Godslayer: At the start, the power of the Five Elements transforms into Iron Fist Tiger.

"Qi Ye, you deal with this Scorpion One first. I sense someone lurking in the shadows who wants to go to your house!" Ling Yue said slowly to Lin Qi Ye, but the content of his words made Lin Qi Ye unable to calm down.

"Alright. Brother Yue, I'm entrusting my aunt and Ah Jin to you." Lin Qiye stood with his sword drawn. Although he had learned the dual-sword style as in the original story, he was still unable to use his full strength because he didn't have a suitable weapon.

"Well, you can use this knife for now, it's not of much use to me anyway." Ling Yue turned and walked towards Lin Qiye's house, tossing the Star Blade in his hand to Lin Qiye as he went.

Lin Qiye took Ling Yue's Star Blade and was about to say something when he suddenly remembered Ling Yue's terrifying strength, so he remained silent.

Lin Qiye pointed both of his swords at Scorpion One, who was absorbing blood from the ground.

'It's not even noon yet, so my Starry Night Dancer is useless. I have to finish this quickly!' Although Lin Qiye sometimes fights in the dark, or creates darkness by relying on the Darkest Erosion, the second method is obviously not a good choice for a long battle.

Meanwhile, the sixteenth seat, Lü Liang, who was eaten by the Howling Celestial Dog, planned to infiltrate Lin Qiye's house and kidnap Lin Qiye's aunt and Yang Jin in order to coerce Lin Qiye into joining the believers.

"Those idiots, I, Lü Liang, am indeed the smartest!" Lü Liang said arrogantly. He liked to gain a sense of superiority through comparison, and now he thought victory was in his grasp.

At this moment, the Divine Wood Ape silently appeared behind Lü Liang and touched Lü Liang's shoulder with its large hand.

Just as Lü Liang was fantasizing that victory was within his grasp, that the Lord of Dreams would reward him by elevating him to the top ten, and that he would then use his genius and remarkable strength to gradually ascend to the first seat among the believers.

And just as he won the approval of the delirious voice, married the snake woman, and reached the pinnacle of his life, a warm, vibrant hand patted his shoulder.

"Stop messing around, I'm busy." Lü Liang slapped the hand off his shoulder in an annoyed tone, but the next second, he realized what was happening.

"Who!?" Lu Liang hadn't informed anyone about this operation, and none of his colleagues knew about it except for himself, unless... Thinking of this, Lu Liang shouted and then turned to look at the person who patted his shoulder behind him.

But what he saw stunned Lü Liang. Perhaps he hadn't received Ling Yue's information, or perhaps he hadn't seen Ling Yue's transformed photos, but when he turned his head, he saw a humanoid monkey, slightly shorter than him, with its hand on his shoulder.

Their eyes met, and they both paused for a moment in surprise.

"real--"

"So ugly." Ling Yue launched the first 'mental attack'. When Lü Liang heard this, he thought he had misheard. However, what Shenmu Yuan said next directly made him feel like Wu Zetian was widowed—losing Li Zhi.

"Are you the spokesperson for the god of ugliness, you ugly bastard?"

Upon hearing this, Lü Liang went completely berserk, his hands glowing with green light as he struck directly at the Divine Wood Ape.

"You stinking monkey, you're asking for it!"

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Ling Yue quickly ran outside.

Lu Liang, disregarding the trouble of finding the divine agent, chased straight after the Divine Wood Ape.

"You stinking monkey, today I'll make sure you die a horrible death!" Lu Liang's face was contorted with rage. If Ling Yue's words earlier were meant to provoke him, then his current appearance was exactly what he was looking for.

Lu Liang's hands emitted a dark green light as he pointed them at the rampaging Divine Wood Ape. In front of him, tiny vines appeared on the walls and the ground, piercing straight towards the Divine Wood Ape's eyes, neck, chest, and other vital parts.

Shenmu Yuan turned his head to look, not to see how close Lü Liang's attack was to him, but to see how far the two of them were from Lin Qiye's house.

