Chapter 787: The Mysterious Han Jiang (2/2, Request Subscription)

If the prophecy on the parchment is accurate, then everyone will be safe once they board the boat!

The others obeyed without further hesitation, gave orders, and the boat left the shore, heading toward Han Jiang.

The boat moved swiftly; in just this short time, it had already traveled a considerable distance.

At that moment, Fang Yue suddenly felt something and sharply turned his head.

Fine, fragmented particles, like flesh and blood granules, rushed toward him, resonating with his severed arm.

It was the strange rule-force of temporal reversal, forcibly repairing the signal of the severed limb.

As the distance closed, the severed arm and the particles acted like magnets with intense magnetic fields, pulling each other with immense force, rapidly converging.

Swoosh-swoosh-swoosh—

The particles spiraled in a double-helix pattern, surging into Fang Yue's severed arm, snapping together like puzzle pieces, as if the arm was being reborn!

Zizizi—

As flesh rapidly reassembled on his severed arm, Fang Yue had already sprinted all the way to Hanjiang Wharf.

A few ordinary civilians remained on the wharf; seeing Fang Yue charging toward them, they all scrambled backward to either side.

Only then did Fang Yue notice that his earlier frost power had already blanketed the entire Hanjiang Wharf, coating it in a layer of Silver.

But when this power reached the surface of Han Jiang, it lost its effect entirely—no frost formed, and the river flowed as naturally as ordinary water.

Just then—

Boom-boom-boom—

The ground suddenly shook violently, the tremors growing stronger, as if a primordial beast was surging toward them from behind.

Glancing back, he saw distant dust swirling, snowflakes flying, and the earth trembling!

That was surely the commotion caused by the Black Robe Man catching up!

Between the Black Robe Man and Fang Yue, scattered glowing fragments and countless particles were flying toward him.

"It's him!"

"That guy's chasing us!"

"Ye Ge, hurry aboard!"

Without needing the crew to shout, Fang Yue sprinted forward without pausing.

Even as he stepped onto the surface of Han Jiang, he showed not a single second of hesitation.

But the moment he stepped down, Fang Yue's pupils shrank sharply.

Brief, intense flashbacks erupted violently in his mind, flashing like slides in a frantic slideshow.

It felt as if someone was forcibly shoving memories into his brain—uncomfortable, disorienting.

The most essential part of a person is the soul.

And the soul, in a certain sense, is composed of memories, experiences, and other elements.

Corrupting memory is corroding the soul.

Rivers connect to the sea, and the sea is never a safe place.

Memories forcibly injected into his brain caused Fang Yue's eyes to dim instantly, as if he'd lost consciousness—only his momentum carried him over a hundred meters across the river's surface, and now, with his movement halted, he began sinking.

Gurglegurglegurgle—

Far across the river, a cluster of bubbles rose; a fin, resembling a shark's but vastly larger—five or six meters wide—rose from the water and swiftly swam toward Fang Yue.

"Ye Ge!!"

"Don't zone out! Ye Ge, run!"

The others shouted, but Fang Yue showed no reaction, as if utterly bewitched by Han Jiang.

"I'll go rescue him!"

Jing Yan was the first to shout excitedly, but Zhenqing immediately blocked him.

"Are you crazy? Even Ye Ge is immobilized by this strange river water—what good would you do going down?"

Lin Ling grabbed Tian Ruichi by the arm and said grimly: "Why is Xiao Ye standing there motionless? What's wrong with Han Jiang?"

"I told you already—except for specially made boats, no ordinary method can cross Han Jiang! Even Rain-level experts must think twice—how much less someone like Ye Brother?"

"Then why did we set sail?"

"Ye Brother himself suggested it—I thought he had some plan…"

The group, eyes red with panic, argued fiercely among themselves.

The airborne particles had just fully reverted onto Fang Yue's severed arm—including… the parchment-transformed hand!

Almost the instant his arm regenerated, Fang Yue, whose eyes were vacant and whose body had sunk a third of the way, suddenly snapped back to awareness.

He widened his eyes, took in his surroundings and the massive fin racing toward him, his expression changed, and he leapt upward.

The moment he jumped, every inch of his skin, every spot on his body, simultaneously opened dozens of tiny blood-red eyes.

In that instant, Fang Yue felt as if he were naked, exposed to countless observers—monitored by some unknown, monstrous thing, every hair on his body standing on end!

At the same time, the massive fin group rushing toward him, as if seeing a monster, panicked and scattered in all directions, diving deep into the riverbed and vanishing.

Instantly realizing something was wrong, Fang Yue dropped back down, landing again on the river's surface—every blood-red eye on his skin closed simultaneously and disappeared.

Safe… safe?!

Fang Yue was drenched in cold sweat, gasping heavily, when a sudden explosion erupted behind him.

"Yese Liming!!"

Without turning, Fang Yue knew the Black Robe Man had nearly reached Hanjiang Wharf.

Without a moment's pause, he sprinted with all his strength toward the boat.

Zhenqing and the others had already stopped the boat, waiting for Fang Yue's approach.

Despite the threat of the Black Robe Man behind them, seeing how close Fang Yue had come to disaster, none of them dared let him risk the Han Jiang again.

As the boat drew closer, Fang Yue strangely realized… the rain had stopped.

Looking up, he saw the black ring above him had ceased its 【Night Rain】, as if it had seen something even more terrifying and dared not make another sound.

This should have been a good thing, yet it made Fang Yue's heart sink.

No wonder the rumors in 【Qing Guo】 all expressed deep dread of waterways, even avoiding mentioning them altogether.

What appeared to be merely ordinary river water, reflecting the 【Heaven Devourer】's yin-yang moonlight, now seemed profoundly mysterious and chilling.

Drip.

Though the 【Night Rain】 had ceased, a sound of raindrops striking the river suddenly echoed in his ears.

Ripples appeared out of nowhere, spreading outward.

One ring, two rings, three rings… by the time Fang Yue nearly reached the boat, ripples surrounded him densely, as if he were encircled.

Fang Yue stared for a few moments, then suddenly felt his vision tilt; before he could ponder it further, a startled cry rang out.

"Ye Ge, what's wrong with your face?!"

(End of Chapter)