Chapter 170: Lovecraftian Creature

Lin Yifan heard this, subconsciously turned his head and asked:

"Who? Did you wake up?"

However, the next second, he saw mud and sand churning at the bottom of the water, and a skeleton several times larger than before slowly floated up.

That was no longer a human skeleton, but a strange creature resembling a giant serpent.

Every bone joint was crawling with deep-purple maggots, and where the skull should be there were no eyes, only two clusters of burning purple flames!

But if one looked closely, one could see that those two clusters of purple flame were actually made of worms.

However, the worms emitted a purple light, making them beautiful like purple crystal, causing Lin Yifan to be unable to look away for a moment.

He stared blankly for a moment, then spoke:

"What... what exactly is this thing? It's clearly a monster made of a skeleton, yet it has a strange beauty."

"Don't look directly at it; this is the true source of pollution, possessing strong spiritual pollution ability. If you keep staring at her, your mind will quickly be completely polluted." The black-clad person grabbed Lin Yifan, forced him to turn away, then continued:

"Speaking of which, this thing also has a nice name, called 'Xu Yan'. It is said that it was once an extraordinarily beautiful human, but for some unknown reason it turned into a Lovecraftian creature."

"Lovecraftian creature? What is that?" Lin Yifan hurriedly asked.

"Lovecraftian divine will... I don't even know how to put it!" The black-clad person hesitated a moment, somewhat uncertainly said:

"All I know is that 'Lovecraftian creature' is a species that believes in the Cthulhu mythos; this species is special, they have no physical form of their own, entirely transformed from other races that have been polluted."

"The spiritual pollution you just felt is also called 'Lovecraftian divine will'; of course that's what they call it, we generally refer to it as 'Lovecraftian pollution'. No one knows where this originally came from, but anyway, nowadays the stronger the Lovecraftian creature, the stronger its pollution, so they are all called pollution sources."

"That skeleton you just saw was once a powerful Lovecraftian creature, later suppressed by a Law God of your human race, but only suppressed, not destroyed. Thousands of years have passed since then, that Law God's body and soul have both perished, yet this Lovecraftian creature still lives well."

As he said this, the black-clad person's tone was filled with despair and unwillingness.

Lin Yifan furrowed his brows, turned his head to glance at the skeleton that was continuously condensing, and asked in a low voice:

"What should we do now? Just let it keep condensing?"

"What else can we do? Just wait." The black-clad person gave a bitter smile and said helplessly:

"It is still inside the formation; once it finishes condensing, it will break through the formation. You cannot enter the formation, so you can't do anything about it now."

"However... Xu Yan has fully awakened; this formation is at the end of its rope, at most another quarter hour, Xu Yan will inevitably burst out of the formation."

"Hurry up and prepare for battle! In your domain, there isn't even a Divine Being, let alone a strong expert; if this thing truly leaves this water pool, nobody in your domain will survive!"

"So if you want to survive, you must destroy this pollution source here today; there is no other way!"

Lin Yifan's mouth twitched; he could already feel the immense overwhelming pressure emanating from the Lovecraftian creature called Xu Yan.

He could barely keep from kneeling, having already exerted all his strength, yet now he is told to fight this thing to the death, although he doesn't even know what to say.

Moreover, the purple light on his right hand had spread to his shoulder; he could feel something cold eroding his consciousness.

"Am... I infected?" Lin Yifan moved his arm and asked in a faint voice.

The black-clad person fell silent for a moment, then slowly nodded:

"Yes, you are polluted! And the pollution infecting you is Xu Yan's Lovecraftian energy; so if you cannot destroy it, even if you barely cling to life, you will eventually become a Lovecraftian creature."

"By then, you'll be nothing but a walking corpse!"

Lin Yifan heard this and gave a helpless, bitter smile:

"That means, today I have no choice but to fight desperately?"

"But even if I am willing to fight desperately, with my current abilities, aren't you overestimating me?"

The black-clad person nodded: "Yes, but you don't need to worry too much; you are the current master of the Source of Myriad Waters, possessing strong purifying power within your body, you just haven't realized it."

"I will find a way to fully release your purifying power; by then, you will have a fighting chance against Xu Yan."

"Moreover, haven't I still got me? I came here today just to help you! As long as I'm here, I will absolutely not let you die; even if death comes, I will die before you."

Lin Yifan could feel that the black-clad person's words held no falsehood at all, indeed they were filled with resolve.

This made him increasingly curious: just who is this black-clad person?

So he asked: "Since neither of us knows today whether we can still walk out alive from this water pool, at least tell me who you are."

"Otherwise, how can I trust you?"

The black-clad person heard this, fell into silence for a while, then slowly pulled back his hood, revealing his face.

And when Lin Yifan saw the black-clad person's face, his breath caught.

Directly beneath that hood was actually a face he knew extremely well!

Because it was a face exactly identical to his own!

Lin Yifan stared dumbfounded at the black-clad person, quickly stepped back several paces, and exclaimed in shock:

"You... why do you look exactly like me? Could you be a clone?"

"I am not a clone!" The black-clad person gave a bitter smile and said helplessly:

"Actually I am you, just not the present you, but the future you!"

Lin Yifan didn't believe the black-clad person's words at all, snorted coldly, and said with a face full of mockery:

"Do you want to listen to what nonsense you're spouting? Still the future me... are you trying to say you came from the future through time travel?"

"Your purpose is just to come back and save me? Although this world is already crazy enough, isn't this a bit too crazy?"

"Although it's crazy, what I say is true! Absolutely no falsehood." The black-clad person gave a helpless bitter smile and explained:

"I am you from ten years later, except that I turned into a Maggot Human Bone five years ago, but unlike other Maggot Human Bones, I have always retained my memories."

"So I have always remembered that I am human! I am not a Lovecraftian creature! I am not a Maggot Human Bone, I am human!"