Chapter 351

Chapter 351: Why Are You So Skilled?!

The shockwave swept across the entire wall, flattening everything within a hundred meters.

Both human and extraordinary beast corpses, along with the large weapons that couldn’t be moved in time, were flung into the air under the force, scattering in all directions.

Amid the thick fog, Lin Qingliu transformed his entire body into a mass of indistinguishable flesh, enveloping the torpedo-like object that was about to self-destruct, enduring the impact that could obliterate him.

After a dull explosion, everything seemed to return to silence.

The Horned Demon-turned-torpedo had completely vanished in the violent explosion from within its body, the shockwave dispersing the thick fog, but the rising dust made it difficult for everyone to see.

Taking advantage of this moment, Lin Qingliu reassembled the parts of his body that had scattered around him, as if nothing had happened.

The explosion had taken the Horned Demon’s life, declaring the threat brought by the Fifth Level Extraordinary Beast utterly eliminated.

In a place unnoticed by anyone, the will of the mycelium manipulated the energy generated from the self-destruction, but it did not disperse evenly in all directions.

As the body began to harden and energy started to accumulate, another change occurred within the Horned Demon.

The blood from Wang Xiao and the Shadow Master was divided into hundreds of portions, each wrapped in multiple layers of flexible “cocoon.”

During the self-detonation, the Horned Demon skillfully directed the explosion, sending those hundreds of blood particles flying toward the extraordinary beasts outside the city like pellets from a shotgun.

This was its ultimate goal!

Whether in battle or during self-destruction, it had already determined the purpose of this humanoid body the moment it saw Wang Xiao and the Shadow Master.

After the explosion, the pellets were driven into the bodies of hundreds of extraordinary beasts.

Amid the surging tide of extraordinary beasts, those struck by the pellets became carriers of precious genetic samples.

As those tiny “cocoons” entered their bodies, the will of the mycelium began to awaken in their minds.

In the face of the fearless charge of the extraordinary beasts, these beasts, now under the control of higher intelligence, began to hide within themselves, slowly pulling back from the charge, returning towards the forest.

However, the humans were unaware of what was happening.

As the smoke cleared, a man holding a large goat head stood in place, and besides that, there was nothing else.

Cheers erupted from behind the nearby cover; no words were needed; in such a battle, whoever remained on the battlefield was the ultimate victor.

Lin Qingliu’s victory seemed to inject a surge of adrenaline into the superpowered individuals and soldiers, numbering over a hundred, around him.

They cheered as they charged out from their cover, reenergized and returning to their fighting positions, ready to face the next wave of extraordinary beasts.

Lin Qingliu lifted the goat head high, glancing around; at that moment, he was the uncrowned king on the wall.

After waving the massive head a few times, he tossed it off the wall like trash, shattering the skull of an extraordinary beast that was climbing up.

“Who is the commander here?”

Lin Qingliu surveyed the surroundings, looking at the spirited warriors.

A man and a woman stepped forward; Ink Drench was in charge of the temporary command for the superpowered individuals on the wall, while the man was the highest-ranking member of the city defense army present.

“Good, you continue to hold off the extraordinary beasts; I will check if there are any issues at other positions on the wall.”

Once again, he used that commanding tone, a tone that not only Lin Qingliu had grown accustomed to, but even Ink Drench and the officer did not find anything strange about it.

The orders were perfectly reasonable, and there was no implication of seizing power in wartime; Ink Drench would act accordingly.

And the officer regarded Lin Qingliu as a strong superpowered individual sent from the inner city.

The coat that could signify his identity had been utterly destroyed in the recent explosion, leaving him without any items to prove who he was.

In other words, whether Lin Qingliu’s identity could be confirmed now rested on a thought between the two of them.

At this moment, another figure appeared behind them, that of the "Blood Puppet," who had become significantly thinner since before.

He had just returned from the battlefield, collecting some of his blood to make his body look less emaciated.

However, the damage from the recent battle was still hard to ignore, as the blood on his surface kept flowing, at times revealing a pale skin so close to death.

Lin Qingliu sensed that the other person wanted to say something, but he had no intention of giving him the chance.

“Good job.”

With a calm expression, Lin Qingliu looked like a senior officer bestowing honors upon a soldier.

The compliment made the "Blood Puppet" feel refreshed, forcing him to consider whether this was the appropriate thing to say.

Before he could properly assess their identities, Lin Qingliu continued:

“Let’s go check other parts of the wall together.”

“Okay… sure.”

The "Blood Puppet" didn’t know how he ended up agreeing, but after some thought, he realized he was already here to provide support at the wall anyway. Since he had already violated regulations, he didn’t want to think about the punishment he might face upon returning.

What he truly wanted to do now was follow this individual into the next fight.

“Can you still fly?”

“Probably, yes.”

The "Blood Puppet" tried to take off from the ground but Lin Qingliu noticed the weakness beneath the layer of blood.

Silently, he used telekinesis to lift the other person, and they quickly began patrolling along the wall.

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A round, multicolored head peeked out from behind a wall-mounted railgun.

Fulan watched Lin Qingliu grow smaller in the distance, pondering whether or not she should take her Holy Fire Meow Meow Cult army to bury that ridiculous life pod after this incident.

The recent battle had been too brutal; dealing with First and Second Level extraordinary beasts was manageable for Fulan, but seeing the "Survivor," who was stronger than herself, be torn apart by the Horned Demon made her decide without hesitation to shield her people.

To her surprise, she had thought the “Shadow Master” would do something similar to her, but instead, after realizing it was difficult to break through defenses, he started roaming along the wall, rescuing those soldiers and superpowered individuals with broken limbs and serious injuries.

Inspired by the other’s actions, Fulan chose not to run away directly, but she also didn’t engage in another head-on battle; instead, she used her ability to create illusions to disguise the wounded around her, trying to prevent them from being targeted by extraordinary beasts.

Now that the fighting here had entered a more stable phase and her task of delivering warnings had been completed, Fulan suddenly found herself unsure of what to do next.