“King… King!”
“This time, it’s truly over!”
“Yeah, we’re finished!”
Lin Yu and Lao Hu’s expressions shifted drastically as they glared at the massive Sea Beast before them.
The murmuring from its mouth grew more urgent, and the bloodshot veins in its cloudy black eyes spread at a visible rate.
The last shred of its sanity was about to be completely swallowed by chaos!
This was the fatal sign of a Demonic Creature being infected by the Abyss!
Lin Yu gripped her longbow tightly, her throat constricting. “Once its mind is completely clouded by chaos and those whispers turn into meaningless roars…”
“It will be thoroughly influenced by the Abyss, and its physical functions and Magic Power will double! A Demonic Creature that has lost its reason will completely destroy the soldiers and tourists behind us! Even Lincheng will be largely wiped out!”
Lao Hu’s raspy voice picked up the sentence. Even though he was covered in wounds, he forced himself to stand. His remaining hand clenched into a tight fist.
“We must stop it before then! No matter the cost!”
As he said this, the once-failing auras of the two suddenly surged! Even though blood continued to drip from the corners of their mouths, their backs were ramrod straight!
The Ice Fox and Giant Wolf beside them seemed to be infected by their spirit.
Fine Ice Crystals condensed amidst the Ice Fox’s bristling fur, while the Giant Wolf supported itself on three legs and let out a deafening roar, an unyielding fire burning in its lone remaining eye!
The two humans and their companions locked eyes in the air; no words were needed.
The hideous silhouette of the Demonic Creature was reflected in Lin Yu’s eyes.
Though the hand holding her bow still trembled, it now held a firm determination to burn all bridges.
Lao Hu ground his teeth, his mangled palm clenching into a fist at his side. Blood seeped between his fingers, but he didn’t care in the slightest.
They had to stop it right here! Even if they had to build a defense with their own flesh and blood, even if they burned their last spark of Magic Power, even if they perished together! Behind this Demonic Creature were countless civilians.
To take one step back was to fall into an abyss of no return.
Even if they were crushed to pieces today, they could never let it take another step forward!
“Let it end here!! We’ll use our lives to sound the alarm for those above!!”
“Come on, Lao Hu! Let’s give it our all! Maybe we’ll even survive! I still want to see my brother one more time!”
“Hahaha!” Lao Hu threw his head back and laughed wildly.
His laughter was mixed with bloody froth but carried a sense of heroic grandeur.
He slapped his remaining hand onto Lin Yu’s shoulder. “Come! The three of us will today…”
?
Wait, three?
Lin Yu and Lao Hu froze instantly. What did he mean by “three”? When did another person appear beside them?
Lumiya was floating in the air alongside them, quietly watching the two burn with passion and deliver their speeches about a heroic death.
“? Oh, are you finished with your speeches? You can rest now. Go on, go on~”
Seeing that the two had finally noticed her presence, Lumiya gave them a smile and waved her hand.
Lin Yu and Lao Hu suddenly found themselves back on the ground! Even Lin Yu’s injuries were completely healed!!!
Where did this person come from!? And when did she appear! With just a wave of her hand, she had teleported them away without any ability to resist?
A high-rank Space Element? From the looks of it, she seemed to be an ally, but… why did she only heal Lin Yu?
Lao Hu looked at Lin Yu with a face full of confusion. “Is she from your side?”
“What are you talking about! I don’t know her!” Lin Yu was also stunned.
If it was reinforcements sent by headquarters, they shouldn’t have only healed her. So, did this person know her?
But when had she ever known someone like this? It couldn’t be that this person was practicing gender discrimination, could it?!
Just as the two were still immersed in the shock of Lumiya being able to teleport them at will, a sudden thunderous roar echoed from the sky!
That sound wasn’t the roar of a Demonic Creature, nor was it the boom of artillery. Instead, it sounded like a wail emitted as the world was being forcibly torn apart!
