Old Liu was slightly stunned, looking at Zheng Yingxiong covered in blood before him, unable to speak for a moment.

After Zheng Yingxiong landed, he used the sword in his hand to support his body, struggling to recover his breathing.

After a few seconds, he lifted his nose and sniffed, his gaze bypassing the people in front of him and locking onto Tiantian. “I smell it… the fragrance of a ‘Clever Object.'”

At this moment, neither Old Liu, Little Cheng, nor Tiantian responded. They just stared blankly at the short sword in Zheng Yingxiong’s hand.

Zheng Yingxiong noticed their unusual gazes and also looked down.

Just one second later, his eyes widened.

In his hand was an extremely bizarre sword that appeared to be assembled from dozens of mechanical parts. Not only did it have wires of various colors, but it also had circuit boards whose purpose was unclear. Gears of different sizes on it were still turning at this moment, and the blade was made of an unknown glass-like material.

The limp newspaper short sword had somehow transformed into an intricate mechanism entirely constructed from mechanical parts and gears.

“So amazing…” Zheng Yingxiong seemed to have completely forgotten the pain from his injuries, staring at the treasure sword in his hand and constantly examining it. “What exactly is this thing?”

And Tiantian, the creator of this “Clever Object,” looked even more surprised than Zheng Yingxiong. She only felt this thing looked somewhat familiar, but how could it be in the shape of a sword?

“So you do have some ability…”

Old Liu instantly revealed a fierce expression. Even if the child before him had managed to kill Old Fang by sheer luck, he was still just a child after all.

The possibility of picking up this sword again and killing a fully armed middle-aged man was zero.

Taking advantage of Zheng Yingxiong’s inattention, Old Liu stepped forward and kicked the sword out of his hand, then raised his own sharp knife to stab down.

For a moment, Tiantian’s mind went completely blank. She hadn’t yet fully figured out how to use her ability, and Zheng Yingxiong before her was once again facing a death threat.

However, just as Old Liu’s knife was about to pierce Zheng Yingxiong’s chest, Little Cheng suddenly rushed forward and embraced Old Liu’s waist.

In just a few seconds, the two were already wrestling on the ground, grabbing each other’s hands with neither willing to back down.

“Little Cheng… are you fucking crazy…” Old Liu said, “Do you think provoking me will end well for you…?”

“I can’t take it anymore…” the young man called Little Cheng said through gritted teeth, “I’ve had enough of this kind of life…”

“Heh, heh heh…” Old Liu’s veins bulged, but he still forced out a smile. “Good boy… we’re from the same room… dare to provoke me… I have plenty of time to deal with you…”

Little Cheng looked completely enraged. He gripped Old Liu’s arm tightly, controlling the direction of the sharp knife in his hand.

Although he was young and strong, Old Liu before him seemed to have trained as well. The two were locked in a stalemate, constantly rolling on the ground.

Tiantian spent a few seconds confirming whether this was a ploy by the other party. Seeing that the young man was about to lose his hold, she had a sudden thought, pulled Zheng Yingxiong up, and ran toward the bicycle.

“Sister… that brother…”

“I can’t worry about that much…!” Tiantian said somewhat frantically, “Little brother, you ride away first. After you leave, I’ll find a way to save him…”

“But…”

“Listen!” Tiantian helped Zheng Yingxiong onto the bicycle. “I have no way to confirm whether that young man helped us because of a personal grudge or some other reason. The only thing I can do now is let you go!”

Before Zheng Yingxiong could say anything else, a scream came from the two people wrestling in the distance. The scream was too shrill to tell who had been injured.

“I’m going!” Tiantian said, “Little brother, be careful!”

Tiantian ran over frantically and found that Old Liu had gained the upper hand. He was pressing down on Little Cheng, using his full body weight to push downward with both hands, while Little Cheng used his palms to block the sharp knife stabbing toward his chest. Large amounts of blood had already spilled across his chest.

“Damn it… Little Cheng… you’re quite strong…” Old Liu gritted his teeth and exerted force, as if his eyes had turned red with killing intent. “From now on, I’ll keep you in the interview room forever… you’ll never get out in your entire life…”

“That’s impossible…” Little Cheng also said through gritted teeth, “As long as I can ‘Echo’ this time… next time I won’t let you succeed either… I’ll lead the others to rebel against you two together…”

“You’ll never ‘Echo’ again… you’re going to die right now…”

Tiantian didn’t hesitate. She immediately walked to the side and picked up the “treasure sword” that Zheng Yingxiong had used earlier.

She had thought this sword, completely assembled from precision parts, would be somewhat heavy, but unexpectedly its weight was very light.

No wonder Zheng Yingxiong could wield it single-handedly with his small frame just now.

Most of the materials on it weren’t steel, but rather precious metals commonly used in making electronic equipment.

Tiantian grabbed this treasure sword and charged toward the two men. Without hesitation or words, she directly stabbed the sword into Old Liu’s ribs.

This sword was even sharper than she had imagined.

In her memory, she had never killed anyone, yet when she struck, she didn’t hesitate at all.

“Ahhh!!!!” Old Liu screamed miserably and instantly lost his strength.

At this moment, Little Cheng also rolled up, pulled the sharp knife from his own palm, and pounced on Old Liu, stabbing him several times in succession.

This young man seemed to have been oppressed for a long time. When stabbing, he showed no mercy at all, stabbing the abdomen then the chest, with the final few knifes piercing Old Liu’s neck.

Almost every stab hit a vital point, leaving the other party without a trace of hope for survival.

Seeing Old Liu motionless, the young man sat on the ground as if he had completely lost his strength. His palm kept bleeding, but his expression was completely dazed.

Tiantian carefully walked over, then pulled the sword out from Old Liu’s body. During this time, the young man didn’t move at all.

“I’m sorry…” the young man said with a regretful expression, “I’m really sorry… you should run quickly…”

Tiantian didn’t respond, staring at him as she backed away step by step.

Although this young man had saved her and Zheng Yingxiong at the critical moment, he had been allied with those two men all along, and when killing, every knife strike had aimed for vital points. To say his hands weren’t stained with blood would be hard for her to believe.

“Sister!” Zheng Yingxiong rode the bicycle behind Tiantian and said, “Are we leaving?”

The young man sitting on the ground heard the sound of the bicycle and slowly raised his head, staring at the two with a complex expression.

Tiantian immediately became vigilant, holding the sword in her hand horizontally in front of her. Fortunately, this sword was very light and extremely sharp, so she could use it to defend herself.

The young man stared at the bicycle with a strange look in his eyes for a while, swallowed, and said, “Although… although this may be inappropriate to say… but could you give me the bicycle?”