Chapter 741: The Power of Fear

Chen Ye had no time to savor the source of this powerful fear—he vanished again.

Time was running out.

He couldn't stop to taste this entirely different kind of fear energy.

With Number Two's fear source at his disposal, Chen Ye grew stronger, faster.

More black aura shrouded his body. From a distance, one couldn't tell whether he was human or Anomaly.

The stronger Chen Ye became, the more terrified Number Two grew.

The more terrified Number Two became, the stronger Chen Ye grew.

The two had formed a vicious cycle between them.

Number Two had barely begun to flee when Chen Ye reappeared at its back.

As for why Chen Ye always appeared behind Number Two?

One could only say it was a peculiar quirk of someone with Chen Ye's personality.

Striking from behind gave Chen Ye a thrill—that was the only explanation.

This time, Chen Ye didn't spout nonsense, nor did he deliver any villainous quotations.

Chen Ye raised the Demon Claw and directly severed Number Two's limbs.

Five-colored blood splattered across the beach.

Number Two felt the pain radiating from its severed limbs intensify.

This agonizing pain was at least twice as powerful as before.

In Number Two's eyes at this moment, Chen Ye was no different from one of those legendary great Anomalies.

The kind whose very name inspired reverence and dread.

The human standing before it was exactly that kind of being.

Number Two had thought it didn't fear death.

But when death arrived wrapped in such excruciating agony, Number Two began to tremble.

"Sp... spare me..."

Number Two vanished again, but when it reappeared in the distance, its voice was trembling.

It was actually begging for mercy.

This Anomaly, which had always looked down from above, which had always treated humans as toys, was begging a human for mercy for the first time.

For Anomalies, they had no human moral standards.

Begging for mercy held no concept of shame for them either.

As long as something benefited them, they would do it without hesitation.

At this moment, getting Chen Ye to stop attacking was the most beneficial thing possible.

Therefore, it begged without a second thought.

Of course, if Chen Ye lost his power right now, it would kill him without hesitation just the same.

Chen Ye completely ignored Number Two's pleas and simply kept attacking.

Time—still time—there wasn't enough!

He had to kill Number Two within the next minute.

Otherwise, he would be the one to die.

Number Two also noticed something horrifying.

While that man was attacking it, it saw that on its newly regrown arm, a red flower had bloomed.

That flower was unusual—crimson as blood, as if it had been soaked in a pool of blood for years.

What terrified Number Two wasn't the flower itself, but the fact that this flower didn't belong to it.

This flower... seemed to belong to that man.

He had obtained an ability identical to its own.

No, this WAS its own ability.

How could that man have his ability???

This was its exclusive power!

How could he have it???

Number Two reached out and tore the blood-red flower that didn't belong to it from its arm.

But the pain it brought made Number Two tremble with fear once more.

No sooner had it plucked the red flower off.

Than it seemed like new red flowers were blooming elsewhere on its arm.

Number Two then saw the scene before its eyes seem to fly into the air.

So, its head had been severed too.

That claw really was incredibly sharp.

But the next instant, a new head grew back.

Number Two recovered once more, then scattered into a flurry of flowers and vanished in retreat.

What Chen Ye was using now was indeed Number Two's ability.

The power of fear was not limited to just this.

Not only could it absorb fear from surrounding creatures and convert it into his own power.

At the same time, Chen Ye could also obtain an ability from the creatures he drained fear energy from.

Of course, this terrifying ability had its limitations.

First: The effect of extracting an ability from the target creature was random—he couldn't simply choose whatever ability he wanted.

Previously, from Jiang Rou, Hou Junji, and Wei Butong, Chen Ye hadn't randomly obtained a single ability.

He had only gained fear power boosts from them.

But from Number Two, Chen Ye had randomly acquired its ability.

That was the power to control flowers.

Second: This ability was only temporary. Once the time ran out, the ability would disappear as well.

