Tian She was sent flying far away. Fortunately, the rooms at the “Celestial” level were more spacious than those at the “Earth” level, preventing him from crashing directly into the wall.
After landing, he scrambled to his feet, his vision still blurry. Realizing what had happened, he immediately reached out to search for his fallen glasses—losing his sight at such a critical moment was far from ideal.
But under such a heavy blow, both he and his glasses had been flung in different directions. Tian She groped around on the ground for a long time but found nothing.
Bai She, clutching his wounds, took a step forward. Now, he had two choices before him.
One was to attack Tian She’s glasses nearby, and the other was to strike the “Qiongqi” not far from him.
Destroying Tian She’s glasses would give him a significant advantage in the ensuing battle, but it might also cost him the only chance to kill “Qiongqi.”
Yet, if he killed “Qiongqi” first, Tian She—once he retrieved his glasses—would undoubtedly fight to the death. While he might help the others eliminate an unhatched “Divine Beast,” his own vengeance would remain forever unfulfilled.
He hadn’t anticipated that this small room would contain two enemies with endless repercussions. Letting either “Qiongqi” or Tian She escape would affect the battle outside.
After a brief second of hesitation, Bai She finally turned his gaze toward “Qiongqi.” After all, the odds of killing this woman were far higher than taking down Tian She immediately.
Xiao Ran hadn’t even processed the situation before Bai She appeared right in front of her.
Terrified, she stumbled back, and in her panic, a blinding light erupted from her body. Unfamiliar with Xiao Ran’s abilities and never having encountered such intense radiance before, Bai She was momentarily dazzled, his eyes squeezed shut. Seizing the opportunity, Xiao Ran bolted away, cowering in fear.
Hiding in a corner, her trembling voice rang out: “What are you doing?! Hitting a woman out of nowhere—what kind of man are you?! If I knew all men were like this, why would I even bother being a woman?!”
Her voice gradually grew sorrowful, as if the effects of her “Mourning” ability had begun to take hold.
Once the blinding light faded, Bai She slowly opened his eyes and turned to Xiao Ran, uttering words she never expected to hear:
“If you don’t want to be a woman, then I’ll be one instead.”
Xiao Ran was stunned by the absurdity of his statement, momentarily at a loss for words.
Bai She lunged forward, leaping toward Xiao Ran. Mid-air, he snatched a scalpel from the table and hurled it at Tian She’s glasses, which were just within reach. The glasses were sent flying even farther away upon impact.
This time, Xiao Ran unleashed another burst of blinding light, but Bai She was prepared. Undeterred, he swung a fist toward the source of the radiance.
His punch landed with full force.
An ordinary person, without any physical enhancements, wouldn’t survive a full-power strike from an “Earth”-level fighter.
But when Bai She finally opened his eyes, he found himself staring at an enormous palm—one so massive it pressed against both the ceiling and the floor.
Xiao Ran, trembling uncontrollably, had blocked the attack with her now-gigantic hand.
“Damn it… she’s insane…” Bai She muttered under his breath.
Only now did he realize how naive he had been. Neither “Qiongqi” nor Tian She could be taken down in one strike.
Among all the “Earth”-level fighters, perhaps he alone had drawn the true death card. With his unrefined combat skills and “Mourning,” he now had to face both a “Celestial”-level opponent and a “Beast of Calamity” simultaneously.
If he truly possessed such strength, why had he waited until now to rebel?
The only silver lining was that this “Beast of Calamity”…
“What do you even want?!” Xiao Ran burst into tears, her expression filled with despair. “Wh-what happened to my hand?! Where’s my flight?! My super strength?!”
Clumsily dragging her enlarged arm, she had no idea how to revert it to normal. In her panic, she flailed around the room, knocking over furniture and “residents,” sending debris flying everywhere. Many of the “furniture” were injured, and in no time, she even managed to send Tian She’s nearly retrieved glasses skidding away again.
“Idiot… you absolute idiot…” Tian She, still blind, cursed as he groped around the floor. “If it weren’t for Qinglong… I’d crush you to dust…!”
“Tian She!! Tian She!!” Xiao Ran wailed desperately. “What’s wrong with my hand?! Aren’t we on the same side?! You have to help me!! Did the surgery fail?! I’ve never seen anything like this before!”
Tian She lifted his head in confusion, his severe myopia and astigmatism only allowing him to perceive a massive, flesh-colored silhouette—like a wall—lurching toward him.
“Stay the hell away from me!!” Tian She roared. “Damn it!! Is standing still really that hard?!”
Huddled in a corner, Bai She knew this chaos was temporary. Once the two of them regained their composure and devised a plan, he’d be dead on the spot.
Perhaps he only had one last chance to strike. In this turmoil, neither of them would be prepared—but who should he attack?
The “Beast of Calamity” who had been “helping” all along? Or Tian She, who had been hell-bent on killing him?
A few seconds later, Bai She grinned.
Yes, if he only had one shot, the target was already decided. After all, he had never planned to leave in the first place.
Flicking the blood—his own—from his hand, he strode to the center of the room, hoisted the surgical table (large enough to hold a person), twisted his torso, and hurled it with all his might toward the door.
**CRACK!**
A deafening crash echoed as the wall housing the door was smashed into a gaping black void.
The door, struck with immense force, was sent flying into the abyss alongside the surgical table, drifting farther and farther away.
From this moment on, the room no longer had a door—only a massive black hole in the wall. The air fell into deathly silence.
“Tian She… Tian She…” Xiao Ran whimpered softly. “What is that…? Look!”
“Shut the hell up!!” Tian She bellowed. Finally retrieving his glasses, he hastily put them on and turned around—only to freeze in horror at the sight before him.
Exhausted, Bai She slumped against the wall beside the black void, his blood smearing the surface.
“Hah… haha…” Bai She laughed weakly. “Perfect. Whether you’re ‘Qiongqi’ or Tian She… you’re both trapped here forever.”
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