Chapter 118 – I See Your Doomstar Shining

“Mutated crows…”

As a few crows descended, Lu Yuan sensed something was off.

They were larger, had teeth growing in their beaks, and looked grotesque.

He tried to interact with them.

After raising his intelligence points to 15, his lv2 [Crow Language] skill had also strengthened.

Lu Yuan could more clearly read the information surging in these crows’ minds.

A few seconds later, he let the crows go.

But his gaze followed the direction they flew.

“Someone is summoning them… There must be a Divine Servant of the Crow Deity sect nearby…”

Lu Yuan’s eyes flickered.

He pulled out a mobile phone from his pocket, intending to make a call.

But he suddenly realized that besides Ge Wenjun, he didn’t really have anyone to contact.

Zhou Ling’s “death” was too sudden, and the mobile phone Zhou had sent him was reclaimed by Yellow Bear.

Gao Qing had never given him her contact information either.

“Didn’t she say something like ‘don’t worry about unnecessary things’?”

Lu Yuan muttered to himself, slowly putting down the phone he was about to dial.

He started to walk forward.

After passing three streetlight poles, he suddenly stopped.

Lu Yuan turned around, his face calm, and headed in the direction where the crows had flown away.

He walked, then jogged, then ran…

His speed increased.

“Why should I listen to that woman anyway…”

…

Lu Yuan ran in the shadows along the inner side of the streetlights.

This was probably his first attempt at running at full speed.

He was very fast.

Light and shadow alternated rapidly across his body.

He activated his [Crow Language] skill, constantly exchanging information with the crows flying across the night sky above him.

First, a point appeared in his mind.

Then, lines extended from this point.

Quickly sketching the outlines of fields, villages, streams, dirt slopes, roads, streets, buildings, and more.

A vivid, three-dimensional map of the area appeared in Lu Yuan’s mind.

The map quickly overlapped with reality.

Lu Yuan followed the shortest planned route, swiftly approaching the light point.

The power of 15 intelligence points was fully demonstrated at this moment.

…

“Thud!”

Lu Yuan’s right foot hit the muddy ground.

He stopped.

“Six minutes and thirty-seven seconds…”

Lu Yuan didn’t look at his mobile phone.

He raised his eyes and looked around.

At this moment, he had already left the south district’s industrial area and arrived at the outskirts.

Underfoot was a dirt road made of yellow mud and gravel. An orange semi-trailer truck, with two large headlights, roared past him.

It kicked up a cloud of dust.

Lu Yuan waved his hand in front of his face to disperse the choking dust and looked in a certain direction.

There lay a farmland, with several fish ponds scattered in between.

A few sheds with lights on stood there.

Further away was a dark forest and Dirt Slope, with only faint outlines visible.

“It seems to be in this direction…”

The three-dimensional map in Lu Yuan’s mind still existed, with a flashing light point representing the real-time position of the target Divine Servant of the Crow Deity.

The Divine Servant was also constantly moving.

“He’s flying, but not very fast. The summoned crow flock is much smaller than the last one. So, it’s probably not a Powerful Divine Servant…”

“A regular Divine Servant level, should be worth a try.”

Lu Yuan stepped off the dirt road and onto the field ridge beside it, amidst the roar of passing trucks.

The early rice in the farmland was nearly ready for harvest, with heavy ears of rice hanging down on both sides.

The leaves of the weeds on the ridge were wet, likely from the evening’s watering, and the paddy fields were filled with the sound of croaking frogs.

Lu Yuan walked past and then immediately stopped.

He walked along the damp field ridge, moving quickly and steadily.

A silver crescent moon hung overhead, and black crows occasionally flew past.

Lu Yuan walked the entire length of the narrow path between the fields, lifting his foot to check under the moonlight.

He saw that only a few traces of black mud were on the edges and soles of his white running shoes, which were easily wiped off on the grass leaves.

“When I can avoid getting even a speck of mud on me, my agility points and control over my body will have reached a significantly higher level.”

Lu Yuan thought to himself as he continued towards the forested Dirt Slope ahead.

The middle section was a stretch of dry yellow mud that hadn’t been cultivated. He crossed it quickly and entered the forest.

Lu Yuan looked up at the moon hanging among the tree branches and leaves.

The bright moonlight cast dappled shadows on the forest floor.

Tonight, the moonlight was ample. With his sixteen constitution points, his vision far surpassed that of ordinary people. Even without using the flashlight on his mobile phone, he could clearly see the surroundings.

Lu Yuan walked through the shadows of the trees deeper into the forest, spotting a snake slithering across his path.

He occasionally paused briefly and then adjusted his direction.

This was based on the movement trajectory of the Divine Servant of the Crow Deity sect in his mind, constantly making route predictions.

Lu Yuan intended to intercept him.

“Let’s see. If I can kill him, then I’ll kill him.”

“If not, I’ll immediately have Ge Wenjun figure out a way to contact Yellow Bear.”

With a two-pronged approach, Lu Yuan wasn’t very worried about his retreat.

His burst speed was much faster than the target Divine Servant.

Moreover…

He could also control crows and death energy. Even if he wasn’t as powerful as the opponent, he could at least cause some disruption.

The black crows flew back and forth among the trees, gradually decreasing in number.

It seemed the opponent’s route was finally confirmed.

Lu Yuan found an excellent ambush spot along the predicted trajectory.

It was on a rocky outcrop at the edge of the forest.

