Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 38 The Night Watchman, Awaiting Taboo

As Li Yelai beheaded King Zhelan, King Zhelan's banner crashed to the ground.

All the steppe cavalry scattered throughout the upper half of the district decayed and turned to ashes at that moment.

Meanwhile, in a secluded room in Border City No. 3.

There was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man dressed in a suit, holding a riding crop.

But when he opened his eyes in a daze, King Zhelan was dead?

This isn't surprising, considering the Zhelan Iron Cavalry were facing the Processors and Iron Guards. Their deaths are to be expected.

But why would an extreme sense of fear come back to you?
"What happened to King Zhelan? Did his opponent kill him with some terrible, forbidden object?"

The man in the suit frowned in thought, but ultimately gave up exploring.

This mission was undertaken by several Ark Chosen. Their sole task was to activate the Scourge of God, causing the royal banners suppressed in various branches to summon cavalry armies. This was merely to delay the strength and attention of the various branches.

The rest were not in his plans.

"Although King Zhelan is dead, he has completed the task I gave him, releasing enough forbidden objects. The rest is beyond my control." The man in the suit slightly pulled back the curtains in the room, peering at the chaos outside.

As the Fantasy Band played their songs, it wasn't just the concert venue that felt like hell.

Even the songs broadcast carried, to varying degrees, the weakened power of the illusory realm.

The psychic potential of a small percentage of the audience will be forcibly activated.

However, this small portion becomes a large number when placed within the population base of a megacity.

As a result, the outside world was in complete chaos. The guards, the city defense forces, and the personnel from all the major branches were almost all mobilized.

But the number of people affected was too large, so they could only suppress it gradually.

The mad psychic energy emanating from these frenzied and out-of-control people is being quietly gathered.

Once the gathered spiritual energy exceeds a certain critical point, a powerful ethereal being will descend upon Border City Three.

That is the final chapter of the Song of Extinction!

In this situation, if the Mad King is still able to move, he will not stand idly by.

Of course, there is another way to stop this operation: kill those who are providing psionic energy.

But the handlers don't seem to have that intention; what a woman's compassion!

Are they planning to confront that creature from the Void Realm?

The man in the suit drew the curtains and said softly, "Could it be that you're truly too old to fight anymore? That would be a great pity. Even the Ark's chosen ones deeply admire your power. A hero's twilight years."

On the other side, Li Yelai grabbed the Zhelan King's flag and felt his speed increase slightly.

This is the effect of the Zhelanwangqi (折兰王旗), which is, to put it bluntly, somewhat useless.

After all, this Zhelan King Banner is not small, nor is it light.

Carrying this thing to increase speed doesn't seem to be of much use.

Li Yelai rolled up the Zhelan King's banner and prepared to hand it over to Zhishi and Shali, who were on their way.

After the fierce battle, Li Yelai was indeed quite exhausted.

He first used his Overlord Mask to break through the cavalry formation, and then was shot by the Iron Cavalry of Zhelan.

Then, he used the Champion Marquis's mask to break through the army formation and launched a pursuit against King Zhelan.

Despite having a murderous heart, his strength seemed inexhaustible.

But after this battle, his psionic energy was almost completely depleted.

A deep, soul-deep weariness made him want to collapse and sleep immediately.

"No!" Li Yelai suddenly looked down at his bare upper body, his murderous intent still pounding.

How long have I been wearing this?

Only now did Li Yelai begin to worry about this. It seemed he'd been wearing it for quite a while. Could he have already been influenced by his bloodlust?
The cheese, which had run up to them, quickly said, "It's been over an hour and a half! Pick it quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheese's expression changed. He seemed to have witnessed something strange in Li Yelai. He immediately shouted, "Word of Power: Explosive Flame!"

Holy crap, it's attacking me directly? No way, I can still save myself.

No, there's something behind me!
Li Yelai reacted swiftly, grabbing Cheese's arm and speaking almost immediately afterward.

"Mountain!"

In an instant, armored soldiers appeared and erected a shield wall, protecting Li Yelai and Zhishi within it.

At the same time, an explosion was heard, followed by three violent impacts.

The former was Cheese's Word of Power attack, which directly detonated the attacker behind Li Yelai.

The three impact sounds that followed were from Li Yelai's three teammates who had come to meet him.

They crashed headfirst into the shield wall that had suddenly appeared.

They immediately started wailing and howling.

"Shadow Army? How come you also have Netherworld abilities?"

"Oh, my nose!"

"Night General, that's not fair of you! Let me in!"

Li Yelai's lips twitched; this was truly an accidental injury to a teammate.

Immediately, a gap appeared in the shield wall, allowing the three of them, including Shali, to slip inside.

