“The captain’s alienation level… has completely exceeded the standard.”
Lu Nanling’s words didn’t cause any reaction. After all, even if there wasn’t the ability to obtain data intuitively, everyone could feel the drastic changes that took place in Chi Ting.
The current feeling was as if extreme fear was overwhelming them, causing every cell in their body to tremble instinctively.
This was undoubtedly a very intuitive feeling. If previously, they were only impressed by the strength shown by Chi Ting, then at this moment, the players present actually felt a subconscious urge to surrender. This was an instinct that didn’t dare to disobey in the face of an absolutely strong person.
Only Lu Nanling could see that the moment when it exceeded 100%, Chi Ting’s alienation degree continued to soar.
The expression on his face could no longer calm down.
In this state, even Chi Ting himself wouldn’t be able to ensure that he had absolute rationality, right?
“Don’t worry.”
The sudden voice drew Lu Nanling’s attention back. He looked back and saw that Lou Yueren’s face had become extremely ugly, but his words were full of reassurance. “Since he said it is okay, then it is absolutely okay. Instead of worrying unnecessarily now, it is better to think about how I can control him after he successfully stops the others.”
At this point, he could only let out a dry laugh. “Thinking about it now, Ah Ting really thinks highly of me. Given his current situation, he just needs to make a slight move, and I really will die. He really doesn’t worry at all that I will die in the line of duty.”
Lu Nanling sincerely admired the fact that this person was still in the mood to joke. He thought for a moment and replied, “We will try our best to keep your body intact when the time comes.”
This sentence made Lou Yueren’s teeth itch. “Thank you so much.”
Lu Nanling didn’t respond. He noticed that the time was almost up, so he used his superpower to send instructions to the other people on the field, signaling for them to retreat as soon as possible.
Ji Xingque and his companions had been in the war zone. Even though they didn’t know what exactly had happened, they saw Chi Ting suddenly appear, and it was enough for them to realize something was wrong in this obviously abnormal situation.
“D*mn, when the captain goes crazy, he really…” Ji Xingque’s voice couldn’t help raising a few octaves. He was already exhausted and didn’t dare to fight any longer. He immediately retreated with Hua Qianmei.
Chi Ting had already arrived at the battlefield. He could catch a glimpse of the retreating figures from the corner of his eye, but he didn’t react at all.
His eyes no longer had any focus after such a short journey. The sound of wind in his ears seemed to be amplified countless times in an instant. In addition to the dense dust in his field of view, there seemed to be countless chaotic influences constantly drilling into his mind. It was bizarre and strange as if to completely tear his head apart and clamoring to push him to another limit.
Completely uncontrollable thoughts were enough to drag everyone into extreme fear, but Chi Ting lowered his eyes and breathed softly. In contrast, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised in a faint arc.
This was what everyone saw before things got out of control.
It was really very interesting.
Suddenly, he seemed to understand the bad taste of Lou Yueren.
The heads that fell on the beads exerted force. The densely packed bone beads fell to the ground in an instant. At that moment, countless phantoms gathered together again and formed a phantom army.
At such a spectacular scene, some people couldn’t help exclaiming. “Are these phantoms a bit different again?”
Yes, it wasn’t the same.
No one expected that the phantoms, which were already shocking enough in the past, could actually show another form after all his potential was stimulated. They were no longer thin shadows that could allow light to penetrate but a real sense of completeness. They were three-dimensional, independent, and like a real human army fighting a bloody battle!
As their commander, Chi Ting stood at the front with his unfocused eyes.
The battle started again.
The vast army of superpowers finally formed a solid barrier in front of these out-of-control captains.
Under the fierce collision of the top superpowers, violent air waves continuously rushed towards the surroundings.
The ground shook. Layers of sand and soil were lifted up into the sky countless times. As Xi Qinxin was successfully imprisoned, countless vines under Lang Xu’s control rose from the ground. In the next second, they were cut into countless pieces and fell down densely like hail, smashing a gully on the ground. There were no less than dozens of people surrounding He Yuanqing and Xu Gao. The raging waves almost made people suspect that the entire instance could be torn into thousands of fragments at any time.
None of the spectators around them could take a step.
This was a game between top-level warriors, and no one was qualified to intervene. What shocked them even more was that Chi Ting actually managed to single-handedly control the bloody massacre that should’ve unfolded when a group of captains lost control.
