# 831
Chapter 831
Lin Qiye's First Lesson
Ming Liu stood on the ground, abruptly raising his head to gaze at the sky. A figure in deep crimson, holding a snow-white long blade, had somehow arrived mid-air beneath the night sky, those blazing golden eyes coldly overlooking him.
Lin Qiye's appearance left the surrounding new recruits frozen in place.
That Sun Wukong mask, of course they recognized it—after all, half an hour ago, he had been considered the evil representative of the Church of the Ancient Gods, coming to slaughter all the new recruits...
But the scene of him effortlessly striking down Ming Liu moments ago left the recruits completely bewildered.
Just who... was the villain?
Beneath the night sky, Lin Qiye raised his hand and gently clasped it toward the earth below.
Nightlight spread like a tidal wave.
The next moment, several warehouse buildings within the training camp shuddered violently. Massive quantities of steel, weapons, and Straight Blades were dyed by the darkness, hurtling up toward the sky.
【Dark Corrosion】.
Under the erosion of nightlight, the steel sufficient to shroud the entire sky rapidly folded, interwove, and twisted, transforming in an instant into a steel canopy that covered the surrounding mountains and training camp, suspended inverted beneath the night sky.
The moment this steel canopy appeared, all the recruits stood frozen in astonishment.
The power Lin Qiye displayed before them was of a magnitude they had never witnessed, never even heard of... Was this truly something a human could achieve?
On the ground, Ming Liu furrowed his brows as he gazed at the steel canopy overhead, momentarily unable to decipher what Lin Qiye intended to do.
Just then, the虚空 behind him rippled silently.
A massive white bear stepped out of the void, fiercely wrapping its arms around Ming Liu's body. The next instant, both of them vanished into nothingness. When they reappeared, Ming Liu had already arrived atop the inverted steel canopy in the sky.
Beneath his feet lay the sky; above his head lay the earth where the training camp stood.
He raised his head to look up and could see everything happening within the training camp. Likewise, when the recruits inside the training camp looked up, they could witness everything occurring atop the steel canopy.
"That battlefield is too small. We'll fight here."
A voice drifted over from the distance. Ming Liu turned his head to see—at the center of this steel canopy—the man in the deep crimson cloak sat upon a pitch-black steel throne, squinting those golden eyes as he looked down upon him.
Ming Liu glanced down at the steel canopy beneath his feet, then at the man seated upon that steel throne looking down at him. An unprecedented fury bloomed in his eyes!
Whether it was the appearance of the steel canopy, the white bear forcibly abducting him, that imposing steel throne, or that disdainful gaze looking down at him—everything pointed to one fact.
He had been despised.
He felt like a monkey about to perform in a circus, forcibly seized to this place, forced to begin his performance under the watchful eyes of countless spectators above.
From the moment he had been knocked from the sky by Lin Qiye's presence, he had completely fallen into the enemy's rhythm.
And this was precisely what Lin Qiye wanted.
The reason he had gone to such great lengths to create this steel canopy was, on one hand, to relocate the battlefield and prevent their battle's aftermath from harming the recruits. After all, in a battle of "Boundless" level, even a single thread of combat residue could be lethal to the other recruits.
On the other hand... it was to let those recruits witness what high-realm combat truly looked like.
The peaceful development time remaining for these recruits was running out. Perhaps before long, they would be dispatched to the battlefield, where they would face not the petty skirmishes of "Pond" or "River" realms, but real warfare.
Since it was a battlefield, it certainly wouldn't only involve low-realm battles. They would inevitably face the pressure of "Sea" realm, "Boundless," and even Klein-level enemies.
They had to face strength directly, understand strength, so they wouldn't die senselessly in the chaos of battle.
Lin Qiye had intended to teach this lesson to the recruits later, but since the Church of the Ancient Gods had come knocking on their own initiative, he didn't mind using them as natural "teaching materials."
The assessment hadn't ended yet, but Lin Qiye's lecture had already begun.
"Come." On the steel throne, Lin Qiye spoke calmly. "Use your full strength and attack me."
The words, dripping with contempt and provocation, made Ming Liu's lungs nearly burst with rage. He had barely managed to recover his strength using the Magic Ring, all to massacre the 【Nightfall】 squad and instructors in a one-sided slaughter—but now he was being treated with such disregard. A profound sense of落差 filled his heart.
"Seek death!!"
Ming Liu let out a low roar. A God's Ruins spread outward from him as its center, instantly covering the entire steel canopy.
Dense冥气 churned around Ming Liu. He flipped his palm over, and an ancient lantern appeared in his grasp, emitting a cold, dark crimson glow.
A sinister ghost's eye slowly opened from within the flickering flame of the wick...
...
Training Camp.
While all the recruits were transfixed by that astonishing steel canopy and throne in the sky, An Qingyu's eyes narrowed sharply as she charged toward the other two members of the Church of the Ancient Gods!
Shen Qingzhu and Jiang Er followed close behind. Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan were also rushing over from the distance.
Except for Jialan, who had lost 【Immortality】, all other members of the 【Nightfall】 squad moved in perfect unison, beginning to hunt down the remaining two Church of the Ancient Gods members.
"Commander Yuan, there's no need to deactivate the Town-Suppressing Monument." An Qingyu spoke through the earpiece to the instructors below. "Qiye can handle the one who recovered his strength. The other two are ours to solve. If we deactivate the monument now, it'll become a 'Boundless' realm free-for-all and injure the recruits."
"Understood." Yuan Gang's stern voice transmitted through the earpiece. "Be careful."
Snap—!!
A crisp snapping sound rang out as blazing firelight, compressed by the air, formed a ring of fire walls, completely sealing off the escape routes of the other two Church of the Ancient Gods members.
At the same time, Baili Pangpang, frenzied Cao Yuan, Shen Qingzhu, and An Qingyu charged into the inferno from four different directions. Forbidden artifacts, black flames, fire, and frost swept across the two Church of the Ancient Gods members like a tide.
Among them, the young recruit possessed by Jiang Er chose to directly charge into the malevolent fire.
Though extreme fear emotions had caused Jiang Er to be expelled from his body, that young recruit was also severely wounded, vomiting a mouthful of blood and collapsing to the ground.
The others rushed in together and immediately subdued the last person.
"Pangpang, tie them all up." An Qingyu looked at the two who had completely lost their fighting ability and said to Baili Pangpang.
Baili Pangpang grinned wickedly. He pulled two ropes from his怀中 and walked toward the two with a cold smile.
"Now we're in my professional domain..."