Chapter 167: Heavy Gu Flower (3rd Update, Bonus Chapter for 'dabao00')

Fang Yue could tell that the light had vanished from An Shenyi's expression — he seemed to have already given up hope.

"An Shenyi…"

Fang Yue couldn't help calling out, but was cut off by a single sentence from An Shenyi.

"Go… go now! While I haven't changed my mind! If we wait any longer, the Heavy Pressure Gu will complete its form-shift and emerge from the Heavy Gu Flower — none of us will survive!"

The Blood Hunter immediately understood, bowed once to An Shenyi, and ran toward the front-right with his 【Giant-Headed Blood Hound】, avoiding the Heavy Gu Flower that was emitting a black pillar of light.

Fang Yue gritted his teeth and also sprinted toward the front-left.

Even though Fang Yue had set off later than the Blood Hunter, he caught up from behind, overtook the Blood Hunter, and ran ahead of him.

The two of them passed through the black pillar of light one after the other, and both heaved a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Up ahead, the faint tail-end of the escort team's firelight was still visible.

Fang Yue glanced at the Blood Hunter on his right — still safe and sound.

He turned back nervously to look behind, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief: An Shenyi was still alive, and that black flower was still in place, unmoving… No! Wait!

Fang Yue's face changed.

He saw the corpses of the team members who had previously been crushed to death by the Heavy Gu Flower being dragged into the Heavy Gu Flower by an invisible force; their flesh and blood seemed to merge with the Heavy Gu Flower, sticking to its body, and were rapidly absorbed.

What is this situation?!

Fang Yue looked at An Shenyi and found that An Shenyi was also staring at the scene in shock, as if he had never seen it before either.

Never mind! Escape is the priority!

Fang Yue pulled his gaze back and ran for his life.

Fang Yue was very fast, and quickly pulled a considerable distance away from the Blood Hunter.

By the theory that as long as you run faster than your companion, you can survive the crisis, Fang Yue should be very safe right now.

But he still felt a constant sense of crisis, as if something was locking onto him with deadly intent.

Up ahead, the escort team was getting closer and closer. Just as Fang Yue was hesitating whether to rejoin the escort team… he suddenly went rigid, his pupils contracting.

A terrifying, dreadful pressure came crashing down directly.

Accompanied by the cracking of bones, Fang Yue was pressed down on the spot, head lowered, half-kneeling on one knee!

"Yeye!"

"Deputy Captain Yeye!!"

The voices of An Shenyi and the Blood Hunter from behind rang out almost simultaneously, but Fang Yue no longer had the energy to pay attention.

How could this… be…

Fang Yue raised his head within the black pillar of light in terror and with great difficulty.

He saw, right ahead, a black, enchantingly beautiful flower in full bloom.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

11!

18!

16!

13!

The sound of bones shattering rang out at intervals.

Fang Yue could feel every bone in his body creaking and groaning under this sudden pressure.

Panic rose in Fang Yue's heart; he thought he was about to be crushed flat like the others, turned into a meat patty, exploding into a spray of blood.

But he wasn't.

The black pillar of light's per-hit damage was very low — only the frequency was a bit fast.

But compared to the frantic blood-loss rate of the Rainy Day's crazy downpour, it was far inferior.

Fang Yue had even withstood the violent blood-loss rate of 【Night Rain】, so this black pillar of light naturally seemed a little lacking; his HP was quickly refilled by 【Breath of Night】.

That's it?

Fang Yue was stunned in his heart.

The panic that had just risen instantly settled down.

The sky cleared, the rain stopped — I'm good to go again!

The Heavy Pressure Gu, which had seemed utterly terrifying moments ago, suddenly became as harmless as a house pet.

And just then…

The pressure exerted by the black pillar of light suddenly surged.

Boom!!

The ground sank sharply by a section. Fang Yue's pupils contracted; from half-kneeling, he went to both hands on the ground, gasping for breath, while the crackle-pop of bones bursting rang out one after another across his back!

127!

A terrifying blood-loss prompt popped up above Fang Yue's head!

What terrifying damage!

The cocky attitude that had just floated up instantly sank, plummeting to rock bottom.

Fang Yue trembled, thinking the second explosive surge of heavy pressure was about to come.

But… it didn't.

It was like the soft, exhausted period that always follows after certain… enjoyable activities end.

After that burst of explosive heavy-pressure force ended, the heavy-pressure force instead lightened considerably at once, returning to the initial low-damage mode.

At the same time, the large chunk of HP that had dropped earlier had long since been refilled by 【Breath of Night】.

Huh? That's it?

To others, the terrifying black pillar of light posed no real threat to him, whose HP was regenerating wildly.

Fang Yue once again realized just how formidable he was.

Others had low stats and no HP regeneration, so they couldn't withstand the burst of heavy pressure unleashed by the Heavy Pressure Ghost.

But he was different—his sky-high stats and terrifying regeneration let him treat the black pillar of light as nothing!

In fact…

Fang Yue tried to stand up at full strength inside the black pillar of light.

Accompanied by the crack-crack of bones bursting apart, under the wide-eyed, incredulous stares of An Shenyi and the Blood Hunter, Fang Yue, inside the black pillar of light, slowly rose from his hands-on-the-ground posture, straightened his back, and looked down at the black flower before him!

I'm… fine?

I can withstand the Heavy Pressure Ghost's attack?

I actually withstood it? Then why did the parchment say I would die in a true crisis…

No! Wait!

Fang Yue frowned and carefully recalled.

It seemed that in none of the parchment's prophecies had it ever said he would die in a true crisis!

In every ending in the prophecies, he was alive—he could even regret and rue his original decision! It was just that the team suffered terrible losses, with corpses strewn everywhere!

So… he wasn't in danger at all!

Fang Yue understood.

Immediately, he laughed.

Under the crushing weight of the black pillar of light, he slowly drew his blade, step by step walking up to the Heavy Ghost Flower.

Slowly he raised the Leng Yue blade high above his head—hiss! —a spark flashed, and flames engulfed the blade!

Spark Heart Method, Spark Blade Technique!

Fang Yue's face wore a cold smile. Just as he was about to bring the blade down, a sudden burst of heavy pressure exploded.

BOOM!!

-153!

-11!

-20!

-10!

Fang Yue's movement stalled, and he dropped to one knee again.

But this burst of heavy pressure came quickly and faded quickly—his bones rapidly repaired, his HP surged back wildly. Fang Yue grinned savagely, and in his half-kneeling posture, raised his blade and hacked down.

Whoosh!!

In the dark night, the fiery blade-light condensed into a single line, slicing straight down and severing the Heavy Ghost Flower.

-1111!

One blade fell, and the Heavy Ghost Flower was split clean in two on the spot.

"System Notice: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing the anomaly 【Heavy Ghost Flower】. Reward: Force +0, Unloading +0, Lifespan +7 days."

Dead?

Just that simple?

Fang Yue stared at the Heavy Ghost Flower on the ground, split in two and still burning with flames, somewhat dumbfounded.

This… this is way too weak, isn't it?

Thinking carefully, the Heavy Ghost Flower—indeed, it seemed no one had ever actually attacked it.

Most of the time, after stepping on it, they immediately fled and avoided it, never even thinking of killing the Heavy Ghost Flower.

Because… the terrifying part of the Heavy Ghost Flower was never the Heavy Ghost Flower itself, but what appeared after killing it—the… Black Grade mid-tier anomaly, the Heavy Pressure Ghost!

(End of this chapter)