88: Stop

Outside,

Large swathes of dark shadows rapidly faded Li Ke a receding tide.

The figures of Li Ke, the Silver Armor Corpse, and the Faceless Paper Figure gradually emerged from the fading shadows.

In the air not far away,

An aged figure floated silently,

It was Elder Yod, who was responsible for guarding the manor.

At this moment, his hair was blown by an invisible Qi wave, and a massive, dark green trout statue phantom was coiled around his body.

The phantom was incredibly solid, with clearly visible fish scales, and its hollow fish eyes emitted a chilling light that made one's heart palpitate.

Countless tiny whispers permeated from the trout statue phantom, causing the surrounding air to visibly twist continuously.

“Bold thieves!”

Elder Yod's face was filled with a furious expression, and his voice boomed Li Ke thunder.

“How dare you violate the dignity of the Claus Family! You seek death!”

Before his words finished, he violently waved his arm.

The giant trout statue phantom coiled around his body immediately opened its huge mouth.

A phantom wave, Li Ke a substantial pillar of water, fiercely spewed out from it!

Within that water pillar wave, countless emerald green phantom fish scales flickered in and out of sight,

Shining with a strange light, they surged towards Li Ke and the other two in an overwhelming torrent.

Almost at the instant Elder Yod made his move,

The tall and slender figure of the Silver Armor Corpse had already taken a step forward.

It bent slightly, crossing its arms in front of its body,

Using its tall body covered with fine silver scales to completely shield Li Ke behind it.

“Whoosh—”

The phantom water pillar wave, carrying countless emerald green fish scales, fiercely impacted the Silver Armor Corpse's body.

A dense scraping sound rang out,

Countless tiny sparks splattered on the silver scales covering the Silver Armor Corpse's body.

Yet, the Silver Armor Corpse's body remained motionless, Li Ke a reef standing firm in a raging current,

Not even a single white mark appeared on its fine silver scales.

In the air,

Elder Yod's gaze suddenly narrowed.

A subtle hint of surprise appeared in his furious expression.

“What is this thing?”

“An Evil Sorcerer's secret-refined evil servant? Or some special demon?”

Thoughts raced through his mind, but he could not identify the origin of this strange humanoid.

The next instant.

The water pillar spewed from the fish-shaped phantom's mouth had just ceased.

Elder Yod's pupils suddenly contracted, and a strong sense of alarm arose in his heart.

The Silver Armor Corpse's figure had already vanished from its original spot in an instant.

In the air,

Only a sharp tearing sound was heard.

Elder Yod's figure rapidly retreated backward.

The giant trout statue phantom coiled around his body now had a massive tear wound from its waist,

The wound was gruesome and terrifying, almost severing the entire phantom in half!

And Elder Yod, who was enveloped by the phantom, now had a long tear in his loose, luxurious silk robe, with fabric fluttering.

He was Li Ke someone who had been fiercely struck by an irresistible force,

Retreating dozens of meters in the air before barely stabilizing his figure.

The Silver Armor Corpse's cold, silvery-white figure silently dropped from mid-air,

Li Ke a drop of water falling into water, it instantly submerged into the shadows on the ground, disappearing without a trace.

Elder Yod's face was terrifyingly grim.

He had not expected that this thief who had infiltrated the manor would possess such formidable strength.

However,

The Silver Armor Corpse did not give him any chance to catch his breath,

The next instant, that silvery-white, slender figure,

Emerged Li Ke a ghost from the shadow cast by a cluster of buildings below Elder Yod.

A fierce claw wind tore through the air, emitting a sharp whistle!

“Hmph!”

Elder Yod snorted coldly, and the trout statue phantom around his body violently swayed,

Countless fish-scale-shaped ripples immediately appeared in the surrounding space, layering upon layer, about to completely bind the Silver Armor Corpse's body.

However, the next moment,

The Silver Armor Corpse's figure instantly submerged into a patch of shadow again, disappearing without a trace.

Those fish-scale-shaped ripples missed their target, quickly fading into the air.

And the Silver Armor Corpse's figure continued to flash in and out of the large, intertwined shadows of the buildings,

Now left, now right, now front, now back,

“Left?”

“Right?”

Elder Yod floated in mid-air, judging with a vigilant expression,

“No, it's this way!”

Elder Yod seemed to sense something, and he abruptly turned around, his expression greatly changed.

Behind him, the pale, tall figure of the Silver Armor Corpse had already approached within a few meters!

The trout statue phantom coiled around Elder Yod's body suddenly lunged forward, and its open mouth once again spewed countless fine emerald green fish scales, forming a dense protective barrier.

However, the Silver Armor Corpse's figure flickered, and it suddenly rushed into the faint shadow of a broken stone underfoot,

Immediately after, a pair of long, sharp, pale corpse claws actually extended directly from the shadow cast by Elder Yod himself!

Incredibly fast!

“Tear!”

A hair-raising sound.

One of the Silver Armor Corpse's sharp claws forcibly tore off Elder Yod's left arm!

Blood gushed out Li Ke a fountain.

“Ah—!”

Elder Yod let out a painful shriek.

A visible wave of fish-scale-shaped shockwaves suddenly spread out from him, temporarily repelling the Silver Armor Corpse.

“Bang...”

The Silver Armor Corpse landed on the ground, clutching a bloody severed arm in its hand.

It brought the still slightly twitching severed arm to its mouth and lightly sucked.

The severed arm rapidly withered and decayed at a visible speed,

In an instant, it turned into a lifeless gray-white, as if all its essence had been drained.

“Pfft.”

The Silver Armor Corpse threw the shriveled severed arm to the ground,

Looking at Elder Yod expressionlessly, a hint of mockery flashed in its dark eyes.

“Good! Good! You brought this upon yourself!”

Elder Yod's face was pale, and the wound on his severed arm rapidly wriggled.

The flesh quickly drew together, temporarily stopping the bleeding.

Clearly, a Gold-tier Bloodline Knight already possessed extremely strong control over their Physical Body.

“Bloodline Secret Artifact, return!”

A hint of madness flashed across Elder Yod's face, and he fiercely slapped his chest with his remaining left hand.

A more bizarre and powerful Bloodline fluctuation suddenly erupted from his body.

The Faceless Paper Figure, which had been standing with Li Ke and observing the battle from the side,

Suddenly emitted a series of faint whispers from within its body,

It rustled, and countless facial forms changed, seemingly unstable,

A moment later, a dark, heavy light suddenly shot out from its abdomen, directly falling into Elder Yod's hand in mid-air.

It was actually a palm-sized, oddly shaped trout statue,

The statue was dark green all over, with hollow fish eyes, emitting an indescribably strange Qi fluctuation.

It was precisely the item that the Faceless Paper Figure had casually pilfered from the storeroom earlier.

As soon as this strange statue was in hand, Elder Yod's aura instantly surged several times,

An invisible, strange fluctuation spread out Li Ke a substantial shockwave,

Even temporarily forcing the Silver Armor Corpse, which was not far away, back several steps.

Below, Li Ke glanced indifferently at the Faceless Paper Figure,

“What good deeds have you done? Randomly taking things.”

The green-skirted girl, into whom the Faceless Paper Figure had transformed, showed a sheepish expression, bowing even lower.