"Rumble~~~"
The commotion from Mad Lion being blasted away once more reminded everyone that they were still on the battlefield.
It was truly the temple's sudden collapse that left everyone dumbfounded.
Chen Ye's form lted into a swirl of blue smoke and slipped into the Smoke Breath fog.
"Hurry up, old man! We can't hold on!"
As Chen Ye vanished into the Smoke Breath fog, he shouted this to the big village chief.
Because Chen Ye had spotted a terrifying figure, likely Sequence 4, struggling to break free from that black patterned mask.
Mad Lion continued to fight bloodily with that skinny monster.
The Big Monk continued to take blows.
The Pink-haired Girl pinched sword seals with her hands, murmured incantations, and sent flying swords circling her to disperse the wraiths.
...
On the temple ruins, eighteen anomaly symbiosis superhumans with only half-ford bodies each had different expressions on their faces.
So were indifferent, treating all the living before them as air.
So licked their lips, seeing the living as a delicious dinner.
So glared at everyone with vengeful eyes.
And others...
"Heh heh... Chen Yonggu, looks like the village is in big trouble!"
"Good, good, good..."
"Ke ke ke..."
"Hic hic hic..."
"Clap clap clap..."
The voice of an old man with graying hair sounded as unpleasant as a nocturnal owl.
What he said, however, was Schadenfreude!
So even applauded in celebration!
It was as if the worse the village fared, the happier they beca!
So the village chief's na was Chen Yonggu.
The villagers stared in disbelief at these people, finding it impossible to accept that these were the grandpas they had worshipped every day!
Now, those "grandpas" seed to wish for all of them to die.
Big Head Village Chief's gaze was sowhat blurred, and his face showed no respect;
he simply sat down opposite them with a thud.
In a low voice he said:
"Whether you hate or want to eat , fine!"
"I don't have ti to waste with you. I only have one minute. One minute from now, if you still refuse to help, the village will cease to exist!"
"Or do you want to invoke the power of the contract?"
The chief's voice was calm, but it hid deep worry and helplessness!
"What does it matter to if the village is gone? Chen Yonggu, look at now—do you think I'm even human anymore?"
A sarcastic, cutting voice ca.
It was Su Mansheng speaking.
Once a popular online radio personality admired by all, her voice now carried madness, distortion, and deep-rooted hatred.
"If I hadn't been tricked by you into signing that damned contract, would I be here?"
The chief did not look at Su Mansheng.
He only slightly sped up his speech:
"Su Mansheng, you signed the contract yourself. I did not force you!"
"Besides, you are already a Sequence Superhuman. How many people long to beco Sequence Superhumans and can't achieve it? What else could you possibly be dissatisfied with!"
"Over ninety-nine percent of the world has died!"
"We can't even approach the cities!"
"But you survived!"
"If it weren't for Divine Elephant Village, you'd already be rotting sowhere like the others!"
"Ha ha ha..."
"Chen Yonggu, very well said. That's how you tricked back then too!"
A deep voice laced with venom interrupted Su Mansheng.
"Now we're neither fully human nor fully ghost, what's the difference from being dead?"
"Chen Yonggu, Village Chief, have you ever experienced being trapped in this place without knowing day from night, forced every day to endure those strange whispers at your ear!"
"Chen Yonggu, I once promised you I'd do anything for the village!"
"I thought I could hold on without going mad!"
"But now, I was wrong. I regret it!"
"Hee hee hee..."
"I want every one of you to die, all of you, die..."
"Ha ha ha..."
"Co on, Chen Yonggu, let eat you. I've wanted this for so long..."
Countless twisted, insane voices lunged at the village chief.
Chen Yonggu listened quietly.
But the villagers had already gone pale with terror.
They could not help but step back, yet there were countless shrill wraiths behind them.
Chen Yonggu shouted angrily, "Shut up!"
At that command, the eighteen fell silent together. Even those who might have ranted crazily were restrained by a strange force.
Not a single word could be uttered.
It was as if so miraculous power was controlling them.
The village chief turned to look at the villagers.
Behind him were the eighteen lunatics;
in front of him were hundreds of villagers with expectations pinned on him.
Yet after the recent events, many villagers now looked at him with suspicion.
So even bore looks of loathing.
Chen Yonggu glanced at the superhumans still fending off wraiths and cried out, "Everyone, hold on a little longer, it'll be fine soon!"
Chen Ye cursed inwardly—this "it'll be fine soon" crap, I'm already at my limit.
That previous Bitter Wailing attack had eliminated many wraiths.
But now, it seed the wraiths had not decreased;
they had multiplied.
They were everywhere.
Several Sequence 3 wraiths in particular were a real headache.
Especially that one that seed to be a Ninja Sequence 3 anomaly symbiosis superhuman—its hit-and-run tactics made it impossible to guard against.
If his Smoke Breath fog hadn't happened to counter it, Chen Ye would have been beaten senseless!
The chief looked at every villager's face, and with utmost seriousness said:
"Everyone, this may be the last ti I speak to you as village chief of Divine Elephant Village!"
"Perhaps in a few minutes, Divine Elephant Village will no longer exist."
"But I, Chen Yonggu, have never done anything shaful!"
When Chen Yonggu said that last line, his face reddened and his expression grew intense.
Hearing the chief say this so directly, many people's eyes widened;
so showed scorn.
But many shifted their gazes repeatedly between the eighteen grandpas and the chief.
Their expressions spoke volus.
The chief quickened his speech: "Everyone, without Divine Elephant Village, without the Divine Elephant's protection, this village couldn't have kept so many of us alive."
"Don't talk about a thousand survivors—fifty would have been hard to keep alive!"
"Each of the Eighteen Grandpas volunteered before becoming grandpas!"
"They beca superhumans, symbiosed with the Divine Elephant, and provided shelter for the village!"
"The village worshipped them as the village's guardian gods!"
"Without them, the village would have ceased to exist long ago."
"Of course, anomaly symbiosis sequence superhumans inevitably get affected by anomalies and end up twisted monsters!"
"But... I, Chen Yonggu, will never regret making that choice."
"If you want to curse or hate, rember my na—don't curse the wrong person."
Upon hearing the chief speak so openly, the villagers' expressions changed.
Those who had earlier doubted the chief now bowed their heads.
For a mont, faces flushed with embarrassnt, so feeling ashad to the core.
"And now, the village faces danger and needs soone among you to step forward! To protect the village!"
The villagers glanced at each other, unsure what the chief ant.
Ask ordinary people to protect the village?
How could that be—how can ordinary people possibly deal with these anomalies and wraiths?
"Chief, what do you an? Explain clearly!"
A young man shouted.
Chen Yonggu sped up his explanation: "Receive the Eighteen Grandpas' blessing, beco temporary superhumans, and protect the village!!!"
"But—after twenty-four hours, you... will die!!!"
"Is anyone willing!?"
The last sentence was hurled out in a roar!
When the chief yelled that line, the veins at his neck bulged!
One must admit, Chen Yonggu really was a terrible public speaker!
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