Human Hearts Are Like Monsters

"Hoo hoo."

Fei Shan woke up, sweat beading on his forehead and trickling down.

He glanced at Tang Long, who was still asleep beside him, and his expression turned grim.

He saw that Jiang Yan had woken up earlier than him, but said nothing, and had no intention of speaking now.

But he followed suit, sticking the Blazing Flames Talisman onto his blade. A faint glow flickered in the pitch-black room.

Outside the room, the faint light shone down, revealing various illusory and fearsome figures. They wailed incessantly, but seemed to be blocked by some strange rule, unable to break in.

The spectral figures were terrifying, but they couldn't enter. Jiang Yan watched for a while, then lost interest.

Outside, heaven and earth were chaotic, and the air was filled with an apocalyptic aura in all directions. The small, abandoned room was like a speck of dust in the vast ocean, yet it remained as steady as a rock.

"Mmm..."

Tang Long also woke up. Seeing that both Fei Shan and Jiang Yan were already awake, a look of relief washed over his face. "Nearly died in there."

The room was small, and Sheng Fuwu wasn't here. But thinking of Sheng Fuwu abandoning the three of them and fleeing ahead of time, a chill settled in his heart.

Tang Long had no reservations and spoke directly, "That Chief Fu is truly decisive and ruthless." A hint of coldness revealed itself in his words.

Fei Shan said calmly, "You've lived so many years in the Dahe Gang for nothing, you're still so naive. Believe it or not, if he could have used your life to escape the Black Tide back then, he would have killed you on the spot."

Jiang Yan lowered his head, his gaze downcast, as if he hadn't heard their conversation.

The Black Tide came swiftly and left just as quickly.

Jiang Yan walked out of the room and looked up at the sky. The sky was high and the earth vast, the wind light and the clouds thin.

"Let's go, let's look around and see if we can find Chief Sheng."

"At most a quarter of an hour. If we still can't find him, we'll go back."

Not far away, on a small patch of ruins, over a dozen intact houses were connected together.

Turning, the few of them walked straight towards it.

The Black Tide was terrifying. Sheng Fuwu couldn't have gone far. He was likely hiding there.

Before they got close, suddenly.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

A deafening roar echoed.

The already precarious houses ahead seemed to be violently struck by an earthquake.

They collapsed with a crash, dust flying everywhere, and countless debris spraying out.

A roar of anger.

Sheng Fuwu shot out from the dust, his face contorted with rage, fear lingering in his eyes.

At this moment, he held his blade, planting it on the ground to support himself.

His left arm had been severed at the root, and blood pooled on the ground.

Stomp, stomp, stomp.

A monster rushed out.

Jiang Yan only took one glance and recognized it as the target they were looking for.

The Shepherd Monster.

"Mu, Mu."

One person and one monster continued to fight.

Jiang Yan and the other two quickly drew their weapons.

"Not good, Chief Sheng is going to lose."

Sheng Fuwu's heart was filled with shock and anger. As the Black Tide attacked, he had fled with Sheng Lunxin in a panic.

He hadn't expected that his nephew, who had excellent aptitude and character, would fail the mental test of the Black Tide.

His soul was directly annihilated.

In his grief and disappointment, he had intended to bury Sheng Lunxin on the spot. The wilderness was too dangerous, and even he might have taken his nephew's body back.

Just as he stepped out of the room, before his vision could adjust to the change in light, he was unexpectedly ambushed by a monster. Caught off guard, he immediately lost an arm.

Then he began to fight the monster.

With his strength, even with one arm severed, he could kill the monster if he could land a hit.

But the Shepherd's speed was extreme. After a short struggle, the Shepherd was unharmed, but his Inner Qi was about to be depleted.

My body is weak, I feel like all the blood in my body is about to drain out.

At this point, even if I could hit the Shepherd, I couldn't kill it.

In despair, my peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of Jiang Yan and the other two standing not far away.

My heart stirred, and a cold glint flickered in my eyes.

Then, I endured a direct collision from the Monster at the cost of spitting out blood, several ribs shattering. With this price, and in my weakened state, I hastily slapped Shepherd Monster's forehead.

Then, I ran towards Jiang Yan and the other two.

Just as Jiang Yan and the two others saw Sheng Fuwu on the verge of defeat, they saw him decisively injure himself to break free from Shepherd Monster, and quickly rush towards them.

Jiang Yan had already decided to flee. If Sheng Fuwu couldn't win, they would be walking into their deaths.

Whether they could escape was another matter, but they couldn't just stand there and wait to die.

Sheng Fuwu charged over.

He shouted, "The three of you surround it, create an opportunity for me."

Hearing this, the three were moved and took out their protective talismans.

Jiang Yan pointed his sword at the ground, slapped the Blazing Flames Talisman onto the blade, and tensed his entire body.

Sheng Fuwu arrived.

Jiang Yan and the other two moved, about to step forward.

An accident occurred. Just as Sheng Fuwu passed the three, he suddenly turned and struck out with a palm. The palm strike wasn't powerful, but it was a skillful move.

Tang Long and Fei Shan seemed to be on guard and leaped away fiercely, dodging the palm strike.

Jiang Yan didn't expect this. Just as he had slapped on the protective talisman, a force pushed him from behind, sending him directly to face the charging Shepherd Monster.

In shock and anger, he saw Sheng Fuwu push him forward with a palm strike, then flee quickly without any hesitation.

Sheng Fuwu's eyes were indifferent. He was extremely weak now, how could he fight anymore?

That would be suicide.

He felt like his blood was about to drain out.

As for using Jiang Yan and the other two, he had planned it long ago.

The three of them were all Martial Apprentice, they could at least hold off the Monster for a while.

Moreover, Monster generally didn't have much intelligence, only knowing to kill. What if it killed these three and was satisfied?

He would use their deaths to save his own life.

Tang Long and Fei Shan had long been wary of Sheng Fuwu. Having lived in the world for decades, they understood human hearts more clearly and always speculated with the greatest malice.

As expected, Sheng Fuwu intended to use the three as cannon fodder.

They dodged Sheng Fuwu's trap.

Exchanging glances, Tang Long shook his head.

The two of them fled in different directions.

The three of them definitely couldn't kill Shepherd Monster, and Jiang Yan alone was walking to his death, but they were unwilling to die with him.

They split up and fled.

After the Monster killed Jiang Yan, they would have a two-thirds chance of escaping the pursuit.

As for who would be unlucky enough to be chased first by the Monster, it would be a matter of life and death, relying entirely on luck.

The three fled for their lives, while Jiang Yan was set up by Sheng Fuwu, facing the Monster alone.

In the flash of an eye, countless images flashed through his mind.

People whose vital essence was drained by the Monster, their faces withered like dried corpses.

People possessed by the Monster, becoming neither human nor ghost.

Betrayed by his own, facing the Monster alone, using his death to exchange for their lives.

Endless fear and rage turned into calmness.

A cold smile tugged at the corner of his lips.

"There are countless Monster in this world..."

But... human hearts are the most unpredictable Monster.

Human hearts are like Monster!

He closed his eyes, then opened them.

His eyes were indifferent, his entire demeanor turning cold.

Crack.

It was as if something had completely shattered.

From his transmigration from the Azure Star to this world, an invisible shackle and restraint on his soul had vanished without a trace.

He had completely, soulfully, integrated into this cruel world.

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