Both fell silent for a time.

Li Cheng颐 knew very well that White Skeleton was threatening him.

Although the other party didn't explicitly say they would expose his past achievements and identity to the Jiu Yi,

judging from the firm tone just now, if White Skeleton couldn't recruit him, they would definitely leak his secrets to the Jiu Yi department.

"So? Do you want to choose?" White Skeleton smiled slightly. "I'm leaving today, so you need to give me an answer now."

"Now?" Li Cheng颐's voice sank.

"Yes, if you agree, we will move all of you away within three days."

"And if I don't agree?"

"If you don't agree…" The smile on White Skeleton's face slowly faded.

"What if we completely expose all your achievements here? With Jiu Yi's counter-terrorism action plan, do you think they'll take you out as well?"

The words were like a gust of cold wind, suddenly blowing through the entire room.

Li Cheng颐 stared at him intently, no longer speaking.

White Skeleton also stopped talking, just smiling quietly.

Time passed bit by bit, the ticking of the second hand occasionally coming from somewhere outside.

"Think it over carefully."

Finally, White Skeleton turned his head, opened the door, and walked out.

"Give me an answer before dark."

"No need."

Li Cheng颐's voice came from behind.

"I'll give you an answer now."

White Skeleton paused. Turning around,

*shua!*

A streak of golden light was already at his face.

With a muffled bang, he was sent flying backward by the golden light.

The enormous impact dragged him across the ground, leaving two black, scorched marks.

After retreating more than ten meters, he slammed heavily into another wall of the farmhouse courtyard.

The wall caved in, and many chunks of plaster fell off.

White Skeleton steadied himself.

One of his arms was already raised, precisely blocking his face, a gray dagger in his hand blocking the golden sword aimed at his head.

*Peng.*

The golden sword transformed into countless Jianlan (sword orchid) petals, scattering.

This transformation made White Skeleton's expression freeze.

He narrowed his eyes, watching Li Cheng颐 slowly walk out of the room.

Li Cheng颐 was now wearing a full set of Wisteria Flower Scale Armor.

Streaks of flowing purple light slowly lit up on his body, fluctuating with his every step.

"As expected… this kind of power… is already close to the level of a fully completed military exoskeleton. To reach this height purely with exoskeleton augmentation, you must be one of the best of the pure-blood enhancements, right?" White Skeleton dropped his cane and straightened his body.

*Hiss.*

His entire elderly image rapidly changed from bottom to top as he discarded the cane.

A blurry white light, from feet to head, as if tearing off a sticker, completely transformed his appearance.

A second ago, he was an old man with white hair.

A second later, he was a black-gray metal cyborg wearing a white skull mask.

"Let me see… just how much ability you have to say those words."

White light slowly lit up in the eyes of the white skull mask.

"Qiongqi!!"

'Zhu Xing Long Ying Jian (All Stars Dragon Shadow Sword)!!'

In an instant, a crescent blade more than a man's height suddenly appeared.

It collided with the rapidly approaching blurry golden sword.

The surface of the crescent blade was covered in gray flames, forced and squeezed by the terrifying explosive force of the golden sword, splattering in all directions.

*Dang!!*

The golden sword shattered.

But then new golden swords burst forth and shot out.

Streaks of golden light shot out, striking the blocking gray crescent blade.

The crescent blade waved a strange net of blades, accurately intercepting all the golden swords that shot out.

All the golden swords that were knocked away turned into Jianlan petals in mid-air and dissipated.

*Dang dang dang dang!!*

Amidst the continuous harsh collision sounds, Li Cheng颐 approached step by step, walking toward the other party.

"A Feiyi (Flying Ritualist) cannot be a fully completed cyborg, so as long as I kill you here…"

"You think you're the only one who knows about your affairs?" White Skeleton interrupted him.

"Of course not. I mean, I'll kill you as a certificate of merit to join the Jiu Yi!!" Li Cheng颐 suddenly leaped and stomped on the ground.

