Lin Ye's sudden shooting scared the rest of the group. They turned their heads one after another, reacting to the crazed Lin Ye who was staring manically into the river alongside the remaining landing bullet shells "ding and clinking" onto the ground. Although it was only a few seconds, the gun still vibrated as it recoiled from the rapid bullet emptying, but Lin Ye still did not release his finger from the trigger, biting his lips where the blood overflowed red just like his currently bloodshot eyes.

"Doctor Lin Ye?!" Magellan who was frightened by Lin Ye's sudden commotion exclaimed, "What's wrong with you?!"

Blue Poison and Matoimaru who were in the front quickly stopped moving forward.

"Is there something in the water?!" Blue Poison who was closest to Lin Ye immediately stepped forward and pulled Lin Ye back.

Matoimaru squeezed her big sword, quickly stepping forward and slashed the water without thinking about it. The sharp blade cut the water's surface effortlessly, as well as cutting the thing under the water when suddenly a black object carried by the shockwave arrived on the edge of the path.

"What?" The thing that was on the bottom of the water looked like a pitch-black branch from a distance, but when they took a closer look, they realized that it was a severed arm.

"Is there someone in the water?" Blue Poison raised her bow and arrow, Frostleaf took her battle axe from its sheath on her back and leaned forward. Matoimaru who was closest to the river did not move. Instead, she crooked her head and simply made a "Huh" sound.

"What's the matter?" Blue Poison asked.

"There seems to be a corpse in the water... well, yes, it's a corpse."

"It's just a corpse?"

"Yes," She plunged her sword into the water again and stirred it twice. At this time, Magallan's three drones also surrounded her. She slowly raised her sword. Hanging from her blade was a body that had been floating in the river, excluding an unpleasant rancid smell with a missing arm, "Isn't this a corpse?"

Matoimaru shook the corpse while looking back at Lin Ye. Her eyes were a little confused as if to say, "The corpse scared you?"

"No! It's not this corpse!" Lin Ye still hadn't recovered yet. There was still the scene he had just seen playing in his mind. He quickly grits his teeth and said, "There are living people under the water!"

"Huh? Living people? What are you talking about?" Matoimaru said, "If there is a living person in such a shallow underground river, do you think I would not be able to see it? Don't underestimate me."

Magallan also lowered her drones. After carefully checking the bottom of the water, she shook her head and stated, "No signs of life were found."

"You are in a daze, Doctor Lin Ye" Matoimaru said with a smile, "You were just scared by the corpse. From now on you should walk behind us and please don't try to make a bad joke like this again."

Magallan tried to defend Lin Ye "I did not say that everything was alright."

Lin Ye struggled to stand up "No... I can't be wrong. I was so close to him. I could see his face so clearly."

"I said you are in a daze. If you don't believe it, don't scare yourself" Matoimaru said, "The face of this corpse has already rotted, what do you even see?".

"I said it wasn't that!" Lin Ye almost roared his words out. The not-so-wide underground cave was soon filled with his echoes, "I know that person. His name is Mephisto.

Blue Poison who was standing next to Lin Ye revealed a surprised expression "Mephisto?"

"Who is that?" Matoimaru had never heard the name before so she looked at Lin Ye in confusion, "Why did you see him in a dream?"

"He is notorious..." Lin Ye was about to explain to Matoimaru, but she suddenly saw Lin Ye start to move, "Doctor Lin Ye?"

Lin Ye originally wanted to change the magazine since he had another magazine in his pocket. He was sure that the face he saw on the corpse just now was definitely not just any rotten corpse, it was definitely Mephisto!

Although he tortured the latter countless times in his dreams, from another perspective he was also tortured by Mephisto countless times. Just after leaving Kjerag In those few nights, whenever he closed his eyes, he would always go back to that dark corridor and always saw the smirking demon boy. This was not due to his ability to enter dreams, but it was because it soon became a real nightmare. Messiah told him that when Mephisto realized that the so-called nightmare was actually Lin Ye's ability, then Lin Ye's ability could not take effect.

Understanding that his dreamlike abilities had their own downsides, in Lin Ye's view once his ability became ineffective against Mephisto, he would lose the most effective means to deal with him. For Mephisto, that guy could be said to be the incarnation of the devil in his opinion, Lin Ye was really afraid of being targeted. This was why he tried to kill Mephisto when he was in Kjerag because he knew that once Mephisto left Kjerag he would try to get his revenge. Leaving Kjerag, Lin Ye remembered his encounter with Mephisto, causing his hands to tremble.

