Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

"This isn't the influence of any taboo object, at least not just..." The heavy cavalryman's pretty face changed, and she requested backup as quickly as possible. She also ordered everyone to keep their distance and stay away from the underground workshop.

The heavy cavalryman was dressed in special operations uniform and had her hair in a ponytail. Petite in stature, she looked like a girl who had been accidentally dragged into the battlefield among the tall, imposing special forces soldiers.

But as soon as she gave the order, everyone quickly retreated.

More than three months ago, the Heavy Cavalry took over the Ranger's flag from Benlei and was the only member at the time.

Naturally, he also became the new leader of the Rangers.

During those three months, she reorganized the team and invited Starfire, who had advanced to the third awakening, to join. She successfully brought the Ranger team back into the battle order of the Great City.

She proved her strength and reliability through her repeated successes.

An hour earlier, the Ranger squad learned of the strange phenomena at the factory and immediately assembled to handle the situation.

After suppressing the out-of-control workers on the periphery, she suspected that these strange phenomena might be the uncontrolled effects of some forbidden entity. She then led her team deeper into the area, intending to suppress the forbidden entity and rescue the workers from the underground workshop.

However, when they arrived at the underground workshop, they experienced an even more terrifying and eerie atmosphere.

Deep within the underground workshop, some corrupted workers were still wailing in agony.

Their skin shattered like porcelain, revealing rapidly expanding, crimson flesh beneath, and their eyes gleamed with a mad light.

Deeper still, a chorus of whispers rang out: 'A blood sacrifice to the Blood God!'

“The Church of the Embers!” The heavy cavalry’s expression was solemn. Although she had not had much contact with the Church of the Embers, she had participated in the siege and had fought against the Blood God faction of the church.

This was no longer an enemy that the Ranger squad and these special forces soldiers could fight.

If we rush in now, let alone rescue the hostages, we're likely to be wiped out.

We must wait for reinforcements; it would be best to wait until the Iron Guard Legion arrives before attempting to enter.

However, the instant the heavy cavalry gave the order, countless cries of agony transformed into roars. A series of blood-red eyes shone forth from the dimly lit underground workshop!
Countless heavy rushing sounds surged from the darkness!

"Let's go! Let's go!"

"Orderly evacuation, three groups rotating to blockade!"

"Rangers, prepare to cover the rear!" Sensing the impending charge, the heavy cavalryman's face darkened, and he raised two heavy hammers, moving to the back of the column.

The remaining Ranger members also retreated in coordination with the team.

As psionicists, they are more powerful and can better cover the officers' evacuation.

The team quickly withdrew from the underground passage, but at the same time, the sound of the rushing enemy behind them grew louder and louder.

"How many workers are there in the underground workshop?" Xinghuo, wielding a greatsword, shouted.

“Eighteen people!” one of the team members responded.

"This doesn't seem like something eighteen people could make!" Xinghuo gritted his teeth, twisted the hilt of his sword, and the greatsword in his hand instantly ignited.

Xinghuo thrust his longsword straight forward, and a blazing line of fire shot out from the flaming sword, heading towards the underground workshop and illuminating the rapidly moving figures.

Their bodies were twisted and deformed, their bulging muscles tore through their skin, and their eyes were bloodshot as they poured out of the workshop passage like demons!
There are a lot of them! Probably hundreds!
"Fire!" The officers suppressed their fear and pointed their guns at the passageway.

In an instant, a torrent of raging fire poured down, but was blocked by a psionic barrier before it could reach the monsters.

Only after a concentrated barrage of fire were three monsters killed.

Those crimson monsters, carrying the corpses of their companions, charged toward the exit amidst a hail of bullets.

Due to a misjudgment of the danger level, the officers are currently equipped with relatively weak weapons. Without thermal guns and plasma cannons, it's difficult to inflict effective damage on these monsters with psionic barriers in a short time. Concentrated fire in this terrain has also failed to stop them.

As several monsters rushed out of the exit, Xinghuo swung his greatsword, and flames erupted from the sword, transforming into a fire serpent that lunged directly at the entrance.

Then, it exploded with a bang!
As a psionicist on the path to zero, his psionic strength is among the highest in his class.

At this moment, Starfire of the Third Awakening unleashed his most powerful ability: Flame Burst!
Under his control, the fire element transformed into a psionic bomb, which then exploded with a deafening roar.

The loud explosion blasted down the entrance to the underground workshop, causing the buildings in the surface factory to shake.

This buried several monsters that were trying to rush out of the passage into the ruins. It also blocked even more monsters in the underground workshop.

This put everyone at ease.

The plan succeeded, at least delaying the arrival of reinforcements and preventing those dangerous monsters from threatening the nearby residents.

However, that eerie sound rang out all around again.

'Blood sacrifice to the blood god, head to the throne! '

Almost simultaneously, screams and gunshots rang out not far away.

