Free Web NovelHu Chuan was immersed in a state of meditation, secretly observing everything through the items on the Secret Society members, his brows tightly furrowed, his forehead covered in fine beads of sweat, a sense of exhaustion gnawing at his nerves like an ant colony.
About an hour ago, he had sensed a slight stagnation when he was communicating with that Adult and exercising His Power.
It was as if the processor was overheating, and the response had become sluggish.
But he didn't take such an anomaly seriously.
That Adult is unfathomable and will not tire, but I have my limits... Hu Chuan thought.
In the past, when he exercised the Yagn Nie Power, although there were instances of acting on multiple targets, the duration was always very short. Observing hundreds or even thousands of targets simultaneously without pause, like today, was unprecedented.
Especially when he was spying on the group organized by Gu Qianqian to secretly investigate his whereabouts, it truly consumed a significant amount of his Spiritual Energy and mental effort.
That group of low-level Psychic, whom he had never paid much attention to before, were spread across various industries in Shizhou City and were numerous, yet only a very small portion had received the 'grace' of Yagn Nie.
Furthermore, when he attempted to peek into chat group content by controlling electronic devices, he was strongly interfered with by a strange force and failed, which also consumed a great deal.
But minnows are minnows after all, even if they gather together, they still fail more often than they succeed...
However, this time, it was truly thanks to this group of minnows causing trouble that he could find an opportunity to leave Shizhou City so quickly! Hu Chuan thought.
"Buzz—buzz—!"
In the darkness, the badge engraved with complex geometric patterns vibrated, emitting bursts of buzzing sounds, interrupting Hu Chuan's thoughts.
He looked at the badge beside him, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes. He reached out and gently stroked the badge, and immediately heard Elder Wang's rapid breathing.
"Damn it, I've been targeted! The entire area outside the furniture city is full of Da Chunyang Palace people!" Elder Wang roared, "What do we do now? What do we do?"
Although Elder Wang's Spiritual Energy fluctuation level had improved somewhat in recent years thanks to the whisk obtained from the Secret Society, the self-pitying, timid personality formed over decades was not so easy to change.
After discovering a large number of Da Chunyang Palace disciples gathered outside the furniture city, he truly panicked.
Like a trapped beast forced into a corner.
Hu Chuan, "..."
"Damn it, not talking? Did you forget, we're in this together now! If I can't get away, you won't have an easy time either!"
Upon hearing this, Hu Chuan's expression darkened, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and then he began to whisper in a voice only he could hear.
"He knows all secrets, because He spies..."
Along with the murmuring, the badge with the intricate patterns spun at his fingertips. Elder Wang's heartbreaking screams echoed in his ears.
"Gu He, you! You actually dare... Ugh ahhh—!"
Along with Elder Wang's screams, there were faint 'whooshing' sounds, like the wind caused by the whisk being swung.
"...He spies, from the wind, from the water, from every molecule. There is no hiding, no concealing, no escaping. Flesh and blood perish, and He will exist forever."
The whispering stopped, and the short-term rental room returned to dead silence.
Hu Chuan looked coldly at the badge in his hand, his fingers suddenly exerting force.
With a slight snap, the badge instantly turned to powder, scattering and falling.
Elder Wang's screams echoing in his ears seemed to have shattered along with the broken badge, coming to an abrupt halt.
"Heh, idiot..."
Like an illusion, a faint cold laugh sounded in the darkness.
From the moment Elder Wang failed to complete the transaction with Yang Yichen smoothly, he was destined to become a discarded piece.
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The fierce light, whose power could be compared to the Night Watch's Forbidden Spells above number ninety-five, suddenly struck the body of the giant.
Amidst an earth-shattering roar, the massive body that had been raging and destroying just a moment ago suddenly paused, and then crashed heavily to the ground.
It was like a large fish that had jumped out of the water was knocked back into the water by a giant wave, stirring up layers of earth waves.
