On the Ark.

If that's really the case, then Lin Ye has indeed encountered something extraordinary. If Eyjafjalla hadn't been among the kidnapped people, he wouldn't have bothered getting involved. But then again, if it really was the Yan Kingdom that did it, why wear such conspicuous and distinctive clothing? It's practically like they're telling everyone they're thugs from the Yan Kingdom.

Are the people of Yan really that stupid?

But if they weren't from Yan, then who were they? Why did they kidnap this group of scholars?

Countless questions flooded Lin Ye's mind at that moment, but surprisingly, he didn't feel a headache. He didn't know why, but Lin Ye felt that his mind was exceptionally clear and active. It was like washing his face after waking up and then opening the window to face the rising sun. Therefore, he knew very well what the most important question to think about at that moment was.

The number of rioters was quite large, but it was about the same as Lin Ye's previous estimate. After all, they were petty thieves, so their numbers would definitely be limited. However, to be able to take out the guards in charge of security and take away these seventeen scholars, the minimum number of people needed could indeed be guessed.

But no matter what, the odds of winning 1 vs 20 are indeed pitifully low.

but.

Lin Ye gripped the hilt of [Maple] tightly. Using the light from the car headlights, he found Eyjafjalla in the crowd; she looked badly injured.

So these people really deserve to die.

Waiting for reinforcements is out of the question; who knows where the Guard Bureau is right now? Relying on Rhodes Island's other forces stationed in Lungmen is also unrealistic. He'll have to take a gamble himself, but taking a gamble doesn't mean recklessly throwing his life away, because he's not alone.

He remembered the question Mostima had asked him ten minutes earlier.

"How long would it take you to kill twenty people?"

No one had ever asked Lin Ye such a question before. In his past life, he had never killed anyone. In this life, he was forced to kill a few people who wanted him dead, but the total number was less than twenty. He was just a doctor, not a murderer. Therefore, he had no answer to this question, and thus no way to answer Mostima.

Mostima, however, didn't seem to care and simply smiled and said, "We'll have the answer tonight."

Yes, we'll have the answer tonight.

Lin Ye pointed the tip of his knife at the first target closest to him.

With the blessing of [Maple], everyone's heartbeats were clearly audible, like the pounding of war drums. Amidst the sound of these drums, Lin Ye silently counted down.

At this moment, it wasn't just Lin Ye who was sizing up the thugs; the thugs were also observing Lin Ye.

Mainly the Golden Ghost and the Black-backed.

After all, Lin Ye had instantly defeated Silver Blade, whose combat strength was second only to the two of them, with a single strike. This left them somewhat unsure of Lin Ye's fighting ability, as he didn't seem particularly formidable. They wondered if it was truly due to superior combat power or his ability to see through Silver Blade's disguise. However, their greater concern lay with another matter.

Who is Lin Ye?

Could they be from the Royal Guard Bureau, suddenly appearing here? If they are, doesn't that mean Wei Yanwu broke his promise to them and is leaving them all here?

In Lungmen, only Wei Yanwu could do this, and if Wei Yanwu wanted to make a move, he would definitely not send just one person. Therefore, even though Lin Ye had severely injured Silver Blade, they did not immediately attack, but cautiously observed their surroundings to prevent themselves from being surrounded by the Guard Bureau without realizing it.

So, a very strange scene unfolded: after Lin Ye ran over and killed one person with his car, and then severely injured another with a knife, the two sides still didn't fight. They simply stood in the pouring rain, staring at each other, neither speaking nor making any rash moves, making the scene quiet and eerie. But this was advantageous for Lin Ye, because it allowed Mostima to find a better position.

After observing carefully for a period of time, Jin Gui and Hei Bei came to a conclusion that even they themselves found hard to believe.

The Royal Guard didn't come; only this guy in front of me showed up.

After the initial disbelief came anger. Especially Jin Gui; although only three people had come, he, Yin Ren, and Hei Bei were all the emperor's personal guards, and there were few in the entire Dragon Gate who could earn their respect. But suddenly, a random kid appeared and cut down their men right in front of him—how could he not be furious?

