Chapter 318: The End of Mo Cun (7/15, Autumn Subscription)

Tail stared blankly at everything unfolding, she didn't even understand what had happened.

Being protected and escorted at the cost of so many lives, her perception of the Extreme Ice Sect gradually began to shift, and a faint sense of belonging took root.

"Chen Lao failed?"

Ma Ling'er, who had nearly drifted back to Mo Cun, turned her head to look and her brow furrowed slightly.

But a moment later, she let out a sinister little laugh.

"Our Wuyu Tribe isn't so easy to kill. Even if we die, we'll flay you alive!"

Within the Black Cloud, another contingent of Human Bone Kites peeled off to pursue Tail and her party. The remaining Human Bone Kites all shrank back into the Black Cloud.

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

The wind howled.

The entire Mo Cun lay shrouded beneath the shadow of the enormous Black Cloud.

At the village entrance of Mo Cun, a dense crowd of people pressed together, staring dumbfounded up at the Black Cloud in the sky, their whole bodies trembling.

Some had even started to run, but before they'd taken two steps, they suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Then a human face appeared on the dead man's back, slowly coming into focus, then bursting through the skin, transforming into a new Human Bone Kite that slowly rose into the sky, becoming part of the Black Cloud!

Watching the new kite rise slowly, every face was filled with Zhenjiu.

"No… impossible… what kind of ghost thing is this, what kind of evil, I've never heard of anything like this!"

Lang Mo gripped his own right hand tightly with his left, fingernails digging into flesh.

He was terrified he might faint from the shock.

That massive, sky-covering Black Cloud, that oppressive shadow, grated on everyone's nerves.

Captain Wu, standing nearby, flashed a look of approval in his eyes.

To be able to stay as calm as possible under such immense pressure was already a fine reaction.

"Lang Mo, remember this—every second from now on is a true second of being a captain!"

As he spoke, he walked forward, each step leaving a footprint, each step more solid than the last!

"This is wonderful… do you know why this is wonderful?"

"Because I've been blaming myself all along—why couldn't I protect Captain Fire?"

"Why couldn't I kill the Wuyu Tribe."

"Why wasn't I by her side back then."

"Why… why… why!"

"So much self-blame, so much rage, I never got the chance to vent it, and then you Wuyu Tribe were killed by the ancient formation!"

"I'm not willing, this grievance buried in my heart, I'm not willing!!"

"But this is wonderful! Now, you've come!"

"To that, I only want to say one thing—you coming to deliver yourselves is truly wonderful! I'm going to slaughter your entire clan!!"

When Captain Wu stopped walking, his face had become savage and twisted, and he stood at the very front of everyone!

His heart began to sting again.

But he made no move, no reaction—for compared to the body's pain, it was that remorse that hurt him most!

"Come on! Come down! Let's have ourselves a joyous life-and-death slaughter!!"

Captain Wu roared toward the heavens, and at this moment, everyone could only think Captain Wu was a madman.

But this madman felt so dependable, so reassuring!

This is what a captain is!

A captain of a village!

A guardian of the people's peace!

"…Captain Wu! Captain Wu! Captain Wu! Captain Wu!!"

No one knew who started it, but the surrounding escort squad members and the dense crowd of villagers began loudly chanting Captain Wu's name.

That fervor, that trust, struck Lang Mo's understanding.

He couldn't help but clench his fist.

"So… this is what a captain is, this is what a captain should look like! What was I even doing just now… I want to… stand beside Captain Wu too! I don't need to surpass him, just standing beside him and fighting together is enough!"

Lang Mo's trembling stopped.

As if gaining a belief, he walked step by step to Captain Wu's side.

The two captains, staggered front and back, stood at the head of the formation, like the most solid line of defense, guarding the very front of Mo Cun!

"Captain Lang Mo! Captain Lang Mo! Captain Lang Mo!"

"Captain Wu! Captain Wu! Captain Wu!"

The shouts grew louder and louder.

Hum!!

Amid the great shouts, streams of flowing light rose from Mo Cun's Life and Death Line, transforming into a massive protective barrier that shielded the entire village!

"Formation, rise!!"

Chief Captain Lang Wu's voice rang out from within the flowing-light formation, reaching everyone's ears!

And at that very moment… the Black Cloud bore down upon the formation!

The dense, oppressive Black Cloud, like a sky-covering swarm of locusts, dove downward, crashing into the ancient formation!

Boom boom boom!!

The ancient formation shuddered violently from the impact, as if even the very foundations of Mo Cun were shaking on the brink of collapse!

"Don't stop! Warriors of the Wuyu Tribe!"

"Go forth, and avenge our fallen Wuyu clansmen!"

"Go forth, destroy Mo Cun, destroy everything!"

"Let my madness destroy everything!"

"Let my hatred remain in the past!"

"When Causality is severed, when humanity ends!"

"I, Ma Ling'er, shall be crowned king!"

"The lost Wuyu clan shall reclaim the throne!!"

Roar!!!

Amid the frenzied roars, Mo Cun's ancient formation was stained pitch-black by the ancient array, swallowed by darkness, pressed down by Black Cloud.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!!

One crack after another spread across the ancient formation's barrier, on the verge of shattering!

At the center of the formation, the person guarding the array eye was ashen-faced, lips trembling.

"It's over… it's over! The ancient formation can't hold! We didn't make it in time, we never waited for Captain Ye, for Lord Han's protection!"

"Mo Cun is finished!"

Boom!!!

As if confirming Chief Captain Lang Wu's words, the ancient formation of all Mo Cun shattered with a thunderous crash under the onslaught of the raging Black Cloud.

Streams of light shattered and scattered outward, like a final meteor shower raining down.

And in the instant the ancient formation broke, countless Black Clouds surged into the defenseless Mo Cun, slaughtering wantonly, destroying at will.

All of Mo Cun was shrouded in Black Cloud, pitch-black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face; only screams, pleas for help, and wails of despair rose one after another!!

Mo Cun was destroyed!

Captain Wu struggled desperately to save them.

But it was useless.

Under the onslaught of the nearly endless black human-bone kites, he could barely muster any power to fight back.

Black Cloud bears down, not a bone remains!

In the pitch darkness, Captain Wu couldn't even tell east from west, front from back, left from right.

He only heard screams, only saw corpses.

Those he had guarded, those he had loved—all were wantonly slaughtered in the darkness.

Captain Wu's anguished howl and furious roar; under the human-bone kites' assault, he toppled down, buried beneath the corpses that kept falling one after another, and lost consciousness.

As locusts must pass through, as a gale must still.

When all of Mo Cun became battered and broken, most of its buildings reduced to ruins, and not a single person in the whole village made another sound or stir—

(End of Chapter)