Room 2-7 on the top floor of Aokiji.
This huge room was completely exposed to the deep space, and the surrounding glass walls did not rise back up. The night wind blew past, and it was bone-chilling.
A group of black-clothed people holding origin guns stood in a row. At the same time, there were more than a dozen contestants in ragged clothes kneeling on the ground. White papers were placed in front of them, and the invaders of the Machinery Church were monitoring them from behind, watching them draw the star map they had just seen.
Among the contestants, Chu Bai was also among them. His face was bruised and swollen, and he no longer had the arrogant temperament of an aristocratic family's descendant during the day. The people around him were the same.
They were all reputable contestants from many upper-class families, and even higher-class families. However, they were all prisoners of the Machinery Church, and those who did not cooperate had become corpses lying on the side.
Chu Bai was calmly thinking as he drew the star map. Number 10's betrayal had caught him off guard. Thinking back to the day when Li Xiang had asked him why he still brought Number 10 with him, he could not help but smile bitterly.
Compared to these desperadoes, he was still too inexperienced and overconfident.
Although Li Xiang's thoughts were strange, he was ruthless and merciless. Unfortunately, Li Xiang, Bai Jiaqi, and Bai Mumu were not among these contestants. He did not know if they had been killed or not yet captured.
"Draw the star map well. As long as you are obedient, I will not make things difficult for you. Otherwise … "A graceful figure appeared in the line of sight of the contestants. The woman who spoke was wearing a mask. Her body under the red robe was voluptuous and exquisite. She was as alluring as a ripe peach, exuding a faint charm.
Her long hair fluttered in the wind, covering her shoulders and hanging down to her hips below her slender waist.
She was the leader of the invaders from the Machinery Church, and she had the elegance and grace of an empress.
If it was really as she said, that the Machinery Church's goal was only their star map, then Chu Bai was relieved. No matter how important the star map was, it was not as important as his life. Moreover, the trip to the sea of stars was over, and he had obtained the benefits that he wanted. The star map was nothing.
It was puzzling that the Machinery Church would spend so much effort to collect their star maps.
Under the pressure, the dozen or so competitors' drawing speed was extremely fast. In order to survive, they wished they could grow a few more hands to speed up their drawing speed. After a few minutes, the competitors finished their Star Atlas one after another.
The talents of these contestants were not bad, and the constellations they saw were much more complicated than the average contestant. Every star chart was the size of a room when spread out, but now it was condensed into a piece of white paper.
The female leader got her subordinates to keep the star maps one by one. Just as she was about to hand them over to her master, a few external members of the Machinery Church ran over while panting heavily. Their expressions did not look too good.
Li Xiang killed all the way to the top floor. Those patrolling teams of the Machinery Church could not stop his footsteps at all. In this operation, they were sure that Aokiji 2-7 did not have a large number of guards, but they did not expect there to be such an expert among the competitors.
"You guys bring the star map to the Young Miss. I'll go see what this brat is capable of. He still dares to come here and court death." The female leader waved her right hand. The black-robed men behind her nodded and put away the star map before walking further inside.
She strode forward, intending to go down and see what kind of god this young man was.
Li Xiang kicked away the corpses blocking his way. The coldness on his face became heavier and heavier. Originally, he was neutral toward the Machinery Church, but after seeing the corpses of these competitors and some lawless external members, he gradually felt a sense of disgust.
It was no wonder that Ye Yu hated these people so much. Not only did they have different ideals, but in their eyes, there was not much difference between humans and machines. They were all just materials.
He had never liked researchers who valued their research more than human lives. They seemed noble, but in fact, they were just satisfying their own selfish desires.
Li Xiang cleared the passage and continued going up. Even though danger was everywhere, he still wanted to confirm the situation of Chu Bai and the others. Also, it would be best if he could capture a few valuable members of the Machinery Church. Only then could he ask about the destruction of Ye Yu's hometown.
Just as he stepped onto a new step, a fiery red figure suddenly appeared in his line of sight. Then, the figure flashed, and a jade-white palm gently reached out and pressed on Li Xiang's back.
The palm trembled violently, and a surging power broke out of her body and heavily bombarded Li Xiang's back.
The female leader sneered. Her physical fitness had reached the standard of a Level-2 Magician's Apprentice. With her speed, she could naturally move freely in such a narrow space.
Just as she thought that she had killed him with one blow, Li Xiang's figure suddenly turned into a puff of green smoke, slowly rising into the air and disappearing. It was actually just an afterimage.
The key was that she did not even notice this afterimage before it disappeared.
"What's going on?" The female leader felt a chill run down her spine. She subconsciously turned around and squatted down. A huge ball of light behind her head grew bigger and bigger, and then it ruthlessly bombarded the black stone wall behind her, shattering it completely.
The scattered ball of light brushed past her arm, bringing a trail of blood.
At the same time, there was a sharp sound of wind breaking.
A black sword stabbed out from a tricky angle. The female leader awkwardly dodged, but Li Xiang grabbed her arm and fiercely threw her away.
The strength she was proud of was completely useless in front of Li Xiang.
After throwing the female leader away, Li Xiang did not stop. In a few steps, he shot out, and the heavy ghost smashed towards her head on the ground, mercilessly.
If this hit, her head would definitely turn into minced meat. But the female leader did not have time to get up before Li Xiang sat on top of her, firmly suppressing her.
His weight was obviously not heavy, but it was like a small mountain on top of her, making her breathless.
Seeing that the ghost was getting bigger and bigger, and was about to hit her head, a poker card suddenly flew out from the side, blocking Li Xiang's powerful blow.
Li Xiang vigilantly jumped up. The female leader breathed a sigh of relief, but her whole body was limp and she could not summon any strength.
In just one move, she was almost killed by him.
This young man was too terrifying.
A black shadow flew out from the direction of the poker card, and collided with Li Xiang. His strength was terrifying, and he could easily suppress Li Xiang who was at full power.
Li Xiang could not withstand the huge force, and took a few steps back. His right hand lifted Chaser, and his left hand smashed the ghost. His Gun Kungfu was at its peak, and the black shadow had no time to pull up the female leader, so he had to use both hands to defend.
The other party used his arms to block his Chaser, and also blocked the ghost that smashed down. The ghost hit his arm like it was hitting steel, and it was incomparably hard.
His strength was clearly above his own.
However, the black clothed man did not seem to intend to fight Li Xiang to the death. He punched out, forcing Li Xiang back, and picked up the female leader on the ground and disappeared at the other end of the corridor.
His speed was also frightening, and he was at least at the level of a level 1 magician. Li Xiang could not catch up.
He could only watch his back disappear into the distance.
In just one move, Li Xiang felt like he had walked through the gates of hell. If the other party really wanted to fight to the death, then he would have to activate the counterweight and use all his trump cards. Finally, like the Kuang Tie, he could drain the counterweight and fight to the death. Perhaps then he would have a chance to escape.
He clearly had such a strong opponent, but the other party was not in the mood to fight. It was different from the violent members of the Mechanical Church.
He could not figure it out, so he could only ignore it for now and continue to move up.
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