"Blackback!" Jin Gui roared, "Let's attack..."

Before he could finish speaking, something even more unbelievable happened.

*Snap*

That was the sound of shoes stepping into a puddle, coming from Lin Ye.

In a 1 vs 20 situation, the one in number 1 made the first move.

The black-backed dog also widened its eyes.

This guy's going to take on twenty of them?!

At this moment, Lin Ye had no idea what Jin Gui and Hei Bei were thinking, nor did he know that Jin Gui and Hei Bei were the strongest among the group. He focused all his attention on feeling their heartbeats. In situations where visibility was poor, heartbeats were a more reliable way to locate them, but he also had to be careful not to kill all the scholars at once.

It's like a program about to start, undergoing final checks and error reporting.

The program was activated when he rushed to the first person and the other person raised their weapon. At that moment, an orange rectangular magic circle descended from the sky and enveloped everyone, including Lin Ye.

About ten meters behind Lin Ye, on the rooftop, the pitch-black angel raised his black staff and softly chanted a spell, as Originium energy poured out from the end of the staff.

Lock of the Wasteland!

Everyone and everything inside the rectangular magic circle except Lin Ye was sealed off by this powerful force.

The thugs and scholars were all imprisoned without exception. Even the rain falling from the sky was slowed down considerably, as if time had been slowed down hundreds of times. Lin Ye was the only exception.

This was the first time Lin Ye had felt the power of the Locks of Time, a spell inscribed in his body by Mostima, though he couldn't use it yet. Regardless, he had only ever experienced such an extremely powerful spell with Messiah.

"How long would it take you to kill twenty people?"

This is the question Mostima just asked him.

Now, it's time to answer.

The long-lost sound of waves rang in Lin Ye's ears. He hadn't used Wave Leap in so long. A month, two months, or half a year? He couldn't remember anymore, but he still remembered Skadi's original intention in teaching him Wave Leap: to enable him to solve the most problems in the shortest amount of time.

Strength, speed, and senses were all elevated to their peak amidst the roar of the waves. This peak was on a completely different level from previous peaks. After Skadi left, although Lin Ye slacked off at work every day, he never missed a single day of practicing his Wave Leap, because practicing Wave Leap was the only time Lin Ye didn't feel like he was wasting his life.

And now, the results can finally be shown.

As the magic circle of the Lock of Desolate Time descended, the thug closest to Lin Ye raised his knife, blocking his path. Logically, Lin Ye should have dodged the blade and attacked from the side, thus killing the thug. However, he felt that would be too troublesome and time-consuming, so he swung his knife towards the thug's head.

【Maple】severed the opponent's knife without any hindrance, and swept it cleanly across the thug's neck.

Lin Ye didn't linger and immediately ran to the next person.

It wasn't until Lin Ye had run ten steps away that a thin line of red blood slowly appeared on the thug's neck. He was still in a fighting stance, but he was already lifeless.

Not fast enough, not fast enough.

This was Lin Ye's only thought.

Five, six... eleven, twelve... not enough, we need to go faster!

At this moment, Lin Ye didn't feel like he was killing people; he just felt like he was participating in a simple obstacle course, quickly moving on to the next obstacle after completing one. It was like those reality TV competitions he'd seen in his past life, like "XXX Charge Forward," but the difference was that those people were overcoming obstacles, while he was... reaping lives.

Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen...

As [Maple] pierced the chest of the eighteenth thug without hindrance, and then swept away from his shoulder, only two of them remained. If Lin Ye had turned around at that moment, he would have witnessed a truly spectacular scene. Because the Lock of Desolate Time could not completely freeze time, those "harvested" by Lin Ye could not perfectly retain their final appearance before death.

That's not quite right. They weren't completely dead yet, because time had also slowed down the pace of death.

