Free Web NovelNight gradually fell over the gray, damp, and scarred city. The giant train lay like a mountain in the middle of the street, the black blood seeping from beneath its body mixing with the muddy water on the flagstones, as if it had long since died.
Its golden fur had faded to a rusty color, and the flesh beneath was decaying. Through the deep, bone-revealing ulcerated wounds in its chest cavity, one could even see its heart, which had stopped beating.
That enormous golden heart, even as the giant train's entire body was slowly decaying, still emitted a dazzling seven-colored light, reminiscent of the treasure rumored to be buried at the end of a rainbow, causing people to fall into madness.
Innumerable people and urban legend surrounded it, hacking and tearing at the huge body with axes, knives, hands, and teeth, as if pulling off even a small fragment would grant them wealth for a lifetime.
Then...
From the dim sky and the hazy gray mist, two blinding lights suddenly shone, and as the giant train's heart began to beat again, it let out a roar like thunder.
Wind surged, howling and erupting.
The giant train struggled to stand up, shaking its broken body. Along with screams, countless people and urban legend fell off like shaken-off lice.
It looked grimly in the direction of the station, raised its head, and let out its final long howl, like a lone wolf calling to its companions.
"Howl—!"
Accompanying its roar, the sky darkened, and a cold wind howled. Everyone in the city could clearly feel that an extremely cold night was coming.
As night gradually approached, an ominous aura silently rose from the dead silence, as if awakening from a deep sleep.
"Rumble—Rumble—Rumble—!"
Repeated loud noises came from underground. The ground cracked, and black flesh writhed, surging from the depths of the earth and merging with the corpses scattered everywhere.
Those who had met their doom chasing wealth were awakened by the giant train's roar. They gradually opened their eyes, absorbing the black flesh, transforming into vengeful spirits, thousands upon thousands, gathering in swarms.
Their terrifying bodies were covered in festering sores, and they let out greedy howls. As they howled, the black flesh around their bodies surged like liquid, forming golden armor and sharp weapons.
As a urban legend possessing the Power of a deity appearing in the form of a wicked wolf, the Big Boss naturally had its own "wolf pack."
"Roar—!"
The giant train roared again, like a command for an army, directing the "wolf pack" to pass through the city, step onto the wasteland, and launch a cruel hunt against Lu Yibei.
Just as Chatterbox Girl had said, even if the Big Boss fell back into despair, it would seek revenge on her in its final moments.
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The winding railway tracks extended from the Dream Come True Entertainment City station, disappearing into the golden wasteland where giant steel wreckage stood.
This vast and beautiful wasteland had a not-so-beautiful name—the Bone Burial Wasteland.
Legend has it that the skeletons of countless people who died chasing wealth are buried beneath it.
On the wasteland, Jiang Li, clad in silver-white armor, galloped, chasing a white figure in the sky, with Lu Yibei sitting steadily on her back.
Iron hooves trampled, splashing sparks on the railway tracks. Their figures galloped like the wind.
Her fiery red hair flowed in the wind, like a blazing banner.
Accompanied by the never-setting bloody sunset at the edge of the wasteland, she resembled a lonely knight rushing towards the end.
If there were an instrument nearby now, the secondary alarm would have sounded long ago, right? With this level of urban legend, the Calamity reaction has probably exceeded 30%...
If such Spiritual Energy fluctuations were to spread outside, the consequences would be unimaginable. Jiang Li thought, gazing towards the Dream Come True Entertainment City, pondering silently.
The number 30% might not seem too high, but according to the Night Watch's reports in recent years, even a urban legend that caused the destruction of a city had a Calamity reaction of only 43.2%.
I'm going to die. This time I'm really going to die, and I'm going to drag Jiang Li down with me.
I wonder if anyone from the Night Watch will come to collect my body after I die? If they come to collect my body and see me like this, will I still be able to enjoy the welfare cemetery?
I haven't even been in a relationship yet! I should have asked Liu Banxian for details about ghost marriages earlier. Lu Yibei's thoughts drifted aimlessly.
At critical moments, the style of the things she considered was always so peculiar.
