Su Qiangwei descended from the sky, a flash of golden lightning in her hand, and the water-like long spear dispersed into droplets on the ground.

"Stop howling."

"Since Ma Ran specifically sent them over, he must have anticipated there would be a problem here."

Su Qiangwei understood Ma Ran better than anyone.

He's the kind of person who calculates ten steps with each step, how could he make such a rookie mistake!

Therefore...

Su Qiangwei had vaguely guessed Ma Ran's arrangements regarding Zhu Hanyi.

As she spoke, the girl squinted at Zhu Hanyi lying on the ground: "As long as he's not dead."

"I can heal this wound."

As she spoke, white light gathered in Su Qiangwei's palm, gradually transforming into a flawless snow-white scalpel.

Without another word, she held this snow-white scalpel and, under Wan Haihao's speechless gaze, fiercely stabbed it into Zhu Hanyi's chest.

Splash!

Blood spurted out, splashing Wan Haihao's face.

Zhu Hanyi's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

"Eh?"

He soon noticed that his chest, pierced by the white light-emitting scalpel, was no longer bleeding incessantly.

The scalpel gradually transformed into healing light, dispersing into the wound.

The hideous wound quickly grew fleshy granules, closing rapidly at a visible speed.

The torn small blood vessels were also reconnected.

In less than five seconds, Zhu Hanyi's wound was completely healed.

Zhu Hanyi stared at Su Qiangwei, who had retreated several steps, spitting out two dark red clots of blood, breathing heavily.

"Thank you!"

After crushing the steel puppet army and healing the wounded, Su Qiangwei had clearly consumed a large amount of energy reserves.

Now, she seemed like the kind of girl who could be full after just two bites of a meal.

Zhu Hanyi got up as if he had regained his strength, jumped twice on the spot, and marveled: "No pain or itch..."

"Just healed directly."

"What a convenient ability..."

Hearing this, a cold smile appeared on Su Qiangwei's slightly slender face: "Convenient?"

"The [Healing] ability used just now was transformed from Senior Brother Zheng Sanjia of Yingchuan Academy."

"Senior Brother Zheng suffers superpower erosion every time he heals someone."

The [Healing] ability is different from [Expel Disease]; it can only heal physical injuries but is ineffective against diseases.

At this, Su Qiangwei paused slightly and continued: "The price he pays is somewhat similar to Ma Ran; they both overdraft life."

"Perhaps because he hasn't cultivated Inner Qi, his body is relatively weak, and his spiritual will is not strong enough, the superpower erosion phenomenon is very obvious, and Senior Brother Zheng ages very quickly."

"In the records, he has only used his ability five times, yet at twenty years old, he looks forty."

"...Let's not discuss this anymore!"

"We don't have time to rest, talk while we walk!"

"How on earth did you survive?"

Having said that, Su Qiangwei dashed forward, disappearing into the dense fog.

This time, she didn't use the [Yukong] ability, seemingly conserving physical strength and energy.

Wan Haihao wiped the blood off his face and supported Zhu Hanyi as they ran to catch up.

"No need to help, in my current state, I might be the best among the three of us!"

Saying this, Zhu Hanyi drew his beloved sword from its sheath as if it gave him some courage.

Running as he explained: "When that monster stabbed over, I was just thinking about saving people... sigh!"

"Don't overthink it, I don't save just anyone."

"Those two kids, though young, were pretty good people... I guess I was like that when I was a kid?"

Hearing the way he rambled, Wan Haihao knew this guy was truly fine now.

He released his grip, running behind Zhu Hanyi, panting: "Then... then what happened? Get to the point!"

Zhu Hanyi, still frightened, gripped the Rain Boiling Sword tightly: "I didn't even react at all!"

"I wasn't prepared at all at that moment!"

"In the blink of an eye, that monster pierced through me!"

"Later, I realized an invisible hand shifted my heart and other vital organs at a critical moment!

"It was a bit rough, tearing quite a few small blood vessels, but..."

Zhu Hanyi cast a resentful glance at Su Qiangwei ahead: "It's all healed now."

Though it didn't hurt, he never wanted to be stabbed by a scalpel again in this life.

For a moment, Zhu Hanyi almost thought Su Qiangwei was controlled by the degraded Class B Radiation from Demon Mountain to finish him off...

After speaking, Wan Haihao was still pondering the details, and from the dense fog ahead came Su Qiangwei's voice: "No need to guess, this must be Ma Ran's tactic."

"Hmph..."

"Is this the special effect of the Tenth Rank of Inner Qi?"

Su Qiangwei sprinted on the broken road, as nimble as a swallow, effortlessly crossing steel thorns.

Noticing the growing distance between her and her two teammates, she deliberately slowed down.

Once they caught up, Su Qiangwei, confident as if holding a pearl of wisdom, said decisively: "Ma Ran thought you two were too weak, worried you'd easily die here, so he left a life-saving card on you beforehand."

Even if she didn't explain, Zhu Hanyi and Wan Haihao probably could have guessed some of it.

Just not as quickly as she did.

However, on another note.

To achieve this from such a distance...

The Tenth Rank of Inner Qi developed by Ma Ran feels beyond the realm of Low Martial!

Compared to ordinary Black Rock Martial Arts cultivators, it's a completely different style, isn't it?

...

Lotus City, at the edge of the gray light fog, inside a tactical vehicle.

After circling the Demon Mountain perimeter three times and saving twenty-five Lotus City residents, Peng Hanqing, gasping for air, asked: "Didn't they say... could only... save once?"

He was feeling quite frustrated now.

Despite having his request to join the support team heartlessly rejected by Ma Ran.

After all, Ma Ran, being of a higher realm, focused on the bigger picture, with extraordinary brain power, had his reasons for rejection.

However...

Whether it was a misconception or not, Peng Hanqing felt that the Inner Qi infused into Zhu Hanyi by Ma Ran was ten times more than his peak!

Maybe even more!

Could his Inner Qi, tenfold, smash a steel puppet's head with bare hands?

Probably not!

Peng Hanqing had some sense.

"During the previous time, it wasn't fully utilized, there's still some Inner Qi left in Zhu Hanyi's body."

Ma Ran, watching the scene on the projector without blinking, calmly explained: "This time, the Inner Qi I left on Zhu Hanyi is truly used up."

Before the assault team set out, he injected an amount equivalent to the seventh rank of Inner Qi into Su Qiangwei, Zhu Hanyi, and Wan Haihao respectively.

In other words, each carried an additional Inner Qi amount of 128 acupoints!

How could it be used up in one go?

After all, Inner Qi is the intelligent essence of an outer star civilization, not having a high upper limit doesn't mean it's trash!

Besides...

Those Inner Qi were purely Ma Ran's "disposable energy supplements" for the trio, meant to reduce physical exertion.

Having saved Zhu Hanyi twice consecutively, Ma Ran hardly utilized the Inner Qi!

He used the multiplication ability of Lin Clan's two major emblems.

To be honest, Sword Spirit + Sword Remains is truly useful!

Even excluding its enhancement to Ma Ran's own attack and defense power, it possesses hidden, long-range control characteristics.

In short...

Ma Ran's stage is larger than before!

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