Chapter 763: Surrender?? (2/10, please subscribe)

Her pupils contracted. Su Bairong planted both hands on the ground, pushed her upper body up, and prepared to retreat in a panic—but a black shadow moved faster than her, rushing right in front of her…

Hum!!

The ring of a blade sounded in her ear.

The broken blade precisely slashed across her right arm—bang! —and shattered into a skyful of fragments, leaving only the hilt to pass by her.

But the accompanying Supernatural Strength also sent her crashing to the ground.

After rolling twice, when Su Bairong propped herself up with one hand, she hurriedly looked at her right arm.

On her right arm, a deep red-line wound had appeared, blood continuously spilling out and dripping onto the ground!

An immortal's body… wounded!

This completely confirmed Su Bairong's guess.

She stared at Fang Yue in shock, her emotions churning, her heart pounding wildly.

The terror of death rose from within her heart.

The composure she had carried since awakening—in that instant, when the man with the ring above his head fixed his gaze on her like a predator locking onto prey—vanished completely! What remained was only panic!

"Wh-who exactly are you!"

Her voice trembling uncontrollably rose in pitch as Su Bairong stared fixedly at the approaching Fang Yue.

As Fang Yue drew near, the pattering Night Rain fell onto Su Bairong's body, yet left not the slightest trace.

Mere Night Rain could not wound an immortal's body at all!

What truly frightened her was what Fang Yue said.

"You're injured."

Hum!!

Her mind went blank for an instant.

When she came back to herself, she realized she was gasping in ragged, urgent breaths.

She'd been noticed!

She'd been found out by this guy!

He'd realized he possessed the power to slay an immortal!

It had nothing to do with the Immortal-Slaying Water, nothing to do with anything else—only that black Qi power!

"I can wound you… even without the Immortal-Slaying Water!"

Fang Yue lowered his head, looked at the hilt remaining in his hand, and spoke slowly, lost in thought.

At the same time, he thought inwardly: Parchment, was that you who made a move?

【It has nothing to do with me! Our contract only Synchronizes the Advent of your in-game strength into reality! This is your own power!】

My own power…

Then it can only be…

Fang Yue released his grip; the hilt clattered to the ground, and on his hand, wisps of black Qi coiled around it!

The Eerie Value—the Eerie Value of the Eerie Spirit Root!

The only thing special, and possibly capable of wounding an immortal's body, was this!

So that's how it is, so that's it!

Fang Yue's eyes lit up, and his dangerous gaze fell upon Su Bairong beside him.

He had thought that without the Immortal-Slaying Water, he could no longer deal with Su Bairong.

But now it seemed, that was not the case!

Eerie Value also possessed the power to slay immortals!

"W-wait a moment!"

As if sensing the danger in Fang Yue's gaze, Su Bairong gritted her teeth and said: "I surrender! I surrender! I am willing to cooperate with the United Front and will never again do anything to betray the United Front!"

Power… her power was recovering far too slowly!

She had to stall—stall until she recovered to the immortal realm… no! As long as Rain-tier, just recover to Rain-tier.

Even in this broken body, even in this situation, she could instantly reverse the situation!

Perhaps because a life-and-death crisis loomed, the speed at which the power within her surged suddenly skyrocketed.

From the early stage of Human-tier, it had already risen to the mid stage of Human-tier!

Her power rose, but the crisis had not been resolved.

Because Su Bairong saw Fang Yue raising his fist high—black Qi spreading out from his sleeves, coiling around his fist, covering it completely, as if dyeing his fist a layer of pitch-black skin.

"Wai—"

"Wait!"

The first voice was Su Bairong's.

The second was… a drone!

The voice of the president of the United Front?

Fang Yue hesitated, and did not bring his fist down.

At that moment, several dozen drones had already buzzed over.

"Fang Yue, spare her life. We have all heard your conversation just now. The cheater is useful to us. After discussing with the other presidents, I have decided to accept her surrender."

The voice coming from the drone was Jiang Wanchun's.

Fang Yue's brow furrowed slightly.

"But she's an immortal, and her strength is still rising right now…"

"In her current state, she can't stir up any more trouble. We have already sent someone to deliver the Eerie Item 【Heart-Lock Chain】 to your location. This item, when both parties consent, can establish a powerful binding—even a cheater cannot defy it!"

"..."

"For the day of the prophecy, for that moment, our Alliance will need even more power. Being able to make Su Bairong serve us will be very important to the Alliance!"

Yes, very important!

Every cheater has their own thoughts; even with Mei Yu, the Alliance hasn't completely let down its guard!

Mei Yu... is absolutely not as simple as she appears on the surface!

Only the Alliance's own power is truly reassuring.

And the 【Heart-Lock Chain】 is one of the methods the Alliance picked out after careful selection as most suited to controlling cheaters!

A cheater under one's complete control can do quite a lot!

The Alliance's calculations were well laid out, but Fang Yue furrowed his brow.

He glanced at Su Bairong beside him, meek and obedient, then at the drone, his face showing hesitation.

Time-wise... it probably won't be enough.

One had to know that even he himself absolutely could not stand against a cheater who had fully recovered their strength.

No, let alone a cheater at full strength—even one recovered to Cloud-rank or Rain-rank was already beyond what he could handle.

The Alliance seems to have overestimated my ability.

This was understandable; to outsiders, he had always been in an absolute position of advantage.

Only Fang Yue himself knew exactly how much weight he carried.

The Alliance's ambitions were too grand; to control an Immortal, at the very least his side would need Immortal-level combat power before such a thing could even be discussed!

Even with a Strange Object restraining her, facing an Immortal, Fang Yue had no confidence at all.

Kill her... the Alliance can be explained to afterward. Right now, Su Bairong must be killed first!

Boom!!

Just as Fang Yue thought of this, a violent aura suddenly erupted from beside him, shooting skyward!

The fierce wind howled, making the corners of Fang Yue's clothes flutter; at the same time, a voice rang out from ahead.

"Human-rank... high-tier!"

Two white bones drilled out from the wound on Su Bairong's upper body; the long leg bones propped her body upright.

As power surged up madly, Su Bairong grinned at Fang Yue: "Now, it's my turn—"

Bang!!

A violent black fist appeared abruptly, slamming straight into Su Bairong's face, swallowing her words back into her stomach.

As her pupils contracted, three teeth flew out from her mouth.

Her whole body left the ground, sent flying by the heavy punch; the wind howled in her ears, the scenery around her changed violently, and amid the retreating backdrop, she actually caught a black afterimage in hot pursuit!

So... fast!

Fast enough that even now, I still can't catch his tracks!

This guy... what kind of strength does this guy actually have! I've already recovered to Human-rank high-tier strength! Why can't I still catch his movements!

This guy, this guy!!

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