WTYTIAAN Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Fei Qi’s pupils shrank. Joker’s hand, clad in a leather glove with a slight chill, gripped his throat. His tone was light, even carrying a hint of a smile, yet it sent shivers down his spine and filled him with extreme panic.

Fei Qi opened his mouth, wanting to continue his provocation, but ultimately didn’t dare to say anything.

Yan Yunqing narrowed his eyes. It seemed the intimidation had some effect.

This pampered prince could barely hold himself together and remain silent. He wondered if he could still persist after another beating.

Thinking this, Yan Yunqing acted decisively.

…

After Fei Qi lay on the ground like a dead dog, barely clinging to life, he finally haltingly revealed some information. Yan Yunqing pieced together the truth himself.

After understanding what the so-called blood sacrifice was, Yan Yunqing was completely enraged.

In recent years, the conflicts between Bato Vita and Romunike had become increasingly frequent. Small-scale frictions between the two countries were constant. To give a more concrete example: even at Sigrit Academy, known for being borderless and raceless, people from the two countries couldn’t fully coexist peacefully.

Just like how Romunike’s Fifth Princess, Elena, constantly targeted Bato Vita’s Eleventh Princess, Alice, who was younger than her.

This kind of atmosphere prevailed even in the academy, let alone outside. For various reasons, the relationship between the two countries became increasingly strained.

Fei Qi came here this time, concealing his identity, and made a deal with the son of the city lord of Slanlippa City, Little Robert, through the Eternal God Cult. He would give Little Robert some benefits, and Little Robert would hand over some of the civilians in Slanlippa City to him for blood sacrifice.

Little Robert himself was also a minor leader in the Eternal God Cult and naturally knew the meaning of blood sacrifice. Originally, for the sake of secrecy, the chosen prey for this kind of blood sacrifice wasn’t from their territory. But this time, Fei Qi offered too many benefits, and the greedy Little Robert couldn’t resist the temptation and agreed.

The requirement was to try not to use the civilians of Slanlippa City. To this end, Little Robert specially chose to conduct the transaction during the Slanlippa Festival because, during the annual Slanlippa Festival, merchant caravans from all over would come to Slanlippa City. The journey was long, and they could encounter magical creatures at any time, so casualties were normal. The disappearance of some merchant caravans wouldn’t be too conspicuous.

Little Robert got the benefits he wanted, and Fei Qi got the civilians he wanted for the blood sacrifice.

However, what Little Robert didn’t expect was that from the beginning, Fei Qi didn’t want just dozens or hundreds of civilians or merchant caravans. He wanted all the people in Slanlippa City, including the city lord, Robert.

Although he contacted Little Robert through the Eternal God Cult, the blood sacrifice Fei Qi was planning wasn’t the kind used by the Eternal God Cult, but a formation that had long disappeared from history, which turned living people into an army of undead.

When Yan Yunqing heard this, he thought he had misheard. The formation for creating an undead army did exist and was extremely vicious. It was created by the necromancer Kien in the later stages of the God War. The undead army he created was powerful, and even the Demon King’s team couldn’t gain an advantage against it.

Fortunately, the Angel Tribe had already betrayed the God of Light at that time and joined the Demon King’s team. The light-based magic mastered by the angels was inherently effective against the undead. The Demon King was able to completely kill Kien before he could research an undead army immune to light-based magic.

After killing Kien, in order to prevent a second Kien from appearing in the world, the Demon King destroyed all of Kien’s notes, materials, and items. He didn’t even leave behind many books recording Kien’s deeds, fearing that someone with outstanding talent might independently research Kien’s formation through these records.

Originally, Yan Yunqing was already surprised to learn that the formation used to strip ‘talent’ in the Eternal God Cult was a modified version of the Soul Locking Formation. But now, a Necromantic Conversion Formation had appeared. Was the destruction of the notes and materials not thorough enough, or had that sinful Kien been resurrected?

Resurrected… that shouldn’t be possible. Kien was personally killed by the Demon King. Yan Yunqing was certain that he was thoroughly dead unless Kien had reincarnated with his memories.

… No way, that would be too buggy.

Yan Yunqing’s gaze fell on the dying Fei Qi, and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes. This guy was sacrificing an entire city and turning the people of an entire city into undead just to have this undead army wreak havoc in Romunike’s territory, undermining Romunike from within, and then allowing Bato Vita to launch an attack on Romunike, gaining even greater benefits from the war.

So Fei Qi nominally represented the Augreir Family but was still working for the Bato Vita Royal Family.

And this order was issued by the Queen.

Yan Yunqing had been away from Bato Vita for a long time and didn’t have a comprehensive understanding of the current situation of the Bato Vita Royal Family. He only gleaned fragmented information from Alice.

