Chapter 790: The Enemy of Erosion
“It's a Fallen! Run!”
“He just mutated, call the police!”
“H-help me… I twisted my ankle…”
“He's coming, be careful!”
“Ah—!”
Luo Lan followed the crowd out of the chain store, only to find that the store next door was in chaos. Diners were scrambling to escape, but were crowded together due to the limited evacuation channels. After hearing the news of a Fallen appearing, the surrounding crowd turned around and ran. Some people retreated while taking out their mobile phones to film the scene. Only a few volunteers insisted on staying in place, carrying those who had accidentally fallen or were too frightened to move away from the danger.
“Hic… Didn't you say that the security level in this era is very high?” Phyllis touched her full belly, her face full of happiness, which was out of place with the surrounding horrified scene.
“Cough cough, this is just an accident, don't mind it.” Luo Lan couldn't help but feel his cheeks heat up. He was supposed to be the master of the world, but he encountered an attack even when he went out for a meal. It was a little disrespectful.
In addition, the “Fallen” mentioned by the victim also caught his attention. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he had seen more and more similar reports in newspapers and news recently. It seemed that the number of people awakening natural power in the Dream World was increasing day by day, but most of them became uncontrollable monsters.
Thinking of what Garcia said two months ago about the "erosion from the outside world," he frowned secretly.
“Who is the enemy?” Phyllis asked, “Do you need me to deal with him? Or should we go back to the park to find Jerro first?”
Luo Lan glanced behind him and shook his head. “The park is safe for now. Let's kill this guy first.” He remembered that when he first met Jiao Miannan, the other party had revealed the intention of deliberately luring martial artists to hunt him down. It would not be a safe choice to leave him alone and go to meet Jerro.
Moreover, he was also very concerned about the wonderful sense of fulfillment generated when the magic power vortex of the Fallen dissipated… It was as if the warm current flowing in his body was greatly satisfied, and even his body became more powerful.
“The enemy should be a newborn Fallen. You can understand it as a hybrid evil beast, but the natural power protects it from ordinary weapons. You must use the same power to restrain it.”
“Natural power?”
“It's the magic power of this world, but there is no gender restriction,” Luo Lan bent down, picked up a stone, and used the surging aura in his body to grind it into powder. “Like me.”
Phyllis was slightly startled. “You… have become an Awakener?”
“And of the Transcendent type,” he was quite proud in his heart, but nodded calmly on his face. “It's a pity that it only works in the Dream World.”
“No matter which world it is, you can no longer be considered a mortal,” the Ancient Witch said sincerely.
“Behind the two chain stores is an indoor shopping mall. There should be connected walkways. Let's find a hidden place to do it, and be careful not to let others see it.”
Luo Lan took Phyllis back to the fast-food restaurant and found the back door leading to the mall from the employee area. As he expected, the loud explosion scared away most of the customers, and there was only a mess left in the entire area.
He did not follow the walkway to the Blue Blue Road store where the attack occurred, but instead asked Phyllis to unleash her blade claws and release the aura of magic power—if he remembered correctly, the Fallen could sense this power and be attracted by its scent. Jiao Miannan used this method to mistake him for Hook's martial artist.
Sure enough, not long after, the back door of the Blue Blue Road store was blown to pieces with a loud noise. A man roared and rushed out of the smoky employee room, rushing straight at Phyllis without saying a word.
Thanks to that divine power, Luo Lan's dynamic vision and reaction had improved greatly. He clearly captured the target's appearance—unlike Jiao Miannan, the Fallen's crimson vortex was located on his left palm. Both its size and brightness were not comparable to Jiao Miannan's. The claim that he had just mutated should be true. In addition, this could also be seen from the frequency of the warm current surging. The sense of desire he produced was not as strong as
last time.
According to the plan, the two planned to pull him into the KFC store before taking action, but at this moment, the enemy suddenly stretched out his left arm towards Phyllis and opened his palm violently.
The air in front of the Taki women in an instant expansion, has produced a can be seen with the naked eye shock wave, and then as like the zhàdàn explosion, the two men directly into the kitchen behind the restaurant - Luo Lan stood behind the witch into a meat shield naturally, he is not without the opportunity to avoid, but considering the Phyllis at this time is not having god punishment samurai as robust body, simply catch teammates, together to undertake the impact.
Under the impact of the air wave, the two penetrated the soundproof board and crashed heavily in front of the fried chicken stand.
Luo Lan coughed twice, his face covered in dust, and moved his back slightly. He found that there was no discomfort except for some numbness. It seemed that he had improved not only in strength, but also in resistance to beating.
But is this the other party's special ability? Hybrid evil beasts don't have such attack skills… He couldn't help but be surprised. Why hadn't the obviously more powerful Jiao Miannan ever used similar abilities?
“Are you okay?” Luo Lan looked at the witch lying in his arms.
“Sorry… I was careless.” Phyllis lowered her head and slowly stood up. There were several holes in her cheap short-sleeved shirt, and one of the bone claws on her back was broken. Obviously, they acted as her shield at the moment of the explosion. “But don't worry, the battle will end soon.”
Before she finished speaking, the Fallen walked in panting. When he saw Phyllis, a hideous smile appeared on his face, and he stretched out his left hand to her again. “Die! Martial artist!”
However, he did not notice that the broken claw that fell at his feet had not disappeared. Instead, it jumped up from the ground like a living thing and slashed straight at his neck.
A ghostly light flashed, and the Fallen's expression was fixed on the moment of his grin. Then his head slowly slid down, like a sack of rags, and crashed to the ground, splashing hot blood high from the severed neck.
Phyllis then controlled the broken claw to cut off the opponent's left hand, and used a precise cut to scrape off the entire magic power vortex.
The headless corpse immediately collapsed softly to the ground.
“As long as it does not exceed the range of ten steps, the separated blade claws are even more threatening, because most enemies will ignore this point, thus inviting a fatal attack from behind.” She smiled and handed the crimson vortex to Luo Lan. “Is this the natural power you mentioned?”
“That's right, it's very similar to the magic power vortex, right?” Luo Lan noticed that the vortex completely stopped spinning after leaving the Fallen, like a glittering gem, even when Phyllis picked it up. But in his hand, the vortex quickly rotated, and turned from crimson to blue and white. Finally, it turned into a brilliant light and rushed to the roof, slowly dissipating in the air like silver threads.
The warm current in his body subsided, and he once again felt that fulfilling sense of satisfaction.