Use This One

Wei Ke felt like his head was going to split open.

It was as if something was inside his head, trying to dissect it from the inside out.

The excruciating pain nearly made him lose consciousness on the spot, but he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Because he could sense that those guys were coming.

He saw the half-human, half-wolf figure in front of him that looked remarkably like himself, saw Ryan lying on the ground covered in blood after being attacked, and heard Rui La's desperate screams.

So he wanted to do something, but the excruciating pain rendered him unable to do anything; he could only watch helplessly, unable to utter a single word.

The half-human, half-wolf who had brought Ryan down with that attack also noticed Wei Ke, so he stepped over Ryan and Rui La's bodies and came to stand in front of Wei Ke.

"It really is you," Wu De chuckled. "Saint."

... Saint?

Is he... calling me?

"It seems Lauren was right, you have indeed encountered some obstacles, but it doesn't matter, let me help you finish this last stretch."

Wei Ke managed to lift his head and saw the other person reaching out a hand to him... no, not a hand, but a claw.

However, those claws were as sharp as knives, and Wei Ke seemed to be able to see his own blurry reflection on them.

He's going to die here.

That's what Wei Ke was thinking.

But the claw stopped just as it reached him, about to pierce his head.

"Oh..." Wu De slowly turned around, looking at Ryan who had fallen behind him with great surprise, "He is Pureblood Hunter ... and his lineage is so well maintained."

All the Wildfire Cultist looked at Ryan.

Ryan's cut flesh was hissing white smoke as it rapidly healed.

Then, Ryan stood up, one arm around the still terrified Rui La, the other gripping the worn-out cane. His black trench coat fluttered in the wind, and a rusty scimitar could be faintly seen strapped to his back.

"Very good." Seeing that Ryan actually stood up, Wu De's surprise turned into admiration. "You can get up after being knocked down by me. You are the first one tonight... It seems that you are the strongest Hunter in this city."

Hearing Wu De's words, Ryan's expression didn't change much. He simply whispered, "So, I'm the last one left in this city?"

"No, not just in this city." Wu De shook his head. "To be more precise, it should be the last one on this land you call Senluo, because this city is the last place we will make our move."

"...I see." Ryan nodded slightly. "I didn't even receive the news. It seems you are eager to start a new era. Indeed, this land has been in chaos for too long."

Wu De was somewhat surprised by Ryan's calm reaction.

"Aren't you angry?" Wu De said. "Your era is about to end with us."

"The end? When I became Hunter, the Senro God was already gone. From that time on, the era of Hunter ended," Ryan said calmly. "If you can really take over this mess, it's not such a bad thing."

Wu De tilted his head and frowned slightly.

He didn't seem to understand what Ryan was saying, and as he turned his head to the side, saliva spilled from between his sharp but incomplete teeth.

"I have only one question." Ryan first glanced at Wei Ke behind Wu De, then looked down at Rui La, who was still trembling in his arms. "Those two children have nothing to do with the Hunter. Can we let them go?"

Wu De understood the question, and he smiled and shook his head, "No."

Rui La trembled even more violently.

Ryan gently patted Rui La's shoulder in comfort before asking, "Can I know why?"

"Only the light that shines into the darkness is most dazzling," Wu De said. "This land needs to be reborn in fire to be truly reborn."

"Let's put it more clearly."

"Hehe, can't understand?" Wu De said with a smile. "This is something we learned from you Hunter. In the Shinra era, it was often those who had truly faced life-or-death threats who had the greatest respect for Shinra and the Hunter."

Ryan remained silent for a long while before slowly nodding. "I think I understand what you mean. In that case..."

He reached for the Metal Scimitar behind his back.

The two Wildfire Cultist closest to him seemed to sense something and immediately pounced on Ryan.

Ryan suddenly bent down, his movements so fast that they couldn't be caught by the eye. All that could be seen was his black trench coat fluttering in the wind, which, like a flag suddenly raised, blinded everyone's vision.

"Click".

A metallic clanging sound came from under the trench coat, as if two metal objects had been joined together.

No one saw what it was, however; the two Wildfire Cultists who lunged at Ryan quickly tore open the billowing trench coat.

But instead of tearing open the flesh beneath Ryan's trench coat as they had imagined, they were met with a long-handled... scythe!

