Qing Chen shook his head and said to Da Yu, "I'm not doubting you. You are a key figure in the Chen family. I want to ask you, do you know about the Knight's Reverse Breathing Technique?"
“I don’t know,” Da Yu shook his head. “I’ve never heard of it.”
“It seems that only a very few people in the Chen family know about this,” Qing Chen said. “If the information was leaked from the Chen family, then there must be a puppet among the core members of the Chen family. Da Yu, you need to be careful.”
Upon hearing this, Da Yu's expression hardened. He had previously viewed the puppeteer as a mere spectator, but now he realized that the puppeteer's influence was likely deeply entrenched and posed a threat to everyone.
Most importantly, they don't even know how the other party turned others into puppets, making it impossible to defend against.
What if one day he is turned into a puppet too?
Da Yu asked bluntly, "How do we kill him?"
Qing Chen shook his head and said, "I'll handle this matter. But now is not the time. I need to deal with the alliance between Kashima and overseas forces first."
"Is there anyone who can help?" Li Shutong asked.
Knights love group fights, so when they knew Qing Chen was about to fight, the first thing they asked was if anyone could help.
Qing Chen recalled the young master Yunluo: "There was a... friend."
“As long as someone can help,” Li Shutong said.
Just then, birds chirped in the sky. Qingchen looked up and saw that it was Qingshan Falcon.
Aoyama Hayabusa cried out, "Chirp! Chirp!"
(Li Shutong, the old folks are calling you back. They've found some more forbidden items somewhere. Hurry up and find a way to snatch them back. Don't let that brat Qingchen continue to use this to manipulate everyone. Once everyone has collected all the forbidden items, teach that kid a lesson... Oh, Qingchen's here too. He overheard this.)
Li Shutong exclaimed, "What else is in your silly bird's head besides flirting with Zhuque?"
Qingchen looked at him.
“Ahem,” Li Shutong stood up: “I will take two A-level puppets to Forbidden Land No. 002 right away.”
After saying that, the demigod chased after Aoyama Hayato and left without looking back.
At this moment, Zard looked at Qingchen: "Where's the revolver? Let me try. I've always had good luck. Maybe I can advance to demigod with one shot!"
Qing Chen shook his head: "I gave the revolver to Yangyang. I will take it back when she finds an opportunity to break through to A-level or demigod and finds her own path to integrate with the world's will."
“Okay,” Zard said with a hint of regret, “What about the other forbidden item? Come to think of it, I don’t even have a forbidden item yet, why hasn’t anyone given me one…”
Qingchen looked Zard up and down. The other man's face was full of regret and a little grievance, like that of a child.
He would occasionally glance at Da Yu, his eyes full of implications.
Da Yu sat by the campfire, looking up at the sky, pretending not to hear.
It is known that Da Yu has two forbidden items: one is the ability to control the Swift, and the other is the Demon Stamp. These two items are Da Yu's trump cards, and he would never give them to Zard.
Qing Chen thought for a moment, then took out "the forbidden substance ACE-043, the psychologist's scalpel" from his pocket.
He said to Zard, "This is for you. Please keep it safe. It's one of the gifts my brother gave me."
Zard was stunned: "Is...this okay?"
“Okay,” Qingchen nodded.
He has worked with Zard many times, and to be honest, without Zard, he probably would have died once already.
Zard sacrificed his own life to save Violet Star for him.
She even sacrificed her arm to fight for him.
Therefore, Qingchen had long regarded Zard as a true friend, and the value of this friendship was incomparable to that of the forbidden object.
Zard said emotionally, "This is our token of love, right... that's how it's portrayed in movies."
Qingchen said, "...Why don't you just give it back to me?"
Zard quickly hid the scalpel in his pocket and said cheerfully, "No way! This is the first gift I've ever received, and it's even a precious forbidden object! From now on, my birthday will be today!"
Qing Chen was stunned: "What kind of logic is this?"
Zard explained with a chuckle, "When I was little, all the other kids got birthday presents, but I didn't. So I decided that the day I received my first gift would be my birthday! That way, that gift would be my birthday present!"
Qing Chen listened to this chaotic logic and suddenly fell silent. He hadn't expected that a gift would be so important to Zard.
Qing Chen said, "This forbidden item is most suitable for you. After it injures an enemy, it will cause them an unhealable wound. For the rest of their lives, they can only endure the torment of the wound every day. Over time, the wound will become infected, or they may die from sepsis. But you are immune to physical damage."
Qingchen cannot use this scalpel.
While those outside the Three Realms are exempt from knife wounds, the problem is that the containment conditions outside the Three Realms stipulate that one cannot kill.
So, who knows when the enemy will die after being wounded by a knife? Qing Chen can't just keep removing the Three Realms Shield and wait for the other party to die, can he?
Zard held the scalpel like a precious treasure, and finally carefully placed it into his body, which was like a storage room: "Thank you, boss!"
This time, surprisingly, Da Yu didn't complain.
Zard then looked at Qingchen: "Boss, where's that silhouette of yours? Why don't you take it out and try it out?"
Qing Chen nodded. He took out the scissors from his pocket and examined them. The scissors were silver-white, just like surgical scissors, and their design was nothing special.
He tried to cut his own shadow, but the scissors passed right through it and cut nothing.
Da Yu frowned: "A fake forbidden item?"