When Number Two appeared again, flowers began to bloom on its body and back.

These flowers were very different from Number Two's own flowers—these were red, blood-crimson.

Like... like roses!

These flowers grew within Number Two's body, not only draining its energy.

They also brought with them intense, searing pain.

This pain only amplified Number Two's terror.

In simple terms, if the sun weren't about to rise.

Chen Ye would only grow stronger and stronger within the time limit.

But... Chen Ye still couldn't kill Number Two.

Its instant regeneration ability made it nearly immortal.

...

"Mr. Cha, please lend us your aid!"

The moment he sensed Chen Ye's presence vanish again, Chu Che realized that the danger they faced this time far surpassed anything before.

They couldn't even flee.

As a Pathfinder, he was useless in a battle like this.

But that didn't mean Captain Chu could do nothing.

Chu Che thought it over, then gathered Auntie Zhao, captain of the "Happy Family" convoy, and Zhao Hong, captain of the "Post-Apocalyptic Opera Troupe" convoy.

Along with Old Wang from the Silent Council, they went together to find Cha Wu.

Cha Wu was an extremely rare dual Sequence Superhuman, and both of his Sequences had reached relatively high levels.

The guy might not be a qualified City Lord.

But he was at least a fairly powerful Superhuman.

Moreover, the man was shrouded in mystery.

Maybe he had a solution.

And so, this was the scene now—Chu Che leading several people to his door, begging Cha Wu to intervene.

Since arriving at the base, Cha Wu rarely spoke and rarely met with anyone.

Cha Wu looked at Chu Che's earnest expression.

"Why should I act?"

Chu Che said, "Mr. Cha, surely you don't want this Return to the City Plan to fail!"

Cha Wu let out a light laugh, dripping with sarcasm. "Fail? Why can't it fail?"

"Oasis could fail, so why can't the Return to the City Plan fail?"

"Does the Return to the City Plan hold some special status?"

Cha Wu's words were laced with mockery.

Chu Che grew anxious. "Mr. Cha, if the Return to the City Plan fails, who would ever attempt such a thing again?"

"If this plan fails, no one will even mention returning to the cities for at least the next few years!"

"Several years..."

"Do you know what that means for the current situation, Mr. Cha?"

"By then, humanity might already be extinct!"

"Mr. Cha, surely humanity's extinction isn't something you want to see either?"

Cha Wu remained unmoved, chuckling lightly. "So what if humanity goes extinct? Humans are no match for the Anomalies—that day will come sooner or later!"

This time, it wasn't just Chu Che who flew into a rage—even Auntie Zhao, Zhao Hong, and Old Wang were furious.

Auntie Zhao pointed at Cha Wu and cursed, "You old geezer, how dare you talk like that! Just because humanity goes extinct doesn't mean it's none of your business—aren't you human?"

"Do you just want to watch everyone die off?"

"What good would that do you?"

Old Wang was furious too. This middle-aged man who seemed like an easygoing guy from the establishment pushed up his glasses and glared at Cha Wu. "If you didn't have this ability, there'd be nothing to say. But you DO have it, and you still refuse to act!"

"I've always respected you, considered you the number one of our Formation Master Sequence. But now, it seems you're nothing but a waste who only knows how to run away!"

"I, Old Wang, am ashamed to be associated with you!"

"Squad Leader Chu, both captains, I may only be Sequence 2, but I'm willing to contribute whatever strength I have! Let's go!"

With that, Old Wang waved his hand grandly and waddled off with his beer belly leading the way.

Chu Che looked at Cha Wu, then at Old Wang's retreating figure, at a loss for words.

He could only let out a long sigh and prepare to rally more Superhumans from the base.

Cha Wu watched their distant figures, silent, the death aura around him growing even heavier.

After a long while, he let out a long, heavy sigh.

"Ah..."

"You also think I should act?"

Cha Wu looked toward the darkness...

Someone was there...