"Swish!"

The sickle, weathered by countless years and now rusty, still emitted a whistling sound as it cut through the air, no less powerful than the wolf claws of the Wildfire Cultist.

Almost instantly, one of the Wildfire Cultist's seemingly strong bodies was easily sliced in half, and blood gushed out immediately.

Another Wildfire Cultist turned around abruptly and saw that Ryan had already retreated two meters away.

He held Rui La in one arm and gripped the Long-handled Scythe made of a cane and a blade in the other. The shirt under his trench coat could barely conceal his bulging muscles.

Yes, he sliced open the half-wolf body of the Wildfire Cultist with just one hand.

Another Wildfire Cultist was about to give chase when he suddenly saw small black balls falling from the trench coats in their hands.

When these small black balls landed on the ground, they immediately exploded in a series of bursts, like firecrackers, while simultaneously producing a pungent white mist.

The Wildfire Cultist inhaled the white mist immediately knelt on the ground, clutching his neck tightly, his face contorted in pain.

By the time the other Wildfire Cultist caught up, Ryan and Rui La had already vanished.

"This guy..." Wu De narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is indeed not simple."

Wu De could smell Ryan's scent and could easily catch up if he wanted to, since Ryan had a burden with him and the Corpse Ghoul had already entered the city, so he couldn't run fast.

But Wu De did not do that.

Because compared to a half-crippled Old Hunter, the Saint is clearly more important.

Wu De turned around and looked again at Wei Ke was still trembling behind him.

In just a few minutes, Wei Ke's wolf-like transformation intensified once again. Three-quarters of his face became wolf-like, and the remaining quarter was trembling constantly, with new black fur seeping out of his skin bit by bit.

"Oh...it seems we don't need to do anything special anymore," Wu De said. "Are you going to wake up on your own, Saint?"

Wei Ke didn't speak, but his trembling only intensified.

"What are you still hesitating about?" Wu De slightly turned his body to the side, letting Wei Ke look in the direction Ryan had retreated. "Look at that Old Hunter. He rescued that girl, but abandoned you. Don't you understand why?"

Why is that?

Wei Ke could hear Wu De's voice.

Yes, why is that?

Why am I the only one left behind?

Afraid.

I'm so scared.

Wei Ke closed his eyes.

He returned to the butcher's enclosure, surrounded by cut pieces of meat, with the Butcher sharpening his knife before him.

He sobbed inside the fence.

Because he was afraid.

I'm really scared.

Can someone come and save him?

No matter who it is.

Please,

Please help me.

... Wei Ke.

"Brush"!

A sharp shriek pulled Wei Ke out of his illusion. He instinctively looked up and saw a dark figure wielding a scythe sweep up behind Wu De.

It was... Ryan!

Wu De was naturally able to sense Ryan's sneak attack. He turned around abruptly and raised his hand to block Wu De's scythe that was swinging towards his neck.

The scythe that had previously sliced half of the Wildfire Cultist's body also swiftly slashed into Wu De's arm, but instead of splitting Wu De arm in two as expected, it stopped when it struck a certain object.

Ryan narrowed his eyes slightly.

This is... a bone!

"You actually dare to come back and seek death!"

Wu De roared at Ryan, but Ryan remained unmoved, simply raising his hand to show Wu De his wrist.

There was a cut on his wrist, from which blood was flowing continuously.

Wu De realized what was happening and quickly stepped back, but it was too late. Ryan splattered blood on Wu De's face and then made a hand seal.

With a loud "boom".

The spilled blood turned into black flames, instantly setting half of Wu De's face ablaze.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Wu De let out a painful roar.

But Ryan did not pursue further, because the other Wildfire Cultist also reacted and quickly rushed towards him.

So he grabbed Wei Ke's hand directly.

"Come with me, kid."

For a moment, Wei Ke was in a daze again.

He seemed to see that small, thin figure quietly slipping through the fence and cautiously reaching out her hand to him.

"We're leaving, A De!"

He tried to untie the shackles without making a sound, but he still attracted the Butcher's attention.

Thus, the Butcher in the memory roared in the same way as the werewolf burning in reality.

"You brat (Hunter), you're asking for it!"

Wei Ke turned his head and saw the Butcher, his body engulfed in flames, charging towards them with a cleaver in hand.

