The instant that sentence left his lips, Fang Senyan vanished from Reef's sight! Vanished into the swirling, pale blue ice dust.

Reef, however, suddenly felt that the dancing particles weren't ice dust, but cigar smoke, with ash falling away, and he could vaguely see the hearty grin of a dark-skinned brother; a wave of tears threatened to surface once more.

Just as Fang Senyan disappeared, Reef was astonished to find he could move again, having clearly broken free from the near-death state.

He looked down and immediately saw his body enveloped in three layers of faint green light—the effect of the Silver Plot Item Fang Senyan carried: the Everleaf of the Sacred Oak.

This leaf possessed an active ability called Oak's Mending, which provided the effect of a Level 5 Restoration spell, causing the target's health to regenerate continuously over 12 seconds, totaling a recovery of 450 to 600 points.

If cost was no object, Oak's Mending could be cast three times consecutively, although such a price would cumulatively deplete over twenty thousand Universal Points and ten Potential Points.

Yet, such a cost was clearly worthwhile given the current perilously fragile situation.

Reef was now under the effect of three stacked Level 5 Restoration spells over twelve seconds, meaning he was recovering over 1500 health points in that duration, allowing him to swiftly escape the brink of death.

And just as Fang Senyan had silently approached and stabbed Sha Li to death, San Zai once again faced an unprecedented, enormous crisis...

a crisis of death! He lay motionless on the ground in a near-death state.

Unable to stir, he could, however, clearly see that the scene above him, hazed in pale blue ice dust, was slightly amiss.

He had been blown by the Ice Storm Wave onto the road in front of a nearby supermarket entrance, his limbs frozen solid in the ice.

Lying on his back, he could look directly up at the third-floor roof of the supermarket.

Incredibly, a sedan had also been flung onto the roof, frozen there upside down—chassis facing the sky, roof pressing down—a pathetic sight wedged precariously at the roof's edge.

It was a true spectacle; had it not been frozen so solidly, it would surely have slid off and crushed San Zai below without fail.

At this moment, a pigeon flying overhead, from some unknown place, happened to pass by.

It was struck by the residual cold lingering in the air, causing it to fall drunkenly and erratically.

It managed to beat its wings just enough to clutch onto a nearby telephone wire.

However, under the impact of the Chill of Malice, the wire was enduring a temperature far exceeding its design limits.

Though the pigeon was light, the downward force combined with its frantic flapping added impact, and without question, the wire snapped.

The power supply did not cut off, though; the current still flowed within the metal strands.

Thus, the broken wire naturally split into two pieces.

One section, sparking violently with electrical arcs, swung across towards San Zai like a Tarzan swinging on a vine, eventually hooking onto the edge of the supermarket roof where the car was jammed.

The electrical sparks on that segment continued to flash because the Ice Storm Wave, like a passing typhoon, had left everything in chaos, freezing the areas directly in the wave's path.

But the edge of the roof where the wire lodged was shielded by the building's water tank, meaning it was free of ice.

Consequently, the sparks ignited a pile of scattered cotton batting that had been blown onto the roof.

Next to the loose batting, an overturned container of cooking oil—its freezing point far lower than water—spilled out in a steady stream.

It was naturally ignited, and the fire quickly spread to the sedan that had been flung onto the third floor and frozen there, upside down.

The upside-down sedan, wedged at the edge of the third floor, relied only on the solidified ice for its fragile balance.

When the raging fire took hold, it began to teeter.

The flames rapidly engulfed the vehicle body, and then, inevitably, it started to slide downward, plummeting directly toward San Zai.

San Zai was in a near-death state; Reef had not recovered, and Fang Senyan could not possibly foresee and prevent every single eventuality—he was stretched too thin! If this car crushed San Zai, even if it didn't kill him outright, the subsequent explosion and burning of the fuel tank would surely follow.

It appeared to be a situation of certain death for San Zai! Yes, this was the mastermind surveying the entire scene.

Realizing that Fang Senyan had inexplicably awakened, he immediately made a snap decision, after precise calculation, to strike San Zai! His influence, refracted through the pigeon—wire—cotton—cooking oil—car, had twisted five times, reaching its maximum potential.

He was certain that, between heaven and earth, even Fang Senyan, who had already surprised him multiple times, could absolutely not save San Zai.

