Chapter 98: A Thin Line Between Life and Death

  Delicious!

  A surge of energy burst out in front of the gate and transmitted to Sun Yan's hand, causing him so much pain that he cried out on the spot.

  "Grandma's bear, this command center has been abandoned for over 100 years, how are the defense devices still working, it's killing me!" Sun Yan waved his hands repeatedly.

  Looking at Sun Yan's continuous jumping, Bailong said with a smirk: "Who told you to show off yourself, like you're so reckless, who knows how you'll die in the future."

  "Bailong, if it were you, you'd probably be dead by now. Don't you know how to be grateful? Now think about how to get in." Sun Yan cursed.

  He turned a blind eye, but a smile still floated on Bailong's face, and the heaviness in his heart did not dissipate much. Having been with Sun Yan for so long, it seemed that there was hardly any time to think about those heavy things.

  He stepped forward, and Belron took out a device. A beam of light shot onto the door, and immediately, another beam of light shot out from inside the door, scanning Belron's body nonstop.

  Ding!

  After a crisp sound, the large gate slowly opened, revealing the deep and mysterious passageway inside.

  "Huh?" Sun Yan was taken aback, and his eyes widened as he said with a grin: "You little scamp had a way in all along, why didn't you say so earlier."

  "Have you ever asked me?" Belon retorted and walked in.

  Inside the passage, the light was dim, Sun Yan followed closely behind, vigilant about the situation around him. As far as the eye could see, there were only human and monster limbs and bones, most of which had turned to dust after hundreds of years. From the posture of these bones, they all died in a desperate battle, both sides were injured and dead, and it was imaginable how tragic the battle was at that time.

  The deeper he went, the heavier Sun Yan's mood became. Although his days with Baylong were short, he was very clear that this blond young man was extremely proud and would not deceive others at all. But Baylong's words just now overturned Sun Yan's previous understanding, making him emotional and hard to suppress.

  Dongfang Huang, this infamous general, is it true what Beilong said, that for the sake of monopolizing military power, he would sacrifice the lives of an entire planet and betray his allies to eliminate dissent?

  Looking around, as far as the eye can see, Sun Yan sighed secretly in his heart. The truth of history is just so cruel, cruel to the point where it's unbearable.

  They walked for a while longer without encountering any monster attacks. The dim view suddenly brightened, and Sun Yan looked up to find himself in front of a sealed door. Soft light emanated from the wall, illuminating the surroundings.

  Bailong took a deep breath and calmly said: "It should be inside."

  Sun Yan slightly furrowed his brow and said in a low voice, "Do you know the method to open it?" Vaguely, he felt an extreme sense of unease, a kind of crisis that was like a thorn on his back.

  "I know." Bellon nodded and smiled when he saw Sun Yan's vigilant appearance: "Don't worry, once we're here, there won't be any more danger."

  "Uh-huh." Sun Yan nodded slightly, without saying a word. His entire body's muscles tensed up involuntarily, and the unease in his heart became increasingly clear.

  Walking up to the sealed metal door, Bellon skillfully entered a string of passwords, and immediately, the metal door silently slid open to both sides, revealing the scene inside.

  This is a command room, and despite the ravages of time over the past century, it remains extremely clean, without a speck of dust. However, the optical brains in the room are clearly all damaged, and there are no biological remains present, only on the metal round table, a conical object is placed, along with a broken chip.

  Glancing around, his eyes landed on the conical object, and Bellon's face lit up with joy, "That's it, that's the one."

  He rushed over at a quick pace, and Belon grasped the object in his hand. Immediately, the surface of this conical metal block emitted a layer of luster, wrapping around Belon's palm, and then spreading throughout his entire body.

  In the blink of an eye, Bailong seemed to be bathed in a brilliant light, and his whole body exuded a noble aura.

  Following closely behind, Sun Yan's eyebrows furrowed even more tightly. He had no time to pay attention to Bellon's current state in front of him. Because the sense of crisis was getting stronger and stronger, like a poisonous snake, constantly eroding his heart, but he couldn't find where the crisis came from.

  "Damn it, what's going on? I feel like I'm about to die at any moment." Sun Yan cursed in his heart.

  Suddenly, the sense of crisis became extremely intense. Sun Yan's eyebrows jumped and the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of a black shadow, only one inch long, shooting out from the door edge and flying straight towards Bellon's neck.

  This dark shadow's speed had exceeded the limits of a fifth-grade warrior, and it was also soundless and stealthy. If Sun Yan didn't have a premonition in his heart, he would not have been able to detect it at all.

  "Terrible!"

  Unable to stop in time, Sun Yan could only take a step forward, blocking Belron's body behind him, and collided head-on with the black shadow.

  Hiss!

  A faint sound echoed, Sun Yan only felt an unbearable sharp pain in his chest, a surge of death approaching, he opened his mouth and forced out a wry smile, before thudding to the ground.

  With a thud, the sound echoed slowly in the room, exceptionally clear.

  Ahead, Bailong suddenly woke up, stiffly turned his head, and his eyes instantly narrowed. On the ground, Sun Yan was quietly lying there, with a black air spreading from his chest, which soon spread to his whole body.

  Not far away, a small snake as long as a finger lay there, its entire body pitch black, and had already lost its life.

  "【Wàn Liàn Zhǐ Shé】!" Bellon exclaimed in a voice that was laced with a hint of desperate sharpness.

