Dong—

    The bronze man punched the Blood Knight, sending him flying.

    Just as it was about to pursue and continue its attack, the Blood Knight growled in a deep voice:

    “Judgment.”

    “Combat skills.”

    The bronze man froze instantly.

    In terms of combat skills, it couldn’t compare to the Blood Knight!

    — The Blood Knight could make three judgments for every one the bronze man made.

    Now it was the Blood Knight’s turn to make a judgment again.

    Shen Ye frowned, feeling a little annoyed—

    Wouldn’t fighting like this put him at a disadvantage?

    The Blood Knight walked back step by step, picked up the spear from the ground, and thrust it with full force at the bronze man!

    Swoosh—

    The bronze man’s entire body was shattered by this spear thrust.

    But it didn’t matter!

    The bronze man had written a novel for five full minutes before attacking.

    Five minutes was enough for the resurrection spell to cool down.

    “Resurrect!”

    Shen Ye uttered a low cry.

    All the parts and remnants gathered together, reforming into the bronze man.

    At this moment.

    The Blood Knight was about to turn and walk towards the hut, but the newly resurrected bronze man grabbed it.

    Thump.

    A heavy metallic collision sound rang out.

    The Blood Knight was immediately knocked back several steps, nearly falling to the ground.

    Seizing this moment—

    “Go destroy that spear!”

    Shen Ye commanded.

    The spear was sharp, and the Blood Knight was skilled with such weapons.

    The bronze man had no weapon.

    Now, following Shen Ye’s command, the bronze man rushed over, picked up the spear, and tried to snap it.

    — It didn’t break!

    The White Night Spirit King’s Shadow sneered:

    “You ignorant fool… that weapon of mine isn’t…”

    “Throw it!” Shen Ye shouted.

    The bronze man threw it with all its might.

    The spear rapidly turned into an afterimage, flying out of sight.

    “Judgment—”

    “Agility.”

    The Blood Knight’s voice rang out simultaneously.

    The bronze man instantly stiffened, maintaining its throwing posture, unable to move an inch.

    The Blood Knight rushed forward and kicked the bronze man in the head.

    The bronze man’s entire head was dented.

    But it was still alive!

    “Judgment—”

    “Elemental resonance.”

    Accompanying another sound from the Blood Knight, the bronze man once again held an unmoving posture.

    This was the third judgment!

    They had to take advantage of this judgment to destroy the bronze man.

    Otherwise, it would be the bronze man’s turn to make a judgment!

    The Blood Knight took a deep breath, roared, and swung its fists with all its might, smashing them towards the bronze man’s body.

    A collision sound suddenly rang out.

    The Blood Knight’s fists stopped mere centimeters from the bronze man.

    — The cat-dog!

    It had crashed into the stone steps in front of the hut earlier, losing its life.

    Ten minutes had passed.

    At this moment, it had completed its corpse transformation, increasing its strength by a whopping forty times!

    The cat-dog squatted on the bronze man’s shoulder, one paw catching the Blood Knight’s fist, the other paw scratching fiercely—

    Several giant claw shadows emerged from the void, raking the Blood Knight and sending it flying.

    Its armor scattered.

    Without the armor’s defense, the faint glow of the Truth of Suffering immediately fell upon the Blood Knight.

    “Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—”

    The Blood Knight continuously endured the light’s damage.

    It had just picked up its armor from the ground, ready to put it on, but it was already too late.

    The bronze man boomed:

    “Judgment—”

    “Stir-fry!”

    Whoosh—

    Flames ignited.

    The bronze man held the handle of a wok with one arm, rapidly flipping the dishes inside to ensure they cooked evenly.

    The Blood Knight stood helplessly by.

    — It couldn’t cook!

    The bronze man won!

    The cat-dog charged forward, its paws striking like lightning, unleashing afterimages that knocked the Blood Knight to the ground.

    The bronze man also dropped a wok of Yu Xiang Rou Si and stepped forward to deliver a punch.

    Thump!

    The Blood Knight was sent rolling several tens of meters away.

    The armor once again fell from the Blood Knight’s hand to the ground.

    However, this time, the Blood Knight was still under judgment and completely unable to move.

    “Go put it on!”

    Shen Ye shouted.

    The bronze man, understanding his thoughts, immediately stepped forward, picked up the blood-colored battle armor from the ground, and donned it.

    Indeed, the blood-colored battle armor looked a bit bulky on it.

    — But at least it was an extra layer of defense.

    The cat-dog, now forty times stronger after its corpse transformation, squatted on the Blood Knight’s chest, repeatedly scratching the Blood Knight’s head.

