**Chapter Seventy-Eight**
“Alright, let’s go back and k*ll some people!”
As if a massive power outage had occurred, the streets within a radius of several hundred meters were instantly swallowed by darkness. In this area, something unsettling was silently spreading, altering everything.
In the darkness, dozens of notable spirit energy fluctuations entered Luxianbei’s spiritual awareness range. Her nerves suddenly tensed, and she turned to assess her surroundings warily.
The sources of those spirit energy fluctuations had not yet appeared, but the sense of oppression had already made its presence known.
Luxianbei, “…”
This was serious!
d*mn it, I didn’t expect that Hu Chuan guy would take it this far; an online dispute turning into a bloody offline incident!
What about Sheim and Salih? They were calling themselves ‘saints’ and ‘lords’ when nothing was happening, but now they were bolting away!
Luxianbei mentally complained a few times, took several deep breaths to force herself to calm down, and then quietly said to Fang Ji, “Fang girl, those guys are likely coming for me. You should run as soon as you see an opportunity. If there’s no chance to escape, just stick close to me.”
Worried that Fang Ji might panic too much, Luxianbei added, “You don’t have to be scared. This is just the normal task flow; it’s… yes, it’s just a typical plot k*ll!”
Fang Ji, “…”
“Fang girl?” After receiving no response for a while, Luxianbei called out softly and turned back to see Fang Ji trembling, stunned like a wooden chicken.
“W-What about those… what should we do?” Fang Ji finally came to her senses and stammered.
Luxianbei, “…”
That’s understandable; based on the results of the spiritual perception, the dozens of approaching spirit energy fluctuations mostly reached the level of 1 Old Rabbit, and there were even a few 1 to 1.2 New Rabbits mixed in.
While Fang Ji had some strange abilities, she was just a C-level spirit ability user, so it’s normal for her to be paralyzed with fear.
Let alone her, I’m scared stiff too! Luxianbei thought.
Even an enemy at around the 1 New Rabbit level was a bit troublesome for Luxianbei to deal with. Two could barely fight back, and three could escape easily…
However, facing several enemies at this level, along with many 1 Old Rabbit level enemies, was quite daunting. She had already exhausted a significant amount of spirit energy just changing her appearance, battling once, and ambushing.
Without the assistance of earth vein energy and no large alchemical hidden bombs at her side, her instincts told her the odds of winning were less than fifty percent, and the chances of successfully escaping were only around eighty to ninety percent.
Shizhou City was rich in talented individuals and numerous spirit ability users, and the local gangs were quite formidable.
It was truly a life-or-d*ath situation!
Luxianbei silently analyzed for a few seconds, and with a flicker of thought, she sent a message to her coat through the familiar mark—make two ropes appear, bind Fang Ji, and take her along; we’re getting ready to flee!
An eighty to ninety percent probability was ultimately a bit better than less than fifty percent…
The coat, “…”
GET!٩(‘Ω’)و
In the next moment, the coat gently wriggled, and with a soft whoosh, two rope-like straps extended from the clothing on Luxianbei’s back, shooting toward Fang Ji.
The ropes wrapped around her body, lifting her off the ground and binding her back-to-back with Luxianbei in mid-air.
The coat, “…” Allowing a stranger to come into contact back-to-back with the Lady Witch was already the maximum tolerance!
O(´^｀)O
Luxianbei shrugged her shoulders, felt Fang Ji’s weight briefly, then took out Ling Tai Purification and gripped it tightly.
At that moment, the sound of something cutting through the air came from all directions, and figures flew in from various angles, entering her line of sight.
At both ends of the alley, on the rooftops of residential buildings, atop the streetlight poles, and even on the crisscrossing power lines… the indistinct outlines of the buildings around her were filled with figures.
They were called figures, but they might not be human.
At least they were not complete humans; from the outlines of their bodies, one could clearly catch some features of them assimilated with “objects.”
A muscular man with a left arm transformed into a giant axe, a boy whose head became a mobile phone, and a girl whose upper half was fused with an unidentifiable racing motorcycle, resembling a centaur…
They just stood there quietly, as if waiting for something, their eyes gazing at Fang Ji and Luxianbei with a strange intensity, as if examining two freaks from some distant realm.
It’s often like this: when the vast majority of people are not normal, the normal ones become outliers.
Of course, Luxianbei and Fang Ji were not exactly normal either; they just weren’t as distinctly abnormal as those figures.
“Ah, so everyone’s here?”