Thus, the earth trembled, and a roar erupted.
After Qingxia Zi suppressed the first round of attack from the giant, the Da Chunyang Palace disciples who were hiding near the furniture city and waiting for orders immediately took action. Some quickly took out Alchemy materials to repair the damaged temporary barrier, while others took out new metal spikes and hammered them into the ground to reinforce it.
Qingxia Zi was suppressing the enemy head-on, trying to kill it, the Da Chunyang Palace disciples were preventing the barrier from being damaged, while Hua Sang was slacking off...
Although she was lost in thought because of what she saw, whether it was how she looked or her doing nothing, it would make people feel like she was slacking off.
"..."
An enemy of this level could be suppressed or even killed by Master alone, so it definitely wasn't that terrifying existence behind the Secret Society...
But why did only Elder Wang appear, and where was the other person?
Also, there seemed to be no ruler on Elder Wang. At this distance, I should have been able to sense it. Could it be that...
Hua Sang's pupils trembled slightly, as if she suddenly understood something.
Oh no! Lu Yibei was lying. She probably didn't go to see those Psychic, but went to the small commodity wholesale market alone to intercept Hu Chuan?
Thinking of this, Hua Sang's eyes narrowed, and she turned and ran towards the stairs of the rooftop.
"..."
Damn it! This girl, still trying to be lazy at this time?
She doesn't even know how to help this Master share some of the pressure!
Noticing Hua Sang leaving out of the corner of her eye, Qingxia Zi's face sank, and she shouted, "Hua Sang, come back here!"
Hearing this, Hua Sang waved her hand at Qingxia Zi with her back to her, and said a graceful farewell.
Qingxia Zi, "..."
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On the other side, near the small commodity wholesale market, in the short-term rental room shrouded in darkness.
Through the Secret Society members hidden among the Da Chunyang Palace disciples, Hu Chuan witnessed Elder Wang's final glorious moment in his life, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.
"Sorry, Elder Wang, it's better for you to die than for me to die! At least, your long-held wish has finally been fulfilled today, hasn't it?" freeweɓnovel.cøm
The reason why Elder Wang, who had been cowardly his whole life, joined the Secret Society was to get an opportunity, an opportunity to be noticed, an opportunity to steal the spotlight, and if this opportunity didn't require any effort, that would be even better.
And now, he had finally gotten what he wanted!
"..."
While pondering, Hu Chuan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. Zhang Shuo, who had been silent for a long time, became restless, as if he would break out of his body at any moment.
While circulating his Spiritual Energy to suppress the restless Zhang Shuo, he lowered his head to look at his abdomen and sneered.
"Heh, I know what you're thinking, but people like you can never understand that Adult!"
"That Adult is benevolent and listens carefully to the wishes of His followers. Those who receive His grace can ultimately realize their dreams. Isn't that good?"
"To turn what you think in your heart into reality, the only price required is your soul. It's a good deal, right?"
After speaking, he circulated his Spiritual Energy to suppress Zhang Shuo, raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, and the blood gushing from his mouth stained his lips crimson.
Immediately following, he stood up and quickly walked out of the short-term rental room.
...
The long corridor was stained yellow by the dim lights, and a faint, indescribable strange smell permeated the air.
At the reception desk at the end of the corridor, a middle-aged woman leaned on a reclining chair, staring intently at the phone in her hand. The vulgar jokes from short videos came intermittently from the phone, making her burst into laughter.
Footsteps came from the other end of the corridor. A man in black, with a mask covering his face, passed by the reception desk. The middle-aged woman casually raised her eyelids, then lowered her head and continued to fiddle with her phone.
Hu Chuan went downstairs and just came out of the stairwell when he heard the patter of rain hitting the ground and saw the rain curtain that made the whole city hazy.
"There's always rain at the time of separation... Zhang Shuo, do you think this is some strange law?"
