Chapter 119

"Holy shit? Thunder?"

Under the shade of trees outside the residential area, Ji Jue felt the ground suddenly shake and couldn't help but look up, looking at the residential area in the distance... the spiritual fluctuations erupting there.

Like a storm.

What he could feel was a familiar aura, but it no longer had gentleness and patience, but was extremely violent. The spring breeze turned into a severe winter snowstorm, and the warm sun transformed into a chaotic molten lava.

Is it Old Zhang?!

"Is it... so exaggerated?" Ji Jue was stunned.

"Of course, Old Zhang is one of the first-generation old people when the Yacheng Security Bureau was established."

Tong Hua held an ice cream, dancing with excitement: "So many years, not many people know. He retired a long time ago, just hanging a name, the director has changed several times, my grandfather was taken care of by him a lot back then.

Anyway, if there's anything, listening to Old Zhang is never wrong."

"Indeed."

Ji Jue nodded.

An old man in the house is like a treasure in the house.

Having seen storms and waves, he wasn't afraid of any difficulties, not to mention this level of hidden big shot, plus Xiao An, just a bunch of Great Crowd brats who came to Yacheng to make money, wasn't it easy to handle?

It's just that, when he lowered his head to sip lemonade, he heard screams and loud noises in the distance.

Walls collapsed, broken.

A figure covered in blood walked out from inside.

Staggering, hunched, constantly twitching.

But in his hand, he was dragging a heavy long knife covered in gaps, blood and dust and mud, slowly dripping from it.

Making one's hair stand on end.

"Heh, hehehe, voices, too many voices." Herbert's incomplete face lifted, constantly twitching, his eyes had shrunk to a point from the scarlet, staring at the unrecognizable world.

In a sea of blood, it seemed as if countless faces appeared, screaming miserably.

Those who had passed away.

Companions, or enemies, entangled on his body, incomplete palms reached out, stroking his face, pulling his clothes, calling his name.

But they were all dead, so how could they meet again?

"Ah, so that's it..."

He finally realized, "Is this hell?"

He couldn't feel fear, but was moved from the bottom of his heart, and even the pain and torment didn't seem important anymore.

Almost in tears.

So, after a lifetime of torment and countless struggles, what was waiting for him wasn't a void and despair, but actually such a place?

Great, really great!

Was the war still continuing?

The sound of a horn came from afar, was someone calling him?

Herbert laughed out loud.

Once again, he raised the blade.

Shouting.

He opened his arms, toward this cruel and beautiful world, wanting to embrace everything.

Bang!

A shrill whistling sound suddenly erupted.

That raised head tilted suddenly, as if it had been hit by a hammer... a bullet?

Herbert looked back, looking at the depths of hell, the evil ghost who was also grinning and challenging him, and couldn't help but cheer excitedly.

"I fuck—"

Seeing that crazy grinning person look back, Ji Jue couldn't help but curse.

The opponent didn't break his defense at all, but he was a bit broken.

How did he encounter another opponent who ate bullets head-on?

He originally wanted to pull Tong Hua to increase the distance and observe carefully, but seeing that Great Crowd Chosen One, who was surging with blood flames, fall into complete madness, and there were still a few stinky kids who didn't know life or death and hadn't had time to run.

Ultimately, he chose to fire a shot to test...

As a result, the hatred was drawn over just like that.

The moment he was stared at by those scarlet pupils, his left hand resting on the pistol subconsciously clenched, a wisp of light emerged from the ring, and the Transcendent Vision was activated.

Since he was going to fight, he had to have all his BUFFs ready.

But at that instant, the madman in the distance seemed to have suddenly disappeared.

What was left was only a straight blood-colored flame light whistling toward this place, like a meteorite, stirring up a storm, smashing the cars blocking the way, and amidst the hysterical laughter, it sped toward them!

Two times, four times, eight times, sixteen times!

