Only now did Niu Niu realize how utterly ignorant and arrogant he had been to challenge Fang Yue before. The gap in combat prowess was simply too vast!
While Fang Yue pummeled the Maid Anomaly, Niu Niu struggled to his feet, grabbed the severed right hand from the ground, and backed away to open some distance.
But after only a few steps, Fang Yue suddenly paused.
-15!
Brother Ye was injured!
Looking closely, Niu Niu realized that Fang Yue's attack had stopped because he had made a move resembling a block, stopping some kind of attack. Only afterward had the damage notification appeared.
Then Niu Niu saw Fang Yue reveal a savage grin.
"That's it?"
The next moment, the beating began again.
-51!
-78!
-99!
-42!
This time, Fang Yue's punches came faster and hit harder. He wanted to finish off the Anomaly quickly.
But the Anomaly's vitality was unexpectedly tenacious. In the midst of the frenzied beating, it suddenly split its mouth open. The torn-open mouth occupied nearly a quarter of its face, leaving it completely inhuman.
It let out a shrill, ear-piercing hiss. At such close range, the bizarre sound left Fang Yue dazed for an instant.
But in that brief opening, the Maid Anomaly suddenly struck out with a palm, shoving it toward Fang Yue's chest.
Fang Yue's expression changed. He hurriedly withdrew his right hand and blocked, barely stopping the palm.
Pop!
The block succeeded, but the tremendous force he expected never came. Instead, there was a strange sound and an even stranger sensation.
It was as if his arm had suddenly softened into something springy and elastic, almost turning into jelly. Then the Maid Anomaly rapidly changed the gesture of her hand and lightly pushed with all five fingers.
Pop!
A square hole appeared in the middle of the front half of Fang Yue's right forearm. The flesh and bones inside had solidified into a square and popped out of his arm.
-1!
With the right forearm hollowed out and a break in the connection of the bones, his ability to exert force was naturally affected.
For a moment, he could no longer overpower the Maid Anomaly.
Thinking of that bizarre technique, Fang Yue's expression shifted several times before he suddenly rose and retreated at full speed.
As he retreated, he took the opportunity to pick up the small square chunk of flesh that had popped out and held it in his hand.
Only after putting some distance between them did he coldly stare at the Maid Anomaly ahead.
"Brother Ye, be careful! My heart was popped out by that move!"
Niu Niu picked up the Soul Fire torch that had fallen during their battle, lit it, and illuminated the surroundings before shouting loudly.
It was a little embarrassing, but if he did not warn Fang Yue, the two of them would probably die here.
They could not afford to be careless when facing an Anomaly!
"Heart?"
Fang Yue's heart tightened.
He had only thought the Anomaly's ability was strange. Hearing this, he finally understood how terrifying it was.
The Maid Anomaly's face was now horribly deformed. It was uneven and covered in fist marks, with its bones caved in.
Yet she was still alive!
She stared coldly at Fang Yue, then lunged at him like a ghost.
As she charged, her hands transformed into palms, and she pushed them forward.
It was clearly the same technique as before, one that would soften and pop out a person's flesh.
There was no way Fang Yue would take it with his body again.
"Don't touch me!"
With a swish, Fang Yue suddenly drew his saber!
"Embroidered Saber!"
Sharpness +1!
He mobilized the inner force throughout his body and gathered it into the Embroidered Saber.
"Spark Heart Method!"
Force Control +5! Force Dissipation +5! Spark Saber Technique power increased!
The Soul Fire burned, using his Lifespan to ignite the sparks.
Tiny sparks suddenly lit up in the dark night, swirling around the saber.
Sizzle!!
In an instant, the scattered sparks merged into a mass and set the saber ablaze.
The dazzling flames caused the Maid Anomaly to pause mid-motion.
At that moment, Fang Yue closed in!
Fire wrapped around the saber, and the saber wrapped around the fire as blazing flames engulfed the Embroidered Saber!
Force Control +10! Damage to [Anomalies] increased!
"Spark Saber Technique!"
Without pausing, Fang Yue raised the rusty saber high and brought it down toward the Anomaly's head.
The burning rusty saber carved a brilliant red arc through the air before descending in an instant!
Fang Yue felt no resistance from this strike. It was so smooth it was as if he were cutting paper.
Accompanied by raging flames, the rusty saber slashed diagonally downward, from the Maid Anomaly's left shoulder all the way to her abdomen!
The damage increased layer by layer as the rusty saber neared the Maid Anomaly's stomach!
-289!
-301!
-351!
-495!
-600!
"Die, you bastard!!"
"Brother Ye, you're awesome!!"
"Ahhhhhhh!!"
The two men and the Anomaly all roared at the same time.
Fang Yue could almost feel that this strike was about to cleave the Maid Anomaly in two!
Just a little more force...
Crack!
Just as Fang Yue was excitedly thinking this, the sound of metal breaking suddenly rang out.
It was as if a high-burning battle song had abruptly been cut off halfway. The flames surging along the saber suddenly went out.
The damage numbers that had been popping up over the Maid Anomaly stopped all at once.
The scene instantly fell into an eerie silence.
Niu Niu stopped cheering.
The Maid Anomaly stopped screaming.
Fang Yue fell silent.
The atmosphere was unbearably awkward. Fang Yue blankly raised his head, looking from the Maid Anomaly to the saber in his hand, and slowly pulled it free...
The rusty saber had broken in half, with only half of it still attached to the hilt.
The saber had broken!
"...Fuck!"
Fang Yue was dumbfounded. How could this even happen?
Lin Ling, you really screwed me over!
That damn Chen Mu's former weapon was completely unreliable!!
Fang Yue roared inwardly, while the Maid Anomaly recovered and opened her mouth to bite him.
As if he would let that happen!
Fang Yue raised one leg and kicked the Maid Anomaly in front of him away.
-200!
Wait! Why was the damage from that kick so high?
Fang Yue looked at the Maid Anomaly, who had been kicked more than a meter away. She struggled several times, yet surprisingly failed to get up.
Had she... entered a weakened state?
Fang Yue immediately realized that the Anomaly was close to death.
Strike while she was down and finish her!
Fang Yue immediately charged over. The Maid Anomaly cried out in panic, scrambling backward on all fours like an animal.
And in the direction she retreated, there was a heart pounding away!
"Brother Ye! That's my heart! She wants to kill me!"
Niu Niu shouted in a piercing voice. Hearing him, Fang Yue sped up even more.
Just as the Maid Anomaly was about to grab the heart, the broken saber shot through the air and viciously stabbed into her palm, pinning it to the ground.
-333!
The Maid Anomaly immediately let out a string of shrieks. She frantically reached for the heart with her other hand, but Fang Yue arrived just then and stomped down, crushing her hand beneath his foot.
-244!
Pull out the broken saber!
-22!
Fang Yue jabbed the broken saber into her body more than a dozen times.
-211!
-233!
-255!
-216!
-212!
When Fang Yue's final stab pierced the Maid Anomaly's heart...
-1111!
The Maid Anomaly's body stiffened. It fell completely still, and black blood spread across the ground.
System notification: Congratulations to player [Night Dawn] for killing Anomaly [Bombardment Anomaly]. Rewards: Force Control +5, Force Dissipation +5, Lifespan +5 days.
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