  "Million Refining Finger Snake", a 6th-tier exotic beast, with an adult body length of only about 10cm. After biting the target, it can release the Million Refining venom, causing instant death, even for martial arts masters who are hard to escape. This exotic beast will also die immediately after releasing its bite on the target. Therefore, the "Million Refining Finger Snake" is extremely rare in the JW Alliance and very difficult to cultivate.

  Many famous warriors have lost their lives under the venom of this strange beast.

  At this scene, Xiao Ai the rabbit let out a sorrowful cry and jumped down from Belron's shoulders, wanting to fly over. But just as he leaped out, he was caught by Belron.

  "Don't go, Xiao Ai, don't go! The Wan Lian poison is extremely toxic, and if you even touch a little bit of it, you won't be able to escape." Bèilóng's voice was extremely cold.

  The little rabbit struggled constantly, its red eyes filled with tears, letting out a reluctant cry, trying hard to break free and run to Sun Yan's side.

  "I told you not to go, can't you hear? Are you also going to abandon me?"

  The blond boy's voice suddenly rose to a high pitch, with a desperate hoarseness, staring at Sun Yan lying on the ground. Bellon's feet trembled slightly, and he wanted to rush over several times, but in the end, he clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth, and didn't move an inch.

  Drip, drip, drip...

  A trickle of fresh blood flowed from Belron's tightly clenched hands and mouth, dripping onto the ground, blooming into crimson flowers.

  Powerless, he sat down on the ground, and the conical metal block in his hand was still emitting a glow, enveloping Belron's entire body, gradually forming a cocoon of light. A powerful force slowly surged out, like ripples in water, echoing continuously throughout the room.

  It was unknown how long Sun Yan had lain there, completely devoid of any signs of life. The black gas on his chest had spread all over, forming a thin layer of black shell on the surface of his body, with a deep and mysterious color that exuded an extremely toxic aura. The metal floor around him and under his body was ground to a mirror finish, even B-grade memory alloy would be corroded by the Wan Lian poison liquid, unable to recover its original shape.

  A faint rustling sound... A burst of soft noise came out, and the cocoon appeared with cracks, fragments fell off, turned into tiny particles of light, slowly disappearing.

  However, there was no sign of Bayron in the cocoon. Instead, a slender and elegant half-elf stood upright.

  Her golden hair fluttered like sunlight, her slightly raised eyebrows exuding infinite charm. Her half-concealed chest was high and heaving, the valley between her breasts seemed to be able to pull people's souls in. Her legs were plump and slender, as if they were a perfect work of art. Her whole body emitted an extremely contradictory temperament, both beautiful and elegant, yet with an unparalleled charm that was both enchanting and bewitching.

  A pair of beautiful eyes gazed down at Sun Yan's body on the ground, and a melancholic smile spread across the woman's face. She raised her hand, staring intently at the conical metal block, muttering to herself: "After ten years of meticulous planning, I've finally obtained the core of the Flowing Light Sword's power source. My injuries are fully healed, and I've completed the missing parts of the Flowing Light Sword technique. From now on, the Mabel family will look up to me as their leader, and the realm of martial arts is within reach. But does any of this truly have meaning? Even if I become a martial arts master in the future, defeat the military god Dongfang Huang, and lead the Mabel family to the pinnacle of power, what's the point?"

  Next to her, Xiao Ai the rabbit leaned against the woman's ankle, its two pointed ears drooping down, a pair of red eyes staring at the dark body on the ground, already crying uncontrollably.

  The girl gazed silently at the youth's body, her face softening as she murmured: "A Yan, rest assured and sleep peacefully here. Once I've completed what needs to be done, I'll definitely return here again and keep you company in your slumber."

  "Those friends of yours, since they are the ones you like, I will definitely take good care of them for you. As for your uncle's illness, I will also definitely help you cure it..."

  Suddenly, the woman's expression turned icy again: "You can rest assured that the guy who sent you to Baiyu Xing for trial, I will not let him off. I, Mabel, will definitely make his family broken and his people dead, with no whole corpse left. If you didn't come to Baiyu Xing, you wouldn't have died here, we..."

  "If we had never met, how good it would be if you were always that happy..." At this point, the woman's expression was already melancholic and sorrowful, but she couldn't say another word.

  Time flew by minute by minute, second by second. Mabel stood there, motionless, like a perfect statue.

  After a long time, Mabel slowly came to her senses. Her expression was dull and cold, with a hint of eeriness. "I'm leaving, Ayan. Don't worry, every hundred years, I'll come visit you once. Perhaps after a hundred years, when all my tasks are done, we can rest together here."

  She bent down, her half-naked slender figure outlining a stunning curve, and picked up Xiao Ai, the rabbit. Mabel whispered, "Xiao Ai, don't cry anymore, let's go."

  The little rabbit drooped its ears, buried its head in Marbel's arms, and didn't make a sound anymore. Its slightly trembling body revealed the little rabbit's sadness.

  Just as she took a step forward, a faint sound suddenly came, the voice was so fine that it could not be heard, but how could it deceive Mabel's hearing.

  Involuntarily, Mabel lowered her head and saw that on the boy's body on the ground, a small piece of black shell suddenly fell off from the middle finger of his right hand, revealing the skin inside, and a strand of emerald green light wrapped around his fingertips, lush and dripping.

  "This is..."