Chapter 140
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Chapter 140: Black Impermanence
The wind roared, carrying snow that filled every corner, uprooting the trees along the road and tossing them around chaotically in the air.
Not only that, bricks, street lamps, bicycles, billboards… countless objects were also lifted by the wind, tumbling through the stormy snow like clothes in a washing machine.
In this ten-mile radius, it seemed like the apocalypse had arrived.
If not for Team 136’s large-scale “No-Space Zone” being set up around the area in advance, countless innocent people might have been caught up in this storm and met a tragic end. This was where the importance of the “No-Space Zone” became evident.
Under this spatial canvas, no matter how intense the battle, it would not affect the outside world in the slightest.
Lin Qiye drove his straight knife into the ground to barely keep himself from being blown away by the strong wind. Everything around him was a blinding white, and it was difficult to see the situation clearly in such a snowstorm.
“This is the ultra-high-risk forbidden ruin of ‘Sea’ Realm? It’s terrifyingly extreme…” Lin Qiye furrowed his brow.
In his spiritual perception, the members of Team 136 were also trapped by the blizzard. Fortunately, no one had been blown away; they remained in place, though they couldn’t see each other, the distance between them was not far.
“Xiao Nan!”
In the snowstorm, Wu Xiangnan’s voice came through faintly.
A faint white light emanated from Lin Qiye’s side, and he immediately felt his body sink as the resistance from the wind disappeared, as if a thin film had formed on his skin, perfectly countering the wind’s force.
Moreover, the vision obscured by the snow gradually became clearer.
Lin Qiye looked down and saw that his skin was also emitting a faint white glow.
Wu Xiangnan, also glowing white, emerged from the snowstorm, completely unaffected by the surrounding gale, and walked over to Si Xiao Nan, ruffling her hair.
“Well done.”
“What is this…” Lin Qiye asked in confusion.
“‘No-Fate Veil’, it attaches to the surface of the skin, isolating the external environment from affecting oneself, and it also has healing properties and some defensive power.”
Si Xiao Nan straightened up, giving a proud snort, “Although it’s not a particularly powerful forbidden ruin, it can still come in handy at critical moments.”
Under the protection of the “No-Fate Veil,” the others also stood up, turning their gaze towards the figure slowly walking through the snow with a long spear…
Han Shaoyun looked at the unaffected people with some surprise, a trace of admiration in his eyes, but then as if thinking of something, his gaze darkened.
Chen Muye stood at the forefront, hands resting on the hilt of his sword, his cloak billowing in the wind, his eyes calm as still water.
“Are you the team leader of this squad?” Han Shaoyun stood before Chen Muye.
“Yes.”
“You are a competent leader.” Han Shaoyun paused and continued, “More competent than me…”
“I seem to have heard a bit about the Suzhou City Night Watch team.” Chen Muye’s voice drifted through the wind and snow.
“It is said that five years ago, the Suzhou City team faced the ancient deity church’s ‘Whispers’. Out of eight team members, three died, three were seriously injured, and one was left with a lifelong disability. Team leader Han Shaoyun went missing and reappeared two years later as a ‘Believer’…”
Han Shaoyun’s brows slightly furrowed, “What are you trying to say?”
“I want to know… are you a true ‘Believer’ or a false ‘Believer’?” Chen Muye’s eyes flashed with a glimmer, “Did you join the ‘Believers’ with a hidden agenda? Are you…”
“You’re overthinking it.” Han Shaoyun calmly interrupted Chen Muye, “Once you become a ‘Believer’, you can only be a ‘Believer’ for life. Their soul contracts are even more terrifying than you imagine. No matter what intentions or goals you had before joining, once you sign the contract, they will vanish… completely becoming their puppet.”
“Then you…”
“If one day, your team members are nailed to a cross, you only have two choices: either fight to the death and die with your team, or abandon all dignity and freedom to save others… which would you choose?”
Chen Muye’s brows tightened, “Did they force you to sign the contract with such methods?”
“The methods of the ancient deity church are more brutal than you can imagine.” Han Shaoyun shook his head, the snowflakes around him swirling even more densely, “No matter who I was or what I went through, now, I am only the sixteenth seat of the ‘Believers’, Han Shaoyun…
I can’t go back.”
As his voice fell, his “Sea” realm spiritual power erupted completely, a terrifying pressure soaring into the sky!
Chen Muye’s hand gripping the sword handle trembled slightly. Due to the excessive force, his knuckles turned white. He stared intensely at the man holding the long spear in front of him, his heart filled with melancholy…
After a moment, he took a deep breath, slowly drawing the twin swords from his waist…
“I understand…” he said calmly, “I will show no mercy to the ‘Believers’.”
In the gale, Han Shaoyun’s lips curled slightly.
With the twin swords drawn, a faint ghostly light appeared in Chen Muye’s eyes. A black large circle rapidly expanded from him, bringing an extreme coldness to the earth!
In the black forbidden ruin, behind Chen Muye, the outline of a blood-red palace appeared vaguely… and at the top of this palace, an ancient and mysterious plaque hung.
—Yama Hall!
At the moment Chen Muye entered this forbidden ruin, his aura suddenly became deep and eerie!
Lin Qiye was also caught in Chen Muye’s forbidden ruin. The chilling aura made him shiver involuntarily.
“This is…”
“Team leader’s forbidden ruin.” Wu Xiangnan calmly stood beside Lin Qiye, “Forbidden Ruin Sequence 037, ‘Black Wuchang’.”
“037?” Lin Qiye was taken aback.
Up to now, apart from Cao Yuan’s Sequence 031 ‘Black King’s Slash’, this was almost the most dangerous forbidden ruin he had ever seen. He didn’t expect the team leader to possess such a level of power!
If the forbidden ruins before Sequence 030 belonged to the divine level, then the seventh place under the divine level, ‘Black Wuchang’, was definitely one of the top forbidden ruins in all of Great Xia!
With such a high-sequence forbidden ruin, the team leader should be in those special teams or the Night Watch teams in Shangjing City. How could he come to this small Cangnan City and become the team leader of Team 136?
In front of the Yama Hall, Chen Muye, holding twin swords, walked across the black water surface toward Han Shaoyun.
Han Shaoyun stared blankly at the scene before him, and after a long while, he finally reacted and said in shock:
“‘Black Wuchang’? You… are Chen Muye?”