"Hey, look at that in the sky, what's that?!"
"So many monsters!"
"A mutant! It's a mutant! A mutant that kills people! Run!"
"Huh? Why can't I move!"
Among the densely packed souls, some began to notice the spiders climbing the webs above.
They screamed and tried to escape, but found that their bodies seemed to be imprisoned, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not move an inch.
"You'd better come back quickly! If you don't come, my son might get violent towards them."
“My son’s killing intent attack can sever the soul.”
Ye Linwan put her hands in front of her mouth to act as a megaphone and shouted at Brown in the distance.
Brown was in a terrible dilemma. There were tens of millions of people packed together. If they were real people, he might not hesitate to save them.
But at this point, they are merely souls. Whether they can be saved is one thing, but what good would it do if they were saved? That's another matter entirely.
His rational mind told him that this was just a little trick by the other side to keep him around.
What we should really be doing now is to quickly reunite with Lei Yong and the others, and work together to defeat them.
That's right, we can capture Ye Linwan and Ye Qing and force them to release these souls.
This is the best choice!
A sharp, murderous aura slashed down, instantly creating a crescent-shaped gap in the densely packed crowd.
With just one strike, tens of thousands of souls were shattered.
Brown was taken aback.
In that brief moment of distraction, those screaming souls simultaneously began to be stretched and twisted.
Ye Linwan was like a black hole, and the souls that he had released began to be absorbed by her like a tide.
Unlike her release, these souls did not seem to be stored, but rather absorbed into her body, as if they were transformed into her power.
The constantly elongated soul swirled around Ye Linwan, forming a towering black tornado in the dim world.
"Help--!"
"Ouch—!"
"what is going on!!!"
The wails and howls of countless souls sounded like music from the underworld to please the wicked. Accompanied by the tornado formed by souls before him, even the well-informed Brown was momentarily stunned.
His brain started working frantically.
What is she trying to do?
Is it absorbing power?
Countless thoughts and speculations swirled in Brown's mind, and for a moment he was quite confused about what the mother and son in front of him wanted to do.
In an instant!
A chilling killing intent rushed towards him, and by the time Brown came to his senses, Ye Qing's jagged, dark purple blade was already at his neck.
"Idiot! You don't even understand feints!"
Ye Qing laughed wildly, as if victory was already upon him.
Brown strained his mental energy to the limit, focusing all his attention on Ye Qing's blade.
With all his might, he leaned back, and the blade, sharp enough to sever his head, grazed his neck.
At that moment, he saw Ye Qing's horrified expression.
A smug grin immediately appeared on his face, practically screaming, "Just a little bit more!"
Pfft—!
"Why?"
The sound of flesh being pierced rang in Brown's ears. At the same time, he felt a numbness in his chest, accompanied by a strong sense of something foreign.
He rolled his eyes and looked down at his chest, where a spider leg, entwined with darkness and soul, pierced through his chest and was still dripping blood.
At this moment, Ye Linwan stood behind Brown, her entire body covered with a layer of constantly changing soul patterns.
The scene was entirely crimson, with several faintly visible souls swirling around.
“Oh, I see…” Brown suddenly realized.
Ye Linwan was indeed accumulating power at that time, which should be her symbiotic ability.
Threatening him with his soul as a hostage and killing a portion of his soul in front of him were all ways to keep him alive and buy time for Ye Linwan to absorb power.
Worried that he would discover Ye Linwan's true intentions, Ye Qing pretended to be trying to launch a feint attack on him.
He made himself mistakenly believe that Ye Linwan was doing all this so that Ye Qing could take advantage of the situation to attack.
The real killer move, however, is Ye Linwan.
"You two, mother and son... are so in sync..."
"Of course, unlike you who has no mother or child~" Ye Qing's eyes were full of smugness and teasing.
The other spider leg behind him slowly rose, aiming at Brown's head, ready to deliver the final blow.
Brown in front of him moved suddenly, without the slightest hesitation, and stepped forward to pull out the spider leg that had pierced his chest cavity.
Ye Qing had anticipated this, and raised his knife to chop straight down at his head, while Ye Linwan's other spider leg also pierced through.
Faced with attacks from both sides, Brown stretched out his hands and used his body to catch the two attacks aimed at him.
At the very moment of grabbing, he twisted his body, using a skillful technique to deflect the attack away from him.
Upon seeing this, Ye Qing's eyes flashed with surprise, followed by a cold laugh.
With a sudden burst of force, the blade gripped by the other person spun around as Ye Qing slashed at an odd angle.
Brown's hand was chopped off from his palm all the way down to his forearm, splitting into two pieces.
Brown's expression froze, and a 'door' hurriedly unfolded beneath his feet, falling inside under the force of gravity.
The door closed, and Brown disappeared completely from the mother and son's sight.
"I give up, they didn't kill him!"
"That's so strange, what method did he use just now?" Ye Linwan was clearly surprised by Brown's response.
"That's Wumenshan, a self-defense technique from the Body School, similar to the Tai Chi principle of using minimal force to overcome great strength."
"Hehe, but I've fought against all the sects in Wumen Mountain. As soon as he makes a move, I know how to deal with him."
"Although we didn't kill him, he lost an arm and was stabbed by you, Mom. He's probably heading towards Lei Yong's place now. Let's go after him!"
"Alright! Let's go!"
The two of them transformed into two afterimages once again, speeding towards Lei Yong's direction.
...
The light rain dripped gently onto the ground, quickly forming small puddles on the desolate land.
A man covered in blood was reflected in the clear puddle.
Drops of blood fell into the puddle, turning the clear water red.
Brown covered his chest, which had been roughly treated but was still dripping blood, with his left hand, while his right hand was crudely stitched together with needle and nails.
His legs felt like they were filled with lead, and every step was extremely difficult.
His cloudy eyes stared blankly at the constantly changing scenes in front of him.
[Room]...Reality... [Room]...Reality...
He kept using his ability to move at high speed, while Brown seemed to become numb to the dazzling alternations.
"It seems we're almost there..."
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