Surrounded by dense shrubs and weeds, the location was well-hidden and convenient for an attack.

“I wonder if it’s the same one I sensed in the west district…”

“Is he heading in this direction to escape?”

“Letting Yellow Bear handle it would be easier and safer. But the spoils would all be taken. Divine Servants of the Crow Deity sect can drop experience pills.”

“If this goes as expected, I might consider hunting the Divine Servant in the west district too.”

“These Divine Servants of the Crow Deity sect probably never imagined that among them is an ‘undercover’ like me…”

Lu Yuan lay quietly on the rocky outcrop, peering through the weeds at the moon in the sky.

At first, his mind was filled with random thoughts.

Gradually, he calmed down.

His heart was as still as a lake.

There was only the sound of his faint breathing, the chirping of insects, and the wind rustling the leaves in the forest…

Eventually, even his own breathing became inaudible.

Only a flashing light point remained in his mind, blinking, blinking, constantly blinking.

Time passed by, second by second.

Gradually, the tranquility of the night sky was broken by the dense sound of flapping wings.

Lu Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He saw a mass of black clouds “slowly” drifting under the crescent moon.

Lu Yuan squinted.

Through the countless flapping crows, he could barely make out a silhouette.

Judging by the density of the black aura, it was indeed far from the level of a Powerful Divine Servant.

Soon enough.

The black cloud drew closer and closer.

It was about to float over the small forest.

“Thump, thump—thump, thump—thump, thump—”

Lu Yuan’s heartbeat gradually quickened, pumping more and more blood.

“Crack, crack—”

His muscles and bones made slight, mechanical sounds.

As the black cloud was about to pass over Lu Yuan’s head, an invisible mental wave suddenly spread out from him.

The black cloud “froze” in mid-air, stopping in its tracks.

Then, in the next second, it abruptly dispersed.

A figure shrouded in black aura was fully exposed under the bright moonlight.

In an instant.

Lu Yuan’s eyes were quickly filled with pure darkness.

Within that darkness, there was a trace of pale light.

An inexplicable glow floated within the darkness.

Lu Yuan fixed his gaze on the revealed figure of the Divine Servant of the Crow Deity, whispering in Crow Language that resonated through the forest.

“I see it… your Doomstar is shining in the western sky!”

“Bang!”

The massive rocky outcrop suddenly exploded into fragments.

A figure shot up into the sky against the moonlight, rushing straight at the falling Divine Servant…

…

“Yellow Bear!”

The man with the deformed face muttered these words through gritted teeth under his crow mask.

The night wind blew through the gaps in the crow flock, stirring the death energy and making his robes flap noisily.

“So many have died, and the things the Divine Messenger wants are still not finished…”

“No matter, I don’t want to stay here any longer. Yellow Bear’s people are like mad dogs. I don’t want to be found by them. Once I hand over the items to the Divine Messenger, even if I’m punished, it’s better than dying!”

“I don’t want to embrace the Crow Deity this early…”

The man’s eyes flickered, and his already determined resolve became even firmer.

He recklessly controlled the crow flock, making them fly and move through the night sky.

In the Old City Circle, the death energy field could block most electronic signals. As long as he didn’t stay in one place, it would be hard for Yellow Bear to find him using the Old City Circle’s technology.

Ahead was a low forest.

The man took out a red bead from his pocket, roughly the size of a grain of rice.

He looked at it as if it were a priceless treasure, examining it carefully in his palm. His mismatched eyes gleamed with a crow-like greed.

But soon, he suppressed this greed.

He carefully put the bead back into his pocket.

Suddenly, at that moment.

A powerful and invisible wave swept over him like a gale.

The man looked up abruptly.

He saw that the crows carrying and pulling him had all frozen.

They seemed to be in some intense internal struggle.

Their limbs and wings flailed wildly.

Then, with a “boom,” they scattered in all directions.

“Damn!”

The man was both shocked and furious. Before he could react, he was already falling from mid-air.

With a loud “bang” beneath him.

A dark figure shot up into the sky before his eyes.

Then…

The figure’s entire body surged and swelled like waves, rapidly expanding.

It blocked the crescent moon in the night sky behind it, like a massive shadow, and pounced fiercely on the man.

“Yellow Bear?!”

The man was both shocked and furious, and the black aura around him began to surge.

But before he could react further, the shadow was already in front of him, with a pair of eerie eyes, black with vertical white lines, that made him freeze.

In the next instant, a giant arm, dark green like a serpent, came whistling towards him, wrapped in a fierce boxing wind.

His vision was completely filled by a massive fist…

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lv1 [Eye of Doom], Insight into Weaknesses.

lv3 [Absolute Concentration]!

lv2 [Special Exertion], Triple Phased Power Exertion!

lv1 [Death Energy Entanglement]!

lv1 [A Moment of Inspiration]!

[Killer Move Spirit Crane Technique: Crane Shadow Float]!

Lu Yuan activated almost all the skills and states he could.

Threads of black aura twined around his arm, thick as a giant serpent, containing nearly three tons of terrifying boxing power.

Images of crows and spirit cranes flashed through his mind in rapid succession.

“Boom!”

The fist landed solidly on the head of the targeted Divine Servant of the Crow Deity.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

Then, in the next second.

The black aura surrounding the Divine Servant dispersed with a “bang,” and the entire figure exploded.

Countless fragments of flesh and blood scattered like rain, falling everywhere.

As the night wind blew, even the moonlight took on a faint, bloody hue…