Phantoms were constantly being dispersed. The bone beads falling on the ground became increasingly dense.
Finally, some figures started to regain their composure after being completely exhausted.
In a trance, no one remembered how much time had passed. They only saw that the captains, who were still running wildly in the previous second, finally started to collapse to the ground one after another.
It was like complete exhaustion after all the strength in their body had been released, leaving almost no inch of intact ground. It was like an endless hell that fell into brief silence.
“Is… is it finally over…?”
After a long period of tension, someone spoke again hesitantly, only to find that his voice had become extremely hoarse without him noticing. He subconsciously wanted to step forward to greet his captain, but someone stopped him.
“I would be happy for someone to take risks for me, but I advise you to stay here quietly if you don’t want to die,” Lou Yueren said as he quickly took a step forward. Seeing a final wave of airflow exploding from the body of the man in his sight, he faced a huge pressure that was enough to make him feel numb. His steps instantly turned into a mad run.
Chi Ting’s body shook slightly as if he realized he had finally completed his task. Then he knelt down. Just as he was about to fall to the ground, Lou Yueren grabbed him steadily.
However, this didn’t elicit any reaction from Chi Ting.
If he had always regarded intercepting these captains as the ultimate mission, now that the mission was accomplished, Chi Ting could feel that the last line of mental defense that he struggled to hold onto was rapidly collapsing at an unstoppable speed.
All five senses disappeared at this moment. All the bizarre images in his mind seemed to turn into a strong bloody color, as if trying to drag him towards a deeper dimension.
Chi Ting subconsciously wanted to hold something tightly, but without any sense of touch, all his efforts seemed to get no feedback.
The human body obviously couldn’t withstand such a strong degree of alienation. He could even feel that the cells in his body seemed to be mutating rapidly at a perceptible speed.
This was the first time he had such a clear feeling of being completely detached from the human race.
Human beings.
Even though he constantly made fun of himself for no longer being within the realm of ordinary humans, he absolutely couldn’t continue like this…
Chi Ting was unable to bear it any longer and roared hoarsely. The veins on his forehead bulged slightly. At this moment, he used the last bit of willpower he had left to retain the sanity that was about to disappear completely.
The distinct sound of bones rubbing against each other was drowned out by the howling wind.
The slender shadows tightly bound Chi Ting’s body. Lou Yueren looked at the man’s hair that was completely soaked with cold sweat, and had no time to care about his wrist that was almost completely crushed.
The extreme pain seemed to make him feel numb. He used his shadows to hold the struggling Chi Ting in his arms, repeatedly trying to make him hear the words. “I’m here, Chi Ting. Don’t move… I’m here, everything will be fine soon… At this point, it will be over soon, very soon…”
However, the person in his arms couldn’t hear his voice.
The strong force that almost broke the limit of human beings hit every corner of his body. Chi Ting’s body almost subconsciously wanted to break free.
Under the game between two powerful forces, the overflowing energy finally turned into a huge airflow that exploded violently toward the surroundings.
Lou Yueren, who was holding Chi Ting tightly, was right at the core of the explosion. He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of thick blood under the heavy blow from the front, but he still had no intention of letting go. His face was pale as he locked onto all the changes in the expression of the man in his arms. Finally, he said in a tense voice, “You really aren’t worried about my death at all.”
It seemed that due to the catharsis he just received, the bound Chi Ting finally calmed down briefly.
However, his eyes were still empty and silent. The faint groans coming from his throat indicated that a fierce battle was also going on inside the spiritual world.
“You are really…”
Lou Yueren murmured in exhaustion. He didn’t dare to relax his tense state. He took advantage of the opportunity to get close to Chi Ting and take a bite of his mouth, as if rewarding himself in a bitter way. “This is another account to settle after leaving the instance. Of course, the premise is that I can leave this instance alive!”
It wasn’t known whether it was revenge for such abusive words, but as soon as the last word fell and Lou Yueren had time to taste the tea in his words, he saw a huge wave of uproar in Chi Ting’s chaotic eyes again.
Lou Yueren: “.”
No way, here it came again!
The airflow exploded again and again.
Everything around them was left in ruins. The sand centered on the two people had long since sunk in, forming a huge hemispherical ravine. This made the two figures standing close together look even more insignificant.
