Watching Fang Yue ignore her attempts to stop him and charge toward the battlefield, Tail felt a little dazed.
Back when they were escorting a team in Ancient Moon Village, Brother Ye had been just the same, always charging at the front line and killing enemies nonstop to protect everyone else.
"But... Brother Ye, the Anomalies this time are different from those wild Anomalies. This is the Capital City, not Ancient Moon Village or Mo Village... How can I protect you?"
Tail felt a bitter ache in her heart, but she couldn't just abandon Fang Yue. She silently stepped aside. Though she wouldn't join the fight, she wouldn't run away, either.
Up ahead, as Fang Yue charged into the fray with a ferocity that seemed almost berserk, his razor-sharp sword intent swept through the surrounding black threads like a series of keen slashes, cutting them down one after another.
The black threads had been spreading wildly, but Fang Yue's arrival became the turning point. Within a hundred meters of him, every last thread snapped in unison! Their ability to regenerate was gone!
At that moment, Fang Yue was like a field of force. Wherever he went, not a single black thread remained!
People who noticed the anomaly began running toward Fang Yue, crying out desperately.
"Sir, save me!"
"Sir, protect me! I'll do anything for you in return!"
"Sir, help us over here! Help!"
People who had already fled some distance away saw Fang Yue descend like a heavenly god. They immediately turned around and rushed toward him, willing to take even a little risk if it meant reaching his side!
In no time, fifty or sixty people had gathered around Fang Yue.
The sword intent unleashed by the heavenly sword he swung through the air precisely avoided the ordinary