Chapter 230
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Lou Yan slaughtered anomalies until his hands began to tremble uncontrollably, so he had to find a safe place to stop and rest.
He wiped the sweat off his face, panting, and glanced at the battle between Fu Xuezhou and the Anomaly Lord.
The Anomaly Lord was too massive, and Fu Xuezhou didn’t know if there was a heart of the Anomaly Lord inside this body, so he could only keep trying to find it.
But the self-healing ability of the Anomaly Lord was strong. Once injured, it would regenerate flesh and blood the next second.
The pressure on Fu Xuezhou was too great, and his body had begun to undergo anomalous changes.
But, Lou Yan had to admit, Fu Xuezhou’s anomalous appearance was ten thousand times better-looking than the Anomaly Lord’s.
“Sigh.”
Lou Yan sighed, calming his heavy breathing. He couldn’t help Fu Xuezhou; he had to do his best to kill other anomalies.
Now, it was up to him and Fu Xuezhou who could find the heart of the Anomaly Lord first.
Lu Haoxiu ran over panting and threw a bottle of water to Lou Yan, “Brother Lou, drink water!”
“Thanks.”
Lou Yan unscrewed the lid and took two sips of water, then threw the water to Lu Haoxiu, stood up, and said, “I’ll continue. You watch out for yourself.”
Lu Haoxiu caught the water bottle, but when he looked up again, Lou Yan had already rushed to the front of the anomaly.
Lu Haoxiu pursed his lips.
He surveyed the battlefield. Ye Buyan was using his hands turned into paper to crush an anomaly’s body, Lin You was fighting with wolf claws against an anomaly monster, Duan Zege and Li Sanxin were using their surgical threads to dissect anomalies…
Everyone was working hard, everyone was enduring hardship. The long battle made their physical strength unable to keep up with their actions. The time they could kill two anomalies before now barely allowed them to deal with one anomaly.
But no one gave up. They all understood: as long as they found the heart of the Anomaly Lord, they could end the battle.
Lu Haoxiu looked at his right hand. It was this hand that had just used “Extraction” to kill the spider-like behemoth.
If Brother Lou and Fu Xuezhou couldn’t find the heart of the Anomaly Lord, could he use “Extraction” again to find the heart of the Anomaly Lord?
Thinking of this possibility, Lu Haoxiu’s heart beat rapidly. Nervous and excited, he swallowed saliva, unable to help but extend his hand towards the direction of the Anomaly Lord.
At the moment he saw the Anomaly Lord, a strong mental impact made Lu Haoxiu’s brain dizzy, and he even felt like his whole body was going to collapse to the ground.
So terrifying…!
Shivering all over, Lu Haoxiu struggled to aim the mental recovery needle in his other hand at his thigh and stabbed it fiercely, the pain making him regain a trace of sobriety in his trembling.
“Can’t be afraid… Lu Haoxiu… Come on, you have to overcome fear!”
Lu Haoxiu muttered to himself, forcing himself to stare at the Anomaly Lord.
“I… want, the heart of this… thing! The heart of the most fused anomalies!”
A black hole appeared in his palm, sweat dripping from Lu Haoxiu’s forehead. He took a deep breath, then resolutely plunged his hand into it.
After groping in the black hole for half a minute, Lu Haoxiu’s expression froze, then his eyes lit up. As he forcefully pulled out the heart, he excitedly yelled at Lou Yan, “Brother Lou, I found the heart of the Anomaly Lord!!!”
What?！
Lou Yan suddenly turned around, only to see Lu Haoxiu pulling out a deep red heart the size of an adult’s head from the black hole! The strong anomaly power emanating from the heart—yes, it was the heart of the Anomaly Lord!!!
Lu Haoxiu actually found the heart of the Anomaly Lord! He found it even before him and Fu Xuezhou!
Little Lu, you’re amazing!
Lou Yan was ecstatic and immediately turned around and dashed towards Lu Haoxiu.
Lu Haoxiu waved the heart in his hand towards Lou Yan with a brilliant smile. However, the next moment, a thick tentacle also emerged from his black hole, ruthlessly piercing through Lu Haoxiu’s chest.
This scene seemed to be in slow motion. Lou Yan’s pupils dilated as he incredulously watched more tentacles emerge from the black hole, watching Lu Haoxiu’s blood spray from his chest, watching Lu Haoxiu stagger and then forcefully throw the heart in his direction.
All surrounding sounds seemed to vanish at that moment. Lou Yan could only see Lu Haoxiu’s complexion visibly pale, tears streaming down his face, watching him open his mouth towards Lou Yan’s direction.
Lu Haoxiu said, “Catch the heart, Brother Lou.”
This voice broke the silence of the world, clear and powerful, reaching Lou Yan’s ears.
Lou Yan leaped up, firmly catching the heart thrown to him in mid-air, then turned around and used bone spikes to cut off the tentacles chasing after him.
