第49章 午夜后,别出门

Gu Jianlin felt his spirituality evaporating in massive quantities, replaced by a surge of violent, overwhelming negative energy that poured into his body. It felt as if the dark emotions within him had been ignited, awakening a demonic personality.

Under the dual-core drive, the burning sensation doubled!

His emotions were spiraling out of control, and he let his killing intent run wild.

In his Ghost Humanization state, his physical capabilities were enhanced across the board. From muscle density to skeletal hardness, and even the function of his internal organs, trillions of cells roared as they released power, his entire body emitting a thunderous, explosive sound.

He grabbed the chair in his hand and smashed it down with brutal force!

In that instant, Compound Eye grew suddenly vigilant. His body emitted a crackling sound as bone-white exoskeletons proliferated across his arms; he instinctively retracted his twin axes to block before his chest and retreated violently.

However, Gu Jianlin was faster. The chair struck him square in the face, sending him flying through the air!

This was the pure violence brought about by Ghost Humanization!

Gu Jianlin held his hand like a blade and thrust it mercilessly toward his throat, shattering the larynx in an instant!

Though he lacked formal combat training, his sheer speed and power were enough to execute such a ruthless strike.

Gu Jianlin turned his head, his pitch-black eyes—resembling those of an evil ghost—fixed on the white-haired girl in the corner.

Ever since the Grave Diggers had surrounded the hotel, Tang Ling had stood in the corner, motionless, clutching her iron sword. She had occupied the position of an outsider, seemingly with no intention of joining the fray.

Yet, Gu Jianlin could tell that she had already entered a combat state and was accumulating a certain power.

Just as Compound Eye lunged into the back row, she moved slightly.

At that moment, Gu Jianlin had given her a look, signaling her to wait a moment and continue building her strength.

After seeing his gaze, Tang Ling had actually held her position.

Now, it was time.

With a boom, the white-haired girl's sun hat was blown away by a gust of wind. Her cold, clear, beautiful eyes seemed to light up in the night, and she lunged forward like a nimble sprite, swinging her sword down without mercy!

Her eyes were suffused with crimson killing intent. A trace of arrogance and wildness appeared on her expressionless face, and her long, snow-white hair was dyed red as if by flames, fluttering in the night!

Two sharp, ghastly sword auras erupted, crisscrossing to tear through the earth and vanishing into the darkness in a flash!

The terrifying sound of sword aura slicing through flesh, the sound of blood gushing, and shrill screams all blended together.

Compound Eye's arms were severed clean, the cuts as smooth as if sliced by a laser.

Next, a chair, carrying immense force, smashed heavily into his skull.

It was as if he had been struck by a giant hammer; his forehead was caved in by the sheer impact, and blood sprayed everywhere!

Tang Ling pressed the attack, her sword tip flashing with cold light like a meteor as it plunged into his heart!

"Keep up!"

She curled her crimson lips and said indifferently.

A cold, ghostly wind whistled past. Gu Jianlin ghosted behind him, his hands crossed to grip the man's head.

Left hand in front, right hand behind—he twisted with all his might!

Snap!

Compound Eye's head was twisted off, turned one hundred and eighty degrees to the back, his expression frozen in terror.

"Finish him."

Gu Jianlin said coldly.

Tang Ling rotated her hilt, and the silver-white iron sword shredded his heart, extinguishing any possibility of further mutation.

That wasn't all. Pale ghost fire ignited on Gu Jianlin's hands, crazily draining the man's life force.

Sacrifice!

As the Divine Sacrifice Fire burned, a chaotic surge of life force poured into his body once more.

Through the circulation of his blood, a drop of impure golden blood condensed at the location of his heart.

The Ancient God Blood was gradually forming.

Gu Jianlin gave him a casual shove.

With a thud, Compound Eye collapsed to the ground, dead with his eyes wide open.

There was no doubt that this man was the most powerful of the Fallen present.

A second ago, he had been arrogant beyond measure; the next, he had been rendered helpless and killed by their combined efforts.

Dead silence.

Whether it was the members of the Ether Association or the Fallen of the Grave Diggers, everyone was stunned by this display of extreme violence.

It was a perfect coordination.

The timing and tactics were seamless.

The frequency of their attacks was like a torrential storm.

They had left Compound Eye no room to breathe.

If one didn't know better, they would have thought the two had practiced this routine countless times.

Yet, only the members of the Association knew that they had only met today.

Of course, they wouldn't know that true hunters, when they meet, often require no words.

A single look was enough to understand the other's intent.

Because they were there to do the same thing.

And that was to kill every single enemy.

Nie Xiangsi stared at the scene in astonishment, her small mouth slightly agape, unable to speak.

