Whoosh—
A brief gust of wind blew head-on, carrying an unsettling smell.
When Lincon stepped out of the collapsed building, what greeted him was a scene of chaos.
The sky was dark, scarlet lightning flickering through the clouds from time to time.
Like a ghostly face reflected in the heavens, it looked down upon the tiny, fragile humans below.
"Ha ha ha ha..."
A shrill laugh rang out from the end of the street. A bare-chested man covered in pustules held a dagger and crazily slashed at the people around him.
Before long, however, a team arrived.
The leading ability user used the Earth Binding Technique to restrain the man tightly. Regardless of whether it would cause him excessive pain, he immediately had someone tie him up with ropes.
As for the crazed ability users, stronger people went to subdue them.
If the situation was severe, quite a few were simply beaten to death on the spot.
"These people..."
Lincon frowned deeply, realizing that what had happened today might be even harder to contain than he had imagined.
"Lord of Silence and Plague—Merial!"
If his guess was correct, she should have been an Epic Lord of the Abyss Sea. She had used some method to influence Dugu Zhui's mind, causing him to behave so strangely.
He had originally thought that only Dugu Zhui had been affected, but judging from the current state of the Great Wall Defense Line, things were far worse.
But when had it begun?
Why had there been no warning at all?
Lincon glanced toward the Giant Wall and saw beacon fires curling across its surface. Energy gathered within the Shadow Towers, shooting into the sky like lasers.
Just as he was considering whether to head to the defense line for support, the Space Worm suddenly revealed