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Compared to the battlefield filled with relentless explosions, the scene around Su Xiang was much calmer. He approached Pei Jin, knocked the light wall symbolically, then indifferently shrugged and sat down on the ground, looking at the woman inside the light wall.

There was no verbal exchange between them. Su Xiang just quietly watched Pei Jin open a plastic bag, take out a tangerine, and skillfully peel it. While popping each segment into her mouth, she lowered her head and played a game on her phone, her composed demeanor making it seem as if the ongoing battle outside had nothing to do with her.

Su Xiang initially intended to pretend to be deep and compete with this woman in patience. Unfortunately, his plan was interrupted by a torrential rain. The battle in the sky between Shitang Longsi and Jiang Donghu eventually affected his position, and the downpour from above drenched Su Xiang completely.

"Pfft!" Su Xiang wiped his face and spat out the rain that got into his mouth. He shook his wet hair vigorously and looked at Pei Jin with self-mockery: "A bit of a mess."

Pei Jin ignored him and remained focused on manipulating her phone. Su Xiang felt somewhat awkward at this point when a thunderous roar came from behind. He turned his head to see that the fight between Shitang Longsi and Jiang Donghu had reached a fever pitch. Watching the two grow more valiant as they fought, blood splattering on the ground, he turned back to Pei Jin and jokingly said: "Are you just going to stay calm and watch those people fight for you?"

"What else?" Pei Jin replied without looking up.

"Actually, if you just walk out of here with us, this could all be over. I can swear on my honor that everything I said earlier is true. We won't hurt Miss Pei, nor will we harm any one of them," Su Xiang said, raising his right hand solemnly to vow.

Pei Jin gathered the tangerine peels and disdainfully put them back into the bag: "Forget it. The oaths of your group are never credible. Instead of wasting your efforts on me, why not join the battlefield? Perhaps that way, you might win faster."

"Oh? I never thought Miss Pei was such a cold person! Do you really not care about their lives?"

"If I go out, can things be solved? Being held by you, the initiative would be in your hands. Whatever you decide to say or do would be at your discretion. And you wouldn't be able to harm these people. Although they can't win, they can easily hold their ground until reinforcements arrive," Pei Jin responded nonchalantly, supporting her chin in one hand, yawning as she glanced at the comics on her phone.

Su Xiang sighed quietly: "Miss Pei, you have keen insight. Things are indeed as you said. Unfortunately, there's one thing you might not have counted on. Firstly, the Investigation Bureau's personnel might not arrive as quickly tonight."

Seeing Pei Jin look up for the first time and make eye contact with him after hearing these words, Su Xiang nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Secondly, it's not that I have no means against these people!"

After saying this, he slapped his thigh, slowly stood up, and rubbed his numb legs, putting his hand on his waist and swaying his body slightly. Then, pointing forward, he beckoned Pei Jin to look towards the battlefield, smiling as he said: "Watch carefully, Miss Pei!"

After speaking, he took out eight paper figures from his pocket, blew on them, making the flat little paper figures tremble as they straightened up. Then, marching off Su Xiang's palm, they tottered towards the battlefield.

Just as Pei Jin mentioned, at this moment on the battlefield, though the Investigation Bureau's people couldn't defeat the enemy, they had no problem protecting themselves. Firstly, the special units were usually well-trained, rarely showing vulnerabilities. Secondly, over the half-day of battle, Wang Tianlai and others noticed that these two groups of people were seemingly not united.

Compared to the relentless attacks of the RB people, vicious with every blade, the two who joined later beside Su Xiang might as well have been on a leisurely stroll, attacking ferociously on the surface yet ultimately making ineffective loud noises. In fact, several times, they secretly pulled RB people back, causing them significant trouble.

Han Bing and the others couldn't grasp the hidden intricacies here, seizing the opportunity decisively by simply defending against the minimal attacks from the Shanhe duo while launching full-force assaults on the RB trio.

Amidst this heated battle, the little paper figures released by Su Xiang stealthily and silently maneuvered around countless obstacles on the battlefield, attaching themselves indiscriminately to everyone without being detected.

"Miss Pei, do you know I actually have no love for those RB people? So, I've decided to send them to Hell first. This is a little secret between you and me; remember to keep it for me afterwards!" After doing all this, Su Xiang slightly smiled at Pei Jin and took out two azure light beads from his bosom, casually tossing them away.

Under Su Xiang's control, the two light beads flashed into a streak of light and disappeared. The next second, they appeared on the paper figures attached to the RB people, effortlessly melding into their bodies through the figures.

At that moment, Ito Shizuki, who was controlling his inner source to manage the petrol in combat with the Investigation Bureau, was unaware of the impending doom. As he fought, he cursed the Shanhe duo internally, because even the enemy could see the discrepancies—how could he not? Ito Shizuki secretly vowed that after this battle, he would report this to Lord Shitang and find a chance to eliminate these damned Chinese."

But before he could unleash his anger, Ito Shizuki felt an unusual sensation rising within him. Before he could react, this unusual sensation quickly spread throughout his body, and in the blink of an eye, his inner source was locked, rendering him unable to feel its flow at all.

The petrol he hadn't managed to throw out scattered with a splash upon losing its inner source support, splattering all over himself. Ito Shizuki looked at his own hands in horror, then at his equally terrified companions beside him.

He Jiantao was puzzled by the awkwardness displayed by his opponents, but his killer move didn't pause. With an inner source-imbued punch, he struck near Ito Shizuki's ear, immediately causing a thunderous explosion.

Without inner source protection, Ito Shizuki's ears bled from the deafening explosion, and he knelt on the ground. But it didn't end there. Sparks from the swinging fist accidentally ignited the petrol covering him, and in no time, flames engulfed Ito Shizuki, turning him into a fiery man.

After Wang Tianlai used glue to immobilize another RB person who lost his inner source, he grabbed the dazed He Jiantao and rapidly retreated. As the flames rose, He Jiantao stood in a daze. It wasn't because he hadn't seen such cruel scenes before, but because he hadn't expected to win so effortlessly. What the hell? They were just fighting to the death moments ago, and suddenly there's no resistance, killed by their own abilities?

Watching the horrifying spectacle of Ito Shizuki desperately rolling on the ground in the sea of flames, trying to extinguish the fire on himself, Wang Tianlai and the other two couldn't comprehend the situation, looking at each other with puzzled expressions.