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　　TL: Zhao

　　Editing: Krisaia

　　A dead silence reigned in the air as Li Yiming looked around. He found himself in a running field in the middle of the night, with all of his friends on the ground, still unconscious. Li Yiming slowly walked to Liu Meng and picked her up.

　　'Can we talk…?' Li Yiming asked.

　　'I don't want to…' Bai Ze answered with a shaking voice.

　　'Am I really him?' Li Yiming muttered to himself. Everything made sense to him now, and he realized that his first encounter with Mr. Kong was not a coincidence.

　　'You're going down a hard path from now on.' Bai Ze sighed.

　　'Because of Heaven's Laws?'

　　'Yes. You've just crossed a line,' Bai Ze said.

　　'Yes, but if I'm him…'

　　'But you're not! At least, not yet…' Bai Ze interrupted him. She would have otherwise been ecstatic to find out that Li Yiming had such potential, but Li Yiming exposed himself way too soon.

　　'I need to have a talk with Mr. Kong…'

　　'Mr. Kong…' Bai Ze sank into her thoughts once again. 'If Li Yiming's indeed Wukong, then who is Mr. Kong?'

　　Li Yiming's thoughts were interrupted by the whistling of a blade slicing through the air. Li Yiming frowned and jumped back with Liu Meng still in his arms.

　　"Linglong?" Li Yiming was surprised.

　　Li Yiming had been aware that Qing Linglong had woken up this entire time. Just like it was the case with Bai Ze, Li Yiming did not quite know how to face his friends yet, so he pretended to not have noticed. However, he did expect Qing Linglong to attack him from behind as soon as she recovered enough strength.

　　Qing Linglong slowly stood up with her weapons ready. The look on her face expressed her will to take his life.

　　Ding!

　　Li Yiming's metallic orb transformed into a sword and blocked two daggers that were thrown at him.

　　"Eyegla.s.ses?" Li Yiming stared at the figure who stood in front of him.

　　Bang!

　　A gunshot was heard. Li Yiming bent backward and dodged the armor-piercing round aimed at his head.

　　"Big Beard…" Li Yiming raised his sword and quickly jumped back.

　　Suddenly, something ticked him off. Li Yiming looked at Liu Meng, refusing to believe his eyes. Explosive flares forced Li Yiming to let go of Liu Meng and roll backward.