Chapter 221
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After making the wish for her brother Wen Jiu to be revived in the amusement park, Wen Yian watched helplessly as the Anomaly Lord was killed by Fu Xuezhou.
Those who hadn’t witnessed that scene couldn’t understand the shock and fear at that moment. In that moment, Wen Yian completely lost the courage to seek revenge on Fu Xuezhou.
She thought that with the death of the Anomaly Lord, the wish she made wouldn’t come true. But Wen Yian didn’t expect that when she returned home, she would actually see her dead brother Wen Jiu sitting up on the edge of the bed.
Wen Jiu had come back to life.
Lou Yan had once told Wen Yian that humans revived by the anomaly would no longer be humans. Though they may appear human on the surface, what lies beneath their skin might be something entirely different. Resurrection from the dead was an impossible thing, and if she truly cared for Wen Jiu, then she should let him rest in peace.
Wen Yian admitted that Lou Yan was right, but she didn’t want to follow his advice. Did she love Wen Jiu? Not really. She wanted Wen Jiu to be revived because he was the only family she had left, and she wanted him to live, no matter in what form.
Wen Yian prepared herself for the possibility that Wen Jiu would become an anomaly. As expected, Wen Jiu, after being resurrected, underwent a drastic change in personality. He became silent, stiff like a corpse, able to maintain a posture for a whole day. He didn’t eat cooked rice, but he would salivate at the sight of bloody raw meat. Several times, Wen Yian caught Wen Jiu looking at her with hungry and greedy eyes.
Wen Jiu’s transformation became increasingly terrifying. Human limbs would occasionally appear in the house, and blood would be hidden in corners. What was even more terrifying was that Wen Jiu began to regain his sanity.
The sane Wen Jiu made Wen Yian regret reviving him for the first time. Wen Yian was certain and convinced that the soul occupying Wen Jiu’s body after his resurrection was definitely something else!
That thing had taken over her brother’s body, possessing powerful abilities that made the anomalies and cultists submit to him. Every time Wen Yian saw Wen Jiu’s face, which bore some resemblance to hers, revealed an anomaly smile that made her feel unfamiliar, she shuddered deeply.
And who else could it be besides the Anomaly Lord who could possess Wen Jiu’s body?
This speculation made Wen Yian shudder with horror.
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The Holy Maiden felt a chill down her spine.
She angrily shouted at Wen Yian, “What nonsense are you spouting! Kill Light Hider! Kill—”
Before she could finish her sentence, the Tang blade sliced through her flesh and blood. A dangerous aura approached from behind, and Fu Xuezhou asked coldly, “Is what she said true?”
“Believe me, what I said is absolutely true!” Wen Yian tightly gripped Lou Yan’s arm, her fingertips turning white. “Wen Jiu is definitely a manifestation of the Anomaly Lord! I have seen many powerful anomalies and high-ranking cultists leaders bowing respectfully to him!”
The Holy Maiden screamed, “Kill her—”
The Tang blade decisively severed the Holy Maiden’s head, blood splattering onto Fu Xuezhou’s face. Fu Xuezhou raised his hand to wipe the blood from his cheek, raised his eyelids, and scanned the room like a devil. The dripping blood slid down his silver hair, and his eyes unconsciously turned crimson.
“It’s still not dead,” Fu Xuezhou shook his head, blood slowly dripping from the Tang blade. He squinted his eyes, a deep sense of resentment suddenly appearing on his handsome and indifferent face. “I thought I had killed it.”
The Holy Maiden’s bodyguard stared blankly at the fallen Holy Maiden, then rushed towards Fu Xuezhou like a madman. Fu Xuezhou didn’t even raise the Tang blade; two black tentacles pierced the hearts of the bodyguards instantly.
In just a few seconds, the Holy Maiden and her two bodyguards were dead. The other cultists in the meeting room finally reacted, and chaos ensued.
The cultists, fearless as they charged towards Fu Xuezhou, all had their lives taken by several tentacles. Those who were timid and wanted to escape in the confusion found that the door handle had been entangled by strands of silver hair. Even the gaps in the door were tightly sealed by the hair; they couldn’t escape at all!
Fu Xuezhou turned his head, blood on his face. He looked up at the cultists trying to flee, and smiled, “Where do you think you’re going?”
Wen Yian watched this scene with a mixture of relief and terror, her body trembling slightly.
The cultists in the crowded meeting room, with abilities varying in strength, were like lambs to the slaughter, unable to resist Fu Xuezhou’s power at all. Each one of them, though powerful on the outside, was like a worm trying to shake a tree, unable to exert their abilities to their full potential in the face of absolute strength.
Fu Xuezhou… this person was too terrifying… he truly seemed like a monster.
People may admire the strong, but when someone is too powerful, only fear and vigilance remain. Wen Yian felt as if she had returned to the day when she witnessed Fu Xuezhou killing the Anomaly Lord with her own eyes. That shock and fear burst out of her soul once again, and she couldn’t help but grip Lou Yan’s hand tighter, as if Lou Yan was her only safe fortress at the moment.
But after she did this, the silver-haired man who was busy killing cultists suddenly glanced at her, looking coldly at her hand gripping Lou Yan’s.
Wen Yian’s heart trembled, and she loosened her grip slightly.
Lou Yan sensed something amiss and turned to look at her. “Are you afraid of Fu Xuezhou?”
“No,” Wen Yian forced a smile. “I’m just surprised at how he’s wearing a Crayon Shin-chan outfit. It looks strange.”
“….”
“Where’s Wen Jiu?”
