Xu Mo was still looking at his panel.
And Liu Yun's strike came without any warning, leaving no time to react.
Oh no!
An alarm blared in Xu Mo's mind. He immediately realized he had been too careless. If things went south, he would have to rewind...
At the critical moment, a streak of blood-red light suddenly retreated, blocking the path in front of him. It was Wan Qianhong in her Unceasing Purple form!
“Teacher!”
Hearing Wan Qianhong's voice, Liu Yun's eyes flickered. For a split second, she seemed to regain her senses.
But it was only for a tenth of a second. Her state of losing control was not alleviated in the slightest.
Boom!
The powerful energy impact brought a terrifying roar, and blood-red light erupted the moment Liu Yun's palm fell.
Wan Qianhong was instantly blown into a vast mist of blood!
Looking at the exploding crimson before her, Bai Feifei's heart trembled. She couldn't help but cry out, “Wan Qianhong?!”
“She shouldn't be dead. She's fine,” Xu Mo's voice sounded in a timely manner, soothing her emotions.
The game panel did not show that this “partner” of his had logged off.
This was the first time Bai Feifei had seen someone get directly beaten into mist. She stammered, “Fine? But... but she was shattered into pieces!”
“Shattered is shattered,” Xu Mo casually wiped the blood off his face. “Her attribute is unique. Under normal circumstances, it's indeed hard for her to die.”
“However, she probably has to temporarily withdraw from the battle.”
Getting blown up by a single punch and then using Blood Escape to run away—that was truly underhanded. Well... she was indeed worthy of joining his ranks!
In the future, the recruitment threshold for the Masked Hermit Society would have to be at least at this level.
As his voice fell, the blood mist drifting in the air instantly dispersed, blending with the water vapor that Kong Man was controlling nearby.
Then, the water vapor rapidly rose.
In the next second, it began to rain in the Inner City.
It was a crimson rain.
The scarlet raindrops fell from the sky like connected threads, dyeing the entirety of Dawn City blood-red.
The previous frenzy was just a riot, but this moment made all of Dawn City truly look exceptionally terrifying.
Yet, beneath this terrifying exterior lay a touch of warmth.
Everyone drenched by the crimson rain felt the restless urge to undergo aberration inside their bodies soothe slightly.
It was a passively spreading power. Wan Qianhong had channeled the portion of power she could still control into the crimson rain, showering it over the entire city.
She cooled down the city she had grown up in since childhood, extending its life.
The crimson rain washed the sky against the violent backdrop, dyeing the Inner City a deep scarlet. Kong Man raised her hand to catch the raindrops, feeling the power within them with surprise.
“Not bad... she has a lot of potential.”
Some of the crimson rain dripping from the sky also landed on “Bai Feifei.”
At the same time, Wan Qianhong's voice sounded in Xu Mo's ears.
Her voice was weak, carrying a trace of embarrassed apology.
“...Sorry, I wasn't of much help.”
Xu Mo raised an eyebrow. Although he knew she was speaking to Bai Feifei, he still smiled and said:
“It's fine.”
“You did well enough. Your performance today is already sufficient to pass your probation period.”
In his view, Wan Qianhong's performance had far exceeded expectations.
And now, he didn't have the luxury of spending energy on Wan Qianhong's temporary departure. Having escaped the deadly strike just now, he leaped backward, staring warily at Liu Yun once more.
Liu Yun was still standing in place, but she was no longer her normal self. She looked completely crazed, her hair fluttering wildly as if she had been possessed by evil.
Just by standing there, the space around her distorted violently, disrupting the local spatial fluctuations.
Under the light, her silhouette began to blur.
Countless phantoms overlapped behind her, layer upon layer.
Each phantom had its own distinct outline and posture, like a million-strong army or a host of heavenly soldiers, as if countless people had been crammed into a single body.
She didn't even need to speak a Word Soul; she could easily mobilize anomalous energy at will.
She no longer seemed human.
“Holy crap...”
Xu Mo instinctively took half a step back, looking up at the overlapping phantoms behind Liu Yun.
Just the visual effect alone was several levels more intense than the brawl still happening between Kong Man and Qiu Jing nearby!
On his game panel, Liu Yun's level was still Level 79, but the number had begun to turn red.
This meant she was currently on the verge of undergoing aberration.
“Did you also juice up?” Xu Mo couldn't help but speak. “No, your current state is different from theirs. There's just something purely wrong with you.”
You couldn't have been corrupted by the power of an Evil God too, right?
Generally speaking, when Scavengers underwent aberration, they would become stronger. If Liu Yun underwent aberration... wouldn't she become a Paradox-level (comparable to a Great Saint)?
He recalled that during normal gameplay, he would never fight Liu Yun in this starting zone of Dawn City.
After all, her stats were somewhat overpowered in the early game.
But now...
Xu Mo looked down at his hands, assessing his own strength.
This playthrough had a top-tier start. If he played all his cards, he might actually be able to go toe-to-toe with Liu Yun!
At this thought, black light flashed in his eyes, and his fists clenched tightly. Then...
Then he suddenly turned around and smiled at Kong Man, who was still manipulating the water mist:
“Hi, beautiful sister?”
Hearing this shout, Kong Man was stunned for a moment.
Her expression had been grave, and water vapor was surging around her as she prepared for the next round of her outburst.
As a result, she was thrown off by the sudden “beautiful sister.” She instinctively squinted her eyes with a smile and looked back.
She saw Xu Mo waving at her, saying:
“According to our previous plan, these two Prophet-level contestants are in your hands.”
“I have important business to attend to.”
What a joke. How could he possibly lose his head now and risk his life against Liu Yun?
No matter what, the storyline and Liang Shuguang were far more important.
He would just grab some random laborer from the roadside to deal with these difficult guys and shift the blame onto them.
The smile on Kong Man's face instantly froze.
“What plan?” She immediately felt something was off. “Since when did I have a plan with you?!”
She was just passing by to watch the fun, and her subconscious had warned her that something was going to happen here. Who would have thought it would be such a massive disaster?
Now, with a single sentence, you want me to deal with two Prophets on the verge of aberration? One of whom is even a top-tier Prophet.
Are you kidding me?!
Xu Mo said righteously, “Oh, don't worry about the details. As they say, soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, and Prophets against Prophets. Isn't that perfectly reasonable?”
Kong Man: ?
Where the hell is this reasonable?!
Seeing her refusal, Xu Mo immediately resorted to moral blackmail:
“Besides, our organization did save your Ranger members before. It would be quite unprincipled of you to turn your back on us now!”
Kong Man: ...
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