Inside the factory building, pairs of bloodthirsty, crimson eyes opened, staring intently at the crowd as if they were looking at prey.

"This factory has more than one workshop!" someone laughed cruelly. A tall figure walked out of one of the workshops. He had red skin and fangs, carried a spiked club in one hand, and grabbed a bloody head in the other.

Behind him, an equally tall figure appeared.

"Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the throne!" they roared.

While everyone's attention was drawn to the monsters here, monsters hidden in other workshops roared out and attacked the police officers and workers in the factory.

Looking at the hundreds of strange figures inside the factory, as well as those red-skinned monsters that were clearly more powerful.

The heavy cavalryman felt a deep sense of unease.

If these monsters escape from the factory and scatter throughout the giant city, they will cause countless tragedies.

Even though the border city is full of martial spirit and has a significant proportion of scavengers among its residents, it still can't face this kind of monster!
They possess a psionic barrier, rendering them impervious to ordinary bullets, which would be far too deadly for a normal person.

Just like Li Yelai, who encountered the Skinner, even with all his methods, he could not defeat the Skinner.

The difference between ordinary people and monsters is too great.

They must all be dragged down and killed inside the factory!
The only thing that made the heavy cavalry feel fortunate was that this place was located in the suburbs, several kilometers away from residential areas.

Seeing the oncoming horde of monsters, the heavy cavalryman gripped his twin hammers tightly, his body spinning like a top. He then slammed himself into the monster pile.

The solid hammer, the size of a melon, could smash monsters to pieces with every swing, and several monsters' heads shattered like fallen persimmons.

The heavy cavalryman, covered in blood, roared, "Hold them back with all your might! We cannot let them leave the factory!"

"Yes!" the soldiers shouted in unison, and the bloody battle began.

On the rooftop of a residential area outside the factory, someone chuckled: "The handlers are one thing, but those policemen are really brave. With their mortal bodies, they're going to take on low-level war servants head-on? Although the war servants aren't very strong, they're still not something mortals can fight against."

“These brave warriors should have served under the Blood God, but alas, no one has properly guided them,” Baiya said. “Once Emperor Yu succeeds, these warriors will all serve the Crimson Throne.”

Another follower spoke up: "Your Blood God faction is quite willing to spend money. One believer who has advanced to the fifth level of enlightenment, and so many believers who have reached the third level of enlightenment, are just being sacrificed like this? You even gave up a precious engraving of the Chaos Demon."

"For Lord Emperor's Fall, all sacrifices are worthwhile," Bai Ya coldly replied. "Furthermore, those devout followers have also obtained a satisfying slaughter. If they can kill a few more clerks, they will all receive the Lord's blessing."

"Don't they know they're cannon fodder?" the cultist asked in surprise.

“Naturally, we must ensure that we do not reveal any flaws. After obtaining the engraving, they are controlled by the desire to kill. Only in this way can we avoid arousing suspicion from the authorities.”

"Aren't you worried that they might hurt Lord Di Yun?"

“What a ridiculous worry.” Baiya glanced at him coldly. “And what about you? What has your Immortal Faction prepared?” “Eight Chaos Eggs containing deadly poison!” the Immortal Faction member said. “Without deploying captain-level officers or several elite Night Scouts, it is impossible to suppress this combination.”

"Very good, that's enough." Bai Ya nodded. "In that case, we can wait for Lord Di Yun to arrive."

At that moment, Baiya saw red fireworks suddenly burst into the sky in the distance.

That was the signal for the night watchman to not collect the goods.

'I have arrived at the battlefield!'

A scout team that was nearby immediately approached the battlefield after receiving the distress call.

Moreover, Baiya also spotted a convoy from the High Wall District in the distance, with border guards rapidly approaching.

"The reaction was too fast."

Bai Ya frowned; the Iron Guards' speed was considered normal.

However, within just a few minutes, a group of night watchmen arrived, a speed that surprised Bai Ya.

Without a doubt, she continued to look down at the battlefield and sneered, "But that's not enough!"

The battle inside the factory was fierce.

The battle between humans and monsters was extremely brutal and bloody.

Police officers and surviving workers built a defensive line using vehicles, and they pulled out molten lava guns and molten bombs from their police cars, bombarding the monsters relentlessly.

Since the No. 71 Disaster Fog, the giant city has suffered from an even more severe fear of insufficient firepower, with almost all combat units equipped with an excessive amount of ammunition and weapons.

But these monsters seemed to know no fear; even as their bodies were blasted apart, they maintained their charging momentum. In close combat, they could slaughter human warriors.

If it weren't for the Ranger squad intervening, they would probably have broken through the defenses directly.

Even the Rangers felt the immense pressure.

Those three monsters with the strength of five senses were beyond their ability to withstand.

Even with reinforcements from a scout, their defenses were still in grave danger.

