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Things have come to this point--
As soon as Xiao Pei's chains came out, she took the opportunity to ambush the girl who seemed to be distracted in the tree.
Since things have come to this, let's do what we can!
As for things that are beyond repair, then don't dwell on them anymore!
The people in the illusion are not real people. Even if the people in the illusion are all the main characters in a bizarre way, the Ghost Mother will not know that the only harm her move will cause is to make the outsiders stay in this illusion a little longer!
Xiao Pei cut off her wild thoughts, and the corrosive chains flew swiftly toward the girl.
The attack was successful, and for some reason, the girl became distracted, allowing the chains to easily bind her body!
Xiao Pei instantly added several more chains, binding the girl like a cicada pupa. At the same time, she leaped up and dragged the girl away from the tree, heading out of the garden.
Xiao Pei discovered something: the girl's superpowers seemed to involve poison, but they were all based on plants. The girl's superpowers were more likely plant-based!
We need to clean up the pollution in this plant-based system.
Those infected must be kept away from plants!
Thinking this through, Xiao Pei dragged the girl away from the garden full of plants.
"... It's very quiet."
A soft murmur escaped the girl's lips; she remembered the noise, the crunching, but now, she couldn't hear it.
Xiao Pei didn't hear the murmur clearly. She turned around quickly and saw the girl easily break free of her chains. Xiao Pei wasn't too surprised; she had already noticed the girl's...
Strong Women
They do not resemble Polluted.
Just as Xiao Pei thought she was about to face a terrifying counterattack from the girl, the girl abandoned her and leaped back to the tree where she had been sitting.
This time, the girl leaped to the top of the tree and stood high up, where the over 20-meter-tall kapok tree made her figure appear very small.
Xiao Pei thought the girl was going to use the tree to launch an attack, so she chased after her, only to find that the girl was just standing there looking in the direction of the city. Xiao Pei bound her with chains again, but she did not move.
Is it really that good-looking?
Xiao Pei knew the terrible state the city would be in now, and her brows furrowed deeply. Even if the Polluted gained consciousness, their malice towards humanity couldn't be erased?
"... It's really quiet." The girl murmured, the corners of her mouth turning up again.
What's so quiet?
Xiao Pei frowned and glanced in the direction of the city, a glance that stunned her.
The horrific scene she imagined didn't happen. The masks did indeed swoop down on the citizens, but... but somehow all the citizens in the city had somehow donned armor!
It was extremely heavy armor, covering them from head to toe, and masks surrounded these city dwellers, making it impossible to find a way to attack them!
Looking at the situation in the city from afar, Xiao Pei felt that the armor was indeed... incredibly familiar.
It's the Blood Knight's outfit.
It's practically a copy-paste version.
Xiao Pei: "..."
It would create the Blood Knight's armor and protect those in the illusion; Xiao Pei could only think of one person.
Xiao Pei looked at Ye Jiang in a daze, and then belatedly realized that the Waiter she knew was no longer familiar. The other woman had long, dark red hair and blood-red eyes. She stood opposite the Ghost Mother, and the aura she exuded was not like that of a human confronting a monster, but rather...
Monsters and monsters.
The sudden thought made Xiao Pei's heart skip a beat, but at the same time, she felt that if that were the case, then all the abnormalities and incongruities she had felt with Ye Jiang would make sense.
--After this matter is over, I have something to say to your Ability Control Bureau.
What exactly did Ye Jiang want to say to the Ability Control Bureau?
On the other side, the Ghost Mother stopped manipulating the mask, and the vision transmitted back to her by the mask made her aware of her failure in the city.
This time, she was genuinely stunned.
"You..."
For the first time, she seriously examined her opponent.
After a while --
"Interesting, really interesting."
A keen interest ignited in the Ghost Mother's eyes. She said to Ye Jiang, "Child, you've truly surprised me."
"What exactly is your superpower? The ability to manipulate Xiao Yu's petals—is it plant-based? The ability to create cages, greatswords, and armor—is it metal-based?" The Ghost Mother smiled. "Child, you don't necessarily possess more than one superpower, do you?"
Ye Jiang didn't speak, but raised her hand, and a row of dark red masks appeared in the air.
She didn't speak, but she had already answered.
The Ghost Mother: "..."
"... I'm becoming more and more reluctant to kill you." Looking at the row of masks, the Ghost Mother sighed, "We were born to be mothers..."
Before she could finish speaking, the dark red mask flew over, its mouth agape as it lunged at the Ghost Mother Ghost Mother, stopping her from expressing her excessive regret. The Ghost Mother closed her mouth and jumped away, the mask suddenly disappearing into thin air, followed closely by a fist.
Superpowers are always just a supplement; when it comes to beating people up— Ye Jiang still prefers to use her fists!
The Ghost Mother noticed Ye Jiang's preference and shook her head inwardly, thinking how barbaric it was.
In response to this assessment, a powerful punch whistled through the air, grazing her ear and temple. The Ghost Mother was startled; was it her imagination? Why did she feel that her opponent was moving even faster?
It's not an illusion.
The one who loved to use her fists threw each punch faster than the last. The color of her hair grew darker and darker, and as it fluttered, the individual strands of hair were no longer distinct, becoming increasingly blurry and ethereal.
