After enduring a scolding from the female Devil Head in the office, Lin Yan returned to the classroom with a helpless expression.
Li Yifei and the others gathered around him.
“Holy crap! You really showed off just now!”
“How did you do that?”
“You've been practicing this behind our backs?”
Lin Qi Ye also glanced over slightly. Although his eyes were covered by a black silk band, he wasn't blind.
On the contrary, with the blessing of the Mortal Divine Realm, he could clearly perceive his surroundings through Mental Energy.
Just now, Lin Yan seemed to be in a daze the second before.
But he reacted the instant the blackboard eraser flew at him.
It was as if… he had known the blackboard eraser was coming for him in advance, and his body moved even before it was thrown.
However, Lin Yan, as the person involved, merely shrugged and winked at his classmates.
“Just a reflex~”
“Ehh~”
A chorus of jeers immediately followed, and Li Yifei rolled his eyes dramatically at him.
“Do you even know what humility is? Would you die if you didn't show off?”
Lin Yan smiled but didn't answer.
Humility, huh… He shook his head. As a Transmigrator, he knew very well that the Li Yifei in front of him was the true form of the Nanda Snake Demon.
Thinking of this, a hint of coldness flashed in Lin Yan's eyes.
After school,
Lin Yan, Lin Qi Ye, Li Yifei, and the others walked together.
“Actually… I can walk home by myself.” Lin Qi Ye's mouth twitched slightly.
“Don't say that, Lin Qi Ye. We promised your Aunt that we would take good care of you, so we must do it,” Jiang Qian said righteously.
Facing everyone's kindness, Lin Qi Ye was a bit unaccustomed, but since they meant well, he could only follow along helplessly.
“Do you think… the mist will revive and engulf Great Xia again?”
Li Yifei suddenly asked.
Then everyone began discussing this question.
“It's a natural disaster, right? Didn't experts say that the mist is similar to the Ice Age in BC, and it will probably dissipate naturally in a few hundred years? We'll be buried by then, so why care?” Wang Shao said.
“What if it's not a natural phenomenon?”
Lin Qi Ye suddenly blurted out, looking at Lin Yan, who had been silent beside him.
Noticing his gaze, Lin Yan turned his head and smiled slightly.
“Who knows? Haven't those theological and natural theories been endlessly debated?”
“I think it's like gods; believe and they exist, disbelieve and they don't. But it's best to maintain a sense of awe, after all, no one knows if it's really true.”
Hearing this, Jiang Qian stepped forward,
“Why think so much? Survival Day is coming soon, and we'll have a three-day holiday. Instead of worrying about those things, why don't we enjoy the holiday?”
Lin Yan smiled, “The class monitor is right.”
“Extre… *cough cough cough*.”
Lin Yan realized he almost said the wrong thing and instantly reacted.
“Long live the holiday!”
...At the same time, in the Old City District.
A man carried a sign, walking through a dark alley, and arrived at a street corner.
“This is the place.”
The man glanced at his phone, then placed the sign he was carrying on the ground.
Under the dim streetlights, several prominent characters were carved on the sign.
— — — — Road Closed Ahead!
“Captain, the third sign has been placed.”
“Received, activate immediately.”
“Yes.”
At the same time, six black and red cloaks, like lightning, darted through the dark alleys… On the other side, Lin Yan suddenly looked up.
He felt that something was not right.
He observed his surroundings, but nothing happened.
Lin Yan knew that the strange feeling must be the Unrestrained Void.
This indicated that Team 136 had begun its operation.
His suspicious expression also caught Lin Qi Ye's attention.
“What's wrong?”
Lin Qi Ye stopped and looked at Lin Yan.
The others did the same.
Lin Yan frowned, then turned his head and gave them a standard smile.
“Um… I suddenly remembered that my grandma is about to give birth to my dad. I'm going to see if it's a boy or a girl. You guys go on ahead.”
Lin Qi Ye: … The others: ???
Do you even hear yourself?
With that, ignoring their gazes, Lin Yan sprinted in one direction.
“His… his grandma is having his dad? And he's going to see if it's a boy or a girl?”
Li Yifei's mouth twitched.
“I know all these words, but why, when put together, do I not understand?”
“Also… isn't he an orphan?!”
...Lin Yan sprinted through the alley. Strangely enough, since his Awakening, his body seemed to have undergone some changes. Whether it was strength, speed, or even reaction time, everything became faster than before.
This was probably the power of intention, but in the God Slaying World, it seemed to be called Mental Energy.
Instead of passively waiting, he preferred to take the initiative.
He wanted to actively search for traces of the Ghost-Masked Man.
Besides, with Lin Qi Ye here, under the blessing of the Protagonist Halo, there shouldn't be any problems.
A silver-purple flip phone quietly appeared in his hand.
Who would have thought that he had barely run far when Lin Yan's pupils instantly contracted.
A disgusting monster appeared right in front of him.
The monster's face was twisted and hideous, its long tongue extended and constantly wriggling, and disgusting saliva dripped down.
