Chapter 351: Breaking the Balance

Whether spoken by Ji Bingyu or Ji Wanqing, these words carried a heavy weight and held extraordinary significance.

Especially when spoken from Ji Wanqing's lips, it made one feel an inexplicable sense of gravity.

"Alright," Lu Yu nodded slightly in response.

"Lu Yu, Sister, you two sit down; I'll go pour you some water."

At this moment, Ji Bingyu was as happy as an innocent little girl; she gently pulled Ji Wanqing's hand, leading her to sit on a stool.

Then, she hurriedly fetched two clean bowls, carefully placed them in front of Lu Yu and Ji Wanqing, and subsequently picked up a kettle to fill the bowls with water.

"Why didn't you pour a bowl for yourself?" Lu Yu asked, looking at Ji Bingyu, feeling somewhat between laughter and tears.

"No need," Ji Bingyu waved her hands quickly, her face beaming with a radiant smile, her eyes crinkling into slits. "I'm not thirsty. Lu Yu, Sister, drink your water quickly."

"I'm not thirsty for the moment either."

Ji Wanqing looked at Ji Bingyu with eyes full of doting affection, then turned her gaze toward Lu Yu, saying with a sincere expression:

"Lu Yu, I am truly, deeply grateful to you. If not for you, we sisters might never have been able to reunite until death. Moreover, if you hadn't taken Xiao Yu in back then, given her abilities at the time, it would have been almost impossible for her to survive until today."

"That was just a small favor," Lu Yu waved his hand lightly, then continued, "Didn't you say earlier that you had something very important to tell me?"

Ji Wanqing nodded, her expression turning serious: "You have already crossed paths with that person, haven't you?"

"Yes." The image of Wei Xiong instantly surfaced in Lu Yu's mind. He frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Could his ability really be a Clone?"

"That's right. His name is Wei Xiong, and what you killed was merely his Clone. If you cannot find his true body, there is no way to truly put him to death," Ji Wanqing answered earnestly.

"Then, does killing his Clone really have no impact on him at all?" Lu Yu immediately followed up.

"It has an impact, and a significant one at that," Ji Wanqing said. "Once a Clone dies, it not only causes his strength to regress but also makes the difficulty of his future cultivation increase substantially. The more times a Clone dies, the harder it becomes to improve his strength, which could eventually lead to his power being permanently stuck at a certain stage, making it difficult to achieve any further breakthroughs."

"I see. It seems my guess was correct," Lu Yu nodded lightly, his inner doubts resolved.

He thought to himself, if the death of a Clone truly had no impact, wouldn't this guy be nearly invincible?

Seeing this, a look of helplessness appeared on Ji Wanqing's face as she slowly said, "But what he told you before was not a lie. He holds a very high status in Wuji City and can command several B-Class Awakened.

You killed his Clone this time, and he will absolutely not let it go; he will certainly do everything in his power to find you and seek revenge. Also, in order to save me this time, you killed several C-Class Awakened directly in the city..."

Hearing this, Ji Bingyu, who was to the side, could not help but tightly cover her mouth with her hands.

She had long guessed that the process of Lu Yu rescuing her sister would certainly not be smooth sailing.

Could it be that to save her sister, Lu Yu had broken in directly and killed all those people to successfully rescue her?

Ji Wanqing's voice continued: "If nothing goes wrong, this news will be reported very soon, and the Awakened Association will send Hunters to track your whereabouts. Therefore, from now on, you had best not use that identity again."

"I understand," Lu Yu replied. Even if Ji Wanqing hadn't specifically reminded him, he was well aware of the severity of this matter and would certainly be extra cautious.

"What kind of existence are the Hunters you just mentioned?" Lu Yu asked curiously.

"Hunters are a special department within the Awakened Association, specifically tasked with recruiting those Awakened with extremely formidable combat power.

They are primarily responsible for hunting down targets named on wanted lists, while also bearing the heavy responsibility of eliminating Evil Cultists and other anti-human forces.

Occasionally, they also participate in handling Fierce Beast incidents, but the vast majority of the time, their targets are humans. By the way, your previous identity will also be on the wanted list very soon," Ji Wanqing said with a hint of apology.

"So that's how it is," Lu Yu realized with a start. It seemed that those who could enter this department must be top-tier figures among the Awakened.

"Then, there is one more thing." Ji Wanqing paused, her expression becoming increasingly grave. "This matter is far more serious than the one just mentioned; I hope you can prepare yourself mentally."

A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in Lu Yu's heart, and he couldn't help but ask, "What, what is it?"

"A year ago, through Future Prediction, I saw the scene of a Beast Tide about to erupt," Ji Wanqing said slowly, her eyes filled with sorrow. "The scale of this Beast Tide will far exceed any in the past. The tragedy of ten years ago will be reenacted, and this time, the situation will be even more terrifying."

As soon as she finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.

The smile that had been on Ji Bingyu's face completely froze.

A look of terror appeared in her eyes, and she asked again, unable to believe it: "Sister, you, what did you just say? Is the scene from ten years ago going to be reenacted?"

"Yes," Ji Wanqing nodded slightly. "I saw that on the land of our Yanxia Country, the Beast Tide was like a surging flood, ruthlessly submerging countless cities. Flying Fierce Beasts blotted out the sky, and from the depths of the ocean, endless Fierce Beasts crawled out, and even..."

A trace of terror flashed in her eyes.

"Even what?" Lu Yu asked anxiously.

"I don't know either. At that time, I felt an extremely dangerous aura; if I had continued to predict, I might have lost my life, so I had to stop the prediction.

But I have a strong premonition that the emergence of this Beast Tide is very likely because a fourth Beast Emperor-Grade Fierce Beast has been born."

"A fourth..." After hearing this, Lu Yu couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

According to what Wang Shu had said before, the human race currently only has three S-Class Awakened, which maintains a delicate balance with the three Beast Emperor-Grade Fierce Beasts. Both sides are doing their utmost to try and break this balance to gain an advantage.

And now it seems, the Fierce Beast side has gained the upper hand?

"Perhaps it's just me overthinking it," Ji Wanqing said, "but the eruption of the Beast Tide is almost a certainty.

When that time comes, let alone Yongan City, even a city the size of Wuji City will likely be unable to escape unscathed.

Only those large cities and the three super-large cities are the final hope for our Yanxia Country in this catastrophe. Lu Yu, I hope you can prepare as early as possible."

"How could it be like this..." Ji Bingyu's eyes turned red, her voice trembling slightly.

Except for those large and super-large cities, all other places would face collapse, which meant that the Lu Family Fort where she was currently located would also be unable to escape the fate of being ravaged by Fierce Beasts.

And what about the people in the Zhai? Like her, they had finally managed to live a stable life and had just seen hope for the future, yet in the blink of an eye, they would once again be plunged into displacement and might even lose their lives.

Lu Yu also fell into silence; Ji Wanqing's words had completely exceeded his expectations.

After a long while, he slowly asked: "What is the specific time?"