Chapter 83 – Powerful Divine Servant

A small mushroom cloud illuminated a patch of the night sky above the dirt slope with a bright orange glow.

Then it slowly dissipated, leaving behind a falling shower of flames.

Once the mushroom cloud had completely vanished,

The dirt slope showed almost no trace of the house, only ruins burning in the fire.

“Uh…”

Lu Yuan stared blankly in the direction of the dirt slope, momentarily unable to react.

Lu Yuan was genuinely stunned.

Even a mushroom cloud had appeared. Those in the know understood it was a fight. Those who didn’t might think it was a war.

Images of recent explosion cases and fire news on TV suddenly flashed through his mind.

Along with crows.

It all connected.

It was all the commotion caused when Yellow Bear’s people besieged the Crow Deity sect.

“This is just too much.”

It was one thing for Cyborgs to shoot energy beams, but to cause such a large-scale explosion?

Compared to that, what did extraordinary martial arts even amount to?

Could someone as strong as Lin Zhiqin or Qin Feng survive such a massive explosion?

Lu Yuan didn’t know.

But he started to understand the true meaning behind what Zhou Ling had told him earlier” The path of modification is far more orthodox and promising than practicing martial arts. You’ll understand this someday.”

“If it really came down to it, would I be willing to gain such power by replacing body parts?”

Lu Yuan asked himself.

The answer right now was definitely no.

“Others might not achieve it through martial arts, but that doesn’t mean I can’t.”

Lu Yuan looked down at his hands, admiring the beautiful lines on his palms.

“I have a professional panel. I can infinitely add attribute points and easily break through limits others can’t surpass.

Can a mortal body withstand a mech cannon?

How would I know if I don’t try?”

If one day he found that the path of martial arts truly led nowhere,

And he still had a deep obsession with power,

Perhaps he would then consider the path of becoming a Cyborg.

Of course, it was still too early to think about that.

He was far from the point where he needed to make such a choice.

Lu Yuan shook his head, temporarily pushing aside the string of unrelated thoughts running through his mind.

He then focused on the small dirt slope in the distance, where flames were still flickering, his face showing signs of contemplation.

The battle seemed to have settled.

But the outcome was still unclear to him.

Who had won, the Crow Deity sect or Yellow Bear’s people? At such a distance, Lu Yuan couldn’t discern anything.

“Should I… go over and check?”

The moment this thought emerged, Lu Yuan squashed it decisively.

“Absolutely not!”

Curiosity killed the cat.

Previously, when he had sneaked into the Crow Deity sect’s lair, Lu Yuan felt confident because he saw Lu Xinghua and the others escape safely and believed there was nothing too dangerous left inside the house.

Add to that his recent rapid growth in strength, and multiple factors had contributed to his inflated and reckless behavior.

Luckily, he had encountered Yellow Bear’s people afterward.

But having learned his lesson once, Lu Yuan had no intention of being caught in such a vulnerable position again.

“What if the fight isn’t over yet? What if Zhou Ling and his team lost?”

“I’ll find out the results tomorrow by watching the news or asking Ge Wenjun. There’s no need to get involved now.”

“Even if Zhou Ling’s team lost, the Crow Deity sect probably didn’t fare well either, given that Jiaoyan is government-controlled territory.”

With these thoughts running through his mind, Lu Yuan’s body had already turned around and started running.

He ran faster and faster, heading straight away from the battlefield.

He was determined not to look back, and his plan was to go home, lie in bed, and wait for daylight.

Just as he was about to exit the country road and could see the cement highway,

His mobile phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID showed: Lu Xinghua.

“Damn!”

Lu Yuan glanced at the phone screen, and his spirits plummeted.

He had been ready to head home, but now Lu Xinghua was calling him in the middle of the night.

It could only mean one thing: his sneaking out had been discovered.

The phone kept ringing, each tone piercing the quiet countryside night.

Lu Yuan had no choice but to quickly come up with a halfway decent excuse in his mind.

Taking a few deep breaths to calm himself, Lu Yuan pressed the answer button.

“Dad.”

Lu Yuan tried to keep his voice as calm and natural as possible.

He braced himself for whatever tone and words Lu Xinghua might use.

But the next second, a man’s amused voice came through the phone.

“Lu Yuan, it’s me.”

Lu Yuan’s hand froze around the mobile phone for a few seconds, his expression fixed.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Suppressing the urge to get angry, he coldly said, “This joke has gone too far, hasn’t it?”

Lu Yuan hadn’t expected this at all.

The call, marked as from Lu Xinghua, had actually been from Zhou Ling!

That bastard, taking advantage of himwhy hadn’t he been blown up in that explosion?

“Sorry… cough.”

Zhou Ling on the other end sounded weak.

He coughed lightly and explained, “Just a little trick, mainly worried I wouldn’t be able to reach you.”

“What do you need to contact me for?”

By now, Lu Yuan’s anger had subsided.

Zhou Ling calling him meant that the battle’s outcome was clear, and Lu Yuan felt himself relax.

“I need a small favor.”

Zhou Ling’s voice was low. “Time is tight. By the time reinforcements arrive, it might be too late.

Can you come back right now?”

Lu Yuan turned to look back in the direction of the dirt slope.

He was silent for a moment.

Finally.

“Okay.”

Three minutes later, Lu Yuan was back at his original position.

The fire was still raging, illuminating the area as bright as day.

Seeing it up close, he truly felt the power of the earlier explosion.

The entire outer wall of the house had been leveled, and the four-story self-built house had been completely destroyed and collapsed. Debris was everywhere, and only the rough outline of the first floor could be made out.

The water tank and solar water heater that had been on the rooftop were twisted beyond recognition, burnt down to a charred iron frame.

The fire had likely killed countless crows, and combined with the cesspool filled with rotting corpses behind the house, the entire slope was enveloped in a thick, nauseating smell of burnt meat.

When Lu Yuan arrived, Zhou Ling was dragging a Yellow Bear member with only half a body out of the fire.

He looked terrible, extremely disheveled.

His entire body was charred, one arm was missing, and there was a huge gash on his left cheek, revealing twisted metal underneath, as if something sharp had gouged it out.

One of his legs was also injured, causing him to walk with a limp, comically like a duck.

“Careless.”

As soon as Zhou Ling saw Lu Yuan, a wry smile appeared on his handsome face.

“I didn’t expect to run into a Powerful Divine Servant of the Crow Deity sect this time. Almost got caught off guard.”

“What is a Powerful Divine Servant?”

Lu Yuan’s expression changed slightly, and he blurted out the question.

“I’ll explain later.”

Zhou Ling threw the half-bodied Yellow Bear member in front of Lu Yuan.

Besides this half-body, there were two more lying on the ground, people Lu Yuan had seen before among Yellow Bear’s ranks.

Of course, they now lay with eyes closed, looking “tattered” and missing limbs.

Lu Yuan even suspected that some of them were already dead.

At least in his understanding, no normal person could survive such severe injuries.

“Help me give each of them 1 milliliter of this, to ensure they don’t truly die. As long as they’re not completely dead, there’s still hope.”

Zhou Ling produced a syringe filled with a mysterious blue liquid from somewhere and handed it to Lu Yuan.

Then, limping like a duck, he quickly headed back into the burning ruins.

“I need to go back in a few more times. I’m counting on you.”