Chapter 79 Next…
On the other side.
Huasang walked quickly along the never-sleeping street, following the trajectory formed by the site of the unexpected incident, constantly moving closer to the direction where Luxianbei and Fang Ji might be. The brilliant lights and hurried pedestrians on the street turned into bizarre, blurred influences in her peripheral vision.
At that moment, a sudden and intense burning pain struck her eyes, accompanied by an inexplicable anger, as if a gradually swelling flame quietly ignited in her heart.
Then, accompanied by a momentary daze in her vision, she saw a horrifying scene unfolding before her eyes, resembling a hellish painting slowly being revealed.
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In a room lit by a warm night light, a couple lay on a soft bed, their child sleeping in the middle.
Suddenly, a disturbing aura descended, instantly filling the entire house with a lifeless “vitality,” as though some terrifying existence had swallowed them whole.
Then…
The lights went out without warning, and darkness engulfed the figures of the three-member family.
The husband, as if attacked by something, let out a tragic scream, struggling to get up, but his body felt as if it had been mortally afflicted by an invisible beast, firmly fixed to the bed.
“Creek—creek—!” The bed shook violently, producing a series of grating sounds that seemed to carry a joyful malice and a scent of bl**d within those light noises.
Finally, with a mournful cry, the husband froze in a pose with both hands raised, trying to grasp something.
On the other side, a muffled cry emerged continuously.
“Husband! What happened to you?”
The panicked wife heard her husband’s lament and cried out with a trembling voice.
Then she too was attacked by that invisible “beast,” her body spasmed violently, but she did not scream, only groaning softly before exerting all her strength to break free from the eerie bindings, turning her body to pounce toward her child, curling up to protect him in her arms.
“Help! Someone come save us… anyone will do, save my child…”
Feeling the breath of d*ath approaching, she weakly pleaded for the impossible rescue with her gradually fading voice.
At that moment, Huasang faintly heard Luxianbei’s voice in her ear.
“I’m sorry,” Luxianbei said, “I can’t help you…”
Amidst the pleas that were losing strength, the woman seemed to understand something, standing frozen for a long time, her eyes gradually losing their luster as she held her deceased child, letting out a heart-wrenching howling.
Her child had long since died, perhaps even earlier than her husband.
Finally, as her body became rigid, her skin rough like unpolished wood, and flesh gradually fused with the bed, she lost the strength to scream.
She raised a trembling hand toward her husband, that hand dragging along the bed and pulling at the milky white sheets as if it were a traveler struggling to migrate in a stormy polar region, swaying dangerously.
Then…
Just as her fingertip was about to touch her husband’s, she lost her breath.
Thus, she and her loved ones were eternally separated by that less than two centimeters wide chasm at the last moment of life.
“Crash—!”
The family portrait frame hanging on the bedroom wall fell to the floor, shattering into pieces as the entire house was engulfed in darkness, falling into silence.
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“What is this…” Huasang leaned against the exterior wall of a building, one hand supporting her dim head due to the intense discomfort in her eyes, and after a moment, she suddenly came back to her senses, “Is this what Luxianbei saw?”
While she muttered to herself, a flood of images surged into her view.
She saw an old man guarding the television being suddenly devoured by the sofa that surged upward, flesh turning into cotton, gradually filling his entire body, his abdomen swelling until it burst, as he called out, “Darling! Don’t watch, go to bed early?” But there was no response…
A young man working late picked up a custom mug filled with coffee, smiled at the photo of his girlfriend on it, his tired eyes suddenly filled with expectation for the future, becoming radiant, then his arm trembled violently, and his body spasmed, turning into white porcelain…
A girl with her neck “gnawed” by a smartphone…
A boy with his hands crushed by a keyboard…
Various scenes narrated in the most tragic ways a riot instigated by “items”!
As the flood of images, alive with emotions almost as if she were on the scene, rushed into Huasang’s mind, her head throbbed painfully, and she nearly fainted on the spot.
After a long time, the images before her finally faded away.
Her face was already drenched in cold sweat, her hands grasping the wall, her pale lips slightly parted as she gasped heavily, her eyes vacant as they stared at the ground with pupils reduced to pinpricks.
“…”
What exactly did Luxianbei encounter?
Was it an attack from the Secret Society?
Could she really withstand those scenes… Huasang thought.
Though she didn’t know what Luxianbei had gone through or her temperament, in her opinion, for someone like her, who had experienced the overnight annihilation of Jinhua Village, seeing those scenes and being infected by the emotions of the deceased almost pushed her to the brink of mental instability. For an ordinary person, they would likely collapse on the spot, losing their sanity.
After pondering for a few seconds, she took a deep breath, adjusted her state, and sprinted forward, tracing the trajectory formed by the site of the unexpected incident on the never-sleeping street.
As she sped along, she pulled out her phone and called the front desk of Chenyi Inn.