Luxianbei casually scanned the figures, forcing a smile that was awkward as she struggled to move her stiff facial muscles.
While speaking, she retreated, then stepped back suddenly, clasping her fists, expressionless as she said, “Sorry to interrupt, we’ll take our leave!”
As the words fell, she stamped her feet hard on the ground, and with a muffled sound of the ground cracking, she pressed against the outer walls of the residential building, leaping upward and flying away!
Seeing Luxianbei move, those eerie shadows seemed to catch the scent of “prey” trying to flee and came zooming in from all directions to chase after her.
The cold light of mobile phone screens, the strong beams from car headlights, the crimson shafts of infrared rays, and the fiery glow from gunfire…
Countless sources of light attached to “objects” lit up, mixing with the various gathering spell illuminations, illuminating the darkened street, reflected in the chilling weapons, creating a chaotic dance of light and shadow.
Less than a second later, the roar of engines, the whistling of blades slicing through the air, the muffled cracking of earth and stone, the mechanical-sounding cries… all kinds of intense noises exploded the silence, piercing through eardrums.
In the midst of the chaotic light and sound, Luxianbei gritted her teeth, pursed her lips, and dashed along the outer walls of the buildings, as if plunging into a corner of a world where “objects” were in rebellion.
A vast array of predictive thoughts flashed through her mind, densely packed like the barrage of a video with millions of views, causing her head to throb, nearly crashing her brain.
[An alchemical b*llet hit your shoulder from the 3 o’clock direction.]
[An unknown lightning attribute spell hit your side from the 8 o’clock direction.]
[She charged at you from directly behind.]
[Unknown spirit energy entity…]
The strength of the lightning spell and the unknown spirit energy entity were unclear; she couldn’t take them head-on…
The alchemical b*llet was too fast to dodge…
The enemy chasing from behind had spirit energy fluctuations that weren’t too strong, so perhaps she could put up a fight…
Luxianbei briefly analyzed the impending situations captured through her predictive thoughts, reaching a conclusion in her mind.
In the next moment, an explosion erupted.
A plethora of alchemical bullets hidden within the dazzling light rushed in an arc, the indigo lightning howling like a crashing herd of beasts, with waves of sound infused with strong spirit energy spreading out ahead.
Attacks from three directions, like the vicious fangs of malevolent beasts, tightly sealed off all paths forward.
Then, Luxianbei sensed a gale from behind and heard the roar of engines.
Now’s the time!
Her gaze sharpened, her body halted for a moment, and then she bent her knees to gather strength, leaping back suddenly while throwing out three alchemical hidden bombs forward.
Her delicate figure bowed slightly backward, tracing a curve through the air, her chestnut-colored long hair spread out beneath the pull of gravity, swaying gracefully.
Then…
The instant the alchemical hidden bombs came into contact with the first wave of alchemical bullets, they detonated!
“Boom—!”
The crimson flame storm engulfed the countless alchemical bullets, triggering even more intense explosions that spread in all directions, colliding with the incoming lightning attribute spells and sound waves.
Thus, the fire, radiant as fireworks, erupted, the rising clouds twisted into bizarre shapes by the sound waves, heavy shockwaves rolling over and shattering the outer walls of the buildings, spiderweb-like cracks spreading out.
Under the onslaught of the blinding light and thunderous noise, for a moment, time seemed to freeze, and as the rushing airwaves swept in, Luxianbei felt like a dry leaf lifted by the wind, plummeting downward.
Fang Ji, who had been completely knocked out, had her head swaying left and right in the wind, both hands covering her mouth, fighting back the urge to vomit, her small face turning purple.
Then…
As she landed back on the wall, accelerating once more.
She found herself behind the figure whose body had fused with the racing motorcycle, rushing forward and swinging the broken sword in her hand.
“Bang, bang—!”
With explosive sounds, both tires of the racing motorcycle burst open, losing balance instantly, flipping over as it slid toward the blinding explosion ahead.
“Boom!”
The explosion echoed, and Luxianbei snorted coldly, “Hmph, I’m very familiar with popping tires!”
Just as the words left her mouth, a surge of spirit energy fluctuations came crashing from behind, moving at an incredible speed.
Luxianbei’s heart tightened; just as she was about to turn around in response, she heard Fang Ji behind her, “Wah!” as she threw up.
Although Fang Ji knew it was quite rude to vomit on someone else’s back, Luxianbei’s series of maneuvers were even more thrilling than riding the Jingdaka roller coaster, and he couldn’t help it.