Just then, the sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A light rain began to fall from the sky. The rain, carried by the cold wind, lashed fiercely against their fair faces, like blades cutting through.
"Boom—Boom—!"
The "wolf pack" ran from a distance. The heavy footsteps converged, rolling across the ground like muffled thunder.
In the distance, pairs of scarlet eyes emerged, a dense, vast expanse, like countless stars in the sky.
Looking down from a high altitude, a golden and black torrent surged from all directions, like a terrifying large hand gripping them, constantly tightening, tightening, until it squeezed out a pool of blood.
Jiang Li placed the A Hua she was holding in her arms onto her back, freeing her hands. A long saber materialized in her palm. Her gaze slightly narrowed, and she said to Lu Yibei in a low voice, "Something is coming, a lot..."
The sources of Spiritual Energy fluctuations coming from the distance were terrifyingly numerous, overwhelming her spiritual senses.
"Mm, it looks like the Big Boss has gone all out, mobilizing a whole regiment to gank us! Davai, we are surrounded by the enemy!"
"Are you scared?"
"Scared to death, but..." Lu Yibei nodded, saying seriously, "You just keep chasing that bird-man, and leave the rest to me."
After all, they're all coming for me. If worst comes to worst, at least I have to let you get away, right? Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly, unzipped her guitar case, pulled out Lingtai Pure Karma, and gripped it tightly in her hand.
"..." Silently, Jiang Li secretly glanced at Lu Yibei's profile. On that slightly childish face, she saw a chilling calmness, as if this life-threatening situation was not the first time she had experienced it.
Is she still the same Lu Yibei I knew who was scared to death?
What exactly did she go through during the time I was away?
Thinking this, Jiang Li said to Lu Yibei, "Don't push yourself..."
Before she could finish her sentence, a sharp shriek suddenly erupted.
Using the cover of the dry, yellow wasteland grass, which was taller than a person, a figure approached at an astonishing speed. A wicked wolf completely covered in golden armor suddenly pounced.
The next moment, a silver light poured from Jiang Li's hand. The long saber, without warning, blocked the trajectory of the wicked wolf's pounce.
But immediately after, she saw that the wicked wolf's sharp claws, as if melting, flexibly and skillfully Bypass her blade, shooting out like a snake spitting its tongue.
Jiang Li leaned back. The sharp claws brushed past her face. When she abruptly straightened up, her blade spun, slashing upwards from below, and with a shriek of colliding Spiritual Energy fluctuations, it tore apart the wicked wolf's body.
The Spiritual Energy fluctuation is not weak, and the attack method is a bit strange, but it seems not flexible enough...
After a brief exchange, Jiang Li quickly made a basic assessment of the combat strength of those wolf packs. While pondering, her peripheral vision glanced back at Lu Yibei, and she was slightly startled.
She was shrinking her head, holding a crystal bottle filled with glowing viscous liquid, trembling.
Jiang Li's mouth twitched. She said coldly, "Didn't you say you weren't scared?"
"Gulp—!"
Lu Yibei glanced at the restless wicked wolves, gently swallowed, and argued, "Scared? How could I be scared! I can beat a hundred of these ghosts!"
"But the terrible thing is, I'm afraid of dogs! When I was little, I stole persimmons from the neighbor's house and was chased and bitten..."
"That's a wolf," Jiang Li said faintly. "Can't you tell the difference between a wolf and a dog?"
"Oh, I was chased and bitten by a wolfdog..."
Jiang Li, "..."
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In the silence, another fierce wind howled. Her gaze narrowed, and she withdrew her attention from Lu Yibei, focusing back on the enemy in front of her.
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Just as Jiang Li and Lu Yibei were fighting the "wolf pack" summoned by the Big Boss.
Embroidery Ball in the sky witnessed this scene, secretly alarmed, and hurriedly contacted her Master through the dependent's mark.
Immediately after, Black Peony's voice sounded in Embroidery Ball's mind, "Oh? Embroidery Ball? How are things over there?"
"Reporting to Master, the situation seems a bit off. The Big Boss did not successfully break free and was also severely injured by Wang Bu Liu Xing through some method I don't know."
"Oh?" Black Peony pondered for a moment, then asked, "How is it now? Is it dead?"
