"A sacrificial artifact?!"
The two enforcers beside him widened their eyes in shock as they witnessed this scene.
As the finger bone was exposed to the air, an inexplicable heat spread both inside and outside the room. The swirling snow was kept out of the courtyard, as if an invisible barrier had been erected.
Holding the finger bone, Qian Fan gazed at the red-clad figure wreaking havoc in the distance, with murderous intent flickering in his eyes.
This sacrificial artifact was something he had purchased at a hefty price in the black market of District Five two years ago. It was said to have come from the body of an enforcer contaminated by the intersection of the Gray Realm. Over the years, this artifact had been his ace in the hole, never used until now.
But this time, he had no other choice.
"Catch him!!" Qian Fan growled, stabbing the finger bone into his own palm.
As fresh blood flowed over the finger bone, it seemed to come alive, ravenously devouring Qian Fan's flesh and blood. At the same time, a shadow flickered across the surface of the bone.
In the courtyard, the earth buried under snow suddenly trembled!
Chen Yifei felt a blur before his eyes, and the snow under his feet suddenly exploded. A pale, rib-like spike shot out from the ground like a giant's rib, piercing through his shoulder like lightning!
Even though Chen Yifei had vaguely seen the trajectory of that rib, its appearance was too sudden, and he simply couldn't react in time. In a panic, Chen Yifei instinctively shifted his body to avoid his vital points.
The agonizing pain of his flesh being pierced came from his shoulder, and Chen Yifei's movements stalled. Immediately, the second and third ribs exploded out of the ground!
Chen Yifei's body had already been pierced by the first rib, leaving him with little room to dodge. He could only barely move his body, grazing past the ribs to avoid them slightly, but doing so only made his space to move smaller.
With the appearance of the fifth rib, Chen Yifei was completely locked in place, like a prisoner trapped in a cage of bones, unable to move.
"What is this thing..." Chen Yifei looked at the finger bone in Qian Fan's hand, his face extremely gloomy.
As his flesh and blood were continuously devoured by the finger bone, Qian Fan's body had shrunk by half, resembling a malnourished scavenger. However, as the ribs stopped appearing, his body also stopped wasting away.
Seeing this, Qian Fan immediately pulled the bone out of his body, shakily reinserting it into the oil paper, a smile emerging on his pale lips.
From the effect, it seemed that the money was well spent... This was already equivalent to the destructive power of the second stage of the divine path.
Seeing Qian Fan easily subdue Chen Yifei, the other two enforcers were secretly alarmed. Under their admiring yet fearful gazes, Qian Fan slowly moved his body and walked into the courtyard.
"How was it?" Qian Fan sneered, "Did you enjoy killing just now?"
The bodies were strewn across the snow in the courtyard, and the flowing blood dyed the ground dark red...
Chen Yifei, imprisoned in the cage of bones, coldly looked at Qian Fan before him. His eerie and bloody face showed no emotion.
"Is it so great to have obtained 'Divine Favor'?"
"Even if you're a quasi-enforcer, you still end up in my hands in the end?"
"Kid, I don't care what grievances you have with Ice Spring Street. You're doomed... Do you know how many people's interests you've harmed?"
Qian Fan slowly pulled out his gun, the black muzzle pointed at Chen Yifei's forehead. As he spoke, his gaunt face was full of malice.
"This is bad. We can't let him kill Chen Yifei."
Seeing this scene, the shadowy man watching from outside the courtyard frowned and was about to act immediately.
"Wait." Chu Muyun suddenly spoke up. Under his glasses, his eyes were flashing an unusual glimmer. "The situation doesn't seem right..."
The shadowy man was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
Inside the courtyard.
With a gun pointed at his head, Chen Yifei remained unfazed, his eyes calm as an abyss.
Just as Qian Fan was about to pull the trigger, two stars in the sky suddenly shone brightly. The magnificent divine light, like a giant pillar descending from heaven, crashed through the snow curtain and enveloped Chen Yifei in the bone cage!
Boom——!!
The tumultuous divine aura rippled through the void, forcing Qian Fan to stumble backward several steps and fall to the ground.
He looked at the two divine pillars descending from the sky in disbelief, his eyes filled with shock!
"Divine Favor?! How is this possible?? Hasn't he already received the Divine Favor?!"
"The black one is the 'Warrior Divine Path', and the purple one is... the 'Mage Divine Path'?" The other two enforcers were also shocked.
"Receiving offers from two major divine paths at the same time, what kind of monster is this kid?"
As the three of them looked on in shock, Chen Yifei, covered in blood, slightly lifted his head and looked at the two stars extending ribbon-like divine radiance above his head. There was also surprise in his eyes...
He had just prepared himself to die again, as his 'Expectation Value' was already sufficient. Even if he died, there was a high probability of resurrecting directly... But he never expected that he would trigger the Divine Favor.
And it was two at once.
Speaking of which, when he killed Bone Blade just now, he did have a strange feeling. It wasn't joy or disgust, but a feeling... as if he was born to do such things.
According to what Chu Muyun said earlier, this was his first kill, and it triggered the favor of the 'Warrior Divine Path', making him a once-in-a-generation talent of the 'Warrior Divine Path'.
But Chen Yifei didn't understand what the second purple star was.
Just as Chen Yifei was puzzled, a third star slowly lit up in the sky!
It was a vermilion star, dotted in the sky, as transparent and sparkling as glass. Ribbon-like divine radiance pierced through the void, joining the divine radiance of the other two divine paths and enveloping Chen Yifei.
Chen Yifei was stunned.
"Another divine path??"
"Three divine paths descending and favoring at the same time, how is this possible?!"
"Wait, which divine path does this star represent? Why does it feel like I've never seen it..."
Qian Fan and the other two were completely bewildered.
At the same time, the two people outside the residence were also somewhat surprised.
"The color is like cinnabar, and the shape is like glass... It can't be wrong, this is the 'Actor Divine Path'," the shadowy man thought.
"The 'Actor Divine Path'? That's quite rare," Chu Muyun frowned slightly. "But what does he have to do with the 'Actor Divine Path'?"
"Is he good at acting, or singing?"
"According to what I know, no... However, his imaginary younger brother is."
"Three major divine paths descending and favoring at the same time, if this happened at any other time, he would definitely be a top-tier talent. Unfortunately..." The shadowy man shook his head. "Unfortunately, he's a Fusionist, destined to never walk on the divine path."
"With three divine paths appearing at the same time, someone in Aurora City must have noticed and will definitely send people over."
"We don't have to wait for Aurora City..."
The shadowy man slowly turned his head and looked in a certain direction in the snowstorm. "There's an enforcer approaching here, and he's almost here."
"We can't let him interrupt this, I'll go and stop him," Chu Muyun turned and walked towards that direction.
"You don't have to."
"Why?"
"...Someone has already gone to stop him."