Get down.
Fortunately, both Kaka and Quinn were still on Kaka’s side, so the moment Su Xing returned, she went straight to find them.
After explaining everything, the three of them finally relaxed.
They all had their own judgments about strength, and it was clear that Apollo was stronger than the Linggan Yuanbi.
Before long, the entire space began to tremble violently.
Kaka dashed back into the room to take a look, then shouted loudly, “Ivan’s disappeared!”
Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
“That proves the Linggan Yuanbi is in big trouble.”
Not sure if it was just her imagination, but the temperature in the space seemed to be rising rapidly.
Soon, she realized it wasn’t a hallucination at all.
Because Kaka’s healthy wheat-colored skin had started to flush slightly red, and even Quinn’s normally pale skin was showing a pinkish heat after being scorched.
Kaka panted heavily, “What’s going on? I’m so hot!”
Su Xing thought for a moment.
“It has to be Apollo’s Illusory Spirit. If I’m right, that spirit might be able to simulate the sun.”
“The sun?!”
Kaka and Quinn exclaimed simultaneously.
Su Xing nodded and gave a detailed description of Apollo’s Illusory Spirit, finally concluding, “I think that spirit really does resemble the sun. Plus, with a name like that, it’s hard not to make the connection.”
The temperature inside kept rising, and the ground was already scorching their feet.
Su Xing fanned herself with her hand, but the breeze was nothing but irritating hot air.
Kaka hopped back and forth inside the room, like a piece of popping candy in boiling water.
Quinn collapsed onto the sofa, sweat soaking his already soft white hair and sticking to his face.
Su Xing closed her eyes, forcing herself to calm down.
But it was useless—the heat was relentless.
Angry women are unreasonable, and she took it out on Kaka, “Stop fidgeting! You’re driving me crazy.”
Kaka pouted, looking pitiful, and grudgingly stopped.
“But I’m hot!”
Su Xing was hot too.
She strongly suspected Apollo was trying to roast them alive so he could swallow the 100,000 Beibi he owed her.
“Thud!”
Suddenly, a figure was thrown down in front of the three of them.
Su Xing looked closely and saw it was Evangel!
Evangel was in a terrible state; his usually neat golden hair, tied in a small bun, was disheveled and loose.
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and a dark bruise marred his face.
“Evangel! What happened?”
Kaka immediately rushed over to help him up.
A pair of black Martin Boots appeared right in his line of sight.
Looking up along the slender legs, they saw Apollo standing there.
Apollo crossed his arms and looked down on the three of them.
“Since you warned me this time, I’ll give you ten minutes to get Master Xisailu out of this kid’s body. Otherwise, I’ll take care of both of them.”
“Master Xisailu?”
Su Xing asked, puzzled.
“Wasn’t he already dead? How is he inside Ivan’s body?”
“Tsk.”
Apollo looked impatient but still explained to Su Xing, “That old man has been living through the Linggan Yuanbi all along. He possessed the Mayor before—I was careless and didn’t notice. Now he’s looking for a new host, and this kid got unlucky enough to be chosen.”
Before she could fully process the shocking news, Su Xing hurriedly asked, “Then how do we drive Master Xisailu out of Evangel’s body?”
Apollo shrugged and gave a cruel laugh.
“That’s none of my concern. Just know that after ten minutes, I’ll be finishing things.”
With that, he turned and vanished into the room.
Kaka helped Evangel to his feet and shouted anxiously, “Evangel, are you okay?”
Unexpectedly, Evangel shoved Kaka away, wiped the blood from his mouth with one hand, and glared resentfully at the three of them.
“Why? Why expose me? Haven’t I been good to you?”
Su Xing immediately understood—this wasn’t Evangel speaking anymore, but Master Xisailu.
She clicked her tongue in displeasure; seeing that expression on Evangel’s face was really unpleasant.
Kaka also realized the occupant had changed, angrily shouting, “You’ve taken over our comrade’s body! Why shouldn’t we expose you? Give Evangel back!”
He lunged forward, attempting to restrain Master Xisailu.
Suddenly, the old man conjured a brush in his hand and casually swiped it forward, and Kaka slammed into a wall of air.
“Ouch!”
Kaka clutched his forehead, surprised.
“What was that?”
“The Linggan Yuanbi,” Su Xing said sternly.
She had known Apollo wouldn’t be so kind-hearted.
Sure enough, he had left them a nearly impossible task.
Master Xisailu still had combat ability and wouldn’t surrender easily.
Realizing this, Su Xing quietly summoned Feng Jun, condensing a Wind Blade to prepare a sneak attack.
Unfortunately, just as the Wind Blade was about to strike Master Xisailu, it was blocked by another air wall.
Master Xisailu sneered, “Trying to sneak attack? How could you first-years ever hope to beat me?”
For Apollo, Master Xisailu might have been insignificant, but to these first-years, he was a formidable opponent.
Since the first attack failed, Su Xing wasn’t in a rush anymore.
She asked, “Why do you have to possess Ivan’s body?”
Master Xisailu replied matter-of-factly, “Young, full of potential, and an orphan. Isn’t that the perfect host?”
