Free Web NovelChapter 438: Chapter 55: The Mysterious Pursuer
(Since the random boosts for the Silver Alliance cannot be used, the progress is 60/100.)
Red light arrows directly hit Bai Wu, and the scarlet flames symbolized his anger.
Although this was the Memory World, a world constructed of spiritual constructs, even here, there was real death.
Bai Wu coughed up a mouthful of blood.
His gaze locked on the vortex, ready to kill his opponent the moment they appeared.
But suddenly, many vortexes appeared, all facing Bai Wu, launching scarlet light arrows toward him.
Dozens of red light arrows came at Bai Wu, who waved his hand, and endless Karmic Fire formed a wall of flames, wrapping around him and Xiaoyugan.
The wall of flames, with its powerful devouring and burning abilities, absorbed all the dozens of light arrows.
"The mantis tries to stop the chariot," a deep voice came from the countless vortexes, making it difficult to discern its direction.
Bai Wu suddenly pushed Xiaoyugan away because a vortex crossed space directly, bypassed the wall of flames, and appeared in front of Bai Wu.
Even if his eyes foresaw this future, Bai Wu could avoid it in advance, but he could not avoid it while also carrying Xiaoyugan with him.
Once again, he took an arrow solidly.
Bai Wu’s anger intensified, and the Karmic Fire around him surged in seconds, his figure distorting within the flames.
The Pursuer in the vortex spoke again, this time with a hint of confusion:
"Emotions?"
The moment the words fell, a great vigilance surged in Bai Wu’s heart!
[Be careful!]
Prayle’s Eye conveyed an image to Bai Wu, which soon became reality—a massive amount of Karmic Fire, like endless anger personified.
Bai Wu was shocked; wasn’t this his own Karmic Fire?
Although he was startled, his reaction was not slow; as the flames swept through instantly, the wall of flames and the fire swirling around him both surged!
Fire met fire, and two terrifying blazes collided like two brawlers throwing fierce punches!
It was also in this moment that Bai Wu saw the note attached to the flames.
[Although it’s a copy, the power is not weaker than what you have shown. Do not get ’triggered’ again. Without being triggered, repel the enemy with a single strike!] freewebnøvel.com
Triggered?
Does it refer to the light arrow that just touched him? That arrow’s power was huge, but not fatal.
Could it be a medium for some kind of power-stealing ability?
Bai Wu instantly analyzed a possibility that was closest to the truth.
At the same time, a voice came from behind him.
"You... wait a moment! I won’t let you die. I’ll take you out of here!"
Xiaoyugan’s tone was anxious. She wanted to bully Bai Wu but didn’t want Bai Wu to be bullied.
To go to a place deep enough that the Pursuer couldn’t find them in a short time, even she would need a bit of time.
"Don’t be afraid, I can’t die. Just focus on your thing," Bai Wu said without looking back, as Prayle’s Eye watched the future unfold before his eyes.
Xiaoyugan was somewhat unwilling to accept it.
The son of the man she despised had grown so much, but she also felt happy that Bai Yuan’s son was protecting her.
She had once experienced a splitting of her soul; to her, Bai Wu was also split—one part the son of an enemy and one part the son of Bai Yuan.
As for why the enemy was an enemy, it was because her world only had Bai Yuan, and Bai Yuan was taken from her.
If the current scene were suitable for talking, she would again express her conflicting feelings.
But obviously, under the current circumstances, she needed to concentrate and get Bai Wu out of there.
As Bai Wu drove the Karmic Fire and his mind raced:
"Although I don’t know what Karmic Fire is, judging from its ability to burn the black matter of Jing Family Members, it must be a very powerful force of law. Yet, the enemy can replicate it..."
"Although there are many types of Flame, I can feel very clearly... that it is Karmic Fire."
"Prayle’s Eye mentioned not to be stimulated again, which means as long as his attack doesn’t touch me, my next attack should not be able to be replicated."
"Repel the enemy in one blow."
Before the opponent’s next round of attacks arrived, Bai Wu, relying on the future seen by Prayle’s Eye, had already thought of the best solution.
The Envy Greatsword was instantly unsealed, and he grasped the Envy in both hands while everything around him began to twist.
The entire space exhibited strange fluctuations. Xiaoyugan was shocked as well; the sons of their foe and Bai Yuan, could they really be so powerful?
The Pursuer hidden within the vortex exclaimed in surprise:
"What power is this? A law?"
Bai Wu certainly didn’t bother to explain. He only knew that if this strike didn’t kill the opponent, it would mean that the gap in strength between himself and this person was too great.
Back when he faced Jing Er, although he was completely no match for Jing Er, relying on the law of becoming the Well which he understood by devouring Well Water, he still caused Jing Er some injuries.