In the current Bato Vita Royal Family, King Bato was still the old King Otto Bato Vita, but due to his health, he no longer participated much in state affairs. There were two people who actually controlled state affairs now.

One was Bato King’s eldest son, the most highly anticipated heir to the next Bato King: Philton Bato Vita.

The other was Bato King’s current Queen, a woman from the Augreir Family, who was also the mother of the Second Prince, Philton.

In a way, Bato Vita now was the sole domain of the Augreir Family.

As Philton’s younger brother and the Augreir Queen’s third son, it didn’t seem impossible for him to secretly lead such an important mission to Romunike.

Now, the most important thing was to find a way to stop those people’s actions.

Yan Yunqing was angry but knew he had to calm down. Having an entire city sacrificed and turned into an undead army was not a topic that could be easily dismissed. Even if Yan Yunqing viewed this matter very coldly from his own interests, it was something that had to be stopped.

The reappearance of the undead would completely disrupt the current temporary stability of the Ermann Continent. War was always accompanied by disaster, and all the races living on the Ermann Continent couldn’t escape this calamity.

Not to mention the participation of players and magical creatures, Yan Yunqing didn’t even dare to imagine how chaotic this world would become.

And…

Remembering the little girl who sold him the flower garland earlier, even for those ignorant, pitiful, and innocent ordinary people who were forced to become sacrifices for these nobles to fight for power, Yan Yunqing couldn’t possibly allow Fei Qi’s people to do this.

However, Fei Qi hadn’t revealed any more specific details of the plan during the previous rounds of interrogation.

As if sensing Yan Yunqing’s thoughts, Fei Qi, who was originally half-dead, coughed and laughed, “Cough cough… you want to know… cough cough cough… the specific plan?”

As he spoke, Fei Qi even spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm. He laughed maniacally, completely different from his usual cowardly image, “Beg me, beg me and I’ll tell you!”

Yan Yunqing coldly watched Fei Qi acting crazy, feeling that the other party might be mentally unstable after being beaten like this.

Speaking of which, Fei Qi was really nothing like the cowardly and sensitive Sixth Prince he knew before. Anyone who didn’t know better would think they were two completely different people.

Yan Yunqing, who had beaten Fei Qi into a ragdoll, knew that unless this was someone who looked exactly like Fei Qi, all those cowardly and sensitive external characteristics were faked by him.

He probably faked it a lot, didn’t he? Looking at him, he even seemed to have a bit of a split personality and mental illness.

Yan Yunqing analyzed in his mind and didn’t hold back his words, “Beg you? What could you possibly know? You’re just a pawn used by your mother to fight for power.”

“I think that Augreir Queen wouldn’t tell a pawn such an important plan, would she? Do you really know the specific details of the plan?”

Joker’s voice was light, but it was like a thunderclap splitting open Fei Qi’s thick tortoise shell. His eyes widened, his eyes bloodshot, “You’re talking nonsense!”

He struggled to pounce toward Joker but was kicked away, crashing into the iron railing with a dull thud, and then wriggled and twisted, muttering something in his mouth.

Yan Yunqing took one last look at this miserable guy, but he didn’t feel sorry for him at all. If even this kind of person needed pity, who would pity those innocent people?

Yan Yunqing transformed back into a black cat, squeezed through the gap in the railing, and left without looking back, not forgetting to send a message to Penelope, explaining what he had discovered in Romunike.

But Penelope probably wasn’t in Romunike’s territory now. It would be difficult to immediately go to Slanlippa City to prevent the tragedy from happening, and Merlin and Isabel, who were supposed to be in charge here, had disappeared.

So he had to notify Divick, who was responsible for Romunike’s Newbie Village.

Yan Yunqing canceled his acting skills and quickly sent a message to Divick. He had just finished sending the sentence “Divick, go check it out” when alarm bells went off in Yan Yunqing’s heart. A inexplicable sense of crisis rose from his heart. Yan Yunqing instinctively leaped to the side and rolled forward. The next second, the place where he had been standing was smashed to pieces by a fist.

Yan Yunqing: ???

Yan Yunqing looked up and saw Youcher’s ordinary face and his incredibly bloodthirsty eyes at that moment. His scalp tingled.

Crap, he really ran into this guy.

The sun quietly set, leaving behind the remaining sunset glow that dyed half the sky red, reflecting on their faces, but failing to add a bit of warmth to their expressions at that moment.

At the entrance of the ‘Crimson Mist’ dungeon, the guards around had disappeared at some point, leaving only a desolate courtyard overgrown with weeds. Several dilapidated stone sculptures stood silently in the corners, watching the two people staring at each other.

Yan Yunqing backhanded the dagger he was used to using from his backpack. He had previously experienced Youcher’s speed and knew that using a heavy sword would easily restrict him and put him in a passive situation.

