A Thunderclap from Nowhere

"Hatred?"

Upon hearing Captain Mao's reminder, Lu Bai quickly waved his hand, signaling to run away immediately.

He had at least spent a week in this world, though he hadn't had time to fully understand every kind of strange phenomenon.

But he still vaguely remembered the strange things that were at the beginning of the sequence.

This naturally includes Sequence 27, Abomination.

Yes, hatred is rare, and its existence is eerie.

Mature hatred is a colossal beast built from countless corpses.

The current ball of flesh is clearly still in its infancy; it would need to devour at least tens of thousands of people to grow into a large and bloated humanoid form.

Even so, the hatred in its early stages cannot be dealt with by ordinary means; even high-yield aerial bombs may not be able to harm it.

Faced with this terrifying and bizarre situation, Lu Bai had no choice but to grab Captain Mao and the others and run away.

It's not that he's a coward.

After all, it has been proven that the common methods of exorcising ghosts in Maoshan Daoism are ineffective against evil spirits. Until a better solution is found, the only option is to avoid them for the time being.

Inside the Action Department's meeting room.

This resulted in visible unrest.

The strange occurrences in the top thirty of the sequence, regardless of the specific type, represent extremely high-risk events for the Action Department.

Fortunately, this abomination is still in its infancy and has not yet grown to the point of being uncontrollable.

Minister Zhang stared at the images on the central screen and fell into a long silence.

Director Lu Bai Service and Research Guarantee Bureau, shouted a few times, barely managing to calm the chaotic meeting hall down.

He then turned around and lowered his voice, saying, "Minister Zhang? You need to make a decision."

Normally, in cities where abominations appear, all residents should be evacuated as soon as possible, and then the military should be mobilized to attempt to physically destroy the abominations with heavy firepower.

Minister Zhang's eyebrows furrowed deeply, and finally he sighed helplessly, saying slowly and deliberately, "Notify the public to evacuate."

Upon hearing this decision, the bald bureau chief instinctively said, "Shouldn't we wait a little longer? We can't afford to lose another first-tier city."

It's not that he can't bring himself to do it.

On the one hand, this is because the abomination this time is still in its infancy and has not yet evolved to the point of being completely out of control like the previous two instances of abomination.

On the other hand, as the director of the Lu Bai Service and Research Guarantee Bureau, he also placed some of his hopes on Lu Bai.

Minister Zhang shook his head and looked at the big screen. In the picture, Lu Bai had already pulled Captain Mao and the others out of the Teaching Building.

"This is the only way."

His tone betrayed a hint of bitterness. "Look at that Master Lu, he doesn't have any good solutions either."

Boom!!!

A bright blue bolt of lightning shot out from Lu Bai's palm, blasting a portion of the Abomination's surface into a charred black.

But that's about all the Palm Lightning has to offer.

Let alone injuring this abomination, his Palm Lightning couldn't even slow it down.

"This is troublesome."

Lu Bai stopped in the open space Teaching Building, pondering a solution.

While Maoshan Daoism is highly effective against eerie Eastern-style phenomena, it's less effective against things like hatred or malevolent forces than a large-caliber anti-material sniper rifle.

Captain Mao also realized that Lu Bai's previously invincible methods for dealing with the supernatural were completely ineffective against the Abomination.

He quickly shouted, "Master Lu, let's escape now!"

Observer Chen, holding a camera, remained silent, faithfully recording everything before him.

As for the other fighter who looked like Construction Worker, he was also in Lu Bai's group of people who were running away.

Perhaps out of a desire to conceal his abilities, he didn't even attempt to attack the Abomination again.

Bang!

A huge ball of flesh, as big as a small house, rolled down from the second floor of the Teaching Building and rolled twice on the ground.

After stopping, dozens of scarlet eyes turned in unison to look at Lu Bai.

The Palm Lightning didn't harm the abomination, but it clearly enraged it.

"Damn it, I'm not playing with you anymore."

Seeing the rapidly writhing, blood-red ball of flesh approaching, the Construction Worker was startled. Without thinking, he immediately took off running.

Lu Bai glanced at the Construction Worker's receding figure, then, without further hesitation, silently uttered. "Read."

[Read complete, data is: Bursting Qi (Gold)]

[Load data?]

I didn't learn about this ability immediately because I didn't think it would be very useful and there was no rush.

Now that the Construction Worker are planning to run away, Lu Bai figured he could only focus on strengthening himself as much as possible.

[Bursting Qi (Gold): As a prerequisite for unleashing a super special move, it is an essential combat technique for top-tier fighters. It temporarily enhances one's physical attributes by consuming one's own stamina.]

The Construction Worker, unaware that his abilities had vanished, continued running away without a care in the world.

The fleshy abomination paid no attention to the Construction Worker and charged straight at Lu Bai.

The legs and hands covering the surface of the fleshy ball seemed to come alive, stiffening and stretching forward, about to grab Lu Bai.

In the critical moment, Lu Bai suddenly used [Flash Time]. Taking advantage of the time when the world froze, he bent down, stepped forward with his right foot, and activated [Bursting Qi].

A blue-green aura emanated from his body.

Although it looks quite exaggerated, its actual destructive power is almost non-existent.

However, Lu Bai didn't expect to be able to fight against this strange fleshy ball by relying on this golden reading ability.

Feeling the abundant power brought by [Bursting Qi], he simultaneously formed hand seals for Lightning Law with both hands, gently pushing them out and unleashing Palm Lightning without reservation.

The next second.

Under the watchful eyes of Captain Mao, Observer Chen, and hundreds of millions of viewers behind the screen.

Between Lu Bai's palm and the blood-red fleshy ball, an extremely dazzling bright blue halo appeared out of thin air.

Boom!!!

A thunderclap sounded from nowhere, and pieces of flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The violent impact of the Palm Lightning instantly interrupted the abomination's advance.

The destructive power of the lightning itself blasted a visible dent into the fleshy mass.

Admittedly, when faced with something as bizarre as hatred, the exorcising and warding-off-evil properties of Lightning Law cannot be manifested.

However, as long as the power is high enough, the destructive effect of the Thunder itself should not be underestimated.

In an instant, thick black smoke billowed up, and the air was filled with the smells of roasted meat and blood.

The viewers in the live stream went crazy upon seeing this.

"Holy crap, thunder!"

"Master Lu! We must still trust Master Lu!"

"Was it successful?"

"It's hard to say, I can't see it at all."

Captain Mao, who witnessed the entire process, was completely dumbfounded.

Even though he knew long ago that Lu Bai would use this hand-conjured lightning technique, he still found it hard to believe that it was this powerful.

After unleashing this powerful Lightning Law, Lu Bai turned and ran wildly, completely disregarding any pretense of decorum.

As he ran, he shouted at Captain Mao and Observer Chen, "What are you standing there for? Run!"