Chapter 1708: Stars Falling 2

Don't kill me... please don't kill me..

I can't die.. I... I'm willing to do anything...!

The voice carried fear and extreme weakness.

Inside the cold exchange point, Lin An dragged a Fifth Stage captive while expressionlessly lowering his head to think about the upcoming battle.

He didn't turn back, seeming not to have heard the voice behind him at all.

I really can't die... please let me go..

I will.. cough cough.. support the rules.. I agree to any contract..

Ah...!

Amidst incessant pleas for mercy, a miserable scream suddenly rang out.

Bang.

A muffled sound of flesh and bone separating.

Perhaps Lin An's dragging method was too rough; the entire arm was cut open, leaving only a delicate white right hand tethered by thin tendons, which actually snapped off in his hand.

With a thud, the opposite-sex Fifth Stage whose arm Lin An accidentally tore off then heavily fell to the ground.

His train of thought was interrupted.

Furrowing his brow, Lin An somewhat unexpectedly looked at the half-arm in his hand, slightly stunned before turning to look behind.

Was it torn off by him?

Only to see on the ground, Lilier, covered head to toe in fresh blood and extremely weak, lay there in pain.

Although the woman was drenched in blood, her body was even more shattered like a torn rag doll.

But looking through the blood, that delicate face with beastly features yet strikingly human-like was a flawless work of art.

Her figure was perfect; at a glance, she resembled an angel fallen from the divine realm.

Under the aura of the Fifth Stage, those green eyes filled with pleading, as if speaking, could evoke pity in anyone, as if even an extra glance would be a defilement.

Then, for Lin An, this was his point reward.

It seemed to understand Lin An's indifferent gaze behind his mask.

Lilier's heart trembled, and the pleading expression on her face intensified.

She was too weak; even as a near-divine Fifth Stage, with rules and flesh utterly destroyed, she could only curl up on the ground in agony like a mortal.

Ignoring Lilier's pleading gaze, Lin An's expression unchanged, he bent down and seized her other hand, then continued dragging her toward the exchange light sphere.

He certainly heard this Fifth Stage's pleas, but he simply had no intention of heeding them.

Don't kill me... please! My civilization is still waiting for me to return..

Star Shatterer... great Star Shatterer... please spare me, my rules are truly useful, I can help you fight..

I am of the Wind Beast Clan, we are truly useful...!

Her voice sounded like weeping blood, begging over and over.

Clinging to the last vestige of life, Lilier trembled all over as she gazed at Lin An's back.

She cannot die, truly cannot die.

If she dies, her kin and their civilization will be utterly finished!

Her life is not lived for herself.

Silent dragging.

Lin An furrowed his brow, feeling that this Fifth Stage was somewhat noisy.

Unlike the Fifth Stages he had previously brought in, Lilier's will to survive seemed stronger, or rather more naive.

Most Fifth Stages, once captured, won't say anything more; any Awakened One who reaches this level understands the cruelty of the Apocalypse. Begging is meaningless—expecting a Fifth Stage to go soft? That's simply laughable.

Every Fifth Stage has walked out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, even those batch-produced cultivators.

Just...

He felt that Lilier, as if proving her usefulness, exerted her last strength to condense rule power.

Lin An's steps halted instantly.

Hmm?

That was a gust of wind.

A gust of wind containing electromagnetic rule.

Like a solar storm, it buzzed in his mind.

Wind Beast?

Electromagnetic rule?

Your name.

Lowering his gaze to the woman he had dragged beneath the exchange point, Lin An asked curiously.

Electromagnetic rule is rare, and a Fifth Stage claiming to be a support ability is also rare; together they instantly sparked a hint of interest in Lin An.

One was merely a repulsive force barely counting as electromagnetic rule; after absorption, it provided him with decent combat power.

If his earlier perception wasn't mistaken...

Electromagnetic.. rule?

Yes! Great Star Shatterer, I.. cough cough.. I am electromagnetic rule!

