284: Qiankun

"Actually... actually, I have always liked you!"

"I know that humans and ghosts are on different paths, and I know that we are both men... but, but I just can't control myself from liking you!"

"Thump-thump, thump-thump."

Old Hei suddenly felt dizzy, his heart pounding wildly.

"You fellow, what are you, what are you blathering about!"

After saying this, he covered his face with both hands.

However, the gaps between his fingers were wide, and a pair of eyes peeked through the gaps at Old Bai.

Old Bai, as if having made up his mind, stepped forward, pried his hands away, and kissed him directly.

The two lingered for a long time, and only separated while panting when they became somewhat tired.

Old Hei's cheeks flushed red as he leaned against Old Bai's chest, gently punching him once.

"You, why are you so bad..."

Although he said this, he couldn't help but nuzzle into the other's embrace, sniffing his scent delicately like a kitten.

Old Bai also mustered the courage to say.

"But I really can't help it... I'm truly afraid that one day I will lose you, and I'm also afraid that you won't be able to accept a relationship like ours."

"This time dealing with the Core Formation Late Stage, I thought it would be a fierce battle, and I originally planned to confess to you when I was heavily injured... But now that everything is fine, I was even more unwilling to hold back, which is why I said it out!"

"I..."

Old Bai closed his eyes, about to shout out loud, but felt a rough finger gently press against his lips.

He opened his eyes wide and looked at Old Hei in his arms.

Old Hei had already retracted his finger and said with a smile.

"Silly, isn't it enough for two people to truly love each other? Why bother caring about those things."

"In this Zombie City, concepts are already inverted. Whether you are human or zombie, whether I am alive or dead, does it still matter?"

Old Bai's eyes warmed, brimming with tears, and he once again pulled Old Hei tightly into his embrace.

Two hearts seemed to be pressed together at this moment, longing for a beautiful future.

"Eww—how disgusting."

Returning to reality, Zhou Yan wiped his hands, removing the bloodstains, and then strode forward.

Just now, he had unleashed "Six Desires Heaven" to attack those two.

These two had significant Heart Demons, and their minds were easily invaded, causing them to fall into the Heart Demon illusion constructed by Zhou Yan.

After obtaining all the necessary intelligence, Zhou Yan took action to finish them off, letting them remain in that beautiful memory forever.

That might have been beautiful for them, but it truly made Zhou Yan feel nauseous.

From encountering the two to killing them, Zhou Yan used less than a minute and even obtained intelligence along the way.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't been injured by the opponent, but he had been subjected to a mental attack.

This made Zhou Yan quite depressed; this should still count as uninjured, right?

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Wang Yao had already sustained a not-insignificant injury at this time.

He checked the wounds that had failed to heal on their own, then looked at the scholar opposite him, whose Physical Body was abnormally powerful, and seemed to understand something.

"It seems you have already realized it, but unfortunately, it is of no use."

The scholar let that rabbit heal Wang Yao and did not make a move to stop it.

Because he knew clearly that he could easily win this battle no matter what.

"In this city... there exists a strange power that can exchange the strength between two people?"

With the assistance of the Room Sun Rabbit, Wang Yao stood straight again, his eyes devoid of fear, filled only with boiling Battle Intent.

The scholar didn't care, still lightly waving his paper fan.

"Not so, not so. Exchanging strength is just one of the effects; another is swapping a characteristic of things within the city."

"For example, I am originally a zombie, but here I have become a human, able to exert my full strength like a normal Cultivator."

"And you, you should have changed as well."

"You are very powerful in the outside world; although there is no fundamental change here, the direction of your power has already become different."

The scholar explained slowly and methodically, as if victory was already in his grasp.

"Unfortunately, the Tree God has already bestowed Divine Power upon us."

"Right now, as I exchange strength with you, not only have I obtained your formidable strength, but I also do not need to bear the price of opposing powers."

"Speaking of which, this power is truly astonishing... let alone Foundation Establishment Perfection, I fear even ordinary Core Formation Stage Cultivators may not necessarily possess such might, right?"

The scholar clenched one hand into a fist at his waist and waved it casually; the resulting fist wind knocked Wang Yao to the ground again.

Under the tearing of the whirlwind, Wang Yao added new wounds to his body.

"Although I do not know what purpose you have in hiding your strength and sneaking into this place..."

"But this strength of yours, you can no longer use it yourself, and instead, it has fulfilled me."

