The one-armed Karelin looked wary, clutching the legendary Slavic artifact, Ivan the Terrible’s Sword, and questioned sternly, "I was just attacked by a group of creatures disguised as you. Are you real or fake?"

Andre also adopted a defensive stance.

Xuanwu scrutinized the two before turning to Gu Minghui and Ye Qingzhou: "Shall I go and test them first?"

"There’s no need for that hassle."

Ye Qingzhou immediately saw through the imposters: "Although you mimic well and even learned to frame others, fake is fake."

The group was sizable, and their steps were steady.

"Don’t come any closer, I..."

’Karelin’s’ expression suddenly shifted, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes. Then he wielded the great sword with both hands and launched a spinning heavy slash at Ye Qingzhou!

Swish~

Great Snow Avalanche Swordsmanship!

The sword came down like an avalanche crashing from a mountain, icy winds surged, dropping temperatures to minus fifty or sixty degrees, and the blade cut through the air, emitting a terrifying howl.

’Karelin’ feigned fear and caution but suddenly erupted, attacking Ye Qingzhou with murderous intensity, blocking all his escape routes and vitality.

Simultaneously, ’Andre’ secretly gathered strength, and as ’Karelin’s’ great sword was about to strike Ye Qingzhou, he seized the moment under cover of his teammate, unleashing a rock-shattering punch from the side.

"Have you mastered the techniques already?"

Ye Qingzhou’s figure suddenly vanished, while his sword radiated brilliance, and in an instant, dazzling starlight descended from the sky, space shattered like glass.

Stepping on the Stars, shattering the vacuum!

The terrifying slash tore the space in an instant, leaving a dark and menacing sword scar, which only slowly healed after a long time, followed by two headless bodies falling to the ground.

"So brutal..."

Xuanwu shook his head as he went forward to examine the corpses, unable to help but ask Ye Qingzhou, "Aren’t you afraid of killing the wrong person?"

"I won’t make a mistake."

Ye Qingzhou was very confident in the occult arts of "Qimen Dunjia."

Besides, even if a mistake is made, it’s just a mistake; the dead won’t get up to protest.

Gu Minghui and Vermilion Bird also stepped forward to examine the bodies of the two imposters. Gu Minghui began to analyze, "It should be the Linn Race’s secret technique of Clay into Human. Besides, I felt almost imperceptible spatial fluctuations, suggesting the Divine Skill of Nine Transformations of the Earth recorded in the ’Feathered Immortal Scripture’..."

Ye Qingzhou had heard of these two divine techniques: "Ten Thousand Valleys Earth Hall... The ’Ten Thousand Valleys’ not only refers to spatial barriers but, more frighteningly, the chasms in the human heart."

Gu Minghui agreed wholeheartedly: "This place intentionally wants us to fall into internal conflicts and mutual slaughter. Once the malice in human hearts is provoked, it will be a hundred times more terrifying than any trap or mechanism."

The group dismembered the corpses, exploring closely, especially ’Andre,’ even if fake, the bloodline origin replica of the Three-Headed Evil Dragon held great research value.

Half an hour later...

"What are you doing?"

The actual Karelin and Andre appeared unharmed, watching Ye Qingzhou’s group gathered around ’their’ bodies, dissecting them and scattering organs like heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys all over the ground.

The scene exuded a creepy horror that sent shivers down their spine.

Xuanwu turned his head toward Karelin, then looked at Ye Qingzhou, seeking Ye Qingzhou’s opinion with his gaze.

Ye Qingzhou nodded: "These two are the real deal."

"That’s good then."

Xuanwu and Gu Minghui both breathed a sigh of relief, no longer worried about explaining this to the Northern Alliance.

Ye Qingzhou stood up, stretched a bit, then leisurely walked toward Karelin and Andre: "To prove I’m the real deal, I must ask you two to endure a little pain."

"???"

Karelin gripped his sword handle tightly, feeling a strong sense of foreboding.

Andre, with a unique bloodline, felt the Three-Headed Demon Dragon’s will inside him instinctively alerting him to danger.

"Stop!"

"Don’t come any closer!"

"The process might hurt a bit; just hold on and endure..."

After a fierce battle, Karelin and Andre exhausted their methods; Karelin wielded the genuine divine weapon Ivan the Terrible’s Sword, while Andre awakened his inner Evil Dragon Will, both temporarily achieving near Martial God-level combat power.

Yet, they were defeated, beaten under Ye Qingzhou’s Sword of Infinite Primordial Essence, left injured and lying on the ground now rugged and ravaged.

After he finished the beating, Ye Qingzhou helped them up and handed over two Spiritual Pills to quickly heal their injuries: "I’ve proved I am the real one. By the way, these two Great Returning Pills aren’t cheap. Remember to settle the bill when you return."

"!!!"

Andre, having just swallowed a Great Returning Pill and about to praise its efficacy, nearly exploded in anger upon hearing this: "Aren’t these severe injuries thanks to being beaten by you?"

"Let’s keep matters separate; since you consumed my pill, you must pay for it."

"Damn~"

"Enough, Andre."

Karelin signaled with his eyes to restrain the irate Andre, then nodded to Ye Qingzhou: "Ye Sheng, once I return, I’ll have someone transfer the payment to you."

In his view, although Ye Qingzhou’s actions were unconventional and carried a hint of forcing transactions, they effectively rebuilt internal trust mechanisms within the team, preventing recurring suspicion and vigilance.