The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

In a Class B danger zone shrouded in a layer of dark mist, a girl with long blue hair and equally blue eyes warily observed her surroundings.

Ling Shuang stood on a small slope, surrounded by a faint chill. She gripped her ice crystal longsword tightly and scanned her surroundings.

Along the way, she had already killed one fifth-tier Lustful Corpse Species. She only needed to find two more fifth-tier Corpse Species to complete the mission.

Fifth-tier isn't too difficult for her; as long as she doesn't encounter sixth-tier opponents, it shouldn't be a problem.

Just then, a beam of light flashed in the distance.

White, bright, and with extremely strong penetrating power—that's the light from the resonator.

The beam of light traced a clear path through the dark fog and was moving rapidly toward her.

"The light from the resonator? Someone's running this way?" Ling Shuang frowned slightly and subconsciously took a step back.

The next moment, a voice came from the dark fog, tinged with urgency but still retaining its usual nonchalant tone: "Help me, beautiful lady!"

A figure engulfed in blue flames burst forth from the dark fog.

Wang Qi ran incredibly fast, his feet barely touching the ground, leaving a shallow scorch mark with each step.

His hair was a mess from the wind, the hem of his trench coat was fluttering behind him, one hand was holding the resonator, and the other was still waving at Ling Shuang.

Ling Shuang's expression changed slightly.

Those who come here are all torchbearers of the fifth rank or above. Those who can chase after them must be corpses of the sixth rank or even higher.

This is common sense, so she ran away decisively: without any hesitation, she turned and ran back.

Two blue figures raced through the dark fog, one after the other.

One was a pale blue flame, the other a deep blue frost; the two distinct shades of blue intertwined under the dark red light, like two parallel rivers flowing together.

But Wang Qi was faster.

He quickly ran to a position next to Ling Shuang, then slowed down to keep pace with her.

"Uh, Ling Shuang, right?" Wang Qi took a breath, turned his head to look at her, and said in a very natural tone, "My name is Wang Qi. I have an idea that can take care of that sixth-tier corpse creature behind us, but we'll need to work together."

Wang Qi was deeply impressed by the blue-haired girl who called Wu You her sister.

Ling Shuang glanced at him; she still remembered Wang Qi somewhat.

"What percentage?" she asked.

"Seventy to eighty percent."

"walk slowly."

The two stopped and turned around at the same time.

The upright-running lizard soon came into their view.

It was closer than before, its two thick hind legs leaving a deep crater in the ground with each step, its long, thin tongue flicking out of its mouth, and its black eyes fixed on the two prey in front of it.

It was shrouded in thick black mist, its aura cold and violent, undoubtedly a sixth-order being.

"Freeze it!" Wang Qi shouted, raising both hands simultaneously. Blue flames erupted from his palms, not as an attack, but as an outpouring—like a giant net—covering the lizard from above.

Ling Shuang reacted just as quickly. With a wave of her right hand, dozens of ice crystals condensed in the air and shot towards the lizard. These ice crystals were not sharp fragments, but rather viscous condensates at extremely low temperatures. Upon contact with the lizard's body, they rapidly spread, forming a thick layer of ice on its surface.

Fire and ice, two completely opposite but equally cold forces, act on the same target at the same time, and the effect is not canceled out, but superimposed.

The lizard's body was first covered with a layer of ice, and then enveloped in blue flames. Ice and fire intertwined on its surface, the ice never melting and the fire never going out, forming a strange balance.

Under the combined attack of the two forces, the sixth-tier lizard corpse species became increasingly slow and stiff.

A few seconds later, the lizard became completely still. It was frozen into an ice sculpture, with blue flames clinging to the outside of the ice, like a monster sealed in amber.

Wang Qi did not stop. He brought his hands together, palms facing each other, and blue flames condensed, compressed, and rotated between his hands, forming a lotus flower.

Each petal of that lotus was a flame, a deep blue-white, with an astonishingly high temperature, but its core was icy cold; extreme cold and extreme heat merged into one under its power.

This is his strongest move.

The Buddha was angry. ... No, that's not right.

The two elements were burned to ashes.

The lotus flower slipped from his hand and landed on the ice sculpture.

boom--

With a loud bang, the ice sculpture shattered into pieces.

Ice cubes and black shell fragments flew everywhere, but those fragments began to turn into black smoke in mid-air and dissipated before they even hit the ground.

At that moment, a wisp of twisted black smoke suddenly shot out from the pile of wreckage.