Only then did Li Yelai have time to turn around and look.

However, they discovered that the attacker who had been blown several meters away by the cheese blast was none other than the black gargoyle that had been scared away by the doll's hair earlier.

At that moment, the gargoyle quickly got up, and its shattered body rapidly reassembled.

They launched another attack on the shield wall.

Without even a moment's mourning for the death of King Zhelan, the black gargoyle rushed to the battlefield!

It slammed its fist into the shield wall, causing it to tremble and develop obvious cracks.

Only after the cheese swallowed the saccharin could it use its magic to blast the gargoyle away again.

"How did this thing get here?" Li Yelai was taken aback. He had seen this thing from afar when he was chasing King Zhelan, and now it had caught up with him?
With so many handlers and prohibited items on the road, why are they targeting me?
"Don't you understand?" At this moment, the Nuo mask on Shali's face spoke: "This is your curse, you are destined to encounter a powerful enemy! After King Zhelan dies, a powerful enemy will be sent to you again! That's why I said, staying by his side, you will be in trouble sooner or later!"

Li Yelai frowned; this was the first time he had ever heard of such a curse.

Is this considered a kind of misfortune?
If what this fortune teller said is true, then my luck is more than just bad.

It seems even fate is arranging enemies for you. Is it trying to hasten your demise?

No, this must be Mr. Shadow's trick!
He wanted to force Li Ye to make a deal with him, so he repeatedly attracted powerful enemies and put himself in danger!

Li Yelai harbored doubts.

But if that's the case, why would he bother with his own face paint?
If there is no second mask, Li Yelai will have no choice but to make a deal with Him, right?

Is this a case of feigning indifference to lure someone in?

No, I need to deal with these black gargoyles first, but I don't have much psychic energy left.

At this moment, someone burst into laughter: "Oh? We're bound to encounter a formidable enemy? Is there really such a good thing? Comrades, assemble! We'll lie in wait next to the Night General!"

Then, Ye Bu Shou, with one arm missing, burst out of the passageway, laughing loudly.

Wielding a large sword, he swung it horizontally, a blade of light flashing in the air. Bai Yang was a psionicist using the Fourth Awakening True Martial Path, and this blade of light was his fourth ability: Sharp Blade Light!
The black gargoyle was beheaded in the next second.

The decapitated gargoyle's body rose again, seemingly trying to grab its head back.

However, several heavy footsteps sounded, and several Iron Guards rushed towards the gargoyle's body.

The weight of over ten tons pinned the gargoyle down, preventing it from escaping in the slightest.

Meanwhile, another Iron Guard grabbed the gargoyle's head, preventing it from returning to its body. After a while, the gargoyle lost its vitality and turned back into a stone statue.

The black gargoyle has been successfully suppressed!
Meanwhile, more and more handlers and guards arrived, and even civilian staff came to provide support with pistols.

Previously, Li Ye's pursuit of King Zhelan's main force had alarmed almost everyone.

One person chasing and hacking away at thousands of cavalrymen, that's so exciting!
Some people were concerned about the murderous intent on Li Yelai's chest, while others thought that Li Yelai would suffer a loss if he chased after such a group of cavalry.

So they all came to help.

As a result, more than twenty handlers and thirty guards rushed to the scene.

Following closely behind, without even a moment's mourning for the suppression of the black gargoyles, the Tree Spirit rushed to the battlefield!

It seemed to be fighting with other processors on the upper level, and for some reason broke the ceiling, cleverly crashing down and appearing in front of Li Yelai and the others.

So, everyone immediately rushed forward with great joy and beat up the tree spirit.

He accepted this immense wealth!
Upon learning that Li Yelai possessed the ability to attract monsters, the Night Watchers immediately made a decision.

Let Li Yelai rest aside while we continue to lure the monsters.

They, on the other hand, waited patiently for the opportune moment to suppress the provocative, living taboo.

"I have never fought such a rich war!"

"I hereby unilaterally declare that Night·Monster Spawner·Jiang is the hero of this suppression incident!"

"Good! We're bound to encounter a formidable foe. Good thing we've met one!"

The handlers smiled; outnumbered, suppressing the taboo was not difficult.

As for the one waiting for the rabbit to run into the tree stump, Li Yelai had no objection to this.

He had been harboring murderous intent for far too long, almost two hours. This far exceeded the safe timeframe.

He must immediately rid himself of the desire to kill. With these teammates protecting him, his safety can be guaranteed.

So he removed the mask from his mask and leaned against the wall.

Watching the cheese slowly slice open the blood vessels of the Heart of Slaughter, removing the Heart of Slaughter from its chest.

Or rather, the murderous intent spontaneously severed its blood vessels, cooperating perfectly to break away from Li Yelai.

