Free Web NovelIn the dead silence, beams of flame light pierced down, tearing everything apart.
The large mountain where the Fusang Divine Tree was located, now just an empty shell, suddenly collapsed under the impact of the intense Spiritual Energy beams, as if crushed by an invisible giant hand. Rocks were suddenly scattered out, splashing in all directions.
The torrent of Spiritual Energy fluctuations seemed to condense into substance, sweeping through the mountains and forests with scorching wind. Giant rocks that had stood in the mountains for countless years rolled over, all the trees were pulled out of the soil, tumbling wildly, and before they could even ignite, traces of carbonization appeared.
Above the mountains and forests engulfed in raging flames, countless Cranes born from the decayed trunk of the Fusang Divine Tree scattered in all directions, centered around Taoyuan.
However, just as their figures approached the edge of Taoyuan's core area, the Taoyuan army led by Turtle Elder and a host of Ju Meng's dependents began to act.
War had begun.
Without any verbal encouragement or guidance, all the Psychic and urban legend spontaneously threw themselves into the slaughter.
Flocks of Magpies, enveloped in emerald green light, soared into the sky, shrieking as they pounced on the oncoming Cranes.
Streaks of light formed by Spells and innate abilities, trailing brilliant tail flames, rose into the sky, constantly exploding among the flocks of Cranes like celebratory cannons welcoming the Spring Festival.
Bits of light fell from the sky, flames blooming like flowers.
Wails, shouts, and the roar of explosions, various sounds overlapped, transforming into a grand and cruel battle song.
Just as Turtle Elder had said to Ju Meng, they would not let a single Crane fly out of Taoyuan!
Deep within Taoyuan.
Amidst the earth-shattering roar, the Fusang Divine Tree fell apart, yet its remains still stood tall, its crown verdant, peach blossoms blooming in the fierce flames, and then withering.
The scattered petals instantly transformed into magnificent Magpies, swiftly pouncing on the Cranes rising from below.
Patches of black feathers drifted down from mid-air, instantly bursting into crackling sparks under the high-temperature burning.
At the top of the tree crown, Ju Meng's body was already severely damaged.
Under the bombardment of the city barrier, a large amount of flesh and blood disappeared from her chest, abdomen, and left leg. At the edges of her collapsing body, tissues continuously turned into tiny fragments and flew away, yet there was not a single drop of blood.
Like a smashed plaster cast, within the dark, hollow abdominal cavity, the core of the urban legend body, already contaminated with the aura of corruption, shone with emerald green light, wrapped in tumor-like malicious flesh.
Highly condensed Spiritual Energy, shrouded in the emerald green light, flowed out from the core of the urban legend body as if being meticulously extracted, slowly merging into a festive vermilion red light cluster. As the thread-like light converged within it, the light gradually grew stronger.
The old Power was dying, and a new Power was stirring.
Below Ju Meng, a large amount of dark red flesh and blood was attached to the massive and incomplete root system of the Fusang Divine Tree. At the lowest point of the root system, a colossal creature, whose form resembled a building, finally revealed itself.
It stopped its metamorphosis in the grand flames, slowly unfolded its not-yet-fully developed wings, and burst forth with golden light all over, attempting to break free from Ju Meng's restraint.
Accompanied by violent tremors, tumor-like growths resembling scales on the thick trunk exploded one after another, from which flew out flocks of deformed and mutated Cranes.
"You dog thing, with me here, you still want to run?!"
A sharp cry came from above. Ju Meng endured the immense pain and strenuously swung her arms.
In an instant, countless tree phantoms formed by combining earth vein energy and Power, mixed with the ongoing city barrier bombardment, formed a "storm" of destruction that crashed down, leaving tragic and hideous wounds on its body.
Amidst the violent roar, the massive body fell into the crimson "lake" formed by melted rock, and struggled to lift its head.
The moment she met its gaze, Ju Meng was suddenly stunned.
In that pair of clear golden eyes, she actually saw a complex emotion.
Like a newborn opening its eyes to look at the world for the first time, its pupils were filled with confusion and curiosity, and a hint of questioning.
