Medicine Person

Fang Yue immediately glared at everyone and shouted.

Surrounded by the six-man team, he didn't retreat. Instead, he took a sudden step forward.

Thud!!

His foot hit the ground, and the floor cracked as rubble flew everywhere.

With 34 points of Control, he stomped down hard, leaving a small crater in the ground. The force was astonishing.

The Patrol Team members' eyes went wide. They all froze in place, staring at Fang Yue in disbelief.

They looked at him as if he were a monster.

"What kind of monstrous strength is that?!"

"Xin Jue was right. There's something wrong with the Anomaly Detection Talisman. They really have been possessed by anomalies!"

"With strength like that, I wouldn't believe he wasn't an anomaly!"

"Don't be scared. We have numbers. Let's attack together!"

That was what they said, but nobody dared take a step forward.

They still remembered that terrifying stomp. No one dared risk their life testing the limits of Fang Yue's strength.

It wasn't just them. Even Xin Jue's face had turned deathly pale after seeing Fang Yue's terrifying stomp. His expression was as dark as water as he watched Fang Yue warily.

As the Patrol Team's leader, he was a cut above the other members in strength. But faced with Fang Yue's terrifying power, which was on the level of a Vice-Captain, even he had no confidence.

But while the Patrol Team didn't dare move, Fang Yue didn't stop.

"Already too scared to move? Where'd all your courage go?"

He gave a cold snort and took another step forward, closing in on the Patrol Team!

Thump!

His foot hit the ground with a heavy boom. The floor sank, leaving a deep footprint.

That stomp landed not only on the floor, but also in the hearts of everyone in Xin Jue's team.

They stared at Fang Yue in terror. As he advanced, they all took two steps back in unison.

"A B-Black-level Anomaly!"

"His eyes are clear. He might be a Mid Black-level Anomaly!"

"Could he be the one who killed Captain Chen? Were all those things he said earlier made up?"

"Impossible! Captain Chen can't be dead. This is just an anomaly trying to scare us!"

Xin Jue's team had completely lost their composure. Their voices trembled.

No one had expected Fang Yue to scare a six-man team into holding their ground all by himself.

Just as Fang Yue bent forward, preparing to charge in and beat Xin Jue until he gave up the antidote, a hand suddenly grabbed him from behind.

"Brother Ye, don't be rash!!"

Fang Yue turned around. The person holding him back was none other than Niu Niu.

Fang Yue: ???

The fight was about to break out, so why was Niu Niu stopping him?

He was only doing this to save his boss.

For sixty thousand yuan, charge!

Fang Yue shook his arm free and was about to charge again, but Niu Niu hurriedly threw himself at him and wrapped both arms around his arm.

"Brother Ye! Don't!!"

Niu Niu practically wailed.

There were six of them over there. Brother Ye, don't go get yourself killed! I'm counting on you to save me!

What... kind of human behavior was this?

"Do you want to die?"

"Huh?!"

At those words, Niu Niu was so terrified his soul nearly flew out of his body.

"No way! Brother Ye, we're on the same team! You're going to kill me too?!"

"What are you even talking about?"

Fang Yue couldn't help laughing in exasperation.

"I'm asking if you want to live!"

"Huh? Don't kill me! I'm your Niu Niu!"

"...My mistake. I mean, Xin Jue poisoned you. He must have the antidote. I'm going to kill him and find the antidote to save your life, boss. Got it?"

"Oh... oh, oh! Ohhhhh!!"

Only then did Niu Niu finally understand. He nodded repeatedly like a pecking chick.

"Got it! Got it!"

So Brother Ye was just going to kill one person in the chaos and then retreat. It wasn't going to be a head-on fight. In that case, no problem!

Brother Ye should be able to pull that off.

"If you got it, then let go. Men and men shouldn't touch like that! Show some restraint!"

"Ah, right, right..."

Niu Niu hurriedly let go, brushed the dust off Fang Yue's clothes, and put on a fawning expression.

"Good luck, Brother Ye! You're awesome, Brother Ye! You're the best in the world, Brother Ye! Charge!!"

Damn it!

If you weren't my boss, I'd beat you to death!

Fang Yue scowled and ignored Niu Niu, then looked at Xin Jue and the others.

They had now taken up their positions, forming what seemed to be some kind of formation.

Fang Yue gave a cold laugh. "This is your last chance. Xin Jue, hand over the antidote to the Heart-Devouring Pill. I'll let your mistake slide, and we can pretend none of this happened. Otherwise... you won't be able to handle my fist, the size of a sandbag!"

Xin Jue's expression darkened as he looked at Fang Yue's small fist.

He couldn't figure out how he'd been found out.

The Heart-Devouring Pill and the Heart-Locking Pill had produced the same effects at first. Both could quickly restore one's health.

There were only two differences.

First, after the Heart-Devouring Pill was swallowed, the anomalous force inside it would consume the person's heart.

How could anyone survive with their heart eaten?

That was why the Heart-Devouring Pill needed to be combined with a large quantity of auxiliary medicines to work.

At the same time, the Heart-Devouring Pill wasn't a medicine for healing injuries. It was... a poison pill, one that benefited the user at someone else's expense.

An ordinary person who took it would certainly die.

But Niu Niu's circumstances were so unusual that Xin Jue had been tempted.

And now, events had indeed proven that his idea had been right.

Now the Heart-Devouring Pill was entering its second stage.

That was the second difference between the Heart-Devouring Pill and the Heart-Locking Pill.

After the Heart-Locking Pill's initial burst of healing, it would leave the person weak for a while. But after some time recovering, they would be fine.

The Heart-Devouring Pill, on the other hand, would turn a person from a [human] into a [Medicine Person]!

A Medicine Person was, as the name suggested, a person treated as medicinal material!

Using a human as medicine could be immensely useful!

It was sinister and vicious, and everyone condemned it!

This method was forbidden, beneath all decency, and prohibited by everyone.

But Xin Jue had been walking a tightrope. His cultivation had been stuck for too long, and he had reached the limits of his potential in this life.

Fortunately, he had once received the guidance of an expert and learned the art of turning people into medicine. That was how he had reached this point.

Xin Jue had felt slightly relieved when he saw the team members around him looking confused, with no idea what the Heart-Devouring Pill was.

But then he saw his second-in-command, A Ning—that grim-faced fellow—frown as if he knew something about the Heart-Devouring Pill.

This was bad! He couldn't let that guy seize the moral high ground!

Xin Jue immediately shouted, "Shut up! You audacious anomaly! You keep talking about the Heart-Devouring Pill, but I have no idea what you're talking about! Trying to sow distrust between me and my brothers with such a pathetic trick is laughable!"

"Brothers, the anomaly is right in front of us. Don't hesitate. For the village, for our families, follow me... and kill!!"

After saying that, Xin Jue actually led the charge, rushing straight toward Fang Yue.

That action made A Ning, who had just frowned with some doubts in his heart, relax his expression at once. He raised his spear and shouted, "You fools! What are you standing around for? Follow Brother Xin Jue! Kill!!"

Only then did the other team members react. They suppressed their fear, gritted their teeth, raised their spears, and followed.

"Kill!"

"Kill!!"

"Kill!!!"

Their battle cries echoed through the streets, their momentum surging!

Yet, facing this deadly formation, Fang Yue only grinned fiercely.

"You had a road to heaven, but refused to take it. Now you've barged into the gates of hell! Fine! I'll slaughter to my heart's content today! You're all dead!!"

Fang Yue pushed off the ground and shot toward the six of them like a cannonball!