Chapter 133: Old Acquaintance (8/10, autumn subscriptions!)

The sound spread out in a mighty wave, startling those ahead into turning their heads this way, and even the fighting Guard Team members lost focus for a moment.

In that very instant, the male freak suddenly lunged in front of the squad leader, one hand reaching straight for his face.

"No!!"

The messenger's pupils shrank as he cried out involuntarily.

And the instant the words left his mouth, the surrounding scenery blurred for a split second.

When his vision cleared, he found himself set on the ground at some unknown point, among those refugees who had been watching the show.

And ahead of him, the scene froze like a still frame—a man had firmly gripped the freak's right hand as it reached for the squad leader, preventing a tragedy from unfolding.

"Deputy Captain Ye!!"

The messenger wept with excitement.

The others were also greatly shocked.

"Holy shit!"

"Who is that!"

"What's that guy's background!"

"He restrained the freak with one hand?! The freak is clearly struggling, but it can't break free from his grip!"

"So strong! Who is he?!"

The players cried out in astonishment one after another, while the squad on this side beamed with wild joy.

"Deputy Captain Ye!"

"It's Deputy Captain Ye!"

"Thank you, Deputy Captain Ye, for saving our lives!"

The last words were spoken by the squad leader who had nearly been disfigured and killed by the freak, directed at Fang Yue.

Fang Yue glanced at them, snapped the freak's wrist with a crack, and said, "All of you, fall back!"

"But…"

They exchanged glances, clearly hesitant.

It wasn't as if they had never worked with the captain before.

In the past, when cooperating with Captain Lin, Captain Hua, and the others, it had always been them providing support while the captain served as the main force.

Even though they couldn't be of much help, they could still play a role in pinning the enemy down.

Someone like Fang Yue, directly telling them to withdraw, was a first—they didn't dare make a decision on the spot.

Not until Fang Yue kicked the freak in the chest, caving its bones inward and sending it flying five or six meters before it hit the ground.

A "-321" damage number popped up above the freak's head, and with the bearing of an invincible war god, they finally snapped out of it and silently retreated.

"Then we'll leave it to Deputy Captain Ye!"

"Please be careful, Deputy Captain Ye!"

"Go get 'em, Deputy Captain Ye!"

The few of them quickly retreated to the players' side and watched the scene ahead along with them.

The freak, kicked to the ground, let out a roar and suddenly sprang back up, fixing its eyes—constantly streaming with black blood—on Fang Yue's direction.

"What're you staring at!"

Fang Yue charged over and delivered a great slap.

Slap! -

371!

The freak was slapped straight onto the ground, a damage number popping up above its head. Dazed, it propped itself up on one hand, seemingly bewildered as to why it had just been slapped.

Before it could sort out this existential question, it was violently hauled up by Fang Yue.

"What are you playing dead for!"

Slap!

Another slap landed on the freak's face, knocking a few teeth loose; some black blood splattered onto Fang Yue's clothes.

But since Fang Yue was holding the freak with his other hand, it didn't go flying—just a big number popped up above its head.

522!

A huge number popped up, leaving the freak completely dazed. It snarled and tried to bite Fang Yue, only to get two more slaps.

"What's with the yelling! I want you to aid my cultivation!"

Slap slap slap slap!

577!

602!

592!

622!

Those damage numbers popping up made the watching players' scalps tingle.

"Holy crap! What kind of damage is that!"

"Damn! Who the hell is this guy!"

"Deputy Captain Ye? Could this guy be that Yese Liming the other players in the village keep mentioning?!"

"No way! He's actually a player?! Holy crap! That's way too strong! So strong my mind's gone blank!"

If the guy before them were an NPC, a Native Guard Team captain or deputy captain or whatever, they could naturally accept it.

It's an NPC—being strong is normal, after all.

But now someone was telling them the guy in front of them was a player, and that was a bit much to swallow.

This game has only been live for about four or five days, and there's already a player this fierce! Pinning the anomaly down and beating it into a steady retreat with no chance to fight back—what the hell is that about!

You have to understand, they had just witnessed the anomaly's strength with their own eyes. A six-person Guard Team squad had nearly been wiped out by this anomaly.

On the players' side, every one that went up died—die one, die a whole bunch.

But when it got to Fang Yue, a single person was just beating the anomaly down left and right. It was absolutely terrifying!

Watching the one-sided battle, the players were dumbfounded. Who exactly is the anomaly, and who is the player? Why do they suddenly feel that the anomaly getting its head pummeled is kind of pitiful? Way too miserable—not even a chance to fight back. It's just a complete one-sided crush in raw power!

"Ouch!"

Just as everyone thought the battle would end in such a one-sided fashion, Fang Yue up ahead suddenly let out an "Ouch!" and kicked the anomaly in the belly, sending it flying five or six meters away.

"It can ambush now? How tenacious! Good! I'm thrilled! Come on, fight! I'm completely pumped up!!"

Saying that, Fang Yue charged toward the anomaly.

And at this moment, the crowd finally noticed that the anomaly's belly had somehow grown an extra hand—a hand made of fingernails! That kind of structure was an absolute nightmare for anyone with trypophobia, making people's scalps crawl.

The people who'd said earlier that it wasn't scary on purpose had all shut their mouths now.

Connecting that with Fang Yue's "Ouch!" just now, most people had already figured it out: the anomaly must have extended this right hand made of fingernails from its belly to ambush Fang Yue, only to get kicked flying by him.

While the crowd was thinking this, Fang Yue had already clamped a hand over the anomaly's face and slammed it hard into the ground.

With a thunderous boom, the floor tiles shattered and dust filled the air.

And Fang Yue had already whooshed out his blade.

Leng Yue Blade!

Over 50 Control Power!

Draw blade!

With a slash, the blade light flashed five times in succession.

1560!

2270!

1812!

1960!

1790!

The anomaly's four limbs were all severed by Fang Yue, and the final slash even cut off the fingernail hand that had grown from its belly.

Without hesitation, Fang Yue drew his blade again and chopped straight down at the head.

"Roar!!"

The anomaly let out a great roar as its head was severed on cue and rolled to the side.

5331!

The anomaly immediately went still—it seemed to be dead.

Huh?

No way?

That's it?

That's all the anomaly had?

I haven't even had my fill yet, and it's already done for?

Too weak, too weak, too weak, too weak!!

I want more, give me more anomalies, I want stronger anomalies!!

Fang Yue was just about to feel smug when he suddenly noticed no system notification had popped up.

His heart chilled, and he hurriedly added a few more slashes, but the anomaly's corpse still showed no reaction.

Just as Fang Yue was puzzling over it, he saw a black orb of light—halfway between solid and ethereal—drift lazily out of the anomaly's corpse.

Fang Yue: ……

Damn!

So it was you!

Vomit-Finger Anomaly!

Fang Yue's face went blank as he drew his blade without a word.

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing anomaly 【Vomit-Finger Anomaly】. Reward: Control Power +0.3, Resistance Power +0.3."

Two more updates to come

(End of this chapter)