“He’s…” Wen Yian was about to speak, but her gaze turned vacant. She stared directly at Lou Yan, gradually revealing a peculiar smile on her face. Her tone became unusually unfamiliar and strange. “Where is he? Why don’t you guess?”
This smile was extremely peculiar, like someone who had never smiled before was trying to imitate a smile. The corners of her mouth were unusually stiff, and on Wen Yian’s beautiful face, it seemed even more eerie.
Lou Yan reacted quickly, immediately grabbing Wen Yian’s neck and using the bone spike on his other hand to slowly move across Wen Yian’s cheek until it reached her neck. “Anomaly Lord? Are you controlling Wen Yian’s body?”
“This is my punishment for her betrayal.”
Wen Yian still had a stiff smile on her face as she curiously and admiringly looked at Lou Yan. She even leaned towards him, ignoring the bone spike piercing her neck. “So your hands are this warm… it’s so comfortable. No wonder he likes you to touch him. Why don’t you touch me too?”
Lou Yan said with disgust, “What nonsense are you talking about.”
Wen Yian tilted her head.
Lou Yan suddenly tightened his grip, looking darkly at her. “Don’t mimic Fu Xuezhou.”
Wen Yian’s neck was lifted by the grip, but she seemed to feel no pain. Her curious gaze still lingered on Lou Yan, from her neck to her collarbone. “I saw you and him mating in Paradise. You looked very happy. He seems to be very fond of mating with you. I’ve never seen him so infatuated with someone before. I’m curious about what that feels like. Lou Yan, would you like to mate with me?”
Lou Yan was stunned, then felt nauseous, wishing to tear the Anomaly Lord who said such disgusting words into pieces. He hadn’t expected the Anomaly Lord to witness what he and Fu Xuezhou did in the Paradise, let alone say such disgusting things.
“Don’t worry,” the Anomaly Lord looked at Lou Yan’s unpleasant expression, seemingly misunderstanding. It mimicked Fu Xuezhou’s posture again, revealing a stiff and anomaly smile. “My body is attractive now, not losing to Fu Xuezhou.”
This smile made Lou Yan feel somewhat familiar. At this moment, he suddenly realized—the Anomaly Lord had been imitating Fu Xuezhou’s smile all along.
This ghostly thing, was it treating Fu Xuezhou as its model?
Lou Yan’s expression changed repeatedly, hiding the strong killing intent in his eyes. He suddenly smiled, his peach blossom eyes gleaming. “Then come over here, with your current body.”
“If I come over, you’ll kill me,” the Anomaly Lord looked around and said, “This isn’t the right place for us to mate. After I conquer this world, I’ll come to find you for mating. But in advance—”
The Anomaly Lord looked at Lou Yan, its smile almost reaching its ears. This wasn’t an exaggeration but a literal description.
The flesh at the corner of Wen Yian’s mouth was torn open, blood flowing from her features. “If you can leave this city of cages that I prepared for you and Fu Xuezhou alive.”
“But even if you die, don’t be afraid,” the Anomaly Lord raised its hand, trying to touch Lou Yan’s cheek like Fu Xuezhou, but Lou Yan disgustedly pushed it away with a bone spike. The Anomaly Lord didn’t mind, smiling. “I’ll revive you and experience the pleasure of mating with you again.”
With that, Wen Yian’s hand suddenly went limp and fell, and her empty eyes gradually regained their luster. When her consciousness returned, Wen Yian felt a sharp pain in her brain. She instinctively reached up to her face, but felt blood on her hand. Wen Yian looked up at Lou Yan with a pleading look in her eyes, but in the next moment, her head exploded, blood and flesh splattering everywhere.
Lou Yan quickly stepped back, his expression dark.
He knew that Wen Yian couldn’t be saved anymore, even if he used [Time Reversal], he couldn’t save Wen Yian. Because the Anomaly Lord had already taken control of Wen Yian’s body. As long as the Anomaly Lord wanted Wen Yian dead, she would undoubtedly die.
City of Cages.
So Xiyang City was a city meant to trap him and Fu Xuezhou.
Lou Yan’s mind was working quickly.
In that case, the statement made by the Holy Maiden about the battle starting in three days was a lie. This was simply a trap, using Wen Yian as an undercover agent to lure them into the trap of Xiyang City. Even Wen Yian herself didn’t know that she had become bait in this trap.
Lou Yan looked at the cultists in the meeting room, dying and struggling continuously.
These cultists were also abandoned bait in this city of cages by the Anomaly Lord.
The Anomaly Lord wanted to trap him and Fu Xuezhou, just to prevent them from participating in the great battle between the anomalies and humans. As long as Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou weren’t present, the Anomaly Lord wouldn’t have any enemies that could threaten it, and its war of aggression against the world would proceed more smoothly.
If that’s the case, then after Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou were trapped in Xiyang City, the battle outside would begin, and the Anomaly Lord would never delay for three days again.
…Perhaps the battle outside had already begun.
Lou Yan walked quickly to the window, opened it, and looked outside. Bloodshot eyes, the whole world seemed to be tinted with blood red.
In the blood-red world, dots representing the anomaly surged towards the Qitian Building like a tide. The air was already filled with a hint of blood-red mist, and the smell of blood became even stronger.
Cough cough…
The cough of the plague ghost suddenly sounded, and the red mist in the air deepened once again.
The plague was coming.
Author’s Note:
Anomaly Lord: Would you like to mate with me? I (Wen Jiu) am handsome now.
Lou Yan: *Vom
Fu Xuezhou: Dead, dead, dead!
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