Lie Fu felt his scalp tingle and tighten, and his whole body was filled with the panic of being targeted by a wild beast. After several brushes with death, he knew that he had been attacked and did not even have time to fight back or defend himself.
Who wants to die when they can live!
Even though it was to no avail, Lie Fu still instinctively waved the fan in his hand.
However, a dark shadow descended from the sky, lunging directly at his face and interrupting his movements.
Lie Fu stood there dumbfounded, the usually clever boy blankly letting the dark shadow pierce through his body, the cold and ethereal touch feeling as if it were kissing a ghost.
Everything happened so fast it was frightening.
The chilling sense of crisis vanished silently as I shivered all over, replaced by an extremely dejected and lonely feeling.
The boy, his eyes glazed, touched his forehead. His breath, which had been catching in his throat, slowly returned to normal. He turned his head away, then turned back in disbelief to rub his eyes. He mustered his courage and turned his head back again to confirm.
Her eyes immediately reddened, and her throat tightened with emotion.
A black-clad stranger, half a head taller than him, stood close behind him. Despite the flashing lightning that made him tremble and the overflowing thunder dragon, he remained steadfast and unyielding, a towering figure who sheltered him from the wind and rain.
The hunting was breathtaking.
Not to mention the Gate of Reincarnation, even in ordinary social systems, good people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for strangers are extremely rare.
Gazing at the other man's imposing back, obscuring his face, he inexplicably recalled a text he had learned in elementary school—'The Back of My Father'. He had been deeply moved when he studied that text, thinking that if he had a father who would work tirelessly for him, he would definitely love and take good care of him.
"Oh my god, Lie Fu, you cried! Hahaha, when did you become such a coward!"
Once Kuroko Hana, who was sitting in the tree, saw that her friend was no longer in danger, she immediately started mocking him, slapping her thigh and laughing so hard that she almost slipped off the tree several times.
Du Jun, having followed the direction of the attack the moment the danger was over, did not see this scene at all.
The girl, who was initially nervous, looked around blankly. She noticed that the two rotting monsters were very wary of the lightning and were hiding behind a tree, refusing to get close. She even rolled her eyes at Kuroko.
Making fun of your friends like that will definitely lead to retaliation.
As he laughed, Hei Zishan shut up because he realized that his friend hadn't fought back. He just kept his head down, tears streaming down his face, and soon a small patch of mud at his feet was wet.
Hei Zishan gasped and absentmindedly told Cheng Shuang, "I'll go take a look."
"I'll go too."
"No, there's still danger. If you stay in the tree, you can help us scout the situation."
While refusing, Hei Zishan lifted the little girl and placed her on a higher branch of the tree. Then, without waiting for her reply, he quickly slid down the tree and ran towards Lie Fu.
Hei Zishan was really anxious. He and Lie Fu grew up together. Back then, Lie Fu lived a very hard life but never shed a tear. He was always smiling and was more ruthless than anyone else.
I never expected this! I never expected this!
Kuroko's concern was partly due to her own anxieties, but watching her friends have a good time was another part of her motivation.
When he discovered that Lie Fu was crying so unceremoniously, he instinctively pulled out his phone from his storage space and snapped several pictures.
Cheng Shuang, forced to hide in a tree and afraid to move: Hehehe, just waiting for Brother Hei Zi Shan to be slaughtered!
Hei Zishan was unaware that there was a young girl waiting to see him make a fool of himself. After confirming that Lie Fu was unharmed, she circled around the man who was standing close behind Lie Fu and switched to friendly mode.
"Big brother, hello, you're such a good person! You can call me Heizi or Shanzi, thank you for saving my good-for-nothing companion..." Heizi Shanzi suppressed his talkative nature, saying a few words and then looking up at the face hidden under the black cloak, but no matter how he tried to talk to him, the other party remained silent.
He scratched his head and chuckled awkwardly, "You really do good deeds anonymously! Otherwise, I'd pull my companion away so as not to take up your time!"
This is the most important sentence.
Although it was somewhat heartless—the man in the black cloak was still crackling with lightning—he must have had the ability to protect himself if he chose to save people. Otherwise, why would he risk his life for someone he had no relatives or friends with?
That's precisely why people are so wary of it.
Because the other party's motives are unclear, there's a fear that they might be plotting something they can't repay.
Kuroko Han may appear carefree and nonchalant, but she is not without cunning; otherwise, she would have died at the Gate of Reincarnation long ago.
He could tell that Lie Fu was not in a good state, especially since the two of them could not be separated, which clearly meant that he had been infected.
If the man in the black cloak hadn't remained silent and hadn't made any attempt to ingratiate himself, he would have suspected something sinister—who knows if the man in the black cloak had secretly attacked Lie Fu, then deliberately performed a heroic act of saving innocent civilians to win their gratitude and make them willingly become his cannon fodder when in danger.
Innocent, Helpful, and Common People: Waaah, so heartbreaking! I want to cry so badly. I don't want to part with my benefactor. The thought of never seeing my benefactor again makes me want to cry even more! Waaah!
Lost in his own grief, Lie Fu ignored Hei Zi Shan's incessant nagging in his ear.
Hei Zishan had done his best. He thought that if he got hit, he might be able to wake up Lie Fu's senses by muttering a few words. But just as he was about to go over and pull him away, Lie Fu slapped him away, grabbed his big T-shirt, bent over, and started blowing his nose.
"Holy crap!" Hei Zishan froze, feeling inexplicably sad.
When Du Jun ran back, he saw three people who seemed to have frozen in place automatically forming a triangle, motionless. He glanced at them twice and then ignored them, going straight to the tree, opening his arms and saying, "Come down."
The little girl gave a sweet "oh," quickly climbed down the tree, and nimbly jumped into the older boy's arms.
Du Jun put her down on the ground, took her hand, and asked, "Has the Zangzang Monster been hiding in the air the whole time?"
“Yes!” Cheng Shuang nodded. “I saw that Brother Lie Fu was in danger, so I tried to have it intercept him.” The little girl sorted out her thoughts. “The Sang Sang Monster said that it couldn’t do anything if it attacked with a physical object. Fortunately, it used lightning.”
The little girl's voice sounded a bit dejected, "But lightning can hurt the zombie monster. It's injured and needs to rest!"
“It’s alright!” Du Jun said softly, understandingly. “Liefu will thank it.”
At this point, the little girl shrank back, clearly feeling guilty.
When the monster is injured, it can't suppress its skills, which is why Liefu lost control of her emotions and triggered negative feelings. If it weren't for the fact that her master is relatively weak, which makes the monster less powerful, Liefu wouldn't just be sobbing, but would have suffered from severe depression and despairingly bid farewell to the world.
This is also why the monster doesn't move; if it moves, the range of its skills going out of control will expand.
Upon closer inspection, Du Jun noticed that the Sang Sang Monster was constantly sighing, but the sound was so faint as to be almost inaudible. That's why the Sang Sang Monster, with its changed size and 'silent nature,' hadn't been recognized by Kuroko Fan, who wasn't very familiar with it to begin with.
Lie Fu was thoroughly affected and was in a state of dementia.
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