"It worked!"

Cheng Shuang was overjoyed, her hands trembling so much she could barely hold the spiritual supplement in her bag steady, spilling more than half of it onto her face. But the moment the spiritual energy began to recover, she raised her hand again towards Kun Peng.

Visible to the naked eye, the speeding sports car seemed to suddenly lose power, rapidly slowing down.

It lost the agility it had before, letting the Mustang overtake it, and finally, crookedly, came to a stop at the side of the road.

The engine died.

"Momo baby, oh~ hug~"

In the driver's seat, Chen Yubo was foolishly grinning, lost in the sudden hallucination, his saliva nearly drooling out: "Hm? You want a hug too? Let's hug together, together...

Who is the cutest little kitty in the whole world? Of course, it's our family's A-Fu and the Chief, right?

Mua~Mua~"

Beside him, Ji Jue wasn't faring much better.

As soon as he sensed the abnormal spiritual fluctuation, he had prepared defenses, but the blessings from the Heart Core and Mirror pulled him into the illusion in an instant.

He couldn't recall at all where he actually was.

All he could hear through the haze were bell-like, crisp laughs by his ear.

Shrouded in rosy light, someone was holding his hand, walking with him through the market, sitting on the Ferris wheel, feeling the romantic scenery. They were pressed together, embracing, kissing, such intimacy.

But Ji Jue couldn't see her face.

No matter how hard he tried, it was unclear.

Her tall figure and hearty laugh seemed like Sister Wen, comforting to the heart; yet her clear, bright eyes were like Senior Sister, like distant moonlight, instinctively yearned for but unattainable. Sometimes she would transform into someone petite and light, looking like little... fuck!

In the hazy dream, Ji Jue suddenly shuddered, opening his eyes.

Instant! Awake!

No, no, no! Anything but this is absolutely not okay!

The rosy light that had filled the car shattered silently from the anger and shock like a soap bubble.

And then, in the front, on the passenger side of the Mustang, there came a piercing scream.

The Kaleidoscope exploded without warning!

Like a bomb, shards of iron and glass burst forth, embedding into Cheng Shuang's face, turning her pretty face bloody in an instant.

But following closely, thick blood slowly seeped from her mouth and nose.

Cheng Shuang shrieked in terror.

In that moment, along with the unruly creations, the backlash from the spiritual connection was like a terrifying storm, and the distant, fierce sights completely engulfed her.

"Fire! Fire! Help, such a big fire!"

Cheng Shuang screamed, frantically struggling against the restraint of the seatbelt, howling as if she was about to be ignited, plunging into an endless tide of flames.

The sky was on fire; the earth turned into Melting Furnace.

Everything in the world, completely destroyed.

Only despair remained persistent among the ashes...

Even with the buffer of alchemy creations, the terrifying presence couldn't be dissipated. It was just a moment, but it was forever imprinted in her soul, impossible to forget, impossible to erase.

Fortunately, such torment didn't last long.

In this hysterical state, she quickly lost consciousness, convulsing and falling into a faint.

With the loss of power's enhancement, the Mustang that had been speeding wildly also began to tremble, producing strange noises, showing signs of losing control.

Even worse, Mu Jiang found that the Kun Peng he had thrown far behind was once again appearing in the rearview mirror.

The speed was even faster than before!

Across the whole S-curve, the entire car, astonishingly, crashed through the guardrail...

It soared into the air!!!

Like gliding, the Kun Peng with invisible wings flew midair, easily bypassing the entire S-curve with over two meters of height difference.

It landed smoothly.

After only a slight bounce, the vehicle's powerful suspension and balance had completely negated the momentum of descent.

Once again, it was close at hand!

Chen Yubo's crazed, cursing face in the driver's seat could be faintly discerned.

"Motherfucker, motherfucker, motherfucker… What the hell is this?!"

Mu Jiang was sweating profusely, cursing incoherently as he frantically shoved Cheng Shuang, but he couldn't wake up the woman who had completely passed out.

"I'm going all out with you!"

He pinched the amulet around his neck, the alchemy creation he had spared no expense to buy from the Empire—Ascension Series' blessing, which could accelerate his consciousness, achieving an effect as if time had slowed down. But the price was a splitting headache after each use and eventually, after accumulating too many uses, the potential for mental breakdown or complete insanity.

But he couldn't care less now.

His eyes lit up again at this moment.

The reaction speed surpassing any professional driver reappeared, the Mustang's tail swayed, zigzagging on the narrow road, tightly blocking the overtaking path of the car behind.

"You overtake! Go on, overtake!"

Mu Jiang sneered, tasting the sweet scent of the blood dripping into his mouth, cursing hoarsely, "Up ahead, the drainage ditch on the bend doesn't even have a cover; what will you use to overtake me!"

Following that, with the Mustang entering the bend, what sounded behind was ear-splitting engine roar.

The pursuing Kun Peng behind was, once again, accelerating!

"Bro, watch me pull off a killer move for you!"

With a crazed laugh coming from the engine, the resurrected Kun Peng unleashed its brutal power. Then, the gear shift paddles on the dashboard, various color-coded buttons, and the differential lock control flickered and shifted instantaneously, as if invisible hands were manipulating the car's operation.