    In a few quick moves, the Blood Knight’s head was mangled and fell off its neck.

    Victory!

    “Do you think you’ve won? You foolish oaf.”

    The White Night Spirit King’s Shadow said disdainfully, forming a hand seal.

    In an instant.

    The Blood Knight’s corpse turned into a cloud of血mist, soaring through the sky and returning to the Blood Bog.

    “The knight was merely a sacrifice. That’s right, you poured all your effort into defeating just one of my sacrifices.”

    “Soon, truly powerful entities will be summoned to utterly destroy your Truth Creation!”

    The White Night Spirit King continued to speak, its hand seals constantly shifting.

    In the arena.

    Both the bronze man and the cat-dog felt uneasy, looking up at Shen Ye in mid-air.

    — They had fought with all their might just to barely take down the opponent’s sacrifice.

    How were they going to fight next?

    Shen Ye said nothing, his eyes dark and unfathomable, silently gazing at everything in the arena.

    On one side was “Little Western Paradise,” rooted in countless mineral veins.

    On the other side was the “Blood Bog,” which had just sacrificed a soul.

    Innumerable figures surged within the bog, all blending into one under the influence of the incantation.

    — Something was about to be born!

    Little Western Paradise, however, remained silent.

    Suddenly.

    The bronze man moved.

    Following Shen Ye’s command, it tightened the blood-colored battle armor, then returned to the hut door, guarding it carefully.

    The cat-dog darted directly into the hut and closed the door.

    It traversed the narrow room, jumped up, and opened another door inside the hut.

    Despite the fierce battle raging outside, when this door opened, what appeared was not the original scene outside the hut.

    Beyond the door was another world.

    — The Truth Mining Area.

    The cat-dog ran out, galloping at full speed along the mining tunnel, and soon found the figure wielding a pickaxe.

    Shen Ye’s clone!

    It turned out that while the battle was happening, he was digging a hole in this mining area behind them!

    Seeing the cat-dog approach, he even smiled and said:

    “No need to panic. Let’s dig a bit more during this time.”

    “—Help me properly search for minerals.”

    The cat-dog paused, then understood.

    Yes!

    The back door of Little Western Paradise connected to the Truth Mining Area.

    From the moment Shen Ye entered the “front door” of Little Western Paradise, the indoor space extended until he opened the “back door,” connecting to the Truth Mining Area outside the “back door”—

    Whatever Shen Ye’s projection clone did in this area, the flow of time was different from the outside world.

    To be more precise.

    “Little Western Paradise” along with the Truth Mining Area that appeared after opening the door, was Shen Ye’s spatial ability!

    — The flow of time here was three months compared to one day in the outside world!

    While the opponent was performing the sacrificial ritual—

    He had already been able to mine for several hours!

    The cat-dog’s expression became serious, and its dog head immediately lowered to the ground, sniffing constantly.

    It also knew that the situation was critical.

    If it could dig up something to help its master, then it would also receive rewards from its master in the future.

    After a short while.

    “Woof woof!”

    The cat-dog suddenly barked loudly at a corner.

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    Shen Ye didn’t rush to dig, instead smiling and saying:

    “Search again, mark a few more spots, then go help the bronze man.”

    The cat-dog understood immediately.

    The time flow here was different.

    It certainly had enough time to mark everything it could.

    Once the task was complete, it would leave the mining tunnel, return to the hut, and push open the door. The time flow there would be different again.

    The bronze man was guarding alone, which was indeed a bit strenuous!

    The cat-dog nodded at Shen Ye, its figure turning into an afterimage, sprinting across the mining tunnel.

    Now that it had undergone corpse transformation, its strength was forty times greater.

    And its dog’s head had also eaten half of that mushroom, greatly enhancing its mineral-finding ability.

    In merely a dozen breaths.

    The cat-dog completed its marking task.

    In the mining tunnel, visible to the eye, there were many paw prints left by it.

    Each paw print represented a treasure.

    Shen Ye was overjoyed, stroking the dog’s head and saying:

    “If we win this duel, you’ll get the greatest credit!”

    Upon hearing this, the dog furiously wagged its cat head like a tail until the cat head was almost dizzy before stopping.

    “Now I’ll mine, you go help the bronze man.”

    “Woof meow!”

    The cat-dog swiftly headed back the way it came.

    It passed through the hut, opened the front door, and jumped onto the bronze man’s shoulder.

    The bronze man was somewhat surprised.

    — This pet was a bit too lively.

    One moment it darted in, the next it darted out again.

    Had it even gone to see what its master was doing?

