In this cyberpunk era, why are you still playing the traditional villain?

The dog woman's voice turned shrill, "He probably knows my condition better than any of you, yet he still ignores it, thinking that the little empress can cure me with just a few tricks!"

"What a pity! The Xie Qingyan of the past was already dead when he saw him still being stubborn!"

"You chose him, Xu Shi!"

"Chairman Xie, you..."

Ye Shanshan asked in disbelief, expressing her inability to accept all of this.

"Shanshan, come here."

Xie Qingyan turned around, looked at her with a strange smile, and said, "You're the only one who won't abandon me, so please keep that promise from now on, okay?"

"..."

Little Curly didn't dare to speak anymore; his mind was completely blank.

Thinking back to this morning, when the two of them went out together, he was just fuming and complaining about Xu Shi to her. Who knew he would be acting like a madman now?

She absolutely did not want to see Xie Qingyan become like this—not only because she cared about Xu Shi or something, but more importantly because she had followed him for so many years.

Everyone says that Ye Shanshan is to Xie Qingyan what Su Lin is to Xu Shi. Would Su Lin be willing to see her young master become like this?

It's unlikely, and the same applies to the current curly-haired girl.

How did things... turn out like this?

"What's wrong? Why aren't you moving?"

Xie Qingyan blinked in confusion, "Don't tell me that even you... are afraid of me?"

"I……"

"They don't understand me, fine, but you don't understand me either?!"

Seeing her hesitate and waver, Xie Qingyan's face darkened with anger. "Even you think I've turned into a monster, and you're starting to fear and avoid me, is that it?!"

"Very well, then you... will all die together!"

Before she finished speaking, the tentacles behind her instantly grew several times larger and launched an indiscriminate attack on the people in front of her.

"careful!"

Xu Shi used his force field to withstand a tentacle, and seeing the shocking cracks on it, he instinctively swallowed hard.

Clearly, the improvement that "copying" brought to Xie Qingyan was not just the ability itself. As he said before, Xie Qingyan was no longer the weak woman who could not even kill a chicken back then.

The power of the sea god is so great that even the aftereffects of the transplanted ability are enough to make her combat strength advance by leaps and bounds.

In a fair comparison, she might be better than anyone else present.

With her now having the "madness buff," the docks instantly descended into chaos, with civilians scattering and fleeing.

"Qingyan, wake up!"

Xu shouted.

"You're telling me this now? It's too late!"

Xie Qingyan showed no sign of stopping. "Have I ever tried to have a proper talk with you? Have I ever begged you in a lowly manner?"

"Why didn't you let me wake up back then, huh?!"

"Get out of here!"

Shen Qin wouldn't spoil her. In her eyes, anyone who hurts her brother is wrong, no matter how wronged they are!

Unfortunately, she was no match for Xie Qingyan in his berserk state. After a few exchanges, she was suppressed and forced to retreat.

"Don't worry about me! Watch over Chengcheng!"

Xu roared.

He realized that Xie Qingyan was now determined to drag everyone down with him.

While Jiang Chengcheng, who possesses the "Jade Capital" ability, can still hold her own, the one who is truly powerless is Jiang Chengcheng, who has no special abilities!

"See? You would care about their safety if it were anyone else, but not me!"

These words enraged Xie Qingyan even more. "Tell me, do you think you deserve to die, huh?"

"Clear Flame!"

Jiang Chengcheng was also a little anxious. She didn't want things to turn out this way either. "You've definitely misunderstood. Xu Shi wouldn't..."

"Shut up!"

Xie Qingyan wouldn't listen to any of it and slammed his hand down.

Fortunately, Shen Qin reacted quickly and pulled her away just in time.

"Go find Wuyou!"

Xu Shi gritted her teeth. If things continued like this, no one here would be her match. Perhaps only Xia Xiaomao could deal with her.

Ye Shanshan, who was on the edge, understood immediately and nodded, ready to sneak into the shadows to fetch reinforcements.

