“Tenth Brother… you seem to have gotten much lighter…”

Luo Shiyi held Jiang Shi with some worry, his tone slightly anxious.

“It’s fine… Shiyi.” Jiang Shi coughed dryly a few times. “I shouldn’t be able to die, it just hurts a bit.”

“It won’t hurt anymore.” Luo Shiyi said. “With me here, Tenth Brother, you won’t hurt anymore…”

This time, Jiang Shi didn’t refuse. It seemed the pain had indeed cost him most of his rationality.

Luo Shiyi’s conviction moved slightly, and before long, Jiang Shi’s tightly furrowed brow gradually relaxed.

“Ah…” Jiang Shi seemed to regain some clarity. “Shiyi… don’t worry about me anymore. You need to preserve your conviction… we still have Zhu Que ahead…”

“Could Zhu Que possibly be harder to kill than Xuanwu?” Luo Shiyi said. “How could this kind of domineering ‘Immortality’ be something everyone possesses…”

“It’s precisely because Zhu Que is easier to kill…” Jiang Shi coughed twice again. “That’s why he’s even more capable of counterattacking…”

“You mean…”

“Regarding ‘killing Xuanwu’…” Jiang Shi said. “Either we’re completely wiped out, or Xuanwu is killed by our combined tactics… but Zhu Que is different…”

“Don’t worry about those things right now.” Luo Shiyi interrupted. “I’ll find a place for you to rest and wait for Fifth Brother to appear.”

“Fifth Brother… should be trying to find a way to summon Zhu Que…” Jiang Shi said. “Don’t distract him. I can manage on my own…”

“Do you even hear what you’re saying?” Luo Shiyi said. “Your body weight has been cut in half. What do you mean ‘I can manage’? Are you planning to reattach your heart yourself?”

“Ah… forget it.” Jiang Shi said. “My mission is basically complete…”

It seemed that how long Jiang Shi could live depended on how long his “Immortality” could remain in effect.

Jiang Shi also seemed to see their worry and said weakly on Luo Shiyi’s shoulder, “Don’t worry… as long as I recite all the storytelling I know in my head, I can drag this out for a long time… enough for you all to defeat Xuanwu…”

After hearing this, neither of them dared to respond, since no one knew whether Xuanwu would actually die.

They found a corner of a building to put Jiang Shi down, ensuring that normal small explosions and splash damage wouldn’t hurt him. Bai Jiu decided to stay behind to keep Jiang Shi company, while Luo Shiyi returned to Xuanwu’s side.

Qiu Shiliu had already come before Xuanwu, seemingly piquing Xuanwu’s interest.

“What do you want to discuss with me?” Xuanwu asked.

“I have a method that might kill you.” Qiu Shiliu said with veins bulging on her forehead. “I’ll just have to offend you a bit.”

Su Shan stood in the distance staring at Qiu Shiliu, clutching a handful of sweat in her hands.

Earlier, she had inquired about Qiu Shiliu’s ability in detail and discovered that she was the member with the most awkward position in the entire “Cat” team, and her relationships with others weren’t close either.

Because each time she executed a mission, she might directly die, so she had no way to establish deep comradeship with others. She was even more likely to accidentally injure teammates when activating her ability, which led her to constantly want to find an opportunity to prove her capabilities.

This time was a perfect opportunity for her. It was already a situation of certain death, so rather than having someone else go, it was more worthwhile for her to bury her life here.

Now she maintained her anger value at a critical point, only feeling heat throughout her body. If she got just a bit angrier, her whole body would trigger crimson flames.

“How can you kill me?” Xuanwu stared at Qiu Shiliu before her and asked again.

“I have a very powerful impact.” Qiu Shiliu said. “I just need to strike your chest for it to take effect. Can I try?”

“Impact…”

Xuanwu’s tone became noticeably puzzled. Forget about a person’s impact—even the impact of an entire building might not be enough to take her life.

“Don’t doubt it.” Qiu Shiliu said with an angry smile. “This impact is enough to char you inside and out. It just depends on whether you dare.”

“Good…” Xuanwu nodded. “Very good. Impact is good. Come impact me.”

After speaking, Xuanwu opened her only remaining left arm, making a hugging motion, and the vastness within her chest was completely revealed before Qiu Shiliu.

Qiu Shiliu looked carefully. Xuanwu’s body was essentially pitch black, but within it were many glowing tiny bright spots. Those bright spots weren’t on the skin’s surface but rather deep inside Xuanwu’s body.

“So Sister Shan was right…” Qiu Shiliu murmured. “That body is a ‘hole’.”

She retreated two steps, then charged toward Xuanwu with all her might. Xuanwu only felt that this person’s posture didn’t look like an “impact” at all, but rather like a bullet meant to shatter her.

But before she could change her mind, Qiu Shiliu had already leaped from her position, almost using a diving posture to drill toward Xuanwu’s body.

In an instant, her upper body disappeared into Xuanwu’s body, with only her legs still remaining outside.

Xuanwu now felt something wasn’t quite right. Although she didn’t know what the other party was trying to do, this kind of unknown situation always triggered her instinctive reaction.

So she extended her left hand, wanting to grab Qiu Shiliu’s legs, but then saw a “flashbang.” After the “flashbang,” several small pebbles flew near her hand, and consecutive “explosions” blocked her movements.

Qiu Shiliu took advantage of this final opportunity and drilled into that pitch-black “door” almost using a swimming motion.

Everyone even saw that her feet had already begun to show faint flames, as if she could directly burst out with all her fury.

The next second, Qiu Shiliu completely disappeared into Xuanwu’s body.

Xuanwu blankly lowered her head, looking at her own chest, as if trying to comprehend what had just happened.

The “Cat” team members were also a bit stunned. They only knew that Song Qi had just given Qiu Shiliu a mission, but they didn’t know the mission content was so absurd.

They approached Xuanwu step by step, as if all wanting to investigate.

Qiu Shiliu had drilled into Xuanwu’s body and then disappeared from sight. So what exactly was inside Xuanwu’s body?

If it was a space, then did Qiu Shiliu fall down… or float up?

If it was a space, then from Qiu Shiliu’s perspective looking outward, what was Xuanwu’s body? A window?

Numerous abstract questions began to swirl in everyone’s minds.

But after just half a minute, they discovered another problem.

Qiu Shiliu had already started catching fire before entering Xuanwu’s body, but there were currently no flames inside Xuanwu’s body.

“What’s going on…?” Luo Shiyi slowly walked forward a few steps.