The deaths of the monsters' advanced individuals one after another did not frighten Boris. Instead, his gaze remained fixed on the card floating around Ye Qiyan.
"No mistake. There's absolutely no mistake! That's... that's a Card Sequence! That's a demon?!"
"I see, I see! You're here to steal the demon!"
Boris clapped his hands together, his eyes brimming with excitement as he looked at Ye Qiyan.
"You miscalculated! It's mine! No one can take it away! Today, you and your demon will both become mine!"
A dark brown train came rolling from the top of the mall.
Its carriages detached from the locomotive, then actually began expanding and transforming until they became mountain-sized blocks of metal.
"Fall!"
Boris pressed his palm down.
Nine metal blocks came crashing toward Ye Qiyan with the crushing weight of mountains.
"Hunt, Guard Mode."
The sounds of mechanical drives rang out incessantly.
Mode change.
The Hunt Mecha-Dragon descended from high above.
Guard Mode activated.
A red-and-white Flowing Cloud Barrier rose overhead, centered on Ye Qiyan.
Machinery clanged. Hunt roared.
The Hunt Mecha-Dragon single-handedly held back every metal block.
At that moment.
Ye Qiyan was not far from the Altar ahead.
In fact, from the very beginning until now.
He had never stopped walking.
Whether his progress was slow or something tried to block his way.
Ye Qiyan kept moving forward.
Now.
He had reached the edge of the Altar.
Ahead lay a barrier.
But this barrier was not like the utterly unbreakable ones Ye Qiyan had seen when obtaining Card Sequences in the past.
"Is it breakable because it's already been opened before?"
Ye Qiyan reached out and touched the barrier before him.
Soft, elastic, and... full of malice.
He raised his head and looked at the man still standing atop the Altar.
Then he