Now, executing this move again, especially under the enhancement of a weapon comparable to the genuine Seven Sins, its power was incomparably greater than before.
An extremely twisted path of the blade came crashing down!
This vast Memory World, under the terror of that power, was actually split by a massive ravine.
Within this ravine, Bai Wu felt as if he could see countless human memories intertwined, forming a complex and disordered world like that of a dream.
From different eras, different regions.
But soon... this world began to heal itself through the powerful force of the law.
However, Bai Wu’s slashing strike was far from over. The mighty power continued to destroy this world, countless vortices shattered in the distortion, extinguished within the twists.
After exhibiting the Power of the Well, Bai Wu almost completely lost his combat ability in the shelter.
And the rule of Envy was extremely simple: as a price for his own suffering, it robbed the opponent of their happiness.
Either the Envy or the Power of the Well, any one of these methods could plunge Bai Wu into a state of weakness where he was unable to fight.
Similarly, either one also possessed the power to destroy everything!
The terrifying attack compounded by both could even make Jing Er avoid its sharp edge.
And in this confined space, the world in front of Bai Wu was nothing but distortion.
In a daze, Bai Wu thought he heard his opponent’s agonized scream, but he truly had no strength left to finish the kill.
Clang, the greatsword dropped from his grasp to the ground.
Bai Wu’s legs gave out, his consciousness sank, and without knowing whether the opponent had been repelled, he fainted from extreme exhaustion.
In front of Bai Wu, where the distortion had dispersed, there was only emptiness... All the vortices had vanished, even the presence of the Pursuer had disappeared.
Whether he was dead or had escaped was still unknown.
Xiaoyugan looked thoughtfully at the collapsed Bai Wu on the ground.
"Good at fighting, but must be a bit dumb."
In Xiaoyugan’s view, Bai was responsible for thinking, K for action; if someone was good at physical confrontation, then their mind surely wasn’t too sharp.
Lucky for Bai Wu, he didn’t hear this.
"But being able to inflict injury on that person... is not ordinary skill."
"So not ordinarily dumb either; she really is a stupid woman, just like that."
Xiaoyugan held Bai Wu’s hand in her left and touched the Envy Greatsword with the fingertips of her right hand as she muttered to herself.
At the same time, a huge vortex enveloped them, and the surrounding environment began to change.
...
...
When Bai Wu opened his eyes, he lay on a chair.
Looking around, Bai Wu found himself in a courtyard.
The courtyard of a Manor.
The manor’s grand building was quite imposing, leading Bai Wu to immediately think of the renowned Wayne Building.
Especially since on either side of the manor stood three separate villas, which made Bai Wu stare in surprise:
"Violet’s manor?"
A somewhat burly man poured him a cup of tea. freēwebnovel.com
"You’re awake."
Bai Wu was familiar with the man but, looking at him as he was seven hundred years earlier, Bai Wu felt somewhat unfamiliar.
[That’s right, it’s the owner of the manor. Although he won’t be in the future, he still is now. Don’t be surprised that he doesn’t look very fat because at this time, he doesn’t eat humans yet.]
Zhong Xu...
But that’s not right... If Zhong Xu were alive in 2094, he should just be a child.
Has the timeline changed?
Where’s Xiaoyugan?
"You’re awake."
Just as Bai Wu was feeling confused, Xiaoyugan appeared.
Seeing Xiaoyugan, Zhong Xu consciously left.
Xiaoyugan, carrying food, hurried towards Bai Wu and then sat opposite him:
"Eat something, for your brain."
"What the heck?" Bai Wu was stunned.
"You’re dumb, you need to nourish your brain." Xiaoyugan responded seriously.
Bai Wu couldn’t keep up with her line of thinking. But when this woman called him dumb, he didn’t bother to explain, just took it as... well, as respecting his elder.
"How do you know about this place?"
"In your memory... this place is most suitable for rest. The yard is large, there’s plenty of good food, and at this timeline, the pursuers won’t find me right away."
"Are you sure this is the best place to rest?"
"Why are you so dull? It must be bad genes, no, your genes are good, wait... your genes are bad... that’s not right, your genes are good..."
Xiaoyugan became confused. Should she say Bai Wu’s genes are good or bad?
Watching Xiaoyugan, Bai Wu couldn’t help but find it a little funny. He composed his thoughts and guessed the situation.
Since Zhong Xu had become the head of a household, it must be some day before Violet was harmed.
This family had not yet torn their relationship apart and still maintained a façade of peace.
At this time, Zhong Xu just liked to toy with women and enjoy good food but had not yet reached that amoral "complete form."
It must have been Xiaoyugan’s arrival and the display of certain abilities that made Zhong Xu extremely respectful.