He wanted to change the magazine, but his hands were already shaking so much that he couldn't even hold the gun. His mind kept thinking about Mephisto's face, smiling at him under the water as if saying to him those words.

"I'm back."

He threw Vector aside. He then grabbed Maple's handle and stood up.

He walked straight towards the underground river.

Since a guardian gun can't kill you, how about God's Blade.

Within Lin Ye's mind, a beast-like voice roared inside him.

He must not be allowed to run again, even if he had to chase him into hell, his head must be cut off!

Just as he was about to rush into the underground river, Matoimaru caught him and then slammed him away.

Without the use of Wave Leaping Strike, a regular human's strength was useless against an oni.

Lin Ye has easily pushed away. He staggered back two steps and fell to the ground. Then he yelled at Matoimaru angrily "What are you doing?! Are you crazy?!"

Matoimaru frowned and said, "Want to rush into the underground river to swim?".

"Grr!" Angrily Lin ye drew out maple. With the sound of his drawn sword, the scarlet blade lay between Lin Ye and Matoimaru.

Suddenly he felt a warm presence.

Then Lin Ye looked stunned.

... What?

Matoimaru narrowed her eyes slightly "What, do you want to fight with me?".

"...No. Wait..." Lin Ye looked at Maple's blade and muttered "What am I doing?"

"What are you doing? Even when you drew your sword, you still refuse to admit it?" Matoimaru 's voice gradually cooled down, "If you want to fight here, I am more than willing to accept your challenge."

Blue Poison interrupted Matoimaru "Matoimaru, it's obvious that something was wrong with Dr Lin Ye's mental state".

Lin Ye looked at Blue Poison "What happened to me just now?"

"You..." Blue Poison's eyes widen, "Don't you remember what happened just now?"

"No, no, I remember, I remember," Lin Ye held his head, "I remember."

How could he not remember what happened just now? Maple was still in his hand. But why would he do this? Why would he be so angry? Why would he want to rush into the underground river to find Mephisto? Why would he want to attack and stop Matoimaru?

Why?

This was not like him at all. Even if he was sure that he saw Mephisto, he wouldn't do such a thing out of fear, right? He completely lost control. He was completely crazy. Even his whole body was trembling with fear, and he hadn't fully recovered yet. He had no idea why though.

"Doctor Lin Ye, your current state just now was very wrong," Magallan also leaned over and said with a worried face, "Is there too much pressure? Or will we drop it for tonight? Anyway, Miss Skadi's device has also been found".

"No, no need," Lin Ye shook his head, "I've somewhat mentally recovered, I am already here. How could I just go back like this, I just... just..."

He didn't know how to explain it. Until Magallan said in a very surprised tone, "Doctor Lin Ye, is there anything in your pocket?"

Lin Ye was stunned. He lowered his head and found that there was a faint white light coming from one of his pockets.

He quickly reached into his pocket and grabbed what was inside. He then pulled it out.

"This is..." Lin Ye was startled, "The amulet Liz gave me?"

"Amulet? Talking about Liz...Is she the white demon?" Magallan asked.

Lin Ye nodded.

"What does this amulet do?" Magallan asked curiously, "Is it used for lighting? But it looks a little dark."

Lin Ye shook his head "Of course it's not used for lighting. It is an amulet that can trigger Liz's ability to negate spells-."

He stopped speaking halfway through the sentence as Lin Ye was stunned.

"Negates spell? It actually has this ability?"

"It seems to be very powerful, worthy of the power of the white devil... But why did it suddenly light up?" Blue Poison thought of something and turned his head to look at it. She stepped into the underground river and murmured "Could it be..."

"It detected an attack on me," Lin Ye stood up and held the amulet tightly.

The next second, Sanctuary surrounded him. Then he took Maple in one hand and the amulet in the other and walked to the underground river again.

Everyone looked at him as he walked towards the edge. He held both of them out. With Maple's ability to copy and amplify any skill, both of them let out a bright white light.

In the next second, the dark sludge in the river gradually dissipated, replaced by... endless corpses and carrion.

Everyone was stunned.

Expect for Lin Ye.

... I thought so.

{Rhodes Island's Pyschologist}

Draft by Jaq

Proofread by SM

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