Even a bloodthirsty heart is afraid of Li Yelai's luck?
Or perhaps, the heart of slaughter has glimpsed something?
Before Li Ye could even wonder, as the killing intent was removed, it felt as if all the power in his body had been drained away.

The fatigue accumulated from the previous battles surged up in that instant.

He quickly leaned against the corner of the wall, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Cheese glanced at him, gently placed him on the ground, and continued to treat his wounds.

Meanwhile, the handlers continued to beat and suppress the living taboos who had been attracted by some 'coincidence'.

No one mentioned the second persona that Li Yelai displayed.

Similarly, no one knows what disaster has occurred on the ground, and everyone is doing their best to fulfill their responsibilities.

On the other side, on the ground of Border City No. 3.

As psychic energy gathered, a rift appeared out of thin air in the sky above the concert venue.

The crack expanded rapidly within seconds, instantly spreading to hundreds of meters.

Upon seeing the crack, all the staff turned pale.

They sensed a familiar power from that crack—the power of the Void Realm!
The power of the virtual realm actually appeared directly in the physical world!
This means that a calamity will befall Border City No. 3!
"How could this happen? What are they trying to do? What are they trying to do?"

After settling her younger sister in, Xinghuo returned to the battlefield. Upon witnessing this scene, she nearly collapsed.

He didn't understand why anyone would do that.

What wrong did the people living in the giant city do? Why did they have to suffer this misery?

Seeing those once ordinary people struggling in pain, Xinghuo felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

But there was nothing they could do but continue to suppress the unrest and rescue the people, along with the officials in charge.

When the crack expanded to three hundred meters, a pair of enormous, scale-covered hands emerged from it and gripped it, pulling it apart.

It seems that he wanted to widen the crack so that he could escape from it.

Upon witnessing this scene, even the most elite Night Watchmen froze in place.

That was an overwhelming crushing force on a life level, a powerful existence they could not resist.

But they still mustered their courage and roared in preparation for battle.

The border town must not be compromised!

Even if that being were to actually descend upon the physical world, they would spare no effort to drive the monster back!

Watching this scene, the man in the suit hiding in the room let out a faint laugh.

"What a truly awe-inspiring scene. When calamity struck, humanity stood ready, fighting to the death. It displayed humanity's last glory." The man in the suit sighed, "Unfortunately, all of this became the border city's final triumph."

"Whether the Old Mad King didn't make a move or not, it's either because he's too old to fight anymore, or he's already dead."

"Now that the old Mad King is no longer in Border City No. 3, Black Source City and Doomsday Forest will probably continue to advance, and Heavenly Realm will probably not remain indifferent."

"Things will change in all three forbidden zones, and it's uncertain whether the other major cities will withstand the pressure," the man in the suit muttered, analyzing as he rose to leave the border city.

His mission is complete, and he can now peacefully collect his reward inside the 'Ark'.

Unlike Qin Zhi, who used the Song of Annihilation in public, his mission was merely to use the Whip of God discreetly within the giant city. Even Qin Zhi was unaware of his identity.

It can be described as the safest seating area.

Now that the performance is coming to an end, it's time for him to leave.

However, when he turned around, his whole body was stiff, and the scourge of God in his hand trembled slightly.

Because an old man, a very old man, stood outside the door of his room.

The old man's hair was snow-white, and his wrinkles were so deep they could trap flies; his skin was as rough as the bark of an old pine tree.

His body had shrunk terribly, his back was hunched, and he was less than 1.5 meters tall.

He was holding a three-pointed, double-edged sword.

I stood silently at the doorway.

The man in the suit was completely stiff and unable to move.

The old man slowly stepped out and entered the room.

As a first step, his skin began to become radiant, and his wrinkles began to stretch and disappear.

In the second step, his height began to increase, and his atrophied muscles and bones began to grow back.

The third step was that his hair turned from white to black, and he no longer looked old.

In the fourth step, his blood and qi surged from the sky, like an ancient behemoth.

Fifth, he stood before the man in the suit. He had grown into a burly man over two meters tall, with golden eyes gleaming beneath his disheveled long hair!
"The Mad King," the man in the suit uttered the man's name with a mournful cry.

But the man ignored him and threw the three-pointed knife in his hand!

Like a meteorite piercing through the sky, it crashed directly into the crack.

A furious roar erupted from the crack, but then more hands vanished from the crack. The crack began to heal rapidly.

One shot. One shot was enough to force that mysterious being back!
The man in the suit was terrified, but he was suppressed by the terrifying aura and could not make even the slightest movement.

Then, what he saw was the Mad King's hand gradually approaching.

"Fangzhou, this isn't over."

(Sorry for my slow typing speed)
(End of this chapter)