Feng Laixian Is Dead

In the rain, Yu Xian did not run away. Instead, he sprinted madly toward Feng Laixian. The moment he realized Feng Laixian had switched targets, he knew Nora and Niman were in grave danger. Currently, he was the only one who could go toe-to-toe with Feng Laixian, and he would never allow Feng Laixian to hurt them. "Feng Laixian!" Yu Xian grabbed a length of rebar and roared at Feng Laixian, who was rapidly pulling away. He hurled the rebar straight at Feng Laixian's back. But without even glancing back, Feng Laixian whipped his tail around and swatted the rebar away, continuing to close in on Niman and Nora without slowing down in the least. The surrounding rain boiled under the extreme heat, spreading outward as waves of scalding steam. Both Niman and Nora could feel Feng Laixian's astonishing temperature. This monster was terrifying. It was hard to imagine that Yu Xian had actually traded blows with him for several rounds. "Get ready. We're going all out," Niman said to Nora on her back. Her right hand slipped swiftly into her pocket, grasping the poison she had prepared. The heat radiating from Feng Laixian was horrific, and Niman wasn't even sure if the poison she had concocted would work on him. Many toxins were rendered completely useless upon contact with extreme heat. From her prior investigations, she knew Feng Laixian was a fire-type ability user, so the poisons she had prepared were all heat-resistant, yet Feng Laixian's heat was far beyond normal limits. "You two... die!" Feng Laixian arrived at Nora and Niman's flank, his arm instantly transforming into a gigantic white crocodile. It was over! In despair, Nora decisively pulled the trigger, while Niman gritted her teeth and hurled the vial of poison at Feng Laixian. The next moment, the massive flame crocodile opened its maw, engulfing them both. "No!" Seeing this, Yu Xian let out an anguished roar. His speed surged violently. Scenes of meeting and knowing Nora flashed through his mind, and his heart felt as if it were about to burst. "Feng Laixian!" In an instant, he charged right before Feng Laixian, friction scraping a streak of blood across the ground as he skidded to a halt, driving a clenched fist straight into Feng Laixian. Boom! Feng Laixian was sent flying, but a grin remained on his face. Two flies were dead, and next it was this bigger fly's turn. With no one to hinder him this time, Yu Xian was dead meat. Yet as Feng Laixian was flying backward through the air, an expression of utter disbelief surfaced in his eyes. Niman and Nora, who should have been killed, were standing where they were, completely unharmed. Both wore stunned, bewildered expressions, clearly having no idea what had just happened. How could this be? How could they not be dead?! Feng Laixian's mind was filled with shock and confusion. He had clearly struck both of them just now. Given their strength, even their ashes should have completely scattered to the winds by now! Meanwhile, in a nearby attic, Zhang Buyao was panting heavily. Her pupils had turned into green rhombuses, shimmering with an eerie green glow. "Thank goodness I made it in time, or this would've ended in tragedy," she muttered to herself, sticking out her tongue. Just to be of help, she had swallowed more than ten Contract Gems in one breath. Fortunately, her luck was good. She had finally awakened an ability: Reset Eye. [Reset Eye: The user's pupils turn into green rhombuses, allowing them to mark a target and record their state. Once the recording is complete, the user can reset the target.] Her Reset Eye could record a target's state once per day. Once recorded, any fatal attack would cause their body to reset to the exact moment it was recorded. That was why Nora and Niman hadn't died—both had been reset to the split second before Feng Laixian's attack landed. "Hang in there, guys. This is as much as I can help you." Zhang Buyao had exhausted all her stamina just recording Niman and Nora; she was powerless to do anything more now. At that moment, Yu Xian pulled Nora and Niman into his arms, trembling with terror. He had truly thought he was going to lose them forever. Seeing that they were still alive, his heart was a tumult of dread and overwhelming relief. "You... all of you must die!" Not far away, Feng Laixian rose from the rubble of a collapsed building. Seeing Niman and Nora completely unscathed, he felt utterly mocked. Searing heat radiated from his body once again, and the ring of fire behind his back blazed furiously. The scorching temperature instantly turned the surroundings into a sea of fire. Rain was completely unable to fall, and everything within dozens of meters became a hellscape of searing heat. Yu Xian, Nora, and Niman kept backing away to keep themselves in the rain, but even the falling rainwater was no longer cold—it was warm, feeling like taking a hot bath. "I'll hold him off. You two pull back immediately," Yu Xian told Nora and Niman. Nora nodded and turned to run without hesitation, clutching her sniper rifle. She knew very well that staying would only make her a burden, and that she could only help once she put distance between them. She was never the sort of fool who would cry, shake her head, and refuse to leave. Right now, the faster she ran, the safer Yu Xian would be. Niman said solemnly, "Be careful. This is a poison. It'll put you in a heightened, euphoric state for half an hour and dull your pain, but you must find me for treatment immediately after thirty minutes, or you'll die." With that, she thrust a vial of poison into Yu Xian's hand and swiftly fled. Yu Xian popped the cork and drank it down in one gulp, tossed the empty bottle aside, and charged straight at Feng Laixian. The moment he rushed into Feng Laixian's high-temperature domain, the rainwater on his body instantly vaporized, and his flesh burned terribly. But Niman's concoction began taking effect, mingling with his adrenaline, and he soon stopped feeling the pain. Take this! Yu Xian stomped onto the molten magma and threw a punch with all his might. Boom! The punch landed squarely on Feng Laixian. Feng Laixian didn't dodge or block; he merely coughed up a mouthful of blood. It wasn't that he didn't want to move—he couldn't. After his furious outburst, his body had suddenly frozen stiff. Poison! He remembered the vial Niman had thrown. The vial had shattered against him, but he hadn't cared at the time. After all, who would pay attention to the futile struggles of a dying person? Yet he never expected a mere poison could actually paralyze his entire body, accelerate his heartbeat, and plunge his mind into extreme excitement. Following that, Yu Xian launched into a frenzy of attacks, continuing to strike even as his right hand was charred black by the blistering heat. Feng Laixian was knocked flying back and forth, sustaining more and more injuries. But his regenerative powers were formidable, and most of his wounds healed at astonishing speed. Just then, a bullet came tearing through the air, and his head blew apart on the spot. Nora had already run several kilometers away, and the bullet had gained considerable destructive force. "Looks like part of the poison worked," Niman thought to herself from atop a lamppost, watching Yu Xian pummel Feng Laixian mercilessly. As long as Feng Laixian died, any injuries Yu Xian suffered wouldn't matter once they left this world. The only concern was whether Yu Xian and Nora working together could actually finish Feng Laixian off. Half an hour later. Both of Yu Xian's hands were cooked through, and most of his body was smoking. A bullet tore through the air, instantly obliterating the very last remnants of Feng Laixian's body. The entire world trembled violently, and the sky and the earth both fractured. This also meant... Feng Laixian was dead.