As if seeing a glimmer of hope, Lilier's beast ears twitched atop her head; she hastily mustered her strength to lift her body and look at Lin An.

My name is Lilier, Sovereign of the Wind Beast Civilization! As long as you spare me, our civilization will forever be grateful! I am willing to fight for you!

While speaking, Lilier couldn't care less about her pride as a civilization's Sovereign.

Only to see her extremely humble repulsive force crawl to Lin An's feet, exerting all effort to express her willingness to submit.

One cannot deny that, although she was in utter disarray, at this moment Liliel still appeared beautiful enough to move the heart.

Pure, fragile, her broken arm and wounds all over her body actually possess a kind of broken, fragmented beauty.

It's hard to say whether Hei Di and the others had some other motive when they chose to capture her.

However, at this very moment, Lin An seemed to have no emotional fluctuation whatsoever, and the Cain's Blade in his hand silently glowed red.

"What exactly is the effect?"

"Wind Beast... electromagnetic storm? Is your race related to electromagnetism?"

He asked softly.

Hearing Lin An's tone that gave no hint as to whether he would let her go, Liliel's heart trembled, and she felt only bitterness.

She knew her pleas might be useless, but she had to survive.

Without daring to hesitate, Liliel repeatedly answered Lin An's questions.

"Lord Star-Shatterer.."

"The rules I master indeed belong to the electromagnetic system; I can generate electromagnetic storms and electromagnetic radiation, greatly interfering with spiritual power detection! I can also influence bioelectricity, using disturbed bioelectricity to interfere with thought!"

"Please spare me.. I can truly help you fight!"

As she spoke, Liliel nervously gazed into Lin An's eyes, trying to see if he showed any interest in her.

Her ability can truly assist in battle! But precisely because she can only assist, she was easily captured by Hei Di, without even the strength to resist.

"Bioelectricity? Interfere with thought.. interfere with spirit?"

He repeated it softly, and Lin An nodded thoughtfully.

His reaction was extremely quick.

He could understand from Liliel's somewhat nervous explanation what the so-called interference with bioelectricity to attack thought meant.

Human, or indeed all carbon-based life, brain activity relies on bioelectricity to transmit signals; countless bioelectric impulses travel between neuronal synapses, forming something like computer logic gates for thought.

Using electromagnetic rules to control bioelectricity to attack the brain undoubtedly amounts to attacking electronic devices by cutting power or overloading them.

Such a wondrous rule effect instantly made Lin An's interest grow stronger.

One cannot deny that this rule gave him a new idea.

This rule is very much like an electromagnetic bomb, i. e., an EMP. On Earth, many special forces undertaking demolition missions carry EMP graphite bombs as special weapons to destroy electronic components.

But Lin An never imagined that applying such low-level technology to the rules would still be useful even at the Fifth Stage.

Seeing Lin An show interest, hope flared anew in Liliel's desperate eyes.

Taking advantage of Lin An's moment of thought, she hastily spoke again:

"Lord Star-Shatterer! Our Wind Beast tribe all excel at this rule! We are a civilization living under the light of stars!"

"Believe me, as long as you spare me, we will surely repay you in the future!"

"Are you also a leader of a civilization?"

"You know how important a Fifth Stage is to a civilization.... Our civilization is on the verge of destruction, they are all waiting for me to return...! Please, please!"

She dare not die, nor can she die.

As the sole Fifth Stage painstakingly nurtured by the Wind Beast civilization through the sacrifice of countless Fourth Stages, Liliel is willing to set aside all dignity and beg Lin An to spare her.

Their civilization has reached its end; to seek a sliver of hope, she can only bear the hopes of her entire civilization onto the battlefield.

Her father, her teacher, the strongest of the previous generation in their civilization—every Wind Beast voluntarily gave up their lives to push her to the Fifth Stage.

Her life no longer belongs to herself.

As long as she can return alive, she is willing to give everything.