Ling Shuang remained calm.

She drew an arc with her hands in front of her, and layer upon layer of ice shields condensed in front of her.

Each layer of ice shield was as thick as a palm, with a smooth, mirror-like surface that reflected a cold light under the dark red glow.

The black smoke crashed into the first layer of ice shield. The ice shield shattered, but the black smoke also slowed down slightly. The second layer shattered, and the third layer shattered again.

The fourth layer—the black smoke was finally stopped.

It was stuck in a crack in the fourth layer of ice shield, twisting and struggling like a flying insect trapped in a spider web.

Ling Shuang's face had turned pale, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

After all, the opponent is a sixth-tier corpse species.

Her body was trembling slightly. The ice shields had almost exhausted all the energy in her body, but she gritted her teeth and held on to the last layer of ice shields to prevent them from breaking.

"Quickly—!" Her voice trembled slightly.

Wang Qi did not hesitate.

The second blue-white flame lotus flower successfully condensed in his palm, this time even faster than before.

The blue fire lotus flew out and collided with the black smoke that was stuck in the ice shield.

There was no explosion, no loud noise. The fiery lotus devoured the black smoke, enveloping it in blue-white light, like a miniature sun.

The black smoke struggled in the flames for a few moments, then quickly shrank and dissipated, leaving not even a trace behind.

Originally, Wang Qi could only activate the Two Elements Incineration once without taking any damage; activating it again would harm himself.

But after drinking tea made from Crimson Flame Ice Shard Grass all night, combined with the high concentration of energy in the training room, he broke through from Rank 5B to Rank 5A in just one night.

Not only has the power of the Two Elements Burning Out become greater, but it is no longer a problem to use it twice in a row.

Seeing that the sixth-tier Lustful Corpse Seed had also dissipated, Wang Qi breathed a sigh of relief, put his hands in his trench coat pockets, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, ready to show off.

Then he heard a soft sound behind him.

He turned his head and found that Ling Shuang had collapsed. Her body lay limp on the ground, her long blue hair scattered on the black sand, and her face as white as paper.

Wang Qi was startled and almost dropped the cigarette in his mouth. He quickly squatted down, reached out to catch Ling Shuang, helped her up from the ground, and leaned her on his shoulder.

He examined the patient carefully: the patient's breathing was steady, the pulse was normal, and there were no obvious wounds on the body.

It turns out he was just exhausted and not seriously injured.

He breathed a sigh of relief, rested Ling Shuang's head against the rock beside him, took out a bottle of medicine from his trench coat pocket, unscrewed the cap, pried open her mouth, and slowly poured it into her mouth.

"Wake up, wake up." Wang Qi shook her while giving her the medicine. "You're not allowed to sleep here."

Ling Shuang's eyelids twitched. She slowly woke up, her azure eyes initially somewhat dazed, then slowly focusing on Wang Qi's stubble-faced features. Hearing his words, the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

"I'm glad you're alright." Wang Qi stuffed the empty medicine bottle back into his pocket, stood up, and dusted off his knees. "You worked together well just now. We were about 70-80% sure we won the bet."

Ling Shuang slowly stood up, supporting herself on the stone, and moved her somewhat stiff wrists.

She didn't reply, but glanced at the spot where the lizard had disappeared, then at Wang Qi, her gaze holding something more.

"Your lotus flower is very powerful," she said.

Wang Qi chuckled twice, a cigarette dangling from his mouth: "Not bad."

. . .

On the other side, Wu You walked through the air, carrying an eight-colored crystal longsword, searching everywhere for the whereabouts of the corpse seed.

That's right, he wasn't in a hurry to go to the Class A danger zone to complete the mission.

For him, this B-level danger zone, where the highest level of corpses is only fifth or sixth rank, is his home turf, compared to those A-level areas that even he himself felt were dangerous.

In order to gain as much experience as possible, he specifically chose a direction with very few people.

Where Wu You passed, he could only see the occasional flash of silver sword light against the dark red sky.

Experience points +2000

Experience points +4000

Experience points +2000

Experience points +1000

Experience points +500

Experience points +2000

. . .

Wu You stood in mid-air, his white hair fluttering in the dark red wind, and the light on his eight-colored crystal sword was completely undiminished.

He opened the Sword Codex panel and his gaze fell on the line of numbers.

Allocable experience points: 12w.

Seeing the numbers on the Sword Manual panel, Wu You couldn't help but exclaim: What B-level danger zone? These are experience points!