*Boom.*

The ground cracked, and his figure turned into an illusion, rushing toward White Skeleton at high speed.

"Formation—Floating Pagoda Blades."

White Skeleton spoke in a low voice.

The crescent blade suddenly buzzed, and smaller crescent blades split off from the blade's body.

In the blink of an eye, one blade had become twenty smaller crescent blades.

All the crescent blades simultaneously heated up and turned red, releasing intense heat.

*Buzz!!*

Streaks of red crescent blades flew from both sides, rushing toward Li Cheng颐 at high speed.

With Li Cheng颐's martial arts attainments, he had no way to cope with such a dense attack.

But since he had made his move, he naturally had his own methods.

'Flower Language—Fortification.'

The flower scale armor on Li Cheng颐 flashed a golden light in an instant.

A golden sword appeared in his hand, and he bent forward, sprinting with all his strength.

*Boom!!*

The crescent blade formation and Li Cheng颐 collided head-on.

Streaks of blade marks constantly appeared on the surface of the flower scale armor, completely severing the protection of the Wisteria Flower Scale Armor.

Li Cheng颐 didn't stop. It could be said that cyborgs, especially powerful high-level cyborgs, were the worst match for him.

Because the speed of the Feiyi was too fast, he couldn't catch up at all, and could only withstand it head-on.

After withstanding it, he would rush up to solve the cyborg.

This was the only way to deal with this kind of opponent.

Unlike the cyborgs he had encountered before, the one in front of him was definitely not easy to deal with.

*Ding ding ding ding!*

In the midst of the dense impacts, all the crescent blades flew back from behind Li Cheng颐 and re-condensed into a gray crescent blade more than a man's height in front of White Skeleton.

He held the hilt and flicked it forward.

The huge gray blade slashed toward Li Cheng颐's face.

If the previous small crescent blades were used to wear down and find the weak points of the flower scale armor, then this strike was a true and completely fatal threat!

The opponent already knew the strength of his flower scale armor.

The blade covered in gray flames rapidly approached.

Closer and closer.

Li Cheng颐 could even see the delicate interlaced black patterns on it.

Five meters!

Three meters!

One meter!

The blade was about to touch the mask.

"Radiant Flash!"

*Boom!!!*

Countless golden lights exploded and scattered before his eyes.

The golden light, like a bomb, hit the gray crescent blade head-on.

With full concentration, Li Cheng颐 finally clearly saw the essence of Radiant Flash at this moment.

The invisible force field of light was compressed to a single point in that instant.

A shapeless sphere, only the size of an egg.

Then, it burst forward from the sphere with a bang.

The force field of light, compressed to the extreme, sprayed forward with extreme heat and purifying power, erupting with terrifying might.

In the courtyard.

The golden light and the gray crescent blade stalemated for half a second.

The golden light dissipated, and the crescent blade was also knocked away by the impact, spinning and plunging into the ground.

Li Cheng頤 didn't stop, and had already rushed in front of White Skeleton.

Raising his hand.

A punch.

Zhu Xing Long Ying (All Stars Dragon Shadow)!

The soft energy flowed along his leg, through his waist, and into his right arm.

Li Cheng頤's flower scale armor instantly shattered as he punched, turning into golden Jianlan Scale Armor.

Wisteria flower petals and Jianlan petals alternated between birth and death in the surrounding air.

This punch also reached White Skeleton in an instant.

*Dang!!!*

Strangely, another new crescent blade appeared in front of White Skeleton.

The blade blocked the fist.

A circle of invisible airflow exploded between the two from the enormous impact.

"You've got some skills." White Skeleton's eyes didn't change. He already knew about these modular moves from Zhou Tan, and wasn't surprised.

"But it's not enough."

*Clang.*

The crescent blade exploded with a burst of force, knocking Li Cheng颐 away and creating distance.

