Dan Chen's progress was by no means weak. The light in his eyes grew colder. The Thousand Illusions Pandora directly transformed into its sword form, held in his hand as he clashed with the charging Gao Tiankai, metal against metal with crackling sounds.
"You can't beat me."
They separated immediately.
Dan Chen retracted the Thousand Illusions Pandora, which had now become a shield, and transformed it back into its spear form. He raised his arm, pointing directly at Gao Tiankai's forehead.
He looked at Gao Tiankai, panting opposite him, his eyes devoid of any emotion.
They were once brothers, now they were enemies. He naturally felt pain, but when facing Old Zhang's life-threatening danger.
Dan Chen absolutely would not allow any lingering brotherly affection to alter his state of mind.
Gao Tiankai wiped his face.
A smile played on his lips as he gestured to the side with his chin, spitting out a mouthful of saliva tinged with blood.
This was from the punch Dan Chen had landed on his face during their fight.
He laughed.
"Whether I can beat you or not, we have to fight first."
"Besides, I only need to stall for time here. Don't you think so?"
Dan Chen gritted his teeth.
"Get lost!"
"Even if you don't acknowledge me as your brother, do you not acknowledge Old Zhang?"
"He never wronged you."
Gao Tiankai sighed.
He shook his head.
"Why don't you understand? Ever since I embarked on this path, everything from the past has lost all meaning to me."
Dan Chen sneered, "Lost all meaning?"
He had no intention of getting further entangled with Gao Tiankai.
Such entanglement was meaningless.
It would only delay his rescue.
He abruptly turned his head.
"Wu Suowei! Help me!"
The phone in Wu Suowei's hand emitted the sound of "trouble..."
He looked up, his eyes meeting Dan Chen's, his intent clear.
"Help me tie down Leviathan!"
"Alright."
Unexpectedly, this time, Wu Suowei didn't negotiate for conditions first. Instead, he directly stepped past Dan Chen and walked towards the sea.
His pace wasn't fast, but in the blink of an eye, he had covered thousands of meters. Gao Tiankai didn't even have time to stop him.
Seeing Wu Suowei leave, Gao Tiankai knew that person was beyond his ability to stop, so he didn't even try.
He shifted his gaze back to Dan Chen, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
Dan Chen didn't want to be bogged down by Gao Tiankai, but he also knew that if he didn't deal with Gao Tiankai, he would be stuck here, hindering his other plans. He made up his mind.
"Come on, let's settle this here!"
Gao Tiankai shook his head. "Perhaps I've given you some misunderstanding, but do you really think I'm the only one involved in such a significant matter?"
Not good!
Dan Chen retreated rapidly, his sixth sense already blaring an alarm.
As he dodged to the side, away from his original position, he saw a tearing claw mark appear precisely where he had been standing, shaking the very earth.
A man appeared in Dan Chen's former spot.
"Long time no see, Gusang."
Dan Chen uttered the name he once knew with a complex expression.
The person before him wore a mask, but Dan Chen was too familiar with him.
Even with the mask obscuring his face, Dan Chen could recognize who this man was at a glance.
Gusang.
He wasn't alone. Not far behind him, a recognizable woman appeared. Her face was pale, and Dan Chen could immediately tell she was a sea demon.
But she was different from other sea demons.
Dan Chen could see the numbness and tears in her eyes, as if she had lost all interest in everything before her.
Beside her was a protective barrier, sharing the same source of power as the Gusang standing before Dan Chen.
"Should I say long time no see?"
Gusang tilted his head, then a smile pulled at the corner of his lips.
"And… that name is in the past. You can call me Apostle 03, Ye Yan, now."
Hearing Gusang speak like this, Dan Chen couldn't help but laugh. The look in his eyes, as he regarded Gusang, was calmer than that he had for Gao Tiankai.
"Inheriting the name of the previous one? Does that name make you feel so proud and honored?"
"It's none of your business."
Gusang said this indifferently, then raised his hand and casually swiped in Dan Chen's direction.
"Ye Luo."
He unleashed a major move right away, a definitive ultimate technique.
As the name of the technique was called out, Dan Chen keenly sensed the change in the surrounding atmosphere.
It was an exceptionally viscous and evil aura, replacing the naturally tempestuous air that had previously surrounded him.
It felt as though it wanted to suffocate him on the spot.
But that wasn't all. The sky, which had been twilight, had now turned into a dense black curtain.
Not a single star was visible.
The entire world seemed to consist only of endless blackness.
Around him, one after another, strange monsters began to emerge.
This was a form of spatial ability.
Dan Chen laughed. "Gusang, if I had known, I should have recommended you to be an Apostle earlier. I didn't expect you to have so much more potential as an Apostle than as an Agent. Don't you agree?"
Though he spoke jokingly, there was no mirth in Dan Chen's eyes. Gusang, hearing his words, offered no reply.
He was like a killing machine devoid of emotion.
"Xing Ming."
"Yue Jiang."
"Ri Chu."
Three moves were called out in succession. Gusang's visible aura declined significantly.
However, he remained in a state of formidable strength.
The effects of these three moves were also quite striking.
Gao Tiankai, standing nearby, had not expected Gusang's attack to be so vicious. His eyes narrowed.
Dan Chen also knew this was trouble.
The Thousand Illusions Pandora remained in its spear form, constantly firing at the monsters trying to latch onto his trousers.
But after Gusang uttered those three moves, stars appeared in the boundless black night sky.
The stars were falling.
One by one, meteors crashed around him. He had initially thought they were mere illusions, but as a meteor grazed past him, Dan Chen's ear was instantly scratched.
If he hadn't dodged quickly, his entire ear would have been torn off.
And the so-called Yue Jiang…
The moon hanging in the sky was also growing larger, descending.