In just the time it took for Zhu Que to furrow his brows, he suddenly discovered that everyone before him had begun to move.

“Shuttle” Cui Fourteen placed one ring in her hand on the ground and positioned another ring beneath Zhu Que’s feet, preparing something unknown.

At this moment, Qian Wu closed his eyes and rushed forward with quick steps. In the distance, Feng Seventeen activated “Flash Burst,” causing Zhu Que’s eyes to ache terribly for a moment.

Just as Zhu Que lost his vision for an instant, “Strong Wind” Chou Twenty threw a flying knife from afar. The knife was swept up by a fierce wind and flew toward Qian Wu and Zhu Que at extreme speed.

Zhu Que knew something was wrong and wanted to flash away from his spot, but when he tried to use “Leap,” he discovered his left hand was firmly bound to the ground. It seemed that to “Leap,” he would have to bring the entire earth along with him.

His faith wavered slightly, and Earth-Pig finally gained liberation. His body slowly fell down and was caught by Zhou Liu.

Qian Wu took the opportunity to grab Zhu Que’s wrist. With this grip, he only felt that the sensation was completely different from gripping Xuanwu.

He clearly felt he had grasped something materialized, but there was no time to think about it now. Qian Wu caught the flying knife from mid-air with his other hand, then in the blink of an eye, he actively stabbed it toward his own neck’s artery.

In the next second, cracks appeared simultaneously on both Qian Wu’s and Zhu Que’s necks, and a stream of blood sprayed out from the artery in Qian Wu’s neck.

Immediately after, he released his grip on Zhu Que and half-knelt down.

“Shuttle” Cui Fourteen immediately extended her hand toward the circle in front of her, emerging from the circle beneath Zhu Que’s feet.

Qian Wu was already prepared. Seeing a hand emerge from the ground, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed it.

The wound on his neck began to heal visibly, and his body also transformed into a female form at this moment. Once he could move, Qian Wu immediately retreated rapidly, opening up distance from Zhu Que.

All the “Cats” beside him began to frown upon seeing Zhu Que’s appearance—

Because Zhu Que had begun to bleed.

It was well known that Zhu Que couldn’t self-heal… which meant all wounds inflicted on him were permanent.

The entire venue was silent. Even without “Silence” being activated, not a single sound could be heard.

“What’s happening…” Bai Jiu looked at the massive wound on Zhu Que’s neck and slowly swallowed. “We injured Zhu Que…?”

Zhu Que’s neck twisted to one side. He slowly raised his hand to cover his neck, and his eyes opened at this moment, filled with considerable anger.

“Really… so disobedient…”

A hoarse voice came from Zhu Que’s mouth. Immediately after, he half-knelt down, as if all the strength had left his body.

Zhoumo supported Earth-Pig, looking toward Zhu Que’s direction in disbelief.

Zhu Que’s neck was cut open…?

Countless questions began swirling in Zhoumo’s mind. Although she had long known that Zhu Que’s strength was inferior to Xuanwu’s, she hadn’t expected such a large gap.

Could a most straightforward “Twin Flowers” take Zhu Que’s life?

“…”

Earth-Pig slowly said something in Zhoumo’s ear, but due to excessive blood loss, his voice was almost inaudible.

“Little Pig?” Zhoumo lowered her head. “Are you okay…?”

“No ‘Levitation’…”

“What?” Zhoumo bent down and brought her ear close to Earth-Pig’s mouth. “What did you say?”

“‘Leap’… ‘Soul Seizure’… ‘Soul Migration’…” Earth-Pig said in a very small voice. “There’s also a very distant… ‘Echo’… I don’t know…”

“Distant? What does distant mean?” Zhoumo shook Earth-Pig, discovering he was on the verge of unconsciousness. So she extended her palm and slapped Earth-Pig’s face hard. “Tsk! Little Pig, don’t you dare fall asleep! If you sleep, you’ll die!”

