# 1381
Chapter 1382: Truth and Falsehood
Lin Qiye's voice reached An Qingyu's ears. The latter's gaze fell upon the crimson waters of the river, his brow tightly furrowed.
"Deal with the river water... How should we handle this?"
The three tubes of Violent Blood had long since merged with these waters. Based on An Qingyu's calculations, its concentration was sufficient to cause Baize to fail in delivery while, under the influence of emotion and blood, lapsing into a state of absolute rampage. By then, estimates suggested half of Huaihai would be reduced to rubble.
An Qingyu's eyes locked onto the churning waters below, his mind racing at lightning speed!
A moment later, determination flashed across his features!
"Never mind that now..." An Qingyu took a deep breath, removed his black-framed glasses, set the black coffin behind him onto the deck, and with a leap into the air, dove directly toward the blood-colored waters!
In the churning river, the muscles on his back bulged outward, his upper body's clothing burst open, and a massive serpent's head and a ferocious bull's head sprouted from each shoulder. As An Qingyu opened his mouth simultaneously, three terrifying vortices churned within the river!
Crimson river water rushed into An Qingyu's body at a frantic pace. He was like a greedy water-devouring beast, swallowing this crimson flow at an astonishing speed!
An Qingyu's idea was simple, brutally so...
If the Violent Blood couldn't be separated from the water current, then he'd swallow it all!
"What the—?" Baili Pangpang witnessed this from afar, his eyes widening in shock. "This works too?!"
"Qingyu..."
The ghost Jiang Er drifted out from the body of a Church of the Ancient Gods member, gazing at the three terrifying vortices in the blood-colored waters, her eyes filled with worry.
...
Beneath the Huangpu River.
The blood-colored current gradually submerged the prostrate Baize on the riverbed. Tang Mingxuan, standing guard before Baize, wore a grim expression!
"Baize!" Tang Mingxuan swung his Sky-Piercer Halberd violently, and the surrounding blood-colored currents compressed rapidly, forming a barrier that attempted to separate the water around Baize from the blood-colored flow.
Yet even so, strands of blood-colored threads continuously detached from the crimson river, like pythons scenting blood, desperately drilling into the faint golden patterns flickering across Baize's surface!
This blood seemed to embody the grudge and greed of those death row inmates from their former lives. The auspicious beast's aura within Baize was precisely what they craved most.
ROOOOAR—!!!
As these blood-colored threads poured in, Baize's already agonizing expression grew increasingly ferocious. A low roar reverberated through the river depths.
It continuously shook its head, seemingly trying to expel those resentments and violence from its mind. Those pair of snow-white horns churned through the water, causing the currents to boil as if erupting skyward!
Baize's water-control technique had become近乎本能—an instinctive ability. This unconsciously released power in its berserk state had already exceeded the "Klein" realm's threshold.
The water shackles binding it above were shattered in an instant. Tang Mingxuan violently spat a mouthful of blood, his身形 staggering backward several steps along the riverbed...
He could no longer suppress the near-rampaging Huangpu River.
...
BOOOM—!!!
An deafening roar exploded from the depths of the Huangpu River. Massive waves of water surged into the clouds, losing their support in midair, transforming into torrential rain that poured down upon all of Huaihai City!
Rain carrying a faint fishy scent brushed across Lin Qiye's face. His eyes remained fixed on Yuehuai nearby, his expression grave.
Unable to use spiritual perception, Lin Qiye had no way of knowing the situation at the Huangpu River. But for now, he could only trust the other members of the Night Watch squad.
Through their brief exchange, Lin Qiye had confirmed that Yuehuai's strength was undoubtedly among the most troublesome "Klein" he had encountered to date... In a sense, even Bifengtu, ranked second among the Ten Foreguards in the mist, might not be his match.
Yuehuai's spiritual realm was also at the peak of the "Klein" state, even approaching the Human Apex. But the critical issue was... his God's Ruins was far too bizarre!
He seemed capable of transforming anything that genuinely existed into illusory shadows. Whether it was the Straight Blade flying out from the glass tube piercing through the sea beast, the bullets, or the just-released White Slash, all were the same.
A God's Ruins that toyed with "truth" and "falsehood" at will... Which deity did Yuehuai represent?
Rain soaked the cigarette burning at the corner of Yuehuai's lips. His brow furrowed slightly as he spat out the cigarette and crushed it beneath his foot.
"I know you're not Li Kengqiang." Yuehuai spoke calmly.
"Half a month ago, I fought him. He wasn't as strong as you...
So, I'll ask you the same question he did,
Who... exactly are you?"
"You don't need to know."
Lin Qiye beckoned with his hand. The White Slash, buried point-first in the earth, flew automatically back into his grasp.
Feeling the physical sensation returned to his palm, Lin Qiye felt a modicum of reassurance. It seemed Yuehuai's ability to transform the real into the illusory wasn't permanent... Though considering the logic, if he could wave his hand and forever turn White Slash into a shadow, that would be absurdly overpowered.
Lin Qiye gripped White Slash in his left hand, summoned Ame-no-Murakumo with his right, and his form dissolved into a streak of night, shooting forward once more!
Yuehuai's eyes narrowed slightly. He charged toward Lin Qiye, a flicker of black light swimming in his gaze, showing no intention of dodging those two weapons.
DONK—!
At the instant the two figures crossed paths, Lin Qiye stomped heavily into a rain puddle. Dense water droplets scattered in all directions.
An invisible domain expanded, instantly engulfing Yuehuai's form!
Endgame Royal Rule!
Regardless of what ability a God's Ruins possessed, Endgame Royal Rule always proved effective. Reality confirmed this was indeed the case.
The moment this invisible domain expanded, the black light in Yuehuai's eyes shattered. His pupils constricted sharply. However, even with his God's Ruins countered, Yuehuai's reaction was swift. His palm shot upward, and two black shadows erupted from his掌心!
CLANG CLANG—!
Two masses of shadow respectively collided with the nearby White Slash and Ame-no-Murakumo. One shadow touched Ame-no-Murakumo's blade tip and was sliced clean in half. The other shadow forcefully deflected the White Slash's edge, tearing open a gap through brute force.
Yuehuai's feet traced an uncanny pattern. His form drifted like a specter, escaping hundreds of meters in an instant, evading Lin Qiye's surprise attack!
Yet despite all this, White Slash's blade light无视space itself, leaving a crimson gash across his back.
Yuehuai's form steadied in the rain. His eyes gazed at Lin Qiye with newfound wariness. The previously casual, nonchalant expression vanished entirely as he spoke in a low voice:
"What did you do?"
Lin Qiye offered no response. His gaze dropped to his feet, where the half-shadow severed by Ame-no-Murakumo lay.
Before, that shadow had moved too swiftly for Lin Qiye to discern its nature. Now he finally saw its true form...
It was half a petal of a black lotus.