If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

When night completely fell.

The seventh safe zone suddenly became unusually quiet.

The old streetlights in the working-class neighborhood were lit one by one.

The street vendors packed up early.

Military patrol cars drove past the street corner, their headlights sweeping across the walls, illuminating a patch of mottled old bricks.

Lin Xiaoya sat at the dining table, eating her meal in small bites.

She used chopsticks to pick at the burnt edges of the fried egg and secretly glanced at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan sat opposite her, his expression calm.

It was as if nothing had happened.

But the faint chill in the depths of his eyes gradually deepened.

coming.

It's not just a breath.

Instead, there are seven paths.

They appeared simultaneously from seven different directions in the seventh security zone.

next moment.

Above Chengnan Hospital.

A dark blue crack appeared silently.

The cracks gradually widened, like a cold eye.

Inside the hospital, the lights suddenly flickered.

The nurse on duty looked up at the window.

"Is there a power outage?"

The voice just fell.

From the shadows in the corner, a twisted, beastly figure slowly crawled out.

It has no physical form.

Like a monster pieced together from nightmares and pollution.

at the same time.

The back hill of Gaowu No.1 Middle School.

Subway entrance in the outer city area.

An old military warehouse.

Near Lin Xiaoya's school.

Outside the Su family's intelligence station.

Street corner on the outskirts of the working-class district.

The six black gates opened almost simultaneously.

Seven locations.

Seven doors.

Seven figures wearing black cloaks with door patterns slowly emerged from behind the door.

They have no facial features.

There is only a single, dark blue vertical line.

Peak of the Town General level.

Seven disciples arrived at the same time.

The alarms blared almost simultaneously, tearing through the night sky.

"Pollution fluctuations have occurred at Chengnan Hospital!"

"A crack has been discovered in the back mountain of Gaowu No.1 Middle School!"

"A polluting animal has been spotted at a subway entrance in the outer city area!"

"Old military warehouse experiences gate interference!"

"A contaminant at the level of a town general has been discovered outside the Su family's intelligence station!"

"A black gate has appeared on the outskirts of the civilian area!"

"There are unusual disturbances near Lin Xiaoya's school!"

Inside the Seventh Military Command Center.

Su Zhan suddenly stood up.

"Seven places?"

"They are forcing us to divide our forces."

The adjutant's face was grim.

"Commander, what do we do now?"

Su Zhan's voice was icy:

"Each team shall proceed according to the pre-arranged plan."

"The civilian area is the highest priority."

Where is Su Qinghan?

"We are already on our way to Lin Xiaoya's residence."

Su Zhan stared at the seven flashing red dots on the screen, his gaze darkening.

This time, Kuromon isn't acting recklessly.

They did not launch a direct attack on one place.

Instead, they were simultaneously testing the defenses of the entire Seventh Security Zone.

They wanted to know which person the Blood Elder would save first.

I also want to know how much protection Lin Xiaoya has around her.

……

Inside the old tenement building.

Lin Xiaoya also heard the alarm outside.

Her hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly.

"elder brother."

"Has something happened outside again?"

Lin Yuan picked up a piece of the exotic beast meat and put it into her bowl.

"Have a meal."

Lin Xiaoya looked at him.

"But……"

"fine."

Lin Yuan's voice was calm.

"Let's talk after we finish eating."

Lin Xiaoya felt inexplicably relieved.

She lowered her head and continued eating.

The alarms blaring in her ears still made her feel uneasy.

Lin Yuan paused slightly for a moment while holding the chopsticks.

At the same time.

Above Chengnan Hospital in the Seventh Security Zone.

A wisp of dark red light silently appeared.

The town general's peak disciple was standing on the edge of the hospital rooftop, looking down at the panicked crowd below.

It didn't rush to kill.

He simply raised his hand, causing the corrupted beast's shadow to crawl out from the shadows.

Its mission was not to massacre the city.

It's not that it's coercive, but rather that it's intimidating.

This forced the blood-faced clone to appear.

"Blood face".

The disciple spoke in a low voice.

Which person would you save first?

The voice just fell.

The air behind it suddenly seemed to sink.

It's not the wind.

Rather, it is an extremely heavy pressure on the blood and qi.

The disciple turned around abruptly.

A figure in black robes with a blood-red face stood silently at the other end of the rooftop.

A blood-red mask.

His black robe fluttered in the wind.

On the forehead of the mask, a faint red lotus fire pattern slowly lit up.

Blood Shadow.

Appeared.

The vertical blue line in the disciple's eyes narrowed slightly.

Then, it chuckled softly.

"really."

"It's a clone."

"The aura is much weaker than in the battle in the wilderness."

"It seems that your true form really can't make a move."

Blood Shadow did not answer.

It simply raised its hand.

The crack in the black gate behind the disciple suddenly trembled.

One after another, the corrupted beast shadows pounced on the blood shadow.

next moment.

Blood Shadow landed a punch.

boom!

The entire rooftop suddenly sank.

Before any of the polluted beast shadows could get close, they were compressed into a dark blue mist by a collapsing force.

The disciple's expression changed slightly.

It raised its hand to open the door, trying to redirect the force of its punch.

But the door had barely opened when it was crushed by that punch, along with its shadow.

"No--"

boom!

The town's top disciple was pressed into the ground of the rooftop.

The cloak with the door pattern burst open.

