The bandaged figure retreated three steps rapidly, evading the lunge, and charged again.
The sword thrust forward thrice in quick succession, extremely fast, stabbing downwards towards the bandaged figure’s vital points!
The bandaged figure nimbly dodged the straight thrusts, switching from defense to offense, swinging the scabbard towards the sword’s left side!
But the scabbard missed, striking the floor heavily!
Suspended in mid-air, the sword suddenly turned horizontal. Several light and rapid footsteps echoed from the floor on the right.
By the time the bandaged figure adjusted its stance, the sword was already at its neck, having cut through the bandages and embedded half a centimeter into the flesh.
“Move, and I’ll lop off your head!” Gu Ya’s sinister voice came from the right of the sword, his form gradually materializing.
Just now, Gu Ya had calmly assessed that the bandaged figure would prioritize attacking the sword’s left side, as most people habitually wielded their swords with their right hand.
Therefore, Gu Ya had first used "Yong Meng" to render himself invisible and attacked with his left hand, achieving success.
The bandaged figure calmly stated, “You should be punctual.”
Gu Ya pressed the sword deeper, a line of blood trickling from the wound. He said coldly, “I don’t have the leisure. If you don’t want to die, obey me. Liu Feng!!”
Liu Feng jogged over. Upon seeing the situation, he quickly ran towards the resting area.
When he returned, he held a thick hemp rope.
Gu Ya and Liu Feng swiftly bound the bandaged figure’s hands and feet in reverse and tossed it onto the ground.
“I knew it!” Liu Feng clapped his hands, smiling. “An hour is too short; we need three days and three nights to search properly! Sorry to have troubled you!”
The bandaged figure stared at Gu Ya with its remaining mechanical eye and said coldly, “You have seven minutes left.”
Liu Feng fiercely kicked the bandaged figure’s stomach, growling, “Still stubborn!”
“Liu Feng, keep an eye on it, but don’t get too close. Call me if anything happens.” Gu Ya handed the sword to Liu Feng and walked towards the bookshelves.
With no further worries, he could finally search properly.
Approaching the bookshelves, Gu Ya focused his concentration and began searching using the same method as before.
After examining the first dozen rows of bookshelves, he found only Xiao Yuhuan’s records to be somewhat useful; the rest held no value.
“Time’s up!” the bandaged figure called out coldly.
Liu Feng rushed forward and stomped on the bandaged figure’s stomach, shouting, “No one will think you’re dead if you stay quiet!”
When Liu Feng retracted his foot, he found he couldn’t pull it back.
He lowered his head to look closely and saw his foot was stuck in the bandaged figure’s stomach, unable to be removed!
No, it wasn’t stuck; it was being tightly gripped by its hands!
Liu Feng panicked and raised his sword to chop at the bandaged figure’s hands.
Unexpectedly, the bandaged figure had already severed the rope, swiftly raised its leg to brace Liu Feng’s hands, blocking his downward strike, and then sprang up with a鲤鱼打挺 (carp jump). Its hands exerted force, regaining the sword.
Just as Liu Feng was about to shout, he felt a concussion to the back of his head, his eyes rolled back, and he fell unconscious.
Holding the sword, the bandaged figure vanished from its spot, turning into an afterimage.
Gu Ya, who was searching through records on a wooden ladder, suddenly felt a sharp killing intent surge from below!
Immediately after, the wooden ladder was struck by a heavy object, and Gu Ya tumbled straight down from it!
The sharp sword plunged directly into Gu Ya’s chest. The bandaged figure, holding the sword with both hands, reformed, its cyan mechanical eyes staring at the astonished Gu Ya as it spoke coldly, “Time is up, you should leave.”
Gu Ya immediately released “Yong Meng” and leaped forcefully, kicking off the bandaged figure with both feet, pulling himself out of the sword.
As soon as he landed, the sword was thrust into Gu Ya’s waist again and twisted, carving a large hole in his abdomen!
“Using the same technology a second time won’t work!” the bandaged figure shouted coldly, withdrawing its hands from the sword, spreading its arms wide, and suddenly manifesting two dark green light sabers!
“What!?” Gu Ya exclaimed in shock!
The dark green light sabers immediately transformed into two beams of light, directly stabbing towards Gu Ya’s head and neck!
As quick as lightning, Liang Yuwei burst from behind Gu Ya. His shirt instantly ripped open, and six mechanical arms extended from his back, enveloped in red light beam ripples!
The two engaged in battle instantly.
The two dark green light sabers and the six red arms clashed rapidly, flailing wildly in front of them!
The light sabers tore through the air, emitting a low “hum,” while the red-glowing arms collided with the light sabers, producing a grating “sizzle.”
After several exchanges, the bandaged figure performed a five-stage backflip to create distance, its light sabers impaling the floor as its hands spread wide!
“Careful!!!” Gu Ya shouted immediately.
As soon as he spoke, a three-meter-tall exoskeleton armor materialized behind the bandaged figure.
It bent its knees and leaped into the exoskeleton armor. The chest armor immediately closed, encasing the bandaged figure!