“Good! Saves me the trouble of finding you!” Lin Yan said coldly.
Ah — — — — — — !!!
At the same time, a scream suddenly came from behind him.
Lin Yan narrowed his eyes and immediately changed direction, running backward.
The monster chased relentlessly.
As for what was in front, several monsters with hideous bodies and twisted limbs were chasing Lin Qi Ye and the others, who were fleeing.
Perhaps sensing Lin Yan's arrival, the Ghost-Masked Man in front looked up, his face covered in blood, appearing even more terrifying under the dim streetlight.
Lin Yan immediately felt nauseous. Wang Shao and the others beside him seemed to have fainted from injury and fear.
Fortunately, Jiang Qian and Wang Shao were not in mortal danger.
“I refuse — — — — !!!”
In the alley on the other side, Lin Qi Ye's roar echoed through the night sky.
In an instant, a brilliant pillar of light, emitting intense golden light and scorching heat, erupted from the alley, shooting straight into the sky!
The night became like day!
Lin Yan regained his composure, looking at the Ghost-Masked Man in front of him, his expression turning cold.
At the same time, the Ghost-Masked Man that had been chasing him also stopped, a playful look even appearing on its face.
It seemed to think that Lin Yan had become a lamb to the slaughter.
However, Lin Yan was not flustered in the slightest. He opened the silver-purple summoner in his hand and pressed the 【Fire】, 【Wind】, and 【Thunder】 buttons respectively.
Beep beep beep.
Then he pressed the activation button in the middle.
A gauntlet instantly appeared on Lin Yan's left arm, with an empty slot on it.
Lin Yan embedded the summoner into the slot.
“Shura Armor!”
At this moment, the air seemed to be twisted by an invisible and powerful force.
A violent current surged from the summoner, like an enraged lightning snake, instantly flowing through Lin Yan's entire body.
Wherever the current went, a silver-purple glow appeared on the skin's surface. Immediately after, the current began to materialize, transforming into pieces of armor components shining with metallic luster,
Starting from his head, it rapidly covered him downwards like flowing water.
The sharp triangle on the helmet was the first to form, like a demon's horn, exuding a chilling aura.
Then, the breastplate, shoulder pads, armguards, leg guards, cape… each component, like a purple phantom, sequentially and tightly fitted onto Lin Yan's body. The armor exuded a powerful aura, and the patterns on it seemed to flow with purple lightning.
The cape on his back also unfolded, flapping in the strong wind.
Purple light shot straight into the sky, tearing through the curtain of night and rushing towards the Universe.
The gray mist enveloping the Universe actually began to churn, retreating all around.
“No! How is this possible!”
“The consciousness of this Universe should be in Chaos! This aura does not belong to this Universe!”
“Who is He?! Why is he here?!”
“It's the aura of judgment! How can such a Law truly exist?!”
Countless strange and terrifying voices rose from the gray mist, seemingly in confusion, yet also in fear!
The Moon.
Seraph Michael stood upon it, looking at the purple pillar of light, his eyes slightly narrowed.
“This is?”
...A look of astonishment actually appeared on the faces of the two Ghost-Masked Men, one in front and one behind. After sensing Lin Yan's aura, they didn't hesitate, turning and fleeing.
Lin Yan quietly watched the Ghost-Masked Man opposite him, letting it escape.
Because he had already locked onto that guy's aura.
As for the guy behind him, Lin Yan's figure flashed, and he grabbed its neck.
A red glow flashed on the armor's visor.
“Did you enjoy chasing me just now?”
Crack.
Lin Yan exerted a little force, and the Ghost-Masked Man in front of him instantly went limp.
A purple phantom flashed, and Lin Yan's figure instantly disappeared from its original spot.
Moving Shape Changing Shadow!
The other Ghost-Masked Man fled frantically, finally finding a secluded spot with great difficulty.
It was panting heavily there.
Its face was full of fear, as if saying:
Luckily, I'm as smart as a horse and ran fast enough.
As a mythical creature, its perception of danger was extremely keen, and the aura of the Shura Armor made it feel utterly terrified!
However, the next second.
A figure appeared in front of it, scaring it so much it almost fainted.
“Why are you running? Ashamed to be seen?”
Lin Yan grabbed its neck and lifted it up.
Bang!
Lin Yan flung it, smashing the Ghost-Masked Man violently against the nearby wall.
Boom!
The wall immediately collapsed.
The Ghost-Masked Man lay in the rubble, scarlet blood seeping out.
With just one blow, the Ghost-Masked Man was severely wounded!
Lin Yan walked forward step by step, looking at the Ghost-Masked Man struggling to get up.
A cold glint appeared in his eyes, and he stomped on the Ghost-Masked Man's body.
“Damn bug!”
Lin Yan lifted his foot again and stomped down hard!
Boom!
A powerful force struck, and the Ghost-Masked Man's skull and body instantly exploded!
Red and white matter scattered everywhere.
At the same time, above the Ghost-Masked Man's corpse, a gray, cube-like object appeared.
Lin Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.
“This is… a genetic code?”