"Ghost Humanization, First-Order Life Controller! He advanced! But..."

Zhang Cheng watched the scene. He knew that even with Ghost Humanization, a First-Order Life Controller shouldn't have such combat prowess.

What was up with this guy!

As for Cheng Youyu, his mind was filled with only one thought: Holy shit!

He had once read a post asking at what moment in your life you felt most useless.

Cheng Youyu felt that this was probably that moment.

Because he had actually said he would protect this demonic youth!

Among those present, the most shocked was Li Xun, who was also of the Divine Priest Path.

Because he was a Second-Order Junior Life Controller, yet he felt a sense of oppression from this First-Order guy.

It even made him feel awe and trembling!

"No wonder he could kill Joker, but why didn't Deep Sky update his file?"

Although Yan Ye despised the descendants of such Fallen, having a powerful combatant appear at a time like this wasn't a bad thing.

"Ziqing, speed up the healing."

He ordered.

"Understood."

Mu Ziqing focused on healing her teammates.

Yan Feng clutched his injured chest, but he stared fixedly at the boy and girl on the field. Watching their seamless coordination, a trace of unwillingness appeared in his expression, and he clenched his fists in silence.

However, in the next moment, his expression suddenly softened.

Because after Gu Jianlin and Tang Ling had killed the enemy leader, they suddenly pulled back, alert.

"Was it you?"

Gu Jianlin stared at the girl who had turned into a redhead and asked expressionlessly, "The one who leaked the intelligence this time."

He didn't know why this woman had undergone a change in appearance, and in his eyes, she was extremely dangerous.

Tang Ling arched her meticulously drawn eyebrows and retorted, "No, was it you?"

Gu Jianlin couldn't be bothered to explain. He simply picked up a chair, turned around, and faced the other Fallen.

"Sure enough, I wasn't wrong. You were hiding it."

Tang Ling's beautiful eyes were crimson, hidden sharpness in her gaze, her voice cold and arrogant: "Next, which side are you choosing?"

After entering combat mode, she hadn't just undergone a massive change in appearance.

Even her personality had changed.

She was more flamboyant, outgoing, arrogant, and aggressive.

"I'll take the left, you take the right."

Gu Jianlin swept his gaze over the remaining Grave Digger members, constantly building their profiles in his mind.

"Finish the battle before twelve o'clock."

These Fallen had mentioned something about what would happen after midnight, which made him a bit concerned.

After their leader died, this group showed no fear. Instead, it ignited the madness hidden within them. Each of them revealed varying degrees of mutation and swarmed forward.

After a second of silence, Tang Ling turned, grabbed her iron sword, and charged directly into the enemy ranks.

Sword aura crisscrossed, and blood sprayed.

Gu Jianlin stomped his foot, and pale ghost fire ignited in the four cardinal directions, countless black incantations swirling and intersecting.

An advanced application of the Divine Sacrifice Fire: draining the life force of targets within a certain range!

He charged into the enemy ranks like a demon, swinging his chair and smashing away!

Accompanied by bang, bang, bang sounds, the heads of one Fallen after another were smashed open by him.

Brains splattered, and blood gushed like a fountain.

When one chair broke, he simply grabbed another.

His combat style was extremely simple and brutal—crushing them with speed and power.

One strike to kill, then a casual use of the Divine Sacrifice Fire to complete the life drain.

Then he turned and smashed the next one.

If Tang Ling's combat style was the ultimate display of ancient swordsmanship—dignified and graceful—Gu Jianlin's was pure aesthetic violence, bloody and cruel.

"This guy is literally a Chair Murderer."

Cheng Youyu was deeply shocked. Once the wounds on his back healed, he jumped back into the fray to assist.

In the rear, Zhang Cheng fired ten arrows at once, crazily reaping the lives of the enemies!

"Brother, give me wind!"

Yan Feng finished healing and charged back in, his body surging with energy.

Yan Ye raised his hand and gripped, and a fierce wind blew, swirling around his fist.

Boom!

A Fallen who had mutated into a mantis swung an iron hammer down.

At the critical moment, Yan Feng raised his wind-swirled right fist and smashed into it, emitting a sound like clashing steel.

This was a pure test of strength. Both sides exerted all their power, roaring from their throats.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded behind him.

"If you can't do it, get out of the way."

Yan Feng just turned his head when he saw a massive black shadow smash over.

Before he could react, he heard a loud, dull thud.

The mantis-mutated Fallen was sent reeling, dizzy and disoriented.

In an instant, Gu Jianlin closed the distance, his right hand joined like a blade and thrust into the man's chest.