Then, as Mu Jiang stared in astonishment, the Kun Peng's left tires rolled over some gravel and suddenly kicked up!

Just like that, the hefty car body started to tilt towards the left... shifting from all four wheels to driving on just the two right wheels!

Where the hell did this stunt driver come from?!

Amidst the pounding pain in his skull, Mu Jiang's vision blurred, and the only thing clear to him was the Kun Peng's roof as it passed him in a flash.

Was it an illusion? Or had he accidentally taken drugs before the race?

It was over in the blink of an eye.

At a speed of 341 kilometers per hour, Kun Peng completed an inner-side overtaking maneuver on two wheels without even slowing down once.

Then, as if by magic, Kun Peng, now ahead of Mustang, suddenly drifted and spun around, its tires screaming in reverse and emitting a wisp of blue smoke.

In a blink, Kun Peng had 'turned around' and was now directly in front of Mustang, speeding backwards, and then, its lights went off.

Thus, the view from the driver's seat was illuminated by Mustang's headlights.

Amidst intense dizziness, Chen Yubo instinctively looked back at Ji Jue, and the two exchanged a smile before looking up at Mu Jiang and raising their hands.

Four gleaming middle fingers were given, imprinting themselves forever on Mu Jiang's retinas.

In the newly lit headlights, Chen Yubo saw the other's face behind the window, pale with rage, nose bleeding, cursing frantically, a picture of impotent fury!

After another high-speed drift and spin, Kun Peng righted its front and accelerated to the max, no longer tangling with the Mustang, which began to emit disturbing noises and thick smoke.

It streaked away along the winding mountain road, growing ever distant.

"Motherfucker, motherfucker, fuck!"

Mu Jiang cursed, furiously stomping the gas pedal repeatedly, but the engine's sound grew more and more shrill until finally, a massive explosion erupted from the rear of the car.

Thick smoke billowed.

The decelerated car suddenly skidded and crashed into the guardrail, breaking through and smashing into the trees, coming to a complete halt.

Only hoarse shouts and curses seemed to come from the darkness.

In the end, there was silence.

A minute and a half later, at 6 minutes and 51 seconds since the race had started, Kun Peng crossed the finish line under the watchful eye of the drone.

"What the hell?"

Members of the club waiting at the finish line saw the familiar car approaching; even after witnessing the entire process on the drone's live feed, they were still dumbstruck: "Did we actually win?"

For real?

Did old Chen actually win?!

Has the sun risen from the west?!

"Hoo, haha, hahaha!"

Chen Yubo, who had just been gasping for air, now emerged from the car red-faced and ecstatic, bursting into joyful dance, "That felt fucking fantastic!!"

After downing a bottle of champagne that was handed to him, he didn't pay attention to anyone else. Instead, he embraced Ji Jue with a bear hug and gave him a hearty pat.

"Thanks, bro!"

His eyes shone with excitement: "All these years of driving, and I've never felt such a rush before!"

"It's nothing, nothing, I just offered a tiny bit of help. It's all thanks to your hard work, Brother Chen!"

Ji Jue modestly smiled, giving the boss emotional satisfaction: Although you just looked miserable heaving into a garbage bag, the way you're about to pay me the final installment looks damn good.

Hope for your patronage again, boss!

After a round of modest exchanges, Ji Jue looked up at another drone concealed in the night. Controlled by Mechanical Descent, it silently departed toward the direction where Mu Jiang had crashed.

He still had an account to settle with that outsourced big sister...

Along the way, all the drone's live images of the race track and road conditions were relayed through Ji Jue to Kun Peng's consciousness. It was because of the drone's scouting that he had confidently allowed Kun Peng to take that astonishing leap across the S-turn.

Now, in the drone's aerial view, the night scenery of Lotus Mountain had a different character from the day, more forbidding and gloomy, like a fierce beast.

The thin line of road lamps couldn't light up the darkness; it lay undisturbed in the night, unmoved by the small joys and sorrows of humanity.

Ji Jue, sensing the overhead scenery, couldn't help but muse: There were a few good vantage points. If I set up a sniper rifle here, I'd have the entire finish line under lockdown. Even Superior couldn't escape!

Wait, shit—

In that moment, the drone's view captured twinkling specks of light.

Like a phone screen, they faintly illuminated the figure crouching on the ground, and in his hands was something dark, heavy, and ominously pointing in this direction...

—A gun?!

In that split second, Ji Jue didn't think twice and threw himself to the ground, while mercilessly kicking Chen Yubo in the crook of his knee, sending him tumbling to the ground, unable to get up.

"Hey, Ji, what the..."

Chen Yubo was about to rage instinctively, but when he realized who had kicked him, his anger subsided.

He was about to say that Ji's prank was too much.

But before he could finish speaking, there came a violent tremor from nearby, and the sharp sound of metal collision echoed. Above, on the increasingly tilted street lamp, a huge, rolled-up bullet hole had appeared.

He felt a chill down his spine.

A sniper!!!

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