619: Chapter 619 Like a Sacred Flame in the Darkness

After a brief standoff,

the majestic vitality and vigorous blood Qi belonging to a human powerhouse ultimately allowed the desire of the Black Monsters to overpower their aversion to the flames.

They simultaneously let out ear-piercing screeches, then transformed into four distorted black beams of light, pouncing toward the layer of golden light barrier.

Chi, chi, chi—

Like ice cubes being forcibly pressed onto a red-hot iron plate, dense corrosive sounds suddenly rang out.

The bodies of the Black Monsters emitted a large amount of foul-smelling black smoke the instant they touched the True Sun Fire.

They painfully twisted and undulated in the smoke.

Yet they still clung tightly to the golden light barrier like they had gone mad, attempting to use that chilling energy to forcibly bite through this layer of defense.

The golden light flames swayed slightly, but always remained as steady as before, not yielding even half an inch.

Fang Cheng stood in place, watching these clinging maggots coldly.

"Is that all the ability you have?"

After testing the depth of these monsters, he snorted coldly and actively withdrew the outer Domain.

Seeing this barrier disappear, the four Black Monsters immediately swarmed over from four directions like starving wolves pouncing on food.

A circle of naked-eye-visible gray ripples suddenly swept across the air.

Fang Cheng only felt the hall before his eyes suddenly distort and change.

The surrounding walls seemed to come alive, continuously seeping scarlet blood outward.

The ground beneath his feet turned into a flesh-and-blood swamp, and countless pale hands reached out from beneath the ground, gripping his ankles tightly.

Piercing cries and venomous whispers echoed wildly in his ears.

At the same time, the bodies of the Black Monsters split into more than a dozen grayish-white mist tentacles.

Like water snakes, they climbed up along Fang Cheng's legs, wrapping around his waist, abdomen, and neck, attempting to pierce his skin and suck dry the blood and vitality within.

If it were any wasteland human, even a psychokinetic, they would have been driven mad by the terrifying illusions in this single instant, reduced to a mummified corpse.

But Fang Cheng only stood in place expressionless.

Those ghost-like howls and wolf-like cries that were enough to cause an ordinary person's mind to collapse couldn't shake even a fraction of the calmness in the depths of his eyes.

The flesh-and-blood swamp before him, as if enduring the roasting of a furnace, couldn't even hold out for a single second before shattering and dissipating inch by inch.

The underground hall returned to its original dilapidated appearance.

As for those mist tentacles wrapped around the surface of his skin,

before they even had time to suck away a trace of vitality, they were instantly ignited by the extreme high temperature.

The overbearing True Sun Fire traveled all the way up along the mist, violently backlashing the main bodies.

Seeing that their methods were completely useless against the prey, those Black Monsters were terrified and panicked as they retreated backwards.

Naturally, Fang Cheng would not give them a chance to escape.

He raised his right arm diagonally upward, and True Qi exuded from the edge of his palm.

Hum—

An invisible Qi blade over three feet long, spitting out dazzling golden light, quietly condensed and formed.

"Today, I'll use you guys to test out my new move."

Before his voice faded, Fang Cheng slammed his right foot forward.

Bang!

Floor tiles shattered, and a wave of Qi exploded.

Following closely, a brilliant half-moon-shaped blade radiance swept horizontally across the darkness.

The floor tiles along the way were instantly melted by this terrifying high temperature, leaving behind a dark red glazed ravine.

There was no sound of metal clashing at all.

Those two energy bodies that even bullets couldn't penetrate were instantly split into two under the slash of the flame blade, like a hot knife cutting through butter.

The piercing screams abruptly stopped, and the broken remains were completely ignited by the True Sun Fire in mid-air, burning into nothingness.

Feeling the fatal threat, the remaining two Black Monsters forcefully changed direction in mid-air, turning around and fleeing toward the black fog outside the passageway.

"Want to leave?"

Fang Cheng's legs, like springs compressed to their absolute limit, fiercely kicked and shattered the floor tiles.

His entire person was like a cannonball fired from a barrel, instantly closing the distance.

His left hand clenched tightly into a fist, and the fierce and peerless True Qi was crazily compressed on his knuckles.

Then, facing the phantom of the third Black Monster, he threw a straight punch.

Boom!

The violent fist wind, mixed with raging flames, transformed into a golden pillar of light that pierced through half of the underground hall.

That Black Monster was blasted to pieces on the spot by the fist force, turning into flying ash.

Even the thick concrete load-bearing pillar behind it had a huge hole with charred edges blasted out by the aftermath of this punch.

Gravel shot and splattered like bullets with a swishing sound.

At this moment, the last Black Monster had already fled to the edge of the passageway entrance.

Fang Cheng's gaze flickered slightly, stepping forward to chase again.

