When the Sun Sets, Forget Today (Combined)

Let's rewind to an hour earlier...

Soul Return Town, a certain wilderness area.

After Xu Wange received Wan Changzheng's urgent order to open up the [Bone-Burying Abyss], she was preparing to go there alone...

However, Jiangnan, who had been standing to the side, casually handed over a note.

I'll go with you.

Upon seeing the note, Xu Wange was first taken aback, then her face lit up with ecstatic joy. "Oh my! That's exactly what I wanted!"

With this unfathomable Dragon God accompanying us, the pressure of opening up the Red-Class Zone has been greatly reduced, and the success rate has practically skyrocketed.

Not to mention...

Her original partner in the team was a complete baby; taking him out was a real headache.

"Hey, before we set off, I need to pick up my good-for-nothing teammate first."

Xu Wange sighed and said.

Jiangnan nodded slightly in agreement.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to see the Supernatural Ability he had beaten up.

After being brutally beaten, will it be the fine steel that can withstand the tempering process, or the easily broken [scrap steel]?

Xu Wange took out a military-grade locator, preparing to check Chen Bin's coordinates.

But when she saw the small red dot flashing on the screen, her brows furrowed instantly.

"You son of a bitch..."

Xu Wange raised her head and looked towards the boundary Bone-Burying Abyss and the southwest direction of Soul Return Town.

There, a towering mountain, as high as a natural barrier, blocked the way.

The mountain was unusually smooth, almost vertical at ninety degrees, with nowhere to put your feet and climb.

Chen Bin's location was right there on the mountaintop, a thousand meters high!

"That useless brat, what's he doing flying so high?!"

Xu Wange, speaking in perfect Sichuan dialect, was so angry she was jumping up and down, "Oh no, could this kid have become withdrawn after you beat him and is trying to commit suicide?!"

"No, I have to go and inform the Chief right away!"

She was about to turn around to grab the walkie-talkie when Jiangnan stopped her.

Jiangnan handed over a note expressionlessly: [That's too slow, let's go straight up.]

"Go straight up?"

Xu Wange was stunned. Before she could react to what those words meant, she felt a tightness around the back of her collar as Jiangnan lifted her up with one hand.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, Xu Wange felt the world spinning and a sense of weightlessness washed over her!

They actually arrived hundreds of meters in the air!

But Xu Wange was, after all, a battle-hardened, top-tier superhuman.

She immediately realized that this was the terrifying spatial ability the other person had displayed during their first meeting!

"Near Yet Far, yet worlds apart!"

The [Eye of Mobius] on Jiangnan's forehead glowed with golden light.

He strolled leisurely through the air, each flash covering a hundred meters upwards, carrying Xu Wange ever closer to the mountain peak...

At the same time.

At the summit of a thousand-meter-high mountain, shrouded in mist and clouds, it resembles a fairyland unlike any other on earth.

On the edge of the cliff, a young man stood alone against the wind.

The blood-red setting Dusk shone overhead, casting a long Shadow over him.

Two lines of clear tears silently dripped down Chen Bin's cheeks.

He slowly took a step forward, his toes already dangling in the air, as if he would fall into an Abyss at any moment.

"No more words, get to work..."

The suspenseful atmosphere of suicide was broken by a mournful and poignant line of dialogue.

In Chen Bin's hands was a smartphone with one half of its screen broken.

On the screen, a recording of a period drama is playing.

<The Overbearing Lord Fengxian: The Unparalleled Love Story Between Lü Xiaobu and Dong Zhuozhu>.

Looking at the star-crossed lovers on the screen, Chen Bin was moved to tears.

He sniffed and reluctantly pressed the close button.

"So touching..."

Chen Bin gazed at the Dusk sky, his voice choked with emotion, as he spoke to himself.

"When Dong Zhuozhu left the last trace of warmth on Lü Xiaobu's handsome face, could he still recall that stunning moment when they first met...?"

Lost in this inexplicable sadness, Chen Bin took out a Memo Paper from his pocket and used it to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

He looked down at the few lines of writing on the note that were slightly blurred because of the water.

Don't lose the dignity you've worked so hard to regain.

Chen Bin closed his eyes and clenched his fists. "That annoying Dragon God... he's right!"

"I'm a man who has awakened superhuman Supernatural Ability!"

"No matter what difficulties I encounter in the future, even if I get beaten up badly, I will be just like Dong Zhuozhu!"

Even on the verge of death, one must preserve one's inviolable dignity!

The line from the show, "[No more words, let's take action]," seems like a profound truth, etched deep into his soul.

Immediately, Chen Bin opened his eyes and gazed resolutely at the afterglow of the setting sun.

"When the sun sets, forget all the shame of today!"

"I must never let past setbacks hinder my path to becoming a hero!"

Chen Bin roared with boundless pride, then spread his arms out to the sides.

He prepared to make a leap of faith, flying off from this thousand-meter height, letting the fierce winds cleanse his soul.

