Chapter 722: Hello There, Humans!

After being sent flying by that plant root as thick as an adult's waist, Xiong Baochun spat out a large mouthful of blood mid-air.

After landing on the ground, Xiong Baochun spat out another mouthful of blood. He felt like he had lost half his life, as if every bone in his body had been shattered.

After resting for a moment, Xiong Baochun finally felt a bit better.

Thinking of Xu Wan, Xiong Baochun felt a deep chill rising from the depths of his heart.

This woman was simply... simply a devil!

So many Sequence 4s couldn't kill her completely.

Could it be that in this world, there really were Anomalies that couldn't be killed?

And Chen Ye...

Damn Chen Ye...

Xiong Baochun wasn't stupid. He knew Chen Ye had been hiding behind him, launching sneak attacks all along.

He wanted to shake Chen Ye off, but that bastard was like a bone-deep maggot—he simply couldn't get rid of him.

If the battlefield situation weren't so critical, Xiong Baochun would definitely beat Chen Ye to a pulp.

But the way things were now was fine too.

Although he hadn't contributed much, at least he had his share of hard work without any merit.

He might as well take this opportunity to rest a bit.

That pink-haired little girl was really impressive. That strike should be enough to kill her, right?

Xiong Baochun might look as tough as an ox, but he had his own little schemes in his mind.

His earlier beating at Jiang Rou's hands was also somewhat deliberate.

He deliberately let Jiang Rou help him train his liquid armor.

Xiong Baochun currently appeared to be frightened by Sun Xixi's Myriad Swords Return to the Source.

But in his heart, he had his own hidden agenda!

"Chun Chun, aren't you gonna come help?!"

Just as Xiong Baochun was thinking about slacking off for a bit.

That annoying voice appeared again.

Chun Chun?

What the hell is Chun Chun?

How the hell did this bastard learn my childhood nickname?

Damn it!

Xiong Baochun looked up and saw Chen Ye staring at him with one eye gleaming red.

That red eye looked at him as if he were some rare treasure.

Chen Ye was also marveling inwardly: Damn, he didn't even die from that. What incredible life force.

"Motherf*cker..."

Before Xiong Baochun could even get angry, Chen Ye grabbed him by the collar and swiftly returned to the battlefield.

By the time Xiong Baochun could react, he found himself standing in the middle of the battlefield.

And Chen Ye...

Chen Ye had already positioned himself behind him.

Ten thousand grass-mud horses were stampeding through Xiong Baochun's heart at this moment.

Is this idiot treating me as his personal shield?

Before Xiong Baochun could make any move.

Sun Xixi was already surrounded by a forest of swords—no, not a forest of swords, but an ocean of swords.

Every single flying sword pointed directly at Xu Wan.

As if every sword possessed its own will.

As if Sun Xixi had granted each one an independent life.

"Myriad Swords Return to the Source! Go!"

A sharp cry!

In that instant, everyone felt goosebumps rise all over their bodies.

Countless flying swords descended like meteors from the sky, piercing straight toward Xu Wan's mountain of human-skinned flowers.

"Ahhh~~~"

In that very moment, all the tiny faces at the centers of the human-skinned flowers screamed shrilly in unison at the endless sea of swords.

Some radiated overwhelming resentment, some wailed in agony.

Wu Zehui's expression changed at the sound of these screams, and he retreated several steps.

Jiang Rou also furrowed her brows slightly.

It felt like a giant hammer was constantly pounding against her heart.

And this was only from the shockwaves.

As for Xiong Baochun...

The moment he heard those sounds, he used all his strength to retreat violently.

Even so, he spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

From start to finish, this guy had spat out the most blood of anyone.

If it were anyone else, they would probably have died long ago.

But this guy was like a cockroach that couldn't be killed—he was still stubbornly alive.

Chen Ye, on the other hand, was relatively fine. The first wave of sonic attacks was blocked by Xiong Baochun, and sensing something wrong, he transformed into Green Smoke and escaped far away.

The battlefield of swords and flowers.

Sun Xixi's Myriad Swords Return to the Source finally collided with the mountain of flowers.

The screams didn't have much effect on the Myriad Swords Return to the Source.

Visible sound waves formed ripples, eroding toward the sea of swords wave after wave.

The sea of swords broke through the sound waves.

The human faces at the centers of the flowers opened their mouths, trying to devour the swords.

The flying swords sliced through the human faces along with the human-skinned flowers, unstoppable.

Of course, not all the human-skinned flowers were useless.

Some flying swords were actually gnawed with several notches by these human-skinned flowers.

But the flying swords seemed oblivious, stubbornly cutting every Anomaly in their path in half.

The flying swords kept multiplying.

Before the young girl, new flying swords appeared every single second.

The moment these swords materialized, they joined the battle.

The two sides were deadlocked for less than three seconds.

The human-skinned flowers were slaughtered to the last one.