“Hello? Junior Brother? Yes, it’s me. I’ve discovered a serious spirit energy attack incident. I’m heading to the scene. Hurry and notify Elder Wang, then contact the senior brother on duty at Dachunyang Palace…”
“But, but Sister Huasang, Elder Wang has already gone to bed. If we disturb him at this hour…”
“Where did all this nonsense come from?!” Huasang couldn’t help but curse, “If I tell you to go, then go. If he gets angry, let him come at me!”
What time is it now to still care whether Elder Wang is happy or not? Even if he’s dead, we need to call him back!
In the eyes of the disciple stationed at the front desk of Chenyi Inn, Huasang was usually as quiet as a turtle sunbathing by the river, this was the first time they had seen her talk so much and curse, leaving them stunned for a moment before hastily responding, “Uh, yes, yes, okay, sister, I’ll go right away!”
“Mm, I’ll send you the address once I arrive at the scene.”
After hanging up, Huasang put away her phone, rushed a short distance forward, when suddenly a faint explosion pierced through the noisy crowd and into her ears.
She froze for a moment, and her steps halted as she looked in the direction from which the sound came, noticing a narrow street leading to the residential area, inconspicuous and mixed with the bustling never-sleeping street. At the end of her line of sight, a flickering light emitted a glow that seemed to belong to a spell formula.
In the next moment, several figures surged past between two buildings, followed closely by a tall figure holding a curved blade, darting after them.
Catching a glimpse of the facial outline of that person with the curved blade, Huasang paused, “Is that… the foreigner with the big beard from the bus? Who is he chasing?”
Muttering to herself, she slightly narrowed her eyes and turned to run deeper into the street.
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“Alright, let’s go back and k*ll!”
Luxianbei’s voice was low, nearly drowned out by the explosion and strange howls from outside the residential building, yet it carried a thick scent of bl**d.
Upon hearing this, Fang Ji suddenly felt an amazing wave of heat rush from behind him, and for a moment, he felt as though he were standing next to a furnace, with flames at his back.
He paused for a moment, turning to look at Luxianbei, his gaze landing on her profile, and for an instant, he was captivated entirely by her eyes.
In the darkness, her silhouette was only a delicate outline visible, with only her eyes clearly discernible.
Those eyes appeared to have been stimulated, showing traces of bl**d vessels, and within her gaze flickered a dazzling glow like molten lava.
Yet the glowing flickers were deeply unsettling…
Staring into those eyes, Fang Ji vaguely felt that “the rescuer” seemed to have witnessed a scene of extreme horror.
Previously, he had thought “the rescuer” always displayed a brave and forward style in battle, but now he felt that she must have seen much more than he had to be this enraged.
As he focused his energy, trying to capture more from her gaze, suddenly something indescribable was drawn from within him by her eyes, and a strong sense of dizziness struck him.
“Um…”
In a daze, Fang Ji incoherently responded and then lowered his head.
Soon, his world spun once again…
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Luxianbei had envied those classmates whose families were intact and lived happily since childhood.
Although her father and Water Brother treated her well, and she lacked love, she always felt that she was missing something compared to those classmates—something that was hard to describe.
So when the complete lives of hundreds and thousands of people in this residential area shattered ruthlessly in front of her, her emotions spiraled out of control.
Since she couldn’t find a way to retreat for a moment and couldn’t escape, then she would face the enemy with her sword drawn!
Killing one would be no loss, killing ten would be a huge gain. Besides, it wasn’t that there was no chance of winning…
Sheim and Salih didn’t think she was a Miracle Saint? Perhaps this time she could create a miracle and seize that tiny chance of less than fifty percent? Luxianbei thought.
“…”
Based on the previous situation, in this area, aside from the ground and buildings, nearly all “items” could potentially attack her.
So she must not get surrounded. Once surrounded by the “items,” she would become increasingly trapped…
She was unsure what other than visual tracking the “items” and Secret Society members used to follow her; if it was spirit energy fluctuation…
After briefly pondering, Luxianbei transmitted information to her coat through the bloodline mark: “Coat, keep an eye on the surroundings, change colors as needed. For every enemy I k*ll, mimic the spirit energy fluctuation on them.”
Coat, “?”
(´｀;)？
Was that too complicated for the coat? Luxianbei thought for a second and then sent another message: “Simply put, try to conceal my presence and blend into the environment, just like a chameleon. Got it?”
Coat, “…” Got it!
(O゜▽゜)O☆
Receiving the coat’s reply, Luxianbei took a small step back, made a running leap toward the bedroom window.
Using the concealment of the night, the coat’s strange abilities, the relatively complex terrain of the residential area, and the dark corners hiding in the light… perhaps it would work! Luxianbei thought.
“Crash—!”
Accompanied by the harsh sound of breaking glass, Luxianbei smashed through the window, plummeting toward the ground along with the sharp shards spreading through the air.
“There she is!” Someone caught sight of Luxianbei, shouting loudly, instantly locking onto her with dozens of eyes. Spell formulas, alchemical bullets, and nameless abilities surged forth, unleashing a colorful storm of attacks that shot up into the sky.