"Run, A De!"

The scenes then kept changing.

One moment he was being led astray through alleyways, the next he was running through the wilderness. One moment he was being held by the hand, the next he was being held in someone's arms.

The person who led him away was sometimes an old Hunter, and sometimes an extremely thin boy.

Chasing them were the Butcher, his body engulfed in flames, and his several vicious dogs.

The vicious dogs pounced on the boy, tearing at his flesh and blood.

As the boy ran away, he kicked the vicious dog away and held the wounded dog in his arms.

Blood was spilled all over the ground.

The boy ran slower and slower, and the strength to hold him diminished.

Finally, the boy fell down; he was thrown into the air.

When he looked up, he saw the Butcher had caught up with the boy.

Wu De glanced at Wei Ke, who was lying on the ground convulsing like a wounded Little Wolf, shook his head, stepped over him, and walked toward Ryan was huddled in a corner a few meters away.

At this moment, there were hardly any intact parts of Ryan's body left; only the Hunter's Blood was sustaining his last breath.

"I don't understand," Wu De said. "You had already left, so why did you come back... You should be able to see that he is not like you."

Ryan glanced at Wei Ke and chuckled softly.

"You are not the same kind of people, because you are monsters, while he... is not."

Wei Ke stopped trembling.

But Wu De didn't notice, and just shook his head. "You're just fooling yourself, and you're going to lose your life for this self-deception."

After saying that, he walked towards Ryan again.

This time, Wu De wasn't going to hold back.

Ryan gently closed his eyes, accepting death with equanimity.

But death was delayed.

Ryan opened his eyes with some confusion, but the scene before him startled him.

Because a Silver Wolf blocked his way.

Wu De's eyes widened. "Saint?!"

Before he finished speaking, the Pure Silver Wolf let out a roar completely different from before.

Arcs of electricity even crackled in his silver hair!

With a "whoosh" sound!

He lunged at Wu De like a silver comet, sending Wu De flying dozens of meters away, shoving him out of the alley.

Ryan stared in shock at the Silver Wolf's retreating figure, and then recognized the man's identity based on the remaining fragments of his clothing.

That's... Wei Ke?!

Why did he become like this?!

Ryan didn't have time to think anymore, because Wei Ke and Wu De were already fighting.

After transforming into Pure Silver Wolf, Wei Ke's every attack was imbued with lightning, instantly overwhelming Wu De.

"That posture... does that mean you're already awake?!" Wu De roared at Wei Ke in shock, "You bastard! You're awake, why are you attacking me?!"

Wei Ke didn't answer Wu De. He seemed to have lost all reason, only knowing to attack Wu De, attack, and attack again.

Wu De was crippled in just a few exchanges.

In this situation, Wu De knew he needed to go all out, or he would be beaten to death by Wei Ke.

Then he let out a wolf howl, and his half-wolf body instantly swelled several times its original size, even exceeding Wei Ke's two heads in size!

Complete Wolf Transformation!

Wu De slashed down with his claws, instantly shattering the lightning on Wei Ke's body, leaving half of his body a bloody mess.

"Who do you think you are!" Wu De roared at Wei Ke.

But Wei Ke seemed oblivious to the pain and charged at Wu De once more.

But he wasn't facing an enemy.

The remaining Wildfire Cultist also charged forward after Complete Wolf Transformation.

Thus, the original fight instantly turned into a hunt.

The black wolf pack hunted down the Silver Wolf.

Ryan, who was in the alley, saw all of this.

He struggled to get up and go help Wei Ke.

Because Ryan knew that Wei Ke was trying to save him, otherwise he wouldn't have lured the Wildfire Cultist out of the alley.

However, his injuries were too severe, and even the Hunter's Blood could not heal his frail and wounded body. He could only watch helplessly as Wei Ke was surrounded and killed, the black wolves tearing chunks of flesh from his body, and the leaping lightning rapidly dissipating.

"Damn it!" Ryan had never felt so useless. In despair, he cursed and pounded his badly injured body. "Move!"

At that moment, a man's voice rang out from the deep alley.

Do you want to save that child?

Ryan was slightly taken aback and subconsciously turned his head, only to see an outstretched hand.

In the palm of my hand is an eyeball as bright as a star.

"Use this if you want."