I Contracted Myself

Mingzhu City, Eastern Wall.

Ao Donghai slashed down a living corpse climbing up the wall. Suddenly, he noticed a blue light flickering in the distance.

His hand holding the knife lowered slightly, while his other hand raised and made a "number one" gesture towards the sky. Many Awakeners around him stopped fighting and made the same gesture.

Seeing this gesture, the living corpses stopped attacking these Awakeners and instead pounced on those who didn't make the gesture.

"Master Ao, what's going on?" An Awakener, covered in blood, split a living corpse with his knife and retreated to Ao Donghai's side, asking in confusion.

Without warning, Ao Donghai slashed out, instantly splitting the Awakener in half. He said expressionlessly, "Everything is for humanity. Only through unity do we have hope. I've had enough of these days of barely surviving."

Outside the city, a dense army of Ocean Men slowly approached, led by Li Aoxue's confidant, Yu Chenghai.

Ao Donghai stood on the city wall, locking eyes with Yu Chenghai below. They both raised their hands and made the "number one" gesture simultaneously.

"Open the city gates!" Ao Donghai commanded his subordinates.

The subordinate immediately turned and jumped off the wall, slowly opening the massive gate through a mechanism. Yu Chenghai led his army in single file...

Western City.

The apprentices of the Lieyang Martial School were killing living corpses.

Suddenly, Master Wu Ruoyu noticed the changes in the east. He immediately raised his hand and made the "number one" gesture.

The surrounding apprentices followed suit, and the living corpses immediately swarmed those Awakeners who didn't make the gesture. Some Awakeners quickly mimicked the gesture, narrowly escaping death.

One of the Awakeners, holding up his hand, asked in confusion, "Master Wu, what is this ability? Why do the living corpses ignore us?"

"Why?" Wu Ruoyu said expressionlessly.

The Awakener suddenly sensed something was wrong. Just as he took a step back, a knife plunged into his heart from behind. He turned around in disbelief to see that the one who stabbed him was the Awakener he had just saved.

"Sorry, it's all for humanity's future," the stabbing Awakener said with some guilt.

Wu Ruoyu scanned the crowd and then said, "Open the city gates. From now on... Mingzhu City will be reborn!"

"Yes!"

All the Awakeners with raised hands shouted in unison.

Mingzhu City, outside the southern wall.

Zuo Xiangming squinted, looking up slightly at the "sun" in the sky, then chuckled deeply, "Tsk, it's dawn, but not the dawn you wanted."

"So what?" Feng Laixian said indifferently.

Suddenly, exclamations came from the city wall, followed by more and more angry shouts.

"Master Feng, Wu Ruoyu of the Lieyang Martial School has betrayed us!"

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"Not good, Ao Donghai has also betrayed us!"

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"The eastern wall has fallen, return quickly!"

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Feng Laixian's forehead veins bulged slightly, his eyes wide with disbelief.

Wu Ruoyu of the Lieyang Martial School, someone he had dealt with before, was a rough and fiery man, unyielding and unbending. How could he possibly betray?

If he betrayed, wouldn't the western wall be lost?

And Ao Donghai, the Dragon Slayer Knife School's reputation was no less than the Beast King Boxing School. As the master, Ao Donghai lacked neither fame, wealth, nor power. If he wished, he could easily become the City Lord's advisor, and further, the deputy City Lord, or even the City Lord himself.

After all, the strong rarely pursued power, preferring to hone their skills and abilities. Managing a city was a heavy burden in itself.

Ao Donghai had no reason to betray, but he heard Bai De's angry roar.

"Haha, those dogs, how dare they!"

Feng Laixian took a deep breath, the flames on his body becoming more ferocious, as if housing the soul of a beast.

With the two walls breached, holding the southern wall was now meaningless.

He looked at Zuo Xiangming, knowing very well that only by quickly dealing with Zuo Xiangming could he free up strength to return and restore order.

Originally, he planned to use a delaying tactic.

If Zuo Xiangming didn't make a move, neither would he. They would wait together until daylight, which would be his domain.

But the current situation left no room for delay. If he delayed any longer, he would lose everything.

In an instant, Feng Laixian launched an attack.

He suddenly retreated, inhaling deeply as he moved back.

Seeing this, Zuo Xiangming couldn't help but smile faintly. Several living corpses nearby activated their abilities, raising a thick earthen wall three meters away.

Chaos Breath was powerful.

But Zuo Xiangming knew it was a move with great consumption and severe aftereffects.

An ultimate move was not something to be used lightly.

Feng Laixian, relying on his strong recovery ability, could ignore the aftereffects but couldn't ignore the stamina consumption. Zuo Xiangming estimated that Feng Laixian could use Chaos Breath at most two more times before his stamina was exhausted.

However, after waiting for a moment, Zuo Xiangming felt something was wrong. Did Feng Laixian need that long to charge up Chaos Breath?

Just now, Feng Laixian had used Chaos Breath, and it took less than half a second to inhale and charge up.

"Not good, it's a trap!"

Zuo Xiangming immediately realized that Feng Laixian might be escaping to return to the city for reinforcements.

He quickly controlled the living corpses to dismantle the earthen wall, but just as the wall collapsed, he saw Feng Laixian on all fours, crouching on the ground like a giant toad. The burning flames had all converged into his chest, making no sound, and even the aura was undetectable.

Tricked!

At that moment, Zuo Xiangming realized he had been deceived by Feng Laixian.

Beast King Boxing: Lion's Roar Form!

Feng Laixian didn't give him a chance to react, opening his mouth to unleash a terrifying roar.

This roar was no longer just the pure Lion's Roar Form but a super Lion's Roar Form combined with the ultimate move Chaos Breath.

To prevent himself from being pushed back during the attack, he even used the Phoenix Claw Form, gripping the ground tightly with all four limbs.

From the city wall, Feng Laixian's roar looked like a dragon's breath.

The violent airwaves mixed with terrifying heat formed a fan-shaped red blaze, creating an extremely exaggerated scene.

In reality, using this move took a toll on Feng Laixian as well. His body was rapidly breaking down but also quickly repairing itself, in a continuous cycle.

However, this move was indeed effective.

If Zuo Xiangming had been prepared, this move might not have had its maximum effect. But Zuo Xiangming had blocked his own vision with the earthen wall, giving Feng Laixian the opportunity.

Countless living corpses turned to ash in an instant, leaving only Zuo Xiangming standing in the blaze with a grim expression.

As most of the living corpses turned to ash, he knew it was time to retreat. Although there were still many living corpses on the other three walls, if his main body was captured, those corpses would eventually die.

Once all the living corpses were dead, he wouldn't escape death either.

"Feng Laixian, this time you win. I'll keep the position of my subordinate Bird Boy for you. I hope the next time we meet, you'll be as majestic and invincible as tonight." Zuo Xiangming slowly retreated, speaking as he moved back.

As he retreated into the palace, the palace twisted and then vanished into thin air.