"And you know best what this power of yours means; now, I really cannot imagine what else you can do."

"Ugh... cough, cough-cough."

The scholar looked down at his pierced chest, and the fan surface that had been dyed as bright red as a begonia, and finally collapsed in disbelief.

Wang Yao slowly stood up, watching the fallen scholar, and said.

"It is indeed very difficult for me to defeat myself... but I only need to hold myself back, and that is enough."

Zhou Yan stepped over the scholar's corpse, strode forward to support Wang Yao, and quickly healed him.

"Senior Brother, I have troubled you again."

"Hey, brothers don't talk about such things!"

Wang Yao's heart warmed.

Zhou Yan is truly a good Senior Brother; following him in this life is worth it!

But what Zhou Yan was thinking in his heart was.

If I kick Wang Yao out of the team now, he won't be a teammate anymore, right?

I have already carried this hard, and this guy can still get injured like this; there's really no one like him.

Before, when distributing star souls, Zhou Yan considered Wang Yao's strength and did not give him a combat-type star soul, only giving him an auxiliary one.

The Foundation Establishment Stage zombies encountered by the others should all be manageable with the assistance of these star souls, or could even be solved by the star souls alone.

But what Zhou Yan did not expect was that, from the memories of the two people just now, he discovered that the city under his feet was extremely complicated.

Although it is unclear how the opponent achieved it, this entire city is indeed composed of a Nascent Soul Domain.

Moreover, in the memories of those two, the old thing that dragged them into this place seems to also possess power related to the Law.

Therefore, this Nascent Soul Domain does not simply rely on the power of Heaven and Earth; it can also simply utilize certain Laws and enhance them with the power of Heaven and Earth.

Unfortunately, the Realm of those two was too low, making it difficult to glimpse the full picture from their perspective.

But it is conceivable that there is a set of special rules here, and the final boss very likely also holds a Law Divine Ability.

At least, those two had originally brought some kind of special means to deal with Zhou Yan, but before they could use it, they were solved by Zhou Yan first.

Through investigation and analysis, Zhou Yan quickly identified that it was an item capable of swapping the "concepts" on two people, similar to Li Wenbo's Divine Ability, belonging to the same conceptual level of operation.

After realizing the problem, Zhou Yan immediately rushed to the location of the Room Sun Rabbit.

Whether it was the power of that item or the special influence of this city, neither had any effect on Zhou Yan.

These Power of Law could not even break through his own Law defense; unless they were aimed directly at him, they could only consume a little of his Power of Law.

His main body was unharmed, so his summoned objects were naturally even less affected.

Therefore, even if the opponent used their power to swap strength, the six star souls that Zhou Yan had just upgraded by using the city's mobs were enough to teach them a lesson.

The only trouble was Wang Yao; if his strength were swapped away, he might really be beaten to death.

After all, his Room Sun Rabbit was not good at attacking, and it was even less possible for it to defeat a zombie possessing Wang Yao's strength.

That is why Zhou Yan rushed over in person.

As a result, upon arriving, he saw this scene of Wang Yao being heavily injured.

Wang Yao was injured not lightly; even if healed, he probably wouldn't get the uninjured rating, and full rewards were hopeless.

Damn it!

Wang Yao was still thinking about how to thank Zhou Yan after getting out, while Zhou Yan was already considering whether to turn on Red Name mode and loot Wang Yao to make up for the losses.

Of course, Zhou Yan is a kind person; all of this was just evil thoughts arising from the influence of the Path of Slaughter title, and he would not put them into practice.

Zhou Yan subconsciously ignored the power of his Innocent Dao Heart and casually pinned the blame on the Path of Slaughter.

When the mic is on, it's "No problem, brother," and when the mic is off, it's "Trash, stupid thing"; that's how Zhou Yan plays games.

"Senior Brother, let's go quickly."

"During the fight just now, that scholar already revealed that guy's location."

Wang Yao, having just recovered, pointed to a high tower slightly to the left of the center.

"He is not in the central high tower; that should be a trap. His real location is in the building next to it."

"Let's go save the two Junior Brothers and those few Fellow Daoists first, then go to that building together."

Watching Wang Yao already take the lead with the Room Sun Rabbit, rushing towards where the others were, Zhou Yan couldn't help but be stunned.

"Wait..."

"When you two were fighting just now, what on earth were you talking about?"

"How come it feels like you got more intelligence than I did by digging through memories?"

"Even a protagonist shouldn't be this unreasonable, right?"