Volume 4 Blood Diamond Chapter 377: The Fall of the Black Knight
The easternmost coastline of the empire.
At the same time, this place also belongs to the area of Yanbang Qianceng City.
The red disaster did not cause serious damage to the city, but it did have some impact, so much so that the number of fishing boats going out to sea to fish became increasingly scarce.
It is now deep winter. Under the dim and gloomy sky, on the top of a dilapidated lighthouse, several old guards are smoking cheap cigarettes, holding half a bottle of cheap liquor, gazing at the sea level through telescopes with doubtful looks on their faces.
Through the snowflakes, they could vaguely see the coastline in the distance, which was filled with a vast and dense darkness. The darkness was like a dark cloud, but it connected the sky and the earth, and it kept wriggling like a living thing. It was so deep that it seemed to swallow everything, which was creepy.
The old guards had never seen such an abnormal phenomenon in their lives and found it incredible.
"Uuna, am I dazzled? What on earth is that?!"
"I'm pretty sure you're not seeing things, old man, because we all saw it clearly! But only the sun knows what it is... It can't be your constipated asshole!"
"Don't waste time. Hurry up and get the ships back. If we really crash into it, no one knows what terrible things will happen!"
A few old guys exchanged a few words, swearing, and one of them picked up an old-fashioned microphone from the communication device on the desktop and pressed a few buttons.
The old guard took a long drag on his cigarette and shouted into the microphone:
"This is the coastal lighthouse... Little Muno, hurry back and don't go any further. There's a damn darkness over there and we don't know what's in there... For the sake of your crippled father and the girl you just married, turn back!"
After a while.
There was no echo from the other end of the microphone, only noisy noise and crackling sounds.
The old guard had no choice but to repeat it again, but there was still no response.
He cursed, hung up the radio, and dialed the channel of the next ship again.
"Hey! This is the coastal lighthouse..."
After notifying more than a dozen ships that were about to set sail, only little Muno did not respond, which made several old guards feel depressed.
He's a great guy. I've watched him grow up. If something happens to him...
well!
At this time, one of the guards was still observing the sea level with a telescope, but suddenly he saw a figure in a black hat and suit appear in the air.
His whole body was shocked and he almost fell down with fright.
"What's wrong?! Old Una?"
"I...I seem to see a person flying in the sky!"
"Damn it! Are you drunk?!"
"I didn't..."
But when the old guard named Una looked again, he found that the sky was dark and there was no human figure at all. The other guards also did not find the "flying person" and started cursing, which made the old Una very depressed.
Chen Lun's real body has arrived at this sea area according to the present-day anchor point provided by Mr. Byers. He just felt the spying from the lighthouse, but did not care.
Directly in front of him, darkness blocked the way. He stood still in the air with a frown on his face.
'That is Mr. Byers's breath...He is inside.'
But his spiritual intuition told him that there was great danger in the darkness!
Chen Lun's heart sank.
He knew that Mr. Byers' condition at the moment was definitely very bad, so much so that his extraordinary power was out of control, spreading out this "dark night area" that did not distinguish between friend and foe.
He looked up at the sky and the cold snowflakes blew onto him in the chill wind.
Chen Lun took a deep breath and was about to try to go into the darkness to search for Mr. Byers. But at this moment, an old fishing boat slowly drifted out of the darkness on the sea below his feet.
His eyes narrowed, sensing that there were still living people on the boat.
"It's a fishing boat that strayed into the dark area... Perhaps we can learn about the situation inside from these fishermen."
He thought for a moment and teleported to the deck of the fishing boat.
To his surprise, all the cargo barrels on the ship exploded, leaving the ship in a mess, and all the live fish that were salvaged had undergone horrible changes!
Their scales fell off, and they grew disgusting, dense, black, deformed feathers, and their bodies were covered with yellow-brown pus! The live fish opened their mouths, revealing dense fangs, and made strange crow-like croaks. Their eyes were dark and full of malice, and they twisted and jumped on the deck like balls of hair.
After seeing Chen Lun, they all gathered around him and then exploded on their own.
Boom boom boom!
After the blood mist dissipated, a "wall" made up of a group of pale snakes appeared. They were twisting and winding, with black feathers all over their bodies, while Chen Lun, who was hiding behind them, was unharmed.
He looked at the thick layer of blood and flesh fragments under his feet, and smelled a strong fishy smell and stench. He couldn't help but frown and raised his hands to cover his mouth and nose.
"Um?!"