Empowered by the exoskeleton armor, the bandaged figure’s combat strength surged instantly. It grabbed the light sabers from the ground and charged again!
Liang Yuwei’s body also began to transform rapidly.
Two more mechanical arms extended from his back, giving him a terrifying appearance with ten arms covering his upper body, while his lower limbs doubled in thickness!
Leveraging the greatly increased power of his lower limbs, Liang Yuwei soared high into the air, his ten arms spread wide.
The twenty fingers on four mechanical hands fired red lasers at the enemy.
The remaining eight arms, all enveloped in red ripples, lunged towards the enemy.
“Bang!!”
Suddenly, a colossal metal cylinder plummeted from the sky, completely engulfing Liang Yuwei.
Rapid striking sounds immediately emanated from within the metal cylinder, but no matter how Liang Yuwei hacked and slashed, he couldn’t break through the thick metal walls!
The towering exoskeleton armor leaped onto the metal cylinder, looking down at Gu Ya, and asked coldly, “Where is your divine power?”
As the words fell, the three-meter-tall enemy suddenly turned into an afterimage and vanished!
Gu Ya was greatly alarmed and instinctively fled backward.
But before he could fully turn, two light sabers pierced his shoulders. With a slight upward swing, they were followed by a downward cross slash!
Gu Ya’s arms and legs were cleanly severed, reducing him to a stump, and he collapsed onto the ground.
The heavy feet of the exoskeleton armor pressed down firmly on Gu Ya’s back.
The bandaged figure leaned down, felt Gu Ya’s hair, grabbed it, and lifted him up, facing him. It said coldly, “So, you have indeed lost your divine power.”
Because “Yong Meng” was still active, the bandaged figure couldn’t see Gu Ya’s expression.
However, the sword stuck in Gu Ya’s waist revealed his location, allowing the bandaged figure to capture him.
“Remove your ridiculous technology, or I’ll kill you immediately!”
Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted from outside the bookshelves!!
A scorching blast wave instantly overturned the entire row of bookshelves!
The twenty-meter-tall Red Beast mech straightened its body like a colossal divine soldier, exuding immense deterrence!
The bandaged figure released Gu Ya, sword in each hand, and charged towards the Red Beast, preparing to deal with this major threat first.
Liu Feng focused his mind, his eyes calm, his fingers dancing across the control panel like playing a piano.
The Red Beast mech dodged the bandaged figure’s initial slashing attack, quickly turned, grabbed the bandaged figure, and lifted it high, charging towards the confidential zone!
But strangely, the bandaged figure once again turned into an afterimage and vanished, reappearing directly above the Red Beast mech’s head!
“Liu Feng! Careful!!” Gu Ya shouted loudly.
Liu Feng, worthy of being a mech pilot who had undergone devilish training, reacted with incredible speed. He piloted the mech to soar upwards, extending his hands to grab the bandaged figure while simultaneously arching his body forward in a flip.
The bandaged figure leaped high, evading the Red Beast’s hands, but it hadn’t expected the Red Beast’s incredibly fast recovery. It stepped on the bandaged figure’s body mid-air.
The full weight of the mech, combined with the reverse output of all eight auxiliary thrusters at full power, bore down on the bandaged figure.
Unable to break free, the bandaged figure was stomped on and plummeted towards the confidential zone!
The hundreds of red laser beams protecting the confidential zone had now transformed into sharp blades capable of slicing through the bandaged figure’s body!
With a simultaneous “sizzle!!” sound, dense black smoke erupted from the lasers!
The Red Beast instantly shifted the direction of its auxiliary thrusters downwards, and simultaneously activated its main thrusters, hovering steadily above the red lasers.
The bandaged figure passed through the lasers and fell into the confidential zone, turning into a charred, smoking lump.
The Red Beast mech returned to the ground, clasped the metal cylinder with both hands, and released Liang Yuwei.
Liang Yuwei and Liu Feng arrived together beside Gu Ya, who had been reduced to a stump.
“Gu Ya! Are you alright? Can you hold on?” Liang Yuwei asked anxiously, helping Gu Ya up.
Liu Feng, panting heavily, said urgently, “Brother!”
Gu Ya looked at them, gratitude filling his heart, and smiled faintly. “It’s all my fault for dragging you into danger. If only… I hadn’t lost the ‘Xie Shen Yi Weng’…”
Suddenly, not far ahead, a pair of black boots appeared!
Gu Ya looked up and was instantly stunned.
The bandaged figure wasn’t dead! The lasers had only destroyed its exoskeleton armor!
“You really have lost your divine power!!!” the bandaged figure asked coldly!
Liang Yuwei reacted with extreme speed, lunging towards the bandaged figure and beginning to transform mid-air!
Liu Feng also ran towards the Red Beast mech from the side!
Gu Ya gazed at the bandaged figure’s cyan mechanical eyes, suddenly having an epiphany, and shouted, “Master, Liu Feng! Don’t kill it! I understand what’s happening!”