With a thought, Yin Meng nodded, forming a seal with her hands, initiating the second sacrifice.

In Shen Huaiyang's previously corroded flesh, white dots appeared, which were the eggs laid by those insects.

The fresh pork, beef, and lamb bought from markets never achieved this effect, only high-quality corpses of Xuanmen practitioners could endure a second sacrifice.

However, there was a problem; the quality of materials can't be too high, or else Yin Meng won't be able to control it.

In fact, this second sacrifice by Yin Meng was already beyond her capability, her body started to shake, cold sweat appearing on her face.

Fortunately, despite the challenge, the second sacrifice succeeded, and the insects hatched from the eggs continued burrowing into Shen Huaiyang's body.

"Roar!"

Shen Huaiyang let out a roar.

Li Zhiyuan instructed Yin Meng mentally, "Okay, stop, sever the connection, and rest."

Yin Meng immediately severed the connection with the insects, swayed backward slightly before stabilizing herself.

Then, from Tan Wenbin's wheelchair pocket, she retrieved a can of Jianlibao, opened it with a pop, and took several gulps; cold and refreshing.

The Liang Sisters, Xu Ming, and Sun Yan in the tree, watched this scene with mixed feelings, drinking a beverage during combat, what kind of operation is this?

Moreover, everyone was seasoned experts, what seemed like a brief exchange earlier was actually precisely executed with every detail in place, it's hard to imagine achieving such a high degree of coordination silently.

They couldn't help but put themselves in Shen Huaiyang's shoes, thinking, could they handle this sort of team coordination?

Once again, the appearance of insects was the last straw that broke Shen Huaiyang's sanity; he lost control, his eyes went green, entering a furious state.

As he entered this mad state, his awareness was the most deficient: impulsive, blind, and reckless, and if delayed further, this madness would alert the deepest entity, signifying danger.

Therefore, the current situation was the stage Li Zhiyuan designed for the kill.

Li Zhiyuan spoke, "Xu Ming, I need you to block for a moment and take another hit, it minimizes the cost."

Xu Ming responded, "Uh... alright, okay."

With Zhao Yi absent, coordinating his people was doable, getting them to bear injury and lose combat strength could easily arouse suspicion of intentional depletion, but once Li Zhiyuan clarified the intention, there was no issue.

Shen Huaiyang's body tensed, every insect exploded under the stress.

Yin Meng, having severed her connection with the insects early, was unaffected, though upon finishing the can and reaching for another, found it frozen.

Tan Wenbin's cooling effect was truly impressive at this moment.

Run Sheng and Lin Shuyou began retreating to the sides, deliberately not presenting themselves as targets, Shen Huaiyang, in his furious state, rushed once again along the previous path towards Li Zhiyuan.

Xu Ming stood at the front, his feet embedded in the ground, arms spread wide, the vine leaves from the trees on both sides gathered around him, weaving into a wall of vines in the blink of an eye.

"Boom!"

Shen Huaiyang slammed into the vine wall, the wall didn't completely shatter, but Shen Huaiyang's hand broke through, striking Xu Ming's chest.

Xu Ming gritted his teeth, not retreating, instead urging the vines to further entangle and bind Shen Huaiyang's hand to himself.

Even with the young master absent, I would not disgrace him!

Li Zhiyuan instructed, "You can retreat now."

Xu Ming, just having completed the binding: "..."

Li Zhiyuan frowned slightly; although he had clearly instructed Xu Ming to "block for a moment,"

Xu Ming, having completed his task, took it upon himself to act dramatically.

Being someone else's subordinate made the command less smooth, his own teammates wouldn't make such mistakes, especially with the Red Line binding, intentions could be communicated quickly and clearly.

The current situation forced Li Zhiyuan to quickly adjust the original plan, otherwise Xu Ming would be blasted to pieces.

Injuring Zhao Yi was comprehensible, but killing someone... harder to justify.

Li Zhiyuan raised his left hand, drawing Feng Shui Power downward, while his right palm engulfed in a blood mist to hone an array flag, gripping it as it wavered.

Simultaneously, though Yin Meng's combat task was technically complete, she received new instructions; she lashed out the Demon Exorcism Whip, coiling around Xu Ming's waist.

Li Zhiyuan's array activated, its immense pressure enveloped Shen Huaiyang and Xu Ming instantly.

"Boom!"

With Shen Huaiyang's vigorous jolt, every vine burst apart.

Xu Ming spewed blood, his body struck like a barrage, fortunately, the Demon Exorcism Whip pulled him back in the critical moment.

A moment earlier, his bind with Shen Huaiyang hadn't ruptured, wouldn't have pulled free; a moment later, the injury might have been lethal.

After landing, Xu Ming disregarded inspecting his wounds, instead turning to look at Yin Meng behind him, eyes showing amazement.

Yin Meng understood the meaning in his gaze, her face flushed slightly.

At that moment, Run Sheng dashed in from the side, his Yellow River Shovel smacking towards Shen Huaiyang.

Shen Huaiyang, enduring the array's pressure, dodged forcefully, then reached to grasp Run Sheng's arm, his neck craning forward, mouth open to bite.

"Crack!"

The Yellow River Shovel, meant for a powerful strike, instead disassembled in Run Sheng's hands, indicating the attack started as a feint.

Run Sheng encircled the peach wood handle, snaring Shen Huaiyang's neck, while lifting the sharp shovel head towards Shen Huaiyang's skull.

On that night, Fat had successfully opened a gash on Shen Huaiyang's head with a fan sword; while flesh wounds healed quickly, a large missing section of skull wouldn't mend so swiftly.