Chapter 1286: Life Revolver

Bai Ye remembered.

He had indeed arrived at the South Sea Domain yesterday.

After a brief exchange with Chu Muyun, he had been observing the situation from the shadows, looking for the most suitable moment to strike, until he attacked the Pu family Patriarch just before the Pu family members scattered to search for Chen Ling's trail.

In fact, long ago, Bai Ye had thought the Silver King was stupid. As a thief, he actually fought enemies head-on, especially in the Wuji Domain, where he was almost solo-killed by Hong Xiu, who was only Tier 8... If there weren't so few Demigods in the world, he didn't think the Silver King could have survived this long with such methods.

Bai Ye would not repeat the Silver King's mistakes. Therefore, as the newly ascended leader of the Thief God Path, he chose a different path...

His Tier 8 skill was not [Yesterday's Revolver], but [Life Revolver].

The Silver King's Yesterday's Revolver could select specific memory fragments to swap and perform memory swaps on multiple targets simultaneously, but the drawback was that the swapped memories retained the original interpersonal relationships, creating a risk that the targets would notice logical loopholes. Therefore, to maintain this state long-term, one had to periodically steal "doubt."

But Bai Ye's Life Revolver, even for him as the initiator, could not decide which specific memory to swap, and it could only be used on one target at a time... What they swapped were no longer memory fragments, but entire lives.

When the bullet carrying Bai Ye's life silently shot into the Patriarch's occipital lobe, all the memories of the two Tier 8s were inverted in that instant, as if two souls had entered each other's bodies. Possessing complete memories, they would not notice the slightest anomaly, and even their appearances were swapped.

Of course, to perfectly integrate into the identity of the Pu family Patriarch, Bai Ye directly controlled the Heart Pythons to devour all memories of him activating [Life Revolver]...

At that moment, the Pu family Patriarch completely became "Bai Ye," and Bai Ye completely became the "Pu family Patriarch."

They would think from each other's perspectives; Bai Ye would determine how to capture Chen Ling, while the Pu family Patriarch would rack his brains to save Chen Ling, until Bai Ye's plan was complete and the Heart Pythons returned the devoured memories of the revolver to Bai Ye. Only then would he wake up from the "Pu family Patriarch" role... and then, lift the effect of [Life Revolver].

If Bai Ye were only Tier 8, he could only do this much. But now, Bai Ye was the leader of the Thief God Path, having inherited the foundation of the Silver King. Besides his own [Borrowing the Moon], he could vaguely perceive the existence of other paths.

Although, being only Tier 8, he couldn't freely mobilize other paths like the Silver King, he could still use some simple skills. For example, the Thief God Path aura the Pu family Patriarch released earlier was actually Bai Ye using the [Picking Stars] path to steal a wisp of his own Thief God Path leader aura in advance and attaching it to the Pu family Patriarch.

However, Bai Ye could currently only perform simple aura theft. If one day in the future he could advance to Demigod and easily steal an entire path's ability like the Silver King, then the effect of [Life Revolver] would be infinitely close to a "perfect swap."

The "Pu family Patriarch" walked through the alley where no one cared, his appearance gradually returning to his original look. Bai Ye gently lowered the brim of his duckbill cap and looked back at the Pu family Ancestral Array that locked time and space.

Presumably, these Pu family members would never imagine that the one trapped by the Pu family Ancestral Array was not "Bai Ye," but the real Pu family Patriarch.

I wonder what the Pu family Patriarch, who had also regained his memories at this moment, would think upon seeing himself trapped in an array set up by his own ancestor...

Bai Ye's gaze turned toward the orbital gate at the edge of the domain. There, another figure holding a small hammer was forcibly breaking through the swarming enemies.

Bai Ye did not hesitate and walked straight toward there, glancing behind him with his peripheral vision, muttering to himself:

"Heart 6, this is as far as I can help you..."

"The rest... is up to you."

……

*Woo—woo—woo—*

A bone-chilling wind, as if from the netherworld, swept over the sea surface churned by icebergs. Large swaths of broken ice collided, shattering the frozen waves into fragments.

The overwhelming shards of crystal, like a mighty ice rain, pattered down onto the sea and the iron tracks...

Figures huddled at the end of the broken tracks, letting the ice rain beat against them, their faces deathly pale.

"HOLD ONTO THE TRACKS!!!"

Old Wolf's roar echoed amidst the screeching of giant beasts and the clatter of ice rain.

At this point, everyone was numb, but upon hearing Old Wolf's shout, they still subconsciously hugged the freezing cold steel tracks, even though they were shivering violently...

They didn't know what they were struggling for; clearly, no matter how tightly they held on, it was impossible to survive here, but the survival instinct deep within them made them do it anyway.

"I never thought the South Sea Domain would be so heartless... They didn't even give us a chance to speak."

"Teacher Ye..."

"What do we do now?"

The struggling members of the Fusion Faction turned to look at Teacher Ye simultaneously, only a faint glimmer of light remaining in their dim eyes... Teacher Ye was their lighthouse and their final hope.

Teacher Ye stared fixedly at the three-eyed giant turtle entrenched on the sea surface. The turtle's cyan pupils seemed to be looking here as well, and the two gazes met across the sea.

Teacher Ye remained silent for a long time before speaking hoarsely:

"I will go talk to him."

"Talk?" Old Wolf was startled. "They've already sealed the gates... Now, how can you talk? Talk to whom??"

Teacher Ye did not answer, only slowly taking an injection from his pocket...

And stabbing it fiercely into his arm.

……

South Sea Domain.

"Chen Ling is gone!! Go find him!!"

"Split up! He must have gone in this direction just now!"

"Once you find him, don't act rashly. Send a signal and wait for the others to surround him together!"

“……”

Figures streaked across the sky in a hurry, as if frantically searching for something, but the streets were mostly empty now. Looking around, not even a shadow could be seen.

They did not notice a red paper figure flashing past like a ghost in a narrow, shadowy corner.

He was like an agile snake, silently passing through one street after another. The Pu family juniors occasionally flying overhead didn't even notice his existence. He passed through large blocks of the city like this, heading straight in one direction.

Not to the wilderness far from the pursuit, nor to the orbital exit to leave the domain...

His target was actually the very center of the South Sea Domain!

A few dozen seconds later,

A figure in red stepped fiercely onto the threshold of the South Sea government!!

"CHU CHANGQING!!!!!"

"COME OUT—AND FACE ME!!!!"