Puchi! Blood splattered onto the boy's face.

In an instant, he activated the Ghost Curse Technique.

Twisted black incantations covered both his and the enemy's bodies!

Gu Jianlin and the Fallen bled from their seven orifices simultaneously, their bodies seeming to collapse.

Sacrifice!

Pale ghost fire ignited on Gu Jianlin's right hand.

The Fallen let out a shrill scream. It felt as if pale fire was burning inside his chest, and his heavily mutated body began to rapidly degenerate until it became a thin, withered figure.

Gu Jianlin pulled his hand out of the chest, shook the blood off, and turned to walk away coldly.

If it were his original personality, he probably wouldn't have been so brutal.

Nor would he have said such mocking words.

But now, in his Ghost Humanization state, his negative energy was overflowing.

He found many people in this team extremely unpleasant to look at.

If not for the need to drain the life force of this heavily mutated individual, he wouldn't even have glanced at them if the Yan brothers were beaten to death.

"You guy..."

Yan Feng's expression was extremely ugly, but seeing this ghost-like youth, he was too intimidated to say anything harsh.

"Mission first. Don't do anything unnecessary."

Yan Ye said coldly beside him.

Yan Feng snorted, said nothing, and turned to pounce on the other Fallen.

At this moment, Gu Jianlin had already picked up another chair and walked into the back of the enemy ranks, expressionless.

Li Xun was tangled with those people, then sent flying by a hammer blow from a burly man.

With a boom, Gu Jianlin saw the guy's back flying toward him.

He narrowed his eyes, swung his arm back, and batted the guy away.

Li Xun, in his Ghost Humanization state, hit the wall behind him, rolled several times upon landing, and was both shocked and furious.

Gu Jianlin turned his head and looked at him, as if looking at a corpse.

Thump, thump.

Li Xun felt as if he could hear a violently beating heart.

His Ghost Humanization state dissipated, his complexion turned a strange black, and his whole body trembled and convulsed, as if he were about to lose control.

This was the price to be paid for Ghost Humanization.

Gu Jianlin withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the group of Fallen. "Come on, continue."

The Fallen belonging to the Grave Diggers looked at him as if they were seeing a demon, trembling as they prepared to kill the hostages.

Fortunately, this group of newcomers was not entirely trash; they still retained some combat strength and seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

The Fallen clearly had not expected them to have a trick up their sleeves and suffered a heavy loss.

It was at this juncture that Gu Jianlin charged over, chair in hand, and blew their heads off one by one.

As corpse after corpse fell, the situation became completely one-sided.

Gu Jianlin surveyed his surroundings.

Several captives still lay on the ground, all of them newcomers who had been ambushed while fast asleep.

Some were severely wounded, while others were already on the verge of death.

Those who were in better condition hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

One girl, who was quite pretty, even burst into tears and tried to throw herself into his arms.

Gu Jianlin raised the chair directly, pressing it against the woman's forehead.

"Don't move."

Gu Jianlin ordered coldly, then patted her pockets.

Hmm, no supplies found.

He patted the others' pockets as well, but found nothing.

Finally, his gaze locked onto the Fallen whose heads he had just blown off.

"Our supplies were all stolen by these people."

The girl sobbed, "Thank you for helping us get them back."

Gu Jianlin searched the corpses of the Fallen and found six bottles of Azure Blood and four bottles of Purification Stone.

He then tossed the Purification Stone over.

The girl was stunned for a moment, but she caught them.

Because Gu Jianlin had tucked the six bottles of Azure Blood into his own pocket and turned to leave.

He only left behind one sentence:

"You have no use for these things. Compared to that person, I have already been merciful."

The girl turned her head stiffly.

Because after Tang Ling had rescued the hostages, she had actually stolen all of their supplies as well, not even leaving a single bottle behind.

The battle had not yet ended, but the time had already reached midnight.

Those Fallen, who had been fearless of death just a moment ago, all revealed expressions of terror.

"The fog is coming! The fog is coming!"

"Run, those things are coming!"

"Hahaha, we're going to die, we're all going to die!"

Those people had lost their will to fight in an instant, scattering like stray dogs.

This scene stunned everyone, as they did not know what had suddenly possessed the Fallen.

Gu Jianlin was also taken aback.

A diary fell from a Fallen who was fleeing in a hurry.

He bent down to pick it up and flipped to the first page.

It was a line of crooked words smeared in blood.

"After midnight, do not go outside."

Gu Jianlin raised his head and narrowed his eyes.

Because pitch-black fog was spreading, accompanied by faint, eerie laughter.

Deep within the fog, a rustling sound echoed.

It sounded as if something was crawling.