Chapter 681: Protection

Blood drowned!

The battle dragged on for too long.

Although in ordinary people's perception it was only a few seconds.

But for Lin An, the uninterrupted duration is the limit of his peak combat power.

Looking at how to fight, the red-clothed mutant still had a breath left.

Lin An's face grew increasingly grim.

Wielding dual swords, he slashed them crossing.

I don't know if the intense pain stimulated the girl.

In his scarlet eyes, the last trace of lucidity also completely dissipated under Lin An's somewhat uneasy perception.

Use the Causal Sequence?

The Black Dragon also consumes a lot.

The thought just arose.

Just as Lin An hesitated whether to use his last trump card, the girl before him suddenly stiffened in place.

"I... will kill you!!"

Heedless of the dual swords nearly severing her head.

The stiff third-rank mutant in place suddenly let out a sharp hiss.

In an instant.

Only to see its skull suddenly split open, brain tissue like an expanding sponge fully exposed.

At the same time.

The originally seawater-like viscous mental pressure suddenly surged.

Second form!?

Seeing the tumor-like tissue, Lin An unhesitatingly activated the Causal Sequence.

Third-rank state! Activate!

Reenact the amoeba worm dungeon stage.

A black dragon with a tail stabbing toward the brain tissue stared blankly at the second self appearing behind Lin An.

In his daze, the attack from the mutant's second form suddenly erupted.

A gale burst forth.

An invisible sound wave attack directly enveloped the dragon and the person.

In the haste, Lin An actually couldn't control his posture balance and was blown away by this piercing wail.

His whole body's muscles trembled, resonating.

Behind him on the ground, a hundred-meter-deep pit appeared.

That was the ground being pulverized by the resonance effect under the sound wave bombardment.

Almost in a single strike, all buildings within a hundred-meter radius instantly turned into flying gray stone.

Such high damage...

Seeing the damage value refresh again on the battle info, Lin An felt it extremely troublesome.

Damn it.

This is nowhere near third rank.

Even without having encountered third-rank Awakened Ones from his past life, he could easily tell.

Ordinary third-rank Awakened Ones, even if a few more came, wouldn't be enough to kill the red-clothed mutant before him.

Fighting at full strength for too long.

The Black Dragon sensed that Lin An no longer needed it, and simply turned into a stone carving, sinking into Lin An's arm.

Feeling somewhat wronged.

The energy painstakingly accumulated was again consumed by more than half.

"Dad, eat it... there are fragments..."

After dropping that line, the Black Dragon full of anticipation sat waiting for Lin An to kill the mutant and enjoy the feast.

Lin An hearing the voice gave a slight start.

What fragments?

Is that what the Black Dragon initially wanted to express?

He was shaken a hundred meters by the mutant's attack.

Lin An rose without fear in an instant, the second Black Dragon fused into black wings behind him flaring at extreme speed, pushing his velocity to the limit.

Feeling his condition full, the power of third rank.

Lin An let out a low shout and charged head-on at the oncoming monster.

What about the second form!?

I don't believe I can't slay you!

Sword net!

Storm!

Inside the Space Ring, a large number of blue sword-type weapons found from the Long An arsenal turned into a blade storm, mercilessly shredding through.

In every gesture.

Lin An wantonly burst forth mental power, using the Soul-Securing Sword Sheath to continually impart a sword-silence effect on each weapon.

Although the bonus effect cannot compare to nurturing, and the duration is also short.

But I can't stand it; each one comes with special effects.

The storm raged.

The Judgment skill activated again.

Amidst the thunder and lightning, the silver sword net frenetically sliced the charging mutants.

At peak state, Lin An's spiritual power seemed boundless.

The commercial street, already ravaged like ruins, was now completely reduced to a field of rubble.

Comparable to a nuclear explosion site.

He swung sword after sword.

Like the silver light of a blade waltz, it filled the midair.

I don't know if it's exposing the brain.

Although spiritual power had increased severalfold, the Red-Clothed Mutant's thinking ability and defense were clearly diminished.

Under the Fool's passive talent.

The girl completely lost her mind, unable to break through the blade storm, and was instantly scraped into a flesh-and-bone skeleton.