"This..." Embroidery Ball paused before replying, "Sorry, Master, I don't know. I saw the Big Boss was about to break free and hurried back. The situation afterward was observed from a distance."
"However, I think it should still be alive. The pack of wolves formed from the corpses on the Bone Burial Wasteland and the flesh and blood of the blood and flesh tunnel is currently hunting Wang Bu Liu Xing."
"You mean the Big Boss used the power of the blood and flesh tunnel?" Black Peony said, her voice clearly more urgent.
"Yes, I dared to contact you precisely to inform you of this news immediately," Embroidery Ball said. freewebnoveℓ.com
"Heh! This is great!" Black Peony sneered, "I imagine the Jade Palace Immortal will be quite anxious and angry when he hears this news, right?"
In fact, the blood and flesh tunnels seen along the Dream Come True Journey were just the tip of the iceberg; the true blood and flesh tunnel is a "sea" of flesh and blood vast enough to envelop this entire enormous space.
It was created by the Big Boss and perfected by Black Peony and the Jade Palace Immortal, used to seal off the world's malicious influence, similar to a city barrier.
If the Big Boss had merely violated the contract by leaving first, causing the token medium to disappear and severing the hope of leaving this place, the Jade Palace Immortal might not have acted. But now, in order to take revenge on Lu Yibei, it has used the power of the blood and flesh tunnel, and the situation is completely different.
The Jade Palace Immortal doesn't want to leave here at all; he only wants to stay here, tinker with his poisons, and be his own local Emperor, and the foundation for all of this is the blood and flesh tunnel.
Whoever dares to interfere with the normal operation of the blood and flesh tunnel will pay the price!
"Embroidery Ball, come back first. If there's no danger, help Wang Bu Liu Xing out ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) on your way," Black Peony said faintly, "I need to go to the big pharmacy first, and then I'll go to the Entertainment City myself."
"That guy is probably in for trouble!"
Iron hooves thundered across the wasteland, echoing the terrifying roars from all around.
Nearly an hour had passed since the appearance of the "wolf pack." The difficulty of carving a bloody path through the pack was much higher than the two had anticipated.
Jiang Li's speed was getting slower and slower. Lu Yibei could feel that under the storm-like impact of the wolf pack, her silvery armor was already covered in deep and shallow wounds.
In the continuous battles, she realized her previous assessment of the "wolf pack's" strength was completely wrong. They were not just undead puppets fighting solely with brute force; they retained various methods from their lives, each different and emerging endlessly.
Among these evil spirits that had once died at the hands of the Big Boss, although most were cannon fodder-level small fry, there were also powerful urban legend whose Spiritual Energy fluctuations exceeded the usual A-Level standard.
Furthermore, those gold-armored evil spirits seemed completely unafraid of death and didn't care about losses. Even if they were cut in half, blown into pieces, or pulverized in the air, their successors would relentlessly launch merciless attacks, endlessly.
Logically speaking, the danger of such a battle was slightly less than the Plague Tai Sui's Night Parade of One Hundred Demons before, but this time Lu Yibei did not have the blessing of the earth vein aura.
Therefore, the "Lonely Knight," surrounded by the large army, moved slower and slower, as if trapped in a swamp of death...
Suddenly, a piercing scream almost burst her eardrums. A strong wind swept past the back of her head, making Lu Yibei tremble in surprise.
Immediately after, intense sounds of clashing weapons erupted behind her. Jiang Li seemed to be fighting some extremely powerful enemy. Within mere seconds, the sound of metal clashing rang out dozens of times, and the airwaves generated by the collision of Spiritual Energy fluctuations created ripples in the air.
Vaguely, Lu Yibei heard Jiang Li let out a muffled groan. Just as she was about to turn and check on her, she heard Jiang Li coldly shout.
"Don't look! Didn't we agree? I'll handle the front, and you handle the back."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei felt as if her heart was clutched by a small hand. Forcing back the urge to turn around, she raised the broken sword in her hand and swung it at the enemy charging from the front.
"QNMD, die!"
Accompanied by a low shout, crimson flames erupted from the blade, instantly burning the enemy to ashes.