The flying swords broke through the first layer of defense and collided with the circular shield formed by those plant roots.

Countless plant roots were still increasing in thickness.

The flying swords mercilessly sliced through the root shield.

Soon, the flying swords forcibly penetrated the outermost layer of the circular shield formed by the plant roots.

Then the second layer, the third layer...

A massive hole appeared on the surface of the giant plant-root shield.

Countless plant roots tried to fill the gap, but it was futile.

There were too many flying swords, and they were too sharp.

Even if the plant roots could regenerate quickly, they couldn't block the flying swords.

A somewhat terrified face appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was Xu Wan...

Xu Wan hadn't expected Sun Xixi to break through her carefully prepared defense network so quickly.

Xu Wan opened her mouth, wanting to say something.

A flash of sword light streaked past, piercing straight through Xu Wan's forehead.

Then a second flash, a third flash.

Countless flashes of sword light descended...

No screams...

Xu Wan could no longer make a sound.

No wailing...

She couldn't even utter a single word more!

The entire process lasted a full minute.

Even the sound of the waves was drowned out by the ringing of swords.

The mountain of flowers vanished.

The circular shield formed by those plant roots also disappeared.

At the spot where Xu Wan had just stood, even a single grain of sand had been sliced into countless pieces by the sword energy.

When the sword energy finally stopped.

A deep pit nearly a dozen meters in diameter appeared there.

On the surface of the deep pit, all the sand had been turned into fine dust.

The sand there was clearly much, much finer than the sand elsewhere on the beach.

It wasn't sand anymore—it was dust.

The sea breeze blew, sending dust scattering into the air.

Sword energy still lingered within the deep pit.

A gust of sea wind blew toward it, only to be sliced apart by the dispersed sword energy before it could even reach the pit.

No one spoke.

Sun Xixi slowly landed on the ground.

Seemingly exhausted, she staggered slightly but quickly steadied herself.

Everyone's gaze toward Sun Xixi had already changed.

In the forest, Wei Butong's mouth hung wide open, at a loss for words.

"She... she should be... dead this time, right?"

No one knew who said that.

Only then did everyone shift their gaze from Sun Xixi to the deep pit.

The blood-red moonlight spilled over it, making it look like a bloody scar on the surface of a human body.

"She... should be dead, right!"

That was Wu Zehui's voice.

Even he himself didn't seem to believe those words!

But given everything that had just happened, it was the only judgment he could make.

"Hahaha... what unkillable? Isn't she dead now?"

"Anomalies? There's no such thing as an unkillable one! Cough cough..."

Xiong Baochun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his expression relaxed.

Finally, it was over.

"Finally... finally... finally f*cking over!"

Xiong Baochun laughed heartily. Thank goodness enough people had come this time.

Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have escaped this time either. Elder Hou's trump card he'd been given—he hadn't even used it yet.

Good, good!

Xiong Baochun was extremely grateful.

Ye also relaxed a bit.

Although he hadn't made a single move, the prolonged buildup had left him utterly exhausted.

Song Wei also let out a sigh of relief and prepared to stand down from combat readiness.

"No, something's wrong..."

Sun Xixi's expression changed, turning extremely ugly. For the first time, a trace of fear appeared in her eyes.

"No, she's... not dead!"

At that very moment!

"Bang!"

Song Wei fired his gun!

Song Wei, who had been preparing all this time—the Silent Council's Senior Observer—had been waiting for a chance to pull the trigger.

At the moment when everyone let their guard down, he fired.

That gunshot seemed to signal the arrival of a new battle.

And at this moment...

At Song Wei's hiding spot.

A tall, thin figure with a black flower growing from his back appeared there.

No, it wasn't just one black flower.

That tall, thin figure had flowers of all sizes densely covering his back.

It was as if that figure was carrying an entire miniature garden into battle.

The tall, thin figure held a person in his hand.

It was Song Wei!

Song Wei's neck was gently held by that man, as if he were holding a toy.

Song Wei's despairing eyes looked toward the others.

A flower bloomed at the position of Song Wei's eyeball.

Song Wei struggled to look at everyone, opened his mouth, and managed to utter just one word: "Run!"

In an instant...

Song Wei's entire body was covered in blooming flowers—red, yellow, white...

His face, his body, his hands, and his legs were all covered in flowers.

The tall, thin figure released his grip.

Song Wei fell to the ground like a broken doll.

Silent Council Senior Observer!

Song Wei!

Dead!

The tall, thin figure turned around. What kind of face was that?

The face was very thin, with high cheekbones, and had a normal nose and mouth—just like a human's...

But where the eyes should have been, there were two red flowers.

Those two red flowers looked just like human eyes.

"Cough cough... Allow me to reintroduce myself!"

"Hello there, humans...es..."

"I am not Xu Wan!"

"What Xu Wan told you was that she was one of the top three Anomalies of Xi City. Me..."

"I'm ranked second!"