Seizing the opportunity.

In the final second before the Uninterrupted State faded,

Lin An activated the Destroy Skill again, crossing space, attempting to cleave the mutant's exposed brain with a single strike.

He bore the damage head-on.

Even his breathing felt heavy.

This battle was absolutely the toughest fight he had ever faced.

In the flash of lightning, he rushed into the sword net and unleashed a chain of slashes in one breath.

At full burst, even Lai Te's disguise could not be maintained.

He seemed to realize that he was about to die.

The exposed brain tissue of the Red-Clothed Mutant trembled, and the eyes hidden beneath burst into madness.

Spiritual explosion!

The final resort.

At the instant the Uninterrupted State vanished, Lin An felt as if struck by a meteorite.

He couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Fortunately, under the Demonic Form and the Uninterrupted State, most of the damage was offset for him.

Seeing the damage display surge to as high as 7800 points, Lin An's heart jolted.

Truly abnormal!

One strike nearly drained his vitality.

If not for the delayed damage, he would have likely died.

But... everything was worth it!

The sword blade cut into the brain matter.

The mutant, having unleashed its final attack, could no longer maintain its monstrous form.

His breath grew weak.

It had exhausted its last shred of strength.

Severely wounded and on the brink of death.

The frenzy subsided, restoring calm.

One person and one monster thus fell into a brief pause.

Lin An strained to rise, leaning on his sword, as his flesh rapidly healed.

The dragon wings on his back flickered, preventing his spiritual power from exhausting to the point he could not maintain his stance.

The Red-Clothed Mutant, returned to its former shape, now swayed on the verge of collapse, as if turning back into a frail girl.

It stared straight at Lin An, revealing an inexplicable hint of sorrow.

His heart was like cold stone.

Lin An was only slightly affected in heart; he summoned the last bit of strength and thrust his sword without hesitation.

A monster... is just a monster.

At least before I turn into a monster.

Humanity must slay the monster!

The sword blade thrust forward, aimed straight at the girl's brow.

The next second.

Time seemed both slow and swift.

Lin An only felt a flash before his eyes; a hunched, paper‑thin frail body blocked his front.

His chest was pierced, but a surge of system power blocked his strike.

?

Lin An stared in astonishment.

But he found it was merely an ordinary middle‑aged person standing in front of the mutant.

He spat blood.

The raging sword aura destroyed most of his vitality.

If not for that strange strand of system power, his thrust would have already pierced both person and monster.

Awakened?

He felt the man's weak, but 0 Fourth Rank power.

Lin An's expression was somewhat astonished.

Under extreme focus, did he break through human limits?

Like a gene lock undone? Becoming an Awakened One?

What ability?

How is it so like Xiong Hanzi's skill effect?

Unexpectedly, one strike and he didn't die?

Looking at the man behind, clearly the mutant on the brink of death, Lin An instantly realized.

The man probably awakened a damage-bearing skill.

Really...

So melodramatic.

"Get out of the way!"

Not much emotion.

Lin An's expression icy, he slowly pulled Cain's Blade from the man's body.

If not for still having questions to ask, he wouldn't mind sending both of them to die together.

Unexpectedly.

Blood kept flowing from the man's mouth corner, his originally hate-filled eyes now carrying a hint of shock.

He had already prepared himself to die for his daughter.

Just.

After seeing the demon's face clearly.

"Lin... An...!??"

As if thinking of something, recalling something.

He incredulously lifted his head, lips trembling.

Lin An slightly frowned, knowing that after removing the Mirei disguise, his true identity was exposed.

However.

It doesn't matter anymore.

As he, with Impatience, was about to strike the final blow.

The man pleaded, looking at him, his whole body trembling:

"Please, don't kill my daughter..."

"Sir... you don't remember me...?"

"You once... saved me..."

Lin An's raised right hand stalled, looking at the man before him, withered and about to die, he slightly startled.

The scene overlapped.

The man before him overlapped with the face in his memory.

He is...

The man he rescued from the zombies' mouths when the Apocalypse just broke out!

The man who held a doll and begged him to go to school to save his daughter!