Chapter 390: Everything Has Just Begun (1/10, Autumn Subscription)

Ma Ling'er was swept up by the heatwave, then blasted far away.

When she felt the searing pain in every bone, shook her head, and looked up again at Fang Yue.

She saw Fang Yue, his skin nearly torn open, blackened by his own power, his shoulder blown apart with visible flesh and bone, barely able to stand, shout again.

"Time Reversal!!"

The injuries healed again.

Time flowed backward!

You can do that?!

Ma Ling'er was stunned, completely dumbfounded.

As far as she knew, this kind of self-explosion attack was basically a thousand damage to the enemy, eight hundred to oneself.

And it was absolutely a one-time use—after using it once, you were done for.

So when Ma Ling'er withstood the first wave, she naturally assumed Fang Yue had no more tricks.

But what the hell was going on now?

This guy… could he use it a second time? A third time? Is he some kind of self-explosion maniac? Unlimited self-explosions?

Show a little respect to the heroic human elders who once sacrificed themselves! You're making them look like fools!

Coming to her senses, Ma Ling'er gradually calmed down.

She watched Fang Yue, now fully restored, with wary eyes, even doubting whether her vision had been deceived by an illusion.

She no longer charged recklessly, but circled Fang Yue slowly.

Her severed right arm, the blade broken off, was slowly regrowing white bone—only a short stub had formed so far.

Her entire skeleton was blackened, damaged to varying degrees.

Yet as she observed, Fang Yue suddenly grinned like a madman holding a bomb, his expression wild: "Huh? Afraid to come closer? Where did your earlier fighting spirit go? Is this all the Wang Nu of the Wu Yu clan can do?"

"…"

Ma Ling'er said nothing, only stared coldly at Fang Yue, as if she had seen through his infinite explosion secret.

But Fang Yue didn't give her the chance.

Because Fang Yue started running!

He was charging straight at Ma Ling'er like a madman!

"Since you won't come to me, I'll come to you!"

Ma Ling'er:!!!

She had to admit—she was frightened.

The residual shock of the explosion, the searing pain, still lingered on her body.

And now this self-explosion maniac was charging again, ready to blow himself up once more.

"Madman!"

Ma Ling'er quickly retreated, but Fang Yue pursued relentlessly, laughing wildly.

"Don't run, Ma Ling'er! Our fight's only just getting interesting! Hahahahahaha!!"

This bastard!!

Ma Ling'er gritted her teeth, filled with humiliation.

She, the royal of the Wu Yu clan, was being chased like a dog by a human!

That man openly declared he wanted to kill her—and she didn't even dare to fight back!

Ma Ling'er's face darkened.

"Yese Liming, don't push too far!"

"Angry? If you're angry, turn around and kill me! I'm right here waiting!"

Every word Fang Yue spoke stung Ma Ling'er's nerves.

She turned her dark gaze back—and saw clearly that Fang Yue couldn't catch up with her.

I'll exhaust his stamina first; when he's tired, I'll strike unexpectedly and kill him before he even gets a chance to self-explode!

Ma Ling'er's plan was perfect—but soon, she realized a problem.

That was… the bone kites had seen this.

After a moment of stunned silence, the bone kites flew toward them, eager to help Ma Ling'er.

"All of you—stand back! His head is mine!"

Ma Ling'er immediately roared, face dark with fury.

Not to mention the Trial's requirements—just the thought of other Wu Yu clan members learning she had been chased in disgrace by a human, and had to rely on bone kites to kill Fang Yue—how could she ever face them again? How could she hold her head high in the royal circle?

"Good! You've got spirit! But your running looks awfully pathetic!"

The voice from behind struck Ma Ling'er's nerves again.

What crushed Ma Ling'er most was that, besides the bone kites, the surviving humans, upon seeing this, began cheering.

"It's Captain Ye! Look! It's Captain Ye!"

"My god! Captain Ye is chasing Ma Ling'er down! He's slaughtering her!!"

"Ohhhhh! No wonder he's Ye Ge, no wonder he's my idol! Ye Ge, face the camera! Today's forum headline is yours!!"

Amid the Guard Team members' shouts, another voice came from the ground—Jing Yan, pretending to be a corpse, secretly filming Fang Yue, frantically angling for the lens.

Fang Yue's face turned black.

Damn it! This guy's still thinking about filming? Gu Yue Cun's almost gone, everyone's life is on the line, I'm fighting for my life—and you're still obsessed with filming and posting to the forum? Filming, filming, filming! I'll film you to death!

"Film me looking cool!!!"

With a roar, Fang Yue surged forward with full momentum, charging at Ma Ling'er.

Smells so good!!

In truth, Fang Yue's hidden danger right now is enormous.

His Blazing Fire Explosion isn't something he can just fire off casually.

Even though he used a clever workaround, it can't last long — he really can't just explode whenever he wants.

Blazing Fire Explosion works by storing internal force inside the body, converting it into a seal, then using a special flow of internal force to trigger the seal and produce a self-detonation.

The prerequisite for all of this is enough internal force.

Earlier he had frantically downed an entire bottle — a hundred pills that restore internal force — just to quickly recover his internal force and carry out continuous detonations.

But in reality, this is problematic.

If Ma Ling'er had enough nerve and came to test him a few more times, she would surely discover that the power of Blazing Fire Explosion was growing weaker and weaker.

Because his internal force was insufficient — squeezing milk from grass, basically — he simply couldn't bring out the full power of Blazing Fire Explosion.

Even if Fang Yue could solve the side effects and recover his body's injuries, the problem of power could not be resolved.

So Fang Yue's true hope was actually the parchment!

"Parchment! Haven't you finished digesting the Silver yet?"

【Digesting! Digesting now!】

"Give me a progress bar!"

【52.31472957……%】

"Shut up!"

Fang Yue's face darkened — it even shows digits after the decimal point, is that necessary!

Still, it's only halfway digested — way too slow!

Ma Ling'er, who had become a Rain-tribe Wang Nu, was very strong — Fang Yue admitted that.

But she absolutely hadn't yet reached the point of weathering a single Rain-level strike!

As long as he could bluff Ma Ling'er, keep her from rashly testing the power of his consecutive 【Blazing Fire Explosion】s and seeing through his paper tiger, then there would be room to maneuver!

So his momentum absolutely had to be enough!!

Letting out a wild, arrogant laugh, Fang Yue roared: "Ma Ling'er, run! Run all you want! Weakness is the original sin — the current you is nowhere near my opponent!!"

Everyone:!!!

Jing Yan: WTF I'm literally rising from the dead!!

"Captain Ye! Captain Ye! Captain Ye!!"

The surviving team members of Gu Yue Cun who were still holding their ground all began shouting excitedly.

Fang Yue's appearance was like a beam of light, scattering a little of the vast darkness hanging over Gu Yue Cun — like… a savior!

This is a key plot point, I wrote it a bit slow, my apologies

(End of chapter)