Chapter 583: Yin Messenger Retreats (5/10, bonus chapter for 'Ruichi Tianxia')

His expression blanking for a moment, Fang Yue's whole body trembled, and at that instant, the Yin Messenger's hand had already plunged into Fang Yue's body.

But the moment its front foot went in, the Yin Messenger suddenly withdrew its hand.

So short?!

Ah no, I mean so fast??

The feeling of having narrowly escaped death hadn't even surfaced in Fang Yue yet, when he saw the Yin Messenger lift its head and look into the distance.

There, a stone-textured humanoid anomaly was walking toward them step by step.

"Let him go."

The Yin Messenger glanced at it, then, holding the 【Yin Candle】, prepared to pierce Fang Yue's heart with its hand once more.

"You should look up at the sky. So many of the soon-to-die are waiting to be reaped; surely it can spare this one."

The Yin Messenger's motion stopped, and this time, it was the sky it looked at.

Staring for a while at the great Black Cloud in the sky, then glancing at the approaching stone-textured anomaly, the Yin Messenger actually held the 【Yin Candle】 and drifted away.

The Yin Messenger... actually left?!

Fang Yue was stunned; once the illumination provided by the thunder passed, even Fang Yue could no longer see where the 【Yin Messenger】 had gone.

Was the Yin Messenger wary of the thundercloud in the sky, or wary of the stone-textured humanoid anomaly ahead?

Or... both.

If the 【Yin Messenger】 fears 【Night Rain】, then that really is the best news imaginable.

But it doesn't add up.

Rain-class powerhouses aren't afraid of 【Night Rain】, yet Rain-class powerhouses have still died at the hands of the 【Yin Messenger】.

Over all these years, surely someone must have tried hiding from the 【Yin Messenger】's death-claim within 【Night Rain】.

So, is it that the stone-textured anomaly ahead is just too strong??

What on earth is it?

Fang Yue's heart sank; a being capable of making the 【Yin Messenger】 voluntarily retreat must be terrifying beyond measure.

Not to mention, Fang Yue had already exhausted every trump card dealing with Bai Xiaoya earlier.

Though his main body's strength had risen by one realm, reaching the 【Innate First-rate】 Realm.

But overall, it had plummeted.

Without the parchment, Fang Yue had no means whatsoever to clash head-on with a Rain-class anomaly... no, let alone Rain-class—even a Calamity-class anomaly, Fang Yue had only beaten by popping pills.

This is Fang Yue's normal combat power!

Now that he's reached the Innate First-rate Realm, at most he can handle a Calamity-class anomaly; anything higher—Wrath-class, Rain-class anomalies—are all existences that would crush him.

So facing that stone-textured anomaly, Fang Yue's first thought was to run.

But running also needs a plan; he can't expose his back to the enemy right from the start.

While Fang Yue was thinking, the stone-textured anomaly spoke.

"Finally ripe."

"Ghost Spirit Root, Ghost Fruit."

"Hm? Wait, why is there another similar aura?"

The stone-textured anomaly frowned and sensed for a moment, then immediately smoothed its brow.

"So it's an inferior imitation."

"No wonder the signals sent earlier were repeatedly interfered with and obstructed."

"Among humanity, some talents have indeed emerged—taking a different path, coming up with such a clever idea; it shares the same underlying principle as Shi Zhi Gui's concept, and is even more complete."

"In terms of technique, humanity has indeed walked farther, and more steadily."

"But a pity, an inferior product is still an inferior product; only something born of nature itself qualifies to be called 【Ghost Fruit】!"

The stone-textured anomaly didn't Synchronize step by step as it approached, yet spoke words that shocked Fang Yue.

"【Shi Zhi Gui】?! And ripe... just what are you... you and 【Edge-less Ghost】 and the others..."

The stone-textured anomaly stopped walking, stood ten meters from Fang Yue, and said with a smile: "They were sent by me to observe your growth."

