"Hey, look at that in the sky, what's that?!"
"So many monsters!"
" Variant! It's Variant! Variant that kills people! Run!"
"Huh? Why can't I move!"
Among the densely packed souls, some began to notice the spiders climbing the webs above.
They screamed and tried to escape, but found their bodies were as if they were imprisoned, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not move an inch.
"You'd better come back quickly! If you don't, my son might get violent towards them."
"My son's killing intent attack can sever the soul."
Ye Linwan put her hands in front of her mouth like a megaphone and shouted at Brown in the distance.
Brown was in a terrible dilemma. There were tens of millions of people packed together. If they were real people, he might not hesitate to save them.
But at this point, they are merely souls. Whether they can be saved is one thing, but what good would saving them do? That's another matter entirely.
His rational mind told him that this was just a little trick the other side used to try and keep him around.
What we should really be doing now is quickly reuniting with Lei Yong and the others to defeat them together.
That's right, we can capture Ye Linwan and Ye Qing and force them to release these souls.
This is the best choice!
A sharp, murderous aura slashed down, instantly creating a crescent-shaped gap in the densely packed crowd.
A single strike shattered tens of thousands of souls.
Brown was taken aback.
In that brief moment of distraction, the screaming souls simultaneously began to be stretched and twisted.
Ye Linwan was like a black hole, and the souls he had released began to be absorbed by her like a tide.
Unlike her release, these souls did not seem to be stored, but rather absorbed into her body, as if they were transformed into her power.
The constantly elongated soul swirled around Ye Linwan, forming a towering black tornado in the dim world.
"Help--!"
"It hurts so much--!"
"What is going on!!!"
The wails and howls of countless souls sounded like music from the underworld to please the wicked, accompanied by a tornado of souls before him, leaving even the well-informed Brown momentarily stunned.
His brain started working frantically.
What is she trying to do?
Is it absorbing power?
Countless thoughts and speculations swirled in Brown's mind, and for a moment he was quite confused about what the mother and son in front of him wanted to do.
In an instant!
A chilling, bone-chilling killing intent rushed towards him. By the time Brown came to his senses, Ye Qing's jagged, dark purple blade was already at his neck.
"Idiot! You don't even understand feints!"
Ye Qing laughed wildly, as if victory was already upon him.
Brown strained his mental energy to its limit, focusing all his attention on Ye Qing's blade.
With all his might, he leaned back, and the blade, sharp enough to sever his head, grazed his neck.
At that moment, he saw the look of horror on Ye Qing's face.
A smug grin immediately appeared on his face, practically screaming, "Just a little bit more!"
Pfft--!
"Why?"
The sound of flesh being pierced rang in Brown's ears. At the same time, he felt a numbness in his chest, accompanied by a strong sensation of something foreign.
He rolled his eyes and looked down at his chest. A spider leg, entwined with darkness and soul, pierced through his chest, still dripping blood.
At this moment, Ye Linwan stood behind Brown, her entire body covered with a layer of constantly changing soul patterns.
The scene was entirely crimson, with several faintly visible spirits swirling around.
"Oh, I see..." Brown suddenly realized.
Ye Linwan was indeed accumulating power at that time; it should have been her Symbiote ability.
Threatening him with his soul as a hostage and killing a portion of his soul in front of him were all attempts to keep him alive and buy time for Ye Linwan to absorb power.
Worried that he would discover Ye Linwan's true intentions, Ye Qing pretended to be trying to launch a feint attack on him.
He mistakenly believed that Ye Linwan was doing all this so that Ye Qing could take advantage of the situation to attack.
But the real killer move is actually Ye Linwan.
"You two, mother and son... are so in sync...?"
"Of course, unlike you who has no mother or child~" Ye Qing's eyes were full of smugness and teasing.
The other spider leg behind him slowly rose, aiming at Brown's head, ready to deliver the final blow.
Brown in front of him moved suddenly, without the slightest hesitation, and stepped forward to pull out the spider leg that had pierced his chest cavity.
Ye Qing had anticipated this, and raised his knife to chop straight down at his head, while Ye Linwan's other spider leg also pierced through.
Faced with attacks from both sides, Brown stretched out his hands and used his body to catch the two attacks aimed at him.
At the very moment of grabbing, he twisted his body, using a skillful technique to deflect the attack away from him.
Upon seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Ye Qing's eyes, followed by a cold laugh.
With a sudden burst of force, the blade gripped by the other person spun violently as Ye Qing slashed at an unusual angle.
Brown's hand was chopped off from his palm all the way down to his forearm, splitting into two.
Brown's expression froze, and a 'door' hurriedly unfolded beneath his feet, falling inside under the force of gravity.
The door closed, Brown disappeared completely from the mother and son's sight.
"I give up, they didn't kill him!"
"That's so strange, what method did he use just now?" Ye Linwan was clearly surprised by Brown's response.
"That's from Five Gates Mountain, a self-defense technique from the Body Gate, similar to the Tai Chi principle of using minimal force to overcome great strength."
"Hehe, but I've fought against all the sects of Five Gates Mountain. As soon as he makes a move, I know how to deal with him."
"Although we didn't kill him, he lost an arm and was stabbed by you, Mom. He's probably heading towards Lei Yong's place now. Let's go after him!"
"Alright! Let's go!"
The two of them transformed into two afterimages once more, speeding off in Lei Yong's direction.
The light rain dripped gently onto the ground, quickly forming small puddles on the barren land.
A man covered in blood was reflected in the clear puddle.
Drops of blood fell into the puddle, turning the clear water red.
Brown covered his chest, which had been hastily treated but was still dripping blood, with his left hand, which was torn in two, while his right hand was roughly stitched up with needles and nails.
His legs felt like they were made of lead, and every step was incredibly difficult.
His cloudy eyes stared blankly at the constantly changing scenes ahead.
[Room]... Reality... [Room]... Reality...
He continuously used his abilities to move at high speed, while Brown seemed to become numb to the dazzling alternations.
"It seems we're almost there..."