# 764
Chapter 765: Wooden Chopsticks
This was the first time Lin Qiye had ever felt this way.
He knew that Yuzuri Kurotetsu possessed royal blood, but even standing beside him, he wouldn't feel the slightest sense of dissonance. Yet now, standing next to this white-haired youth, the source of darkness within him was inexplicably stirring.
A hint of confusion appeared in Lin Qiye's eyes.
Could it be that Yuzuri Takishiro's royal blood was even purer than Yuzuri Kurotetsu's?
Lin Qiye remembered that the royal blood Yuzuri Kurotetsu obtained contained impurities, and this tainted royal blood was passed down through blood ties to Yuzuri Nana and Yuzuri Takishiro. The former had not displayed any characteristics of royal blood, while the latter had been exceptionally gifted from birth.
Could this be... blood regression?
Or perhaps, after years of experiments by the Oracle Envoy that had drained Yuzuri Takishiro's potential, his bloodline had undergone some unknown transformation, becoming purer as a result?
"Are you Yuzuri Takishiro?" Lin Qiye asked the white-haired少年 before him.
While Lin Qiye was studying Yuzuri Takishiro, Yuzuri Takishiro was also curiously observing him.
"You are..."
"My name is Lin Qiye, captain of the [Nightfall] squad." Lin Qiye paused, then lowered his voice and added, "Previously, I worked as a host at your father's establishment..."
Yuzuri Takishiro suddenly understood!
A host!
A good person!
And he clearly remembered that his father had reminded him before leaving that the [Nightfall] squad was a benefactor of the Yuzuri family, so this squad captain standing before him naturally couldn't be a bad person.
"You should go quickly—your level isn't high enough to defeat this boss." Yuzuri Takishiro stepped forward, positioning himself in front of Lin Qiye, facing the thunder beast that was about to charge at them. "Father said I need to help you, so you can't die here."
Hearing this, Lin Qiye was slightly taken aback. A bitter smile then appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He patted Yuzuri Takishiro's shoulder and said,
"Don't worry. I won't die."
He turned to look at the thunder beast shrouded in lightning in the distance and slowly spoke. "Today, the only one who will die... is that thunder beast."
Yuzuri Takishiro turned in confusion, his gaze falling upon the wooden chopstick in Lin Qiye's right hand. His pupils contracted slightly.
"
SS-rank item: [Ordinary Wooden Chopstick Infused with Sword Dao],
Damage: [Incalculable].
"
An ordinary wooden chopstick infused with Sword Dao?
What kind of thing was that?
Although Yuzuri Takishiro had no idea what this item was used for, the SS-rank rarity alone was enough to shock him greatly.
He had never seen an item of such high quality, nor had he ever seen damage classified as "incalculable." He had a vague premonition that once this chopstick struck, something extraordinary would definitely be triggered...
"How can I help?"
Yuzuri Takishiro's attitude instantly shifted from "you should go" to "how can I help you." The moment Lin Qiye revealed this item, he understood that his objective should change from "fighting the thunder beast" to "helping Lin Qiye kill the thunder beast."
What Hell's Calamity said was actually correct. Although Yuzuri Takishiro was extremely powerful, he still found it somewhat difficult to face a mythological thunder beast. After all, defensive items would eventually run out...
It seemed that after this was over, he would have to grind the game for a long time again.
"Help me trap it for a moment." Lin Qiye gripped the chopstick as he spoke.
How powerful the force contained within this chopstick was, Lin Qiye naturally knew best. If this had been before Zhou Ping achieved godhood, this chopstick could at most kill one Human Apex. However, after Zhou Ping broke through the ceiling and became a Sword Immortal, the sword energy within this chopstick had undergone a qualitative transformation.
Within this chopstick was contained a strand of "Sword Dao."
This was something capable of slaying deities.
Of course, this was only theoretical. Lin Qiye didn't believe that with this chopstick alone he could actually pierce a deity to death, but it should be more than sufficient to deal with the mythological thunder beast before him.
The most critical point was that this strike of his must not miss the thunder beast. Otherwise, today the entire [Nightfall] squad along with Yuzuri Takishiro would all die here.
"I understand." Yuzuri Takishiro nodded. "Leave it to me."
A resolute light flashed in Yuzuri Takishiro's eyes, and a panel materialized before him.
"
Item selection... S-rank magical item, [Will's Demon Execution Platform].
Activate magical skill... [Wind Patrol Guardian], Agility +109.
Activate melee skill... [Phantom Execution].
Activate title skill... [Traveler in Shadow], Agility +98.
You have consumed [Greater Swiftness Potion], Agility +100.
You have consumed [Shadow Dancer's Demise], halved HP for 3 minutes and cannot be restored by any form of potion, Agility +599
..."
From Lin Qiye's perspective, various colored lights flickered across Yuzuri Takishiro's body in succession, and his entire aura suddenly became elusive and uncertain.
Yuzuri Takishiro reached out and grasped the虚空. Nine slender round rods, black as ink and resembling both spear and pillar, were strung together by a thick chain and fell into his hands, emanating a诡异 crimson cold light. The moment Lin Qiye caught sight of this execution platform, his heart clenched slightly, and he felt an instinctive sense of revulsion.
What exactly was this thing?
A gray glint flashed in Yuzuri Takishiro's eyes. His form swiftly became translucent. He took a step forward, and eight afterimages flew out from his body in different directions. Each afterimage carried a black spear on its back, charging toward the thunder beast from different angles.
Yuzuri Takishiro was too fast—far too fast. Even Lin Qiye's now exceptionally enhanced dynamic vision couldn't track the trajectory of any single afterimage.
All he saw was a blur, and nine Yuzuri Takishiros had already flashed to the thunder beast's front!
The thunder beast also seemed to sense the change in Yuzuri Takishiro's aura. Its massive claws tightened slightly against the ground, and surging lightning expanded outward from its center like a tide, sweeping toward the nine white-haired figures.
Even the thunder beast couldn't easily track each Yuzuri Takishiro's movements. It could only rely on this wide-area destructive skill to eliminate their existence.
The moment the surging lightning reached the nine Yuzuri Takishiros, they simultaneously leaped from the ground, soaring from the earth into the sky hundreds of meters high as if they were white kites drifting among the clouds.
In the air, nine pairs of cross-shaped eyes gleamed with brilliant light simultaneously. They tightly gripped the black spears in their hands and forcefully hurled them toward the thunder beast on the ground below!
The black spears pierced through the lightning as though it were nothing, stabbing into the nine corners surrounding the thunder beast, embedding deeply into the earth where they could not be pulled out.
The next moment, the nine Yuzuri Takishiros in the air were engulfed by the lightning all at once.