There was a long period of silence before someone secretly gulped. “That… God Lou, is he still alive?”
It wasn’t difficult to imagine what type of tremendous impact Lou Yueren, who was at the center of every wave of supernatural power explosion, had to endure time and time again.
“He is alive.” Lu Nanling knew that Lou Yueren was weak. In fact, he wouldn’t be able to answer so confidently if the number of survivors in the instance hadn’t decreased.
Yes.
It could only be said that he was still alive.
However, whether he would be killed by his captain in the end… it really wasn’t certain.
The corners of Lu Nanling’s mouth twitched. He was about to say something else when he saw a protective barrier suddenly appear in his field of view.
He looked back in surprise.
Song Xuefeng had been exhausted in the long battle. It was rare for him to volunteer to fight just after resting. He noticed Lu Nanling’s gaze and was silent for a moment. Then he said, “We can’t let him die.”
Lu Nanling was about to ask him if he thought so highly of Lou Yueren when he heard Song Xuefeng continue, “If he dies, the captain will really lose control completely.”
Lu Nanling: “.”
Lu Nanling nodded. “Indeed, the target will be us after he loses control.”
Ji Xingque suddenly spoke from beside him, “No way, Brother Ren… why is he still thinking about this type of thing now? Is he crazy too?”
The others looked over and finally understood what this ‘type of thing’ meant.
From a distance, one could see that Lou Yueren, whom they had been concerned about a second ago, suddenly moved.
He still held Chi Ting gently in his arms. As he leaned forward and back, he started to gently stroke the other person’s cheek, and he kissed Chi Ting’s already cracked lips repeatedly.
This was clearly an intimate act that lovers often did, but it seemed somewhat out of place on such an occasion. However, Lu Nanling saw it and suddenly realized. “He must’ve discovered something.”
Ji Xingque was bewildered. “What?”
Lu Nanling said, “Look, it seems to be useful, right?”
Such intimate comfort seemed to have worked. Chi Ting’s body, which was originally in a tense state, seemed to relax a bit.
A few seconds ago, he finally managed to break through the chaotic spiritual world and gain a trace of rationality. Along with the familiar scent that permeated the air after a kiss, he gained a rare clarity.
Chi Ting subconsciously tightened his body and buried his chin in Lou Yueren’s chest.
The familiar scent mixed with the strong smell of blood briefly became the last straw that maintained his sanity. The intimate, soothing gesture finally allowed his previous rapid breathing to calm down a bit.
The powerful energy in his body was still erupting at irregular intervals. Chi Ting endured it and tried his best to control the frequency to the lowest achievable range.
Finally, with the explosion of the last wave of supernatural energy, the one hour effect of the medicine was completely eliminated.
All the strength that was enough to drive a person crazy was drained from his body in an instant. Chi Ting swayed in exhaustion and fell powerlessly into Lou Yueren’s arms, which were already soaked in blood.
This collision caused Lou Yueren, who also had no strength left, to fall down.
The two bodies were pressed tightly together, lying motionless in the deepest part of the gully. Their eyes met in a trance, and they smiled at each other.
Lou Yueren wanted to say something but found that the blood blocking his throat made him unable to make any sound for a while.
From the corner of his eye, he could see someone hurrying towards them. He reached out and scooped Chi Ting into his arms. It was only after he was sure that the portal had appeared in his field of view that he finally closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
As news of the clearance spread, the outside world’s viewing screens completely darkened.
At the same time, the instance also entered the final chaos.
As the Dawn team brought back the last two people, the members of the other teams finally felt relieved. They supported their captains, who were in a coma, and walked into the teleportation entrance that they finally arrived at after many days.
[The ‘Doomsday Tower Defense’ instance has been closed. The instance data is being sorted.]
[Congratulations to the Dawn team, the Prisoner team, the Heichao team, the Ten Thousand Years Prison team, the Seven Seas team, the Satan team, and the Shadow Knights team for clearing the ‘Doomsday Tower Defense’ instance!]
[The final statistics of the instance contribution value are being processed. Please wait…]
[The statistics have been completed. The instance results are being uploaded.]
[Beep! Beep, beep, beep!]
[Current number of teams that have cleared the instance: 7/8.]
[Congratulations, the Dawn team is currently ranked: 1st.]
[The instance rewards will be sent later. Please check it!]
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