As a result, the enemy ambushing from behind collided head-on with the vomit and fell back to the ground.
Luxianbei, “…” Goodness, I would call him the strongest vomit warrior!
As she mentally complained, witnessing the front flames slightly dissipating, and the pursuers dawning anew, Luxianbei wasted no time rushing forward, slicing through the remaining flames and smoke with her sword, darting out of their incomplete encirclement, and leaping up!
Finally, after a second, she reached the top of the residential building.
Standing atop the building, Luxianbei looked toward the direction of the Nightless Street and froze in place.
She saw darkness.
Darkness that extended to the end of her line of sight, where the brilliant lights of the Nightless Street seemed to have also been lost to the dark.
The road ahead vanished, and Luxianbei’s hot, throbbing heart instantly cooled to freezing point.
What the hell is going on?
Such a big street just disappeared?
Luxianbei felt she might have been swept into a god realm of some cataclysm-grade existence; it was her first time realizing how such a god realm might function.
Along with that, the previously paused predictive thoughts surged back into her mind.
What made her feel intensely uneasy was that the entities indicated by those predictive thoughts didn’t include any humans or urban legends; they were all cold, lifeless objects.
What the hell is going on now?
Did Hu Chuan activate the 【Field Magic Card: Pink Fluffy Rabbit Realm】?
“It’s moving, it’s moving!” Fang Ji suddenly screamed as if she saw something terrifying, “Miss, be careful!”
Luxianbei followed the direction Fang Ji pointed and saw water tanks, solar panels, air conditioning units, and various idle items on the rooftop, all seemingly endowed with life, rising up accompanied by a series of grating sounds, thrashing towards them like a giant dragon.
The tiles beneath her feet exploded as if detonated, continuously shattering.
Before Luxianbei could react, she was violently rammed by those “objects” imbued with overwhelming spirit energy fluctuations.
The roar erupted.
She was sent flying toward the ground, crashing through the surface and into a building, tumbling into a nearby residence.
Before she could get up, a clanking sound came from all directions in the pitch-black room.
In the next moment, countless items began to fly toward her: small pots, knives, remote controls, down to televisions, air conditioners, and refrigerators roared toward her, the predictive thoughts overwhelming her senses.
A genuine case of “all things are soldiers.”
For a time, it felt as though the entire world other than the air was rejecting her existence.
Then, after being struck by a statue that hit her on the back, she was swept into a “storm,” her petite body darting around the room like a three-dimensional pinball.
Her body was suddenly flung by an upturned marble coffee table, crashing through the walls, and landing in the bedroom, where her prior puzzlement about why the building’s residents had not reacted when darkness overtook them was resolved.
As her residential building was consumed by darkness, she was puzzled as to why the residents inside had shown no reaction, even when an alchemical hidden bomb detonated violently, all completely oblivious.
But now, looking at the darkness and seeing a family of three where half their bodies had fused into the bed, Luxianbei suddenly understood what had happened.
The husband’s eyes were wide open, his face distorted in terror, hands grasping at thin air as if trying to grab an unexisting lifeline; the wife curled her body tightly around the child, protecting them fiercely.
But the struggle and protection were meaningless; the skin of all three showed wooden patterns, lifeless.
As if to allow Luxianbei to see this scene clearly, those “objects” paused their assault for a moment.
“Are… are they all dead?” Fang Ji asked weakly.
She knew it was a bit of a rhetorical question, but she still couldn’t quite believe what she was seeing.
“Yeah.” Luxianbei replied quietly, “They’re dead.”
The entire building’s occupants might have all perished.
In their sleep, engulfed by their beds, unable to drink water in the dark, smothered by overturned cups, or suddenly strangled by curtains, or collapsing in bathrooms, on sofas, and in front of computers, filled with disbelief.
Who would have thought that everyday items could k*ll?
But perhaps they had always wanted to do this, to m*rder those who had never taken them seriously.
They just lacked an opportunity, and today, that opportunity had finally presented itself!
“…” Fang Ji opened her mouth but then fell silent.
In the silence, Luxianbei’s murderous intent began to rise, and she silently tightened her grip on the Ling Tai Purification…
“Fang girl, do you mind if we go back and k*ll them?”
“Uh… I don’t mind! After all, it seems we can’t escape now… And I wasn’t hurt at all during that close call, so it should be fine, right?”
“…” Luxianbei wanted to complain, but instead just said quietly, “Alright, let’s go back and k*ll some people!”
