The Gap

The scene was extremely quiet at this moment.

Everyone stared at Fang Yue in disbelief.

"Who is that guy? He can actually wrestle with an Anomaly for strength!"

"I recognize him, he's one of the refugees Lord Han brought into the village last night!"

"So he's this strong! No wonder Lord Han looks highly upon him!"

Coming back to their senses, everyone's expressions were filled with excitement.

The Players hidden in the crowd widened their eyes even further, looking at Fang Yue as if he were a monster.

"Impossible! A Player can actually block an Anomaly's attack head-on!"

"This has to be fake! Those two Captains were almost killed by the Anomaly, and he can deal with it?"

While everyone was still in shock, the Maid Anomaly moved.

It suddenly opened its large mouth.

ROAR!!

The Anomaly's unique, ear-piercing roar immediately sounded.

The next moment, while still grappling with Fang Yue for strength, the Anomaly used its severed hand to stab directly at Lin Ling on the ground.

Lin Ling had already recovered his senses. There was no time to ask Fang Yue why he appeared or why he had the ability to stop the Anomaly. He quickly looked to Fang Yue with a pleading gaze.

But there was no need for his prompt.

As the Anomaly changed its move, Fang Yue had already kicked its severed hand and successfully intercepted it.

CLANG!

The kick landed as if hitting an iron door, terrifyingly hard.

Fortunately, Fang Yue was mentally prepared. He had put all his strength into this kick, forcefully deflecting the severed hand's direction.

It plunged into the ground inches from Lin Ling's head.

This terrified Lin Ling, draining all color from his face. Before he could recover, he felt a powerful force lift him and fling him backward in an arc.

When he landed, he was steadily caught.

"Ouch! Captain Lin, you should lose some weight, you're so heavy!"

"Yeah, yeah."

Lin Ling looked at the two people who caught him. They were two refugees who had entered the village last night.

One was sturdy, and the other was somewhat delicate-looking.

He recognized the sturdy one. He was actually part of the Guard Team, but only a reserve member. His name seemed to be Niu Niu.

After groaning about the effort, the two exchanged glances and began to curry favor with Lin Ling, trying to claim credit.

"Captain Lin, you have no idea how much we suffered on our way here to support the Focus Fire Order."

"Yeah, yeah, Captain Lin, you must remember our contributions. We two refugees almost burned out our Lifespan all night dealing with this."

As the two were speaking enthusiastically, they noticed that Captain Lin's attention was not on them at all.

The two immediately shut up knowingly and followed Captain Lin's gaze forward.

There, two figures were locked in a desperate battle!

"Ora ora ora ora ora ora... MUDA!"

-31!

-22!

-15!

-18!

-1!

Fang Yue's combo attack, ending with a jump kick, landed heavily on the Anomaly, dealing perfect damage.

The beautiful numbers were like a beautiful musical score, utterly outrageous!

What does it mean to have the momentum of ten blows but only deal one blow's worth of damage? This is it!

Fang Yue looked at the Anomaly, which had been pushed back a distance and had blocked his final kick with one hand, its expression grim.

The script was wrong!

Why wasn't it losing health when I hit it!

Although it felt great, like hitting a sandbag, what was the use of such pathetic damage! Was he supposed to grind it to death?

Fang Yue felt depressed.

He clearly remembered that when Lin Ling and Hua Wuye were fighting earlier, three-digit damage values had appeared one after another, and Lin Ling had even dealt a four-digit critical hit!

How come when it comes to me, it starts in the double digits, and if it's serious, it can even become single digits?

Damn it! Where did I go wrong?

I totally crushed that [Bombardment Anomaly] before, my punches landed solid, I was so strong!

And now it doesn't work?

Black blood in the eyes, aren't they both [Black Grade Initial Stage] Anomalies? Why is the difference so huge?

Fang Yue felt he hadn't found the trick.

After he'd thrown Lin Ling away earlier, he followed up with a knee strike to the Anomaly's chin.

-33!

It seemed because the Anomaly's forehead had suffered a heavy blow before, this strike, while not dealing massive damage, did cause a slight stagger.

And then came the scene he just witnessed.

Fang Yue unleashed a flurry of punches, followed by a final kick, and this was the meager damage he dealt.

The Maid Anomaly also stopped its movements, shook its one intact hand, and tilted its head with the hole slightly, as if to say—Is that all?

Damn it!

I've been mocked by an Anomaly!

For the first time in my life!

Think about me, Fang Yue, besides that one in the Chen residence, which Anomaly have I ever encountered that I didn't crush!

You're not getting away with pretending!

Charging forward, closing the distance, Fang Yue channeled his remaining Internal Energy into his fist and threw a punch directly at the Maid Anomaly's leaky forehead.

What Fang Yue didn't expect was for the Maid Anomaly to stand its ground, not dodging at all. Only when Fang Yue attacked did it suddenly lash out.

With a swift movement, it threw a punch, choosing to trade damage, and also smashed a fist towards Fang Yue's head.

BANG!!

BANG!!

Two explosions sounded almost simultaneously.

The Maid Anomaly's fist accurately hit Fang Yue's head. A sharp pain shot from his head, accompanied by the sound of crumbling bone. Fang Yue was sent flying backward, with terrifying numbers appearing above his head.

-111!

And Fang Yue's fist, before he flew backward, had also smashed fiercely into the Maid Anomaly, knocking her straight to the ground with a single punch. With a bang, the ground cracked in a spiderweb pattern.

-106!

A mutual destruction?!

Everyone stared blankly at the scene.

No! The Anomaly was superior!

The Maid Anomaly, lying on the ground, got up with a creaking sound.

It touched its forehead, its broken head, and a small portion of its skull fell off with a rattle.

Shaking its head, the Maid Anomaly walked step by step towards where Fang Yue had been sent flying.

Despair instantly filled everyone's hearts.

Fang Yue's fall meant the complete failure of Ancient Moon Village's defense tonight.

Captain Lin was powerless to fight further, Captain Hua's life or death was uncertain, and Captain-General Chen was nowhere to be found.

The other Vice-Captains could at most hinder and delay this Anomaly; they were incapable of repelling or killing it.

"It's over... Ancient Moon Village is finished!"

"As expected, he couldn't do it either..."

"The physical bodies of humans and Anomalies are too different! Little Ye... no, Brother Ye, although he has the potential of a captain, his combat skills are too rough, no comparison to the captains. And he doesn't have a suitable weapon, he can't break through the Anomaly's tough hide at all! If only he had a little more time to grow, this wouldn't be the outcome!"

"Damn it! We were so close to killing the invading Anomaly!"

"Let's run! There's no way to stop the Anomaly anymore. We'll scatter and flee, go to the neighboring Mo Village to beg for shelter!"

Despite the words, no villagers moved.

Fleeing the village in the Deep Night to travel to Mo Village?

That was no different from seeking death.

At most, one would die in their homeland where they grew up, and the other would die on the road in the wilderness.

The choice was self-evident.