# 1420
Chapter 1420: How About You Give Him a Little Cut
The five figures of Lin Qiye, Baili Pangpang, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er all charged simultaneously toward the falling Li Kengqiang!
Lin Qiye was very clear in his mind that although both he and An Qingyu had one foot on the threshold of the Human Apex, compared to a true ceiling-level expert, the gap was enormous.
Moreover, Li Kengqiang came from a special squad with extremely rich combat experience and had the vast power of national fortune backing him up. Defeating him was nearly impossible—the only option was to catch him off guard and break through his blockade.
At this moment, images of all the abilities Lin Qiye possessed flashed through his mind as he continuously refined his tactics, trying to create a possibility.
As Li Kengqiang drew closer, Lin Qiye could feel the oppressive force bearing down on him. He clenched his teeth and, with lightning speed, slashed out with the White Slash, attempting to distract Li Kengqiang's attention.
A snow-white blade light cut through the void, slashing directly toward Li Kengqiang's body!
Then,
A splash of crimson bloomed in the sky!
The blade light easily struck Li Kengqiang's body, cutting a bloody gash through his Hawaiian shirt. The imposing Li Kengqiang let out a muffled grunt, staring at Lin Qiye in disbelief, and tumbled headfirst toward the churning sea below!
The Human Apex-level aura vanished abruptly.
Lin Qiye stood there, White Slash in hand, frozen in place.
This...
He hadn't figured out how to escape from Li Kengqiang yet... he casually slashed once, and why did the man clutching his wound just fall down?
And he was holding the White Slash, not the Ame-no-Murakumo. Even if it were the latter, it shouldn't have this kind of power, right?
Watching Li Kengqiang's figure gradually vanish beneath the sea's surface, Lin Qiye seemed to realize something, and his expression immediately became complicated.
"Seven Nights... did Brother Qiang just...?" Cao Yuan murmured.
Lin Qiye nodded slightly.
This simple slash, however, elevated the Night Watch squad's admiration for Li Kengqiang to an unprecedented height.
"This old Li guy... he's got something." Seeing this scene, Wang Qing couldn't help covering her mouth and giggling twice. She then dove down from mid-air, her hand reaching into the虚空, and a long whip landed in her palm!
Snap—!!
The whip sliced through the sky, and a bolt of white lightning practically grazed the noses of Lin Qiye and the others, instantly carving a ferocious gash hundreds of meters long across the sea's surface!
The terrifying energy contained within this whip made Lin Qiye and the others pale. They had no doubt that if this whip had landed on them, it would have easily torn away half their bodies.
Wang Qing gripped the whip, raised her arm, and was about to swing a second strike, but before Lin Qiye could act, her shoulder suddenly burst open with a spray of blood!
She let out a startled cry and plummeted toward the sea below... Even as she passed by Lin Qiye and the others, she winked at them, her eye corners full of amusement.
Before the group could回过神来, Tang Yusheng, gripping the Sky-Piercer Halberd, came crashing down from the sky with towering waves!
The wind swept up his black hair, his white robe fluttered in the breeze. His expression remained as calm as ever, showing little emotion.
As his figure continued to descend, he slowly raised the Sky-Piercer Halberd, slashing toward Lin Qiye's head... But strangely, his movements were extremely slow, and his falling speed was even slower than freefall.
Watching this bizarre scene, Baili Pangpang hesitated for a moment:
"Seven Nights... how about you give him a little cut?"
Lin Qiye was stunned. He used the back of his White Slash to slap the sky, and a streak of light cut through space, gently landing on Tang Yusheng's chest. It didn't even manage to tear his shirt.
Yet despite this, Tang Yusheng's body suddenly convulsed as if struck by a massive hammer, and with the enormous waves behind him, he plummeted straight toward the Island.
Lin Qiye: ...
"Little Tang's acting is still a bit stiff..."
In the churning seawater, Wang Qing glimpsed Tang Yusheng being knocked flying and couldn't help clicking her tongue.
"Say less. We should be seriously injured and unconscious by now," Li Kengqiang pointed to the gash on his body as a reminder.
"..." Wang Qing rolled her eyes. "Are we being too obvious with this?"
"That doesn't matter. We're just going through the motions anyway. Even if Lord Tianzun wants to hold us accountable, don't we have the Marquis covering for us?"
"The Marquis?"
"Didn't you see it?" Li Kengqiang clicked his tongue. "If it weren't for the Marquis's intervention, how could that plane have happened to fly right over this island? His eyes have been on this entire Island the whole time. If he hadn't actively shown us an opening, how could those kids' signal have penetrated Great Xia's national fortune and connected to Zuo Qing's phone?"
"You mean this was all the Marquis helping暗中?" Wang Qing suddenly understood. "Isn't he afraid the Heavenly Lord will find out?"
"Do you think that Lord Tianzun couldn't have figured this out himself?" Li Kengqiang tapped Wang Qing's head. "The Marquis and Lin Qiye's little connection—Tianzun knows it inside out. Even so, he still sent them here. Does he not know that the Marquis would favor Lin Qiye?
Tianzun never wanted absolute shackles on Night Watch. Otherwise, he could have just locked them up in the Heavenly Court, right?
He was simply using the Marquis's hand to let Night Watch make their own choice.
Everything that needed to be said, we've said it through us. The consequences have been made clear. If after all this, they still want to leave... then whatever results come, they bear the responsibility themselves.
Don't forget, there's still a Tianzun among them who's trapped in the cycle of rebirth."
"No wonder..." Wang Qing couldn't help asking. "This is strange. How do you guys manage to read so much into all these messy little details?"
"If every Commander-in-Chief over the generations had been as simple-minded as you, Night Watch probably would have collapsed long ago." Li Kengqiang spoke leisurely. "Though, it's probably not everyone who figured it out. You clearly couldn't. As for Yusheng—though he's quiet, he's not stupid, so he probably sees the picture. As for Old Nie..."
"Old Nie..." Wang Qing thought for a moment, her expression gradually becoming odd. "It seems he hates these roundabout scheming things the most... This stubborn old fossil, can he really see through it?"
In the seawater, Li Kengqiang's expression suddenly became interesting.
"Damn..."
Above the sea!
Lin Qiye and the others rode the Somersault Cloud, rapidly ascending along the vertical wall of seawater. The top of the wall rapidly expanded in their field of vision!
"The Commanders really are soft-hearted after all." Cao Yuan watched the three Spirits of the Heroic Dead fall into the water one after another, feeling a surge of emotion.
"Indeed..."
"Oh, Commander Nie is here too."
As the group spoke, that upright figure standing at the top of the seawater wall gripped the black rod in his hand expressionlessly, and from high above, he leaped down!
The next moment, a massive rod-shadow came crashing down toward the top of their heads!