"It's right here!"
At the edge of the wasteland stood an unnamed mountain. Jiang Yan pressed down on his escaping light and landed there.
He turned to look back and could already make out the hazy outline of a vast city: Moyun City.
"This is a good spot. I can wait here and ambush the Anomalies rushing toward Moyun City. It gives me room to attack and retreat."
"...If I run into a powerful Anomaly I can't handle, I can withdraw immediately and return to Moyun City."
To Jiang Yan, the wasteland's upheaval, with hordes of Anomalies emerging and charging at Human Race cities, was a wonderful opportunity to amass Anomaly Points. Naturally, he wouldn't let it pass him by.
And so, he came to the edge of the wasteland.
Pfft!
At that moment, Jiang Yan's eyes flashed. He joined his index and middle fingers and thrust them forward like a sword. In an instant, countless beams of sword light erupted, raining down densely on the open ground before the mountain.
Rumble!
Rumble!
For a moment, boulders shattered and dust billowed.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
A dark teal monster with a pair of wings burst out of the dust. It roared and flew straight at Jiang Yan.
Pfft!
But another beam of sword light fell, piercing the dark teal Anomaly like lightning.
The sword light burst forth, slicing the Anomaly into countless pieces.
Whoosh!
A stream of black-and-gray energy flew from the Anomaly. Like a moth rushing into a flame, it shot toward Jiang Yan and was caught in his left hand.
"This is the feeling..."
As the stream of black-and-gray energy melded into Jiang Yan's left hand, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
He knew these Anomalies were only appetizers. If he waited here a little longer,