When Shenmu Yuan saw that the two of them, along with Lin Qiye who was fighting Scorpion One, were two hundred meters away, he immediately stopped running away.

"Heh, you stinky monkey, are you running away? Why aren't you running anymore?!" Lü Liang stared intently at the back of the Divine Wood Ape, his eyes fierce, as if he wanted to devour the Divine Wood Ape alive.

The Divine Wood Ape nimbly dodged the vine attack summoned by Lü Liang and turned around.

"What, you got so worked up just because I said you're ugly? Are people's hearts so fragile these days? They can't even listen to the truth..." Shenmu Yuan shook his head helplessly as he faced Lü Liang.

You should know that he lured Lü Liang out for his own safety. Although he was going to die eventually anyway, it would be good to give him a more dignified way to die.

Lu Liang gritted his teeth in anger: "You stinking monkey, don't let me catch you, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Having said that, Lü Liang no longer concealed his aura and revealed it: peak of the Sichuan Realm!! He was actually at the peak of the Sichuan Realm!

The immense spiritual power transformed into countless vines, rushing towards the Divine Wood Ape.

"Those who say I'm ugly are courting death. Watch as I...entwine with vines!!"

"Since you want to play, then I'll play with you." Shenmu Yuan sneered. If Lü Liang hadn't been a whole realm higher than him, he could have easily made the vines Lü Liang summoned betray him in an instant.

"The power of the Wood Spirit!" The Divine Wood Ape's hands also glowed, but compared to Lü Liang's dark green light, the Divine Wood Ape's hands glowed with emerald green light, looking full of vitality.

Boom boom boom!

Thick, powerful, emerald-green vines sprouted from the ground, attacking Lü Liang's numerous, slender, dark-green vines.

The two types of vines intertwined, yet no fighting sounds were produced, but the two types of vines were indeed 'fighting'.

They are intertwined and devouring each other.

"How is this possible!?" Lu Liang's pupils widened, and his mouth was so wide open that a missile could fit inside.

"Nothing is impossible. You're nothing compared to the power of wood!" Ling Yue said arrogantly with a smirk.

The dark green vines and the emerald green vines intersected, and in just one exchange, the emerald green vines gained an absolute advantage and slowly began to devour Lü Liang.

"I absolutely will not lose to you!" Lu Liang roared with all his might, while simultaneously urging all his mental power to summon vines to devour the Divine Wood Ape, instantly reversing the previously one-sided situation.

Lu Liang's voice was heard even by Lin Qiye, who was fighting next door, as well as by Lin Qiye's aunt and A Jin in the distance.

"Ah Jin, did you hear any noise outside just now?" Auntie was making dumplings, and her expression was a little strange.

Yang Jin's lips twitched slightly; he was well aware of everything that had happened here.

"No, Mom, you must have misheard."

"Wang!"

"I must have misheard. I should call Qiye after we finish making dumplings. That kid is always giving me trouble..." Aunt shook her head slightly, her face showing a hint of helplessness and worry.

the other side--

Upon seeing Lü Liang unleash his power, the Divine Wood Ape quickly severed its connection with the vines and took two steps back.

After all, with his current peak Pool Realm spiritual power and the half-step Sea Realm spiritual power, even if there is a level of suppression, he still cannot compete with it under the same element. Of course, elemental restraint is a different story.

In modern theory, fire should overcome wood, but the Five Elements theory is not as simple as it seems. Fire only overcomes the generation of wood; although it restrains, it is not a complete overcoming.

The Five Elements Lock is based on the following relationships: metal overcomes wood, wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, and fire overcomes metal.

From the perspective of the characteristics of the Five Elements, 'metal' has the nature of killing, firmness and restraint, while 'wood' has the nature of growth, extension and development.

The nature of metal to gather and suppress can restrain the nature of wood to grow and flourish, so metal completely restrains wood!

With that in mind, Ling Yue no longer hesitated.

"Golden Spirit Power, Transform!"