The tentacles writhed on the ground, and Lou Yan stepped on them as he quickly approached Lu Haoxiu, stiffly helping him up.
Lu Haoxiu heard Lou Yan’s teeth grinding against each other, and he could feel Lou Yan’s anger and sadness. Brother Lou’s body was so tense… Lu Haoxiu lifted his head and saw the veins bulging on Lou Yan’s neck.
“I’ll save you,” Lou Yan said, suppressing his emotions. “Time… Re…”
“No, Brother Lou.” Lu Haoxiu stopped Lou Yan from using Time Reversal. He coughed a few times, tightly gripping Lou Yan’s arm. “If you use Time Reversal, next time… there won’t be such a good opportunity.”
Lou Yan fell silent, his eye sockets gradually turning red, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
Because he knew Lu Haoxiu was right. The Anomaly Lord would retain memories from before the time reversal. If he used Time Reversal, the next time, it would be much more difficult to obtain the Anomaly Lord’s heart.
But—!
Without time reversal, Lu Haoxiu would die!
Lou Yan realized for the first time that it was more agonizing to have the ability to save someone but unable to do so than not having the ability at all.
No, there must be a way… there must be a way…
Suddenly, Lou Yan thought of something and hurriedly tried to lift Lu Haoxiu up, “I’ll go find an anomaly heart for you to eat!”
“No… it’s too late, Brother Lou…”
Lu Haoxiu spat out a mouthful of blood and murmured, “Quick… kill the Anomaly Lord, Brother Lou.”
Lou Yan couldn’t say a word. It felt like his soul was being torn in half. He stiffly nodded, his five fingers tightly clutching the heart in his arms.
Lu Haoxiu smiled contentedly, his eyes filled with longing for beauty. He carefully asked, “Brother Lou, am I now a hero like you?”
The look in his eyes reminded Lou Yan of when he first met Lu Haoxiu. Lou Yan lowered his head, tears falling uncontrollably onto Lu Haoxiu’s face. He hoarsely said, “Yes, you’re a hero.”
Lu Haoxiu closed his eyes contentedly.
Lou Yan’s arms trembled as he laid Lu Haoxiu on the ground, then stood up and looked at the Anomaly Lord.
The Anomaly Lord had already realized that its heart was in Lou Yan’s hands. It abandoned Fu Xuezhou and charged ferociously towards Lou Yan, muttering incomprehensible words, while all the anomalies rushed towards Lou Yan together.
Lou Yan calmly raised his hand, crushing the heart.
Just inches away from Lou Yan, the anomalies suddenly turned into a puddle of flesh. Then, one after another, countless anomalies turned into blood and meat, falling to the ground.
The anomalies on the battlefield quickly decreased. Before the anomalies could show expressions of horror or let out screams, their existence had been obliterated.
The surviving humans stood up from their hiding places, one by one walking out into the open. They stared blankly at this scene. After a brief moment of confusion and silence, their throats trembled as they sobbed.
Tears mixed with blood and dust fell from their faces as they raised their hands and cheered, shouting with tears, “We won!”
“The anomalies are gone!!!”
“We won, we won!!!”
“Humanity has won!!!”
The Anomaly Lord roared, “No—!”
But it had lost its power. Its massive body could only collapse weakly to the ground.
“No…” The Anomaly Lord struggled to get up, but fearfully realized that its body was also turning into blood and flesh from the smallest details.
Two pairs of footsteps walked up to the Anomaly Lord. The Anomaly Lord’s pupils shifted, seeing Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou standing side by side.
Even though the Anomaly Lord had collapsed, its body was still like a towering mountain. Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou had to look up to see its eyes.
Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou’s expressions were equally indifferent. Although they were looking up at the Anomaly Lord, their aura seemed to be overlooking it from a high position, their gaze at the Anomaly Lord was like looking at an inanimate object.
The blood from the Anomaly Lord spread to their feet. Lou Yan looked down at the blood under his feet, feeling unusually calm.
Lou Yan originally thought that when he killed the Anomaly Lord, he would be very excited and thrilled, and would say many victorious remarks to the Anomaly Lord. But when this moment truly arrived, when this exhausting war was finally coming to an end, he felt numb, and he didn’t even bother to say anything to the Anomaly Lord.
Why say more? As long as they won, it’s good enough.
Lou Yan didn’t know if Fu Xuezhou’s feelings were the same as his, but Fu Xuezhou didn’t say anything either. They silently watched the Anomaly Lord slowly die.
Soon, only the head of the Anomaly Lord remained.
Filled with hatred, the Anomaly Lord looked at Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou, suddenly showing a twisted smile, laughing loudly, “Do you think killing me will end everything? Far from over! Fu Xuezhou, far from over! As long as you exist, anomalies will continue to exist, hhahaha!”
Its face gradually melted away as it spoke, and finally, that anomaly smile also turned into blood along with its entire head.
In the east, a ray of sunrise emerged, breaking through the darkness of the long and heavy night.
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