A slacker makes contact with Townsperson A.

Unfortunately, this outsider named Ye Jiang had an unexpectedly powerful background. He actually knew a genius from the Ability Control Bureau, and somehow managed to break Hao Ping's transformation, causing the plan to fail. It's a real pity that we couldn't utilize the Bureau of the Ability Control Bureau's valuable asset.

But what's done is done, and there's nothing that can be done about it.

Zou Dongrong shook his head, secretly lamenting his bad luck.

His behavior was utterly disgusting. Ming Xia couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to yell at him, but when she opened her mouth, she felt that it would be pointless to curse him. He was clearly a heartless beast, so what good would it do to curse him with human language? So she shut her mouth, drew her long sword from her back, lunged forward, and slashed at him!

In the blink of an eye, the two clashed. It was a battle between two A-Rank A-Rank, and the oppressive aura spread out, causing the townspeople who were nearby to quickly take cover.

A moment of chaos erupted in the crowd, and a tall, agile figure seized the opportunity to appear beside Ye Jiang. It was Hua Ling, who had disappeared for two days. Hua Ling asked Ye Jiang, "Healer, what happened to you? How did you end up with the Pollution item?"

Ye Jiang didn't answer. After recognizing the person who had come, she turned to her and asked, "What's the story with that willow tree in Mei Ti's yard?"

She took a willow leaf from her pocket. The slender leaf between her fingers emitted a gentle energy, and the black veins that wrapped around its veins were exactly the same as the black markings on the face of the person in front of her.

Hua Ling froze, and the next second, a deep sadness welled up in her eyes.

"It's just what you think. The Willow Mother Tree isn't the Polluted; it's people."

"... That was a mother who was being hunted," Hua Ling said.

It was a clear morning fifteen years ago when a Polluted, entwined with vines, suddenly appeared in the town, its body covered in Pollution.

Shuiling Town is a town with supernatural abilities, and the Polluted there are also somewhat intelligent. They know they can't mess with this place, so gradually not many Polluted are willing to come here anymore. Only occasionally does one or two foolish individuals wander in. The last time Polluted appeared in the town was several months ago.

The vine-entangled Polluted brazenly appeared on the street, stunning the early-rising townspeople. Upon realizing what was happening, they surrounded the Polluted and began to execute it using their supernatural abilities. This Polluted, entangled in vines, seemed to be of a low level; the townspeople beat it mercilessly, and it quickly became critically injured and on the verge of death.

Just when the townspeople thought the matter was over, the Polluted suddenly unleashed a tremendous force despite its severe injuries. With an unknown amount of willpower, it managed to break free from the townspeople's encirclement and escape.

It fled all the way, and the townspeople didn't take it seriously, chasing after it at a leisurely pace, until they heard the baby crying.

The Polluted were targeting the newborn baby in town!

The townspeople were furious. The Polluted only had time to jump into the yard before he was surrounded by their angry attack. Polluted was hit and crashed heavily into the yard wall, unable to run any further.

It slid down against the courtyard wall and remained silent for a long time. The townspeople thought it was dead, but then they saw it stretch out its arms, wrapped in vines, towards the house in the courtyard.

The baby in the room seemed to be disturbed, and its cries were sharp and piercing.

The vine Polluted stretched out its arms, as if... to embrace something.

It caught nothing, its arms paused, and then slowly drooped.

It's going to die.

Suddenly, a blue light screen popped up in front of the Polluted, a light screen familiar to all the townspeople.

That's the Ability System of a superhuman.

As this Polluted lay dying, his Ability System awakened, and due to his special state, Ability System popped up immediately.

Superpower: A Mother's Hopes

Grade: B-Rank

Rank: 1012/131252

Superpower Index: 183742

The Polluted died.

The Ability System disappeared. The Polluted underwent a strange change the moment it died. Its humanoid form suddenly grew to two meters tall, its torso hardened, and it became a tree trunk by plunging into the ground. Its outstretched arms and vines collapsed and turned into silken willow branches that fell down and swayed in the wind, gentle and affectionate.

[A Mother's Hopes]

A mother's hope for her child is for him to grow strong and healthy, so the willow leaves she bestows can enhance one's supernatural abilities.

A mother's expectation for her child is eternal companionship.

So one tree stayed, taking root there and never leaving.

The townspeople who were besieging the Polluted realized something. They rushed into the small house like madmen, only to find a crying baby inside, without its mother.

Later, the townspeople learned that there was a mother who was threatened by a group of bastards with her child and willingly pretended to be a Polluted.

The Polluted who appeared in Shuiling Town that day was not a Polluted at all; she was just an ordinary person, an ordinary town resident who only awakened on the verge of death... a mother.

That was the first time that humans had been hunted in Shuiling Town.