His right leg, like a scorpion swinging its tail, carried the whistling sound of tearing through the air as it lashed out with a whip kick.

A tangible golden Qi blade detached from his body, precisely slashing onto the spine of the last Black Monster.

Screech—

The Qi blade passed straight through the body, cutting a deep fissure seven to eight meters long into the hard passage wall.

Accompanied by the last ear-piercing wail, the Black Monster completely disintegrated in the raging flames, disappearing into the air.

The chilling black fog that had permeated in, after losing its controller, instantly seemed to have lost its activity, becoming loose and disordered.

In the blink of an eye, it was rapidly evaporated by the high temperature emitted from Fang Cheng's body.

The temperature inside the hall gradually recovered.

The underground hall returned to dead silence once again.

Only the faint golden light on Fang Cheng's body, which had not completely dissipated, was still illuminating the surrounding broken walls, as well as the blood and corpses on the ground.

Like the only undying holy fire in the boundless dark night.

Kyle stared blankly at that back resembling a God of War.

His lips trembled, and his mind was a blank slate.

He was not afraid, but rather excited and thrilled.

"Light… sunlight that dispels the darkness…"

He let out unconscious murmurs in his mouth.

The ancient legend that had been circulating in the wasteland for a long time struck his brain like lightning.

But he didn't dare to make a sound, intentionally suppressing even his breathing to the lowest, for fear of disturbing this sacred scene before his eyes.

Roken knelt and sat on the ground, that rifle regarded as his life having dropped beside him, yet he didn't even have the thought of picking it up.

He likewise gazed at the man exuding golden light, his eyes left with only awe and worship toward the powerhouse.

Black Monsters whose physical attacks were completely ineffective, the most unsolvable demons of the wasteland… were they just chopped to pieces bare-handed by the other party like this?

Pike hugged his head, his consciousness somewhat in a trance.

The aftermath of the mental pollution released by the Black Monster just now, even if just a shred leaked over, made him feel like he was going to suffocate and die.

Yet that man, facing such a terrifying attack, didn't even furrow a brow.

Ira beside him slumped against the wall, panting slightly.

As a psychokinetic, she knew better than anyone just how terrifying the Black Monster's mental shock just now was.

That was a bizarre power capable of instantly obliterating the Soul.

But in her perception, Fang Cheng's consciousness was like a scorching sun hanging high in the sky.

Not only could it not be shaken, but it instead burned those filthy energies clean and dry.

"Such a powerful body, how on earth was it trained? Could it be a divine gift?"

In the minds of the four survivors struggling at the bottom of the wasteland, the exact same thought surfaced in their minds at this moment.

Fang Cheng did not know what they were thinking, only slowly restraining the golden light on his body.

Secretly evaluating the battle just now in his heart.

Ever since mastering the Hunyuan True Domain, the limit distance of True Qi projection had skyrocketed, and its power and control precision had also undergone a qualitative leap.

The enhancement to actual combat power was undoubtedly huge.

Being able to so neatly slaughter the bizarre energy body "Black Monster" this time was the best proof.

He finally didn't have to only engage in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat like before, truly possessing a fatal long-range offensive means.

The rushing sounds of the outside beast tide were still ongoing.

The dilapidated load-bearing structure overhead even let out unbearable groans amidst the vibrations.

But the chilling and bone-piercing sense of death crisis in the hall had completely receded.

Fang Cheng turned around, his gaze falling on Kyle, his tone calm:

"It's very chaotic outside, and this place won't hold out for long. The matter of the guide I mentioned just now…"

Kyle's whole body shook; disregarding the intense pain in his chest, he quickly walked up to Fang Cheng.

Then, he heavily slammed one knee onto the ground, his tone carrying unprecedented fanaticism:

"Lord! Being able to serve you is the honor of our entire squad!"

"My life was saved by you. As long as you give a single word, even if it's a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, I, Kyle, will never furrow a brow."

Fang Cheng was somewhat stunned by the enthusiastic performance of this man, yet his expression didn't change in the slightest as he subsequently asked:

"Where did you guys come from? What do you do?"

"Reporting to Lord, we come from nearby Iron City, and are an elite hunter squad directly under the Internal Affairs Department."

Kyle respectfully lowered his head, saying in a solemn tone:

"Tonight, we were originally just hunting mutated beasts on the periphery of the ruins, not expecting to run into a rare polar night storm."

"If it weren't for the fortune of meeting you, the few of us tonight would definitely have been sucked into mummified corpses by the Black Monsters. Lord's life-saving grace, Kyle will never forget!"

Fang Cheng nodded slightly, continuing to ask:

"Is Iron City the only tribe around the ruins? Tell me about the terrain of this area."

"Iron City is not the only one."