    With a formidable enemy at hand, there was no time to ask it in detail.

    The cat-dog and the bronze man cautiously watched the Blood Bog opposite them.

    The murmuring of the White Night Spirit King’s Shadow, full of excitement, echoed in the darkness:

    “Soon, it will be complete…”

    “After the sacrificial ritual ends, it will be your demise!”

    On the other side.

    The Truth Mine.

    Shen Ye dug for a while and indeed unearthed something.

    It was dark and heavy.

    Rectangular, somewhat like a briefcase.

    A skull was carved on its surface, its eye sockets emitting a flickering glow.

    “Truth Bomb.”

    “Level 0 Truth Creation, single-use Truth Creation.”

    “Description: Combat radius of one hundred meters, sound-activated detonation (shout ‘boom’), must be activated near any existing entity.”

    “—Let’s die together!”

    Good stuff.

    Shen Ye called out “Cat-dog.”

    Whoosh!

    The cat-dog reappeared.

    “Go, give this to the bronze man, it knows what to do.”

    Shen Ye said.

    The cat-dog glanced at the briefcase, and its fur immediately stood on end.

    It could sense that this thing was not simple.

    Now that its master had given the command, it carried the briefcase in its mouth, returned to the hut door, and handed it to the bronze man.

    The bronze man understood with just a glance.

    — So this is what its master meant!

    The bronze man, with a single hand moving like an afterimage, rapidly set the time on the surface of the briefcase, then lifted both the briefcase and the cat-dog high—

    I throw—

    The bronze man threw the briefcase and the cat-dog with all its might, watching them arc gracefully through the air, landing in the Blood Bog.

    Cat-dog: “?”

    The bronze man roared:

    “Explode!”

    Rumble—

    A large crater was blasted in the Blood Bog.

    The powerful explosion generated waves of shock, turning into strong winds that raged through the entire space.

    The White Night Spirit King’s Shadow spoke with remarkable composure:

    “It’s useless. My Truth Creation, ‘Blood Bog,’ possesses the Truth characteristic of ‘indestructibility’.”

    “The ritual is complete.”

    “Your bomb can only delay things a little.”

    Time!

    It didn’t know that time was precisely what Shen Ye needed most!

    Shen Ye, in the mining area, sensed the cat-dog’s death and felt a surge of emotion.

    This cat-dog, it was impressive.

    “Resurrection.”

    He uttered a low cry.

    Outside the hut.

    The cat-dog resurrected in a flash of light, perfectly intact, appearing before the bronze man.

    The bronze man knelt on one knee, raised an arm, and offered a high-five to the cat-dog.

    The cat-dog looked at it coldly, not extending its paw at all.

    The bronze man had no choice but to sheepishly stand up.

    The cat-dog glared at it a few times, then extended both paws and snapped its own neck.

    — It had to undergo尸变 (corpse transformation)!

    Only after corpse transformation would it be super strong and able to help its master!

    On the other side.

    In the mining area, Shen Ye continued to dig.

    As he dug, a sudden realization dawned on him.

    Truth—

    Its meaning lay in suppression.

    At the level of Truth, each higher level completely suppressed the lower levels.

    The power to decide life and death.

    Truth was the most ruthless level of power!

    He swung his pickaxe vigorously, digging continuously at the second spot marked by the cat-dog.

    As the mine wall got deeper and deeper—

    Something rolled out, stopping at Shen Ye’s feet.

    “Primordial Crystal Great Shield.”

    “Truth Level One armor.”

    “Description: Can resist physical attacks of Truth Level One and below, suppressing them, preventing them from causing any damage to you.”

    “—Beautifully shaped, like a mirror of a deep lake.”

    Shen Ye had just picked up the shield when he suddenly looked up into the void.

    “Hmm? What’s happening?”

    Rows of faint glowing words appeared before his eyes:

    “Song Yinchen has grasped the current ‘Devouring Ritual’ and gained a profound understanding of the cage.”

    “She found a way to send you a battle alert.”

    “Specifically, by syncing thoughts through the ‘Heart of the Swarm’ in your hand, allowing you to gain one of her abilities.”

    “You have obtained her divine eye, ‘Dragon Devouring Gaze’.”

    “You have seen ‘the enemy’s next move’ as she saw it.”

    Genius!

    At this moment.

    Even Shen Ye couldn’t help but marvel at Song Yinchen’s talent.

    A scene quietly emerged before his eyes.

    Like a sudden double exposure—

    In the darkness surrounding “Little Western Paradise,” black and red runes were continuously gathering.

    Large swathes of black and red runes took shape, turning into flesh, writhing, alive, exuding immense power.