The two snapped their heads up. They saw the dark clouds, which had been stained ink-black by the aura of the Abyss, suddenly beginning to dissipate rapidly from their original position toward the massive Sea Beast!
It wasn’t the clouds shifting; it was as if they were being wiped away by a giant, invisible hand!
A straight, clean, and almost blinding trail in the sky appeared just like that!!
That massive Sea Beast that had been Abyssalized had vanished without a trace! Not a single scrap of wreckage remained; even the aura of its existence had been thoroughly erased!
Only an almost surreal peace remained between heaven and earth, as if the tragic, bloody battle from moments ago had never happened.
Only the piles of ordinary Abyssal Sea Beast corpses on the beach in front of the giant cannons, along with the undried black slime and charred craters on the ground, silently testified that this B-Level Disaster was definitely not an illusion!
“We… we won!”
“Lady Lin! Lord Hu! We will follow you forever!!”
“I knew Lady Lin and Lord Hu wouldn’t lose!!”
“…………….”
Countless armed personnel cheered for this victory!
A B-Level Disaster! This was a B-Level Disaster! Previously, a disaster of this level would result in at least a hundred casualties!
This time, it was a rare victory with no casualties! The armed personnel were all cheering, thanking Lin Yu and Lao Hu for their desperate struggle!
“Th… this lady only took a few seconds? A few seconds!!! She must be at least 8th Rank!!!”
Lao Hu snapped out of his shock and shook Lin Yu’s shoulder excitedly.
“Don’t… don’t shake me! I don’t know either! But I’m sure she’s more than 8th Rank!! She’s at least 9th Rank!”
Dizzy from the shaking, Lin Yu quickly broke free from Lao Hu’s grip.
She had seen an 8th Rank fighter in action, so she was certain this lady was definitely more than that!
An 8th Rank powerhouse could certainly win easily, but they would still have to summon a Beast. But this person? They hadn’t even seen a shadow of a Beast!
This kind of method, where one could crush a powerful enemy using only their own power, could only be achieved by a top-tier powerhouse who had broken through to the 9th Rank!
Only someone who had achieved complete resonance between themselves and their Beast, allowing their life stage to undergo a leap in evolution, could possibly do this!!!
“Yo! What are you to Lin Xing?”
A fair, tender hand appeared silently and patted Lin Yu’s shoulder as a voice asked.
“Huh? I’m Lin Xing’s sis—!!!!!!” Lin Yu was startled! She looked back to see it was the woman suspected to be 9th Rank!
“My Lady, could you please stop scaring me? Do you know Lin Xing?! I’m Lin Xing’s elder sister! Is he okay?!”
Lumiya’s eyes lit up. Lin Xing’s sister. If she won this person over, wouldn’t she be able to completely handle those Stealing Cats?
At that thought, Lumiya leaned in closer to Lin Yu and affectionately poked Lin Yu’s tense arm with her fingertip.
“Then Big Sister shouldn’t call me My Lady anymore~ I am Lin Xing’s Beast, my name is Lumiya~”
“Oh, so you’re my Lin Xing’s Beast. Then I’ll call you Lu…? ? You’re Lin Xing’s Beast? The Lin Xing you’re talking about might not be the same Lin Xing I’m talking about.”
“No, it’s the same one! I told you, Big Sister, there’s no need to be so formal. Just call me Lumiya. I really am currently Lin Xing’s Beast!”
Lumiya tossed her long golden hair and took two steps closer to Lin Yu, a sweet, soft smile hanging on her lips.
Then, as if she had just remembered something, she said with some embarrassment:
“Oh right! Lin Xing doesn’t know my true strength yet, so please keep it a secret, Big Sister. Otherwise, I’ll have to be rude.”
“No problem!”
Lin Yu was breaking into a cold sweat. An expert who was at least 9th Rank! Just now, right in front of her, she had torn the sky open in a few seconds!!
Now she was telling her to keep it a secret, or she’d have to be rude?
Rude? How rude? In what way?
She wouldn’t make her disappear in a literal, physical sense, would she?