But this isn’t history, just a copy of the Memory World.
Bai Wu now had many questions, thanks to the recent battle where he seemed to have gained some trust from "Little Mom."
But this Little Mom really didn’t know how to speak.
Praising while scolding and with a deadpan face at that, leaving Bai Wu with no room for retort.
"The one who attacked you... has he been killed by me?"
Thinking of that enemy who could duplicate his Karmic Fire, Bai Wu furrowed his brow.
Right now, he had absolutely no strength left, and he was certainly in no condition for battle.
Xiaoyugan shook her head, looked around subconsciously, but didn’t seem as fearful as before:
"He’s injured, not dead."
He didn’t die from that?
The power of that blade strike, Bai Wu himself wouldn’t dare to face directly, and that man had seemingly taken it head-on, yet he unbelievably survived.
"Has he been relentlessly pursuing you?"
"Yes, but they rarely find me. I’m very scared of him, he’s so clumsy, he can’t find me."
Xiaoyugan always could express all sorts of contradictory emotions without any turnabout.
The Memory World was indeed a labyrinth, but the fact that I found Xiaoyugan and then the Hunter found her was clearly no coincidence.
Bai Wu was very curious about who this person was, but he asked other questions first:
"Why don’t you let K protect you? He should be able to, right?"
"K is dead... He’s just a memory, and memories can’t defeat that person. I miss K so much, but I’m too ashamed to see him... I want to see him, I don’t want to see him..."
Xiaoyugan’s emotions were very genuine, clearly written on her face, but they also seemed somewhat muddled.
Bai Wu understood.
Although the Memory World restored many scenes from people’s memories, as beings of memory, they definitely couldn’t be as powerful as real people.
Beings of memory did possess not insignificant combat abilities, but for Xiaoyugan and the Pursuer, they would probably both overwhelmingly overpower beings of memory with the rules.
Bai Wu then thought of the most critical issue—Jing San was trapped in this area; how could the Pursuer keep up the relentless pursuit?
From the Pursuer’s earlier attacks, Bai Wu didn’t believe this person had the power of Jing San, and might not even possess that of Jing Wu.
However, the Pursuer never showed himself, hiding in the vortex. Bai Wu also had no idea what the Pursuer’s abilities were.
He could only speculate based on the earlier battle:
"Because that person possesses the same abilities as you?"
"Partially..." Xiaoyugan subconsciously touched her wrist.
Bai Wu roughly understood.
This person had once touched, or rather injured Xiaoyugan, and the wound was on her wrist, thereby obtaining part of Xiaoyugan’s abilities?
Just like when I was hit by an arrow, the other party also gained the power of Karmic Fire. Such power, being so rare and originating from the Inner World’s emotions, was supposed to be impossible to replicate.
Luckily, there were no further touches, and after transforming into a being of the Well with a single slash, the other party could not possibly replicate it.
"Who is this person?"
"Who is your mother? Is she pretty? Is she... more useful than me?" Xiaoyugan didn’t answer Bai Wu’s question.
Now, for Bai Wu, she seemed no longer interested in killing him since Bai Wu had saved her life.
But that didn’t mean that her dislike for Bai Wu’s mother had also disappeared.
Bai Wu forced a smile:
"You might not believe it, but I’ve never seen her... at least I don’t remember..."
"No wonder... she’s not in your memories. So you don’t have a mom," Xiaoyugan said calmly.
A twitch appeared at the corner of Bai Wu’s eye; this little devil’s way of speaking could really make one’s blood pressure rise more than The First Generation’s.
"But you must have a mother... otherwise who would have given birth to you with Bai Yuan?"
"I don’t know."
"Aren’t you curious?"
"Curious, but it’s pointless. I also don’t want to ask Bai Yuan."
What Bai Wu said was true; what if his mother, in Bai Yuan’s eyes, was also just a tool?
The outcome for that woman was probably very grim.
His fists involuntarily clenched a little tighter as Xiaoyugan spoke:
"Why doesn’t Bai Yuan want to see me... What are you looking for in coming to see me?"
"I won’t answer the first question. You can think about that yourself later. As for the reason I came to see you, I just mentioned it—the person who’s been pursuing you, who exactly is it?"
"You eat first. I remember you like eating. I was originally going to poison you, make you vomit and have diarrhea. You’re not a bad person, so I won’t poison you," Xiaoyugan said seriously.
Bai Wu couldn’t help but have a bitter smile. This woman really couldn’t lie, but at least she had learned how to change the subject.
Bai Wu realized that both times he brought up who the Pursuer was, Xiaoyugan changed the subject.
"Okay, I’ll eat first, but you must tell me who the Pursuer is, and you’re not allowed to change the subject."