In the next moment, the coat suddenly changed color, mimicking the spirit energy fluctuations, and Luxianbei, along with Fang Ji on her back, vanished from the view of the Secret Society members as if they had blended into the air.
With the attack lacking a target, they continued to surge upward, crashing into the clouds, causing violent explosions, accompanied by brilliant flashes and thunderous roars.
Quickly, someone regained focus and shouted, “It’s the invisibility spell! She’s gone invisible; everyone, capture her spirit energy fluctuations!”
But then they noticed that Luxianbei’s spirit energy fluctuations had also vanished!
An unsettling silence spread, momentarily enveloping the Secret Society members.
Then, a cold mechanical growl shattered the silence.
“Everyone, stay calm! This area is limited. She’s in a hovering state, not as agile. It’s impossible for her to dodge all the attacks! Don’t worry about aim; each of you take responsibility for your area and attack upward with all your strength!”
The speaker, a person whose head fused with a phone, seemed to be a lesser leader, and as soon as they spoke, most of the Secret Society members nodded in agreement.
Thus, a flurry of attack methods surged into the air once more, even fiercer than before, almost entirely covering the empty areas between several buildings…
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Jumping down from a window on the tenth floor.
In an instant, the wind howled.
The summer breeze carried a hint of heat as Luxianbei locked her gaze on the dense black shadows below in the residential building, her emotions exceptionally calm.
The more dangerous it was, the calmer she had to be; relying solely on passion and anger was like a firework, only dazzling for a moment.
“…”
Although leaping from the building would momentarily expose her to those guys’ sights, turning her into a live target,
Inside the buildings were full of “items,” and the “enemies” to confront were even more numerous than outside. In a sense, it was more dangerous.
She could only dodge as much as possible; as long as she didn’t get too heavily injured, once she hit the ground, it would be killing time… Luxianbei thought, her gaze turning cold.
While dodging the streaks of light that passed by her body, filled with incredible spirit energy, her eyes and spirit perception quickly scanned the crowds below.
She noted their positions, predicted their movements, distinguished the strengths of their spirit energy fluctuations, and swiftly targeted her first victim.
The next moment, Luxianbei fell about five meters from the ground, at which point the members of the Secret Society below finally caught sight of her again.
“There she is!”
“k*ll her!”
Amidst the noise, a mass of alchemical bullets traced a scorching trajectory through the air, with a foul wind mixed with arcs of light coming their way.
Seeing this and unable to dodge, Luxianbei bit her lip, her palms slightly sweaty as they gripped Ling Tai Purification, releasing her innate skill.
Ignited by her innate skill, Ling Tai Purification burst forth with flames in the air, stirring up a scorching storm as it slashed downward.
Taihe Gentleman Sword · Jun Tian Zou!
In an instant, a deafening explosion rang out, the grinding sound of the blade colliding with the alchemical bullets was ear-piercing, sparkling embers flew in all directions, and the air was violently disturbed by the fierce collision of spirit energy fluctuations, becoming shrouded in a thick mist.
Amidst that hazy light, Luxianbei finally reached the ground, shaking off her numbed hands and rushing into the crowd.
As if a drop of water fell into the ocean, it stirred no waves, quiet as a mouse.
To Luxianbei’s surprise, during her descent, countless beams of light grazed her body, the closest being less than a millimeter from her nose, yet she miraculously dodged nearly all the attacks. It was not until just before hitting the ground that she was unable to evade a single blow.
In the moment her feet touched the ground, Luxianbei didn’t pause for a second, locking her gaze onto the “lucky” individual she had chosen, utilizing her agility to weave between two figures.
In a blink, she approached that person’s backside, then raised her hand, drew her sword, and decisively slashed at the individual whose head merged with their headphones.
Taihe Gentleman Sword · Wind Pursuit Command!
A sharp wind sound suddenly burst forth, a faint blue light flashing fleetingly.
After a single slash, Luxianbei did not pause a moment and immediately moved.
“Ah—!”
The first “lucky one” let out a scream as pale, viscous liquid splattered from the half-slashed head.
At that moment, the people around him suddenly became aware, catching sight of Luxianbei’s silhouette, but the next moment, an alchemical obscuring bomb rolling quietly on the ground erupted with a crimson light, shaking the ground violently.
The explosion’s roar covered their sound characteristics, and Luxianbei shouted, “To the right, she ran to the right! Everyone hurry and pursue!”
As her voice fell, she used the explosion’s glow and the chaotic crowd as cover, quickly disappearing from the view of the crowd again.
Luxianbei knew very well that even with the coat’s help, no matter how well she concealed her form, she could not completely escape detection. Therefore, after one strike, regardless of whether she successfully killed or not, she had to move.
Then the next one… Luxianbei muttered to herself in her heart, continuing toward her next target, and a second scream abruptly echoed in the darkness a second later.
The girl whose body merged with a puppet, becoming one with the fabric, saw their separation, torn remnants of cloth and splattered pale, viscous liquid floating together in the wind.
Then came the third, fourth, fifth…
A dreadful aura, as if d*ath itself were shadowing them, quietly spread among the members of the Secret Society.