So they slowly transformed into their final, death-defying forms, their expressions contorted in agony, blood splattering from the fatal wounds inflicted by [Maple]. The blood, propelled by inertia, leaped into the air, mingling with the slowed raindrops, and under the car headlights, resembled fireworks suspended in mid-air.

Some fireworks were large, some were small, and beneath the blood-red fireworks were the ferocious and pained expressions of the rioters.

At this moment, Lin Ye was also nearing his limit. He was panting heavily and his whole body was radiating pain.

But he gritted his teeth and endured it, then swung his sword at the nineteenth person.

However, the nineteenth person moved.

With a roar, Jin Gui broke free from the chains of the Desolate Time, instantly drawing his battle axe and clashing with Lin Ye's [Maple]. This time, [Maple] failed to cleanly sever its opponent.

Due to inertia, their bodies were almost overlapping, their knives and axes intertwined, their heads less than twenty centimeters apart, and they could even see their own anger reflected in each other's pupils.

The Lock of Time was also released at this moment.

The eighteen thugs fell to the ground.

The fireworks that lingered in the air exploded, and blood fell with the rain, staining Lin Ye and Jin Gui's bodies.

*Snap*

The two retreated simultaneously, stopping when they were about ten meters apart.

Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground and the panicked scholars, Jin Gui knew that their mission was impossible to complete.

but……

Jin Gui directly removed the Yan-style mask and bamboo hat from his face and threw them into the nearby garbage heap, revealing the face of a demon.

He fully unfolded his folded battle axe, then pounded his chest and roared.

"I am the twenty-third member of His Majesty the Emperor's personal guard, Golden Ghost!" he roared, "I stake the honor of Ursus on the fact that you will not leave here today!"

Lin Ye also sneered twice. Despite his aching body, he still raised [Maple] and pointed it at Jin Gui's face.

“I am the chief sterilization physician at Chernobog’s ‘I Love My Pet’ clinic, the chief psychologist at Rhode Island, a specialist in mental disability assessment, and a professional at managing unruly children…” Lin Ye followed his format, “I’m betting my entire cabinet of banners, and… damn it, I can’t make this up anymore, I’m going to…”

No, that won't do; it lacks presence.

Lin Ye took a deep breath.

Whether it was his imagination or not, as he was being drenched in the downpour, Lin Ye felt that the negative effects of Leap Strike were weakening, and the positive effects were even increasing.

"A true wave-surging action should have no time limit."

These are the words Skadi said to him.

so.

"Open your eyes wide," Lin Ye said. "I've brought you to your death."

……

……

Author's note: This chapter is also known as: Doctor Lin Ye Will Not Get Hurt Today.

Chapter 455 Catching up with you in ten minutes (3K)

Despite being mentally prepared, Chen was still shocked by the scene before him when he actually arrived at the location.

"How...how could this be?" The Guardian agent who came with her could hardly believe his eyes. "Who did this?!"

Chen pursed her lips tightly, remaining silent, but gestured for the area to be sealed off, and the Guard Bureau agents immediately sprang into action. She stood on higher ground, frowning as she surveyed the entire hall, then, noticing something, quickly descended.

"There's still a survivor here!" Chen discovered the Ranger, whose bleeding had already been stopped by Lin Ye. After checking the Ranger's condition, she immediately told the Guard Bureau operative, "Call an ambulance quickly."

The Guardian agent next to her nodded immediately, but before he could even dial the number on his phone, Chen stopped him.

"Don't call an ambulance, it's too slow," Chen said. "You two, hurry up and drive him to the hospital."

The Royal Guard agent hesitated for a moment: "Send us? But Officer Chen, we're already short-handed..."

"Call Swire and have her send people to handle the situation!" Chen said decisively. "Put everything else aside for now. Those thugs are far worse than the floods. We absolutely cannot let them leave Lungmen... Ah Fa! Have you found their escape route?"

“Yes, sir.” The Guard Bureau operative named Ah Fa saluted Chen. “I found tire tracks at the back entrance of the building!”

"Tire tracks?" Chen raised an eyebrow. "Could it be..."