"... She was a mother who was being hunted."

After revealing this long-buried truth, the dark-skinned woman swayed, overwhelmed by sorrow as she was lost in her memories.

But the next second she concealed the sadness in her eyes, then gently pushed the person next to her away from the crowd. "Get out of here, Healer!"

After speaking, she pulled open an object in her hand, and a signal flare shot into the Sky, trailing a tail, and exploded with a bang, bursting into a ball of multicolored flames. At the same time, the two thousand townspeople all looked up, and under the multicolored flames, their faces showed an unprecedented determination.

On the high platform, Zou Dongrong dodged an attack, glanced at the townspeople below, and a smile crept onto his lips.

He murmured, "I knew this day would come..."

A sharp blade, amplified by fifty times the force of gravity, slashed through the air, then froze mid-air. The crowd, poised to attack, also ceased their assault. The wind stopped, the sound stopped, even the movement of air stopped. The Guard reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of energy willow leaves!

He knew this day would come, so--

He crushed those energy willow leaves in one swift motion!

A gentle energy instantly enveloped him, but in that instant, the aura around him suddenly surged, sharp enough to cut. In just two seconds, time flowed again, and the person standing on the platform was no longer an A-Rank ability user, but an S-Rank one!

"Hahaha!"

Zou Dongrong laughed wildly. With a flick of his wrist, the long sword that had been fiercely slashing at him shattered with a crash, and even the swordsman suffered a backlash and had to retreat far away.

"Hahaha!"

He spread his arms wide and laughed, looking down at the people below, as if he were the only one who mattered.

"Aren't you going to start a fight?"

He gave it a dismissive look. "Come on."

Are you not going to launch a rebellion?

Come!

The townspeople are indeed going to take action. They've thought a lot about it these past two days and realized that there's a battle they have no choice but to fight!

But...

They didn't think about facing themselves.

The right opponent isn't A-Rank, it's S-Rank!

The townspeople instinctively looked at Hua Ling, who was clearly also shocked by Zou Dongrong's transformation, but...

She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Do it!"

Running away is useless; now that things have come to this, they have no choice but to fight!

At his command, the townspeople did not hesitate any longer and activated their supernatural abilities.

On the high platform, Zou Dongrong's face was somber.

"Stupid," he uttered the word in a low voice.

To fight a losing battle with an egg is utterly foolish.

They must be made to realize this, to realize how foolish they are!

Zou Dongrong's eyes sharpened, and he touched his superpower symbol with his fingers.

Just then--

Click.

A crisp sound.

The S-Rank superhuman, who was about to wreak havoc on the high platform, suddenly tilted his head to the side, and the round object fell off his neck, bumping and tumbling all the way down the platform and crashing into the crowd.

The crowd fell silent.

The townspeople froze, staring blankly at the object on the ground, which had rolled and turned dusty and dirty. Their eyes widened in astonishment.

This is the head of the Guard.

How did it fall down?

An indescribable atmosphere spread, surprising the townspeople and the Guard alike.

At this time--

"Don't just stand there, get moving!"

Hua Ling shouted at the townspeople, "And Hao Ping, kill him!"

The townspeople, roused, responded loudly and passionately, "Yes!"

Although we don't know what happened, there's no better time than now to attack the Guard!

High in the sky, the pink octopus retracted its two tentacles and quietly looked down.

It remained hidden, seemingly not having made a move to instantly kill an S-Rank ability user, but merely a silent spectator.

Chapter 98 The Matchmaker and Townsman A.

Hao Ping was startled again and again.

What?! The transformation he inflicted on the outsider has disappeared?!

What? The outsider's acquaintance with the Ability Control Bureau is someone else's teacher?!

What? Zou Dongrong...

Dead?

His body was still standing straight on the high platform, his clean uniform crisp and without a single wrinkle, but his head had been severed and rolled to the ground. This powerful man died just like that, his life taken away in an instant, his eyes wide open in death.

Who killed Zou Dongrong?

Outsiders?

A storm raged in Hao Ping's heart. The townspeople's supernatural abilities burst forth, aimed directly at him, the vice-captain. The townspeople were numerous and diverse, yet their attack was surprisingly well-trained. Having killed A-Rank Polluted, they had an experience bonus. Shocked, Hao Ping hurriedly dodged, only then realizing that the townspeople had rebelled.

They've actually gone against it!

Unexpected events kept happening one after another, leaving people overwhelmed.

Hao Ping glared angrily. These townspeople really dared to do that!

But...

The corpse of the most powerful superhuman in the Guard stood before him, as if a warning, a premonition!

Hao Ping was somewhat frightened. Although he was furious, he didn't dare to retaliate for a moment. Instead, after a moment's hesitation, he abandoned his Guard and fled.