In an instant, the ring was already burning hot and red under Ji Jue's spiritual infusion. At this moment, he only rejoiced that he had adopted the most stable plan when forging it, with the strongest tolerance, the most spiritual endurance, and the design that could exert the effect of the blessing to the limit.

Otherwise, if it were still the clumsy goods from before, it would have started to collapse and self-destruct at eight times.

But now, even if Ji Jue risked a headache so bad he couldn't sleep, exerting the power of the blessing equipment to the limit, the opponent's speed was still too difficult to distinguish clearly.

Fast, too fast.

So fast that he completely didn't have time to react.

In that briefest instant, he only had time to wave his hand, the Non-Aggression emblem appeared, layers of mercury permeated from the interlayer of his coat, pierced the water bag, gathered toward his arm, entangled in thousands of threads, pulling the toughness and strength to the limit under the interference of physical properties, turning into a mercury cable that shot out, winding around the head of the little cow-horse.

And then, accompanied by the speeding of the little cow-horse, his other hand threw away the pistol, reached out toward Tong Hua, who was still bewildered, grabbed her collar, and instantly, physical interference, reinforced, ensuring it wouldn't break.

A loud noise that almost blew the cylinder erupted from the engine of the little cow-horse.

Under the command of the Mechanical Descent and spiritual infusion, suddenly, it erupted with terrifying power that could almost tear Ji Jue's arm off!

Boom!!!!

The storm whistled, the loud noise spread.

When the impact from the enemy arrived, Ji Jue and Tong Hua had already narrowly escaped the range of the impact, almost brushing past each other, and then, right where they had just landed, that huge banyan tree, thick enough for three people to embrace, was actually broken in half!

Dust and ashes flew, but couldn't hide that ferocious figure.

In the perception slowed to the extreme, Ji Jue even saw how the pupils on that twitching face, which were locked onto him, shifted from the eye sockets.

From beginning to end, looking at him!

And then, the Transcendent Vision finally closed, followed by intense pain—pain, pain, pain, pain, pain!

In an instant, his right hand was already numb, twitching, and he couldn't use any strength. It wasn't from the opponent, but from the sudden pull, the muscles were severely strained, and cracks appeared on the bones.

A displacement and he was already at low health?!

Ji Jue was stunned, is this the Great Crowd?

Is this the Great Crowd that doesn't need to protect the employer, doesn't care about money, and fights for life and death?!

At this moment, he finally had the chance to be sweating profusely.

But soon, he saw that the moment he stood firm, Herbert turned decisively, laughing wildly toward him, raised his hand, and threw the blade covered in cracks in his hand.

Like a cannonball, whistling, from the air waves, spinning over!

He didn't even have time to control the little cow-horse to turn; at this speed, wanting to change the trajectory would probably cause it to flip instantly.

But at the crucial moment, Tong Hua, who had originally been thrown into a mess, struggled crazily from under his suppression, reached out a hand, passed through Ji Jue's armpit, spread her five fingers, and blocked in front of him.

The alchemical work on her wrist emerged with brilliance.

Boom!

An invisible barrier appeared for an instant, and the blade was deeply wedged into the void. Ji Jue could even see the cracks on it.

Blocked it!

"Corruption, it's corruption!"

Tong Hua raised her other hand to block her face, shielding the line of sight from the other side looking at Ji Jue. The Eye of Ether had already locked onto the opponent, and instantly sensed the darkness emerging from the opponent's broken soul:

"That guy has started to corrupt!"

This is the most miserable end for a Chosen One.

Not death, but even more terrifying than death.

When more and more blessings form pressure on the soul, when the gradually small humanity cannot bear the power from supreme goodness, when the blessings conflict with each other, if the matrix design has defects from the beginning, or if it has been infected by evil stupidity and corrupt things...

What results is the loss of control of the blessing, the dissipation of humanity, and the collapse of the soul.

At that time, the Chosen One who was once favored by supreme goodness will have their soul and consciousness attracted and infected by the deep abyss beneath the world in the legend, and quickly transformed into an alien!

