Dark River Boss Battle (5)

The detail of the ring cracking did not escape Dark River's observation. A special item? Thinking this, Dark River felt no frustration at the failed skill activation, after all, he had probed out something.

On the surface, this Suicide Squad of the Countermeasure Bureau only has three people, two of whom are weaklings with poor direct combat ability. However, in reality, this Suicide Squad is quite complex. Otherwise, the Countermeasure Bureau would not have sent them to Leping City to resolve this incident. The strongest among them is Bing Bing, a girl who seems to be able to freeze everything. Dark River can sense that she is holding back her strength.

Compared to Bing Bing, the other two members of the Countermeasure Bureau haven't shown much strength; they only know that Old Hu has the ability to read people's minds, but now they've finally revealed some of it.

"Four rings? I've used one now. What's its effect? It can actually nullify a part of my body." Even the dark mist that Dark River was shrouded in, spreading into patterns that clung to the bridge, has now truly become like a pattern, as if Dark River has permanently lost that part of its body.

The Wu River continues to flow, unabated for any reason. A steady stream of water vapor rises, combining with the ever-present legends to form a new black mist. The Dark River has finally begun to take things seriously.

Grabbing a streetlamp, Dark River lifted it up with force. The previous battle had already disrupted the power supply, so there were no sparks or lightning. Black mist spread across the streetlamp, turning it completely black, and the black mist instantly amplified the streetlamp's mass to its maximum.

Looking at the crowd in the distance, Dark River rushed forward with the street lamp in hand. He possessed all of Lu Li's memories, or rather, their memories were shared. Therefore, Dark River had naturally received guidance from Zhou Chu. He compared the street lamp to a spear, and the huge street lamp nimbly spun in his hand, making it impossible for the others to get close.

A lamppost shattered the fireball launched by Xiao Zhang, then thrust forward, striking Meng Xi directly in the stomach. The lamppost also slammed into Luo Yan, who was trying to approach with her agility. Zheng Long, using his wings, flew into the sky, carrying a handful of pebbles imbued with the power of destruction, and continued to harass the Dark River.

"Annoying bugs!" Dark River roared, using the street lamp in his hand as a spear, launching it like a missile. Zheng Long, seeing the danger, desperately flapped his wings to try and get away. The blackness on the street lamp, like ink, was detonated by the Dark River. The black mist that suddenly exploded, mixed with street lamp fragments, hit Zheng Long, causing Zheng Long to lose consciousness and fall onto the bridge.

"Another one taken care of. I'm no longer in the mood to play with you." The Black Mist behind the Dark River surged, enveloping Dark River and transforming into a large, amorphous, ink-like black creature.

The body, resembling a black liquid, sprouted countless black tentacles that surged wildly toward the remaining group. From a distance, it appeared as a black river of tentacles, which reversed course like a tsunami, pressing down on the survivors. The Fear Field was released at full power, breaking through the remaining group's defenses. The black tentacles surrounded them, and the river completely covered them from above.

The Bing Bing formed a defensive barrier, and the remaining few people clung to life, but it was all in vain. They were all submerged by the black river and died. This time, the Dark River's attack was completely unbiased, so there was no such thing as a protagonist's special treatment like breaking through in the heat of battle.

Old Hu stood a distance away, watching the black river rush towards him. The Fear Field acted on him simultaneously, but it had no effect on him. Thinking of his trump card, and looking at the black river that was about to engulf him, Old Hu calmly instructed Xiao Mi: "Use two rings to deny the fact that everyone was killed. Also, continue using the last one to deny Fu Bin's cowardice and selfishness."

The Heihe River that followed drowned everyone, and Old Hu died.

The next moment, all the rings in Xiao Mi's hand shattered, the overwhelming black river vanished, and time seemed to rewind, or perhaps this predetermined fact was denied. The black river once again turned into black mist, drifting behind the Dark River.

Xiao Zhang and the others opened their eyes with puzzled expressions, coughing incessantly. They clearly remembered the black mist and river water engulfing them, burrowing into their bodies like living things, and then they lost consciousness. "Wasn't I dead?"

Old Hu patted his chest and coughed twice. The feeling of death was not pleasant. He turned his head and his first gaze fell on the bridge pillar, where the Shadow Assassin was still pinned to it by a long spear.

On the bridge, Bing Bing controlled the frozen air. Looking at the surrounding scene, she lowered her defenses. She understood what was going on. The four rings in Xiao Mi's hand were special items specially distributed by the old Leping City: the Ring of Negation.

The function of these four rings is negation. They can negate most established facts, such as the fact that several people have died. However, this tool has extremely difficult conditions for use and great side effects.

The use of the Ring of Negation is very demanding. It cannot deny the existence of a person, meaning it cannot directly deny the existence of the Dark River. Furthermore, if the target of the denial offers strong resistance, the denial will fail, or the effect of the denial will change.

The Ring of Negation denied the fact of Xiao Zhang and the others' deaths, but it could not deny the cause of their deaths. The power of the Ring of Negation was not enough to destroy the Dark River, so it could only revert the Black River back to the state of black mist.

The black mist that was previously attached to the bridge surface still exists. If it is truly denied, then those black patterns will all disappear, rather than just becoming ineffective. Simply put, the Ring of Negation cleverly denies the existence of that black mist.

Kneeling before Fu Bin, a special change also occurred. Because his mental barrier had been breached by the Dark River, he faced his own heart and fell into collapse. He loathed his own personality, so when the power of the Ring of Negation came to deny a part of his personality, he did not resist at all, and even offered to help in order to atone for his sins.

Fu Bin's cowardice and selfishness were negated. Reborn, he stood up with his half-crippled body. Without those personality obstacles, his beliefs underwent a radical change. This time, he no longer built mental barriers, but selflessly dedicated everything he had to build his own creed.

"I want to atone for my sins, I want to make this world a better place, I want those ugly things to stop happening, and I am willing to give everything for this. I want to be a champion of justice!"

A pair of pure white wings sprouted from Fu Bin's back once more.