The situation was urgent, there was no other way.
He had to activate [God Mimicry] to stop Guo Jiuxiao.
Right now, he had five pieces of Divine Remains in his mouth.
They were from the Thunder Snow Wolf, the Corrosive Black Centipede, the Ice Crystal Moth, the Lava Crocodile, and a small Divine Remains shard.
If the skills of these mid-sized Gods hit, any one of them should be able to one-shot this Guo Jiuxiao.
The greatest limitation of [God Mimicry] was that each Divine Remains could only be activated three times.
He had already used the Thunder Snow Wolf's skill once inside the Lava Crocodile's belly.
The skills of the Corrosive Black Centipede, Ice Crystal Moth, and Lava Crocodile had each been used once when he killed them.
So, two uses remained for each.
Qin Siyang quickly thought in his head about which Divine Remains he should swallow.
First to be ruled out: Corrosive Black Centipede.
The centipede's corrosive liquid was too distinct—if any traces were left behind, Guo Jiuxiao might deduce that he had some connection with Gods.
Besides, he still had to exchange the centipede's remains for points later, which would make things even more suspicious.
As for the Thunder Snow Wolf. He had just killed it, and everyone knew about it.
Using its skill recklessly might make people suspect he had some kind of God-plundering ability. That was dangerous.
That left a choice between the Ice Crystal Moth and the Lava Crocodile.
The Ice Crystal Moth's skill had too wide a range, too hard to control.
He didn't want to destroy the anti-air glass and cause more trouble.
So—
Qin Siyang swallowed the Lava Crocodile's remains in one gulp.
[God Mimicry], activate!
BOOM—BOOM—
Suddenly, a series of explosions erupted around Qin Siyang.
Guo Jiuxiao turned to look.
He saw Qin Siyang enveloped in scorching magma, flames flaring from his back.
Like a fire qilin.
Each step he took instantly ignited the grass on the ground, and the air around him was filled with blistering heat and the stench of scorched earth.
Qin Siyang charged at Guo Jiuxiao, transforming into a blazing red streak of light.
Guo Jiuxiao immediately controlled his vines to block, but Qin Siyang's body temperature was too high, any vine that came close turned to scorched dirt on contact.
Qin Siyang burst forward in front of Guo Jiuxiao, unstoppable.
The vines turned to ash in large swathes.
"What is this?", Guo Jiuxiao, upon seeing this, showed no fear, instead, a hint of delight flashed in his eyes.
"You finally reveal your trump card!!", Guo Jiuxiao instantly summoned three totems, trying to restrain Qin Siyang again.
But Qin Siyang had anticipated this.
With a leap, he landed directly on one of the totems, dodging the sealed area.
Then, with a sudden push, he launched himself once again at Guo Jiuxiao.
His fist was wrapped in molten lava, like a falling meteor, slamming toward Guo Jiuxiao's tattered face.
Guo Jiuxiao's broken face was lit up by the flames.
There was some fear in his eyes.
But more than that, it seemed… anticipation.
Qin Siyang roared, "DIE!!"
BOOM—
A punch thundered forth.
Dust clouds shot up meters high.
Li Tianming and the others had been watching the situation the entire time.
When the dust cleared—
Qin Siyang, clad in black armor, stood alone.
Guo Jiuxiao lay on the ground, motionless, completely dead.
Qin Siyang took a deep breath.
At the moment Guo Jiuxiao's head touched his fist, it was like a puddle of soft mud being struck by an artillery shell, vanished instantly.
The blood didn't even have time to splatter before it evaporated.
Even the body inside the armor had mostly melted.
Only half a headless corpse and a broken, heat-scorched low-tier armor remained, collapsed and powerless.
Guo Jiuxiao was dead. Again.
Qin Siyang stopped, letting out a long breath.
He turned to look at the other three battlefields.
Li Tianming and the others were shocked by Qin Siyang's appearance.
Qin Siyang was from a strength-focused combat sequence. How could he also launch fire-type magical attacks?
Just as Qin Siyang was about to assist Li Tianming in killing Hu Yunsheng, a figure suddenly appeared inside the house.