The dark blue vertical lines crumbled inch by inch.

The first disciple died.

Blood Shadow looked up.

The figure vanished in the next instant.

……

The back hill of Gaowu No.1 Middle School.

The second disciple had just released a patch of corrupted beast shadows.

Behind the crack in the black gate, a continuous stream of eerie blue mist was still billowing out.

The military team had just arrived when they were blocked at the foot of the mountain by the fluctuations in the gate's domain.

"Damn it!"

"We can't get up there!"

The disciple stood atop the mountain and sneered:

Will the Blood Mask come?

"Or is he prioritizing Lin Xiaoya's safety?"

The voice just fell.

A figure in black robes stepped out of the night.

The disciple's pupils contracted.

"So fast?"

Blood Shadow didn't give it a second chance to speak.

An eight-armed phantom flashed.

A weakened version of the Great Desolation Annihilation Fist was unleashed.

The crack in the black gate at the mountaintop was blasted open by a single punch.

The disciples tried to retreat behind the door.

However, Blood Shadow pressed down on him from a distance with a single palm strike.

boom!

The entire crack in the black gate, along with the disciples, was forcefully blasted back behind the gate.

The deep blue mist on the mountaintop vanished instantly.

The second crisis has been averted.

……

Subway entrance in the outer city area.

As soon as the third disciple stepped out from behind the door, he saw Blood Shadow already standing at the end of the platform.

It was clearly taken aback for a moment.

"Aren't you at the back hill of Gaowu No.1 Middle School?"

Blood Shadow raised his eyes.

There was no explanation.

Step out.

The entire subway station floor shook violently.

The disciple raised his hand and unfolded the door pattern.

But before the door pattern could take shape, an invisible pressure had already fallen on it.

Click!

It bent its knees and knelt on the ground.

Blood Shadow stood before it, looking down at it.

The vertical blue lines in the disciple's eyes trembled violently.

"you……"

"You're not an ordinary clone..."

Blood Shadow pressed down with a palm strike.

boom!

The third disciple, shattered.

……

Fourth.

An old military warehouse.

The disciples attempted to contaminate the military's energy munitions depot.

Blood Shadow's fist crushed the crack in the door, and Crimson Lotus Flame burned away the source of pollution.

The fifth place.

Near Lin Xiaoya's school.

The disciple had just located the lingering aura of Lin Xiaoya.

Blood shadows descended from the sky.

He shattered the positioning array with a single step.

The sixth location.

Outside the Su family's intelligence station.

The Su family guards were locked in combat with the corrupted beast.

After the blood shadow appeared, he simply raised his hand and clenched it.

All the polluted beast shadows were forcibly compressed into mist.

The disciple turned to run away.

But before the door could be fully opened, it was blasted through by Blood Shadow's punch.

The seventh location.

Street corner on the outskirts of the working-class district.

The last of the town's top disciples stood before the crack in the black gate.

It didn't rush into action like the previous contenders.

Instead, they quietly watched the blood shadow appear.

"Seven places opened simultaneously."

"You actually made it all in time."

Its voice was deep.

"It seems that this clone of yours is more troublesome than we thought."

Blood Shadow stood at the street corner.

Behind them was an old, working-class neighborhood.

Further inside was the tenement building where Lin Xiaoya lived.

Blood Shadow's voice finally rang out.

Low and hoarse.

Icy.

"You shouldn't be near here."

The disciple laughed.

"Of course we know."

"So, we're not here to kill people."

"We're here to arrest you."

The words fell.

It did not resist.

They didn't even try to dodge.

Blood Shadow unleashed a punch.

boom!

The last peak disciple of the town general was instantly blasted to pieces.

But just as its body shattered...

The seven cracks in the black doors lit up simultaneously.

At the locations where the seven disciples died, a dark blue array pattern simultaneously appeared.

The seven array patterns echoed each other.

It's like a net that's already been laid out.

Gu Changye stood in the shadow of a tall building in the distance, watching this scene, his eyes slightly brightening.

"I see."

"Seven town generals at their peak, not the main force."

"It's the key point of the formation."

His adjutant's expression changed drastically.

"My lord, Senior Bloodface has been betrayed?"

Gu Changye did not answer.

He just stared at the blood-faced figure on the outskirts of the civilian district.

next moment.

Seven array patterns erupted simultaneously.

Countless dark blue chains shot out from the cracks in the seven black doors.

Transcending space.

At the same time, it coiled around the blood shadow.

Blood Shadow raised his hand and shattered dozens of chains with a single punch.

More chains can extend from behind the door.

These chains do not bind the flesh.

Do not entangle true qi.

Instead, it directly coiled around the core of the wisp of ultimate true blood within the Blood Shadow's body.

The Sealed Shadow Gate Formation.

start up.

The crimson lotus fire patterns on Blood Shadow's body flickered violently.

The ground beneath their feet suddenly sank.

It wanted to break free.

However, the seven black array patterns pressed down simultaneously.

Blood Shadow was forcibly locked in place for the first time.

Behind the door.

A cold laugh rang out.

"I've caught a glimpse of you."

Inside the old tenement building.

Lin Yuan finally stopped picking up food with his chopsticks.

Lin Xiaoya looked up.

"elder brother?"

Lin Yuan put down his chopsticks.

His expression remained calm.

But his eyes had turned completely cold.

The night is deep outside the window.

The second door is opening.