"Hold on! The alarm has been sounded! Reinforcements will be here soon!" The heavy cavalry smashed two more monsters, thick blood staining her cheeks.

This made her originally delicate face look somewhat disheveled, but she still encouraged her comrades.

As she said, a large number of task forces and city defense troops are on their way to the scene.

Even some members of outside families are on their way after receiving official notification.

The nearest team is expected to arrive within ten minutes.

But when eight chaotic eggs, each exuding a foul stench, burst through the walls of the workshop...

Even the most resolute heavy cavalrymen looked ashen-faced.

Although these chaotic eggs could not distinguish friend from foe, they were moving towards the defensive line. The stench carried some kind of vicious virus, causing many human soldiers to vomit, some even vomiting blood.

The desperate scene momentarily blurred the heavy cavalry's vision. Then, she picked up her twin hammers and charged into the fiercest part of the battlefield.

On the battlefield, a muscular, red-skinned man swung his spiked club and sent a night watchman flying.

Power, that's power!
He roared with excitement, the chaotic inscription given to him by the church's higher-ups, along with the heads of those mortals.

This allowed him to successfully advance to the fifth level of perception.

The price was utter distortion! He became a vampire! And an extremely rare, elite vampire at that!
Hahaha, now that I've gained this power, so what if it's twisted?
Is there anything more wonderful than the feeling of killing to one's heart's content?
Kill! Kill! Kill them all!
Sacrifice your blood to the blood god, sacrifice your head to the throne!

I will receive more blessings and kill more people!
That insatiable bloodlust, like an unquenchable hunger, drove him roaring as he charged towards the human defenses, smashing through three police cars.

The spiked club swung horizontally, smashing the human warriors into dust.

"Damn it!" several police officers roared, picking up molten metal bombs as if they wanted to take him down with them.

But even after the explosion, his body remained standing. He continued to laugh wildly.

He sensed it; with each person he killed, his power continued to increase!
Great, great, this is awesome!
Then he saw the young man charging at him with a flaming greatsword. He stood between him and the human warrior.

It seems like he wants to challenge himself?

How dare this kid, who only has the strength of the third awakening and is on the path to zero, challenge me?

Good! I like brave humans like you. I'm sure the Blood God will be very satisfied with your head.
The red-skinned man swung his spiked club at Xinghuo.

Xinghuo roared, his two longswords bursting with flames as he swung them down fiercely.

Psionic Armament Activated, Omnidirectional Path, Mimicry: Flame Rhinoceros Strike!
A fire rhinoceros appeared and crashed into the red-skinned monster.

The fire rhinoceros was smashed to pieces by the spiked club in the next instant.

The spiked club, undeterred, slammed into the longsword. The longsword shattered and fell heavily onto Xinghuo's chest.

'Bang' 'Crack'

Two sounds rang out almost simultaneously, and Xinghuo was sent flying, crashing heavily onto a vehicle in the distance.

The red-skinned monster felt a sharp pain in his head. As he knocked away Starfire, the heavy cavalry suddenly attacked, slamming their double hammers heavily onto the back of his head.

This was her strongest charged attack, which even shattered the ground beneath the red-skinned monster's feet.

This caused the red-skinned monster to sway as if it were about to fall, but in the next instant, before the heavy cavalry could create distance, its left hand, with its claws extended, stabbed out in a backhand strike.

The sharp claws pierced directly into the heavy cavalryman's abdomen, causing him to cough up blood.

When the red-skinned monster saw that the heavy cavalryman was a beautiful woman, a cruel smile appeared on its hideous face.

As a follower of the Blood God, he enjoyed torture and killing, especially watching handsome or beautiful people scream in agony as they were being tortured and killed.

Then, he clenched his sharp claws, which were embedded in the body of the heavy cavalryman.

Despite bleeding from all seven orifices, the heavy cavalryman struggled to raise his hammer once more and smash it down on the red-skinned monster.

But for red-skinned monsters, this speed is too slow.

Before the heavy cavalry could hit him, he slammed them into another night watchman who was nearby.

The scout, seeing the heavy cavalry suddenly appear before him, had no choice but to abandon his attack. He embraced the dying heavy cavalryman, trying to dissipate the force of his blows.

The red-skinned monster raised his spiked club again, leaned forward, and bulged his muscles.

Those bloodthirsty eyes turned to the retreating Night Scout and the heavy cavalryman in his arms.

He looked at them as if they were his prey. He was about to kill them both!

However, the summer breeze blowing from afar brought a bone-chilling cold, along with a chilling killing intent carrying mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
That was a purer and more intense desire to kill than his!
The cult members in the distance paled, while Bai Ya roared excitedly, "They're here!"

The red-skinned monster looked up in horror.

I saw the vast army stretching across the sky, and
That roaring golden dragon! (End of Chapter)