However, just as his body leaned forward at a dangerous angle...

"Whoosh!"

Jiangnan happened to be carrying Xu Wange and used the Near Yet Far teleportation technique to reach the edge of the mountain peak.

Xu Wange out, she saw Chen Bin's back as he jumped down with his arms outstretched, and shouted, "Calm down!!!"

But Jiangnan's actions were faster than her voice.

Or to be more precise, it's that people from Jiangnan walk faster.

"Bang!"

Jiangnan remained expressionless and delivered a powerful rising dragon kick to Chen Bin's chin!

"Aww!"

Chen Bin, who was just about to take off, was kicked so hard that he spun two and a half times in mid-air before crashing back to the Safe Zone of the mountaintop.

Chen Bin lay on the ground, completely bewildered, his head buzzing.

"What... what the hell is going on? Who attacked me?"

Before he could even get up from the ground, Xu Wange had already swung her hand and delivered several resounding slaps to his groin!

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

"You idiot! How can you do this to your parents?!"

"How can you face your family and your country?!"

Xu Wange roared angrily, her eyes red and swollen, as she slapped him, "It's just a setback, you lost a fight, and you're trying to kill yourself?"

Are you even a man?!

Chen Bin was half-conscious from being slapped by these big shots, his mouth twitching, and he was so aggrieved that tears were about to come out.

"Who... who the hell is trying to commit suicide?!"

"Who else could it be but you! Weren't you just about to jump off the cliff?!"

Xu Wange said angrily.

Chen Bin then realized that his leap of faith had been seriously misunderstood, and quickly covered his head with his hands, explaining repeatedly.

"I didn't mean to jump off a cliff! I was just feeling down from watching a drama and wanted to fly down and get some fresh air to calm myself down!"

At this point, Chen Bin surprisingly dropped his childish and immature demeanor.

He looked at Xu Wange and Jiangnan, who were walking over, with utmost seriousness, and solemnly apologized.

"In addition..."

"Dragon God, Captain Xu."

"I was too naive and cowardly before."

"I thought having superpowers would make me invincible. I've never experienced a real beating, so I always thought everyone should go easy on me."

"I will never do that again..."

Upon hearing this remarkably sensible and mature statement, Xu Wange hand froze.

She looked left and right suspiciously, and even waved her hand in front of Chen Bin's eyes.

"You little bastard... you haven't been possessed by some old monster on this mountain, have you?"

Even the usually calm and collected Jiangnan showed surprise in its eyes.

He had even subconsciously raised his hand, ready to issue Divine Edict to verify it.

This kid's transformation is happening so fast, it's almost unsettling.

"Stop it! Don't do anything!"

Chen Bin was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly, "I'm really fine! I just suddenly had a breakthrough and figured things out!"

The two men didn't believe him at all and were planning to force him to perform a physical exorcism.

At that very moment, all three of them tensed up.

As if sensing something amiss, they all turned their heads in unison, looking towards the southwest.

The wind has changed direction.

Xu Wange's nose twitched slightly, her brows furrowed. "It's the smell of blood..."

"How far is it, Chen Bin?"

Xu Wange asked in a deep voice.

She knew very well that Chen Bin's superhuman Supernatural Ability were not limited to super strength, flight, and heat vision.

He also possesses a super sense of smell and super sense of perception.

Chen Bin closed his eyes.

"About thirty kilometers away..."

"The smell was coming up from below; it was a very strong smell of blood, along with the stench of corpses and rotting flesh."

"Thirty kilometers..."

Xu Wange stroked the scar on her chin, "Isn't that the location of the Bone-Burying Abyss?!"

"You can smell it from this far away, something must have happened over there!"

Without wasting any words, Jiangnan quickly wrote down a note, casually flicked it, and stuck it on each of their foreheads.

Let's go take a look.

The scene cuts back to the edge of the cliff in the abyss Bone-Burying Abyss.

Jiangnan crossed his arms, gazing at Alhaitham, the zombie king wielding the Sovereign Sword, from afar in the Abyss.

This is the whole story of how they arrived at the Bone-Burying Abyss and happened to stumble upon this massive battle.

Chen Bin stood beside Jiangnan, looking down at the [Hall of Yama] domain, which was two kilometers in diameter.

He swallowed hard, as did the tens of thousands of monsters who were engaged in a bloody melee with their own Shadow.

"Goodness... it seems the Dragon God went too easy on me back then!"

Chen Bin felt a chill run down his spine. "This ability to create Shadow is simply insane!"

Xu Wange, being an experienced contestant, had already anticipated this.

When she discovered that Alhaitham below was not affected by the domain, she immediately volunteered to fight.

"Dragon God."

Xu Wange pointed down and shouted, "That zombie with the sword is named Alhaitham, he was the captain of the Eagle Country Dragon Squad in his previous life!"

"And that human who was nearly exhausted was Yekater, the captain of the Su Country Ice Dragon Squad!"