A punch, the force of which tore the Ghost Mother's collar.
A punch, the force of which destroyed the Ghost Mother's earrings.
A punch severed several strands of the Ghost Mother's hair with its force.
A punch, the force of which slashed through the skin of the Ghost Mother's neck.
The Ghost Mother grew increasingly disheveled and lost her composure; the expression on her face became more and more rigid.
Finally, a punch landed squarely on the Ghost Mother's face. The Ghost Mother hurriedly raised her arm to block, and crack! The fist shattered the Ghost Mother's entire forearm!
The Ghost Mother suddenly retreated several meters, and Ye Jiang stopped instead of chasing her.
"What are you doing?" Ye Jiang stared at the Ghost Mother and spoke in a flat voice, "Are you deliberately letting me..."
Ye Jiang noticed that as her speed increased, the Ghost Mother's speed decreased.
Was it because you still considered her family that you went easy on her?
Ye Jiang's eyes darkened, revealing deep displeasure.
She doesn't need to show mercy!
The Ghost Mother remained silent, standing and watching her, her elegance gone.
She wanted to smile at Ye Jiang, but her facial muscles malfunctioned, making her smile appear ferocious and terrifying.
Suddenly, countless masks flew back from the city and merged into the Ghost Mother's body. The Ghost Mother's body instantly swelled up, and she became a giant. A mask was placed on the Ghost Mother's face, and the eyes and mouth on the mask curved up together, allowing her to finally smile.
"Yes," the Ghost Mother spoke, a smile spreading across her face, her voice coming from the mouth of the mask, tinged with a chaotic laughter, "Because the children are too amusing, so I couldn't bear to."
At this moment, she was enormous, over three meters tall, and though she was hunched over, she still maintained a gentle, soothing demeanor, as if coaxing a child.
Ye Jiang was already immune to her pretentious manner and disgusting tone. She scanned the Ghost Mother's current appearance, from head to toe, and a satisfied expression appeared on her face.
Given its enormous size, this state should be an enhanced version of the Ghost Mother.
Are we finally getting serious?
Ye Jiang didn't wait any longer. She flashed in front of the Ghost Mother, and a huge arm swung towards her. Ye Jiang circled the arm, her fist aimed at the Ghost Mother's mask, about to throw a punch, when suddenly, Xiao Pei's voice came from afar:
"Ye Jiang, watch out!"
Despite the shouts, Ye Jiang remained focused. Her fist, without hesitation or retreat, struck the Ghost Mother squarely in the face. The enormous mask shattered under the blow, and the Ghost Mother's massive body staggered backward. At the same time, another figure entered Ye Jiang's field of vision. A young girl, wielding a broken branch, charged forward. With a flick of her wrist, laced with poison, Ye Jiang dodged the attack. The girl was not the Ghost Mother; she was much weaker.
Just as Ye Jiang was about to kick away the reckless girl who had barged in, the girl suddenly twisted the broken branch in her hand and stabbed it into the chest of the Ghost Mother, who had regained her footing after catching her breath.
Xiao Pei, who had been chasing after them, paused, her expression subtle.
The girl suddenly broke free of her chains and rushed into the monster's battlefield. Xiao Pei initially thought it was a mother and daughter attacking Ye Jiang, but unexpectedly, the girl's target was the Ghost Mother.
Ye Jiang also stopped, she withdrew her restless foot, and looked at the girl. This unexpected turn of events made her want to stop and watch the show.
What's going on?
The girl released her grip after her successful strike, leaving the branch embedded in the Ghost Mother's chest. She then landed naturally, and the putrid poison instantly spread across the Ghost Mother's chest, turning it black and rotting. The Ghost Mother seemed somewhat surprised; she withdrew her arm from Ye Jiang, looked down at her chest, and then her gaze continued downwards, landing on the girl on the ground.
With a snap, the mask hanging on the Ghost Mother's face shattered completely, half of it falling off and revealing half of the Ghost Mother's face, along with the surprise on that face.
"Xiao Yu?"
Xiao Yu looked up, smiling, and said, "Yes, Auntie."
The Ghost Mother chuckled, and even at this point, the half of her face that was exposed still showed no sign of anger.
"Why are you calling me 'Auntie' now?" she said gently. "Haven't you always called me 'Mom'?"
Gentle, yet malicious.
Over a hundred years ago, the Ghost Mother broke into a remote city, devouring countless people and pinning the blame on a young girl. She then became even more wicked, playing a mother-daughter game with the girl on a whim, making her call her, the murderer of her father and mother, "Mother."
Xiao Yu looked up silently, watching the putrid poison spread across the Ghost Mother's chest.
The Ghost Mother noticed her gaze, disregarding her own injuries, and instead asked the girl, "Are you happy?"
Xiao Yu nodded, and this time she answered earnestly, saying, "I'm happy, after all, it's the first time I've been so close to you."
The hatred that had been building up for over a century burst forth, slowly seeping into the girl's eyes.
More than a hundred years ago, the girl approached the man-eating monster time and time again, only to be knocked away each time. Today, more than a hundred years later, she has finally gotten close to it.