Looking up, he smiled, and with a raise of his hand, an umbrella flew from a distance and landed in his hand.
"Bang."
He opened the umbrella and walked into the rain, passing through the alley in front of the short-term rental building and arriving at the parking lot of the small commodity wholesale market. Hu Chuan looked around and his gaze stopped on an old Volkswagen sedan.
He walked quickly forward, pulled open the car door without any obstruction, started the car that didn't belong to him, and drove out of the small commodity wholesale market.
At this moment, a dazzling bolt of lightning streaked across, illuminating the sky above Shizhou City in pure white.
In the lightning, a swift figure flashed by.
Inside the small commodity wholesale market, a large number of items were piled up, which was Hu Chuan's "home ground".
Lu Yibei had already suffered a setback at the residential building, so she decided to wait a little longer.
...
"Mom, Mom! Come and see, there's a superhero!"
In a certain house near the small commodity wholesale market, a little girl stared wide-eyed at the window and shouted, pointing at the sky.
"Why are you yelling like a ghost in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? Where are there superheroes in this world? I think you've watched too many of those random cartoons!" An impatient voice came from inside the room.
"But I clearly saw a superhero flying by! It was an Older sister riding a big dog!"
"Stop messing around, go to bed quickly!"
"I didn't, didn't, didn't!"
Thus, a farce ended in the child's heartbreaking cries.
Just like there is always separation on rainy days, hitting children on rainy days also seems to be a tradition...
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Twenty minutes later.
On the Shizhou City ring expressway, the old Volkswagen sedan sped along, breaking through layers of rain curtains, like a wild beast fleeing for its life.
The rain got heavier, and fog rose.
The thick fog and dense rain curtain seemed to swallow everything. The surrounding water vapor gradually became dense. Driving in it gave people a feeling of suffocation, as if they were driving into the deep sea.
Then.
A strange heat, without warning, invaded Hu Chuan's body.
He noticed the abnormality, frowned slightly, and before he could react, a thunderous roar sounded from above him.
"Roar—!"
Ahead, on the mountain wall beside the highway, a swift figure wrapped in electric light rushed down, landed steadily directly in front of the road, and then charged straight at an astonishing speed.
The next moment, iron hooves trampled, the car suddenly shook, the front of the car instantly twisted and deformed, and sparks flew.
"Screech—!"
The brakes were pressed to the bottom, and the grating sound echoed on the empty highway, but in the end, it was difficult to reverse the fate of overturning.
The sedan rolled over on the highway, the sound of metal friction and collision was incessant, and finally it crashed into the mountain wall beside the highway with a "boom", igniting flames.
In the rain.
Lu Yibei watched the flaming vehicle expressionlessly, jumped off the Shui Shu Beast's back, held a sword in one hand, walked forward, pulled open the car door, and saw the person inside the car.
"Oh, so this is what your true face looks like? You look handsome and like a good person. No wonder you could hide in the Da Chunyang Palace for so long."
Hu Chuan looked up in the direction of the voice, saw the unfamiliar face, and was stunned for a moment.
"Don't recognize me?" Seeing the doubt in Hu Chuan's eyes, Lu Yibei pouted, "Let me introduce myself. You can call me the cunning chestnut-haired, the bloody Demoness who devours urban legend, Jiang Zhenyu's best friend, Gu Qianqian."
When speaking the Headless Senior's name, Lu Yibei deliberately emphasized her tone.
"It's you!" Hu Chuan's pupils constricted slightly, and then he sneered, "Heh, last time on Bu Ye Street, you were lucky enough to escape. This time you actually dare to come and play the hero? A hero is not..."
"Sorry to interrupt!" Lu Yibei said expressionlessly, "Did you misunderstand something? I'm not here to be a hero, I'm just here to kill you."
As soon as she finished speaking, dense red light dots appeared behind her, accompanied by the lightning streaking across the sky, as if the legendary Hundred-Eyed Demonic God had opened its eyes...