This process is not necessarily an instant; it may be years of torment and torture.

From the appearance of the initial abnormality to the final inability to contain it, before the complete collapse, too many people will choose to end themselves to avoid completely turning into a corrupt thing.

When a Chosen One of the Transmutation lineage loses control, the spirit will begin to split irreversibly, the self-personality will collapse, and become frenzied. The White Deer lineage will be captured by animal instincts and greed, gradually addicted to the fragrance of flesh and blood, and even cannibalize... strange diseases like blood thirst are born from the corruption of the sacrificial king of Middle Earth, leaving endless disaster.

The corruption characteristic of the Ember lineage where Ji Jue is located is the "materialization" that makes countless craftsmen change color at the mention of it. The out-of-control blessings and the firewood of the Ember will melt the soul and flesh, turning the gradually out-of-control Chosen One into a strange alchemical item.

And the corruption characteristic of the Great Crowd is also the simplest.

Gradually lost in the uncontrollable killing, cursed by all the living beings killed in a lifetime, unable to extricate themselves, and in the end, losing all self and becoming a killing machine following instincts.

Just like... now!

In the instant of horror, Ji Jue's left hand pressed on his right arm, clenching and using Non-Aggression to forcibly repair and treat it. His eyes looked at the Chosen One who was chasing relentlessly again, feeling the aura and quantity of the opponent's blessings.

One, two, three, four, five, six, six ranks!

The Transmutation rank is complete, only one step away from the Rebirth rank, and there are almost no vital points left on his whole body! It's possible that even if his head is cut off, he can still move a few times.

Oh no, this is a monster from a dungeon running out to slaughter the city!

"Heh, hehehe—"

Amidst the frenzied, idiotic laughter, Herbert raised his hand, picked up the long knife that had fallen to the ground again, and ran toward them wildly.

The enemy is there! The war is there!! Victory is there!!!

The opportunity to make up for the mistake appeared before him again. He wanted to win, he must win. As long as he won this time, he would never have to worry about being abandoned again, never have to worry about becoming a stray dog.

He could still go back, back to that familiar camp!

But he couldn't remember where the camp was... the places he was familiar with, the friends he knew, the people he met, all had disappeared in the burning flames.

In that instant, the beast that had lost its home roared, as if crying, wailing in death.

Speed, increased again!

Blood fire burned, and he ran toward them again!

And this time, the response to him was Ji Jue finally finding the lever-action rifle from the car bucket, shrinking his head instantly, and the mercury bullets roared out.

Bang!

Herbert roared, the long knife in his hand swung casually, actually reacting in advance, waiting for the rabbit, and slashed the bullet to pieces in mid-air!

God knows what Great Crowd blessing this is again.

Ji Jue didn't dare to stop, the action of reloading almost threw out afterimages, and in the short second, he fired all five bullets pre-loaded in the magazine.

But they were all blocked!

There was even one that was bitten by his teeth, crushed, and swallowed into his abdomen along with the exploding mercury on it!

When Ji Jue's attack paused and the bullet was reloaded, the speed closed to within a hundred meters again. Tong Hua could almost see that distorted face, her soul flying away in fear, and she could no longer care about stubbornness and dignity, screaming in terror: "Hurry up, Ji Jue, the monster is catching up!"

Then you jump down and let him eat you!

Sacrifice yourself to cover my retreat!

Ji Jue was also about to cry, no calmer than her.

But for now, there was only the last method left, that ultimate move at the bottom of the box.

He didn't hesitate anymore, took a deep breath, and shouted:

"—Xiao An, save me!!!!"

Boom!!!

Herbert flew backward.

Just like hitting an invisible wall head-on, on the skull, an iron piece from nowhere was deeply wedged in, and brain matter flowed out from the crack.

Then, the distant sound came from afar.

On the signal tower at the commanding height not far away, that figure slowly appeared, smiling and waving at him:

"Okay, Brother Ji Jue."