"Everything has unfolded as I anticipated, heading toward the outcome I most looked forward to."

"Human, you have grown, and I am very pleased!"

"Now, it is time for me to harvest the fruit."

Fang Yue was stunned—【Shi Zhi Gui】, 【Edge-less Ghost】, and the earlier 【Coffin-bearing Ghost】, 【Bai Xiaoya】—were all of them sent by this stone-textured anomaly to deal with me??

Hiss—

Coming back to his senses, Fang Yue couldn't help but sharply draw in a cold breath.

Just what is this stone-textured anomaly?!

Just as Fang Yue was thinking, he saw the stone-textured anomaly go thump and collapse to the ground, motionless.

The situation came so suddenly that Fang Yue hadn't even shifted out of his trembling state before the stone-textured anomaly was gone.

Could it be playing dead, waiting for me to let my guard down, and then immediately hit me with a killing move?

But... if this thing really is the mastermind, with such overwhelming strength, would it bother lying on the ground playing dead??

Walking up to the stone-textured anomaly in confusion, he examined it carefully.

Fang Yue was instantly dumbfounded.

Because the stone-textured anomaly had actually been killed by Night Rain!!

What the hell...

Fang Yue was completely dumbstruck.

This guy talked so grandly, so impressively, all that mystical nonsense, and in the end it couldn't even withstand a bit of Night Rain??

Stop putting on that big-tail-wolf act!

Fang Yue was utterly dumbfounded; he even suspected that the chain of events had shrunk his courage, to the point that he'd been spooked by something this bizarre!

It's over, it's over — he felt like his IQ had dropped.

So… the Yin Runner wasn't afraid of the stone-type bizarre at all? There was some other reason.

Wait! The direction the Yin Runner looked at last was the Black Cloud.

And above the Black Cloud… was the night sky!

Counting the time, before he knew it, he had actually been fighting all night — at this moment it was almost dawn!

Fang Yue's 【Night Breath】 was about to lose its effect.

And the Yin Runner seemed to have left precisely because of the break of dawn!

Thinking of this, Fang Yue couldn't help his face change drastically.

Without the boost of 【Night Breath】, he didn't even qualify to stand in the rain!

When on earth will the cursed 【Night Rain】 end… could it be that it just won't stop??

That doesn't make any damn sense — if the cursed 【Black Rain】 has this kind of effect, then damn, that's way too terrifying!

One could say that, bathed in the Night Rain the whole time, apart from Rain-tier powerhouses, absolutely no one could survive in the Night Rain!

All below Rain-tier shall be utterly destroyed!

Could this be the truth behind the cursed 【Black Rain】?!

Thinking that the cursed 【Black Rain】's effect might be that perverted.

Fang Yue felt his mouth go dry and his heart grow flustered.

You can dodge the first, but not the fifteenth.

Being covered by the Night Rain all the time, there'll always be a moment of mishap — let alone that without Night Breath, during the day he couldn't even step outside, and could only hide under the eaves.

And judging by the current trend of the Night Rain, it looked like it was shifting toward 【Severe Rain】 — corrosive rain, something even buildings couldn't withstand!

Just as Fang Yue was still worrying about the cursed 【Black Rain】, his heart in a panic.

Suddenly another bizarre crawled out from inside the house.

This bizarre was very strange.

Because it was a ground-wriggling reptile-type bizarre, yet at this moment it stood upright like a human, propping itself up at the tail end, wriggling over on the ground.

Wh-what the hell?!

It felt like the whole art style had changed!

Just as Fang Yue was puzzling over it, that bizarre actually opened its mouth.

"A small mishap occurred… where were we just now?"

"Right, I was about to tell you — you have become my first hunting target in a hundred years."

"Human, you may die bearing this honor, smiling in the nine springs."

"Swallowed into my belly, becoming my nourishment — you won't be disgraced."

(End of this chapter)