# 1372
Chapter 1373: Tragic Yiyu
As Lin Qiye's words fell, Yiyu stood frozen on the spot.
"Yiyu? Who's Yiyu?" Bewilderment spread across Yiyu's face.
"...?" Lin Qiye eyed Yiyu suspiciously, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips. "As expected of one of the three oldest 'Gods' of the Church of the Ancient Gods—even now you can put on such a flawless act... Unfortunately, even if you turned to ash I'd still recognize you."
The confusion in Yiyu's eyes deepened, but the words "Church of the Ancient Gods" made his heart tighten. He stepped back half a pace, his gaze sharpening:
"You're from Squad 007? They actually still had people in hiding?"
Lin Qiye smiled without a word.
"How did you discover me?" Yiyu couldn't help but ask this question.
This wasn't a matter of accidentally exposing himself at some point... He had never once appeared within the Night Watch's line of sight, so there was no need to hide in the first place!
Under these circumstances, how had this man discovered him? Did he have precognition?!
Lin Qiye shrugged. "Sorry, I'm a prophet."
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Now that things had come to this point, Yiyu had no reason to keep hiding. His gaze converged, and the spiritual power of the "Infinite" realm surged outward!
A dim nightmare instantly bloomed from beneath his feet, engulfing Lin Qiye's form!
This was Yiyu's God's Ruins, Sequence 018: [Dream Rift].
The sky darkened rapidly, the surrounding alleyways vanished, and all that remained was a scarlet, scalding sea of magma churning and roiling. At the center of this magma sea, a patch of cracked earth the size of a football field floated and drifted above the molten rock, as if one misstep would send it swallowed by the lava.
Lin Qiye and Yiyu stood on the only solid ground in this sea of magma.
After entering the nightmare space, the panic that had briefly flickered across Yiyu's features quickly settled into composure.
He gazed at Lin Qiye and spoke calmly, his tone carrying absolute confidence:
"Regardless of how you found me... this place will be your grave."
"Is that so?" A slight smile tugged at Lin Qiye's lips.
On the surface of the floating earth amidst the magma, Lin Qiye suddenly lifted his right foot and stomped down hard!
BOOM—!
An invisible ripple swept across the entire nightmare space. The churning magma froze mid-flow, and the embers drifting in the wind embedded themselves in the air. It was as if someone had pressed the pause button on this world, freezing everything instantly!
[Endless King's Command], God's Ruins Counter!
With Lin Qiye's "Klein" level spiritual power, countering Yiyu's "Infinite" realm God's Ruins was effortless. In this nightmare space, he could even temporarily gain full control— with just a thought, nothing within this nightmare could harm him in the slightest.
On the unmoving shattered ground, Lin Qiye in his lakeside-blue casual attire, took slow, deliberate steps forward, walking with a gentle smile toward the stunned Yiyu.
"Let me see... how exactly are you going to bury me here?"
Yiyu looked around in astonishment, disbelief flooding his eyes:
"W-what did you do?!"
Watching Lin Qiye approach with that smile, urgency flashed in Yiyu's eyes. He activated his God's Ruins once more, voluntarily shattering this frozen magma nightmare. A brand-new nightmare quickly reconstructed itself!
The magma dissipated, and a blood-soaked earth littered with corpses materialized out of thin air. A waning moon hung in the sky, and under the pallid moonlight, countless grotesque demons clawed their way out of the ground, surging madly toward the approaching Lin Qiye!
Infernal Nightmare!
Lin Qiye swept his gaze across the surroundings and shook his head with a hint of regret:
"This hell of yours is too fake. Let me show you what a real hell looks like!"
The moment Lin Qiye finished speaking, ash-gray embers drifted down from the sky. The demons racing across the blood-soaked earth suddenly faltered, and massive lumps of flesh bulged from their backs, splitting open down the middle. Countless crimson worms writhed within the growths, forming blood-red pupils that all turned simultaneously to stare at Yiyu in the distance!
These parasite-infested monsters made an uncontrollable wave of goosebumps rise across Yiyu's skin!
He stumbled backward in terror, until his back suddenly struck something hard and he was forced to stop.
He turned his stiff neck to look behind him, only to see a towering vengeful spirit浑身—covered in nauseating flesh organs, with a dozen writhing insect eyes staring from the top of its head—twisting frantically in the ashes. Those pale, hollow eyes locked onto Yiyu below, and a hair-raising, eerie laughter suddenly rang out:
"Do you think... I look like an angel?"
At barely over twenty years old, when had Yiyu ever witnessed such a sight?
His pupils constricted sharply, and he cried out while frantically waving his hands in the air. The surrounding nightmares receded like a tide, and both of them were thrust back into the alleyway!
Yiyu staggered backward, his back slamming heavily against a wall before he managed to steady himself, gasping heavily.
"You, you... you're controlling my God's Ruins? How is this possible?!" Yiyu's wide, terror-stricken eyes stared fixedly at the silently smiling Lin Qiye before him. "My God's Ruins is—"
"Sequence 018's [Dream Rift], I know." Lin Qiye waved dismissively.
"It's not a rare ability. I could find any dog off the street and they'd be able to do it... You believe me, right?"
"Impossible!" Yiyu shouted defiantly. "This is a God's Ruins! In this world, besides that Lord, only I, as the proxy, possess—"
Before Yiyu could finish, Lin Qiye casually pressed his palm against the empty air. Amidst dazzling magical radiance, a pug in a tuxedo waddled out, huffing and puffing.
The moment Yiyu caught sight of this pug, he froze in place.
For some reason, he sensed an extremely familiar aura emanating from this dog.
"This..." Yiyu's jaw dropped slightly.
Lin Qiye stroked Wang Cai's head, glanced at Yiyu, and said, "From now on, I ask—you answer. Understood?"
"In your dreams!" Yiyu responded without hesitation.
Hearing Yiyu's response, Lin Qiye sighed, and an expression of "as expected" settled onto his face.
"If that's how it's going to be, then don't blame me for being merciless..." Lin Qiye removed his hand from Wang Cai's head, and a hint of sympathy crept into his gaze as he looked at Yiyu.
Watching Wang Cai gradually rise onto its hind legs before him, a deeply ominous premonition suddenly bloomed in Yiyu's heart.
"What... what are you doing?!"
"Woof!"
The same nightmare space unfurled from within Wang Cai's body, instantly dragging Yiyu's consciousness into it by force!
Wang Cai had long since reached the "Klein" realm. The identical [Dream Rift], facing an opponent who had only achieved "Infinite," could achieve absolute suppression.
In Wang Cai's nightmare, Yiyu's pupils gradually dilated, as if witnessing something so terrifying that even his body couldn't stop trembling. His complexion turned ashen!
After several dozen seconds, Yiyu's throat convulsed. He suddenly doubled over...
"BLEURGH!!!!"