Qing Chen glanced at him, silently removed the Three Realms Barrier, and then took the scissors again to cut the shadow off!
The next moment, his shadow came to life.
Qingchen felt that something had suddenly appeared in his heart, as if he had connected with the shadow's soul. The shadow had some independent consciousness, but it was completely under his control.
Qingchen manipulated his shadow to perform several somersaults, and then tested the limits of his strength.
But then the shadow slammed its fist into the ground. Qingchen felt a sharp pain in his own fist, and the ground cracked open, centered on the shadow.
"The pain felt by the shadow is directly transmitted to the main body?" Qing Chen analyzed without even frowning: "Strength is completely compared to the main body, but abilities cannot be replicated."
This is equivalent to Qing Chen carrying a B-level gene warrior with him, and a very strong one at that.
At this time, Qing Chen's knight level was B and his awakening level was A. However, it seemed that due to the limitation of the potential for dual development of awakening and cultivation, awakening did not improve his physical fitness.
At this moment, Qingchen was thinking about another question: how do you exploit the bug in this thing?
Qing Chen stared at the silhouette, then looked at Zard and Da Yu: "Since you can cut out your own shadow, can't you also cut out other people's shadows?"
Zard's eyes lit up: "Great! Quick, quick, cut my and Da Yu's shadows off, I want to control shadows too!"
Qing Chen walked to the two of them and, with a wave of his hand, actually cut off their shadows!
The two shadows merged into a circular black shadow, and then a three-dimensional shadow body 'grew' out, transforming from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.
But then a sudden change occurred. The two newly formed shadows stared intently at Qing Chen, unleashing boundless killing intent.
Everyone present was an A-level expert, so they could naturally perceive all of this with their sixth sense.
Da Yu immediately became gloating: "You're always thinking about finding bugs, and now you've found one yourself! Turns out cutting someone else's shadow can directly cause that shadow to chase you down. Let's see if you'll still try to find bugs in the future. These are two A-level shadows, you can slowly fight them."
However, after Da Yu finished speaking, he found that Qing Chen calmly put on the Three Realms Outer Wear again.
Da Yu: "???"
So Da Yu saw that he and Zard's shadows were just staring at Qing Chen, but they didn't make a move for a long time.
The immunity effect from outside the Three Realms has appeared!
According to the silhouette judgment, the two A-level shadows were going to kill Qing Chen, but the Three Realms exempted them from this judgment, leaving the two shadows in an awkward situation!
The next moment, unable to attack Qing Chen, the two figures suddenly turned to look at Da Yu and Zard! Their killing intent erupted even more furiously!
"Damn it! Qingchen, have some decency! All you knights, have some decency!" Da Yu suddenly scrambled to his feet by the campfire, turned, and ran into the wilderness, while the two shadows chased after their masters!
It was fast and swift, moving like thunder!
Da Yu roared, "Qing Chen, I'll never forgive you!"
Zard and Dayu ran ahead, with two shadows chasing behind, while Qingchen followed behind the two shadows to observe...
The two shadows managed to chase the two people ahead for over a hundred miles!
Qing Chen wasn't too worried about the safety of the two, since shadows could never defeat the main body. They had no thinking ability or supernatural powers, only a powerful physique.
This bug is so useful! The more enemies there are, the more shadows will be generated to help you; the more enemies there are, the more shadows you'll get!
The outside world is indeed a wonderful thing!
"Why don't you two try killing your own shadows?" Qingchen shouted.
At this moment, Da Yu shouted as he ran, "Zard, you kill your shadow, I'll kill mine, let's attack together!"
However, Zard was somewhat troubled: "It's my shadow, it's so cute, how can I kill it..."
"You're insane! You're just as insane as Qingchen!" Da Yu roared. "You kill my shadow, I'll kill yours, is that alright?"
Zard was still hesitant: "But your shadow is cute too."
Da Yu is about to be driven crazy by Qing Chen and Zard...
Qing Chen called out from behind, "Don't hesitate any longer, let's do it together."
As he spoke, Qingchen manifested the black sniper rifle and fired a shot in electromagnetic acceleration mode. The power of this electromagnetic cannon was as fierce as a star, and it pierced through Zard's shadow's head in an instant!
The shadow was so focused on chasing Zard that it didn't even try to dodge the bullets.
With a loud bang, the shadow shattered and fell to the ground, flowing towards Zard's feet like a pool of water, before transforming back into a normal shadow.
Once this shadow is shattered, it will transform into a new shadow.
After being shot, Zard yelled, "Ouch!"
He covered his head as if he'd been shot in the back of the skull, but still kept saying, "Thank you, boss!"
Da Yu turned around and went to meet his own shadow, shouting angrily, "I don't need your help, I can do it myself!"
As he spoke, he passed by the shadow, only to see Da Yu strike more than ten times in a single second, each punch landing on the shadow's vital points.
Despite the pain, Da Yu's expression remained unchanged.
This requires an extremely strong will and someone who has witnessed life, death, and pain.
However, the shadow did not die. Instead, it was full of energy and retaliated with seven or eight punches against Da Yu, almost making Da Yu vomit blood.
Zard asked curiously, "What's going on? It was hit in vital areas more than ten times. This shadow should have died long ago."
Qing Chen pondered for a moment and then reminded him, "The space between your eyebrows! The space between your eyebrows is the weak point!"