Ab-so-lute-ly-im-pos-si-ble! San Zai despairingly shut his eyes.

In his pupils, the headlamp of the descending sedan seemed to occupy his entire world! And the heat from the raging flames on the hood felt hot enough to scorch his face.

He was so helpless in the face of death.

The last time, Brother Hei had saved him with his life; this time, who would save him? Who could save him? But just as the burning hood slammed down toward San Zai, less than a meter from his face, there was a deafening "BOOM!" A violent gust of wind whipped across San Zai’s face, and the scorching heat vanished instantly.

It turned out that at this critical juncture, an Audi A8 had launched itself into the air with indescribable acceleration, slamming directly into the midsection of the descending sedan targeting San Zai.

Like an enraged bull, it rammed the car into the adjacent storefront, followed by a violent explosion! "How...

how could this be?!" The mastermind's tumultuous emotion was entirely understandable.

He, who prided himself on remaining unmoved even if Mount Tai crumbled before him, couldn't help but roar in disbelief: "How could this be?? How could this be!!! Immediately pull up the satellite imagery and replay it!" The truth was quickly reconstructed via the slow-motion replay.

It turned out that when the frozen pigeon landed on the power line, it had fractured the wire into two sections.

The right section swung toward the supermarket roof, but...

the left section, unwilling to be a mere bystander, also sagged down, eventually falling to the ground.

The sparking tip happened to touch a piece of a broken advertising lightbox scattered on the pavement.

The lightbox frame was made of steel, so the current naturally conducted through it.

However, the already severely damaged lightbox, upon receiving power, short-circuited, causing a small but significant explosion! During the blast, a sharp, broken fragment of the lightbox flew outward, spinning at high velocity over a distance of ten-plus meters.

It pierced through the back of a car seat and embedded itself deeply into a person's cervical vertebra!! This person was the driver of an Audi A8.

Remember, this was originally a bustling intersection, thrown into violent chaos by the sudden attack, so several cars lying askew was perfectly normal.

This driver was lucky; he had been knocked unconscious during the fierce fighting, and though his vehicle was battered, the seatbelt kept him firmly strapped in place.

Now, the severe blow to his cervical spine instantly shocked him awake.

Although he had no clarity about the surrounding situation, his instinct was to reach back toward the wound on his neck to pull out the shard.

However, his current seating position prevented his right hand from reaching the injury.

To pull out the shard, he would need to stand up, but he was restrained by the seatbelt.

Furthermore, his right foot was resting on the accelerator pedal.

Therefore, the moment the shard pierced his body, the driver's instinctive first reaction was to reach for the shard and attempt to lean forward to stand up.

Because of the seatbelt restraint, this action translated into violently stomping the accelerator...

VROOOM! The Audi A8 engine roared to life, immediately accelerating.

This luxury vehicle, renowned for its performance, could go from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour in just 6.2 seconds.

On its path, it happened to pass over a smooth ice slope created by the Ice Storm Wave! And then, it launched airborne, colliding with the burning sedan that the mastermind had so meticulously arranged to fall! It smashed into the car's center mass, sending it crashing into the adjacent storefront, followed by the massive explosion! This technique was almost identical to the power wielded by the mastermind, yet this method could be given a name everyone knew: Luck! Yes! The mastermind calculated everything, yet he overlooked one tiny detail: San Zai was a Chosen One! He was a person favored by the Space.

Born with exceptionally good fortune.

The essence of the mastermind's power was to reduce a target's luck to its lowest point, using a sequence of coincidences to inflict harm.

However, the luck of a Chosen One is specifically favored by the Space.

By manipulating San Zai's luck, the mastermind was essentially infringing upon the domain and privileges of Noah Space C, where San Zai belonged.

This was a clear violation, and naturally, it invited a powerful backlash from the Nightmare Space! Thus, the failure of this attack against San Zai, while appearing accidental, was actually inevitable.

One could surmise that if he had targeted Zi instead, Zi...

might not have died either, as Zi's position was already within the range where Fang Senyan could intervene.

Without a doubt, the instant his mobility returned, Reef gritted his teeth and unleashed Sacred Grasp! He had witnessed San Zai’s recent ordeal and almost broken out in a cold sweat.

The death of Mogansa was an eternal scar on his heart; he absolutely would not tolerate another similar catastrophe! (To be continued) RQ