Chapter 392: One Abyss Worm (3/10, Autumn Subscription)

Boom!!

Just a momentary shock and pause, and the flames on Ma Ling'er's body surged wildly.

15863!

17765!

13655!

Explosively exaggerated numbers, bouncing crazily.

Containing all of Fang Yue's power, the Fire Blade and Fire Feather attacks at maximum intensity, combined with the wild boost of the Undying Oil—the power had actually become exaggerated to such a degree!

"Ahhhhh!!"

Ma Ling'er screamed, wanting to shake off the flames, and in her panicked flight, actually crashed toward Fang Yue.

"Come at me!!"

Fang Yue roared in his heart, the Fire Blade in his hand already condensing into form once again.

Blazing Heart Method!

+100 Control Points!

Self-Immolation State!

Power increased!

Starfire Blade Technique!!

+30 Control Points!

Then came the last half-bottle of 【Undying Oil】!

With a bang it smashed onto the ring, and the flames burning across his whole body, as if not caring about his life, surged wildly, shooting skyward.

The intense heat brought by the fierce flames—even the Bone Kites behind, still chasing at a distance, could already feel it.

Watching Ma Ling'er rushing over in her panicked flight, Fang Yue swung the Fire Blade in his hand and slashed straight across with one strike.

Under the boost of numerous buffs, especially the Undying Oil, this strike from Fang Yue directly dealt out a terrifying number.

52218!

The Fire Blade, unlike a physical blade.

It pierced straight through Ma Ling'er's white-bone body, leaving behind a fine, dense blade wound, as well as exaggerated charred-black marks sweeping across her whole body.

The fine, dense blade wound was extremely deep—with Ma Ling'er's body's durability, she had nearly been cut clean in two by that one strike!

"How dare you! How dare you!!"

Amid Ma Ling'er's scream, amid Hua Wuye and the others' cries of shock, amid the Bone Kites' furious roars.

Fang Yue slashed out the second strike, the third strike, the fourth strike!

Slash slash slash slash slash!

Layer upon layer of blade shadows, raging fire devouring her body!

Before the others could get close, Fang Yue hacked out wildly, pouring every ounce of strength in his body into swinging the blade.

In his eyes it seemed only the blade remained, yet at the corners of his eyes, black blood was gradually trickling down.

The wild Blade Technique directly hacked Ma Ling'er into repeated retreat, segments of her white-bone body flying off one after another.

Hand bones, foot bones, rib bones, leg bones, skull!

As long as it was a white-bone part on her body, Fang Yue hacked—hack hack hack!

Mindless hacking, frenzied hacking—he even forgot his own purpose, only remembering that he had to hack the person before him to death.

So when the Black Cloud pressed down, when Hua Wuye screamed out—

Fang Yue only realized that, at some unknown point, he had already been hacking away at a pile of shattered bone parts on the ground, like chopping butcher's meat.

Blankly raising his head to look at the Black Cloud diving down, shouting things like "Avenge the Wang Nu!" "How could a mere human kill the Wang Nu!"—what rang through Fang Yue's mind was the system notification chime.

"System Notification: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 for killing 【Wuyu Clan Di Liu Wang Nu: Ma Ling'er】. Reward: Control +150, Burden -50, Lifespan +1 year."

Dead… finally dead!

He wasn't sure if it was because of the frenzied attack just now, or because his stamina had truly reached its limit.

Exhaustion welled up in his heart.

At this moment, Fang Yue couldn't muster even half a shred of strength.

And without his knowing, the black in his eyes was rapidly fading, returning to his usual whites and iris color.

On the ground, Ma Ling'er's corpse was gradually disintegrating, turning into powder, slowly sinking into the back of Fang Yue's hand and leaving a faint Xinghong Banyue Yinjie.

And where Ma Ling'er's corpse had originally been, two blood-red stones were left behind.

"System Notification: You have fallen into the 【Curse: Wuyu】 state."

"Status: Curse 【Wuyu】."

"Name: Curse 【Wuyu】."

"Effect:???"

"Description:???"

"Duration:???"

"Note:???"

Fang Yue:???

What kind of curse is this?

The extreme exhaustion made even Fang Yue's brain become somewhat sluggish.

Drawing on his last bit of strength, he pocketed the Blood Stones, then lay flat on his back, gazing up like staring at a starry sky at the Wuyu Clan's Black Cloud diving down, and asked in his heart: "Parchment!"

【96%!】

What the fuck is this…

Watching the endless horde of bone kites grow nearer, more grotesque, like a black ocean, Fang Yue could no longer even muster a curse—his mind had gone numb.

He could only watch helplessly as the Black Cloud descended, slowly closing his eyes.

It seems… this is the end.

…

Lin Ling realized that this scene before him might haunt him for all eternity.

Above, a vast, suffocating swarm of bone kites stretched beyond sight, diving like hawks straight toward Fang Yue!

Below, the human hero, exhausted from killing the eerie leader with all his strength, could not even twitch a single finger.

Around them, villagers and squad members screamed and wept in anguish.

In this moment, the scene seemed frozen.

Everything before him was utter despair!

The hero who had fought to the death to protect the village had just slain the strongest enemy—only to be swallowed moments later by countless eerie creatures!

Since birth, Lin Ling had never hated himself so fiercely—for his weakness, his incompetence, his powerlessness!

If only he were stronger! He could have rushed to Fang Yue's side, fought beside him, and saved Gu Yue Cun from ruin!

If only he had trained harder, his strength wouldn't have stagnated at the mere Third-rate Realm—even defeating a single bone kite would have been beyond him!

If only, if only…

Too much regret surged in his heart—but it was too late. Everything was too late!

Fang Yue was about to die right before his eyes!

His friend, the village Captain, the hero who saved them all—was about to be devoured by the eerie creatures before their very eyes!

"Xiao—Ye—!!!"

Through streaming tears, Lin Ling let out his final, despairing scream.

And at that moment, a figure shot out from the crowd with a flash.

Speeding faster and faster, until at last she seemed to become a gust of wind!

Others might still have been stunned, unable to recognize the figure.

But Lin Ling recognized her instantly.

It was… Hua Wuye!

"How could she suddenly… could it be?!"

…

Hua Wuye ran, as if the force of gravity had peeled away from her.

She ran freely, swift as a gale.

"Finally… I swallowed it."

Hua Wuye crushed the small iron box she had received from Hua Qiuqiu.

Inside, she had opened it with her branch family's key and consumed its contents.

It was a dead worm.

The outside world called it 【Yi Yuan Worm】, said to grow in the legendary 【Jiu Yuan】's 【Yi Yuan】, but it was only legend—even whether 【Jiu Yuan】 truly existed was uncertain.

But Hua Wuye knew 【Jiu Yuan】 was real, because her Hua Family's ancestral 【Yi Yuan Worm】 had been brought out from 【Jiu Yuan】!

At least, that's what her ancestors recorded.

Yet the 【Yi Yuan Worm】 in her hand was no longer the original.

(End of Chapter)