He cast a resentful glance at Su Xing.
“I was so close to success. Why couldn’t you just follow my plan? In the future, we’d be partners, and together we would become famous across Mercury.”
Su Xing’s eyes lit up.
So he hadn’t succeeded yet?
That meant they still had a chance.
She gave Kaka and Quinn a subtle signal and moved her right hand slightly.
Meanwhile, she continued probing for details to distract him, “You deliberately let me learn a new skill?”
“Of course!”
Master Xisailu said arrogantly.
“After all, you’ll be my partners in the coming years. The stronger you are, the better. But you were smart not to be tempted. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have become your partner, and you wouldn’t have gotten any benefits.”
So that old man really was a temptation.
Although helping him would speed up clearing the stage, you wouldn’t get the Linggan Yuanbi or any benefits.
“I’ve learned a new skill, but what about Kaka and the others? What did they get?”
At the question, Master Xisailu answered, “Quinn’s mindset has improved, and Kaka has gained a new perspective. In short, this is what suits you best for now. But unfortunately, you…”
Before he could finish, Feng Jun controlled the Wind Blade to strike from the side.
Su Xing and Feng Jun coordinated and charged forward.
“I already said that kind of move won’t work,” Master Xisailu boredly created another air wall to block Su Xing’s attack.
However, just a moment before the Wind Blade hit the air wall, Xiao Lan, summoned by Kaka, crashed silently into the barrier with its first skill.
Although soundless, the Wind Blade still managed to scratch Master Xisailu’s right hand.
Blood immediately flowed, nearly causing him to drop the Linggan Yuanbi.
Because it was Evangel’s body, Su Xing didn’t dare strike a fatal blow.
She could only try to disarm Master Xisailu by targeting his only offensive hand.
But Master Xisailu was an experienced Dahuan Lingshi.
He quickly controlled the Linggan Yuanbi to draw a solid golden armor around himself.
At this Wind Blade’s strength, it couldn’t pierce the gold.
Before he could relax, Kaka and Quinn—who had stealthily moved behind and to the right of him while Su Xing delayed him—pounced together.
Bang!
“Hah!”
Master Xisailu was slammed beneath the two.
Kaka shouted, “Ivan! Snap out of it! Don’t let this old demon take over your body!”
Quinn anxiously tried to awaken Evangel, “Ivan, can you hear us? We’re all waiting for you outside! Wake up!”
“Heh heh heh, how naive!”
Master Xisailu sneered.
Suddenly, the golden armor on his back erupted with sharp spikes.
Kaka and Quinn reacted quickly, jumping off his back just in time.
Master Xisailu stood up and tidied his hair. “The game is over. You’ll die with me!”
He waved his hand, and the Linggan Yuanbi wildly traced patterns in the air.
Su Xing immediately realized the danger, “Stop him! Don’t let him finish drawing!”
Xiao Lan smashed through the golden spikes despite the pain.
Kaka and Quinn charged again to stop Master Xisailu. Su Xing and Feng Jun attacked from the front, aiming to seize the Linggan Yuanbi.
But they were a moment too late.
A gray light flashed and Xiao Lan was flung away.
A three-meter-tall stone giant appeared in front of Su Xing and the others.
“This is… a Stone Golem?”
Quinn recognized the Illusory Spirit first.
Master Xisailu nodded appreciatively.
“Correct. Lirui’s Illusory Spirit is still quite useful, so I copied one.”
Lirui was the Mayor’s name.
Seeing Kaka confused, Quinn explained, “The Stone Golem is a humanoid Illusory Spirit made of stone, extremely tough. When damaged…”
Before Quinn could finish, Kaka charged at Master Xisailu again.
At the same time, Xiao Lan, already covered in blood, also collided with the Stone Golem.
The moment Xiao Lan struck, the Stone Golem shattered, exposing Master Xisailu to the group.
Kaka lunged forward, trying to grab the Linggan Yuanbi from Master Xisailu’s hand.
His gaze locked on the brush—just a little closer!
But the next moment, Kaka was lifted by a stone hand.
The shattered stones quickly reassembled into the Stone Golem, one hand grabbing Kaka, the other slamming Xiao Lan against the wall.
“… It can reassemble,” Quinn added the part he hadn’t finished.
Seeing Xiao Lan unconscious and rolling on the ground after being slammed, Kaka, still suspended midair, was frantic, “Xiao Lan!”
Quinn quickly summoned a rose and swallowed Xiao Lan into its petals to heal it.
Having seen the rose’s healing power, Kaka finally relaxed…
Only to immediately feel intense suffocation—he was being choked by the Stone Golem’s massive hand.
The grip tightened relentlessly; Kaka’s face turned bluish-purple, and he was close to losing consciousness.
At the critical moment, Su Xing acted swiftly.
Seeing the timing was right, she summoned another Wind Blade and slashed fiercely at the Stone Golem’s wrist.
The stone wrist broke, and Kaka collapsed to the ground.
Before Su Xing could breathe a sigh of relief, the severed stone hand was swiftly restored by the Stone Golem’s summoning power, reaching out to grab Kaka again.