It questioned Ju Meng, asking why it had just been born only to immediately face destruction.
Just as Ju Meng was momentarily stunned, countless sharp-edged crystal pillars appeared on its body, soaring into the sky, piercing towards the sky like god-slaying spears.
Piercing towards Ju Meng's broken body...
When the light of the Tang City barrier spilled over the depths of Taoyuan, it was as if tens of thousands of tons of high explosives were ignited simultaneously. Even from several kilometers away, one could clearly see that dazzling and scorching light, and the hot wind hitting one's face felt as hot as being near a furnace.
The earth trembled, and a massive amount of Spiritual Energy in the air fiercely rubbed and collided, producing a rustling sound in one's ears, like the static from a poor connection, or like something being rubbed hard against one's ear.
Just gazing at the intense light in the depths of Taoyuan gave one a faint feeling of dizziness, as if the brain were lacking oxygen, with strange and colorful phantoms dancing before one's eyes.
Finally, the delayed whistling sound suddenly erupted, stinging everyone's eardrums, like steel needles being drilled into the brain from the ears and stirred violently, bringing immense pain.
The bombardment from the Tang City barrier lasted for about three minutes.
These short three minutes, not even enough time to steep a bowl of instant noodles, were sufficient to inflict devastating damage on the entire core area of Taoyuan.
Lu Yibei gazed blankly in the direction of Taoyuan, her eyes illuminated by the firelight, with a complex expression.
As an organization established to deal with urban legend, it was natural for the Night Watch to possess such "weapons." However, seeing such a scene for the first first time, she couldn't help but feel shocked and subtly worried that similar "weapons" might one day be used against her.
Under this level of attack, could Smelly Girl really survive?
She shouldn't have lied to me, right?
Lu Yibei was thinking this when Bai Kai walked up and gently patted her shoulder.
"Xiao Bei, don't be afraid. Special weapons like the Tang City barrier, even for the Night Watch, take a lot of time to establish. Without Ju Meng's tacit approval, it would have been impossible to build."
I couldn't possibly have guessed what Xiao Bei was thinking wrong this time, could I?
Providing spiritual comfort at a crucial moment, wasn't that the meaning of being a godfather? Bai Kai thought.
That's [N O V E L I G H T] right, he had indeed guessed part of Lu Yibei's thoughts this time, but...
Lu Yibei glanced at Bai Kai out of the corner of her eye and said seriously, "Shui Ge, you say this kind of spectacle is probably hard to hide now, right? How is the Night Watch going to explain this later?"
"..."
You were silent for so long, just pondering this question?
Bai Kai's mouth twitched. It took him a while to catch his breath before he patiently began to explain to Lu Yibei.
Who told Xiao Bei she wanted to know?
"You can rest assured about this. As early as when the Tang City barrier began to be constructed, the Night Watch had already made preparations."
"If you search online for Taoyuanli Scenic Area now, you can see articles from a certain geological survey team back then about the existence of a large dormant volcano within Taoyuan. And the large and small hot springs that exist around Tang City year-round can also indirectly increase the credibility of this point."
"A dormant volcano, suddenly erupting, causing disaster and a series of strange phenomena. It's quite reasonable, isn't it?"
A volcanic eruption? The Night Watch is really good at fabricating stories... Lu Yibei nodded thoughtfully.
There indeed existed dormant volcanoes and many hot springs around Tang City, and even Tang City's famous scenic spot, Jianquan, had the nickname "Hot Spring."
However, that dormant volcano shouldn't be deep within Taoyuan.
Lu Yibei thought this and turned to look at Bai Kai, saying, "Shui Ge, things are over here. I still have other things to do, so I won't keep you company any longer."
"Do you want to go find your old flame first?"
"Old flame..." Hearing Lu Yibei mention Inspector Xing Yuan, Bai Kai was momentarily speechless. He turned his head to look in the direction where Inspector Xing Yuan was in the distance, and his body shivered slightly.
He vaguely felt that in that direction, there was an eye casting a cold gaze towards him.
