25: Exterminate

Jiang Fei knocked Chen Yun's figure flying once again, and a wave of weakness surged into his heart.

He had already been ambushed and suffered some injuries.

Furthermore, he hadn't mastered any Martial Skill specifically targeting anomalies...

"I am going to die here..." Jiang Fei thought.

However, everything he had done would not be a meaningless sacrifice.

Being able to delay this anomaly for a while had likely saved an unknown number of people from being killed by her.

As for whether these people would die sooner or later... that was beyond his control.

A familiar figure appeared before him, approaching him—it was his childhood sweetheart.

Jiang Fei remained expressionless and slashed out with his sword again.

This anomaly did not have many methods of attack.

Illusions, direct mental attacks, and using the possessed body to perform physical attacks...

Among them, due to the environment, the illusions were not very effective.

Because there was only himself and her here, how could someone close to him suddenly appear?

Physical attacks were also not very effective; although the anomaly was controlling Chen Yun's Physical Body, it did not possess her memories, let alone the Martial Skills she had mastered.

All it relied on was the formidable Physical Body of a Fourth Realm Martial Artist and the energy within it...

The most troublesome aspect was the mental attack!

Jiang Fei did not know what Rank this anomaly was, but he guessed it should also be Fourth Realm.

His head was now throbbing with a needle-like pain, and his vision was already becoming somewhat blurred...

But actually, this was not the most fatal part.

The most fatal thing was that if this anomaly abandoned Chen Yun's Physical Body and chose him as the target of possession... Jiang Fei truly was not confident he could withstand it.

In his agony, Jiang Fei saw Chu Yuan, who had previously left, rushing over.

He skillfully turned around and slashed down with his sword!

"Damn it!"

Chu Yuan rarely cursed, but at this moment, he couldn't help but swear out loud.

A streak of sword energy came hurtling towards him like a meteor, making his scalp tingle!

He had no intention of trying to block it and exerted his full power to activate the Luo Yan Step to dodge.

The sword energy grazed past him, still tearing away a piece of flesh from his side, and then shot into the building behind him...

As the house collapsed with a rumble, bright red blood gushed from Chu Yuan's waist.

He hadn't been injured when fighting the murderer who impersonated him earlier, and even when fighting this anomaly, he had only suffered a slight internal shock.

He hadn't expected that the first substantial injury he received would be caused by a 'teammate'...

Seeing him bleeding, Jiang Fei immediately realized he had attacked the wrong person; this was not an illusion created by the anomaly.

Too late to apologize, Jiang Fei asked repeatedly, "Why did you come back!?"

"I came back to save you!" With a burning pain at his waist, Chu Yuan replied while manipulating the Spiritual Qi within his body to stop the bleeding.

"...You should leave quickly; I can still hold her off for a while."

"Stop talking nonsense." Chu Yuan casually tore a piece of rag from his upper garment and wrapped it around the wound on his waist.

His upper garment had already been mostly shredded during his previous fight with the anomaly, and after being slashed by Jiang Fei's sword, it had reached its end...

Chen Yun's figure appeared again, floating not far from Chu Yuan.

Her pitch-black pupils betrayed no emotion, but Chu Yuan could sense that she was staring straight at his wound.

Moreover, Chu Yuan could feel the greed and intense eagerness radiating from her!

He had only ever heard that anomalies liked the Soul of humans, and had never heard of anomalies liking the flesh and blood of the Human Race... A thought stirred in Chu Yuan's mind: could it be that Spiritual Qi not only harmed her but was also a great tonic for her?

To verify his hypothesis, Chu Yuan threw the rag stained with his blood towards her.

He saw her flash over, catch it in her hand, and swallow it whole.

Then, she looked straight at Chu Yuan again, her gaze seeming even more urgent...

"..." Chu Yuan couldn't help but step back and asked loudly, "Is there any way to trap her?"

"If I had a way, would I have ended up in this sorry state?" Jiang Fei helplessly touched his left eye.

"..." Chu Yuan was speechless; this anomaly looked like it couldn't wait to start its meal.

Although she was wary of his ability to directly harm her, who knew when this wariness would be overcome by her appetite...

"What about for a split second?"

Jiang Fei didn't know what Chu Yuan intended to do, but said solemnly, "I will try my best!"

Chu Yuan hurriedly tore off the rag wrapping his wound, soaked it thoroughly with his fresh blood, and even channeled a large amount of Spiritual Qi to temporarily adhere to it.

"Go!"

The blood-stained rag was thrown out, and the anomaly's figure immediately turned into a phantom and pounced on it!

"Now!"

Seeing the anomaly distracted by the rag, Chu Yuan roared.

Jiang Fei ignored the injuries in his body, launched himself through the air towards the anomaly, and embraced her in a very simple and unadorned manner...

"..." Chu Yuan was speechless again; he had originally thought Jiang Fei would unleash some powerful Martial Skill to temporarily control it, but he hadn't expected him to just hug it?

But this was not the time to think about such things.

Chu Yuan also stepped forward, pressed his hand onto the anomaly's head, and immediately poured in Spiritual Qi as if it were free!

Uncontrolled Spiritual Qi might be a great tonic for an anomaly, but controlled Spiritual Qi... that was poison!

It instantly emitted a sharp sonic wave from its mouth, causing blood to spill from the noses and mouths of both Jiang Fei and Chu Yuan.

Among them, Jiang Fei actively bore the brunt of the aftermath, making him look even more miserable... but he already looked miserable enough, so a little more didn't matter.

He just mobilized all the energy in his body, holding onto Chen Yun's body tightly.

A slender hand tore through his abdomen and pierced right through.

Blood gushed out, and Jiang Fei's eyes could not help but dim...

But Chu Yuan could not worry about him right now.

After his Spiritual Qi was poured into the woman's body, it immediately found a concentrated mass of cold energy.

He then mobilized his Spiritual Qi to attempt to annihilate it!

Seeming to know that catastrophe was imminent, her pitch-black pupils actually began to flicker.

On her pale face, cyan-black patterns emerged...

Chu Yuan instantly understood the anomaly's intention... it wanted to escape!

But the Spiritual Qi filling the woman's body seemed to form a huge net, trapping it tightly within this container...

The moment before Jiang Fei's consciousness blurred, he only felt that the body he was holding... seemed less stiff and cold?

...

"You're awake."

Jiang Fei opened his eyes abruptly, and blinding light spilled down.

He moved his throat and managed to sit up, only then seeing the surrounding environment clearly.

A dense crowd was squeezed here, all with expressions of panic and unease on their faces.

Only the area around where he was lying had been left empty...

Jiang Fei immediately recognized the environment he was in; this was a shelter.

He let out a slight sigh of relief and turned his head to look at Chu Yuan on the side: "Is it resolved?"

"Yes."

"How long was I unconscious?"

"Half an hour."

"Half an hour..." Jiang Fei looked at the wound on his abdomen; granulation tissue was already growing out...