Chapter 228
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Lou Yan was carried by the wind, flying high in the sky, his eyes full of anger as he looked down at the scene below.
Blood flowed everywhere, bodies littered the ground, and his best friend was in mortal danger.
Anomaly Lord!
He must kill the Anomaly Lord!!!
Lou Yan took a deep breath, without saying any unnecessary words. He glared in the direction of the Anomaly Lord, his voice filled with killing intent as he said slowly, “Time, reverse.”
Time swiftly flowed backward, returning to ten minutes ago.
Lou Yan’s skin returned to its normal temperature as he found himself back on the road. Without hesitation, he threw Fu Xuezhou aside and rushed to his destination as fast as he could.
In the blink of an eye, he disappeared at the end of the road, leaving Fu Xuezhou behind with just a word: “I’ll go ahead to save people, you come later!”
Wrapped in a blanket and thrown to the ground, Fu Xuezhou muttered, “…Huh.”
He really didn’t matter at all.
Lou Yan didn’t have time to think about Fu Xuezhou’s feelings. He was determined to reach the battlefield as quickly as possible.
Lou Yan didn’t have time to consider what Fu Xuezhou might be feeling; he was determined to hurry to the battlefield. He couldn’t afford not to be anxious. He had used the fastest speed even before time rewound, but still arrived late. Without Fu Xuezhou’s weight this time, he should be faster than last time, but he didn’t know how much faster he could be.
He couldn’t afford to waste a single second; he had to hurry to save people.
Li Sanxin must be okay, and everyone else must be okay. Duan Zege… Lou Yan couldn’t let him die here.
He was… he was the Li Sanxin from another world.
Lou Yan quickly leaped and flew on the rooftops, the fierce wind supporting his body as he sped forward. Faster, even faster!
On the battlefield.
The Anomaly Lord had just snapped his fingers.
Dark clouds covered the sky, and the people on the ground looked up, watching as the “dark clouds” rapidly approached them.
Li Sanxin raised his head, his extraordinary vision allowing him to see the true face of the “dark clouds” for the first time. His pupils trembled, and he shouted loudly, “It’s blood flies! Run, this thing sucks blood!”
Others who recognized the blood flies also began to panic:
“It’s blood flies! Anomalies’ blood flies!!!”
“Run!!!”
The crowd immediately descended into chaos, but before the blood flies could fully descend, they were shocked to see a figure suddenly appear under the “dark clouds”!
The fierce wind blew the person’s clothes into disarray as he fell from the sky. He landed with his back to them, raising his hands against the massive swarm of blood flies in the sky.
A fierce wind was released from his hands, sweeping towards the blood fly swarm!
The strong wind howled, turning into invisible blades that disrupted the entire swarm. Blood flies were cut in half and fell like rain.
In an instant, the blood flies disappeared.
The people on the ground stared in disbelief at this incredible scene, almost thinking they were hallucinating.
Who was this person?
Was he one of them?
“…Lou Yan?” Li Sanxin’s eyes lit up, and after recognizing the figure, he almost cried with excitement. “Lou Yan, d*mn! You finally came!”
Lu Haoxiu was stunned for a moment, then ran towards Lou Yan with large strides, shouting hoarsely, “Brother Lou!”
Duan Zege looked up at the figure supported by the wind in the sky, showing a relieved smile. He licked his dry lips, chuckled softly twice, and muttered to himself, “It’s good that you finally came… If you hadn’t come, I really couldn’t hold on any longer.”
The exhaustion rushed through his body, and Duan Zege felt pain all over, wishing he could find a place to curl up and sleep.
But looking at Lou Yan’s back, Duan Zege felt that he could still hold on. He had let down his “Lou Yan” in the last battle, but this time, he just wanted to follow this world’s Lou Yan and fulfill “Lou Yan’s” dream.
Although he couldn’t help feeling scared when facing anomalies, the courage that Lou Yan’s presence brought was enough to suppress that fear.
Duan Zege smiled and ran towards Lou Yan.
And Lin You, who was originally heavy-hearted, was suddenly filled with spirit. He ran towards Lou Yan while quickly speaking into his earpiece, “Quickly tell everyone to buck up, our support is here! Assist Lou Yan as much as possible and strive to eliminate the target ‘Wen Jiu’ in one go!”
Lou Yan’s astonishing appearance gave the humans suppressed by anomalies a powerful reassurance.
The anomalies with some intelligence also closely watched Lou Yan. They could feel that this human was very strong.
Lou Yan flipped in the air and landed agilely in front of the Anomaly Lord. He looked coldly at this Anomaly Lord disguised in Wen Jiu’s shell, directly extending his left hand. With a swift motion, his left hand revealed sharp bone spikes.
No Face immediately blocked Wen Jiu, emitting strange roars trying to intimidate Lou Yan.
Wen Jiu patted No Face’s arm, “No Face, there’s no need to be so tense. This is someone I know, you should be a bit more polite.”
After saying that, it looked at the ground full of blood flies, sighed softly, “First, the rotting ghost bird, then the blood flies. All the little things I’ve nurtured for so long have been killed by you, Lou Yan.”
“Have you ever reflected on your own aesthetic,” Lou Yan stepped closer to Wen Jiu, every inch of his skin tense to the optimal state, “These two things are really one uglier than the other, making me sick.”
Lou Yan’s gaze subtly swept around, his heart slightly sinking.
