Chapter 472: Deteriorate, Deteriorate, Deteriorate (6/10, Autumn Subscription)

By the time Captain Wu came back to his senses, he instinctively wanted to rush toward the direction that black-silver figure had fled.

But Yu Baiyi, who had at some unknown point come to his side, grabbed him in time.

"Captain Wu! Don't bother with that anomaly! This one is showing signs of a second anomalous resurgence — that means the anomalies Qingsi County has locked up might also anomalously revive!"

By the time Yu Baiyi said this, his whole face was deathly pale, his lips trembling.

Because their Qing Division had too many people locked up.

All the survivors of Qingluan Lou, aside from Jing Yan and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu beside them, had been locked up in the Qing Division.

If all of these people revived, the Qing Division would fall into a tremendous crisis!

Coming back to his senses, his head still dizzy, still shaken by the black shadow that had darted out of Xiao Xuedou's corpse, Jing Yan instinctively spoke up after hearing Yu Baiyi's words.

"Doesn't the Qing Division have Lord You and Lord Jun…"

But before he could finish, he fell silent.

Because the Qing Division did indeed have Qingsi County's two top combatants.

But it was only those two — the rest were ordinary Green Guards, who had no power to resist those powerful anomalies.

Among Acquired Realm cultivators, Fang Yue was an exception, You Sisi was an exception, Captain Wu was an exception.

Only someone with Lin Ling's level of combat power was the norm.

Translated to the Qing Division, the same logic applied.

Ordinary Acquired Third-rate Realm, Second-rate Realm, even First-rate Realm cultivators, when facing powerful anomalies, actually didn't have much combat power — they needed numerical support and coordinated combat to pay a certain price and barely take down an anomaly of the same level.

This was the world of ordinary people, this was the norm.

Although Jing Yan had watched Fang Yue fight for so long that he often got the illusion that any martial artist of the same level could solo an anomaly.

But in truth, he knew clearly in his heart what the situation was for most martial artists facing anomalies.

So on the Qing Division's side, if the revived anomalies just had a few powerful ones tie up the top combatants, the rest could massacre the ordinary Green Guards, causing massive casualties!

"Captain Wu, let's go reinforce the Qing Division!"

Jing Yan said calmly.

Captain Wu frowned and looked for a while toward the direction the black shadow had left, before finally pulling his gaze back.

"Alright, let's go to the Qing Division!"

Mounting their horses, taking Yu Baiyi and a group of others, everyone galloped swiftly toward the Qing Division.

On the way, some people still didn't know what had happened, only feeling somewhat bewildered and uneasy.

But as the distance to the Qing Division closed, the commoners on the streets were already fleeing in terror in the opposite direction, screaming and shrieking; some even took the chance to rob, smash, and steal, and were cut down in one slash by the furious Yu Baiyi.

By the time they charged to the Qing Division's gate, there weren't even any gate guards left — thick black smoke rose from within, flames shot into the sky, and the sounds of battle merged into one continuous roar.

"We fight our way in!"

Captain Wu's eyes instantly went red; the scene of Mo Cun being wiped out surfaced in his mind, and wild killing intent erupted without restraint.

Before the others could respond, Captain Wu had already charged in alone.

"Kill kill kill kill kill! Kill every anomaly! Kill every single anomaly!!"

The golden threads in Captain Wu's eyes trembled violently with his emotions, and his already extreme speed climbed yet another level!

When a wall blocked his path, he didn't even pause — he crashed straight through it, BOOM — blasting out a human-shaped hole, and charged in like a human tank, roaring wildly!

"ANOMALIES!!"

……

Although Jing Yan had also followed, he didn't dare charge too far to the front.

Yu Baiyi, on the other hand, seeing his fallen comrades, immediately drew his blade and led the troops charging in.

No matter how fiercely they fought among themselves in private, the Qing Division's rules and duties demanded that when facing anomalies, they must unite as one, fear nothing, and protect the common people!

This was the very foundation of the Qing Division!

And also the foundation of a nation!

Jing Yan silently followed behind; whenever he encountered wounded people, he didn't forget to drag them to a safe corner, doing the behind-the-scenes work, contributing what little strength he could.

But compared to the massive casualties, what he could do was truly limited.

He didn't even know how the battle ahead was going.

If the anomalies were stronger, he'd probably have to consider going back to notify the others and running for it together.

If the Qing Division's people were stronger, then naturally he wouldn't mind helping out more, and grabbing some good footage along the way to make a video and scrounge for cash.

Carefully moving closer to the center of the battlefield, Jing Yan suddenly sensed something was off.

He noticed… the battlefield was dynamically shifting from the Qing Division, gradually toward the direction Fang Yue had left — that is, toward the east.

And this shift was extremely obvious, with no concealment whatsoever.

The most obvious sign was that the originally highly concentrated battlefield was being pulled apart thin and loose, split into countless small battlefields, small skirmishes.

Jing Yan's heart suddenly thumped.

"Could it be… these anomalies actually possess high intelligence, the kind of 【Anomaly Cognition】 existence Ye Ge mentioned?"

"Knowing how to split the battlefield, exploit numerical differences, exploit quality differences — that's terrifying!"

Thinking of this, Jing Yan felt a chill run down his spine.

If the situation continued to be pulled apart like this, their battlefield would be spread across the entire eastern face of Qingsi County, scattered thinly, causing incalculable harm!

"No good! Can't let the anomalies keep leading the Qing Division by the nose! Must go notify Captain Wu, or the two Green-Robed Lords right now!"

Jing Yan didn't linger, breaking into a run, but where exactly those high-end combatants were fighting, he simply couldn't find.

The battlefield was too chaotic, too scattered!

"Captain Wu! Lord You! Lord Jun!"

Jing Yan shouted with all his might, not forgetting to have the Green Guards in the midst of battle help him shout too.

But the others had no time to pay him any attention. Facing a life-or-death battle against the bizarre creatures, one slip of concentration meant death—who had the time to listen to Jing Yan shouting for people?

Therefore, when the situation really did unfold as he had predicted, beginning to spread eastward and spreading more and more severely, covering the eastern area of Qingsi County, Jing Yan could only clench his fists, a strong sense of helplessness welling up from his heart.

If I had Ye Ge's strength, if I were qualified to speak up in this battle and decide the movements of some of the people.

Then right now, the situation wouldn't have become like this!

Just as Jing Yan was blaming himself, from a corner of Dongjie Street, a black shadow suddenly leapt out.

His pupils contracting, Jing Yan was greatly shocked in his heart, so startled that he froze stiff on the spot, not even knowing how to move—his combat experience was truly too lacking!

I'm done for! I'm going to die!

Jing Yan's face went deathly pale. He watched helplessly as that bizarre creature—about a meter in size, with a human head but a bat's body—ferociously pounced toward him. Its upper and lower jaws parted, a bloody maw opening wide, its mouth instantly gaping taller than he was, large enough to swallow him whole in a single gulp.

(End of Chapter)