    — This was a monster hidden in the dark!

    No wonder the White Night Spirit King’s Shadow showed no emotion even when the Blood Bog was bombed.

    It was brewing a big move in the dark!

    What to do?

    Shen Ye remained silent for a few breaths, then turned and left.

    He walked through the back door of the hut, exited through the front door, and stood before the bronze man and the cat-dog.

    — He couldn’t participate in the battle.

    Only the cat-dog could.

    How could they deal with the massive monster the opponent was constructing?

    No.

    They couldn’t win at all.

    Then there was only one way.

    — Don’t let it appear!

    “Can you play target shooting?”

    Shen Ye asked.

    “?” The bronze man.

    “It’s like those flying combat games where you have to try to hit targets flying in the air,” Shen Ye explained.

    The bronze man thought for a moment, then gave a thumbs up.

    If it was just attacking aerial targets, it didn’t seem difficult!

    “Very good, you must remember that light is the most important.”

    Shen Ye said.

    Before he finished speaking, he grabbed the bronze man and flew onto the rooftop.

    The soft, painful light of truth emanating from the room formed a barrier of light on the rooftop as well.

    “Wait a minute.”

    Shen Ye held up the crystal shield in his hand, reflecting the faint glow of the suffering truth, sending it outwards.

    The light swept across the sky.

    The black and red runes that were continuously building in the dark immediately became visible under the illumination.

    “Take this, destroy those runes.”

    Shen Ye handed the shield to the bronze man.

    The bronze man imitated him, holding up the crystal shield, reflecting a beam of light that cut through the darkness and illuminated the black and red runes fluttering in the dark.

    “Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—”

    The illuminated runes immediately shrieked and turned into nothingness.

    “How did you know? No, a fool like you couldn’t possibly see through my sacrifice spell!”

    The White Night Spirit King’s Shadow’s voice suddenly rang out.

    “Ignore it—you did well just now, just keep going,” Shen Ye said, patting the bronze man’s shoulder.

    The bronze man was greatly encouraged, holding up the crystal shield and continuously reflecting light to destroy the black and red runes flying in mid-air.

    — It really was like playing a shooting game!

    “Wow, target shooting? I’m good at this, I want to play too!” Song Yinchen’s excited voice rang out.

    “Neither you nor I can participate, only Truth Creations can,” Shen Ye appeased.

    Watching the runes in mid-air being scattered, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

    — Should he leave the bronze man here and go back to mining?

    Mine away!

    The more things he mined, the stronger Little Western Paradise would become!

    Mining was the true way to defeat the enemy!

    Shen Ye jumped down from the rooftop, about to continue mining, when he suddenly felt a continuous tremor in the void.

    A spine-chilling scream rang out.

    This is…

    He immediately looked back.

    He saw the White Night Spirit King’s Shadow in mid-air holding up a head.

    The head of Corpse Emperor Su Rong!

    “No, great master, please let me fight him, don’t use my head—” The Corpse Emperor begged painfully.

    “Nonsense! Your very existence is to be a bargaining chip in this battle. Or are you not so loyal to me, wishing to fall into eternal torment?” The White Night Spirit King’s Shadow said softly.

    The Corpse Emperor dared not speak.

    “Increase the stakes—I’m putting this slave’s head as a wager, demanding an elevation in the battle’s tier.”

    The White Night Spirit King’s Shadow, filled with killing intent, squeezed the head and continued:

    “From now on, I will release a Truth Level Three creation and fight you seriously.”

    Truth Level Three?

    Shen Ye paused.

    My Little Western Paradise is only Truth Level One.

    Higher-level Truth Creations… I haven’t played with yet.

    He was still pondering, but Su Rong’s voice suddenly rang in his ear:

    “This is the only chance—”

    “No one knows that I secretly gathered most of my power in my head before I died.”

    “As long as we get the head, we can reconstruct the entire body!”

    “—When I merge with the Primordial Ruins, the new multi-layered universe will completely make up for the innate deficiencies, allowing the entire world to produce evolutions against the ‘White Night Demon Cage’!”

    “This is the decisive move!”

    “But… I haven’t used high-level Truth Creations,” Shen Ye said, a little uneasy.

    “I and the Primordial Ruins will fully assist you—success or failure depends on this one gamble, miss it and there will be no other chance,” Su Rong said.

    Shen Ye fell silent for a moment, then initiated an information query to the Primordial Ruins.

    The will of the Primordial Ruins surprisingly held the same opinion.

    “Alright…”

    “Then let’s have a fight.”

    Shen Ye said to the White Night Spirit King’s Shadow.

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