Slaying Anomalies: Dark Sub-Attribute vs. Yang Lightning Dual Attribute

Ten minutes earlier.

Fang Yi kept searching his phone for keywords related to coldness and evil, but found nothing.

If the authorities wanted to conceal something, they would never leave behind the slightest trace.

That was precisely why Spirit Qi Recovery had been kept hidden so well.

"Evil, coldness, Anomalies... So that was what these things were called."

In the end, Fang Yi could only piece together the term "Anomaly" from the cryptic Sherlock-code riddles online.

Anomalies...

Now that he had seen this mysterious creature—

Fang Yi had gained a concrete understanding of the word.

The next second—

He stepped down from the dilapidated residential building.

Heavy rain pattered sharply against his trench coat.

He stepped into the Black Mist.

In an instant, dazzling golden light burst from his body.

The Golden Sun Breathing Technique transformed into terrifying, blazing sunlight, like an enormous sword cleaving into the domain of darkness. The Black Mist twisted and surged like a beast trapped in a sinister abyss, and in the blink of an eye, more than half of it was dispersed.

"A Dark Sub-Attribute?"

Fang Yi murmured calmly.

Then, his aura suddenly surged. His vast and blazing presence instantly suppressed the surrounding Black Mist. Feeling the immense pressure, those dark shadows were gradually melted away by the light of the Golden Sun, like insects helplessly struggling beneath the scorching sun, utterly unable to resist this aura.

Like a bound mass of shadow being cleansed bit by bit by light, the Black Mist could not withstand such an extreme Yang Attribute. It kept retreating, forced into a corner by the blazing radiance of the fierce sun with nowhere left to escape.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

A massive Black Serpent hissed as it charged out of the Black Mist.

Several patches of scales had been torn from its body, blood streaming from the wounds. It appeared to have fought someone and suffered some injuries, though none were fatal.

It opened its enormous maw, black venom seeping from its fangs as it tried to swallow Fang Yi whole!

But before it could reach him—

Fang Yi drew his blade.

Flame patterns reflected across the Tang Saber's blade. A scorching, blazing force came slashing down, and the flames drew a thin red line through the air.

A red line appeared between the Black Serpent's eyes.

The next second, like a dividing line across an image, that red line split its entire body in two. Its head cracked into halves and fell to either side.

The Black Serpent had been cut in half with a single slash!

Boom—

An explosion like thunder erupted from within the serpent's body.

Scorching flames burst forth, instantly turning its body into a raging inferno. Even the surrounding air warped from the heat. Shattered scales glimmered in the firelight, shining with lingering radiance like rubies.

The Black Serpent's once-powerful, heavy body was blasted apart, scattering across the ground in countless fragments and releasing a suffocating stench of sulfur.

As the aftershock of the explosion gradually faded, only a scene of devastation remained. Its shattered head flickered in and out of sight amid the smoke and dust, its lantern-like eyes seemingly still unable to comprehend what had happened, the lingering coldness and malice within them yet to fade.

Death and unwillingness.

Killing intent and destruction.

All of it vanished into ashes beneath that slash, leaving no trace behind.

Had anyone witnessed this scene, they would have felt nothing but awe and terror at such a horrifying sight.

Unfortunately, shrouded by the pitch-black Black Mist, the Destroyer Squad could not see it.

The serpent's corpse split in half and collapsed to the ground.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

Terrifying sounds still echoed through the air.

"Hm, there's another one?"

A small beast lunged at Fang Yi.

The thing was incredibly fast.

Fang Yi frowned slightly.

His palm shot out at once.

In an instant, Thunder Power filled Fang Yi's palm, as though countless electric currents were twisting and intertwining within it.

Amid the flickering lightning, an incomparably powerful Judgment Power gathered there, radiating a terrifying aura that made one shudder.

The instant his palm touched Candle Night—

Boom!

Thunder Power erupted like lightning!

Dazzling thunderous light resounded throughout the factory, like the lightning of judgment descending upon the mortal world.

In an instant—

The small beast's body burst apart like an exploding boulder, releasing astonishing energy in midair as countless arcs of electricity danced wildly around it.

After a deafening blast, the small beast's body completely collapsed. Fragments rained down to the ground, leaving behind a scene of utter ruin.

There had not been the slightest hesitation throughout the entire process.

"This Triple Critical Strike Power really is vicious."

Fang Yi looked at his palm.

Fang Yi stood where he was as the Thunder Power in his palm gradually faded away.

The lightning still crackling over it and the devastation scattered across the ground proclaimed the horrifying scene that had just unfolded.

"That little beast should have belonged to Divine Axe Three-Star. The serpent was only Two Stars. Too bad it couldn't withstand a single slap."

That was Triple Critical Strike Power.

Attribute suppression, instant kills against opponents of the same level, and no fear even when fighting above one's level.

Fang Yi was confident that even if the little beast from before had been somewhat stronger, he could still have dealt with it. It would only have taken slightly more effort than now.

"Looks like my actual combat ability is fairly decent even among Pioneers."

Fang Yi chuckled softly.

According to the information he had gathered, the appearance of Anomalies had given the authorities a massive headache, requiring them to dispatch specialized squads to eliminate them.

By that measure, was he now comparable to a professional squad?

After easily dealing with the two Anomalies—

Fang Yi turned and left the factory without the slightest attachment.

It was as though he had come here solely to verify all of this.

Inside the abandoned factory.

The members of the Destroyer Squad were already on the verge of death.

Even the last trace of spirit qi in their bodies had been exhausted.

Without spirit qi protecting them, the Black Mist corroded their bodies as easily as drinking water.

Everyone tightly shut their eyes, crouching and trembling in the corner as they waited for death to descend.

But strangely—

After waiting for quite a while, they never received Candle Night's next attack.

Candle Night seemed to have suddenly deflated.

"Have you noticed that the mist seems to have thinned?"

Someone spoke up uncertainly.

Only then did everyone notice that the thick black fog around them, which had been dense enough to blot out the sky, had now thinned considerably.

If it had previously been a thick black cloth that allowed not a shred of light through, then now it was, at most, a veil of black gauze.

It still obscured their vision somewhat, but they could faintly make out a few things.

The Destroyer Squad immediately became excited.

"No, it's not just that the Black Mist has thinned. I smell something strange too, like something has been burned."

"I smell the burning too."

"Is that all you smell? I can also smell a strong scent of blood. Is someone hurt?"

Without the dense, pungent smell of the Black Mist masking them—

The scents of burning and blood reached their noses with startling clarity.

Everyone looked completely baffled.

"Gather together first. Observe the situation around us."

The captain instructed them calmly.

He was the first to rise, forcing open the eyes that spirit qi had once flowed through.

The scene before him gradually came into view.

The moment he saw what had happened in front of him, his expression abruptly changed.

Intense shock appeared on his usually calm face.

"Th-Then what exactly happened here?!"