Kyle immediately mobilized all his knowledge, afraid that his answer wouldn't be detailed enough:

"Our place is considered a plain region; the north is mountains, and the east reportedly leads to the seaside. Taking the city ruins as the center, within a radius of five hundred kilometers, there are still a dozen or so camps of various sizes."

"But Iron City is the largest, with a population close to thirty thousand, possessing sturdy outer walls and heavy firepower from the old era."

Speaking of this, Kyle hesitated for a moment, his expression revealing dread:

"Also… walking two hundred kilometers north from here, there is a restricted area named 'Death Abyss'."

"The radiation concentration there is frighteningly high, the mutated beasts are also extremely terrifying, and even Black Monsters dare not approach that place. If Lord wants to walk on the wasteland, you must avoid that direction."

Fang Cheng secretly noted down the name 'Death Abyss'.

An Iron City with a population of thirty thousand meant possessing sufficient material trading channels.

And that dangerous restricted area might be a good place for him to harvest Advanced blood cores in the future.

He withdrew his thoughts and continued to ask:

"Do you know how to leave here and go to the northern mountainous region?"

"I know."

Kyle hurriedly raised his hand, pointing toward the deepest part of the passageway:

"The end of the subway station passageway connects to a bomb shelter from the old era, which can lead directly to the ruins on the edge of the city."

"It is deeply buried underground with solid terrain, untouched by the core of the storm and the surface beast tide. Please allow me to lead the way for you!"

Kyle raised his head, his eyes revealing undisguised anticipation:

"Lord, if you temporarily have no place to stay, please be sure to visit Iron City as a guest. Although our days are relatively tight, we will never neglect a super powerhouse like you!"

Fang Cheng nodded noncommittally.

Seeing this, Kyle was wild with joy.

He immediately stood up, directing Roken to support the weak Ira, while Pike hurriedly and clumsily packed up the scattered tools on the ground.

"Uncle… the Spiked Boar we left outside, are we not going to get it…"

Pike glanced at the pitch-black direction outside the passageway, his eyes full of reluctance.

That was rations capable of exchanging for clean water and saving dozens of human lives.

"Shut up, do you want your life or not!"

Kyle lowered his voice, scolding him with deep disappointment.

In front of such a great existence who could eliminate Black Monsters with a wave of his hand, mentioning those bits of mutated beast minced meat was simply a blasphemy.

Fang Cheng ignored the conversation between them.

He walked alone to the remains of the three smashed Crawling Beasts.

He reached out his hand, keeping his fingers together like a knife, and directly pierced into the shattered skulls of the monsters.

After rummaging around for a while, Fang Cheng pulled out three round, blood-stained precious pearls.

These pearls were about the size of quail eggs; although their surfaces were stained with foul-smelling cerebrospinal fluid, they still exuded a faint and pure green light.

They were significantly several times larger than the grain-sized pearl he had dug out previously, and the life energy contained within them was also much richer.

Ira, standing to the side, looked at the pearls in Fang Cheng's hand, a trace of surprise flashing across her pale face as she subconsciously blurted out:

"Third-tier Blood Core Pearls?!"

Fang Cheng's movements on his hands paused slightly, turning his head to look at Ira:

"What use does this thing have?"

Hearing this, Ira couldn't help but be slightly startled.

A big figure who could kill Black Monsters with a wave of his hand actually didn't even know the most basic common sense of the wasteland?

Not daring to ask too much, she nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, explaining at a fast speed:

"Lord, in our place, this kind of pearl is called a 'blood core'."

"Only the brains of monsters with an extremely high degree of mutation can condense them. It is the purest life energy crystal and can treat the radiation sickness most common among wasteland residents."

Kyle hurriedly supplemented from the side:

"Yes, Lord, in Iron City, blood cores are absolute hard currency."

"A third-tier blood core the size of the one in your hand is enough to exchange with those bigwigs in the inner city for rations for our tribe to eat for a whole year, or even a few energy weapons preserved from the old era."

Hearing this, Fang Cheng's gaze flickered, understanding in his heart.

This thing was not only a great tonic resource for Martial Artists, but also the economic lifeline of this wasteland world.

In the future, if he wanted to shuttle between the two worlds, this gadget would definitely come in handy.

Fang Cheng did not stop his collection actions, turning around and walking to the Crawling Beast that had been nailed to the wall by the steel pipe.

This monster had been enveloped by the black fog just now, and its huge body had already become gray and shriveled.

Fang Cheng reached out to break open its fragile skull, rummaging around in the grayish-white dust.

Sure enough, there was also one inside.

However…

Fang Cheng found that although this pearl was a size larger than those three from just now, the green light on its surface had become extremely dim.

The life energy inside was less than ten percent left, obviously having had most of its energy extracted by those Black Monsters just now.