CHAPTER 1028: CHAPTER 1030: SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE CICADA

Lin Zheyuan advanced in the alley with a grim expression, the tentacle-like veins granting him extraordinary agility.

The man hysterically laughing behind him wasn’t a Divine Technician or a Holy Knight, but a superpower user affiliated with the Glory Church.

This guy’s ability was extremely overbearing, able to ignite pure white Sacred Fire on a person out of thin air with just a swipe of his finger.

However, to trigger this ability, he needed to see his enemy, which is why Lin Zheyuan was frantically fleeing, although he knew that just running away wouldn’t solve the problem.

The opponent’s strength was a level above his, and not a novice without battle experience, with a sophisticated grasp of combat rhythm. If Lin Zheyuan made any mistakes, he could instantly die at this guy’s hands.

While fleeing, Lin Zheyuan was somewhat relieved for having placed Miao Xinyi in another location when he came to the Xizhu District; otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable.

From this man’s actions, Lin Zheyuan guessed that the opponent’s preparation for the Cup of Divine Blood scramble was far more thorough than that of their Demon Hunters, making the situation precarious.

The only turning point would be Wen Wen, who possesses True Sequence strength.

Running a distance, Lin Zheyuan suddenly realized the pressure on him had lessened significantly, and then he heard the sounds of fierce battle.

The person who helped Lin Zheyuan was the Wanderer!

The Wanderer stood in mid-air as if walking on thin air, his tattered clothes rustling in the strong wind. He watched the man in front of him with an expression of seasoned resignation.

Before hiding in the Xizhu District, he had already decided not to expose himself no matter what happened, planning to wait things out.

But watching Lin Zheyuan being hunted down, he couldn’t help but intervene.

"Another one... heh heh heh... more prey." The man waved a hand at the Wanderer, causing a white flame to ignite on his lapel.

But within seconds, the Wanderer effortlessly extinguished it. His tattered beggar’s attire looked shabby to the extreme but was actually a special containment item.

As long as one wore this clothing, they were impervious to water, fire, and the elements.

The Wanderer crossed his hands, leaving a square space aimed at the man.

The man’s face changed, and he quickly jumped aside, warily watching the Wanderer as he waved his hands to summon countless flames surrounding the Wanderer.

But these burning flames suddenly ’froze’, their space compressed into a small cube, which disappeared with a swish in the Wanderer’s hand.

When it reappeared, it was at the man’s feet, exploding with a roar, engulfing him in intense flames.

When the flames dissipated, the man was already burned beyond recognition.

The Wanderer gazed at the man indifferently; for him, defeating a superpower user of the same level posed no difficulty.

He was one of the few superpower users with spatial abilities, not teleportation but spatial power capable of directly harming enemies.

Though this ability made leveling up particularly difficult, it also made his power nearly invincible at the same level.

"Hunters sometimes get hurt by prey too..." The man understood the power gap between him and the Wanderer, yet showed no panic, even smiling more wildly.

"And prey capable of harming a hunter is often very valuable!"

Squish!

The man looked behind him incredulously, seeing a three-meter-tall monster standing there.

This monster was wrapped unevenly in bandages, with black, shriveled skin exposed in places, over three meters tall but thin as a pole, with a visor of spiral spikes on its head, wielding a two-meter-long rusted cleaver with nicks.

The cleaver, stained with thick blood, had sliced off the man’s left arm and half of his shoulder in one strike!

This monster had been sent by Wen Wen to assist Lin Zheyuan.

It was a beheading demon, originally affiliated with the Abyss Eye, less remarkable compared to top-tier upper-sequence demons like Croselle and Andos, but still of upper-sequence prowess.

After being captured, it behaved quite tactfully and became one of Wen Wen’s enforcers.

With half an arm chopped off, the man could no longer act arrogantly, gasping more than breathing while lying on the ground.

Lin Zheyuan approached the Wanderer, warily watching the half-dead man on the ground and the suddenly appearing monster. The Wanderer’s phone rang simultaneously.

The call was from Wen Wen, urging them to quickly head to the Long Legs Big Wave Club.

After the call, their wariness of the beheading demon lessened somewhat, at least confirming it was there to help them.

"Die... all die... you will pay for this... kill them, kill them!" The man weakly uttered, an unsettling aura emanating from him.

The beheading demon’s expression changed drastically, swinging its cleaver at the man’s neck. However, as its cleaver touched the man’s neck, it halted.

Then, fine cracks appeared all over the long blade, which shattered explosively, leaving countless wounds on the beheading demon.

A gentle glow rose from behind the man, a massive cicada-like creature’s phantom condensing in mid-air, becoming corporeal within seconds.

Six colossal pure white wings unfurled with a swish, white light feathers falling from the sky, reversing the man’s injuries rapidly.

Meanwhile, the beheading demon visibly weakened, unable to hold its knife handle.

The next moment, the beheading demon was swallowed whole by the massive cicada.

Normally, cicadas have no mouths, only liquid-sucking mouthparts.

But the huge cicada’s tail bore a three-meter-wide maw full of sharp teeth!

An upper-sequence demon died in the mouth of this huge cicada, with no chance to resist.

"Holy Beast, kill them, kill those two!" The man snarled, pointing at the Wanderer and Lin Zheyuan.

The Wanderer’s body trembled suddenly, a primal fear surfacing from his biological instincts; he knew he was no match for it, his prospects no better than the beheading demon’s.

So he quickly seized Lin Zheyuan’s shoulder with his left hand and activated his teleportation ability, a skill that would randomly teleport them to a safer unknown location.

The Wanderer and Lin Zheyuan had already teleported away, but the massive cicada still reached the spot where they stood, biting down with its huge tail-mounted mouth.

A thread of blood dripped to the ground, the right arm of the Wanderer caught in the Cicada Ancestor’s mouth.

Meanwhile, the mark on the man’s hand gradually enlarged a bit.