Chen Bin, unable to contain his fighting spirit, also declared, "I also request to join the battle!"

"I know that Yekater. He's half China, and he's a decent guy, a good person!"

"We can't just stand by and watch him die in this monster-infested place."

Jiangnan glanced sideways and nodded, but then immediately issued instructions on a sticky note.

[Can.]

[However, you absolutely must not touch that zombie king with the sword below.]

[I'm keeping him for another experiment; the rest are up to you.]

"Clear!"

Xu Wange and Chen Bin agreed in unison, and then jumped off the mountain peak!

"Bang!"

Xu Wange drew her double maces from behind her in mid-air and smashed them onto the head of a giant zombie.

Without pausing, she charged towards the center of the battlefield, directly shielding the [Shadow Iron Maiden] from a sneak attack by a group of skeletons.

Begin clearing away the obstacles around us.

Chen Bin's entrance, however, was even more straightforward and blunt.

He hovered in mid-air, the dark red light in his eyes converging!

"Zzzzz!!!"

Two beams of heat vision immediately began sweeping through the dense horde of zombies below!

Wherever it passed, whether skeletons or zombies, they were instantly sliced and melted into pools of scorching lava!

Yekater had collapsed to the ground, was completely stunned.

"It's the Dragon Ascension Squad from China... it's actually them who came to rescue me..."

Yekater gasped for breath, a glimmer of hope burning in his eyes.

But he still couldn't help but raise his head and look in awe at the black-clad man on the mountaintop who had turned the tide with just one domain, without even needing to lift a finger.

"Who is he? I don't remember anyone like him in Denglong. Could he be a hidden elder of China? Or the hidden captain of the Dragon Squad?"

The oppressive feeling of control over life and death emanating from the other party was truly terrifying.

This made him suspicious of that position.

In the center of the battlefield.

"Roar!"

Alhaitham stared at Chen Bin in mid-air and Xu Wange in the crowd, letting out an angry growl.

But he wasn't foolish enough to directly confront Jiangnan on the mountaintop.

As a former leader, he was well aware that his current role was that of a commander.

"Buzz!"

Alhaitham raised the [Sovereign Sword] in his hand, and the king's aura erupted, enveloping the legion fighting below!

In an instant, the situation reversed once again!

With the Sovereign Sword's special enhancement, the original monsters, who were originally at a disadvantage, experienced a surge in strength and speed!

Those shadow clones that did not receive the amplification were immediately met with a crushing defeat.

Not only that, but a sinister smirk even crept onto Alhaitham's lifeless face.

With a flick of his longsword, he sent a beam of amplified golden light striking the original [Skeleton Warrior] that was about to devour its master!

With the added power, the Skeleton Warrior smashed the Shadow Skeleton that Suppression him dozens of meters away with a single punch, regaining control of the battlefield!

Having done all this, Alhaitham turned his head and looked at Jiangnan on the mountaintop with a defiant gaze, as if silently questioning her.

"Domains are ineffective against me, so what can you do about it?"

Jiangnan didn't even flinch at this provocation.

This time, he didn't take out his Memo Pad; instead, he opened his lips.

"A butterfly cannot fly across the ocean, and an ant will always remain an ant."

Jiangnan's gaze was fixed indifferently on Alhaitham.

"Become my experimental subject."

The moment the words left his mouth, golden light flashed on Jiangnan's forehead!

"Near Yet Far" is activated!

"Whoosh!"

In less than a fraction of a second, Jiangnan Nan had already teleported in front of Alhaitham, less than five steps away!

Alhaitham's grayish-white pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and he instinctively raised the Sovereign Sword to parry.

But before he could react...

Jiangnan raised his right hand and made a grasping motion in mid-air.

A jet-black token materialized in his palm.

Jiangnan stared directly at Alhaitham and loudly pronounced the verdict.

"Your sins... will be judged by me!"

Word Spirit: Judge!

"Clang!"

In the void, two thick, soul-snatching chains shot out out of thin air, transforming into the phantom images of the Black and White Impermanence.

They held this man, who had committed no crime in his life, firmly in place!

At this moment, the originally innocent underlying logic was forcibly altered by the Word Spirit!

Jiangnan, using the [Judge], unreasonably and forcibly branded a guilty label onto Alhaitham's soul!

And at the very second that the guilty verdict took effect!

The [Hall of Yama] domain, which had already covered the entire area, finally sensed this sinister aura.

"Sizzle!"

In Alhaitham's utterly horrified gaze, the once calm and still shadow beneath his feet suddenly began to boil violently.

A being emanating power far surpassing his own, [Shadow Alhaitham], wielding the Sovereign Sword, emerged from the Shadow.

Then, without the slightest hesitation.

"Pfft!"

Shadow Alhaitham gripped his sword with both hands, taking advantage of the fact that his true form was still under the control of the Black and White Impermanence's chains!

With a single thrust of his sword, he pierced the heart of the zombie king!