128: Chapter 128 The Barrier Enveloping the City

A violent explosion, accompanied by a pillar of fire that shot into the sky, erupted with a boom, the shockwave blasting Rewinder away and dragging a long scorched mark across the ground.

After analyzing the Spirit-Eroding Blood Curse, Chen Moxuan could be considered to have mastered the method of casting the Blood Curse Technique.

It was just that he lacked the necessary condition of blood energy, which was why he could not cast it.

However, dissecting the principle, he could, like the blood race, infuse a portion of his Mental Energy into his blood.

Even after leaving his body, this blood remained connected to him, just like a part of his own body.

Furthermore, he could use this portion of blood to cast the Explosive Flame King's Special Ability.

That [ Formless Tribulation Flame ] which could release high-temperature explosive flames from any part of the body.

And having been splattered with Chen Moxuan's blood, Rewinder was effectively subjected to an eruption of [ Formless Tribulation Flame ] at extremely close range.

Amidst the roaring sound, Rewinder's charred body was blasted into the air like a kite with a broken string, before crashing heavily back to the ground.

A muffled grunt escaped his throat, and thick black turbid gas mixed with blood gushed out.

Half of his body had been blown to pieces, charred flesh curled outward, ghastly white bones were vaguely visible, and his wounds were still sizzling with wisps of smoke.

This injury was several times more severe than Chen Moxuan's previous kick; Rewinder trembled violently all over, forcing himself to activate his Special Ability.

His injuries rapidly reversed by more than half, and his face, twisted by intense pain, gradually relaxed, his tightly furrowed brows finally smoothing out.

However, this relief lasted not even for an instant before a palm pressed down onto his head.

Rewinder's scalp tingled as he stiffly raised his head.

He met a pair of eyes as black as an abyss.

" Damn it! "

Rewinder had never suffered such heavy injuries before, and his survival instinct compelled him to put all his effort into repairing the damage, causing him to relax his control over Chen Moxuan.

Having recovered his vision and Spiritual Sense, Chen Moxuan instantly arrived before him.

Looking down from above, a heart-chilling killing intent surged in the depths of his eyes.

" Wait! " Rewinder hurriedly shouted.

He also understood the Explosive Flame King's Special Ability.

After Chen Moxuan's palm covered his head, his life was effectively held in the other's hand.

" I will ask, and you will answer from now on. "

" If I sense any Special Ability fluctuations, I will instantly crush your head. "

" Okay, no problem... "

Rewinder immediately stopped using his Special Ability, and the reversing of his injuries suddenly ceased.

" What did you see at the scene? "

Rewinder was slightly stunned, realizing that the scene Chen Moxuan referred to was the unfinished building where the Explosive Flame King died.

" When I arrived at the scene, I happened to see a reconnaissance team inside. "

" One of the guards ambushed and killed all the others, and then intended to commit suicide. "

" I stopped his suicide and even greeted him in a friendly manner, but that guard didn't know what was good for him and opened fire on me. "

" My Special Ability is usually active in real-time around me, so I reversed the bullets and accidentally killed that guard. "

" If you ask me, these ability-less people just don't know what's good for them... "

" Enough nonsense. "

Chen Moxuan exerted a slight force with his fingers, and Rewinder suddenly felt a searing heat on his head, so he hurriedly continued:

" Afterwards, I reversed the footage of the scene. "

" My Special Ability can only reverse time by a maximum of five minutes. By the time I arrived there, you had already been gone for quite a while, probably... about four minutes or so. "

" The footage at its maximum reversal limit was the moment you decapitated the Explosive Flame King, and the rest was about that reconnaissance team... "

" I saw that the guard's expression became visibly abnormal after the surveyor mentioned a wanted criminal named Song Xin, and then he secretly retreated behind the others and ambushed and killed them. "

" I suspect that the guard must have some connection to that wanted criminal named Song Xin. "

" Are you sure that guard is dead? " Chen Moxuan asked.

" This... I didn't verify it on the spot, but having been hit by multiple bullets accelerated by my ability, an ability-less person definitely wouldn't survive. "

Listening to Rewinder's account, Chen Moxuan pondered internally:

" It seems that guard might be one of the eyes planted by the Madman Society within the Hero Association.

And that guard didn't die on the spot; after Rewinder reversed the footage and left, he transmitted the message out. "

" That's why Song Xin mentioned Rewinder ten minutes ago and told me to leave City C quickly. "

Chen Moxuan's heart stirred, and he continued to ask:

" Have you told the Hero Association the news? "

Judging from the fact that the other party previously said he concealed the death of the Explosive Flame King for him, he probably hadn't reported the news yet.

But it was still worth confirming.

In the " introduction to cultivation comprehensive guide ", there was a small Spell called Lie Detection; although it couldn't read minds, it could perceive the other person's emotional fluctuations.

With his palm in close contact, Chen Moxuan had already quietly cast this Spell to perceive Rewinder's emotional fluctuations.

By analyzing these fluctuations, he could also know whether the other party was lying.

" No. " Rewinder answered immediately.

Then he paused and continued, adding:

" But I recorded the footage and handed it to my assistant. "

" On the way here, I told him that if he didn't receive news from me within half an hour, he should submit the recording to the Hero Association. "

" If Wan Chaoren receives that recording, there is no doubt that a large number of people in this city will definitely die. "

Chen Moxuan's eyes turned cold: " Why? "

" This city has already been chosen as the venue for the Continental Carnival; although it won't start until two days later, all the preparatory work has already been done. "

" I know Wan Chaoren; if something like his brother being killed happens at this time, he will definitely lock down the entire City C in advance. "

" That is an activatable barrier created in advance by an S-rank using a Special Ability; once deployed, no one can escape from inside. "

" At that time, in order to ferret out the culprit, Wan Chaoren will undoubtedly launch an unscrupulous carpet search, and large swathes of people will die. "

Rewinder said, his eyes drifting.

However, just at this moment, the expressions of both Chen Moxuan and Rewinder changed abruptly, as a heart-chilling Special Ability fluctuation exploded like a tsunami.

There was no need to look around; the entire sky rippled with a deep blue, forming a translucent dome in the blink of an eye.

That barrier, condensed from Special Ability, shimmered with a deep blue luster, like a giant inverted glass dome, enveloping the entire city within it.

" How is that possible?! " Rewinder let out an incredulous roar.

He stared fixedly at the barrier above his head, his pupils contracting violently.

This was the S-rank barrier he had just mentioned, used to restrict others from escaping from inside the city.

But he hadn't reported the recording at all; how had the barrier been activated?