He recognized that armor—it was Zhang Kuang.
"It's done! Let's go!", Zhang Kuang didn't waste a word, shouting as he quickly rushed toward Lu Daoxing's capsule pod.
Qin Siyang's heart relaxed.
'It seemed Ye Hongqing has been killed.'
Li Tianming, Hao Liang, and Lu Daoxing saw this and immediately used all their strength to retreat.
Qin Siyang saw this and also ran toward the capsule pod.
After everyone entered, they saw Qin Siyang, still radiating magma, rushing back.
The air around Qin Siyang was distorted from the heat, shocking everyone.
Li Tianming quickly shouted, "Extinguish your fire before coming in!"
'Oh, right.'
Qin Siyang almost forgot.
With all this magma, he could probably roast the capsule pod from the inside.
He quickly deactivated [God Mimicry], ran a little distance from the pod, and leaped toward it.
"I'm coming! Let's—"
BOOM!
Qin Siyang didn't finish speaking.
His instincts screamed, he'd been hit from behind by a cannon blast, his whole body collapsing next to the pod.
His mind went blank.
'What's going on?'
He tried to stand, but felt powerless, and his consciousness seemed to drain away rapidly.
'What happened? Strange…'
Li Tianming stared at Qin Siyang in panic.
His fourth-tier black armor had been shattered, a bowl-sized bloody hole exposed on his back.
"Little Qin!!", Li Tianming's eyes widened.
Lu Daoxing cried out, "How is that possible? That's fourth-tier armor!!"
They looked into the distance.
The one-armed Hu Yunsheng held a cannon as thick as an arm, expressionless.
"Lu Daoxing—fourth-tier cannon shells. You're not the only one who knows how to build them."
With that, he threw the cannon to Ma Shi.
Ma Shi caught it and twisted it, instantly shrinking it to cigarette size.
Then he said, "Old Hu, Old Guo was quite interested in this kid. Why'd you kill him?"
Hu Yunsheng's tone remained flat, "If we don't kill him now, he'll become trouble later."
Li Tianming's eyes were bloodshot, "Take Little Qin and go!!"
Lu Daoxing immediately threw out a crystal ball, wrapping Qin Siyang inside, then pulled him into the pod.
The capsule pod sank underground, disappearing from sight.
Ren Changyu asked, "Aren't we going after them?"
"Chase?"
Hu Yunsheng glanced at Ren Changyu: "We've been fighting for over ten minutes. Yet you didn't kill Hao Liang, Old Ma didn't kill Lu Daoxing, and I couldn't take down Li Tianming. We've made no progress. But, Old Guo was killed by Qin Siyang, and Zhang Kuang even killed Ye Hongqing right under Xu Dage's nose."
"Now if we chase, can you beat them?"
Ren Changyu sighed, "What a shame. If Old Guo had come personally, today would've gone differently."
"He couldn't get away."
At that moment, Xu He walked out of the house and joined the trio.
Ren Changyu looked him up and down, his clothes spotless, and frowned, "You didn't fight Zhang Kuang?"
Xu He shook his head, "I did. Couldn't take him down. So we settled it with a contest of words."
"And the result?"
"I lost. He killed Ye Hongqing and left."
Ren Changyu's eyes widened after hearing that, stomping his foot in anger, "You just let him kill Ye Hongqing?"
"What else was I supposed to do? Risk my life fighting Zhang Kuang over some dumb woman?"
"Besides, Old Guo made it sound so easy at first. Said capturing Li Tianming was like taking candy from a baby."
"I stalled him for so long, and none of you came to support. Doesn't that mean the plan went south?"
Xu He shoved his hands in his pockets, "Ye Hongqing's death isn't my fault."
"You—"
"Enough. Old Ren, cool it," Hu Yunsheng interrupted their heated exchange, then looked at Xu He, "Ye Hongqing's head, did Zhang Kuang take it?"
"No. I killed her myself. Her head got melted."
"Good."
Hu Yunsheng's gaze lost some of its chill, "Either way, they won't dare reveal what happened at Xingye Ranch."
"Even if we couldn't take down Li Tianming. Killing Qin Siyang quietly is still a decent result."
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