At the same time, the crescent blade in his hand shattered with a bang, turning into countless gray particles, igniting flames.

The flames condensed into a black tiger with stripes and wings, four meters long and two meters high.

The black tiger almost occupied most of the courtyard just by standing there.

And strangely, no one else had been disturbed or bothered by the fight until now.

Obviously, the Ideal Township had already taken care of this place.

"Qiongqi Sword Exterior Form—Annihilation!" White Skeleton waved his right arm, drawing a strange arc.

Suddenly, the Qiongqi beside him opened its mouth, and gray flames surged out of its mouth.

*Boom!!*

The flames turned into a fan shape, surging out toward the 120 degrees directly in front of the Qiongqi.

In just an instant, the entire courtyard turned into a sea of fire.

All of this happened in just a few seconds. Li Cheng頤 had just steadied himself and was about to rush toward White Skeleton again when he was met head-on by the charging gray flames.

Even before he made contact, he could feel the scorching heat permeating through the flower scale armor.

Knowing that he couldn't force his way through, he immediately changed his pace and rushed to the right.

With a bang, he smashed through the wooden door of the courtyard and rushed to the outside.

He had heard about White Skeleton's achievements from Ding Ning before. So this was his first time fighting a true professional-level cyborg.

According to Ding Ning's assessment, White Skeleton was at least a cyborg at the same level as him.

He didn't really have any concept of this before.

Until now…

It was indeed very棘手 (棘手 jí shǒu - troublesome)!

Li Cheng颐 had just rushed out of the courtyard and hadn't even stood firm when he saw the courtyard wall being broken through by a huge force, and a gray pillar of fire rushing toward him at high speed.

The fire pillar was extremely fast, much faster than the fan-shaped flames just now, even faster than his current movement speed.

Fortunately, it wasn't just his body that had been strengthened, but also his nerve transmission speed and reaction speed.

In the blink of an eye, Li Cheng颐 steadied his body, his eyes widening, and a golden light exploded on his right shoulder again.

Radiant Flash!!

*Pfft!!*

The golden light and the gray fire collided, stalemating one meter in front of him, forming a golden-gray disc.

Flames and golden light constantly splashed and spread outward.

"It seems that I can't quickly solve you without using the final mode." White Skeleton slowly walked out of the hole in the wall, looking this way.

"I was originally planning to leave some energy for the Jiu Yi pursuers, but now…"

The Qiongqi re-condensed and appeared beside him, roaring silently.

Streaks of white light began to replace the black stripes on its body.

The fire pillar and golden light dissipated.

Li Cheng頤 stared intently at the other party through his helmet.

"I didn't expect you to be stronger than the Ideal Township opponents I've encountered before."

His strength couldn't suppress the other party, his speed was far inferior to the other party. His lethality was even worse; from beginning to end, he had not truly threatened this person.

"I was originally planning to hold back something. It seems I underestimated you…"

Golden light also shone on his body, and countless sunflower petals floated out of thin air, surrounding him.

The ultimate flower scale armor after three evolutions was preparing to completely change and cover his entire body.

An invisible, scorching radiation, even before being worn, had already begun to emanate from his body.

Just then, a striking red light flew rapidly from the distant sky.

The faint sound of sirens came from afar.

Both of them paused at the same time, looking at the sky.

"You'll regret this." White Skeleton left these last words and leaped backward.

The Feiyi Qiongqi turned into a crescent blade, accurately landing under his feet, holding him up and flying away at high speed into the distance, disappearing from view in the blink of an eye.

Li Cheng颐 snorted coldly, dispelled the transformation, and the ground under his feet suddenly collapsed, erupting with huge reaction force, pushing him rapidly away in the other direction.

In the depths of the forest there, a dark green shuttle-shaped aircraft was opening its hatch, waiting.

Rainbow Candy, chewing bubble gum, leaned to one side and waved at him.

(End of chapter)