Having temporarily cleared the enemies in front, and waiting until the sound of weapons behind her gradually stopped, Lu Yibei listened to Jiang Li's increasingly heavy panting, lowered her gaze for a moment, and then began to chatter.
"Don't you think we're a bit like an old movie called 'Thelma & Louise'? That movie is about two women who accidentally kill a criminal who attacked them, turn around and flee in panic, and thus embark on a road of no return."
"Never seen it. What happens to them in the end?" Jiang Li replied calmly, her breathing seeming a little shallow.
"..." Lu Yibei was silent for a moment, then shrugged, "It's alright."
In the movie's ending, the two protagonists drove their car into a canyon, choosing death.
Lu Yibei always felt that mentioning such an ending at this moment was a bit unlucky.
Just then, the ground suddenly trembled violently, as if something extremely huge was moving with a rumbling tremor. Jiang Li's steps faltered, and Lu Yibei subconsciously reached out to wrap her arms around her waist, but felt a patch of wet, sticky liquid.
Her heart tightened. She quickly raised her hand for a look and saw a patch of bright red.
"You're injured?!" Lu Yibei exclaimed in surprise.
"..." In silence, Jiang Li lowered her head and glanced at her armor, which was rolled up from her chest all the way to her back, and the bloody, mangled wound.
The fierce fighting, combined with having to protect A Hua, who had lost her combat ability, was too much of a burden for her.
"It's just a minor injury, not as bad as when I fought the Twilight Woman. If I go back and treat it, it won't even leave a scar."
She was telling the truth. When hunting the Twilight Woman, as a rookie operative, she was severely injured and almost died.
But...
"But these ghosts are like they can't be killed. Even if your injury isn't severe, if we keep fighting..." Lu Yibei stopped halfway, not daring to continue. She was worried she would jinx it.
By then, the two of them would only be able to "charge into the canyon" together.
Just then, the ground trembled violently again. The next moment, something broke through the soil and emerged from underground.
Tons of earth and rock were thrown into the sky. The railway tracks laid on the ground broke, emitting sharp, piercing sounds. In what felt like slowed-down time, a giant figure clad in golden armor, radiating a sense of apocalyptic oppression, appeared behind them, stretching its countless arms.
In an instant, an airwave swept out, as if the eye of a storm had suddenly appeared, sending the unsteady Jiang Li flying. In that moment, three figures arced through the air and crashed heavily onto the ground, dragging deep trails through the wild grass.
Lu Yibei struggled to get up, looking at the figure that bore a striking resemblance to the front of the giant train's engine, and cursed under her breath, "Damn it, I knew it! If there's something with many feet, there must be something with many hands. Otherwise, this thing is completely unbalanced!"
"It's a Strange Tale with the Power of the Hundred-Armed Giant..." Jiang Li explained, "Like you said, it should be related to the one that pulls the giant."
Lu Yibei turned her head to look at her. Only then did she see the hideous wounds on her body. After her gaze shifted several times, just as she was about to say something, she saw dense figures appearing all around them, completely surrounding them. freēwēbnovel.com
"What do we do now?" Jiang Li asked in a low voice.
Hearing this, Lu Yibei propped herself up with the broken sword, stood up, and slowly walked in front of her, blocking the gradually approaching gold-armored giant. Turning her head, she grinned, "What else can we do? In times of danger, ladies and children first. This is an excellent tradition of our Z Country!"
"What do you mean?" Jiang Li exclaimed in surprise, "You plan to go alone... Even so, I don't think I can leave, can I? Why don't we..."
"You can leave." Lu Yibei returned to her poker face and said to Jiang Li seriously, "Trust me, if you want to leave, you can. After all, they are all coming for me."
As she spoke, seeing Jiang Li open her mouth to argue, she quickly interjected, "Don't say silly things about leaving together. If you don't go, A Hua will have to die with you too."
"Don't even think about arguing. You should be very clear about this. Choose between two living or all three dying together!"
Jiang Li struggled to get up, settled A Hua, walked to Lu Yibei's side, and gripped the long saber in her hand, "Then let's die together. A Hua should respect my choice..."
Lu Yibei, "..."
