Chapter 44: A Glimmer of Dawn

Yang An and the others yelled frantically, “Are you ignoring those Dark Abominations? Why are you chasing us?!”

“Those people down there have no ability to stop the Dark Abominations’ slaughter!”

As they roared, Yang An and the others didn’t forget to glance back at the three pursuers.

Among the three of them, only Han Chen still had the strength to fight.

Yang An and Qi Yu had already been beaten half to death.

If this continued, they would be slain in less than two minutes.

They had thought Shi Yidie’s group would definitely prioritize killing the Dark Abominations.

With a dozen or so Dark Abominations moving together, unless a Second Form warrior came to break their formation, it would be impossible to breach.

And being unable to breach the Dark Abominations’ formation meant they couldn’t use their numerical advantage to encircle and kill them.

Even if they managed to eliminate that group of Dark Abominations, the number of sacrifices would certainly not be small!

On the battlefield, during a large-scale encirclement of Dark Abominations, a top-tier Initial Form warrior or a Second Form warrior would lead the charge to break the formation.

The warriors following would then take advantage of the opening to separate the Dark Abominations.

Basically, nearly ten warriors would surround one Dark Abomination to prevent them from supporting each other in pairs.

If one had to face two Dark Abominations at once, and couldn’t separate them, the number of people participating in the encirclement would increase exponentially, and the risk of sacrifice would also rise dramatically.

If there were Moon-rank Dark Abominations, they were even harder to deal with.

About fifty ordinary warriors might be able to kill one Moon-rank Dark Abomination, but it was more likely they would be completely wiped out.

If Moon-rank Dark Abominations appeared in groups, it would be a devastating blow to a group of ordinary warriors without a top-tier or Second Form warrior present.

After all, the opponents of Moon-rank Dark Abominations were primarily Second Form warriors, or top-tier Initial Form warriors.

And with the appearance of those twelve Dark Abominations, five of which were Moon-rank, how could the group of people outside possibly contend?

Not to mention the cultists causing trouble within their ranks.

If they didn’t want to see more warriors make useless sacrifices, Shi Yidie and the others, as high-level combatants, had to go and hold back the Dark Abominations.

Otherwise, the Huaya warriors below would suffer massive casualties!

Shi Yidie, following closely behind, looked at the three panicked cultists and said with an excited face, “The captain is here. Those few Dark Abominations won’t be able to cause any trouble.”

The three cult Protectors didn’t know who this “captain” she spoke of was, but he was bound to be a powerful existence.

Otherwise, this woman who had been suppressing Yang An wouldn’t have said it with such a worshipful tone.

Five Moon-rank and seven Star-rank Dark Abominations… even a veteran Second Form warrior could lose their life.

Yang An and the others could only brace themselves and continue gliding through the air, hoping to escape their pursuers under the cover of night.

The golden-red blade danced.

Several Dark Abominations that had charged out of the villa were sliced in half and fell to the ground.

A few minutes later, as if soaked in concentrated sulfuric acid, they sizzled and disappeared, leaving only their black metal armor and weapons behind.

The reason Dark Abominations dissolve after death, according to the most mainstream theory, is the rejection by the world’s will.

The matter that constitutes Dark Abominations does not exist in this world.

Dark Abominations belong to another world.

After invading the human world, their very existence is rejected, much like bacteria invading a human body are eliminated by the immune system.

While alive, Dark Abominations can use certain methods to camouflage themselves, deceiving the world’s will.

When they die, they are directly annihilated.

However, the Special Iron and source energy are preserved.

The specific reason for this is currently unknown to humanity, but what is known is that the existence of Special Iron and source energy has indeed played a crucial role in humanity’s resistance.

Some believe this might be the world’s will deeming these things beneficial to its existence, similar to how many other microorganisms live parasitically within the human body.

But these are all just speculations.

To date, no Special Iron or Black Energon Stone mines have been discovered on Aquamarine.

If such mines existed, humanity’s war of resistance would advance another step.

The man who had instantly killed the Dark Abominations did not stop his pace, continuing deeper inside.

‘Was my little brother captured and brought in here?’

The young man thought as he walked.

He hadn’t seen his little brother in many years and could barely even remember what he looked like.

When was the last time they met?

It seemed to be the day Su Xuan awakened his Phantom Soul.

He had gone to the scene and watched from a distance.

After returning home, he had only left a few Energy Stones for Su Xuan, a sign that he had once been there.

Dark Abominations were pouring out from inside, which made the situation within concerning.

Even Su Chen, a seasoned veteran of many battles, could not remain calm.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, it was very likely he had arrived a step too late.

Dark Abominations are filled with hatred for the native life of Aquamarine.

They will make a certain judgment on any life they see, eradicating any creature they deem to have a certain level of threat.

And this judgment’s scope is extremely broad and unpredictable.

Sometimes, a creature they would normally ignore might be killed on a different day.

Praying for the Dark Abominations to turn a blind eye and spare Su Xuan from being killed was obviously not something Su Chen would do.

Su Chen quickened his pace.

The villa, which looked only slightly damaged from the outside, was completely ruined on the inside.

The impact from the pillar of light that shot into the sky had shattered it to pieces.

After a few steps, another Dark Abomination appeared, followed by several Moon-rank ones.

If it were an ordinary Second Form warrior, they could only curse at how troublesome this was.

But for Su Chen, it wasn’t a difficult matter.

The long, golden-red blade was covered in mysterious patterns.

As energons were channeled into it, it glowed with a light like the morning dawn.

Su Chen, already moving at extreme speed, did not slow down.

He passed by the Dark Abominations without the slightest reduction in speed.

The Dark Abominations raised their pillar-swords and swung sideways, only to miss and find themselves already falling apart.

The Moon-rank Dark Abominations were also annihilated by him just like that.

The time it took to kill the three Dark Abominations was only a matter of seconds.

Su Chen, glowing with a faint golden-red light, continued to walk deeper inside.

“Huff… huff…”

“Crack… crack.”

Su Chen became alert.

Someone was running.

He didn’t know who it was, but they were being chased by a Dark Abomination.