You, the dignified King of Hua City Gigolos, when did you become so weak? Lu Yibei looked at Bai Kai and shook her head with a look of disdain.
The subordinate position in the family, Shui Ge!
Forget it, we kids are too lazy to bother with you Adults' matters.
Now... I'm going to kill someone.
Lu Yibei thought this, her gaze deepening. In her scarlet eyes, there seemed to be a bloodthirsty light flickering.
On the other side.
Inspector Xing Yuan watched Bai Kai, her gaze sharp.
Just as she was contemplating finding Bai Kai to have a good talk with him after the operation to encircle and suppress members of illegal Spiritual Energy organizations was over, to find out why he disobeyed orders and ran to Tang City, the bao sang cang xiao badge on her chest suddenly trembled.
After lightly touching the badge with her fingertip, Jin Jiao's voice sounded in her ear. freewebnσvel.cøm
"Superintendent Adult, the situation is not good. After the Tang City barrier entered a cooling state, too many Psychic and urban legend took the opportunity to flood into Tang City. We can't hold them back anymore!"
Hearing this, Inspector Xing Yuan frowned, looking at the depths of the valley covered in corpses, and said in a deep voice, "Even if you can't hold on, you have to. We'll be there to support you in thirty minutes."
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"Roar—!"
Before Jin Jiao could finish speaking, a piercing roar sounded, and his voice came to an abrupt halt.
"Hiss—!"
The roar stung her eardrums. Inspector Xing Yuan subconsciously covered her ears and took a sharp breath.
"..."
Although the situation sounded a bit bad, but...
Jin Jiao and the others should be fine, right? Inspector Xing Yuan thought.
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Within the Taoyuanli Scenic Area, at the peak of Queqiao Mountain.
Miss Rabbit watched from a distance as Lu Yibei led a group of members from illegal spiritual energy organizations into the Night Watch's ambush and massacre, she curled her lip and murmured, "Heh, as expected, a Witch Seed urban legend."
Suo E, who had just returned after detecting the situation inside Taoyuan, heard her muttering to herself and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with the Witch Seed?"
Miss Rabbit glanced at Suo E out of the corner of her eye and said indifferently, "Showing beauty to this world, but also..."
"What does that have to do with you?" Suo E interrupted.
Miss Rabbit, "..."
Damn it! I haven't finished speaking yet? Besides, am I not beautiful?
"You'd best not talk to me for the next week," Miss Rabbit said coldly.
Otherwise, I might not be able to resist beating you! She added in her heart.
"A week?" Suo E pondered for a moment, looked at Miss Rabbit, and said seriously, "Can it be five days?"
"..."
Miss Rabbit's heart softened for 0.1 seconds, then she said with a somber expression, "No."
After a pause, she still couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked again, "However, why five days?"
Is it because a week is too long and you can't bear it?
Hmph, even if you can't bear it, I won't soften my heart. This is punishment!
"Oh," Suo E replied, saying seriously, "When I was detecting the situation in the depths of Taoyuan just now, I discovered some special circumstances. I have to report it to the Elder Council later, and it will take five days to go and come back."
"Absolutely!" Miss Rabbit said through gritted teeth, turning back to look at Suo E, but found that Berses, who had gone with him to detect, had not returned. She was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "Where is that guy?"
Suo E, "..."
"Didn't that guy Berses go with you? Why hasn't he come back?" Miss Rabbit asked again.
Suo E, "..."
"I'm asking you a question!"
"On the way back, he said he found some kind of experimental subject and chased after it with an excited look on his face," Suo E said expressionlessly.
"Also, you just said not to talk to you for the next five days, but you keep trying to talk to me. This is very troublesome."
Miss Rabbit, "..."
She was silent, took several deep breaths, and only then managed to restrain the murderous desire that surged in her heart.
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Misfortune is what fortune leans on, fortune is where misfortune lurks.
Suolang Baima originally thought that he had keenly sensed the hidden meaning in the words of "Gu Qianqian's" companion, avoided the Night Watch's encirclement, and escaped, and was secretly rejoicing in his heart.