Chen Lun suddenly found that his control over the snakes was weakening. They seemed to be undergoing irreversible changes... The "wall" collapsed, and the snakes covered with black feathers swam freely on the deck. Their eyes began to turn black, their scales fell off, and they grew more feathers...
He even wanted to attack Chen Lun as the "subject"!
'Mythology pollution...'
Chen Lun's face was solemn.
While he still had a certain degree of control, he immediately disintegrated the snake group.
Puff, puff—
The snakes that were undergoing a mutation began to disintegrate on their own, turning into a pool of rotten meat.
Chen Lun calmed down, stepped over the bloody "mud carpet", and went straight to the cockpit at the bow. He turned on the pressure valve and kicked it open.
Inside, the three sailors and the young man who served as the captain had all lost their original human appearance!
They... They were like birdmen at this moment, with deformed black feathers all over their bodies, four hooked beaks sprouting from their noses, mouths, and cheeks, and their eyeballs were pitch black. Their hands and feet were covered with pus, bright yellow cuticles and lines, and their fingers were like bird claws!
Wow!!
Wow!
They made strange and uncomfortable noises, fluttering and shaking as they rushed over!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh——
Several cards flew by and nailed them all to the inner wall of the iron sheet. Chen Lun frowned and looked at it, becoming more certain that the people and fish on this ship were all in the darkness and were contaminated by the unintentional contamination emitted by Mr. Byers!
'Mr. Byers...is probably out of control!'
Chen Lun looked unhappy.
These fishermen are beyond salvation, and this level of high-level pollution is irreversible...If left alone, they will drift ashore with the fishing boats and will likely cause chain pollution to coastal residents, leading to a catastrophic spread.
He lowered his eyes, raised his hand and waved it, [Fireworks in Palm] ignited an extraordinary flame, enveloping the four Crow Men... They screamed until they were burned to ashes.
Chen Lun let out a long sigh, went out to check the entire fishing boat, and after confirming that there were no living creatures, he used the air walk to escape into the darkness.
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Inside the dark and gloomy area.
Chen Lun had a gloomy face and continued to fly forward.
The heavy snow that was originally falling suddenly dissipated here. Although it was cold and gloomy all around, nothing could be seen or touched... vision, smell, and even spiritual intuition seemed to have failed.
From the depths of darkness, there was a faint sound like the screams of wild beasts.
Chen Lun suddenly felt that the scream struck his soul directly, as if it penetrated his body.
My hair stands on end!
The ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.
So Chen Lun began to pray to Mr. Byers, trying to find out his current condition.
However, there was no response.
'Mr. Byers...'
Chen Lun gritted his teeth and increased his flying speed.
Dozens of seconds later, he successfully reached the depths, and the strange screams like birds were very close!
Finally, he saw clearly what was not far ahead...
A strange creature is twisting wildly!
It was a "black bird" that was nearly eight to nine meters tall! It was covered with arm-length dark fur and crow feathers, and had three different lumpy bird heads that screamed towards the sky. It still had human-like limbs on the inside, connected to the wing membranes, and a human head on its tail...
On that head was the face of Mr. Byers!
But His expression at this moment was full of pain and unwillingness.
His eyes were crazy and devoid of humanity.
"Ah... Terrence... Rafa... Ahh... Destiny..."
Biles murmured simple words.
Chen Lun looked at this scene and was so shocked that he was speechless.
He knew that this was the mythical creature form of the Saint...
At the same time, it is also their true appearance!
They usually appear in human form just for convenience, but also to prevent mortals or even low-sequence transcendents from being contaminated and losing control and dying suddenly after witnessing their true appearance!
Unless willing, a saint would not reveal his mythical creature form...
"ha--!!!"
The three tumorous heads of the giant black bird all stared at Chen Lun.
The head at the end also turned around, and Byers's face twisted as he yelled at him:
“Die! Die!! Hahahaha! Die, die!!”
boom!!
Without seeing how He made a move, Chen Lun felt a tightness in his chest, followed by a sharp pain.
His bones were broken and he flew backwards.
Chen Lun endured the pain and noticed that his health bar had dropped by more than half!
Just one strike almost killed him instantly...
He immediately activated the [Awakening] bookmark and the extraordinary biological property of "Split Revival" to heal himself, and shouted loudly:
"Mr. Byers! It's Jack! Wake up!"
But what responded to him was a scream behind his head.
Chen Lun's face changed.
His thoughts raced, and he shouted again:
"Have you forgotten your lover, 'Youlan' Oget?!"
whoosh!
A sharp, ferocious black bird claw stopped behind Chen Lun's head, and a trace of blood flowed from his hair...