After saying this, she raised her head again and looked toward Qian Wu’s direction. “Fifth Brother! We’ve got trouble here!”

While Zhu Que couldn’t move, Qian Wu first turned back and gave a look to the people behind him, then immediately came to Zhoumo’s side.

The people behind Qian Wu immediately understood his meaning. Wu Thirteen, Yun Nineteen, Chou Twenty, and Liu Twenty-One each pulled out daggers and quickly walked forward. Taking advantage of Zhu Que’s inability to move, they all stabbed toward him.

Under everyone’s incredulous gazes, many knives began piercing into Zhu Que’s body.

Heart, neck, lower abdomen—all fatal areas were left with wounds. Even if he hadn’t died just now, he surely couldn’t survive now.

Much black blood began flowing from Zhu Que’s pale body. The few people closest felt something was strange. They raised their noses to smell and all frowned.

The scent of this blood… seemed too foul.

At this moment, Officer Li and Su Shan also appeared behind everyone. The two hadn’t expected that the battle would already be ending just as they arrived.

“Fourth Brother!” Bai Jiu called out from afar. “Take his heart!”

“Ah! Okay!”

Officer Li hurried forward. Taking advantage of everyone’s assassination of Xuanwu, he lightly reached into his pants pocket. Whether it was his training being effective or his “Echo” becoming stronger again, he could now pull out an enemy’s heart almost one hundred percent of the time.

A pitch-black heart appeared in Officer Li’s hand. Before the two could rejoice, a foul stench emanated from the heart.

The smell was truly too pungent. Officer Li and Su Shan nearly vomited.

Qian Wu brought Luo Eleven to Earth-Pig’s side and without a word replicated Luo Eleven’s body for Earth-Pig.

“Although this way Earth-Pig will lose ‘Brute Strength’… but it’s better than dying…” Qian Wu wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, then pinched Earth-Pig’s philtrum. Earth-Pig also slowly opened his eyes at this moment.

“Little Pig!” Zhoumo reached out to hold Earth-Pig’s face, discovering that although his body had become an adult’s, he still had a pig’s head.

“Hot-tempered woman…” Earth-Pig opened his eyes and instantly remembered where he was. “This is bad… watch out for Zhu Que…”

“What exactly is the problem…?” Zhoumo asked somewhat puzzled. “No ‘Levitation,’ but there’s ‘Soul Migration’… even so… Zhu Que has no way to heal his wounds.”

Qian Wu was frowning and about to speak when he suddenly heard several muffled sounds. He turned to look, and Zhu Que’s body floated up at an extremely bizarre angle. He tore off the vines on his hands, then crashed toward the several people in front while spraying black blood all over.

The enormous impact force caused “Strong Wind” Chou Twenty’s body to directly fold into two segments, while the remaining people also flew out one after another, falling heavily on the ground.

Qian Wu slowly stood up, looking at Zhu Que swaying in the sky like a colorful flag.

“No ‘Levitation’… yet can fly…” Qian Wu pondered for a moment. “Could it be a ‘Puppet’?”

But what did “Soul Migration” mean?

He quickly understood—if Zhu Que truly was a “Puppet,” then all the attacks they had just made were essentially useless. A puppet had no vital points, and even if its body was destroyed, as long as the one controlling it was safe, it could continue moving.

“Everyone retreat!” Qian Wu shouted loudly. “Don’t engage with him directly!”

But his warning came too late. Zhu Que had already swooped down from the sky, directly knocking down several “Cat” team members.

“Damn it…” Qian Wu gritted his teeth. “We fell into a trap?”

At this moment, Earth-Pig struggled to get up from the ground. Although his body had become Luo Eleven’s form, his pig head still remained.

“That’s not it…” Earth-Pig said with difficulty. “He’s not a puppet… he’s…”

Before he could finish, Zhu Que had already turned his head, his eyes filled with killing intent staring at Earth-Pig.

“You really… are too disobedient…”