"Chu Ning, it's actually you."
An enemy's encounter sparks intense hatred. Ye Yu's voice, filled with animosity, saw the culprit who destroyed his everything.
Chu Ning stared at him coldly, a sneer on his lips. "Heh, Ye Yu, you miraculously escaped death and yet dare to show yourself."
"Truly, a self-invited guest to hell. Ye Yu, your friends met a gruesome end."
"I fed all those corpses to the zombies, hahaha."
Chu Ning suddenly burst into laughter, his voice chilling, echoing in the sky for a long time.
Although Ye Yu desperately wanted to kill the one who brought him such mortal enmity, the ability users had already surrounded him. If he didn't leave now, he truly wouldn't have another chance.
Using his earth-element ability, Ye Yu directly burrowed underground to escape. Ye Yu, now beneath the earth, did not cause Chu Ning to lose his composure.
"Pursue him! Capture this person, and I will grant a generous reward. Alive or dead, it matters not."
"Three hundred men per squad. Do not disappoint me."
As Chu Ning spoke, the ability users immediately found familiar friends and quickly formed teams of a hundred.
At this time, ability users with tracking and detection abilities were highly sought after.
Ye Yu desperately wanted to escape their search radius, but the ability users tasked with finding him wouldn't let this opportunity for merit slip by.
Ye Yu wished he could eliminate the enemy's reconnaissance ability users, but any move he made would immediately plunge him into their encirclement.
Then, escaping would truly be impossible.
Chu Ning's grand mobilization to personally hunt him down meant the forces he brought must be formidable.
He couldn't act recklessly; he needed to endure, or all would be lost.
An hour later, Ye Yu was completely surrounded.
People from the Heavenly Palace were everywhere, on all sides.
Chu Ning arrived leisurely. Seeing Ye Yu trapped in the center, he mocked, "Why struggle pointlessly."
"Did you happen to have something in your hand that you didn't give me back then?"
"If you hand it over, perhaps I can consider letting you die a slightly more dignified death."
"You dream."
Ye Yu finally understood why they were so aggressively pursuing him.
"Unappreciative fool, kill him."
Chu Ning, no longer bothering with pleasantries, issued the command.
Boom!!!
Attacks from the fusion of five common elements rained down on Ye Yu, one after another.
Shadows flickered from all directions, silently approaching.
A killing intent flared in Ye Yu's eyes. He shifted his body half a step, condensing the violent power of lightning between his hands.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!!!
Ye Yu's entire body was enveloped by lightning, a boost amplifying the power of his lightning-element ability.
Lightning armor instantly covered him from head to toe, and Ye Yu began to charge.
Amidst furious roars, Ye Yu's speed-element ability enhanced his movement, turning him into a streak of lightning.
Ye Yu's vision was fixed ahead. He had now activated his most powerful lightning ability, directly assaulting the enemy's encirclement.
Seeing Ye Yu's move, a flicker of emotion crossed Chu Ning's otherwise calm face. "We absolutely cannot let him escape."
"Order them to attack with full force, no more probing."
Upon Chu Ning's command for a full-blown assault, Ye Yu crashed into an invisible wall. The next second, his movements were instantly restrained.
"Hmm?"
Ye Yu looked down and saw countless figures emerge from his shadow. His body became utterly immobile.
Boom boom boom!!!
What followed was an onslaught of numerous ability attacks.
The explosion manifested as a small mushroom cloud, engulfing the surrounding environment.
However, the commotion also drew a number of异兽 (yì shòu) and mutated zombies towards the area.
Chu Ning observed the explosion's epicenter with great calmness from the sky, paying no heed to the surrounding zombies.
The external异兽 and zombies would be handled by the elite troops equipped with firearms.
The firearm units were highly experienced in dealing with these less mobile and larger targets.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!!!
Before the smoke from the explosion had even dissipated, a bolt of lightning shot towards the sky. Ye Yu, looking somewhat battered, his lightning armor nearly shattered.
At the very moment of the attack, Ye Yu had used his water-element ability, momentarily turning to water, to extricate himself from the restraint.
Charging directly towards Chu Ning, Ye Yu roared, "Chu Ning, I will kill you!"
In that instant, Ye Yu's mind flashed with memories of laughter shared with his dear companions.
But the next second, all those beautiful moments turned to dust.
Ye Yu's strength seemed to surge, hatred making him even more powerful.
It was all because of Chu Ning that these memories were all that remained.
Chu Ning, seeing Ye Yu still clinging to the foolish delusion of killing him, couldn't help but sneer.
Boom!!!
With Ye Yu's punch, a subordinate standing before Chu Ning coughed up blood.
This subordinate was one of Chu Ning's confidantes, his human shield, who always took the brunt of any danger.
Pfft!!!
A figure that had just materialized behind Ye Yu pierced him with a sword coated in deadly venom.
This was an invisibility ability, a very rare derivative ability.
Ye Yu hadn't expected an ability user with invisibility, truly, the Heavenly Palace was vast, its subordinates possessing every imaginable ability.
But now, the invisibility ability was his.
The next second, wings behind Chu Ning carried him soaring dozens of meters away.
Figures rose from the ground, this was a floating ability.
This ability user with the power of flight was extremely strong, capable of lifting many people to float together.
Ye Yu himself also vanished.
The invisibility ability was directly copied by Ye Yu. With his healing ability, Ye Yu could manage this aspect.
However, the poison within his body had already begun to spread, and Ye Yu knew he could no longer fight.
If he persisted, the poison would spread throughout his body, making even a god unable to save him.
Healing abilities could expel toxins, but they required time, and time was precisely what Ye Yu lacked.
Yet, the invisibility ability gave Ye Yu a brief respite.
"He's here."
Invisibility was not infallible. An ability user capable of sensing heat could easily spot Ye Yu.
To this person, Ye Yu was a glowing entity.
As soon as the words were spoken, countless abilities rained down in the direction he indicated.
Ye Yu's expression changed. He quickly copied that person's ability, only then understanding why he had been discovered.
Boom boom boom!!!
Ye Yu had nowhere to run, his defenses steadily weakening.
Even though he was incredibly powerful, the coordinated efforts of numerous abilities made him feel utterly miserable.
Countless abilities struck Ye Yu, and he was sent flying on the spot.
However, Ye Yu's physique allowed him to survive the fierce onslaught of numerous abilities.
"Still not dead."
Chu Ning, watching from the sky, was astonished that Ye Yu was still persisting so tenaciously.
"Huh, what is this?"
Ye Yu's clothes were destroyed, and the dragon patterns on his back were revealed to Chu Ning's eyes.