid down Li Yilin's forehead, and the moment it left his body, it was pulled away by the cosmic gravity.