Despite having only one anomaly being by its side, the position it was in was extremely secure. This was an open space, allowing it to flee in any direction. Anomalies from all directions were almost within reach, if Lou Yan missed his strike, it meant he would waste more mental energy dealing with other anomalies before being able to kill the Anomaly Lord.
So, he had to find a way to close the distance with the Anomaly Lord as much as possible and then strive for a single, decisive blow.
The Anomaly Lord smiled gently, its gaze sweeping over Lou Yan’s faintly reddish skin, with profound meaning, “Coming here this time must have cost you a lot of energy.”
Lou Yan took another step forward. “You indeed retained memories before the time reversal.”
“In fact, I wasn’t originally sensitive to time,” the Anomaly Lord patiently explained. “I have existed for too long, centuries are just a drop in the bucket for me. I don’t feel the passage of time, so I didn’t notice the repeated cycles of this world. When I came to my senses, I found that the existence of humans had threatened my life.”
“This is the first time I’ve felt like I might die.” The Anomaly Lord sighed, “Your race is very interesting. Despite being so weak, humans still harbor immeasurable power and even fight each other. I don’t even know how you’ve managed to come this far. Especially Fu Xuezhou, he really is…”
The Anomaly Lord suddenly showed a peculiar smile. “He’s truly a miracle, making me feel ‘fear’.”
Lou Yan felt extremely uncomfortable with this smile. He frowned, blood creeping into his eyes. “So, you can feel fear too. Do you think he will kill you?”
“No,” surprisingly, the Anomaly Lord said earnestly to Lou Yan, “You are now a bigger threat to me than Fu Xuezhou.”
But before the Anomaly Lord could finish his sentence, Lou Yan had already approached. The pale and sharp bone spike penetrated the Anomaly Lord’s chest with lightning speed, so fast that not even No-Face could see clearly.
“Master!”
No-Face roared angrily and rushed forward, but before it could touch Lou Yan, it exploded violently, scattering yellowish liquid everywhere.
Lou Yan stared expressionlessly at Wen Jiu. After a few seconds, he slowly withdrew the bone spike.
Wen Jiu lowered his head to look at his chest, then raised it curiously. “Why didn’t you kill me?”
“Your heart isn’t in your body.”
Lou Yan said coldly, “I almost forgot, you anomalies can put your hearts elsewhere.”
Wen Jiu smiled and tilted his head. “When I was in Paradise, in order to deceive you and Fu Xuezhou, I split my heart into two. The heart containing most of the anomaly power was eaten by you, and the other heart was hidden by me. Uh, it’s hidden here on this battlefield. Tell me, can you find my heart before your mental energy runs out?”
Lou Yan didn’t speak, looking at it with an inscrutable expression.
Wen Jiu reached out and touched Lou Yan’s cheek, curiosity in his golden eyes. At this moment, he resembled the Wen Jiu from a long time ago. “You have a lot of potential, Lou Yan, and you’re also very beautiful. I actually don’t want to kill you. You are suitable to become part of the anomalies. But if you want to live as a human, then come and mate with me. If I also like that feeling, I will let you live as a human.”
Lou Yan suddenly smiled. “Do you want to turn back and take a look?”
Confused, Wen Jiu turned his head, but before he could see what was behind him, a Tang blade swiftly severed his head.
Flames ignited on Wen Jiu’s body and head. Behind the golden-red flames, Fu Xuezhou held the Tang blade, his face grim as he stared terrifyingly at Wen Jiu’s corpse.
Lou Yan clicked his tongue lightly. Fu Xuezhou immediately turned to look at him, his expression still very frightening. “How much did you talk to it?”
“Countless times, what about it?” Lou Yan frowned.
Fu Xuezhou smirked coldly. “For every word you said, I’ll chop it once.”
The flames surged suddenly, as if confirming Fu Xuezhou’s words, they rapidly burned towards the anomalies. In the blink of an eye, most of the battlefield was engulfed in high-temperature flames.
“First, you have to find it,” Lou Yan said irritably, “Its heart isn’t in Wen Jiu’s body, it’s hidden elsewhere. With so many anomalies here, who knows which one has its heart? If we go killing them one by one, both you and I will eventually exhaust our mental energy and the anomalies within us will also revive.”
Then, they would welcome doomsday, just like in another world.
“Brother Lou!”
“Lou Yan!!!”
The others ran up, all looking delighted. “Is Wen Jiu dead?!”
“He’s dead, but the Anomaly Lord is not dead yet.” Lou Yan repeated what he had just said to Fu Xuezhou. His blood-red eyes kept scanning the surrounding anomalies, trying to find the heart of the Anomaly Lord.
“D*mn,” Li Sanxin cursed through gritted teeth, “What kind of Anomaly Lord is this? Clearly just a rat! Hiding here and there, really embarrassing!”
As long as the Anomaly Lord didn’t die, anomalies would continue to emerge endlessly. In this way, they would eventually be worn down by anomalies.
The group frowned and thought hard. Suddenly, Lin You thought of something. He raised his head abruptly and said seriously into his earpiece, “Oh no! The corpse of the old Anomaly Lord!”
He turned and ran towards the Anomaly Control Bureau, Lou Yan’s expression changing suddenly as he quickly followed.
Author’s note:
Coming.
Fu: Hehe, it seems I’m really not important at all.
Lou: Hmm, that’s right, yes, it’s like that. Can I leave first?
Fu: …
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