The giant black bird looked down at him, trembling all over, and its tail swayed slightly, moving its head in front of Chen Lun. Mr. Byers looked like he was struggling, and a hint of clarity appeared in his eyes.
Looking at Chen Lun, He forced a smile.
"Jack, you're here... I'm sorry I hurt you."
"Mr. Byers, what is going on?"
Chen Lun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked quickly.
The other party was silent for two seconds and shook his head.
"I don't have much time left... I can only tell you that my revenge failed. On my way to escape with serious injuries, I was ambushed by Rafa... It seemed that He had been prepared for this, using an unsolvable trick to trap me to death."
Veins bulged on Byers' face, but he resisted the mad attack and tried to keep his tone calm.
“He seems to be very eager for my power. As a [Sequence 4 - Sin Eater], Rafa wants the high-level characteristics of the Moon Pathway... I don’t want him to succeed, but I have no choice but to use the ability of [Sequence 4 - Ferryman] to ferry my soul and use the power of death to escape temporarily... However, I can only stay in this world for a few hours, and then I will die completely... There is not much time left now.”
Chen Lun listened to Mr. Byers's calm words, his hands and feet felt slightly cold, and his heart sank.
His ominous premonition finally came true...
He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Biles.
"Let me finish first..."
He said in a deep voice.
"I didn't notice it at first, but after ferrying my soul, I am now only one step away from real death... With my high position and power, I feel that my own destiny seems to have been changed... Jack, as a transcendent of destiny, you must be careful in the future!"
Chen Lun was shocked.
He immediately ignored the possibility of backlash and used the Life-Seeking Technique on Mr. Byers.
boom!!
Chen Lun's head seemed to be hit hard, and he leaned back with blood flowing from his eyes.
But in his confusion, he also saw the trajectory of Mr. Byers's fate... It was indeed as He said, there were signs that it had been manipulated by humans.
Chen Lun endured the pain and turned on his multitasking ability at full speed, thinking about the clues from the past.
He asked Byers a few more key questions, and Byers answered them calmly. In the end, Chen Lun confirmed one thing:
'Howard...He did all this!'
He couldn't help but clench his fists.
The first time I met Howard, it was me who helped Mr. Byers resist the encirclement... and the surviving captain of the executioner squad, Talleyrand... he was most likely a pawn in Howard's hand. At the critical moment of Mr. Byers' revenge, he cursed Mr. Byers at the cost of his own life.
This curse would not have much impact under normal circumstances.
But just when Mr. Byers wanted to take revenge on Terrence...
It became the last straw that broke the camel's back!
Until Rafa took action and completely forced Mr. Byers into a desperate situation, forcing him to survive by himself... Chen Lun even suspected that Howard deliberately did it for him to escape from Rafa's siege and see him at the last moment of his life.
The chill in Chen Lun's heart was even more biting than this cold winter.
He felt what fate was...
What is the result of being manipulated by others!
"Oh……"
Chen Lun laughed.
The suppressed resentment and depression, as well as the endless anger, were all intertwined together.
There are complaints about one's own weakness, resentment towards Rafa, Howard and even Terrence, and even cries against fate.
"Jack..."
Mr. Byers spoke suddenly and smiled.
"I feel your anger, and I am very happy... After all, after Youlan died, I was abandoned by my friends and , until I met you and recognized Fuluoyi. But you don't need to be sad for me, nor do you need to avenge me... I just hope that you can take good care of Fuluoyi and let the Wolf Family continue to exist in the world..."
Chen Lun said nothing, and with a gloomy mood, he stretched out his hand, urged the vitality of the bookmark, and infused it into the bookmark. The green light flickered, but it could not find any target.
It was as if Mr. Byers in front of him was just an illusion.
"I'm actually already dead... I'm just in a special state now, so you don't have to waste your energy."
Mr. Byers spoke slowly with a calm look in his eyes.
"I want to pass on to you, Jack, what Youlan once gave me... 'Keep things in your heart, and they will live with you. If you forget them, they will die forever.'"
His deformed claws gently landed on Chen Lun's shoulder, as if to encourage him.
"So after I die, please make good use of my remains... If possible, please take the letters I hid in the cemetery of the spirit world and bury them with Youlan as my remains."
Chen Lun had no time to say goodbye to Mr. Byers.
The giant black bird in front of him disappeared into nothingness with a bang.
Only Mr. Byers's melancholy words came from midair -
"Love is the most expensive anchor. It cannot defeat death, but it can anchor the soul. It allows the departed soul to stop wandering and the living soul to find its homeland... Sorry for the long wait, Youlan."
