Chapter 11 A Glimmer of Hope

The moment the words on the parchment paper settled, Fang Yue immediately felt everything in his body reverting!

However, the reversion wasn't smooth, like a turning gear jammed by a hard object. Every rotation was accompanied by a crackling grinding sound.

His lifespan burned frantically, as if using brute force to forcefully push the gear's rotation.

Time Reversal began to take effect!

That trembling feeling immediately receded like a tide.

If Fang Yue could see the movements of the Yincha (Underworld Messenger) at this moment, he would definitely notice that the Yincha had a brief pause, seemingly in astonishment, when it saw Fang Yue regain his freedom of movement.

With just this opportunity, Fang Yue had already retreated violently, frantically moving away from here.

[Speed!]

Fang Yue's speed was already very fast. Black Qi (energy) wrapped around his legs, practically turning him into a black shadow as he frantically retreated.

However, the parchment paper still felt Fang Yue was running too slowly. With the blessing of the ancient words' power, his speed increased again!

He almost turned into a black line, piercing through half of Chu Nuan City!

This kind of escape speed was unmatched in the entire Chu Nuan City!

"What do we do next?"

[Keep running!!]

"I can't leave Captain Wu behind..."

[Stop!!]

"...No! I mean, after we're safe, we'll go back and contact him."

[Stop! You idiot! It's catching up!]

What?!

Fang Yue's expression changed, and he stopped abruptly, turning around to stare intently at the front. However, apart from the night rain that followed above his head at all times, there was nothing around, so quiet that even a falling needle could be heard clearly.

"Where! Where's the Yincha? It's catching up? Can you see it?"

[I can't see it either!]

"Then how do you know..."

This time, the parchment paper didn't directly answer Fang Yue's question, but instead used another method, and words floated into Fang Yue's mind.

[My name is Fang Yue, and I am running for my life, dodging the pursuit of the Yincha behind me.]

[My escape speed must be very fast, but it is still not as fast as the Yincha.]

[Before I could escape Chu Nuan City, I was caught up by the Yincha.]

[An invisible hand directly pierced through my chest, and I died on the spot.]

Fuck!

With my Weirdness stat amplification and the support of the parchment paper's ancient words power, the Yincha is still slightly better even at this speed! Overtaking me from behind, killing me...

Fang Yue's expression was unsightly. He clenched the ice blade in his hand and asked, "Then what do we do?"

[There's no escape. What else can we do? Quickly cancel our contract. I want to join the Yincha's side!]

His fist hardened!

He was already angry!

"Don't say anymore. We'll live and die together. Even if I die, I'll take you with me!"

[!!!]

[Paper Paper is crying!!]

[Wuwuwu! Why did I end up with you, you jinx! Are you even human? Anyone with a little conscience would let go of me, this poor, humble, and weak little Paper Paper!]

Weeping and moaning like a ghost! I'm a Weirdness spiritual root, only half human, okay!

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me quickly, do we have a chance to survive from the Yincha's hands?"

[There's no possibility! I'm just a pitiful Rain-grade (Yu Ji) Weird item, and you're just a Human-grade (Ren Ji) martial artist. What can we use to fight the Yincha with our strength?]

So depressing!

The parchment paper is so depressing!

No, I must stimulate the parchment paper's fighting spirit!

"Yo yo yo, are you really that great and noble Rain-grade Weird item, Lord Parchment Paper? It's only been a few days, why are you so weak? It's just an Yincha, you definitely have a way!"

[!!!]

[The great and noble Lord Parchment Paper has never been weak!!]

"Then hurry up..."

Before Fang Yue could finish speaking, his voice suddenly stopped, and his eyes widened.

Because he felt that his back suddenly became heavier.

It was like... some kind of existence was sticking to his back!

The Yincha... had arrived!

Fang Yue's body froze. As he couldn't move, an icy right hand pierced in from his back and grabbed his heart.

As long as the Yincha squeezed gently, his heart would explode immediately, and he would die on the spot.

"Parch..."

[Time Reversal!!]

Their tacit understanding had already reached a certain synchronization. As soon as the thought arose, the other side had already responded.

In the next moment, the Yincha's right hand was forcefully pushed back by an invisible force, as if rewinding!

"Good job, let's retreat!"

[Don't run!]

[I predicted it... the closer I get to your time of death, the richer my prediction content becomes, and the more detailed it becomes!]

[So I predicted it, it's the Void Horn (Xu Jiao)! Quickly use the Void Horn to stab behind you!! This is our last chance to live!]

The closer to death, the stronger and more specific the parchment paper's predictive ability became!

Fang Yue had discussed this with the parchment paper before.

He just didn't expect that the parchment paper would actually find a way out at this time!

With almost no room for thinking, the moment the parchment paper spoke, Fang Yue had already obediently taken out a Void Horn, held it in his hand, and stabbed it hard behind him!

At this moment of life and death crisis, he had completely emptied his brain, to gamble on the last chance of survival!

[Stab!!]

Illusory ancient words emerged from Fang Yue's right hand.

Fang Yue, who had just raised his hand, suddenly felt a terrifying thrust from his right hand, pushing his power to its peak in an instant, even surpassing it!

"Stab!!"

[Stab!!]

The roars of the two almost sounded in their hearts at the same time, roaring out!

Black spiral airflow wrapped around the Void Horn and stabbed forward violently!

Whoosh—

The sound of air being torn apart rang out.

Fang Yue had completed this stab!

He stabbed something!

But... his face was as pale as paper.

Because it was useless.

His stab, using the Void Horn as a medium, combined with the power of the parchment paper, truly felt like he had stabbed something.

However, it was a hard feedback of stabbing armor.

For him, it was a power beyond the peak, but when it landed on the Yincha, it was like tickling, neither painful nor itchy, and didn't even break the skin!

If he had to say, it was that the Yincha was slightly pushed by Fang Yue, and that was it.

"It's over..."

[We... are doomed!]

One person and one paper, their hearts were ashen.

That was their strongest combined attack, yet they couldn't even break the Yincha's defense, merely... touching the Yincha...

Crack, crack...

The Void Horn that Fang Yue used as a weapon showed dense cracks, collapsed and shattered, turning into a sky full of fragments, and disappearing with the wind.

Trembling, fear, despair... all kinds of emotions rose from the hearts of one person and one paper.

The Yincha was irreversible!

It's angry... the Yincha must be angry!

Fang Yue trembled all over. This time, it was no longer because of the Yincha's aura, but because he instinctively felt fear!