Then it would be better to directly use the lightest weapon and try to maneuver around the opponent with speed. Maybe he could win by surprise.

Youcher’s dark eyes seemed to faintly glow blue. When he looked at him, he seemed to be carrying complex emotions, but when Yan Yunqing looked closely, it disappeared again. Everything seemed to be an illusion.

A light breeze blew, stirring up his falling chestnut-colored hair, fluttering with the vines and leaves on the surrounding walls, rustling and adding a bit of vitality to the scene of the setting sun.

It was also at this time that Youcher moved. He pounced toward Yan Yunqing like a ferocious beast, attacking with a full sense of oppression.

Yan Yunqing calmly blocked with the dagger in his hand. The dagger was small, light, and blocked quickly. However, each of Youcher’s attacks had considerable power. Before, blocking with a heavy sword made his wrists tingle. Now, switching to a dagger was the same.

Youcher had a hideous and bloodthirsty arc on his lips. Every time they clashed and got close, Yan Yunqing could see the intense emotions in the other party’s eyes flashing, then disappearing.

“Clang clang clang”

Yan Yunqing jumped back, creating distance. Youcher didn’t give him a chance at all, rushing up like an agile cheetah, his claws aimed straight for his face.

Yan Yunqing dodged sideways, and the dagger swung horizontally. Youcher dodged his head to the other side. The dagger, which had almost pierced his throat, grazed his chin, leaving a bloody mark.

After one move, they scattered. Youcher rubbed his thumb over the bloodstain on his chin. After seeing the scarlet on his thumb, his smile became even more unrestrained, and he looked at Yan Yunqing with a hint of fanaticism.

Yan Yunqing felt very inexplicable. He didn’t know how Youcher’s fighting spirit was drawn out. This guy was getting crazier as he fought. He almost hit the other party’s vitals several times but didn’t cause the other party to show any fear or retreat. Instead, he became braver and braver as he fought.

This guy is a madman.

How is he even crazier than Divick? Yan Yunqing felt that his previous evaluation of Divick was inappropriate. Divick was clearly an obedient little dragon, and the guy in front of him was the real madman.

He didn’t say a word and just started fighting him. A madman among madmen.

Seeing Youcher making a posture to continue attacking, Yan Yunqing was forced to concentrate and respond to Youcher’s attacks at any time.

The dagger and iron claws collided fiercely in the air, making a crisp metallic clang. The two people’s speed gradually increased, constantly changing the angle of attack in the air.

The rhythm seemed to be gradually controlled by Youcher. The surprising victory that Yan Yunqing had hoped for was difficult to achieve in the face of the two people’s vast difference in strength.

While responding to the attacks, Yan Yunqing began to think about whether he should run away again.

However, his substitute doll had been kidnapped by the person in front of him. The portable anchor point wasn’t installed, and the previous one had exceeded the transfer distance limit. That only left one [Seringal’s Remembrance].

Using [Seringal’s Remembrance], he would be forced to return to Seringal, and it would definitely be too late to stop the blood sacrifice if he came over to Slanlippa City again. He could only place all his hopes on Divick, hoping that Divick could find Bato Vita’s dark lines in time…

Tsk, could Divick, with his muscular brain, really stop their plan before the entire city turned into undead?

Maybe Penelope could arrive in time?

While hesitating, Yan Yunqing was caught by Youcher’s loophole. He only heard the other party say coldly, “You’re still distracted while fighting me? Who are you thinking about again?”

Yan Yunqing:?

Before Yan Yunqing could wonder what Youcher was talking about, the other party rushed up again, attacking fiercely, almost aiming for Yan Yunqing’s lifeblood. If Yan Yunqing had blocked even a little slower, his throat might have been cut, or a big hole might have been punched out of his chest.

As a result, Yan Yunqing simply couldn’t spare any extra energy to think and focused all his attention on dealing with Youcher’s fierce attacks.

The sound of metal colliding became more intense.

Yan Yunqing’s skills, techniques, and experience were all inferior to Youcher’s. The capital he could rely on to remain undefeated in the fight was actually derived from [Precise Eyesight] he had obtained in Mantipelle.

[Precise Eyesight]

Passive skill, dynamic vision increased by 100%, eye precision increased by 100%. You are more sensitive to subtle observations, and you can capture possibilities that ordinary people cannot observe. “My eyes are the ruler!”

With the help of this passive skill, Yan Yunqing was able to withstand Youcher’s attacks dangerously every time. However, it was difficult to go any further.

But the turning point of things was so sudden.

Whether it was because Youcher was tired from maintaining a long period of attack, his attacking rhythm slowed down a bit. Yan Yunqing seized a flaw at that moment—

A cold light flashed, and the dagger was sent out.

The target was Youcher’s heart.