"Relic?!"
The two law enforcers beside him stared in shock at this scene.
As this finger bone was exposed to the air, an inexplicable heat spread inside and outside the house. The swirling snow was blocked outside the courtyard, as if an invisible domain had been opened.
Qian Fan held the finger bone, looking at the red-clothed figure killing rampantly in the distance, with killing intent flickering in his eyes.
This relic was bought by him two years ago in the black market of District 5 at most of his savings. It was said to come from the corpse of a law enforcer contaminated by the intersection of the Gray World. Over the years, this thing had always been his trump card for saving his life and had never been used.
But this time, he had no choice.
"Catch him for me!!" Qian Fan growled and stabbed the finger bone into his palm.
As blood flowed onto the finger bone, it seemed to come to life, madly devouring Qian Fan's flesh and blood. At the same time, a shadow flashed across the surface of the finger bone.
In the courtyard, the ground buried by snow suddenly trembled!
Chen Ling only felt a flash before his eyes, and the snow under his feet suddenly exploded. A pale barb like a giant's rib shot out from the ground and pierced through his shoulder like lightning!
Even though Chen Ling had vaguely seen the trajectory of that rib, its appearance was too sudden to react. In an emergency, Chen Ling instinctively stepped sideways to avoid his vital parts.
The intense pain of his flesh being pierced came from his shoulder, and Chen Ling's movement stalled. Then the second and third ribs burst out from the ground one after another!
Chen Ling's body had already been pierced by the first rib, leaving almost no room to dodge. He could only barely move his body to avoid the ribs slightly, but in this way, his activity space became smaller and smaller.
With the appearance of the fifth rib, Chen Ling was completely trapped in place, like a prisoner confined in a skeleton cage, unable to move.
"What is this thing..." Chen Ling 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 figure had shrunk by half, like a malnourished scavenger. But as the ribs stopped appearing, his figure also stopped thinning.
Seeing this, Qian Fan immediately pulled the bone out of his body and tremblingly put it back into the oil-paper bag. A smile appeared on his pale lips.
Judging from the effect, the money was well spent... This was already equivalent to the destructive power of the second rank of the Divine Path.
Seeing that Qian Fan had subdued Chen Ling so easily, the other two law enforcers were secretly shocked. Under their admiring and fearful gazes, Qian Fan slowly moved into the courtyard.
"How is it?" Qian Fan sneered, "Did you have a good time killing just now?"
Scattered corpses lay in the snow of the courtyard, and the flowing blood dyed the ground dark red...
Chen Ling was imprisoned in the skeleton cage, coldly looking at Qian Fan in front of him. No emotional fluctuation could be seen on his strange and bloody face.
"Is it great to obtain [Divine Favor]?"
"Even if you are a quasi-law enforcer, you still end up in my hands?"
"Kid, I don't care what grudge you have with Ice Spring Street, you are dead... Do you know how many people's interests you have damaged?"
Qian Fan slowly took out a gun and pointed the black muzzle at the top of Chen Ling's head. As he spoke, his gaunt face was filled with malice.
"Not good, we can't let him kill Chen Ling."
Seeing this scene, the shadowy man watching outside the mansion darkened and was about to take action immediately.
"Wait." Chu Muyun suddenly spoke, and under the lenses, his eyes sparkled with an unusual light, "Something's not right..."
The shadowy man was stunned, "What do you mean?"
Inside the mansion.
With a gun to his head, Chen Ling remained unmoved, his eyes as calm as an abyss.
Just as Qian Fan was about to pull the trigger, two stars in the sky suddenly shone brightly. A magnificent divine light like a giant pillar from the sky broke through the snow curtain and shrouded Chen Ling in the skeleton cage!
Dong——!!
The surging aura of the Divine Path swept ripples in the void, forcibly pushing Qian Fan back several steps. He staggered and fell to the ground.
He stared in disbelief at the two divine pillars descending from the sky, his eyes filled with incredulity!
"[Divine Favor]?!! How is this possible?!! Hasn't he already received [Divine Favor]?!"
"The black one is the 'Military Divine Path,' and the purple one is... the 'Witch Divine Path'?" The other two law enforcers were also shocked.
"Being courted by two Great Divine Paths at the same time—what kind of monster is this kid?"
Under the stunned gazes of the three, Chen Ling, covered in blood, slightly raised his head to look at the two stars above, their divine radiance stretching like ribbons. A flash of surprise also crossed his eyes...
He had just prepared to die again. After all, his [Anticipation Value] was already sufficient—even if he died, he would most likely be able to revive directly... But he never expected to actually trigger [Divine Favor].
And the trigger was two at once.
Now that he thought about it, when he killed the Bone Blade earlier, he did feel an inexplicable sensation. It wasn't joy or disgust, but rather a feeling... as if he was born to do this.
According to what Chu Muyun had said before, this was his first time killing someone, yet he had triggered the favor of the Military Divine Path, making him a peerless genius of the Military Divine Path.
But Chen Ling didn't understand—what was that second purple star?
As Chen Ling wondered, a third star slowly lit up in the sky!
It was a vermilion star, dotted in the sky like translucent colored glaze. Its ribbon-like divine radiance pierced through the void, joining the divine lights of the other two paths to shroud Chen Ling together.
Chen Ling froze.
"Another Divine Path?!"
"Three Divine Paths descending with favor at the same time—how is this possible?!"
"Wait, which Divine Path does this star represent? It feels like I've never seen it before..."
Qian Fan and the others were completely stunned.
At the same time, the two outside the mansion were equally stunned.
"Colored like cinnabar, shaped like glaze... there's no mistake—it's the 'Theatrical Divine Path.'" The shadowy man pondered.
"The Theatrical Divine Path? That's extremely rare." Chu Muyun frowned slightly. "But what does he have to do with the Theatrical Divine Path?"
"Is he good at acting or singing opera?"
"As far as I know, no... but the younger brother he fantasized about is."
"If this were normal times, a genius favored by three Divine Paths simultaneously would be top-tier. Unfortunately..." The shadowy man shook his head. "Unfortunately, he's a Fusion Being—doomed to never walk the Divine Path."
"With three Divine Paths manifesting together, someone in Aurora City will definitely notice and send people here."
"No need to wait for Aurora City..."
The shadowy man slowly turned to look in a direction amid the wind and snow. "There's a law enforcer approaching here—he's almost here."
"We can't let him interrupt this. I'll go stop him." Chu Muyun turned to leave.
"No need."
"Why?"
"...Someone's already gone to intercept him."