Only by suppressing Chairman Xie can we possibly save her!

however.

at this time.

Suddenly, the ground beneath their feet glowed, and a huge cage rose up.

"Who?!"

At first glance, a vast array of knights and priests clad in armor had already surrounded the area.

It's the Knights Templar!

The group of leaders were all familiar to everyone: Luo Yu, Park Guochang, Ji Bochang, and two other silver-ranked individuals.

"His Holiness the Pope is right, you really are sea monsters!"

Luo Yu wore a cold smile, looking as if his scheme had succeeded.

"Get out of my way, I don't have time to deal with you now."

Before Xu Shi could say anything, Xie Qingyan retorted first.

"Shut up, witch!"

Another Silver-ranked warrior shouted, "This monster is a scourge to the nation and should be executed!"

Clearly, they had been secretly monitoring Xu Shi and his group's movements, waiting for them to make a ruckus so they could catch them all in one fell swoop, a classic case of trapping them like turtles in a jar.

The original plan was, of course, to take advantage of the chaos to deal with these despicable outsiders, and then use the public opinion to pin the blame on them. After the deed was done, they would be the heroes who had defeated the monsters.

But there was an unexpected bonus! Xie Qingyan actually gained some of the Sea God's power!

That's great, no need to put on the hat anymore, it's already on by itself.

They also knew the principle of capturing the leader first, so they not only sent a large number of knights and priests to trap them with a formation, but also dispatched five of the highest-ranking silver knights. These five were all staunch traditionalists who had long been eager to tear Xu Shi to pieces.

Especially Luo Yu.

"Xu Shi, you have no idea how long I've been waiting for this day."

The once sunny young man now had a sinister look on his face. "How did you, an outsider, manage to win over Xiaofeng and Xiaoling so easily?! Even Uncle Pan is so fond of you that he's willing to turn against me?!"

"Because I'm stronger than you?"

Xu Shi asked tentatively.

"Shut up!"

Luo Yu roared with a gloomy face, continuing to speak to himself, "The thought of killing you makes my palms itch!"

"Go to hell!"

As the former protagonist, he was not one to talk much. Before he finished speaking, the long sword in his hand was already glowing with black light, carrying the power of devouring as it stabbed towards Xu Shi!

He had long seen through it; Xu Shi himself had little fighting ability and only knew how to talk big from behind, relying entirely on his wife and guards for actual combat.

But now he is short of people around him, and those who remain are all too busy dealing with the crazed Xie Qingyan. Who can he rely on?

After a period of arduous training, Luo Yu's strength has made a qualitative leap, and he is very confident that he can kill this annoying guy in front of him in one move!

only.

Just when the tip of his sword was 0.01 centimeters away from Xu Shi.

Suddenly, he felt as if all his strength had been drained away, and he could no longer move forward even a fraction of an inch.

Looking back, he saw a tentacle pressing against his shoulder, gradually turning from transparent to pitch black.

"Such great ability is given to a piece of trash like you, what a waste."

Xie Qingyan's icy voice rang out, "Kill him? You think you're worthy?"

The next second, the tentacle suddenly transformed into a sharp blade, exerting tremendous force to pierce through his shoulder blade in an instant!

That wasn't all. The round, hole-like wound spread at a visible speed, engulfing his entire arm in no time!

"what--"

Luo Yu looked at Xie Qingyan in disbelief, only to be surprised to find that the dark light in the other's eyes had completely disappeared, and his eyes were clearer than anyone else's.

"you……"

He instantly realized that this was not a sign of madness at all.

When he turned back, Xu Shi looked at him as if he were an idiot and smiled helplessly.

"You're right, it's like catching a turtle in a jar."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 287 If you like, I can learn

2023-10-10

If, at this point, anyone still can't see that Xie Qingyan's previous madness was an act, then he/she might truly be the one who is insane.

But the question is, when?