However, when he retreated towards the outside of Taoyuan, he found that it didn't seem to be because he was exceptionally clever, or blessed by heaven, but rather someone had deliberately done it.
When Suolang Baima retreated several kilometers away from Jinchan Rock, he realized he was being followed.
Following him was a young girl in silver armor, holding a long saber. Her face couldn't be seen through the face mask, but through the gap in the mask, he could see the eyes filled with strong killing intent.
The girl wanted to kill him.
Suolang Baima, who had experienced countless life-and-death battles, felt the intense hatred emanating from the girl, a determination to kill him even if it meant mutual destruction.
This kind of enemy is always the most terrifying. They don't seek wealth or fame, they just want you dead.
However, there are many people who want to kill me, what are you? Suolang Baima thought, shouting at the girl.
"Come on! Do it, Little Girl, let me see what you've got!"
The girl stared at Suolang Baima, as if she hadn't heard him at all, just followed silently, maintaining a distance of about twenty meters, dragging her long saber on the ground, making a slight chilling sound.
Suolang Baima tried to attack her proactively, but she would use her speed, which was superior to his, to pull away.
Suolang Baima unfolded his Spirit Mark and sprinted with all his might, trying to shake off the girl, but she would quickly catch up.
Unable to bear it any longer, Suolang Baima stared fiercely at the girl and roared, "Come on, kill me! Avenge your father, mother, siblings, or lover!"
Suolang Baima didn't know why the girl held such intense hatred towards him, but in his opinion, it was nothing more than harming someone important to her.
In his lifetime, countless souls had died under his blade. The faces of most of them had long faded from his memory, how could he match them one by one?
However...
Facing Suolang Baima's provocation, the girl still followed silently.
She was like a silent silver-white ghost, with a vague shadow of death, wandering around Suolang Baima.
He didn't know what kind of hatred she carried, or when she would swing the long saber in her hand, as if he could never get rid of her in his life.
Suolang Baima's spirit was constantly under strong pressure from the girl's strange behavior, making him feel uneasy.
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During the time she was following Suolang Baima, Jiang Li wanted to rush up and kill him every minute and every second.
Lu Ming, to her, was the only ray of light that had broken through the darkness that had enveloped her for several years.
Now that light was extinguished, and this man before her was one of the culprits.
However...
Although she had a strong desire to kill in her heart, her rationality kept reminding her not to act.
Besides her slightly superior speed compared to this man, her Spiritual Energy fluctuations and combat experience were far inferior to his. Acting impulsively would not only fail to kill him, but might also cost her her life for nothing.
Moreover, compared to her, this man should die at the hands of Lu Yibei.
So she just followed Suolang Baima, playing a role similar to the "Sword of Damocles," waiting for Lu Yibei's arrival.
However, before she could wait for Lu Yibei to arrive, the black sun totem on her back seemed to sense something and became subtly restless.
The next moment, a man's hoarse voice, like an illusion, sounded in her mind, like a devil's whisper.
"Heh heh, Jiang Li, my most perfect experimental subject, I finally found you."
It's that man!
As if suddenly falling into the most terrifying nightmare, Jiang Li's pupils contracted to a point, trembling uncontrollably.
Berses had gone through countless experiments, and after recovering from a state of near death, although his voice had changed significantly.
But Jiang Li recognized the voice in her mind as his in an instant.
Just as she could never forget Lu Ming, she could also never forget Berses.
Like light and shadow, accompanying each other.
Originally, the news of Lu Ming's death was already a huge blow to Jiang Li, and now discovering that Berses, who should have been dead, was suddenly alive, dealt her a fatal blow.
In an instant, her will wavered. Her right leg, temporarily condensed by the power of the Spirit Mark, felt waves of phantom pain. The Eclipse Society totem on her back vented malicious energy, like countless tiny steel needles, piercing through her skin and into her spine.
In a trance, she felt as if she had returned to that dark and sunless secret laboratory, filled with the stench of blood and mold.
Just then, Suolang Baima noticed Jiang Li's abnormality, stopped, examined her for a moment, his face darkened, and slowly drew the curved saber from his waist...
